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| 1. | a bundle or loose twist or braid of soft threads, or a woven strip or tube, as of cotton or asbestos, which in a candle, lamp, oil stove, cigarette lighter, or the like, serves to draw up the melted tallow or wax or the oil or other flammable liquid to be burned. |
| 2. | to draw off (liquid) by capillary action. |
[wik] | a narrow opening in the field, bounded by other players' stones. |
[wik] | a town in the Highland region, in N Scotland: herring fisheries. 7613. |
| wick (wĭk) n.
To convey or be conveyed by capillary action: water gradually wicking up through the bricks. [Middle English wike, from Old English wēoce.] |
Wick
royal burgh (town) and fishing port, Highland council area, historic county of Caithness, Scotland. An ancient Norse settlement on the North Sea, situated about 14 miles (23 km) south of John o'Groats, Wick developed as a fishing port and centre and was designated a royal burgh in 1589. It expanded rapidly during the herring boom of the 19th century. Since then herring fishing has declined and been replaced by the smaller whitefish industry. Several light manufacturing industries have been established, including the Caithness glass-blowing factory, which attracts thousands of visitors each year. Wick Airport provides important links to cities to the south. Pop. (2001) 7,333.
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