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1. (n.) wick
a twist or braid of soft threads or a woven strip, as of cotton, that in a candle, lamp, etc., serves to draw up the flammable liquid to be burned.
2. (v.t.) wick
to draw off (liquid) by capillary action.
3. (n.) wick
Archaic. a village; hamlet.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME wik, wich, OE wīc house, village (cf. OS wīc, OHG wîch) < L vīcus village, estate (see vicinity ); c. Gk oîkos house (see ecology , economy ))
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) wick
any piece of cord that conveys liquid by capillary action
"the physician put a wick in the wound to drain it"
2. (noun) wick, taper
a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) wick
alt. of Wich
2. (noun) wick
a bundle of fibers, or a loosely twisted or braided cord, tape, or tube, usually made of soft spun cotton threads, which by capillary attraction draws up a steady supply of the oil in lamps, the melted tallow or wax in candles, or other material used for illumination, in small successive portions, to be burned
3. (verb) wick
to strike a stone in an oblique direction
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. wick
county-town of Caithness, on Wick River, 161 m. NE. of Inverness, is the chief seat of the herring fishery in Scotland; Wick proper, with its suburbs Louisburgh and Boathaven, is on the N. of the river, and Pultneytown on the S.; has a few manufactures, with distilleries and breweries.
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Sense: the twisted threads of cotton etc in a candle, lamp etc, which draw up the oil or wax into the flame.
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 Afrikaans: pit |
 Arabic: فَتيلَه، ذُبالَه |
 Bulgarian: фитил |
 Brazilian: pavio |
 Czech: knot |
 German: der Docht |
 Danish: væge |
 Greek: φιτίλι |
 Spanish: mecha |
 Estonian: taht |
 Farsi: چيزى که بجاى فتيله بکار ر |
 Finnish: sydän |
 French: mèche |
 Hebrew: פְּתִיל |
 Hindi: बत्ती |
 Croatian: stijenj |
 Hungarian: kanóc |
 Indonesian: sumbu |
 Icelandic: kveikur |
 Italian: stoppino |
 Japanese: しん |
 Korean: 심지 |
 Lithuanian: dagtis |
 Latvian: dakts |
 Malay: sumbu |
 Dutch: wiek |
 Norwegian: veke |
 Polish: knot |
 Persian: چيزى که بجاى فتيله بکار ر |
 Pashto: باتۍ، پلته، پليته |
 Portuguese: pavio |
 Romanian: fitil |
 Russian: фитиль |
 Slovak: knôt |
 Slovenian: stenj |
 Serbian: nit sveće |
 Swedish: veke |
 Thai: ไส้เทียน; ไส้ตะเกียง |
 Turkish: fitil |
 Taiwanese: 燈芯 |
 Ukrainian: ґніт |
 Urdu: چراغ کی بتی |
 Vietnamese: bấc đèn |
 Chinese: 灯芯 |
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