Wick

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A cord or strand of loosely woven, twisted, or braided fibers, as on a candle or oil lamp, that draws up fuel to the flame by capillary action.
  • n. A piece of material that conveys liquid by capillary action.
  • v. To convey or be conveyed by capillary action: water gradually wicking up through the bricks.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A bundle, twist, braid, or woven strip of cord, fabric, fiber, or other porous material in a candle, oil lamp, kerosene heater, or the like, that draws up liquid fuel, such as melted tallow, wax, or the oil, delivering it to the base of the flame for conversion to gases and burning; any other length of material burned for illumination in small successive portions.
  • n. Any piece of porous material that conveys liquid by capillary action; e.g. a strip of gauze placed in a wound to serve as a drain.
  • n. A narrow opening in the field, flanked by other players' stones.
  • n. A shot where the played stone touches a stationary stone just enough that the played stone changes direction.
  • n. Penis.
  • v. To convey or draw off (liquid) by capillary action.
  • v. To traverse (i.e. be conveyed by capillary action) through a wick or other porous material, as water through a sponge. Usually followed by through.
  • v. To strike (a stone) obliquely; to strike (a stationary stone) just enough that the played stone changes direction.
  • n. A farm, especially a dairy farm.
  • n. A village; hamlet; castle; dwelling; street; creek; bay; harbour; a place of work, jurisdiction, or exercise of authority.
  • adj. Alive; lively; full of life; active; bustling; nimble; quick.
  • n. Liveliness; life.
  • n. The growing part of a plant nearest to the roots.
  • n. A maggot.
  • n. A corner of the mouth or eye.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A street; a village; a castle; a dwelling; a place of work, or exercise of authority; -- now obsolete except in composition.
  • n. A narrow port or passage in the rink or course, flanked by the stones of previous players.
  • n. 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.
  • verb-intransitive. To strike a stone in an oblique direction.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In horticulture, a pea-vine, of a set being bred for earliness, which continues to grow above instead of promptly maturing the lower pods.
  • n. A number of threads of cotton or some spongy substance loosely twisted together or braided, which by capillary action draws up the oil in lamps or the melted tallow or wax in candles in small successive portions to be burned; also, a piece of woven fabric used for the same purpose.
  • n. A town; village: a common element in placenames, as in Ber wick (AS. Berwīc), War wick(AS. Werewīc), Gree nwich (AS. Grēnewīc, Grēnawīc), Sand wich (AS. Sandwīc).
  • n. A district: occurring in composition, as in baili wick, constable wick, sheriff wick, shire wick.
  • n. A creek, inlet, or bay. Scott, Pirate, xix.
  • n. A salt-spring; a brine-pit.
  • n. A small dairy-house.
  • To strike (a stone) in an oblique direction: a term in curling
  • n. A corner; especially, one of the corners of the mouth.
  • Bad; wicked; false: with reference to persons.
  • Bad; wretched; vile: with reference to things.
  • Unfavorable; inauspicious; baneful.
  • Quick; alive.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame
  • n. any piece of cord that conveys liquid by capillary action
  • Equivalent
    wich   
    Verb Form
    wicked    wickeds    wickes    wicking    wicks   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cord   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    street    village    castle    dwelling   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Crick    Dick    Frick    Hick    Mick    Nic    Nick    Rick    Slick    Stick   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    tallow    candle    torch