English to English
wick
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noun (n)
- any piece of cord that conveys liquid by capillary action(noun.artifact)Example:
The physician put a wick in the wound to drain it.
source: wordnet30 - a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- A street; a village; a castle; a dwelling; a place of work, or exercise of authority; -- now obsolete except in composition; as, bailiwick, Warwick, Greenwick.(noun)source: webster1913
- 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.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- To strike a stone in an oblique direction.(verb)source: webster1913