wick \wick\, v. i. (Curling)
To strike a stone in an oblique direction. --Jamieson.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
wick \wick\ (w[i^]k), or Wich \Wich\ (w[i^]ch), n. [AS. w[imac]c
village, fr. L. vicus. In some names of places, perhaps fr.
Icel. v[imac]k an inlet, creek, bay. See Vicinity, and cf.
Villa.]
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1. 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. --Stow.
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2. (Curling) A narrow port or passage in the rink or course,
flanked by the stones of previous players.
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wick \wick\ (w[i^]k), n. [OE. wicke, weyke, weke, AS. weoca or
wecca; cf. D. wiek a roll of lint, Prov. G. wicke, and
wieche, OHG. wiohha, Sw. veke, Dan. v[ae]ge; of uncertain
origin.]
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.
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But true it is, that when the oil is spent
The light goes out, and wick is thrown away. --Spenser.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
wick
n 1: any piece of cord that conveys liquid by capillary action
2: a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws
fuel by capillary action up into the flame [syn: taper]
WordNet (r) 2.0
Wick, WV
Zip code(s): 26185
U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
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