Wick

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  wick \wick\, v. i. (Curling)
     To strike a stone in an oblique direction. --Jamieson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Wick, WV
    Zip code(s): 26185