wick Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any piece of cord that conveys liquid by capillary action
    • the physician put a wick in the wound to drain it
  2. noun a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame
    taper.

WordNet

Wick, Wich noun (Also<
  • Wick
  • Wich
)
Etymology
AS. wic village, fr. L. vicus. In some names of places, perhaps fr. Icel. vik an inlet, creek, bay. See Vicinity, and cf. Villa.
Definitions
  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.
  2. (Curling) A narrow port or passage in the rink or course, flanked by the stones of previous players.
Wick noun
Etymology
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. væge; of uncertain origin.
Definitions
  1. 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.
    But true it is, that when the oil is spent The light goes out, and wick is thrown away. Spenser.
Wick
Definitions
  1. (Curling) To strike a stone in an oblique direction. Jamieson.

Webster 1913