How to pronounce“Wick”in English
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Definitions of “Wick”
A braid or bundle of fibre or other porous material (now generally twisted or woven cotton) in a candle, kerosene heater, oil lamp, etc., that draws up a liquid fuel (such as melted tallow or wax, or oil) at one end, to be ignited at the other end to produce a flame.
“Trim the wick fairly short, so that the flame does not smoke.”
A braid or bundle of fibre or other porous material (now generally twisted or woven cotton) in a candle, kerosene heater, oil lamp, etc., that draws up a liquid fuel (such as melted tallow or wax, or oil) at one end, to be ignited at the other end to produce a flame.
“There liues vvithin the very flame of loue / A kind of weeke or ſnufe that vvill abate it, […]”
Of a material (especially a textile): to convey or draw off (liquid) by capillary action.
“The fabric wicks perspiration away from the body.”
Of a material: to convey or draw off liquid by capillary action.
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