1. n.1 a strip or thread of fibrous or spongy material feeding a flame with fuel in a candle, lamp, etc.
2 Surgery a gauze strip inserted in a wound to drain it.
Phrases and idioms:
dip one's wick coarse sl. (of a man) have sexual intercourse. get on a person's wick Brit. colloq. annoy a person.
Etymology: OE weoce, -weoc (cf. MDu. wiecke, MLG weke), of unkn. orig. 2. n. dial. exc. in compounds e.g. bailiwick, and in place-names e.g. Hampton Wick, Warwick 1 a town, hamlet, or district.
2 a dairy farm.
Etymology: OE wic, prob. f. Gmc f. L vicus street, village