I. ˈwik noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English wicke, wike, weke, from Old English wēoce; akin to Old High German wiohha lint, wick, Old Irish figim I weave, Old English wōcie noose, Sanskrit vāgurā net, noose; basic meaning: to weave, web
1.
a. : a bundle of fibers or a loosely twisted, braided, or woven cord, tape, or tube usually of soft spun cotton threads that by capillary attraction draws up to be burned a steady supply of the oil in lamps or the melted tallow or wax in candles
b. : a strip of material (as gauze or strands of catgut) placed in a wound to serve as a drain
2. : wicking
II. noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English wik dwelling place, village, town, farm, from Old English wīc; akin to Old Frisian wīk dwelling place, town, Old High German wīch; all from a prehistoric West Germanic word borrowed from Latin vicus village — more at vicinity
dialect England : farmstead ; specifically : a dairy farm or house
III. noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English wik, from Old Norse vik; akin to Old Norse vīkja to move, turn
archaic : corner , angle ; especially : a corner of the eye or mouth
IV. ˈwik, ˈwīk noun
( -s )
Etymology: Old Norse vīk; akin to Old English wīc bay, creek, Middle Low German wīk bay, creek, Old Norse vīkja to move, turn — more at week
chiefly Scotland : a small inlet : creek
V. ˈwik verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: origin unknown
transitive verb
: to make an inwick upon (another stone) in curling
intransitive verb
: inwick
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- wick a bore
VI. noun
( -s )
1. : a narrow port or passageway in the course in curling that is flanked by the stones of previous players
2. : inwick
VII.
dialect England
variant of quick I
VIII.
dialect Britain
variant of week
IX. transitive verb
: to absorb or drain (as fluid or moisture) like a wick
a fabric that wicks away perspiration