wick 1
— wickless , adj.
/wik/ , n.
1. a bundle or loose twist or braid of soft threads, or a woven strip or tube, as of cotton or asbestos, which in a candle, lamp, oil stove, cigarette lighter, or the like, serves to draw up the melted tallow or wax or the oil or other flammable liquid to be burned.
v.t.
2. to draw off (liquid) by capillary action.
[ bef. 1000; ME wicke, weke, OE wice, weoc ( e ); c. MD wiecke, MLG wêke, OHG wiohha lint, wick (G Wieke lint); akin to Skt vagura noose ]
wick 2
/wik/ , n. Curling.
a narrow opening in the field, bounded by other players' stones.
[ orig. uncert. ]
wick 3
/wik/ , n.
1. Brit. Dial. a farm, esp. a dairy farm.
2. Archaic. a village; hamlet.
[ bef. 900; ME wik, wich, OE wic house, village (cf. OS wic, OHG wîch ) vicus village, estate (see VICINITY); c. Gk oîkos house (see ECOLOGY, ECONOMY) ]