WICKS

Noun

wicks

plural of wick

Verb

wicks

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wick

Anagrams

• KWICs, Swick

Source: Wiktionary

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WICK

Wick, or Wich, n. Etym: [AS. wic village, fr. L. vicus. In some names of places, perhaps fr. Icel. vik an inlet, creek, bay. See Vicinity, and cf. Villa.]

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)

Definition: A narrow port or passage in the rink or course, flanked by the stones of previous players.

Wick, n. Etym: [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.]

Definition: 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, v. i. (Curling)

Definition: To strike a stone in an oblique direction. Jamieson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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