WICK
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{wick (wĭk), or Wich (wĭch) }, n. [AS. w&ī;c village, fr. L. vicus. In some names of places, perhaps fr. Icel. v&ī;k an inlet, creek, bay. See Vicinity, and cf. Villa.]
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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.
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2. (Curling) A narrow port or passage in the rink or course, flanked by the stones of previous players.
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wick (wĭk), n. [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.] 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.
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But true it is, that when the oil is spent
The light goes out, and wick is thrown away.
Spenser.
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wick, v. i. (Curling) To strike a stone in an oblique direction. Jamieson.
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