Hypertext Webster Gateway: "wick"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Wick \Wick\, or Wich \Wich\, n. [AS. w[=i]c village, fr. L.
vicus. In some names of places, perhaps fr. Icel. v[=i]k 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) A narrow port or passage in the rink or course,
flanked by the stones of previous players.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Wick \Wick\, 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. v[ae]ge; 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.
But true it is, that when the oil is spent The light
goes out, and wick is thrown away. --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Wick \Wick\, v. i. (Curling)
To strike a stone in an oblique direction. --Jamieson.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
wick
n 1: any piece of cord that conveys liquid by capillary action
2: a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws
fuel by capillary action up into the flame [syn: {taper}]
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