Definition of Wick

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Definition of Wick

Wick

Alt. of Wich

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.

To strike a stone in an oblique direction.

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Wick Quotations

The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.
Ovid

It is a great pity but tis certain from every day's observation of man, that he may be set on fire like a candle, at either end provided there is a sufficient wick standing out.
Laurence Sterne

A revolutionary poem will not tell you who or when to kill, what and when to burn, or even how to theorize. It reminds you... where and when and how you are living and might live, it is a wick of desire.
Adrienne Rich

Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.
William Arthur Ward

Wick Translations

wick in Dutch is kousje, pit, lampepit, lont
wick in German is Docht
wick in Italian is stoppino
wick in Spanish is mecha
wick in Swedish is veke

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