Wick

What do we mean by wick?

A cord or strand of loosely woven, twisted, or braided fibers, as on a candle or oil lamp, that draws up fuel to the flame by capillary action. noun

A piece of material that conveys liquid by capillary action. noun

To convey or be conveyed by capillary action. transitive & intransitive verb

A creek, inlet, or bay. Scott, Pirate, xix. noun

A town; village: a common element in placenames, as in Ber wick (AS. Berwīc), War wick(AS. Werewīc), Gree nwich (AS. Grēnewīc, Grēnawīc), Sand wich (AS. Sandwīc). noun

A district: occurring in composition, as in baili wick, constable wick, sheriff wick, shire wick. noun

A corner; especially, one of the corners of the mouth. noun

A salt-spring; a brine-pit. noun

A small dairy-house. noun

Quick; alive.

To strike (a stone) in an oblique direction: a term in curling

In horticulture, a pea-vine, of a set being bred for earliness, which continues to grow above instead of promptly maturing the lower pods. noun

A number of threads of cotton or some spongy substance loosely twisted together or braided, which by capillary action draws up the oil in lamps or the melted tallow or wax in candles in small successive portions to be burned; also, a piece of woven fabric used for the same purpose. noun

Bad; wicked; false: with reference to persons.

Bad; wretched; vile: with reference to things.

Unfavorable; inauspicious; baneful.

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. noun

A street; a village; a castle; a dwelling; a place of work, or exercise of authority; -- now obsolete except in composition. noun

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

To strike a stone in an oblique direction. intransitive verb

A bundle, twist, braid, or woven strip of cord, fabric, fibre/fiber, or other porous material in a candle, oil lamp, kerosene heater, or the like, that draws up liquid fuel, such as melted tallow, wax, or the oil, delivering it to the base of the flame for conversion to gases and burning; any other length of material burned for illumination in small successive portions.

Any piece of porous material that conveys liquid by capillary action, such as a strip of gauze placed in a wound to serve as a drain.

A narrow opening in the field, flanked by other players' stones.

A shot where the played stone touches a stationary stone just enough that the played stone changes direction.

The penis.

Words that are spelled similarly to wick:
wick.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word wick:
yate, burner, kerosene, hackney, tain, candle, capillary, lamp, inverness, flame, soaked, burgh, candles, eton, highland, euclidean, wax, rotation, hampton, moisture, worcestershire, wolves, berkshire, lea, thames, mantle, allison, lit, kingston, burn, tube, sussex, hamlet, kyle, constituency, quantum, richmond, scotland, fisher, worcester, brook, essex, pipe, fuel, raf, liquid, harbour, vale, powell, lucy, gravity, lighthouse, steven, bow, borough, lane, heat, parish, burning, reservoir, oil, manor, cotton, scottish, commons, railway.

Words that rhyme with wick:
stick, trick, sic, tick, kick, pick, dick, quick, sick, flick, nick, slick, thick, politic, prick, click, brick, bailiwick, lick, mic, shtick, tic, picnic, arithmetic, mc, chick, lunatic, uptick, sidekick, rick, schtick, crick, knick, snick, pic, yardstick, hick, slapstick, spic, nic, realpolitik, lasik, dic, gick, bolshevik, vic, broomstick, body politic, candlestick, lipstick, dipstick, homesick, joystick, mick, glick, bic, spick, strick, schick, handpick, impolitic, ric, nonstick, triassic, rilke, nik, ostpolitik, toothpick, wrick, seasick, nightstick, thilk, frick, blick, kwik, peacenik, chopstick, klick, salt lick, pickwick, whilk, pool stick, bric, walking stick, pik, shooting stick, quik, fick, ice pick, magic trick, old nick, bick, kubrick, vick, firebrick, wood tick, sleepy dick, wyk, pogo stick, shick.

Adjectives that are often used to describe wick:
lighted, small, long, flat, new, wet, circular, little, charred, large, hard, round, single, thick, lamp, burnt, tiny, saturated, south, cylindrical, ren, black, soaked, twisted, flaming, tubular, glowing, short, thin, wetted, hollow, flickering, red, dry, porous, hot, dog, broad, moistened, smoky, inch, fresh, plaited, burning, double, braided, clean, ordinary, vitreous, moist, loose, salted, burned, sintered, solid, trim, damp, hampton, sterile, untrimmed, annular, fibrous, slender, oily, dim, feeble, yellow, unsnuffed, ignited, dirty, slow, primed, narrow, pick.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective wick:
lamp, holder, hole, lamps, tube, feed, yarn, burner, drains, electrodes, burners, type, ups, flame, candle, holes, chandrasekhar, combination, holders, stick, channel, catheter, drain, light, adjusting, oil, trimmer, needle, jones, tubes, burnt, interface, sputters, rafter, duffy, deodorizers, end, applicator, stove, etal, lubrication, rotation, electrode, kirkwall, ham, zoo, smith, cutter, feet, watering, stoves, papers, plan, rest, street, folk, wack, applicators, sampler, hall, lanterns, carburetors, reclining, candles, thurso, floating, torches, tweed, breakwater, dipping, lantern, wire, ends, packing, electrodynamics, wound, kie.

Consonant match to wick:
work, wake, walk, weak, whack, week, wack, woke, wok, whelk, werk, whilk, wolk, weck, wouk, werke, wyk, wike, wacke, wyke, wik, weick, wikke, wicke, weich, walke, wieck, waack, weik.

Words that sound like wick:
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