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Definition of wick

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Wick (n.) 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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Wick :: Wick (n.) Alt. of Wic.

Wike :: Wike (n.) A temporary mark or boundary, as a bough of a tree set up in marking out or dividing anything, as tithes, swaths to be mowed in common ground, etc.; -- called also wicker..

Waster :: Waster (v. t.) An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to waste; -- called also a thief..

Hell :: Hell (v. t.) The place or state of punishment for the wicked after death; the abode of evil spirits. Hence, any mental torment; anguish..

Wicket :: Wicket (n.) A small framework at which the ball is bowled. It consists of three rods, or stumps, set vertically in the ground, with one or two short rods, called bails, lying horizontally across the top..

Stump :: Stump (n.) One of the three pointed rods stuck in the ground to form a wicket and support the bails.

Devilry :: Devilry (n.) Conduct suitable to the devil; extreme wickedness; deviltry.

Vice :: Vice (n.) A moral fault or failing; especially, immoral conduct or habit, as in the indulgence of degrading appetites; customary deviation in a single respect, or in general, from a right standard, implying a defect of natural character, or the result of training and habits; a harmful custom; immorality; depravity; wickedness; as, a life of vice; the vice of intemperance..

Willy :: Willy (n.) A large wicker basket.

Wich :: Wich (n.) 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..

Audacious :: Audacious (a.) Contemning the restraints of law, religion, or decorum; bold in wickedness; presumptuous; impudent; insolent..

Black-hearted :: Black-hearted (a.) Having a wicked, malignant disposition; morally bad..

Wicked :: Wicked (a.) Ludicrously or sportively mischievous; disposed to mischief; roguish.

Piacularity :: Piacularity (n.) The quality or state of being piacular; criminality; wickedness.

Flambeau :: Flambeau (n.) A flaming torch, esp. one made by combining together a number of thick wicks invested with a quick-burning substance (anciently, perhaps, wax; in modern times, pitch or the like); hence, any torch..

Flagitious :: Flagitious (a.) Disgracefully or shamefully criminal; grossly wicked; scandalous; shameful; -- said of acts, crimes, etc..

Ungodly :: Ungodly (a.) Not godly; not having regard for God; disobedient to God; wicked; impious; sinful.

Constablewick :: Constablewick (n.) The district to which a constable's power is limited.

Naughtily :: Naughtily (adv.) In a naughty manner; wickedly; perversely.

Wicket :: Wicket (n.) A small gate by which the chamber of canal locks is emptied, or by which the amount of water passing to a water wheel is regulated..