About The Word Wick
Learn about the word Wick to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Wick definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Wick
| Wick Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Wick?
[n] a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame
[n] any piece of cord that conveys liquid by capillary action Synonyms | Synonyms for Wick: taper Related Terms | Find terms related to Wick: See Also | candle | candlewick | cord | kerosene lamp | kerosine lamp | oil lamp | wax light Wick In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\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. \Wick\, v. i. (Curling) To strike a stone in an oblique direction. --Jamieson. |
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Genus colutea ‐ small genus of Eurasian shrubs with yellow flowers and bladdery…
- Disembodied ‐ not having a material body;…
- Cocker spaniel ‐ a small breed with a wavy silky hair originally developed in…
- Igor sikorsky ‐ United States industrialist (born in Russia) who designed the…
- Cognitive ‐ of or being or relating to or involving cognition; "cognitive…
- Elliptical ‐ characterized by extreme economy of expression or omission of…
- Unarmoured ‐ (used of persons or things military) without protective armor…
- Push up ‐ push upward [v] push upward; "The front of the trains that had…
- Unagitated ‐ not agitated or disturbed emotionally [adj] not physically disturbed…
- Genus lastreopsis ‐ tropical terrestrial…