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Webster 1913 Edition

wick

wick

(wĭk)
,
Noun.
[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.
væge
; 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

,
Verb.
I.
(Curling)
To strike a stone in an oblique direction.
Jamieson.

Webster 1828 Edition

Wick

WICK

,
Noun.
A number of threads of cotton or some similar substance, loosely twisted into a string, round which wax or tallow is applied by means of melting and running in a mold, and thus forming a candle or torch.

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