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Wick
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Part of speech: noun (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. But true it is, that when the oil is spent The light goes out, and wick is thrown away. Spenser.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To strike a stone in an oblique direction. Jamieson.