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Word: wick
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Meaning:
Adjective:
- dialect|chiefly|Yorkshire Alive; lively; full of life; active; bustling; nimble; quick.
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Noun:
- A bundle, twist, braid, or woven strip of cord, fabric, 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; e.g. a strip of gauze placed in a wound to serve as a drain.
- archaic A village; hamlet; castle; dwelling; street; creek; bay; harbour; a place of work, jurisdiction, or exercise of authority.
- dialect|chiefly|East Anglia|and|Essex A farm, especially a dairy farm.
- dialect|chiefly|Yorkshire A maggot.
- dialect|chiefly|Yorkshire Liveliness; life.
- dialect|chiefly|Yorkshire The growing part of a plant nearest to the roots.
- curling A narrow opening in the field, flanked by other players' stones.
- curling A shot where the played stone touches a stationary stone just enough that the played stone changes direction.
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Verb:
- curling To strike (a stone) obliquely; to strike (a stationary stone) just enough that the played stone changes direction.
- of a liquid To traverse (i.e. be conveyed by capillary action) through a wick or other porous material, as water through a sponge. Usually followed by through.
- To convey or draw off (liquid) by capillary action.
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