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wick (wik)

noun

a piece of cord or tape, or a thin bundle of threads, in a candle, oil lamp, cigarette lighter, etc., designed to absorb fuel by capillary attraction and, when lighted, to burn with a small, steady flame

Etymology: ME wicke < OE weoca, akin to Ger wieche, wick yarn < IE base *weg-, to weave: see veil

transitive verb

to draw or absorb (water, perspiration, etc.) by capillary attraction a fabric that wicks sweat away from the skin
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wick (wik)

noun

a village, town, or hamlet: now archaic except as compounded in bailiwick and (often in the form -wich) in place names, as in Warwick, Greenwich

Etymology: ME wik < OE wic, akin to MHG wich, village < early WGmc borrowing < L vicus, group of houses: see eco-

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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