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noun (plural wicks) |
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1. material holding fuel that burns: a string or piece of fabric that uses capillary action to draw the fuel to the flame in a candle, oil lamp, or cigarette lighter
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2. medicine material that draws up liquid: any piece of material that draws liquid up by capillary action, e.g. a strip of gauze put into a wound to drain it
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transitive and intransitive verb (past and past participle wicked, present participle wick·ing, 3rd person present singular wicks) |
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move liquid by capillary action: to take in or transfer liquid by capillary action, or be taken in or transferred in this way
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| [ Old English wēoc, origin ?] |
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