A street; a village; a castle; a dwelling; a
place of work, or exercise of authority; -- now obsolete except in
composition; as, bailiwick, Warwick, Greenwick.
A narrow port or passage in the
rink or course, flanked by the stones of previous players.
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| Wick (wick) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Wick |
| [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.
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To strike a
stone in an oblique direction.
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