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wick

noun

1 wick

Any piece of cord that conveys liquid by capillary action.

Roget 388: fuel, firing, combustible.    [solid fuels] coal, wallsend, anthracite, culm, coke, carbon, charcoal, bituminous coal, tar shale; turf, ... show more

2 wick

A loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame.

synonym: taper.

Roget 423: luminary; light etc. 420; flame etc. (fire) 382.    spark, scintilla; phosphorescence, fluorescence.    sun, orb of day, ... show more

Dutch: kaarsenpit, kaarsepit, kaarslemmet, katoentje, kous, kousje, lampekatoen, lampekousje, lampenkatoen, lampenkousje ... show more
Polish: knot


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