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English to English noun
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any piece of cord that conveys liquid by capillary action |  | Example: the physician put a wick in the wound to drain it
source: wordnet30
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a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame | | source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
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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. | | source: webster1913
verb
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To strike a stone in an oblique direction. | | source: webster1913
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