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wick::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | taper |
| Type of | cord |
| Has types | candlewick |
wick::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | cord |
the physician put a wick in the wound to drain it.
Examples of wick
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I'm glad you have flagged this up, it's been getting on my wick for a long time.
From the independent.co.uk
Do not stack dry boxes on top of wet ones because the moisture will wick upward.
From the washingtonpost.com
Nearly all modern fire dancing apparatus rely on a liquid fuel held in the wick.
From the en.wikipedia.org
If you really wanted to rub it in, you might say Candelon got on Clancy's wick.
From the independent.co.uk
Poured into glass, the candles boast a wooden wick that crackles when it burns.
From the delawareonline.com
These humidifiers use a wick material which naturally draws up water from a tank.
From the dailyherald.com
If using a wick, make up the solution at one-quarter of the recommended strength.
From the washingtonpost.com
Bringing a lit match to a wick melts and then vaporizes the wax coating the wick.
From the usatoday.com
The shirt promises to wick away moisture, something cotton hasn't excelled in.
From the latimes.com
- Any piece of cord that conveys liquid by capillary action; "the physician put a wick in the wound to drain it"
- A loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame
- WICK is an AM broadcasting radio station licensed to the city of Scranton, Pennsylvania and serves the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton radio market. The station broadcasts at a frequency of 1400 kHz with 1,000 Watts with a non-directional signal pattern.
- The Ancient Egyptian Wick hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. V28 for the wick of a lamp.
- An English topographic name for someone who lived in an outlying farm; it is a modern variation of the Anglo-Saxon wic.
- Wick Burghs, sometimes known as Northern Burghs, was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1918. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system.
- Wick is a ward in the London Borough of Hackney that forms part of the Hackney South and Shoreditch constituency. It fully covers the area of Hackney Wick and includes the part of the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics being built in the Borough.
- A bundle, twist, braid, or woven strip of cord, fabric, fiber, or other porous material in a candle, oil lamp, kerosene heater, or the like, that draws up liquid fuel, such as melted tallow, wax, or the oil, delivering it to the base of the flame for conversion to gases and burning; any other ...
- (Wicking) moisture movement by capillary action. It usually refers to technical fabrics that move sweat away from the skin to the outer surface of the fabric, where it evaporates. Learn how to choose fitness clothing.
