(countable) A braid or bundle of fibre or other porous material (now generally twisted or woven cotton) in a candle, kerosene heater, oil lamp, etc., that draws up a liquid fuel (such as melted tallow or wax, or oil) at one end, to be ignited at the other end to produce a flame.
(uncountable) A braid or bundle of fibre or other porous material (now generally twisted or woven cotton) in a candle, kerosene heater, oil lamp, etc., that draws up a liquid fuel (such as melted tallow or wax, or oil) at one end, to be ignited at the other end to produce a flame.
(broadly, countable) A braid or bundle of fibre or other porous material (now generally twisted or woven cotton) in a candle, kerosene heater, oil lamp, etc., that draws up a liquid fuel (such as melted tallow or wax, or oil) at one end, to be ignited at the other end to produce a flame.
(countable, euphemistic, slang) Often in dip one's wick: the penis.

(transitive) Of a material (especially a textile): to convey or draw off (liquid) by capillary action.
(intransitive) Of a material: to convey or draw off liquid by capillary action.
(intransitive) Chiefly followed by through or up: of a liquid: to move by capillary action through a porous material.

Synonym of quick (“alive, living; also, active, lively”).

(England, transitive) To strike (a stationary bowl or stone) with one's own bowl or stone just enough that the former changes direction; to cannon.
(England, intransitive) To strike a stationary bowl or stone with one's own bowl or stone just enough that the former changes direction; to cannon.

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