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| wick | |
| 1. s. Mecha | |
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| wick | |
| 1. s. A bundle, twist, braid, or woven strip of cord, fabric, fibre/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 |  |
| Trim the wick fairly short, so that the flame does not smoke. | |
| 2. s. Any piece of porous material that conveys liquid by capillary action, such as a strip of gauze placed in a wound to serve as a drain. | |
| 3. s. (curling) A narrow opening in the field, flanked by other players' stones. | |
| 4. s. (curling) A shot where the played stone touches a stationary stone just enough that the played stone changes direction. | |
| 5. s. (slang) The penis. | |
| 6. v. To convey or draw off (liquid) by capillary action. | |
| The fabric wicks perspiration away from the body. | |
| 7. v. (intransitive, of a liquid) To traverse (i.e. be conveyed by capillary action) through a wick or other porous material, as water through a sponge. Usually followed by through. | |
| The moisture slowly wicked through the wood. | |
| 8. v. (curling) To strike (a stone) obliquely; to strike (a stationary stone) just enough that the played stone changes direction. | |
| 9. s. (archaic) A village; hamlet; castle; dwelling; street; creek; bay; harbour; a place of work, jurisdiction, or exercise of authority. | |
| 10. s. (UK, dialect, chiefly East Anglia, and Essex) A farm, especially a dairy farm. | |
| 11. adj. (UK, dialect, chiefly Yorkshire) Alive; lively; full of life; active; bustling; nimble; quick. | |
| as wick as an eel | |
| T' wickest young chap at ivver Ah seen. | |
| He's a strange wick bairn alus runnin' aboot. | |
| I'll skin ye wick! (skin you alive) | |
| I thowt they was dead last back end but they're wick enif noo. | |
| "Are you afraid of going across the churchyard in the dark?" "Lor' bless yer noä miss! It isn't dead uns I'm scar'd on, it's wick uns.". | |
| I'll swop wi' him my poor dead horse for his wick. — Ballads and Songs of the Peasantry of England, page 210 | |
| 12. s. (UK, dialect, chiefly Yorkshire) Liveliness; life. | |
| I niver knew such an a thing afore in all my wick. — Ashby, 12 July 1875 | |
| 13. s. (UK, dialect, chiefly Yorkshire) The growing part of a plant nearest to the roots. | |
| Fed close? Why, it's eaten into t' hard wick. (spoken of a pasture which has been fed very close) | |
| 14. s. (UK, dialect, chiefly Yorkshire) A maggot. | |
| 15. s. (now dialectal) A corner of the mouth or eye. | |
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| mecha | |
| 1. n-f. wick, fuse | |
| 2. n-f. lock (length of hair) | |
| 3. n-f. (hair) highlights | |
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