wick

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 ot

Trim the wick fairly short, so that the flame does not smoke.

Theſe cordes, they caule Cabuia and Henequen, which are al one thing ſauyng that Henequen is leſſe and of a fyner ſubſtaunce as it were line: And the other is groſſer lyke the wycke or twyſte of hempe, and is imperfecte in compariſon to the other.

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 ot

There liues vvithin the very flame of loue / A kind of weeke or ſnufe that vvill abate it, […]

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 ot

Often in dip one's wick: the penis.

His wick was stone stiff.

Thrusting his head out of a miniature waterfall, Di asked, 'You don't feel like a bit of a bunk-up this evening, Stubby, by any chance?' / 'A bit of what?' / 'Dipping your wick, man!' / This was unlike the staid, chapel-going Di I thought I knew. 'I'm careful where I dip my wick, mate. Got a bit of respect for it.'

Of a material (especially a textile): to convey or draw off (liquid) by capillary action.

The fabric wicks perspiration away from the body.

Of a material: to convey or draw off liquid by capillary action.

Chiefly followed by through or up: of a liquid: to move by capillary action through a porous material.

The moisture slowly wicked through the wood.

A hamlet or village; also, a town.

And by report, there vvere eight thouſand Gaules there ſlaine: the reſt abandoned the vvarre, and ſlipt every one into their ovvne vvickes and villages.

A farm; specifically, a dairy farm.

Note a fearme [farm] in the North parts is called a Tacke, in Lancaſhire a Fermeholt, in Eſſex a Wike.

Wick Farm—almost every village has its outlying ‘wick’—stands alone in the fields.

An enclosed piece of land; a close.