Wick1, n.
n. [A-S. wīc, port, village, O. Sax. wic, O. Fries. wik, O. H. Ger. wich, D. wijk, Goth. veihs, vehs, allied to Lat. vicus, Gr. οἶκος.] A street; a village; a castle; a place of work. [Obs. and very rare.] Stowe.
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Wick
Wick2, n.
[A-S. weoca, wecca, wecce, Sw. veke, Dan. väge, Icel. qveitr, Prov. Ger. wicke, wicken, wickel, wieke.] A spongy cord usually made of soft spun cotton threads, which by capillary attraction draws up the oil in lamps, the melted tallow or wax in candles, or other material used for illumination, in small successive portions, to be burned.
But true it is that when the oil is spent The light goes out, and wick is thrown away. Spencer.