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   {wick , or Wich  }, n. [AS. wīc village, fr. L. vicus. In some names of places, perhaps fr. Icel. vīk an inlet, creek, bay. See Vicinity, and cf. Villa.]
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   A street; a village; a castle; a dwelling; a place of work, or exercise of authority; -- now obsolete except in composition; as, bailiwick, Warwick, Greenwick.
   Stow.
   
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   (Curling) A narrow port or passage in the rink or course, flanked by the stones of previous players.
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   wick , n. [OE. wicke, weyke, weke, AS. weoca or wecca; cf. D. wiek a roll of lint, Prov. G. wicke, and wieche, OHG. wiohha, Sw. veke, Dan. væge; of uncertain origin.] A bundle of fibers, or a loosely twisted or braided cord, tape, or tube, usually made of soft spun cotton threads, which by capillary attraction draws up a steady supply of the oil in lamps, the melted tallow or wax in candles, or other material used for illumination, in small successive portions, to be burned.
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   But true it is, that when the oil is spent
   The light goes out, and wick is thrown away.
   Spenser.
   
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   wick, v. i. (Curling) To strike a stone in an oblique direction.
   Jamieson.
   
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