wick (n.)

  1. any piece of cord that conveys liquid by capillary action; the physician put a wick in the wound to drain it'

  2. a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame

    [ Syn: taper ]

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