Wicking
noun
1.
material for wicks.
noun
1.
a bundle or loose twist or braid of soft threads, or a woven strip or tube, as of cotton or asbestos, which in a candle, lamp, oil stove, cigarette lighter, or the like, serves to draw up the melted tallow or wax or the oil or other flammable liquid to be burned.
verb (used with object)
2.
to draw off (liquid) by capillary action.
adjective
1.
acting to move moisture by capillary action from the inside to the surface: wicking fabric
noun
1.
a cord or band of loosely twisted or woven fibres, as in a candle, cigarette lighter, etc, that supplies fuel to a flame by capillary action
2.
(Brit, slang) get on someone’s wick, to cause irritation to a person
noun
1.
(archaic) a village or hamlet
adjective (Northern English, dialect)
1.
lively or active
2.
alive or crawling: a dog wick with fleas
noun
1.
a town in N Scotland, in Highland, at the head of Wick Bay (an inlet of the North Sea). Pop: 7333 (2001)
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