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wick Noun 1. a cord through the middle of a candle, through which the fuel reaches the flame 2. get on someone's wick Brit & Austral slang to annoy someone [Old English wēoce]
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Translations n wick [wik] the twisted threads of cotton etc in a candle, lamp etc, which draw up the oil or wax into the flame. pit فَتيلَه، ذُبالَه фитил knot væge der Docht φιτίλι mecha taht چيزى که بجاى فتيله بکار رود sydän mèche פְּתִיל बत्ती stijenj kanóc sumbu kveikur stoppino しん (초·남포·석유 난로 등의) 심지 dagtis dakts sumbu wiek veke knot pavio fitil фитиль knôt stenj nit sveće veke ไส้เทียน; ไส้ตะเกียง fitil 燈芯 ґніт چراغ کی بتی bấc đèn 灯芯 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| They made Bobby Wick pass an examination at Sandhurst. "It's as wick as you or me," he said; and Mary remembered that Martha had told her that "wick" meant "alive" or "lively. We rode there--about a mile and a half in the sweltering sun--and visited a little Greek church which they said was built upon the ancient site; and we paid a small fee, and the holy attendant gave each of us a little wax candle as a remembrancer of the place, and I put mine in my hat and the sun melted it and the grease all ran down the back of my neck; and so now I have not any thing left but the wick, and it is a sorry and a wilted- looking wick at that. |
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