wick
wick (wik) , noun
[Anglo-Saxon wīc village, from Latin vicus. In some names of places, perhaps from Icelandic vīk an inlet, creek, bay. See Vicinity, and compare Villa.]
1.
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
2.
(Curling) A narrow port or passage in the rink or course, flanked by the stones of previous players.
Also: Wich
wick (wik) , noun
[Old English wicke, weyke, weke, Anglo-Saxon weoca or wecca; compare Dutch wiek a roll of lint, Prov. German wicke, and wieche, Old High German wiohha, Swedish veke, Danish vage; 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.
But true it is, that when the oil is spent
The light goes out, and wick is thrown away.
wick , intransitive verb
(Curling) To strike a stone in an oblique direction. — Jamieson