Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - wick
Wick
wick
1. n. 1 a strip or thread of fibrous or spongy material feeding a flame with fuel in a candle, lamp, etc. 2 Surgery a gauze strip inserted in a wound to drain it. Phrases and idioms dip one's wick coarse sl. (of a man) have sexual intercourse. get on a person's wick Brit. colloq. annoy a person. Etymology: OE weoce, -weoc (cf. MDu. wiecke, MLG weke), of unkn. orig. 2. n. dial. exc. in compounds e.g. bailiwick, and in place-names e.g. Hampton Wick, Warwick 1 a town, hamlet, or district. 2 a dairy farm. Etymology: OE wic, prob. f. Gmc f. L vicus street, village
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English weke, ~e, from Old English wēoce; akin to Old High German wiohha ~, Middle Irish figid he weaves Date: before 12th century a bundle of fibers or a loosely twisted, braided, or woven cord, tape, or tube usually of soft spun cotton threads that by capillary attraction draws up to be burned a steady supply of the oil in lamps or the melted tallow or wax in candles, II. transitive verb Date: 1949 to absorb or drain (as a fluid or moisture) like a ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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