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Substantiivi

1. (countable) A braid or bundle of fibre or other porous material (now generally twisted or woven cotton) in a candle, kerosene heater, oil lamp, etc., that draws up a liquid fuel (such as melted tallow or wax, or oil) at one end, to be ignited at the other end to produce a flame.
2. (countable) A basket made of wickers; a creel.
3. (Northern England, Scotland) An inlet, such as a creek or small bay.
4. (obsolete, except, dialectal) A hamlet or village; also, a town.
5. (countable) A maggot.
6. A shot where the played bowl or stone touches a stationary bowl or stone just enough that the former changes direction; a cannon.
7. A angle or corner; specifically, a corner of the eye or mouth.
8. (uncountable) Synonym of wicking (“the material of which wicks are made”).
9. (uncountable) Wickers collectively; also, Synonym of wickerwork (“wickers woven together”).
10. Synonym of port (“a narrow opening between other players' bowls or stones wide enough for a delivered bowl or stone to pass through”).
11. Short for wick-tooth (“a canine tooth”).
12. (obsolete, except, dialectal, chiefly East Anglia and Essex) A farm; specifically, a dairy farm.
13. A grove; also, a hollow.
14. The growing part of a plant nearest to the roots.
15. (obsolete) An enclosed piece of land; a close.
16. (countable, by extension) Any piece of porous material that conveys liquid by capillary action; specifically (medicine), a strip of gauze placed in a wound, etc., to absorb fluids.
17. ( chiefly in the plural) The part of the root of a weed that remains viable in the ground after inadequate digging prior to cultivation.
18. (countable, euphemistic, slang) Often in dip one's wick: the penis.
19. (uncountable, obsolete) Life; also, liveliness.

Verbi

1. (transitive) Of a material (especially a textile): to convey or draw off (liquid) by capillary action.
2. (transitive) To strike (a stationary bowl or stone) with one's own bowl or stone just enough that the former changes direction; to cannon.
3. (intransitive) To strike a stationary bowl or stone with one's own bowl or stone just enough that the former changes direction; to cannon.
4. Of a material: to convey or draw off liquid by capillary action.
5. Chiefly followed by through or up: of a liquid: to move by capillary action through a porous material.

Adjektiivi

1. (Northern England, chiefly Yorkshire) Synonym of quick (“alive, living; also, active, lively”).