any piece of cord that conveys liquid by capillary action
The physician put a wick in the wound to drain it.
source: WordNet 3.0
a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame
source: WordNet 3.0
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.
source: Webster 1913
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.
