Wickname詞源 1

• 1

  A town in north-eastern Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref ND3650).

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  A river in Caithness, Highland council area that flows through the town into Wick Bay on the North Sea; in full, the Wick River.

Wickname詞源 2

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wicknoun詞源 1/ˈwɪk/

• 1

  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.

  • Trim the wick fairly short, so that the flame does not smoke.
  • Theſe cordes, they caule Cabuia and Henequen, which are al one thing ſauyng that Henequen is leſſe and of a fyner ſubſtaunce as it were line: And the other is groſſer lyke the wycke or twyſte of hempe, and is imperfecte in compariſon to the other.
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  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.

  • There liues vvithin the very flame of loue / A kind of weeke or ſnufe that vvill abate it, […]
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  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.

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  slangOften in dip one's wick: the penis.

  • His wick was stone stiff.
  • Thrusting his head out of a miniature waterfall, Di asked, 'You don't feel like a bit of a bunk-up this evening, Stubby, by any chance?' / 'A bit of what?' / 'Dipping your wick, man!' / This was unlike the staid, chapel-going Di I thought I knew. 'I'm careful where I dip my wick, mate. Got a bit of respect for it.'

wickverb詞源 1/ˈwɪk/

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  Of a material (especially a textile): to convey or draw off (liquid) by capillary action.

  • The fabric wicks perspiration away from the body.
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  Of a material: to convey or draw off liquid by capillary action.

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  Chiefly followed by through or up: of a liquid: to move by capillary action through a porous material.

  • The moisture slowly wicked through the wood.

wicknoun詞源 2/ˈwɪk/

• 1

  A hamlet or village; also, a town.

  • And by report, there vvere eight thouſand Gaules there ſlaine: the reſt abandoned the vvarre, and ſlipt every one into their ovvne vvickes and villages.
• 2

  A farm; specifically, a dairy farm.

  • Note a fearme [farm] in the North parts is called a Tacke, in Lancaſhire a Fermeholt, in Eſſex a Wike.
  • Wick Farm—almost every village has its outlying ‘wick’—stands alone in the fields.
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  obsoleteAn enclosed piece of land; a close.

wickadj詞源 3/ˈwɪk/

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  Synonym of quick (“alive, living; also, active, lively”).

  • Well! yo must know I were in th' Infirmary for a fever, and times were rare and bad; and there be good chaps there to a man, while he's wick, whate'er they may be about cutting him up at after.
  • Thinks Abey, t' oud codger 'll nivver smoak t' trick, / I'll swop wi' him my poor deead horse for his wick, […]

wicknoun詞源 3/ˈwɪk/

• 1

  dialectalA maggot.

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  dialectalagriculturebusinesshorticultureThe growing part of a plant nearest to the roots.

  • Fed close? Why, it’s eaten into t’ hard wick.
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  dialectalagriculturebusinesshorticultureThe part of the root of a weed that remains viable in the ground after inadequate digging prior to cultivation.

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  obsoletedialectalLife; also, liveliness.

wicknoun詞源 4/ˈwɪk/

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  obsoletedialectalA angle or corner; specifically, a corner of the eye or mouth.

  • [H]ee vvould therefore haue you to make ſome expert Horſe farrier, to ſlit vp the vveekes of your Horſes mouth, equallie on both ſides of his cheekes, vvith a ſharpe rayſor, and then to ſeare it vvith a hot yron, and ſo heale it in ſuch ſorte, as the ſydes thereof may no more grovv together, but appeare like a natural mouth: to vvhome I make this anſvvere, that I imagine neither hee, nor any other Horſe-man hath heere in England ſeene a horſe of that ſhallovvneſſe of mouth, vvhich vvold not giue place for a reaſonable bytt to lie in; […]
  • Croudy hung his head to one side, and chuckled, and crowed, and laid on the ground with his staff; and always now and then cast a sly look-out at the wick of his eye to Pery.
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  obsoletedialectalA grove; also, a hollow.

wicknoun詞源 5/ˈwɪk/

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  ball-gamescurlinggamesA shot where the played bowl or stone touches a stationary bowl or stone just enough that the former changes direction; a cannon.

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  ball-gamescurlinggamesSynonym of port (“a narrow opening between other players' bowls or stones wide enough for a delivered bowl or stone to pass through”).

wickverb詞源 5/ˈwɪk/

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  ball-gamescurlinggamesTo strike (a stationary bowl or stone) with one's own bowl or stone just enough that the former changes direction; to cannon.

  • He vvas the king of a' the Core, / To guard, or dravv, or vvick a bore, […]
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  ball-gamescurlinggamesTo strike a stationary bowl or stone with one's own bowl or stone just enough that the former changes direction; to cannon.

wicknoun詞源 6/ˈwɪk/

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  ball-gamescurlinggamesAn inlet, such as a creek or small bay.

  • The power thou dost covet / O'er tempest and wave, / Shall be thine, thou proud maiden, / By beach and by cave,— / By stack and by skerry, by noup, and by voe, / By air and by wick, and by helyer and gio, / And by every wild shore which the northern winds know, / And the northern tides lave.

wicknoun詞源 7/ˈwɪk/

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  ball-gamescurlinggamesA basket made of wickers (“flexible branches or twigs of a plant such as willow woven together”); a creel.

  • A captive fish still fills the anxious eyes / And willow-wicks lie ready for the prize; […]
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  ball-gamescurlinggamesWickers collectively; also, synonym of wickerwork (“wickers woven together”).

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

• wick-tooth