wick

Definitions

• A bundle, twist, braid, or woven strip of cord, fabric, fibre/fiber, or other porous material in a candle, oil lamp, kerosene heater, or the like, that draws up liquid fuel, such as melted tallow, wax, or the oil, delivering it to the base of the flame for conversion to gases and burning; any other length of material burned for illumination in small successive portions.
• Any piece of porous material that conveys liquid by capillary action, such as a strip of gauze placed in a wound to serve as a drain.
• (curling) A narrow opening in the field, flanked by other players' stones.
• (curling) A shot where the played stone touches a stationary stone just enough that the played stone changes direction.
• (slang) The penis.