wick
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1. wick - Noun
2. wick - Adjective
3. wick - Verb
4. Wick - Proper noun
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Alt. of Wich
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.
To strike a stone in an oblique direction.
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A revolutionary poem will not tell you who or when to kill, what and when to burn, or even how to theorize. It reminds you... where and when and how you are living and might live, it is a wick of desire.
Age after age, when the wick of Righteousness burns low, the Avatar comes yet once again to rekindle the torch of Love and Truth.
The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.
Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.
It is a great pity but tis certain from every day's observation of man, that he may be set on fire like a candle, at either end provided there is a sufficient wick standing out.
Who would regard all things complacently must wick at a great many.