English abbreviation dictionary - wick
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Wick
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~ n 1 the piece of thread in a candle that burns when you light it 2 a long piece of material in an oil lamp that sucks up oil so that the lamp can burn 3 get on sb's wick BrE spoken to annoy someone ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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(wicks) 1. The wick of a candle is the piece of string in it which burns when it is lit. N-COUNT 2. The wick of a paraffin lamp or cigarette lighter is the part which supplies the fuel to the flame when it is lit. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English weke, ~e, from Old English weoce; akin to Old High German wiohha ~, Middle Irish figid he weaves Date: before 12th century a bundle of fibers or a loosely twisted, braided, or woven cord, tape, or tube usually of soft spun cotton threads that by capillary attraction draws up to be burned a steady supply of the oil in lamps or the melted tallow or wax in candles II. transitive verb Date: 1949 to absorb or drain (as a fluid or moisture) like a ~ a fabric that ~s away perspiration ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. n. 1 a strip or thread of fibrous or spongy material feeding a flame with fuel in a candle, lamp, etc. 2 Surgery a gauze strip inserted in a wound to drain it. Phrases and idioms dip one's wick coarse sl. (of a man) have sexual intercourse. get on a person's wick Brit. colloq. annoy a person. Etymology: OE weoce, -weoc (cf. MDu. wiecke, MLG weke), of unkn. orig. 2. n. dial. exc. in compounds e.g. bailiwick, and in place-names e.g. Hampton Wick, Warwick 1 a town, hamlet, or district. 2 a dairy farm. Etymology: OE wic, prob. f. Gmc f. L vicus street, village ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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фитиль - electrophoregis wick - lubricating wick - oiling wick - oil wick - top wick - underfeed wick ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
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