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Meanings of wick in English
Synonyms
Examples for "candlewick"
Examples for "candlewick"
1
There were salmon-coloured candlewick bedspreads and a chandelier with small orange-pink shades, not quite matching.
2
The king snuffs out the candlewick and smears the soot between his thumb and forefinger.
3
I didn't know my dick from a candlewick.
4
Why doth the fire fasten upon the candlewick?
5
She was wearing an old candlewick bathrobe.
1
This was sometimes made by dipping a candle wick into melted tallow.
2
A candle wick flickered and caught.
3
A crown of angry red formed upon the candle wick, which toppled over in the socket and guttered out with a sharp hiss.
4
The candle wick burned long, and was topped by a little cap of fiery red that seemed to wink at us like an impish gnome.
5
He laughed gaily as he went through the historically famous test of courage in snuffing the flaring candle wicks with his fingers.
Usage of wick in English
1
The wick had been trimmed, and Cartwright was in for the evening.
2
She raised the chimney and lit the lamp, and regulated the wick.
3
Here the socket of the candle dropped, and the wick went out.
4
Buck Daniels ran to the big lamp and turned up the wick.
5
The wick dips into the clear molten wax and the flame falters.
6
He lighted the lamp, turned down the wick, and replaced the chimney.
7
The wick sputtered, then caught, the flame spreading quickly along its length.
8
There's even a length of wick in the shirt pocket, Ledford said.
9
Use the bandana strip like a wick to provide better lighting accessibility.
10
My one deal-breaker is people with really pronounced nail wick but whatever.
11
I found my way to the kerosene lamp and lit the wick.
12
While the wick of the taper was burning up, he listened again.
13
So they were slung round the neck by a yoke of lamp-wick.
14
An amber flame danced hypnotically on the wick of the oil lamp.
15
I took out a match, scratched it, and touched the third wick.
16
Soulsby nodded, and turned down the wick of his lamp a trifle.
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Wick through the time
Wick across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common