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Meanings of wick in inglés
Usage of wick in inglés
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