Cotton that holds the flame of a candle for a set period of time.
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Examples for "wick"
Examples for "wick"
1The wick had been trimmed, and Cartwright was in for the evening.
2She raised the chimney and lit the lamp, and regulated the wick.
3Here the socket of the candle dropped, and the wick went out.
4Buck Daniels ran to the big lamp and turned up the wick.
5The wick dips into the clear molten wax and the flame falters.
1This was sometimes made by dipping a candle wick into melted tallow.
2A candle wick flickered and caught.
3A crown of angry red formed upon the candle wick, which toppled over in the socket and guttered out with a sharp hiss.
4The candle wick burned long, and was topped by a little cap of fiery red that seemed to wink at us like an impish gnome.
5He laughed gaily as he went through the historically famous test of courage in snuffing the flaring candle wicks with his fingers.
Translations for candlemaking wicks