Cotton that holds the flame of a candle for a set period of time.
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Examples for "wick "
Examples for "wick "
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.
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.
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