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wicks, plural;
  1. Absorb or draw off (liquid) by capillary action
    • - these excellent socks will wick away the sweat
    • - synthetics with hollow fibers that wick well
Noun
  1. A town, hamlet, or district
    • - Hampton Wick
    • - Warwick
  2. A dairy farm

  1. any piece of cord that conveys liquid by capillary action; "the physician put a wick in the wound to drain it"
  2. a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame
  3. WICK is an AM broadcasting radio station licensed to the city of Scranton, Pennsylvania and serves the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton radio market. The station broadcasts at a frequency of 1400 kHz with 1,000 Watts with a non-directional signal pattern.
  4. Wick (Inbhir Ùige) is an estuary town and a royal burgh in the north of the Highland council area of Scotland. Historically, it is one of two burghs within the county of Caithness, of which Wick was the county town. The town straddles the River Wick and extends along both sides of Wick Bay. ...
  5. The Ancient Egyptian Wick hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. V28 for the wick of a lamp.
  6. * Denis Wick (born 1932), British orchestral trombonist * Douglas Wick (born 1954), American movie producer * Gian-Carlo Wick (1909-1992), Italian theoretical physicist * Helmut Wick (1915–1940), German Luftwaffe fighter pilot * John Wick, American role-playing game designer * John Wick, a ...
  7. Wick Burghs, sometimes known as Northern Burghs, was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1918. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system.
  8. Wick is a ward in the London Borough of Hackney that forms part of the Hackney South and Shoreditch constituency. It fully covers the area of Hackney Wick and includes the part of the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics being built in the Borough.
  9. A bundle, twist, braid, or woven strip of cord, fabric, fiber, or other porous material in a candle, oil lamp, kerosene heater, or the like, that draws up liquid fuel, such as melted tallow, wax, or the oil, delivering it to the base of the flame for conversion to gases and burning; any other ...
  10. (Wicking) moisture movement by capillary action. It usually refers to technical fabrics that move sweat away from the skin to the outer surface of the fabric, where it evaporates. Learn how to choose fitness clothing.
  11. (Wicking) The longitudinal flow of a liquid in a wire or cable construction due to capillary action.
  12. (Wicking) A phenomenon that occurs when moisture accumulates at the edge of a fabric where substrate yarns may be exposed, or in sewn seams where threads come in contact with the substrate.
  13. (Wicking) Dispersing or spreading of moisture or liquid through a given area by capillary action in a material.
  14. (Wicking) This happens when the wetness from the inside of the diaper is drawn to the edges of the diaper and causes the babies clothes to get damp.
  15. (Wicking) Migration of copper salts into the glass fibers of the insulating material found in the barrel of a plated hole.
  16. (Wicking) The absorption of moisture in fabric by capillary action.
  17. (Wicking) the vertical absorption of a liquid into a porous material by capillary forces.
  18. (Wicking) fabric property that draws moisture away from the skin and up to the surface, resulting in drier, more breathable fabric
  19. Wicking materials draw perspiration away from the skin. Once away from the skin perspiration can evaporate without an uncomfortable chilling effect on the body. Comfort is maintained by the skin staying dry and at an even temperature. ...
  20. (Wicking) (1) Very slow loss of air pressure from a tire. (2) Process used in the manufacturing of tires to eliminate air pockets.
  21. (Wicking) An inkjet output term for when ink is absorbed into paper media and then follows the grain of the paper.
  22. (Wicking) Fluid conduction into the geosynthetic.
  23. (Wicking) Process whereby moisture is transported by capillary action. Term most often used in context with baselayer fabrics, but also relevant to other clothing fabrics, sleeping bags and single-skin tents.
  24. (Wicking) Refers to a problem with moisture passing through the thread by capillary action. Many manufacturers are using CW Core or 100% Cotton to minimize wicking because the cotton swells when it is wet and fills the seam. ...
  25. (Wicking) The flow of an adhesive into a tightly restricted opening.