wick

wick englannista suomeksi

1. sydän

2. sydänlanka

1. sydän, sydänlanka

2. imeä (nestettä)

2. Substantiivi

wick englanniksi

1. A bundle, twist, braid, or woven strip of cord, fabric, fibre, 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 length of material burned for illumination in small successive portions.

(ux)

2. (RQ:Spenser Faerie Queene)

3. Any piece of porous material that conveys liquid by action, such as a strip of gauze placed in a wound to serve as a drain.

4. A narrow opening in the field, flanked by other players' stones.

5. A shot where the played stone touches a stationary stone just enough that the played stone changes direction.

6. The penis.

7. {{quote-book|en|year=2008|author=Marcus Van Heller|title=Nest of Vixens|isbn=9781596549449|pageurl=http://books.google.ca/books?id=CG7a6LBMs4kC&dq=%22his+wick%22+%22stone+stiff%22&q=%22His+wick+was+stone+stiff%22v=snippet&q=%22His%20wick%20was%20stone%20stiff%22&f=false|page=17

8. {{quote-book|en|year=2009|author=Ira Robbins|title=Kick It Till It Breaks|pageurl=http://books.google.ca/books?id=j5vOrRdUG4wC&dq=sucked+%22his+wick%22+subject%3A%22fiction%22&q=%22his+wick%22v=snippet&q=%22his%20wick%22&f=false|page=130|publisher=Trouser Press|isbn=9780984253913

9. To convey or draw off (liquid) by action.

10. To traverse (i.e. be conveyed by capillary action) through a wick or other porous material, as water through a sponge. Usually followed by (m).

11. To strike (a stone) obliquely; to strike (a stationary stone) just enough that the played stone changes direction.

12. A farm, especially a dairy farm.

13. Alive; lively; full of life; active; bustling; nimble; quick.

(ux) (rfdate)

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15. (senseid) resistant to being put to use, stiff, stubborn (as for example a rope or a screw).

16. Liveliness; life.

17. The growing part of a plant nearest to the roots.

18. (Usually plural) The parts of weed roots that remain viable in the ground after inadequate digging prior to cultivation.

19. A maggot.

20. A corner or angle.

21. A grove; a hollow.

22. A corner of the mouth or eye.

23. (RQ:Nabokov Ada)

24. An inlet or bay.

25. far, wide, distant

26. (alternative form of)

27. an open bight or inlet of the sea, a bay

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28. week