Difference between revisions of "Wick"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_195408" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_195408" /> == | ||
<p> (1): (v. i.) To strike a stone in an oblique direction. </p> <p> (2): (n.) A bundle of fibers, or a loosely twisted or braided cord, tape, or tube, usually made of soft spun cotton threads, which by capillary attraction draws up a steady supply of the oil in lamps, the melted tallow or wax in candles, or other material used for illumination, in small successive portions, to be burned. </p> <p> (3): (n.) Alt. of Wich </p> | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' v. i.) To strike a stone in an oblique direction. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) A bundle of fibers, or a loosely twisted or braided cord, tape, or tube, usually made of soft spun cotton threads, which by capillary attraction draws up a steady supply of the oil in lamps, the melted tallow or wax in candles, or other material used for illumination, in small successive portions, to be burned. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) Alt. of Wich </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_81375" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_81375" /> == | ||
Latest revision as of 18:09, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( v. i.) To strike a stone in an oblique direction.
(2): ( n.) A bundle of fibers, or a loosely twisted or braided cord, tape, or tube, usually made of soft spun cotton threads, which by capillary attraction draws up a steady supply of the oil in lamps, the melted tallow or wax in candles, or other material used for illumination, in small successive portions, to be burned.
(3): ( n.) Alt. of Wich
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
County-town of Caithness, on Wick River, 161 m. NE. of Inverness, is the chief seat of the herring fishery in Scotland; Wick proper, with its suburbs Louisburgh and Boathaven, is on the N. of the river, and Pultneytown on the S.; has a few manufactures, with distilleries and breweries.
