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- noun Plural form of
wick . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
wick .
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Examples
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Then I took apart his gun and put the barrel by handy, and afterwards braided many wicks from the cotton that the women gather wild in the summer.
A HYPERBOREAN BREW 2010
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Then I took apart his gun and put the barrel by handy, and afterward braided many wicks from the cotton that the women gather wild in the summer.
A HYPERBOREAN BREW 2010
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Then I took apart his gun and put the barrel by handy, and afterward braided many wicks from the cotton that the women gather wild in the summer.
A Hyperborean Brew 1904
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The two candles on her coffee table have virgin wicks.
Tina Fey is between a 'Rock' and a funny place at 'SNL' 2008
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Once the wicks are anchored and centered, fragrance added and your wax is colored.
Archive 2007-10-01 Anne-Marie 2007
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Once the wicks are anchored and centered, fragrance added and your wax is colored.
Candlemaking - Pouring, Steady Hands & Straight Wicks Anne-Marie 2007
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The wicks were my next difficulty, and as my wife positively refused to allow us to devote our ties and handkerchiefs for the purpose, I took a piece of inflammable wood from a tree, a native of the
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Phoebe-lamps were similar in shape; though some had double wicks, that is, a nose at either side.
Home Life in Colonial Days Alice Morse Earle 1881
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Apparently a seal develops between the lid and cloth and the space between them is filled with solution which "wicks" out and keeps the entire cloth-covered area drenched in nutrient solution. watering shallow pool gardens
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At one of the bio-retention cells, a new product was installed that "wicks" water down to an underground piping system.
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