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wick

/wɪk/ · 4 letters · 4 distinct letters

  1. noun

    any piece of cord that conveys liquid by capillary action

    the physician put a wick in the wound to drain it

  2. noun

    a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame

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