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lampwick

noun

Etymology

From lamp + wick.

  1. inherited from *weyḱ-✻ — “to enter in; to settle; settlement”
  2. inherited from *wīhsą✻ — “settlement; village”
  3. inherited from *wīhs✻ — “burgh, village; colony, settlement; dwelling”
  4. derived from *weikos✻ — “village”
  5. derived from vīcus — “row of houses; street; quarter, neighbourhood; hamlet, village; municipal section or ward; farm”
  6. inherited from wīc — “dwelling place, abode, lodging; temporary dwelling place, camp; place where a thing remains; town, village”
  7. inherited from wik
  8. compounded as lampwick — “lamp + wick”

Definitions

  1. A wick of a lamp, usually an oil lamp.

  2. Material for making wicks for lamps.

  3. A plant of species Phlomis lychnitis.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA