\Wick\, or Wich \Wich\, n. [AS. w[=i]c village, fr. L.
vicus. In some names of places, perhaps fr. Icel. v[=i]k an
inlet, creek, bay. See {Vicinity}, and cf. {Villa}.]
1. A street; a village; a castle; a dwelling; a place of
   work, or exercise of authority; -- now obsolete except in
   composition; as, bailiwick, Warwick, Greenwick. --Stow.
2. (Curling) A narrow port or passage in the rink or course,
   flanked by the stones of previous players.

\Wick\, n. [OE. wicke, weyke, weke, AS. weoca or wecca; cf.
D. wiek a roll of lint, Prov. G. wicke, and wieche, OHG.
wiohha, Sw. veke, Dan. v[ae]ge; of uncertain origin.]
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.
      But true it is, that when the oil is spent The light
      goes out, and wick is thrown away.       --Spenser.

\Wick\, v. i. (Curling)
To strike a stone in an oblique direction. --Jamieson.