Candlewick

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The wick of a candle. countable

    "Accordingly, the next day I came provided with six large candles of my own making (for I made very good candles now of goat’s tallow, but was hard set for candle-wick, using sometimes rags or rope-yarn, and sometimes the dried rind of a weed like nettles); and going into this low place I was obliged to creep upon all-fours as I have said, almost ten yards—which, by the way, I thought was a venture bold enough, considering that I knew not how far it might go, nor what was beyond it."

  2. 2
    the wick of a candle wordnet
  3. 3
    The thread used to make the wicks of candles. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    loops of soft yarn are cut to give a tufted pattern wordnet
  5. 5
    A soft cotton yarn that gives a tufted pattern to embroidery. countable, uncountable

    "He sat on the candlewick bedspread and a woman came into the room and knelt on the floor in front of him."

Etymology

From Middle English candelwyk, candelwike, from Old English candelweoc, candelwēoce (“candlewick”), equivalent to candle + wick.

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