Wick (noun)

1. A strip of material, especially cotton or asbestos, that serves to draw off liquid, especially molten wax, by capillary action to the flame of a candle or lamp.
2. A cord or small rope, especially one used to tie up a parcel or fasten a sail.
3. A filter, as in a cigarette lighter, that draws liquid fuel to the heating element.
4. A narrow strip of green that forms the fairway between the rough and the hole in a golf course.
5. A narrow strip of land.

Origin:

Middle english wicke, probably from old english weċċe.

Examples:

1. He lit the candle, watched the flame flicker, then die as the wick was consumed.
2. She tied the box with a wick and left it outside the door.
3. He lit his cigarette with a lighter that had a wick filter.
4. He missed the green and his ball landed in the wick.
5. The farm was located on a narrow strip of land called the wick.