Gauze vs. Wick

Gauzenoun

A thin fabric with a loose, open weave.

Gauzenoun

(medicine) A similar bleached cotton fabric used as a surgical dressing.

Gauzenoun

A thin woven metal or plastic mesh.

Gauzenoun

Wire gauze, used as fence.

Gauzenoun

Mist or haze

Gauzeverb

To apply a dressing of gauze

Gauzeverb

To mist

Gauzenoun

A very thin, slight, transparent stuff, generally of silk; also, any fabric resembling silk gauze; as, wire gauze; cotton gauze.

Gauzeadjective

Having the qualities of gauze; thin; light; as, gauze merino underclothing.

Gauzenoun

(medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings

Gauzenoun

a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave

Gauze

Gauze is a thin, translucent fabric with a loose open weave. In technical terms is a weave structure in which the weft yarns are arranged in pairs and are crossed before and after each warp yarn keeping the weft firmly in place.

Wicknoun

A bundle, twist, braid, or woven strip of cord, fabric, fibre/fiber, or other porous material in a candle, oil lamp, kerosene heater, or the like, that draws up liquid fuel, such as melted tallow, wax, or the oil, delivering it to the base of the flame for conversion to gases and burning; any other length of material burned for illumination in small successive portions.

Wicknoun

Any piece of porous material that conveys liquid by capillary action, such as a strip of gauze placed in a wound to serve as a drain.

Wicknoun

(curling) A narrow opening in the field, flanked by other players' stones.

Wicknoun

(curling) A shot where the played stone touches a stationary stone just enough that the played stone changes direction.

Wicknoun

The penis.

Wicknoun

en (archaic) A village; hamlet; castle; dwelling; street; creek; bay; harbour; a place of work, jurisdiction, or exercise of authority.

Wicknoun

A farm, especially a dairy farm.

Wicknoun

Liveliness; life.

Wicknoun

The growing part of a plant nearest to the roots.

Wicknoun

(Usually plural) The parts of weed roots that remain viable in the ground after inadequate digging prior to cultivation.

Wicknoun

A maggot.

Wicknoun

A corner of the mouth or eye.

Wickverb

(transitive) To convey or draw off (liquid) by capillary action.

Wickverb

To traverse (i.e. be conveyed by capillary action) through a wick or other porous material, as water through a sponge. Usually followed by through.

Wickverb

(curling) To strike (a stone) obliquely; to strike (a stationary stone) just enough that the played stone changes direction.

Wickadjective

Alive; lively; full of life; active; bustling; nimble; quick.

Wickadjective

(Of inanimate objects) resistant to being put to use, stiff, stubborn (as for example a rope or a screw).

Wicknoun

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.

Wicknoun

A narrow port or passage in the rink or course, flanked by the stones of previous players.

Wicknoun

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.

Wickverb

To strike a stone in an oblique direction.

Wicknoun

any piece of cord that conveys liquid by capillary action

Wicknoun

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