Wick n a town in N Scotland, in Highland, at the head of Wick Bay (an inlet of the North Sea). Pop.: 7681 (1991)
wick [1]
n
1 a cord or band of loosely twisted or woven fibres, as in a candle, cigarette lighter, etc., that supplies fuel to a flame by capillary action
2 ♦
get on (someone's) wick (Brit)
slang to cause irritation to (a person)
(Old English weoce; related to Old High German wioh, Middle Dutch weke (Dutch wiek))
♦
wicking n
wick [2]
n
Archaic a village or hamlet
(Old English wic; related to -wich in place names, Latin vicus, Greek oîkos)
wick [3]
adj (Northern English)
dialect
2 alive or crawling
wick with fleas
(dialect variant of quick alive)