wick

wick

englanti

  1. (kynttilän, lampun tms.) sydän, sydänlanka

Liittyvät sanat: torch

Synonyymisanakirja

wick

kynttilänsydän, köysi, naru, sydänlanka, sytyke, sydän.

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slapstick, joystick...

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Englannin sanakirja

wick (englanti > suomi)

  1. sydän, sydänlanka

wick englanniksi

  1. 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.

    2. Trim the wick fairly short, so that the flame does not smoke.

  2. Spenser

    3. But true it is, that when the oil is spent / The light goes out, and wick is thrown away.

  3. Any piece of porous material that conveys liquid by capillary action; e.g. a strip of gauze placed in a wound to serve as a drain.

  4. puhekieltä A narrow opening in the field, flanked by other players' stones.

  5. puhekieltä A shot where the played stone touches a stationary stone just enough that the played stone changes direction.

  6. puhekieltä penis Penis.

  7. 2008, Marcus Van Heller, Nest of Vixens, ISBN 9781596549449, http://books.google.ca/books?id=CG7a6LBMs4kC&dq=%22his+wick%22+%22stone+stiff%22&q=%22His+wick+was+stone+stiff%22v=snippet&q=%22His%20wick%20was%20stone%20stiff%22&f=false p. 17:

    8. His wick was stone stiff.

  8. 2009, Ira Robbins, Kick It Till It Breaks, w:Trouser Press|Trouser Press, ISBN 9780984253913, http://books.google.ca/books?id=j5vOrRdUG4wC&dq=sucked+%22his+wick%22+subject%3A%22fiction%22&q=%22his+wick%22v=snippet&q=%22his%20wick%22&f=false p. 130:

    9. Her laugh wasn't cruel in tone, but it cut through Husk like a scalpel, withering his wick even further.

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

    10. The fabric wicks perspiration away from the body.

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

    11. The moisture slowly wicked through the wood.

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

  12. puhekieltä A farm, especially a dairy farm.

  13. puhekieltä A village; hamlet; castle; dwelling; street; creek; bay; harbour; a place of work, jurisdiction, or exercise of authority.

  14. puhekieltä alive Alive; lively; full of life; active; bustling; nimble; quick.

    15. as wick as an eel

    T wickest young chap at ivver Ah seen.''

    Hes a strange wick bairn alus runnin' aboot.''

    Ill skin ye wick!'' (skin you alive)

    I thowt they was dead last back end but theyre wick enif noo.''

    "Are you afraid of going across the churchyard in the dark?" "Lor bless yer noä miss! It isn't dead uns I'm scar'd on, it's wick uns."

    Ill swop wi' him my poor dead horse for his wick. — Ballads and Songs of the Peasantry of England'', page 210

  15. puhekieltä liveliness Liveliness; life.

    16. I niver knew such an a thing afore in all my wick. — Ashby, 12 July 1875

  16. puhekieltä The growing part of a plant nearest to the roots.

    17. Fed close? Why, its eaten into t' hard wick.'' (spoken of a pasture which has been fed very close)

  17. puhekieltä A maggot.

  18. puhekieltä A corner of the mouth or eye.

  19. 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 57:

    20. She considered him. A fiery droplet in the wick of her mouth considered him.

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