wick

wick
{{11}}wick (1) "bundle of fiber in a lamp or candle," O.E. weoce, from W.Gmc. *weukon (Cf. M.Du. wieke, Du. wiek, O.H.G. wiohha, Ger. Wieche), of unknown origin, with no known cognates beyond Gmc. To dip one's wick "engage in sexual intercourse" (in ref. to males) is recorded from 1958, perhaps from Hampton Wick, rhyming slang for "prick," which would connect it rather to WICK (Cf. wick) (2).
{{12}}wick (2) "dairy farm," now surviving, if at all, as a localism in East Anglia or Essex, it was once the common O.E. wic "dwelling place, lodging, abode," then coming to mean "village, hamlet, town," and later "dairy farm" (e.g. Gatwick "Goat-farm"). Common in this latter sense 13c.-14c. The word is a general Germanic borrowing from L. vicus "group of dwellings, village; a block of houses, a street, a group of streets forming an administrative unit" (see VICINITY (Cf. vicinity)). Cf. O.H.G. wih "village," Ger. Weichbild "municipal area," Du. wijk "quarter, district," O.Fris. wik, O.S. wic "village."

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