Fed close? Why, it's eaten into t' hard wick. (spoken of a pasture which has been fed very close).
Trim the wick fairly short, so that the flame does not smoke.
The fabric wicks perspiration away from the body.
I niver knew such an a thing afore in all my wick. — Ashby, 12 July 1875.
The moisture slowly wicked through the wood.
I'll swop wi' him my poor dead horse for his wick. — Ballads and Songs of the Peasantry of England, page 210.