▪ I. wicking, n.
(ˈwɪkɪŋ)
[f. wick n.1 + -ing1 1 g.]
Material for making wicks; cord or tape of cotton or other fibre, to be cut into lengths for wicks.
| 1847 Rep. Comm. Patents 1846 (U.S.) 220 This is combined with a small tube within it, through which the wicking is introduced, to cause the tallow to unite around the wicking. 1873 J. Richards Operator's Handbk. 95 The wicks should be of wire wound round with textile material, ordinary wicking for instance. 1902 S. E. White Blazed Trail xi, Torches, which were often merely catsup jugs with wicking in the necks. |
▪ II. wicking
see also wick v.1 and v.2.