MDMD(1)--Wick's Name

[Sojourner]

At 01:03 PM 6/9/97 EST, RICHARD ROMEO wrote:
>Wicks implies one of those nature religions--remember that Hammer Film, 
>The Wikker Man with Christopher Lee?
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>Richard Romeo
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Hmmm.... seems a stretch to include "Wiccan" from "Wicks".

Here's what i found:


>Wick (?), n. [OE. wicke, weyke, weke, AS. weoca or wecca; cf. D. wiek a
roll of lint, Prov. G. wicke, and wieche,
>OHG. wiohha, Sw. veke, Dan. væge; of uncertain origin.] A bundle of
fibers, or a loosely twisted or braided cord, tape,
>or tube, usually made of soft spun cotton threads, which by capillary
attraction draws up a steady supply of the oil in
>lamps, the melted tallow or wax in candles, or other material used for
illumination, in small successive portions, to be
>burned. 
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>     But true it is, that when the oil is spent The light goes out, and
wick is thrown away. Spenser.
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>Wick, v. i. (Curling) To strike a stone in an oblique direction. Jamieson. 
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>Wick (?), ∨ Wich (?), n. [AS. wīc village, fr. L. vicus. In some
names of places, perhaps fr. Icel.
>vīk an inlet, creek, bay. See Vicinity, and cf. Villa.] 
>
>1. A street; a village; a castle; a dwelling; a place of work, or exercise
of authority; -- now obsolete except in
>composition; as, bailiwick, Warwick, Greenwick. Stow. 
>
>2. (Curling) A narrow port or passage in the rink or course, flanked by
the stones of previous players. 


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