📖 Definitions of "Wicking"
verb
- 1
To convey or draw off (liquid) by capillary action.
"The fabric wicks perspiration away from the body."
- 2
(of a liquid) To traverse (i.e. be conveyed by capillary action) through a wick or other porous material, as water through a sponge. Usually followed by through.
"The moisture slowly wicked through the wood."
- 3
To strike (a stone) obliquely; to strike (a stationary stone) just enough that the played stone changes direction.
noun
- 1
The material of which wicks are made, especially a loosely braided or twisted cord or tape of cotton.
- 2
Capillarity, capillary motion, capillary effect
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