单词 | broad-wicked |
释义 | > as lemmasbroad-wicked Furnished with or having a wick or wicks; usually in combination, as broad-wicked, two-wicked. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > [adjective] > having a wick wicked1507 cotton-wicked1707 1507 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 437 That ale candil makaris has candile reddy to sele.., small weikit and dry. 1797 Encycl. Brit. IX. 518/1 The broad-wicked lamp seems to have the advantage. 1899 H. G. Graham Social Life Scotl. 18th Cent. I. iv. 143 Their fathers had..sold dried herring or ‘wicked candles’. < as lemmas |
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