sb. [f. WICK sb.1 + -ING1 1 g.] Material for making wicks; cord or tape of cotton or other fiber, to be cut into lengths for wicks.
1873. J. Richards, Operators 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.