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.

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1873.  J. Richards, Operator’s Handbk., 95. The wicks should be of wire wound round with textile material, ordinary wicking for instance.

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1902.  S. E. White, Blazed Trail, xi. Torches, which were often merely catsup jugs with wicking in the necks.

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