wick

[ US /ˈwɪk/ ]
[ UK /wˈɪk/ ]

NOUN

any piece of cord that conveys liquid by capillary action
the physician put a wick in the wound to drain it
a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame

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I usually sqirt a drop or two on the front and back of my boots, and a few drops on a wick around the stand. i never used the buck pee though. i have used a couple of tarsal glands from a buck that my friend killed. had small buck circle the tree i hung it from a couple times. When to use What deer pee?
Three hours packed with a quick-fire century, a couple of bouncers, two-thirds of a hat-trick, a dropped catch, several bowled wickets and innumerable fours and sixers.
However, O'Kane's favourite pastime is hillwalking in the Wicklow hills.
His eight wickets came at a hefty price. Times, Sunday Times
Just before Chiswick Bridge he suddenly wrenched the wheel round to the right. Times, Sunday Times
After pulling the ball over midwicket, Cairns showed he was no one-trick pony.
So he entered and going up to the candles which burnt in the tent snuffed them and sprinkled levigated henbane on the wicks; after which he withdrew and waited without the marquee, till the smoke of the burning henbane reached The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
Once upon a time, 12 young men were turned into swans by their wicked stepmother. Times, Sunday Times
Eleanor, out walking, wheeling the wicker perambulator in the sharp October sunshine. THE GOLDEN LION
India's reply was a total disaster, with wickets falling too rapidly due to run-outs.