Definition of "lamp-wick" [lamp-wick]

• The wick of a lamp. (noun)
• A cultivated labiate plant, Phlomis Lychnites, native in southern Europe (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "He had a peculiarly shining transparent complexion, probably occasioned by constant oleaginous application; and his attractive hair, being cut short, and being grizzled, and standing straight up on end as if it in its turn were attracted by some invisible magnet above it, the top of his head was not very unlike a lamp-wick."
• "Leaving the slide partly open, he spread one end of his coil like a broad lamp-wick in the pile of powder which had run out, and put a brick upon the tow to keep it from shifting."
• "This “dream-sweet” stick was, it must be explained, made only about three inches long and about the thickness of a lamp-wick, in order to easily burn down."