[OE. candelweoca: see WICK.] The wick of a candle. Also attrib.
c. 1000. Ælfric, Voc., in Wr.-Wülcker, 154. Funalia, uel funes, candelweoca.
1483. Cath. Angl., 53. A Candylweke, lichinus, lichinum.
1576. Newton, trans. Lemnie’s Complex. (1633), 125. As Oyle doth nourish the flame in the Candlewike.
1611. Cotgr., Emmecher, to furnish with a match or candleweeke.
1777. Howard, Prisons Eng. (1780), 397. The Keeper … employs the prisoners in spinning candle-wick.
1880. Browning, Clive, 129. Pray me trim your candle-wick!
† b. Candlewick Mullein, a name of the Great Mullein or Hag-taper, Verbascum Thapsus, the leaves and stalks having been used for wicks. Obs.
1597. Gerard, Herbal, cclvii. § 3. 631. Candle weeke Mullein hath large, broade, and woollie leaues.
1611. Cotgr., Mescheniere, candle-weeke Mullein.
