The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word WICK
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More clues leading to the result WICK
- Ed’s escaped from evil, incendiary band
- Northerly town - it burns
- I must visit the loo quick! Finally – a village!
- Half of sheep will arrive at Scottish town
- A burning issue here in the Highlands?
- Highland town one adding fuel to flame
- Part of oil lamp with twinkling top removed
- Highland town fuel supplier
- Highland burgh‘s combustible drawer
- Scottish town a slow burner?
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What does WICK mean?
WICK noun- A bundle, twist, braid, or woven strip of cord, fabric, fibre/fiber, or other porous material in a candle, oil lamp, kerosene heater, or the like, that draws up liquid fuel, such as melted tallow, wax, or the oil, delivering it to the base of the flame for conversion to gases and burning; any other length of material burned for illumination in small successive portions.
- Any piece of porous material that conveys liquid by capillary action, such as a strip of gauze placed in a wound to serve as a drain.
- A narrow opening in the field, flanked by other players' stones.
- A shot where the played stone touches a stationary stone just enough that the played stone changes direction.
- The penis.
- To convey or draw off (liquid) by capillary action.
- (of a liquid) To traverse (i.e. be conveyed by capillary action) through a wick or other porous material, as water through a sponge. Usually followed by through.
- To strike (a stone) obliquely; to strike (a stationary stone) just enough that the played stone changes direction.
- A village; hamlet; castle; dwelling; street; creek; bay; harbour; a place of work, jurisdiction, or exercise of authority.
- A farm, especially a dairy farm.
- Liveliness; life.
- The growing part of a plant nearest to the roots.
- (Usually plural) The parts of weed roots that remain viable in the ground after inadequate digging prior to cultivation.
- A maggot.
- Alive; lively; full of life; active; bustling; nimble; quick.
- (chiefly Yorkshire) (Of inanimate objects) resistant to being put to use, stiff, stubborn (as for example a rope or a screw).
- A corner of the mouth or eye.