(a) The fibrous cord of cotton or flax that draws fuel to the flame of a candle, torch, or lamp, a wick;—also coll.; candel (torche) ~; (b) in conventional comparisons and fig. contexts; (c) the material or commodity from which wicks are made, wicking [occas. difficult to distinguish from (a)]; ~ yarn; candel (torche) ~; (d) med. & surg. a piece of flaxen or cotton wicking used as a dressing, to introduce medicine into a wound, as a suppository, etc.; also, a piece of such wicking burned as a restorative; (e) candel ~ (strete, a kind of cheap fabric; (f) in street name: candel ~ strete.