Wick

s. (peoce, Saxon; wiecke, Dut.) ‘Fhe substance round which is applied the wax or tallow of a torch’ or candle (Dighy). — ' Wick, a borough of Scotland, the eapital of Caithne hire, with a harbour on an inlet of the German ocean, at the mouth of a river of the same name. Much kelp is made here, but the fisheries are the chief object of importance. It is 55 miles N.E. of Dornoch. Lon. 2. 51 W.) Lats 58.21 N.