candlewickcandlewick means the wick of a candle.EtymologyFrom Middle English candelwyk, candelwike, from Old English candelweoc, candelwēoce (“candlewick”), equivalent to candle + wick.nounThe wick of a candle.“Accordingly, the next day I came provided with six large candles of my own making (for I made very good candles now of goat’s tallow, but was hard set for candle-wick, using sometimes rags or rope-yarn, and sometimes the dried rind of a weed like nettles); and going into this low place I was obliged to creep upon all-fours as I have said, almost ten yards—which, by the way, I thought was a venture”The thread used to make the wicks of candles.A soft cotton yarn that gives a tufted pattern to embroidery.“He sat on the candlewick bedspread and a woman came into the room and knelt on the floor in front of him.”