wicking

Work a brass ring with the blanket stitch, using a strand of the wicking and sew it to one of the corners.

She thrust the wicking into the coals, and on the iron stalk a flame-flower sprang into huge blossom.

At the same time, the wicking incursions, intermitted for nearly a century, once more recommenced with the same vigour as of old.

These can then be caulked with oakum, cotton-batting, or wicking, or something of that nature.