Meaning of RICK
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- [n] a stack of hay
- [n] a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)
- [v] twist suddenly so as to sprain; "wrench one's ankle"; "The wrestler twisted his shoulder"; "the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell"; "I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days"
- [v] pile in ricks, as of hay
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| | Synonyms: | | crick, hayrick, haystack, sprain, turn, twist, wrench, wrick, wrick |
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| | See Also: | | cramp, haycock, heap, injure, muscle spasm, pile, spasm, stack, stack, wound | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Rick\, n. [OE. reek, rek, AS. hre['a]c a heap; akin to
hryce rick, Icel. hraukr.]
A stack or pile, as of grain, straw, or hay, in the open air,
usually protected from wet with thatching.
Golden clusters of beehive ricks, rising at intervals
beyond the hedgerows. --G. Eliot.
\Rick\, v. t.
To heap up in ricks, as hay, etc.
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