Hypertext Webster Gateway: "rick"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rick \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rick \Rick\, v. t.
To heap up in ricks, as hay, etc.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
rick
n 1: a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back
(`rick' and `wrick' are British) [syn: {crick}, {wrick}]
2: a stack of hay [syn: {haystack}, {hayrick}]
v 1: pile in ricks, as of hay
2: 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" [syn: {twist}, {sprain}, {wrench},
{turn}, {wrick}]
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