strick

See also: Strick

English

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Etymology

From a variant of strike. Compare strickle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /strɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɪk

Noun

strick (plural stricks)

1. A flat piece of wood used for levelling off grain in a measure; a strickle.
2. A bushel measure.
3. A bunch of hackled flax prepared for drawing into slivers.

Translations

bunch of flax

Galician: estriga f, cerro (gl) m

References

• “strick”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• Edward H[enry] Knight (1877), “Strick”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volumes III (REA–ZYM), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton […], →OCLC.

Anagrams

• tricks

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃtʁɪk/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Rhymes: -ɪk

Verb

strick

1. singular imperative of stricken
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of stricken