rick

(rĭk)
n.
A stack of hay, straw, or similar material, especially when covered or thatched for protection from the weather.

tr.v., ricked, rick·ing, ricks.
To pile into ricks.

[Middle English reke, from Old English hrēac.]

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meaning 'a sprain' or (as a verb) 'to sprain', is spelt rick rather than wrick. Both forms seem to have their origin in dialect.

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noun
noun

A swindler's accomplice planted in the crowd (to start the bidding, etc.). (1928 —) .
P. Allingham On...occasions the worker has a rick, that is to say, a confederate planted in the crowd, whom he could always choose as the first bidder (1934).

[Of unknown origin.]

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• Tools, Machinery, and Structures - rick: stack of hay or straw in field, usu. covered for protection from rain

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - høstak
v. tr. - stakke

2.
n. - forstrækning
v. tr. - forstrække, forvride

Nederlands (Dutch)
hoop, hooiberg, ophopen

Français (French)
1.
n. - meule, (US) tas de petit bois
v. tr. - entasser en meules

2.
n. - foulure, entorse
v. tr. - se fouler

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Schober, Kornmiete
v. - aufschichten

2.
n. - Verrenkung
v. - verrenken

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - θημωνιά, διάστρεμμα, στραμπούλισμα
v. - θημωνιάζω, στραμπουλίζω, παθαίνω διάστρεμμα

Italiano (Italian)
slogare, accatastare, mucchio di fieno

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pilha (f)
v. - amontoar

Русский (Russian)
растягивать, вывихнуть, стог, копна

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - parva
v. tr. - disponer en parvas

2.
n. - esguince
v. tr. - dislocarse

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - höstack
v. - vricka, stuka, sträcka

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
干草堆, 把...堆成垛

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 乾草堆
v. tr. - 把...堆成垛

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 퇴적, 건초의 가리, 장작더미 더미
v. tr. - 쌓다, 짚가리로 하다

2.
n. - 삠, 결림, 염좌
v. tr. - 결리게 하다, 삐게 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 堆積, たきぎの山
v. - 積み重ねる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) كومه, كدس, (فعل) يكوم, يكدس,‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ערימת-חציר, גדיש‬
v. tr. - ‮ערם‬
n. - ‮נקע, בייחוד בצוואר או בגב‬
v. tr. - ‮מתח (שריר), נקע‬

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