strick

See also: Strick

English

Etymology

Inherited from Northern Middle English strik, strykke, variant of striken (“to strike”); compare strickle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /strɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɪk

Verb

strick (third-person singular simple present stricks, present participle stricking, simple past struck or strook or strake, past participle struck or stricken or strook)

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of strike

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