Rick n. 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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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; "rick 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]