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English
Etymology
From a variant of strike. Compare strickle.
Pronunciation
Noun
strick (plural stricks)
- A flat piece of wood used for levelling off grain in a measure; a strickle.
- A bushel measure.
- A bunch of hackled flax prepared for drawing into slivers.
Translations
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
German
Pronunciation
Verb
strick
- singular imperative of stricken
- (colloquial) first-person singular present of stricken