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Webster 1913 Edition

Strick

Strick

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Noun.
A bunch of hackled flax prepared for drawing into slivers.
Knight.

Webster 1828 Edition

Strick

STRICK

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Noun.
[Gr., L., a screech-owl.] A bird of ill omen. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024

Strick

Strick

See also: strick

German

Noun

Strick m ‎(genitive Stricks or Strickes, plural Stricke)

  1. cord
  2. snare, trap

Declension

strick

strick

See also: Strick

English

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.
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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃtʀɪk/
  • Rhymes: -ɪk

Verb

strick

  1. Imperative singular of stricken.
  2. (colloquial) First-person singular present of stricken.

Etymology

From Old High German stric

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃtʀɪk/
  • Rhymes: -ɪk

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