Rick \Rick\ (r[i^]k), n. [OE. reek, rek, AS. hre['a]c a heap;
   akin to hryce rick, Icel. hraukr.]
   A stack or pile, as of grain, straw, or hay, in the open air,
   usually protected from wet with thatching.
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         Golden clusters of beehive ricks, rising at intervals
         beyond the hedgerows.                    --G. Eliot.
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	Rick \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, kink,
         rick, wrick]
    2: a stack of hay [syn: haystack, hayrick, rick]
    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, rick]

	

	117 Moby Thesaurus words for "rick":
   abundance, accumulation, amassment, anthill, archives, armory,
   arsenal, attic, backlog, bank, bank up, basement, bay, bin,
   bonded warehouse, bookcase, box, budget, bunker, buttery,
   cargo dock, cellar, chest, closet, cock, collection, commissariat,
   commissary, conservatory, cornucopia, crate, crib, cumulation,
   cupboard, depository, depot, dock, drawer, drift, dump, dune,
   embankment, exchequer, glory hole, godown, haycock, haymow,
   hayrick, haystack, heap, heap up, hill, hoard, hold, hutch,
   inventory, larder, library, locker, lumber room, lumberyard,
   magasin, magazine, mass, material, materials, materiel, molehill,
   mound, mow, munitions, pile, pile up, plenitude, plenty,
   provisionment, provisions, pyramid, rack, rations, repertoire,
   repertory, repository, reservoir, ruck, shelf, shock, snowdrift,
   stack, stack room, stack up, stock, stock room, stock-in-trade,
   stockpile, storage, store, storehouse, storeroom, stores, supplies,
   supply base, supply depot, supply on hand, tank, treasure,
   treasure house, treasure room, treasury, turn, twist, unsteady,
   vat, vault, warehouse, wine cellar, wrench