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strick
[ strik ]
noun
- a group of any of the major bast fibers, as flax or jute, prepared for conversion into sliver form.
- any of the pieces cut from a layer of carded and combed silk.
strick
/ strɪk /
noun
- textiles any bast fibres preparatory to being made into slivers
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of strick1
C15 stric, perhaps of Low German origin; compare Middle Dutch stric, Middle Low German strik rope
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Example Sentences
These two parts are severed when it is desired to utilize only the best part of the strick.
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Pan′ic-strick′en, Pan′ic-struck, struck with a panic or sudden fear.
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Pov′erty-strick′en, Pov′erty-struck, reduced to a state of poverty: in great suffering from poverty.
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That a Woman upon a masculine conception advanceth her right Leg, will not be found to answer strick observation.
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Strick-kind, the child of the cord—the prisoner on trial before the Vehmic Tribunal.
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