strick

[ strik ]

noun

1. a group of any of the major bast fibers, as flax or jute, prepared for conversion into sliver form.
2. any of the pieces cut from a layer of carded and combed silk.

strick

/ strɪk /

noun

1. textiles any bast fibres preparatory to being made into slivers

Word History and Origins

Origin of strick¹

1375–1425; late Middle English strik bundle of hemp or flax, stick for leveling heaping measures; strickle

Word History and Origins

Origin of strick¹

C15 stric, perhaps of Low German origin; compare Middle Dutch stric, Middle Low German strik rope

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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