† General attributive, as ricking-rod, ricking time. Obsolete. rare.
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1844 M. F. TupperCrock of Gold l. 321 Her husband, a poor thatcher, sadly out of work except in ricking time.
1874 T. HardyFar from Madding Crowd II. vii. 82 He had stuck his ricking-rod, groom, or poignard, as it was indifferently called,..into the stack to support the sheaves.