单词 | strick |
释义 | strickn. 1. a. A bundle of broken hemp, flax, jute, etc. for heckling. Cf. strike n.1 2. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > [noun] > stick used for levelling strick14.. stritch14.. strikec1425 striker1714 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > treated or processed textiles > [noun] > flax, hemp, or jute > bundle for heckling strikec1386 strick14.. 14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 696/12 Hic linipolus, a stric of lyne. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 479/2 Streek, of flax (Kylw. A.P. linipulus). 1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. Maison Rustique (rev. ed.) v. xviii. 568 So you shall beate this flaxe till it handle as soft as any silke, then vnplat the strickes againe, and heckle it through the second heckle. 1673 A. Walker Leez Lachrymans 8 The Blaze, a lock or strik of Flax, which gives but one flash, and dyes. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 106/2 A Head of Flax, is twelve Stricks tied up to make a Bunch. A Strick, is about ten handfulls [of hemp or flax] made up together in a head. 1847 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 8 ii. 385 It is considered best to divide the labour of cleaning each strick of flax among three different stands. 1852 A. Robb Poems & Songs Sc. Dial. 115 A streek o' lint I canna pu'. 1881 Spons' Encycl. Industr. Arts IV. 1243 Each stone [of 14 lb.] contains 5–8 ‘stricks’ or handfuls of finished flax, and each strick is composed of two ‘fingers’, two of the small lots that have been treated at one operation in the scutching-process. b. In Silk Manufacture. A bunch of silk fibre. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > silk > [noun] > quantity of moss1753 head1825 strick1887 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > treated or processed textiles > [noun] > silk > bunch of strick1887 1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 63/1 When the spikes are sufficiently filled [with silk fibre], the lap is cut.., and so stripped from the drum it forms a definite number of ‘stricks’. 2. A measure of capacity for corn, coal, etc.; also the measuring vessel. Cf. straik n.1 2, strike n.1 4. Now dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > dry measure > specific dry measure units skep1100 strike13.. strick1421 muida1425 hoop1520 tope1530 stroke1532 anker1597 corn-hoop1660 gallon1684 acherset1701 1421 Coventry Leet Bk. 27 He schall haue a strik of corne for his labour. 1530 in T. Phillipps Index Worcester Wills (c1830) 177 I bequethe to..our Lady at Bretforton a strycke of barley. 1569 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1889) IV. 135 Payd..for makyng of a sealle to sealle stryckes wyth alle xij d. 1576–77 in T. Wright Churchwardens' Accts. Ludlow (1869) 165 Item, for half a strick of coales, ij d. 1600 in T. North Bells Lincs. (1882) 512 Item pd to Anthony harte for a strick of mawlt..iijs. iiijd. 1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Streek,..applied occasionally to the measure of corn itself, a streek being understood for a bushel. 3. A piece of wood with which surplus grain is struck off level with the rim of the measure. Cf. strickle n. 1, strike n.1 3a. Now dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [noun] > tool for smoothing corn strick14.. strickle14.. 14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 588/13 Hostorium, a stryche. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 479/1 Strek, of a mesure as of a buschel or other lyke, hostorium. 1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 256/1 Radius,..that which Bakers vse to make their meale measures euen: a streeke or strichell. 1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 341/1 Hostorium,..a stritchill: a stricke: a..peece of wood..wherewith measures are made euen. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2022). strickadj. Scottish. Of running water: Swift, rapid. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > [adjective] > swiftly or violently steepc1330 sturdy1426 fast-flowing1560 heady1562 strick1629 1629 Z. Boyd Last Battell Soule (new ed.) 1075 Furnish him with strength, whereby he may row against the strictest streams of all temptations. a1808 State, Leslie of Powis v. Fraser of Fraserfield 60 (Jam.) That the said dike..stems and calms the water where the shot is felled, while otherwise it would be a strict current. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Strict [1879 Strick, strict], rapid. The stream's very strict, it runs rapidly. 1812 J. J. Henry Accurate Acct. Campaign against Quebec 34 Some strict water interfered, but in a few days we came to the first pond. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2021). strickv. 1. transitive. To strike off (corn, etc.) level with the brim of the measure. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > make flat or level [verb (transitive)] > corn, etc., with an instrument strick14.. strike14.. streakc1440 straik1579 strickle1885 stroke1887 14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 588/12 Hostio, to stryche. 1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 65 The price must be the same with the true Market price; the measure according to the common measure stricked. 1692 Smith's Sea-mans Gram. (new ed.) ii. xxi. 134 Thrust your Ladle into the same [sc. the budge-barrel], filling it full of Powder, and then strick it with a Ruler. 2. To prepare (lint) for heckling; also, to heckle (flax, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > treating or processing flax, hemp, or jute > treat or process flax, hemp, or jute [verb (transitive)] > heckle > prepare for strick1808 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > treating or processing flax, hemp, or jute > treat or process flax, hemp, or jute [verb (transitive)] > heckle hatchela1325 hecklea1325 hack1577 hackle1599 carminate1604 tow1615 rough1817 ruff1853 strick1894 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (at cited word) To strick lint, to tie up flax in small handfuls, in preparing it for being milled. 1894 Times 12 Mar. 13/5 [Flax Machinery.] By means of this breaker the middle operation of ‘stricking’ is dispensed with. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.14..adj.1629v.14.. |
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