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Webster 1913 Edition

(rĭk)

Noun.

[OE.

reek

rek

, AS.

hreác

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.

Golden clusters of beehive

ricks

, rising at intervals beyond the hedgerows.

G. Eliot.

Verb.

To heap up in ricks, as hay, etc.

, as a termination, denotes jurisdiction, or a district over which government is exercised, as in bishopric. L. rego, to rule, and region.