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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA: /rɪk/^(Roach et al. 2011)
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+ {{homograph|1|haystack}}
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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=900}}
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+ ==Etymology==
+ The stack is Middle English reke, reek, [[inh|ang|hrēac]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from [[gem-pro|*hraukaz]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) which also gave Old Norse hraukr, Frisian reak and Dutch rook “heap”;^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) it is perhaps related to [[ridge]].^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) Hoad calls it of unknown origin.^(Hoad 1986)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ A stack of hay, corn or straw: 900 in Barnhart and the OED.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ Especially a regularly built stack, thatched to keep off the rain.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)^(AHD) A heap or pile in general is from 1606.^(OED 1989) The verb, to stack into ricks, is from 1623.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989) Rick-burning was a form of rural protest, and the rickyard a farm's stackyard.^(OED 1989)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 900 – a haystack.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)
+ * 1606 – a heap or pile.^(OED 1989)
+ * 1623 – to stack into ricks.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)
+
+ ==Modern meaning==
+ ===Noun===
+ # A large stack of [[hay]], straw or corn, often thatched against the weather.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)
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+ ===Verb===
+ # To pile hay or corn into ricks.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)
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+ {{homograph|2|sprain}}
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+ {{infobox|confidence=uncertain|attested=1798}}
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+ ==Etymology==
+ The sprain is probably a variant of wrick “to sprain”,^(Hoad 1986)^(SOED 2002) perhaps from Middle English wrikken “to move unsteadily”;^(MWU 2024) the NODE calls it of dialect origin.^(NODE 1998)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ To sprain or wrench a limb: 1798 in the OED,^(OED 1989) while MWU dates it to 1638.^(MWU 2024)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ The noun, a slight sprain, especially in the neck or back, is from 1854.^(OED 1989)^(SOED 2002)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 1798 – to sprain.^(OED 1989)
+ * 1854 – a sprain.^(OED 1989)
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+ ==Modern meaning==
+ ===Verb===
+ # ''(British)'' To sprain or wrench slightly: ''rick one's neck''.^(Collins 2023)^(SOED 2002)
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+ ===Noun===
+ # A slight [[sprain]].^(SOED 2002)^(OED 1989)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[rickyard]]
+ * [[reek]]
+ * [[ridge]]
+ * [[wrick]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}