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hay⋅rick

  [hey-rik]
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–noun
1. Chiefly Midland U.S. rick 1 (def. 1).
2. Chiefly British. a haystack.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME heyrek. See hay, rick 1

hay⋅stack

  [hey-stak]
–noun
a stack of hay with a conical or ridged top, built up in the mowed field so as to prevent the accumulation of moisture and promote drying.
Also, especially British, hayrick.

Origin:
1425–75; late ME. See hay, stack

rick

1  [rik]
–noun
1. Also, hayrick. Chiefly Midland U.S. a large, usually rectangular stack or pile of hay, straw, corn, or the like, in a field, esp. when thatched or covered by a tarpaulin; an outdoor or makeshift mow.
2. a stack of cordwood or logs cut to even lengths.
3. a frame of horizontal bars and vertical supports, as used to hold barrels in a distillery, boxes in a warehouse, etc.
–verb (used with object)
4. to form grain into a stack or pile.
5. to stack (cordwood) in ricks.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME rek(e), reek, OE hrēac; akin to ON hraukr, OFris reak, MD rooc, roke

Related forms:
ricker, noun
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hay·rick   (hā'rĭk')   
n.  See haystack.
hay·stack   (hā'stāk')   
n.  A large stack of hay, especially as left in a field to dry. Also called hayrick.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

rick 
O.E. hreac "stack of hay or straw," from P.Gmc. *khraukaz (cf. O.N. hraukr, Fris. reak, Du. rook "heap"), perhaps related to ridge.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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