▪ I. wrick, n.
(rɪk)
Also dial. vrick.
[f. wrick v.2 Cf. rick n.2]
A sprain or strain.
| 1831 Youatt Horse 254 This wrick, or sprain of the coffin⁓joint. 1886 W. Somerset Word-bk. 841 A vrick in my back. |
▪ II. † wrick, v.1 Obs. rare.
In 4 wricke, wrikke.
[ad. MLG. *wricken (in vorwricken, -wrycken; LG. wrikken) to move here and there, to sprain; or Du. wrikken to move jerkily, to scull (whence G. wricken, Da. vrikke, Sw. vricka). Cf. wrig v.]
intr. To move (jerkily or unsteadily) from side to side.
| c 1305 St. Dunstan 82 in E.E.P. (1862) 36 Þe deuel he hente bi þe nose..Þe deuel wrickede her and þer. 1308–30 Erthe upon Erthe 2 Erþ geþ on erþ wrikkend in weden. |
▪ III. wrick, v.2
(rɪk)
[Perh. the same as prec., but recorded earlier as rick v.2 Cf. however wrick n.]
trans. To sprain or strain.
| 1886–93 in Somerset, Berkshire, and Wiltshire glossaries. 1904 County Gentleman June 1963 [The race-horse] having wricked his back badly. |