hayrick
(ˈheɪrɪk)
Also 5 heyrek, 6–8 hayreek.
[f. hay n.1 + rick.]
A haystack.
| 14.. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 582/39 Fenile, heyrek. 1547 Boorde Brev. Health lxxiii. 24 A bocher had a sonne that fel out of a hyghe haye-rycke. 1591 Percivall Sp. Dict., Almiar, a Hay reeke. 1679 Lond. Gaz. No. 1451/4 Many Hay-Reeks are spoiled. 1721 Cibber Rival Fools ii, I'm mute as..a goose in a Hay-Reek. 1766 Goldsm. Vic. W. viii, In the meadow or at the hay-rick. 1837 Dickens Pickw. vii, The rich, sweet smell of the hayricks. |