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strick (strik)

noun

any of the bast fibers, as of flax or hemp, made ready to be drawn into sliver form

Etymology: ME strik, prob. < MDu or LowG: MDu stric (or MLowG strik), rope

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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