ricker (riker)

[ like an earth-scraper while collecting the hay; and inclining the handle upward causes the ricker to turn over and discharge its load where a shock is to be formed. Also called shocker. More properly called hay - ricker. rickers (rik'ėrz), n. pl. [Perhaps so called as used in making a base or props for ricks; IMG:content-2263.png:[blocks in formation] Hee [any handicraft man] will haue a you sand florishes, which before hee neuer thought vpon, and in one day rid more out of hand than erst he did in ten. Nashe, Pierce Penile e, p. 28. The proud Percy caused hang five of the Laird's henchmen at Alnwick for burning a rickle of houses some gate beyond Fowberry. Scott , Monastery, xiii. rick-rack (rik'rak), n . [A varied redupl. of (0) To get through or over; accomplish; achieve; despatch. rack1.] A kind of openwork trimming made by hand, with needle and thread, out of a narrow zigzag braid. The young hoste sat placidly making rick - rack on the porch at the side of the house. ... The Christian Union, Aug. 11, 1887.