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hay·rick

(hā′rĭk′)

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hay•stack

(ˈheɪˌstæk)

n.

a stack of hay with a conical or ridged top, built up in the open air for preservation.

[1425–75]

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Noun

hayrick - a stack of hay

haystack, rick

stack - an orderly pile

haycock - a small cone-shaped pile of hay that has been left in the field until it is dry enough to carry to the hayrick

Translations

كَوْمَة تِبِن

stoh sena

høstak

Heuschober

meule de foin

szénakazal

heystakkur

høystakk

stoh sena

ot/saman yığını

干草堆

hay

(hei) noun

grass, cut and dried, used as food for cattle etc.

ˌhay-ˈfever noun

an illness like a bad cold, caused by the pollen of flowers etc.

ˈhayrick (-rik) , ˈhay-stack nouns

hay built up into a large pile.

ˈhaywire adjective

in a state of disorder; crazy. Our computer has gone haywire.

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Following the tracks with his eyes, the view closed with the new hayrick in a corner.

Now, if he had gone on to the hayrick, and gone round it?

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There before our eyes once again, the same enchanting stylised art work and all the old familiar characters and features: not only Rosie herself but the fox, the beehives, the hayrick, the pond, the windmill, the apple trees.

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This was called a hayrick. This hay was capped off with loose hay as best as it could be done to protect it from the elements.

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Its original aim was to insure farmers against the losses from hayrick fires.

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Look closely and you'll see Andrea on stage too as Hayrick, a dogsbody to one of the show's more villainous characters.

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But the Big Lake area, the Sand Mountain area, Nash Crater, Potato Hill, Hoodoo and Hayrick Butte areas were declared open to public access last week.

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He once forced a farmer to leap from a hayrick by flying only feet above the ground.

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Either the selectors admit they have made a complete hayrick of their job and resign or someone plucks up the courage to sack all three and hand the job to someone with a bit more sense.