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The curlew. [Prov. Eng.]

Above the board or table. Hence: in open sight; without trick, concealment, or deception. "Fair and aboveboard." Burke.

gy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places. "Tumbling through ricks abrupt," Thomson.

A prickle.

Armed with prickles, as a plant.

A genus of herbaceous prickly plants, found in the south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India; bear's-breech.

to attain. Edward IV., who had acceded to the throne in the year 1461. T. Warton. If Frederick had acceded to the supreme power. Morley.

One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal.

To perform on the stage; to represent a character. To show the world how Garrick did not act. Cowper. To act as or for, to do the work of; to serve as. -- To act on, to regulate one's conduct according to. -- To act up to, to equal in action; to fulfill in practice; as, he has acted up to his engagement or his advant…

Having a sting; covered with prickles; sharp like a prickle.

Having a sharp point; armed with prickles; prickly; aculeate.

Like a prickle.

Having small prickles or sharp points. Gray.

A prickle growing on the bark, as in some brambles and roses. Lindley.

Pricking with a needle; a needle prick. Specifically (Med.):

An unburnt brick dried in the sun; also used as an adjective, as, an adobe house, in Texas or New Mexico.

A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; as, a house is an aggregate of stone, brick, timber, etc.

A love knot, love token, or love song. (pl.) Love glances or love tricks. [Obs.]

ucking the blood from the intestinal walls. Called also miner's anæmia, tunnel disease, brickmaker's anæmia, Egyptian chlorosis.

A grotesque trick; a piece of buffoonery; a caper. And fraught with antics as the Indian bird That writhes and chatters in her wiry cage. Wordsworth.