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- noun A
stalk ofwheat .
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wheat + stalk
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The wheatstalk being thick at one end makes the sheaf heavier and more solid there, and so in any manner of fastening it or stacking it, it takes a rounded shape like a nine-pin; the round ricks are built thick in the middle and lessen gradually toward the top and toward the ground.
Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies Richard Jefferies 1867
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