rice

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ɹaɪs/]

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1. rice (noun) — sense 1

Definition: A twig or stick.

Example: To guard the bank from the impression of the water, a fence, OF STAKE AND RICE, may be made along the bottom of it next the sea, which will last till the surface on that side is sufficiently swarded, and the mound properly consolidated.

2. rice (noun) — sense 2

Definition: A bobbin or spool.

Example: […] taken unlawfully from the same house five "machines called 'Engine-Weaving Loomes' worth thirty pounds, and two ounces of silke worth five shillings, and two joynt-stooles worth three shillings, and a pair of 'Rices to wind silke on' worth four shillings […]

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