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Cruck vs Crick - What's the difference?

cruck | crick |

As a noun cruck

is a sturdy timber with a curve or angle used for primary framing of a timber house, usually used in pairs.

As a proper noun crick is

a village in northamptonshire, england.

cruck

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a sturdy timber with a curve or angle used for primary framing of a timber house, usually used in pairs.
  • *1952 : To construct such a house, it is necessary to select an oak with a branch growing out at an angle of about 45°; the upper part of the tree, above the fork, having been cut off, the trunk and branch are roughly squared and divided in half . If the two halves are then placed opposite one another, with the branch ends pegged together, they constitute what was usually known as a 'cruck' or, more correctly, 'a pair of crucks'. — L.F. Salzman, Building in England , p. 195.

    • crick

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A painful muscular cramp or spasm of some part of the body, as of the neck or back, making it difficult to move the part affected. (Compare catch.)
  • A small jackscrew.
    • (Knight)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to violently spasm.

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Appalachian)

    • Etymology 3

    See creak.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it.
    • (Johnson)