(n) any of a group of very small rod-shaped bacteria that live in biting arthropods (as ticks and mites) and cause disease in vertebrate hosts; they cause typhus and other febrile diseases in human beings
(n) mild infectious rickettsial disease caused by a bacterium of the genus Rickettsia transmitted to humans by the bite a mite that lives on rodents; characterized by chills and fever and headache and skin lesions that resemble chickenpox
(adj) inclined to shake as from weakness or defect, Syn.shaky, wonky, wobbly, Example: a rickety table; a wobbly chair with shaky legs; the ladder felt a little wobbly; the bridge still stands though one of the arches is wonky
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
n. [ OE. reek, rek, AS. hreác a heap; akin to hryce rick, Icel. hraukr. ] A stack or pile, as of grain, straw, or hay, in the open air, usually protected from wet with thatching. [ 1913 Webster ]
Golden clusters of beehive ricks, rising at intervals beyond the hedgerows. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. pl. [ Of uncertain origin; but cf. AS. wrigian to bend, D. wrikken to shake, E. wriggle. ] (Med.) A disease which affects children, and which is characterized by a bulky head, crooked spine and limbs, depressed ribs, enlarged and spongy articular epiphyses, tumid abdomen, and short stature, together with clear and often premature mental faculties. The essential cause of the disease appears to be the nondeposition of earthy salts in the osteoid tissues. Children afflicted with this malady stand and walk unsteadily. Called also rachitis. [ 1913 Webster ]
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