1. Affected with rickets.
2. Feeble in the joints; imperfect; weak; shaky.
RICKRACK
Rick"rack`, n.
Defn: A kind of openwork edging made of serpentine braid.
RICKSTAND
Rick"stand`, n.
Defn: A flooring or framework on which a rick is made.
RICOCHET
Ric`o*chet", n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: A rebound or skipping, as of a ball along the ground when a gun is fired at a low angle of elevation, or of a fiat stone thrown along the surface of water. Ricochet firing (Mil.), the firing of guns or howitzers, usually with small charges, at an elevation of only a few degrees, so as to cause the balls or shells to bound or skip along the ground.
RICOCHET
Ric`o*chet", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ricochetted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Ricochetting.]
Defn: To operate upon by ricochet firing. See Ricochet, n. [R.]