Also 4 warroke, 9 warrick. [a. OF. waroquier, garochier; perh. of Teut. origin.]
† 1. trans. To girth (a horse); to bind (a person). Obs.
1362. Langl., P. Pl., A. IV. 19. Sette my Sadel vppon Soffre-til-I-seo-my-tyme, And loke þou warroke [v.r. warrok] him wel wiþ swiþe feole gurþhes.
c. 1440. York Myst., xxx. 525. Sir knyghtis … That warlowe ye warrok and wraste, And loke þat he brymly be braste.
2. dial. (See quot.)
1894. Northumbld. Gloss., Warrick, to cramp or fasten with ropes or chains…. Ropes are warricked by passing one end of a lever through a loop and heaving it tight. The end of the lever is then tied down.
3. Comb.: warrick-screw, -soam (see quots.).
1894. Northumbld. Gloss., Warrick-screw, the screw used for warricking or tightening the chains passed round a waggon-load of round timber.
1905. Eng. Dial. Dict., Warrick-sowm, a chain for girding timber on a wood-wagon.
