German: occupational name for a rope maker or knitter (of hose,
for example), from an agent derivative of Middle High German, Middle
Low German stricken ‘to tie’.German: occupational name for
someone who snared animals, from an agent derivative of Middle High
German stric, Middle Low German strik ‘cord’,
‘rope’.Dutch: occupational name for someone whose job was
to fill level measures of grain by passing a flat stick over the brim
of the measure, thus removing any heaped excess, Middle Dutch
strijker. Compare Streicher.
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