Okay, as with the OED, I need an education in how to read this link. BUT--it seems to me that the word has 12 different def.'s; I guess these people went by context to determine which one was intended. Do we have a word with that many definitions?

One of them had a word I didn't know, so I checked Atomica:strick·le (strĭk'əl)
n.
An instrument used to level off grain or other material in a measure.
A foundry tool used to shape a mold in sand or loam.
A tool for sharpening scythes.
[Middle English strikelle, perhaps from Old English stricel, teat, strickle.]
I wish I knew what one looks like.