Today's words

Caught up on a puzzle from probably Tuesday, which brought me these:

curlew /ˈkər-(ˌ)lü, ˈkərl-(ˌ)yü/ - any of various largely brownish chiefly migratory birds (especially genus Numenius) having long legs and a long slender down-curved bill and related to the sandpipers and snipes

Snipe hunt, anyone?

dhow /ˈdau̇/ - an Arab lateen-rigged boat usually having a long overhang forward, a high poop, and a low waist

There appears to be a joke or three in there trying to get out, not to mention a really old memory . . . 

glyptic /ˈglip-tik/ - the art or process of carving or engraving especially on gems

Not to be cryptic while I stare at the triptych . . . 

rick /rik/ - 1. a stack (as of hay) in the open air 2. a pile of material (such as cordwood) split from short logs

I've seen plenty of these, of both definitions - even helped make the latter - but never had this word for them.

I think this is the first time one of these puzzles has brought me four new words. This puzzle also had another word with which I was mildly familiar:

hurling /ˈhər-liŋ/ - an Irish game resembling field hockey played between two teams of 15 players each

I was a little familiar with this word from its similarity with lacrosse (in addition to field hockey). That's completely different from sort of hurling that I'd associate with a high poop.