Anagrams of: SWORDSTICKS

• a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)

• twist suddenly so as to sprain

• any piece of cord that conveys liquid by capillary action

• a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame

• any piece of cord that conveys liquid by capillary action

• a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame

• buildings for carrying on industrial labor

• everything available; usually preceded by `the'

• performance of moral or religious acts

• the internal mechanism of a device

• a frame that supports a boat while it is under construction

• a frame for constraining an animal while it is receiving veterinary attention or while being shod

• a former instrument of punishment consisting of a heavy timber frame with holes in which the feet (and sometimes the hands) of an offender could be locked

• a large number of things or people considered together

• an informal body of friends

• cause to herd, drive, or crowd together

• fill or occupy to the point of overflowing

• to gather together in large numbers

• approach a certain age or speed

• an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial

• any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine

• a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats

• a platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded

• landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out

• the solid bony part of the tail of an animal as distinguished from the hair

• a short or shortened tail of certain animals

• come into dock

• deprive someone of benefits, as a penalty

• deduct from someone's wages

• remove or shorten the tail of an animal

• maneuver into a dock