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Cricket

Cricket (cricket)
n.(kr?k"?t)
Crick"et
[OE. criket, OF. crequet, criquet; prob. of German origin, and akin to E. creak; cf. D. kriek a cricket. See Creak.] (Zoöl.)
  1. An orthopterous insect of the genus Gryllus, and allied genera. The males make chirping, musical notes by rubbing together the basal parts of the veins of the front wings.

    * The common European cricket is Gryllus domesticus; the common large black crickets of America are G. niger, G. neglectus, and others.

    Balm cricket. See under Balm. -- Cricket bird, a small European bird (Silvia locustella); -- called also grasshopper warbler. -- Cricket frog, a small American tree frog (Acris gryllus); -- so called from its chirping.

Cricket

Cricket (cricket)
n.
Crick"et
  1. A low stool.
  2. A game much played in England, and sometimes in America, with a ball, bats, and wickets, the players being arranged in two contesting parties or sides.
  3. A small false roof, or the raising of a portion of a roof, so as to throw off water from behind an obstacle, such as a chimney.

Cricket

Cricket (cricket)
v. i.
Crick"et
  1. To play at cricket.
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