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Crick (kr&ibreve;k), n. [See
Creak.] The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling
it. [Obs.] Johnson.

Crick, n. [The same as creek
a bending, twisting. See Creek, Crook.]
1. A painful, spasmodic affection of the
muscles of some part of the body, as of the neck or back,
rendering it difficult to move the part.

To those also that, with a crick or cramp,
have thei necks drawn backward.

Holland.

2. [Cf. F. cric.] A small
jackscrew. Knight.

Crick"et (kr?k"?t), n. [OE.
criket, OF. crequet, criquet; prob. of
German origin, and akin to E. creak; cf. D. kriek a
cricket. See Creak.] (Zoöl.) 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.

&fist; The common European cricket is Gryllus
domesticus; the common large black crickets of America are
G. niger, G.


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