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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.

Crick"et, n. [AS. cricc,
crycc, crooked staff, crutch. Perh. first used in sense 1,
a stool prob. having been first used as a wicket. See
Crutch.] 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. (Arch.) 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.

Crick"et, v. i. To play at
cricket. Tennyson.

Crick"et*er (kr?k"?t-?r), n.
One who plays at cricket.

Cri"coid (kr?"koid), a. [Gr.
&?;&?;&?;&?; ring + -oid.] (Anat.) Resembling
a ring; -- said esp. of the cartilage at the larynx, and the
adjoining parts.


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