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CRICKETING
Verb
cricketing
present participle of cricket
Adjective
cricketing
That plays cricket.
Noun
cricketing (plural cricketings)
(archaic) A game of cricket.
Source: Wiktionary
CRICKET
Crick"et (krk"t), n. Etym: [OE. criket, OF. crequet, criquet; prob. of German origin, and akin to E. creak; cf. D. kriek a cricket. See Creak.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: 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.
Note: 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.
Crick"et, n. Etym: [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.)
Definition: 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.
Definition: To play at cricket. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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