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<hw>Cri*bra"tion</hw> <tt>(kr?-br?"sh?n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>cribration</ets>, fr. L. <ets>cribrare</ets> to sift. See <er>Cribble</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <fld>(Pharmacy)</fld> <def>The act or process of separating the finer parts of drugs from the coarser by sifting.</def>

<h1>Cribriform</h1> <Xpage=344>

<hw>Crib"ri*form</hw> <tt>(kr?b"r?f?rm)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cribrum</ets> sieve + <ets>-form</ets>: cf. F. <ets>cribriforme</ets>.]</ety> <def>Resembling, or having the form of, a sieve; pierced with hokes; <as>as, the <ex>cribriform</ex> plate of the ethmoid bone; a <ex>cribriform</ex> compress.</as></def>

<cs><col>Cribriform cells</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>those which have here and there oblique or transverse sieve plates, or places perforated with many holes.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cribrose</h1> <Xpage=344>

<hw>Crib"rose</hw> <tt>(kr?b"r?s)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cribrum</ets> sieve.]</ety> <def>Perforated like a sieve; cribriform.</def>

<h1>Cric</h1> <Xpage=344>

<hw>Cric</hw> <tt>(kr?k)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[prob. fr. F. <i>cric</i> a jackscrew.]</ety> <def>The ring which turns inward and condenses the flame of a lamp.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Crick</h1> <Xpage=344>

<hw>Crick</hw> <tt>(kr?k)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Creak</er>.]</ety> <def>The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Crick</h1> <Xpage=344>

<hw>Crick</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[The same as <ets>creek</ets> a bending, twisting. See <er>Creek</er>, <er>Crook</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote> To those also that, with a <b>crick</b> or cramp, have thei necks drawn backward. <i>Holland.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>cric</ets>.]</ety> <def>A small jackscrew.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Cricket</h1> <Xpage=344>

<hw>Crick"et</hw> <tt>(kr?k"?t)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>criket</ets>, OF. <ets>crequet</ets>, <ets>criquet</ets>; prob. of German origin, and akin to E. <ets>creak</ets>; cf. D. <ets>kriek</ets> a cricket. See <er>Creak</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An orthopterous insect of the genus <spn>Gryllus</spn>, and allied genera. The males make chirping, musical notes by rubbing together the basal parts of the veins of the front wings.</def>

<note>&hand; The common European cricket is <spn>Gryllus domesticus</spn>; the common large black crickets of America are <spn>G. niger</spn>, <spn>G. neglectus</spn>, and others.</note>

<cs><col>Balm cricket</col>. <cd>See under <er>Balm</er>.</cd> -- <col>Cricket bird</col>, <cd>a small European bird (<spn>Silvia locustella</spn>); -- called also <altname>grasshopper warbler</altname>.</cd> -- <col>Cricket frog</col>, <cd>a small American tree frog (<spn>Acris gryllus</spn>); -- so called from its chirping.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cricket</h1> <Xpage=344>

<hw>Crick"et</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>cricc</ets>, <ets>crycc</ets>, crooked staff, crutch. Perh. first used in sense 1, a stool prob. having been first used as a wicket. See <er>Crutch</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A low stool.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Cricket</h1> <Xpage=344>

<hw>Crick"et</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To play at cricket.</def>

<i>Tennyson.</i>