A peaked saddle construction at the back of a chimney to prevent the accumulation of snow and ice and to deflect water around the chimney.

the insect, early 14c., from Old French criquet (12c.) "a cricket," from criquer "to creak, rattle, crackle," of echoic origin.

the game, 1590s, apparently from Old French criquet "goal post, stick," perhaps from Middle Dutch/Middle Flemish cricke "stick, staff," perhaps from the same root as crutch. Sense [..]

team sport played with a bat and ball, with two teams of 11 players each.

chirping, leaping insect.

play cricket leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs Cricket is [..]

German night fighter plane. Dalton Computer:

A device used at roof intersections to divert water.

To hear a cricket in one's dream, indicates melancholy news, and perhaps the death of some distant friend. To see them, indicates hard struggles with poverty.   

(n) leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together(n) a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs(v) play cricket [..]

A second roof built on top of the primary roof to increase the slope of the roof or valley. A saddle-shaped, peaked construction connecting a sloping roof with a chimney. Designed to encourage water drainage away from the chimney joint.

The diminutive of the Anglo-Saxon cric, a staff or crutch. In the Bodleian library is a MS. (1344) picture of a monk bowling a ball to another monk, who is about to strike it with a cric. In the field [..]

A device used at roof intersections to divert water.

An English stick-ball field game, popular since the early 1800s. Had an effect on the developing game of Ice Hockey. Played in Windsor, N.S. by King’s College teams and military teams which traveled f [..]

The Family Gryllidae consists of the common house cricket, Acheta domesticus, which is used in neurological and physiological studies. Other genera include Gryllotalpa (Mole cricket); Gryllus (field c [..]

Gryllidae. Family of Orthoptera

Game in which the object is to hit three each of the 15s, 16s, 17s, 18s, 19s, 20s and bulls-eyes

These games simulate cricket or allow the player to manage a cricket team.

An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs. # (US,slang|humorous|in the plural) ''In the [..]

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