Defn: The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it. [Obs.]
Johnson.
CRICK
Crick, n. Etym: [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. Etym: [Cf. F. cric.]
Defn: A small jackscrew. Knight.
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.)
Defn: 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.
CRICKET 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.