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.)
Defn: 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.
CRICKET
Crick"et, v. i.
Defn: To play at cricket. Tennyson.
CRICKETER
Crick"et*er (krk"t-r), n.
Defn: One who plays at cricket.
CRICOID
Cri"coid (kr"koid), a. Etym: [Gr. -oid.] (Anat.)
Defn: Resembling a ring; — said esp. of the cartilage at the larynx, and the adjoining parts.
CRICOTHYROID
Cri`co*thy"roid (-k-th"roid), a. (Anat.)