cribble 
cribble (krib'l), . ( h'ortnerly i-nlili- : < MK. cri- 
liil, in comp. i-nliil-hrrili (see rriliblf-lirmit), < P. 
rribli; :i sieve, < l,|j. i-ribi'lliim, dim. of Ij. ITI- 
liflllll, a sieve. akin In ri I'm ri . se|i:irilte: see (> c 
o-////. Tlie sense of 'coarse Hour' HIM! (heap- 
par, adj. sense < -oarse' are due to tlie use of 
ffilllili; sieve, ill eolil|iosil loll. | 1. A corn-sieve 
or ri.ldle. 2. Coarse meal, a little bettor than 
liran. llnili'i/. 
cribble (krib'l), r. /. ; prct. mid pp. rrililili-tl. 
|ipr. rrihliliinj. [ < rrihlilf, n.\ To sift ; cause to 
pass throiiirh a sieve or riddle. 
cribble-bread (krib'1-bred), . [Formerly cn- 
hlr-bri-iiil (Cotgrave), < .Ml'., i-ribilbri-ili' (Halli- 
well); < cribble + hrnitl. ] Coarse bread. 
We \\ ill nut eat common . 
/.'"//;,,./. , ,1 Si'nitttns (Iran*.), p. 24.'!. 
crib-dam (krib'dam), . A dam built of logs, 
ill till' manner of I lie Walls of a log house, and 
backed with earth. 
Cribella (kri-bel'ii), . [ML., < LL. fribellum, a 
small sieve: sec i-ribbli; //.] 1 . A genus of star- 
lislies, of the family Siilnslriibr: same as Echi- 
iitisti-r. ('. siniiiniinili nlii is a common New Eng- 
land species. C. scxradiata is exceptional in 
having six arms. 2. [.. o.] A species of this ge- 
nus: as, the rosy cribrllit,Cribeltdrosea. Agassiz. 
Also I'ribn-llii. 
cribellum (kri-bel'um), .; pi. c-ribi-lla (-a). 
[NL. use of LL. criMlum, a small sieve: see 
cribbli; .] An additional or accessory spin- 
ning-organ of certain spiders. Also cribreltum. 
The ri M i !! nii'l.r . . . have tti front of the spinnereta an 
additional spinning or^an, culled the cribeltitm. It Is 
covered with tine tubes, milch liner than those of the spin- 
nerets, set close together. Stand. Xat. Hist., II. 115. 
crible (kre-bla'), a. [P., ult. < crible, sieve : see 
cribble, .] Decorated with minute punctures or 
depressions, as a surface of metal or wood : as, a 
bronze covered with arabesques in cribU work. 
It usually implies that the outlines of the subject are in- 
dicated by dots, and that any shading or filling In is formed 
also by dots, of a ditten ni >i/e, usually smaller. 
crib-muzzle (krib'muz'l), . A muzzle to pre- 
vent horses from crib-biting. 
cribratet (krib'rat), v. t. ; pret. and pp. cribral- 
l, ppr. rribrntiiitj. [< ii. cribratit.1, pp. of cri- 
brare, sift, < cribriini, a sieve: see cribble, n.] 
To sift. 
I have cribratul, and n-cribrated, and post-m*rali the 
sermon. Donne, Letters, Ixxv. 
Clibrate (krib'rat), a. [< NL. cribratus, adj., 
< L. rriliriiui. a sieve; cf. cribrate, v.] Perfo- 
rated like a sieve ; cribrose. 
cribrate-punctate (krib'rat-pungk'tat), a. In 
riilom., marked with very deep, cavernous punc- 
tures, giving a sieve-like appearance. 
cribration (kri-bra'shon), n, [= F. cribration, 
< L. as if *cribr<itio(n-), < cribrare, pp. cribratus, 
sift: see cribratr.~\ In i>liur., the act or process 
of sifting or riddling. 
Oribratores (krib-rii-to'rez), n. pi, [NL., lit. 
sift ers, < L. cribrare, pp. cribratus, sift : see crib- 
rate.] In Macgillivray's classification, an or- 
der of birds, the sifters, as the geese and ducks: 
equivalent to the family Anatida>, or the anserine 
birds : so named from their manner of feeding 
as it were by sifting or straining edible sub- 
stances from the water by means of their la- 
mellate bills. [Not in use.] 
cribriform (krib'ri-form), a. [= F. eribrifnrmr, 
< L. rribrum, a sieve (see oriUia. n,), + fiirmii. 
form.] Sieve-like; riddled with small holes. 
>P , niralh applied, in itmtt. : (a) To the !ir i/.mila] lamella 
of the ethmoid IMIIIC, which U perforated with UMny small 
opcuimM for Hi. passage of the filaments of the olfactory 
nerve from the cavity < if the cranium into that of the nose. 
See cut under tumtl. (M To tin 1 deep layer of the super- 
ii'-i:il fascia of the ihiu'h in the site of the saphenons open- 
ing, piereed for the passage of small vessels and nerves. 
Cribriform plate. () In ei hinoderms. a finely jiorou.s 
<lnr>al iiitrrnuli.U plate through the oritices of whirh tin- 
cen italu'hiihls open upon the surface, as in many starlUlicv 
(M riicrriliriforia lainell;! of the ethmoid, alnn <!.>. i iln-l, 
Cribrilina(krib-ri-li'uii), H. [NL.] Thetypical 
^enns of ( 'rihl'ilitiitltl'. 
Cribrilinidse (krib-ri-lin'i-de), . pi. [NL., < 
( 'rihriliini + -iiln:'] A family of chilostomatous 
polyzoans, typified by the genus Cribrilinii. The 
7.1 >;n -iiini is rru-tari-oiis and adnate, of the character called 
b'liruli'tii. or erect and unihiminar that is, hfinfufharan. 
Tlie 7o.i'ria foi in cilhcr tran*\t'r>f <n ra.liati 
l-ows of pniH-l urcs. Tin- month is simple, snborhtenlar, 
sometimes iniieronate, and is with or without a median 
snUn-al pore. 
cribrose (krib'ros), . [< NL. <rihr<>.*>i*. < L. 
rribriini. a sieve: see crilihlt; n.] Perforated like 
a Mrve: eribvatc; cribriform; ethmoid. Crib- 
rose lamina, in mini. See Inii4iini. 
cribrum (krib'rnm), . [I... a sieve: see crib- 
ble. .] In ninlli., the sieve of Eratosthanes. 
1340 
a device for discovering prime numbers. See 
Crib-Strap (krib'strap), n. A strap fastened 
about the neck of a horse to prevent him from 
cribbing. 
cribwork (krib'wt s rk), H. A construction of 
timber made by piling logs or beams horizon- 
tally one above another, and spiking or chain 
ing them together, each layer being at right 
angles to those above and below it. The structure 
IB a usual one for supporting wharves and ineln-ini: sub. 
memed lands which are to lie reclaimed by tilling in, in 
whirl i 1 1-1 i in libs are anchored by Ix-hig filled in with 
stone, and are further held In place hy piles driven down 
within them and along their face*. 
eric (krik), n. [F. eric, a screw-jack. Of. crick*.] 
In a lamp, an inflecting ring on the burner, 
curved inward and serving to condense the 
flame. E. H. Knight . 
Cricetinae (kris-e-ti'ne), n. pi. [NL., < Cricetua 
+ -inir.] A subfamily of rodents, of the family 
Murida; the hamsters, characterized by having 
cheek-pouches. There are three genera, Cricelui. Sac- 
fostitmtu, and Cricetomyn, the species of which are Euro- 
pean, Asiatic, and African. See cut under haitixtrr. 
cricetine (kris'e-tin), a. Resembling or re- 
lated to the hamster; specifically, of or per- 
taining to the ('ricetina:. 
Cricetodon (kri-set'o-don), n. [NL., < Cricetu* 
T Gr. ofSoi'f (ooWr-)'=: E. tooth.] A genus of 
fossil Miiriiln; related to the hamsters. 
Cricetus (kri-se'tus), n. [NL., origin not as- 
certained.] The typical genus of Murida; of 
the subfamily Cricetina-, containing the ham- 
sters proper, as C. vulgaris. They have 18 teeth, 
ungrooved incisors, cheek-pouches, a stout form, short tail 
and limbs, and fossorial habits. See fianuter. 
crichtonite (kri'ton-it), n. [So called from Dr. 
CrichtOH, physician to the Emperor of Kussia.] 
A variety of titanic iron or menaccanite found in 
Dauphiny, France. It has a velvet-black color, 
and crystallizes in small acute rhombohedrons. 
crickH (krik), f. i. [A var. of ereak 1 ; < ME. 
creken = MD. kricken, creak, crack, D. krieken, 
creak, chirp, > F. criquer, creak: see creak 1 .] 
To creak. 
crick't (krik), . [= MD. krick, creaking; from 
the verb: see crick 1 , v. Cf. creak 1 , n.] A creak- 
ing, as of a door. 
crick 2 (krik), n. [< ME. cryk, cryke, crike, < Icel. 
kriki, a crick, creek, bay : see creek 1 , the common 
literary form of the word.] 1. An inlet of the 
sea or a river: same as creek 1 , 1. 2. A small 
stream; a brook: same as creek 1 , '2, which is the 
usual spelling, though generally pronounced 
in the United States as crick. 3. A crevice; 
chink; cranny; corner. [Colloq.] 
A general shape which allows them admirably to fill up 
all the cricks and corners between other plants. 
O. Mini. Colin Clout's Calendar, p. 65. 
crick 3 (krik), . [< ME. cricke, crykke, a crick 
in the neck, appar. orig. a twist or bend, being 
ult. the same as met 2 , creek 1 , q. v. Cf. crick*.] 
A painful spasmodic affection of some part of 
the body, as of the neck or back, in the nature 
of a cramp or transient stiffness, making mo- 
tion of the part difficult. 
Have I not got a crick in my back with lifting your old 
hooks ? Three- llonrn after Marriage. 
Fall from me half my age, but- for three minutes, 
That I may feel no crick ! 
MuUleton, Mattinyer, and Kourley, Old Law, III. 2. 
They have gotten such aerieJfc in their neck, thej^cannot 
look backward on what was behind them. Fuller. 
crick 4 (krik), n. [Cf. eric and crick 3 .] A small 
jackscrew. E. H. Kniqht. 
cricket 1 (krik'et), . [Early mod. E. also creket, 
< ME. creket, crykrtt, crykrttc, < OF. crequet, 
later cricquct, F. criquet = mod. Pr. cricot, 
a cricket: with dim. term, -et (-of), equiv. to 
MD. D. krekel = MLG. krikel, krekel, > G. 
kreckel, a cricket (cf . W. cricett, a cricket) : ult. 
imitative (like F. cri-cri, a cricket, F. dial. 
crikion, crekion, OF. crixnon, crinon, crignon. 
crincon, crinchoii, F. dial, crignon, crinchon, a 
cricket or cicada, and MD. kriicktr. krirckirkrn, 
a cricket, lit. 'creaker,' 'little creaker'), from 
the imitative verb, F. criquer, creak, E. crick 1 . 
creak 1 : see crick 1 , creak 1 .] Any saltatorial or- 
thopterous insect of the family Gryllida; (or 
Aclietidte), or of a group Aclietiita : sometimes 
cricket-bat 
extended to certain species of the related fam- 
ily l.iinistiitir. In l...tb th.-s.- fumilli -, the ant. nine are 
\<l> II.IIL- an'l lila nt..n- i H ill. [.want of loo 
joints, and the ovipositor is oil. n \. i> !,n.'. Il in to 
Italoftel fornu, u dUttinguUhed n:i> i< 
(gramdloppern), that NIC ii.nn< M\ i,|.pli,..| 
'I be liesl known flj I 1- ^ i^ the ...limu'll Imn.-e ( in ki t, 
.I.-A'/.(M[ t,, n l> ,<- ,l,.n.. ' ' l.l.liekrti- 
garu ; the crainl ' rirkt-t of New /calan<l. .1 >,<>*t: Mttiina or 
Jtin" 'i/ili'i. See alMi *rt;w/-rn'fcr/. 
Cricket- (krik'etl, ii. [The ^aine is first men- 
tioned in A. D. 1.">!IK: proli. < OF. <-ri</<-l. a stick 
which serves as a mark in the game of bowls 
(Roquefort) ; orperhaps another use olrrirki I*. 
a low stool ( a ppliei I to the wickets f ). The word 
is certainly not from AS. rrm; rnjcr, a staff, 
cnitch, us usually asserted.] An open-air game 
played with bat's, ball, and wickets, long pe- 
culiar to England, but now popular through- 
out the British empire, and somewhat leu to 
in the United States and elsewhere. It l played 
by two opposite seta or sides of players, numbering 11 
players each. Two wickeU of 3 stuni]** 27 inches bi^b. 
W'itb 2 hails each 4 inches long on top, are placed in the 
ground 2*2 yards apart. A line known asthe/xur/i'm; rrra*r 
is drawn through and parallel to the stumps, (1 feet H Inchei 
in length, beliiinl which the tiowler must stand. Four 
feet in front of this U another line, known as the /"</>/*"/ 
create, of at least as great a length as the bowline-crease ; 
between these two the batsman stands. After the rival 
sides have tossed for the choice of taking the Imt or field- 
ing, two men are sent to the wlekeU, bat in hand. The 
opposite or fielding side are all gimultancouidy engaged : 
one (the bowler) being stationed liehind one wicket for the 
purpose of bowling his ball against the opposite wicket, 
Cricket-field. 
x, bowler : y, wicket-keeper : 3, long -stop ; 4. slip : 5, point : 6, cover- 
slip: 7. cover-point : 8, mid-off: o, long-leg: io.Jit.rt.lcy; ir, miii-on : 
S. .?. batsmen : U, I', umpires ; a, a, popping -crease;, : b, b. bowling, 
creases. 
where another player (the wicket-keeper) stands ready 
to catch the ball should it not he hatted : the other field- 
ers are placed in different parU of the field, so as to catch 
or stop the ball after it has been struck by the baUman 
or missed hy the wicket-keeper. Their positions and names 
are shown in the diagram. It is the object of the batsman 
to prevent the ball delivered by the liowler from knock- 
ing the bails off his wicket, either by merely stopping the 
hall with his Imt or driving it away to a distant part of 
the Held. Should the hall lie driven to any distance, or 
not stopped by the wicket-keeper, the two haUmen run 
across and exchange wfckeU once or more. Each time 
this is done is counted as a "run." and Is marked to the 
credit of the striker. If the batsman, however, allow* 
the ball to carry away a bail or a stump, either when the 
ball Is howled or while he Is running from wicket to 
wicket, if he knocks down any part of his own wicket, if 
any part of his person stops a hall that would otherwise 
House-crkket (Atketa ttomtttita}. Datura) size. 
have reached Ilia wicket, or if he strikes a ball so that it 
Is caught by one of the op|>osite party before it reaches 
the ground, he Is "out" that Is, he gives up his place to 
one of his own side ; and so the game goes on until 10 of 
the 11 men have played and been put out. This consti- 
tutes an " innings." The side In the Aeld then take their 
turn at the hat Generally after two innings have been 
played by lioth sides the game comes to an end, that side 
winning which has scored the greater iinnil>er of nins. A 
rude form of the game Is known to have been played In 
the thirteenth century. 
From the club-hall originated . . . that pleasant and 
manly exercise, distinguished in modem times by the 
name of cricket. filriiit. S|xirts and Pastimes, p. 175. 
cricket 2 (krik'et), r. i. [< frickfft, n.] Toen- 
gage in the game of cricket; play cricket. 
They boated and they cricketed ; they talk'd 
At wine, In clubs, of art, of [politic*. 
Tennynvn, Princess, Prol. 
cricket 3 (krik'et), . [Origin uncertain ; per- 
haps a particular use of P. criquet, a small horse, 
also (a different word) a grasshopper. The 
word crock 3 , a low stool, seems not to be re- 
lated.] A small, low stool; a footstool. 
A barrister is described [ Autohiographyof Roger North, 
p. 02) u "putting eases and mooting with the students 
that sat on and before the rrieteln." Thi* was circa 10M). 
.V. ,111:1 <J.. Till XT.. IV. i'-'l. 
cricket-ball (krik'et-bal), w. The ball used in 
pluving cricket. 
cricket-bat (krikVt-bat), . A bat used in the 
game of cricket. 
