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Definition of Cricking
1. crick [v] - See also: crick
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cricking
Literary usage of Cricking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Yellow Book: An Illustrated Quarterly (1894)
"... starved white clouds moved dispiritedly overa vacant sky, and by cricking the
back of my neck I was able to follow Tournes" black coat and the white ..."
2. Werner's Readings and Recitations (1900)
"... the faggots sparkle, And the corners darkle, And the wainscot panels (Full of
mice and annals) Do begin a-cricking, Like the clock ..."
3. A Dictionary of Chemistry: On the Basis of Mr. Nicholson's, in which the ...by Andrew Ure, William Nicholson by Andrew Ure, William Nicholson (1821)
"... suddenly applied, without cricking. In it» neck ¡»fitted, by grinding, a tube
d, curved neatly in the form of the letter ». ..."
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