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Word-man Noah Webster Acknowledges Only Wicket
Salience | Noteworthy |
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Tags | FamousFamous |
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City/State/Country: | United States |
Modern Address | |
Game | WicketWicket |
Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
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Holiday | |
Notables | Noah Webster |
Text | "Wicket, n. A small gate; a gate by which the chamber of canal locks is emptied; a bar or rod, used in playing wicket."
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Sources | Noah Webster, A Dictionary of the English Language, Abridged from the American Dictionary (Huntington and Savage, New York, 1851), page 399.Accessed 2/10/10 via Google Books search ("used in playing wicket"). |
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Comment | No other ballgames are carried in this dictionary. Webster was from Connecticut. Edit with form to add a comment |
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1851.6 Word-man Noah Webster Acknowledges Only Wicket"
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