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|Headline=Word-man Noah Webster Acknowledges Only Wicket
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"Wicket, n. A small gate; a gate by which the chamber of canal locks is emptied; a bar or rod, used in playing wicket."

Noah Webster, A Dictionary of he 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"). No other ballgames are carried in this dictionary. Webster was from Connecticut.

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