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|Game=Wicket | |Game=Wicket | ||
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary | |Immediacy of Report=Contemporary | ||
|Notables=Noah Webster | |Notables=Noah Webster | ||
|Text=<p>"Wicket, n. A small gate; a gate by which the chamber of canal locks is emptied; a bar or rod, used in playing wicket."</p> | |Text=<p>"Wicket, n. A small gate; a gate by which the chamber of canal locks is emptied; a bar or rod, used in playing wicket."</p> | ||
<p>Noah Webster, <span | <p> </p> | ||
|Sources=<p>Noah Webster, <span>A Dictionary of the English Language, Abridged from the American Dictionary</span> (Huntington and Savage, New York, 1851), page 399.Accessed 2/10/10 via Google Books search ("used in playing wicket"). </p> | |||
|Comment=<p>No other ballgames are carried in this dictionary. Webster was from Connecticut.</p> | |Comment=<p>No other ballgames are carried in this dictionary. Webster was from Connecticut.</p> | ||
|Reviewed=Yes | |Reviewed=Yes | ||
|Has Supplemental Text=No | |Has Supplemental Text=No | ||
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Word-man Noah Webster Acknowledges Only Wicket
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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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1851.6 Word-man Noah Webster Acknowledges Only Wicket"
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