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Word-man Noah Webster Acknowledges Only Wicket
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| 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." Noah Webster, A Dictionary of the English Language, Abridged from the American Dictionary (Huntington and Savage, New York, 1851), page 399. |
| Sources | 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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1851.6 Word-man Noah Webster Acknowledges Only Wicket"
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