Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cric"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cric \Cric\ (kr[i^]k), n. [prob. fr. F. cric a jackscrew.]
The ring which turns inward and condenses the flame of a
lamp. --Knight.
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