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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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+|Year=1851
+|Year Number=6
 |Headline=Word-man Noah Webster Acknowledges Only Wicket
-|Year=1851
 |Salience=2
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 |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, <u>A Dictionary of he English Language, Abridged from the American Dictionary</u> (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.</p>
+<p>Noah Webster, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">A Dictionary of the English Language, Abridged from the American Dictionary</span> (Huntington and Savage, New York, 1851), page 399.</p>
+|Sources=<p>Accessed 2/10/10 via Google Books search ("used in playing wicket"). No other ballgames are carried in this dictionary. Webster was from Connecticut.</p>
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-|Year Number=6
+|Has Supplemental Text=No
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