† bow-krickeln.
Obsolete.
A cicada.
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balm-cricket1783
cicala1821
tree-hopper1836
cicad1855
knife-grinder1859
scissors-grinder1875
jar-fly1880
squeaker1887
New Forest cicada1978
1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 989 In Germany and England I do not hear that there are any Grashoppers to be found, but if they be, they are in both Countreys called Bow-krickels, or Baulm Krickets.
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