A wooden footstool.
A relatively small area of a roof constructed to divert water from a horizontal intersection of the roof with a chimney, wall, expansion joint, or other projection.
A signalling device used by soldiers in hostile territory to identify themselves to a friendly in low visibility conditions.
A variant of the game of darts. See Cricket (darts).
An aural warning sound consisting of a continuously-repeating chime, designed to be difficult for pilots to ignore.
An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.
A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven, popular in England and many Commonwealth countries.
An act that is fair and sportsmanlike.
In the form crickets: absolute silence; no communication.
To play the game of cricket.
A stooping, bent position of the body.
The staircase and landing or porch leading to the entrance of a residence.
A vessel for holding liquids; like a flagon but without the spout.
A post or pillar, especially a gatepost or a support in a mine.
The threshold of a doorway, a doorstep.
An accelerated descent in flight, as that for an attack.
To lower oneself; to demean or do something below one's status, standards, or morals.
To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend.
To cause to incline downward; to slant.
Of a bird of prey: to swoop down on its prey.
To bend the upper part of the body forward and downward to a half-squatting position; crouch.
To cause to submit; to prostrate.
To yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection.