† bow-krickel Obs.
[corrupt. ad. Ger. baumgrille ‘tree-cricket’; see balm-cricket.]
A cicada.
| 1658 Rowlands Mouffet's Theat. Ins. 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. |