vbl. sb. nonce-wd. Onomatopæic modification of crackling, expressing a lighter or more slender sound. With quot. 1644 cf. CRICK sb.1
1577. Dee, Relat. Spir., I. (1659), 93. The frame of the stone gave a crickling, no hand touching it.
a. 1644. Quarles, Virgin Widow, IV. i. Wks. (Grosart), III. 305/1. Has any Courtier lost his haire? Or finds a crickling in his hammes?
