Obs. [corrupt. ad. Ger. baumgrille ‘tree-cricket’; see BALM-CRICKET.] A cicada.
1658. Rowland, trans. Moufet’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.
