Part 2578

<hw>Crib</hw> <tt>(kr?b)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>crybb</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>kribbja</ets>, D. <ets>krib</ets>, <ets>kribbe</ets>, Dan. <ets>krybbe</ets>, G. <ets>krippe</ets>, and perh. to MHG. <ets>krebe</ets> basket, G, <ets>korb</ets>, and E. <ets>rip</ets> a sort of wicker basket.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A manger or rack; a feeding place for animals.</def>

<blockquote>The steer lion at one <b>crib</b> shall meet. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A stall for oxen or other cattle.</def>

<blockquote>Where no oxen are, the <b>crib</b> is clean. <i>Prov. xiv. 4.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A small inclosed bedstead or cot for a child.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A box or bin, or similar wooden structure, for storing grain, salt, etc.; <as>as, a <ex>crib</ex> for corn or oats</as>.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A hovel; a hut; a cottage.</def>

<blockquote>Why rather, Sleep, liest thou in smoky <b>cribs</b>, . . . Than in the perfumed chambers of the great? <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>A structure or frame of timber for a foundation, or for supporting a roof, or for lining a shaft.</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>A structure of logs to be anchored with stones; -- used for docks, pier, dams, etc.</def>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>A small raft of timber.</def> <mark>[Canada]</mark>

<p><b>9.</b> <def>A small theft; anything purloined;; a plagiaris<?/; hence, a translation or key, etc., to aid a student in preparing or reciting his lessons.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<blockquote>The Latin version technically called a <b>crib</b>. <i>Ld. Lytton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Occasional perusal of the Pagan writers, assisted by a <b>crib</b>. <i>Wilkie Collins.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>10.</b> <def>A miner's luncheon.</def> <mark></mark>

<i>Raymond.</i>

<p><b>11.</b> <fld>(Card Playing)</fld> <def>The discarded cards which the dealer can use in scoring points in cribbage.</def>

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<hw>Crib</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p.p.</tt> <er>Cribbed</er> <tt>(kr?bd)</tt>; <tt>p.pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Cribbing</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To shut up or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage; to cramp.</def>

<blockquote>If only the vital energy be not <b>cribbed</b> or cramped. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Now I am cabin'd, <b>cribbed</b>, confined. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To pilfer or purloin; hence, to steal from an author; to appropriate; to plagiarize; <as>as, to <ex>crib</ex> a line from Milton</as>.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<blockquote>Child, being fond of toys, <b>cribbed</b> the necklace. <i>Dickens.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Crib</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To crowd together, or to be confined, as in a crib or in narrow accommodations.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Who sought to make . . . bishops to <b>crib</b> in a Presbyterian trundle bed. <i>Gauden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To make notes for dishonest use in recitation or examination.</def> <mark>[College Cant]</mark>