Part 2579

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To seize the manger or other solid object with the teeth and draw in wind; -- said of a horse.</def>

<h1>Cribbage</h1> <Xpage=344>

<hw>Crib"bage</hw> <tt>(kr?b"?j)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Crib</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>, 2.]</ety> <def>A game of cards, played by two or four persons, in which there is a crib. (See <er>Crib</er>, 11.) It is characterized by a great variety of chances.</def>

<blockquote>A man's fancy would be summed up in <b>cribbage</b>. <i>John Hall.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Cribbage board</col>, <cd>a board with holes and pegs, used by cribbage players to score their game.</cd></cs>

<h1>Criber krbr, Crib-biter</h1> <Xpage=344>

<hw><hw>Crib"er</hw> <tt>(kr?b"?r)</tt>, <hw>Crib"-bit`er</hw> <tt>(-b?t"?r)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A horse that has the habit of cribbing.</def>

<h1>Cribbing</h1> <Xpage=344>

<hw>Crib"bing</hw> <tt>(kr?b"b?ng)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of inclosing or confining in a crib or in close quarters.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Purloining; stealing; plagiarizing.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>A framework of timbers and plank backing for a shaft lining, to prevent caving, percolation of water, etc.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A vicious habit of a horse; crib-biting. The horse lays hold of the crib or manger with his teeth and draws air into the stomach with a grunting sound.</def>

<h1>Crib-biting</h1> <Xpage=344>

<hw>Crib"-bit`ing</hw> <tt>(kr?b"b?t`?ng)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Cribbing</er>, 4.</def>

<h1>Cribble</h1> <Xpage=344>

<hw>Crib"ble</hw> <tt>(kr?b"b'l)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>crible</ets>, LL. <ets>criblus</ets> sieve, fr. L. <ets>cribrum</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A coarse sieve or screen.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Coarse flour or meal.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Cribble</h1> <Xpage=344>

<hw>Crib"ble</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Cribbled</er> <tt>(-b'ld)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Cribbling</er> <tt>(-bl?ng)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>cribler</ets>.]</ety> <def>To cause to pass through a sieve or riddle; to sift.</def>

<h1>Cribble</h1> <Xpage=344>

<hw>Crib"ble</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Coarse; <as>as, <ex>cribble</ex> bread</as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Huloet.</i>

<h1>Cribellum</h1> <Xpage=344>

<hw>Cri*bel"lum</hw> <tt>(kr?b?l"l?m)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., a small sieve, dim. of <ets>cribrum</ets> sieve.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A peculiar perforated organ of certain spiders (<spn>Ciniflonid\'91</spn>), used for spinning a special kind of silk.</def>

<h1>Cribrate</h1> <Xpage=344>

<hw>Crib"rate</hw> <tt>(kr?b"r?t)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cribratus</ets>, p.p. of <ets>cribrare</ets> to sift, fr. <ets>cribrum</ets> a sieve.]</ety> <def>Cribriform.</def>

<h1>Cribration</h1> <Xpage=344>