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Webster 1913 Edition

Crib

Crib

(krĭb)
,
Noun.
[AS.
crybb
; akin to OS.
kribbja
, D.
krib
,
kribbe
, Dan.
krybbe
, G.
krippe
, and perh. to MHG.
krebe
basket, G,
korb
, and E.
rip
a sort of wicker basket.]
1.
A manger or rack; a feeding place for animals.
The steer lion at one
crib
shall meet.
Pope.
2.
A stall for oxen or other cattle.
Where no oxen are, the
crib
is clean.
Prov. xiv. 4.
3.
A small inclosed bedstead or cot for a child.
4.
A box or bin, or similar wooden structure, for storing grain, salt, etc.;
as, a
crib
for corn or oats
.
5.
A hovel; a hut; a cottage.
Why rather, Sleep, liest thou in smoky
cribs
, . . .
Than in the perfumed chambers of the great?
Shakespeare
6.
(Mining)
A structure or frame of timber for a foundation, or for supporting a roof, or for lining a shaft.
7.
A structure of logs to be anchored with stones; – used for docks, pier, dams, etc.
8.
A small raft of timber.
[Canada]
9.
A small theft; anything purloined; a plagiarism; hence, a translation or key, etc., to aid a student in preparing or reciting his lessons.
[Colloq.]
The Latin version technically called a
crib
.
Ld. Lytton.
Occasional perusal of the Pagan writers, assisted by a
crib
.
Wilkie Collins.
10.
A miner’s luncheon.
[Cant]
Raymond.
11.
(Card Playing)
The discarded cards which the dealer can use in scoring points in cribbage.

Crib

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Cribbed
(krĭbd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Cribbing
.]
1.
To shut up or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage; to cramp.
If only the vital energy be not
cribbed
or cramped.
I. Taylor.
Now I am cabin'd,
cribbed
, confined.
Shakespeare
2.
To pilfer or purloin; hence, to steal from an author; to appropriate; to plagiarize;
as, to
crib
a line from Milton
.
[Colloq.]
Child, being fond of toys,
cribbed
the necklace.
Dickens.

Crib

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To crowd together, or to be confined, as in a crib or in narrow accommodations.
[R.]
Who sought to make . . . bishops to
crib
in a Presbyterian trundle bed.
Gauden.
2.
To make notes for dishonest use in recitation or examination.
[College Cant]
3.
To seize the manger or other solid object with the teeth and draw in wind; – said of a horse.

Webster 1828 Edition

Crib

CRIB

,
Noun.
1.
The manger of a stable, in which oxen and cows feed. In America, it is distinguished from a rack for horses.
Where no oxen are, the crib is clean. Proverbs 14.
The manger for other beasts.
The ass knoweth his masters crib. Isaiah 1.
2.
A small habitation or cottage.
3.
A stall for oxen.
4.
A case or box in salt works.
5.
A small building, raised on posts, for storing Indian corn.

CRIB

,
Verb.
T.
To shut or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage.

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