- Crib
- Crib Crib (kr[i^]b), n. [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.]
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1. A manger or rack; a feeding place for animals.
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The steer lion at one crib shall meet. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
2. A stall for oxen or other cattle. [1913 Webster]
Where no oxen are, the crib is clean. --Prov. xiv. 4. [1913 Webster]
3. A small inclosed bedstead or cot for a child. [1913 Webster]
4. A box or bin, or similar wooden structure, for storing grain, salt, etc.; as, a crib for corn or oats. [1913 Webster]
5. A hovel; a hut; a cottage. [1913 Webster]
Why rather, Sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, . . . Than in the perfumed chambers of the great? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
6. (Mining) A structure or frame of timber for a foundation, or for supporting a roof, or for lining a shaft. [1913 Webster]
7. A structure of logs to be anchored with stones; -- used for docks, pier, dams, etc. [1913 Webster]
8. A small raft of timber. [Canada] [1913 Webster]
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.] [1913 Webster]
The Latin version technically called a crib. --Ld. Lytton. [1913 Webster]
Occasional perusal of the Pagan writers, assisted by a crib. --Wilkie Collins. [1913 Webster]
10. A miner's luncheon. [Cant] --Raymond. [1913 Webster]
11. (Card Playing) The discarded cards which the dealer can use in scoring points in cribbage. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
