CRIB

noun a miner's luncheon.

2. crib ·noun a small raft of timber.

3. crib ·noun a hovel; a hut; a cottage.

4. crib ·noun a stall for oxen or other cattle.

5. crib ·noun a small inclosed bedstead or cot for a child.

6. crib ·noun a manger or rack; a feeding place for animals.

7. crib ·vi to make notes for dishonest use in recitation or examination.

8. crib ·noun the discarded cards which the dealer can use in scoring points in cribbage.

9. crib ·vi to crowd together, or to be confined, as in a crib or in narrow accommodations.

10. crib ·noun a structure of logs to be anchored with stones;

— used for docks, pier, dams, ·etc.

11. crib ·vi to seize the manger or other solid object with the teeth and draw in wind;

— said of a horse.

12. crib ·noun a structure or frame of timber for a foundation, or for supporting a roof, or for lining a shaft.

13. crib ·noun a box or bin, or similar wooden structure, for storing grain, salt, ·etc.; as, a crib for corn or oats.

14. crib ·vt to shut up or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage; to cramp.

15. crib ·noun a small theft; anything purloined;; a plagiaris/; hence, a translation or key, ·etc., to aid a student in preparing or reciting his lessons.

xvi. crib ·vt to pilfer or purloin; hence, to steal from an author; to appropriate; to plagiarize; as, to crib a line from milton.