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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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.] [1913 Webster] 1. A manger or rack; a feeding place for animals. [1913 Webster] 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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Crib \Crib\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cribbed} (kr[i^]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cribbing}.] 1. To shut up or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage; to cramp. [1913 Webster] If only the vital energy be not cribbed or cramped. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster] Now I am cabin'd, cribbed, confined. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To pilfer or purloin; hence, to steal from an author; to appropriate; to plagiarize; as, to crib a line from Milton. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] Child, being fond of toys, cribbed the necklace. --Dickens. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Crib \Crib\, v. i. 1. To crowd together, or to be confined, as in a crib or in narrow accommodations. [R.] [1913 Webster] Who sought to make . . . bishops to crib in a Presbyterian trundle bed. --Gauden. [1913 Webster] 2. To make notes for dishonest use in recitation or examination. [College Cant] [1913 Webster] 3. To seize the manger or other solid object with the teeth and draw in wind; -- said of a horse. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: crib n 1: baby bed with high sides made of slats [syn: {crib}, {cot}] 2: a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly) [syn: {pony}, {trot}, {crib}] 3: a bin or granary for storing grains 4: the cards discarded by players at cribbage 5: a card game (usually for two players) in which each player is dealt six cards and discards one or two [syn: {cribbage}, {crib}] v 1: use a crib, as in an exam 2: take unauthorized (intellectual material) 3: line with beams or planks; "crib a construction hole"