*cribb*

n. [ From Crib, v. t., 2. ] A game of cards, played by two or four persons, in which there is a crib. (See Crib, 11.) It is characterized by a great variety of chances. [ 1913 Webster ]

A man's fancy would be summed up in cribbage. John Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cribbage board, a board with holes and pegs, used by cribbage players to score their game. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of inclosing or confining in a crib or in close quarters. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Purloining; stealing; plagiarizing. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mining) A framework of timbers and plank backing for a shaft lining, to prevent caving, percolation of water, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. A horse that has the habit of cribbing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. crible, LL. criblus sieve, fr. L. cribrum. ] 1. A coarse sieve or screen. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Coarse flour or meal. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Cribbled p. pr. & vb. n. Cribbling ] [ Cf. F. cribler. ] To cause to pass through a sieve or riddle; to sift. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Coarse; as, cribble bread. [ Obs. ] Huloet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A painter's pencil. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To write without care, elegance, or value; to scrawl. [ 1913 Webster ]

If Maevius scribble in Apollo's spite. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Scribbled p. pr. & vb. n. Scribbling ] [ From Scribe. ] 1. To write hastily or carelessly, without regard to correctness or elegance; as, to scribble a letter. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To fill or cover with careless or worthless writing. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. Scrabble. ] (Woolen Manuf.) To card coarsely; to run through the scribbling machine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Hasty or careless writing; a writing of little value; a scrawl; as, a hasty scribble. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Neither did I but vacant seasons spend
In this my scribble. Bunyan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A scribble. [ R. ] Foster. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who scribbles; a petty author; a writer of no reputation; a literary hack. [ 1913 Webster ]

The scribbler, pinched with hunger, writes to dine. Granville. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A scribbling machine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See 1st Scribble. ] The act or process of carding coarsely. [ 1913 Webster ]

Scribbling machine, the machine used for the first carding of wool or other fiber; -- called also scribbler. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Writing hastily or poorly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ye newspaper witlings! ye pert scribbling folks! Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of writing hastily or idly. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a scribbling manner. [ 1913 Webster ]