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 ]

Crib

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Cribbed 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 ]

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 ]

Cribbage

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 ]

Cribbing

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 ]

Crib-biter

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

Crib-biting

n. Same as Cribbing, 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cribble

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

Cribble

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 ]

Cribble

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 ]

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary DING DE-EN Dictionary

Krippe { f }; Kinderbett { n } | Krippen { pl }

crib | cribs

Spickzettel { m } [ ugs. ]

crib [ coll. ]

Krippentod { m }; plötzlicher Kindstod [ med. ]

crib death; cot death

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