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 ]

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 ]

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. Same as Cribbing, 4. [ 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 ]

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