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Crib [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The manger of a stable, in which oxen and cows feed. In America, it is distinguished from a rack for horses.

2. Where no oxen are, the crib is clean. Proverbs 14:4 .

3. The manger for other beasts.

4. The ass knoweth his masters crib Isaiah 1:3 .

5. A small habitation or cottage.

6. A stall for oxen.

7. A case or box in salt works.

8. A small building, raised on posts, for storing Indian corn.

Crib [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To shut or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage.

Crib [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A manger or rack; a feeding place for animals.

2. A stall for oxen or other cattle.

3. A small inclosed bedstead or cot for a child.

4. A box or bin, or similar wooden structure, for storing grain, salt, etc.; as, a crib for corn or oats.

5. A hovel; a hut; a cottage.

6. A structure or frame of timber for a foundation, or for supporting a roof, or for lining a shaft.

7. A structure of logs to be anchored with stones; -- used for docks, pier, dams, etc.

8. A small raft of timber.

9. A small theft; anything purloined;; a plagiaris/; hence, a translation or key, etc., to aid a student in preparing or reciting his lessons.

10. A miner's luncheon.

11. The discarded cards which the dealer can use in scoring points in cribbage.

Crib [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To crowd together, or to be confined, as in a crib or in narrow accommodations.

2. To make notes for dishonest use in recitation or examination.

3. To seize the manger or other solid object with the teeth and draw in wind; -- said of a horse.

Crib [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To shut up or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage; to cramp.

2. To pilfer or purloin; hence, to steal from an author; to appropriate; to plagiarize; as, to crib a line from Milton.

Crib-biter [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A horse that has the habit of cribbing.

Crib-biting [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Same as Cribbing, 4.

Cribbage [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A game at cards.

Cribbage [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

Cribbed [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Shut up; confined; caged.

Cribbed [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Cribbing [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The act of inclosing or confining in a crib or in close quarters.

2. Purloining; stealing; plagiarizing.

3. A framework of timbers and plank backing for a shaft lining, to prevent caving, percolation of water, etc.

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.

Cribbing [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Cribble [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A corn-sieve or riddle.

2. Coarse flour or meal. [Not used in the United States.]

Cribble [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To sift; to cause to pass through a sieve or riddle.

Cribble [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Coarse; as, cribble bread.

Cribble [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A coarse sieve or screen.

2. Coarse flour or meal.

Cribble [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To cause to pass through a sieve or riddle; to sift.

Cribbled [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Cribbling [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Cribellum [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A peculiar perforated organ of certain spiders (Ciniflonidae), used for spinning a special kind of silk.

Criber [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Alt. of Crib-biter

Cribrate [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Cribriform.

Cribration [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The act of sifting or riddling; used in pharmacy.

Cribration [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The act or process of separating the finer parts of drugs from the coarser by sifting.

Cribriform [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Resembling a sieve or riddle; a term applied to the lamen of the ethmoid bone, through which the fibers of the olfactory nerve pass to the nose.

Cribriform [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Resembling, or having the form of, a sieve; pierced with holes; as, the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone; a cribriform compress.

Cribrose [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Perforated like a sieve; cribriform.