Crib (kr&ibreve_;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.]
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1. A manger or rack; a feeding place for animals.
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The steer lion at one crib shall meet. Pope.
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2. A stall for oxen or other cattle.
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Where no oxen are, the crib is clean. Prov. xiv. 4.
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3. A small inclosed bedstead or cot for a child.
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4. A box or bin, or similar wooden structure, for storing grain, salt, etc.; as, a crib for corn or oats.
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5. A hovel; a hut; a cottage.
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Why rather, Sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, . . .
Than in the perfumed chambers of the great? Shak.
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6. (Mining) A structure or frame of timber for a foundation, or for supporting a roof, or for lining a shaft.
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7. A structure of logs to be anchored with stones; -- used for docks, pier, dams, etc.
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8. A small raft of timber. [Canada]
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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.]
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The Latin version technically called a crib. Ld. Lytton.
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Occasional perusal of the Pagan writers, assisted by a crib. Wilkie Collins.
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10. A miner's luncheon. [Cant] Raymond.
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11. (Card Playing) The discarded cards which the dealer can use in scoring points in cribbage.
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Crib, v. i. 1. To crowd together, or to be confined, as in a crib or in narrow accommodations. [R.]
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Who sought to make . . . bishops to crib in a Presbyterian trundle bed. Gauden.
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2. To make notes for dishonest use in recitation or examination. [College Cant]
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3. To seize the manger or other solid object with the teeth and draw in wind; -- said of a horse.
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