(n.) A box or bin, or similar wooden structure, for storing grain, salt, etc.; as, a crib for corn or oats.
(n.) A hovel; a hut; a cottage.
(n.) A manger or rack; a feeding place for animals.
(n.) A miner's luncheon.
(n.) A small inclosed bedstead or cot for a child.
(n.) A small raft of timber.
(n.) A small theft; anything purloined;; a plagiaris/; hence, a translation or key, etc., to aid a student in preparing or reciting his lessons.
(n.) A stall for oxen or other cattle.
(n.) A structure of logs to be anchored with stones; -- used for docks, pier, dams, etc.
(n.) A structure or frame of timber for a foundation, or for supporting a roof, or for lining a shaft.
(n.) The discarded cards which the dealer can use in scoring points in cribbage.
(v. i.) To crowd together, or to be confined, as in a crib or in narrow accommodations.
(v. i.) To make notes for dishonest use in recitation or examination.
(v. i.) To seize the manger or other solid object with the teeth and draw in wind; -- said of a horse.
(v. t.) To pilfer or purloin; hence, to steal from an author; to appropriate; to plagiarize; as, to crib a line from Milton.
(v. t.) To shut up or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage; to cramp.