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Short for cribble.
To shut or confine as in a crib; cage; coop.
To line with timbers or planking: said of a shaft or pit.
To pilfer; purloin; steal.
To translate (a passage from a classic) by means of a crib. See crib, n., 16.
To be confined in or to a crib.
To make use of cribs in translating. See crib, n., 16.
To make up (logs, boards, or staves) into small rafts or cribs to be united later into a large raft.
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The manger or rack of a stable or house for cattle; a feeding-place for cattle; specifically, in the Roman Catholic Church, a representation of the manger in which Christ was born. See bambino.
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A stall for oxen or other cattle; a pen for cattle.
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A small frame with inclosed sides for a child's bed. A small chamber; a small lodging or habitation.
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A situation; a place or position: as, a snug crib.
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A house, shop, warehouse, or public house.
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A box or bin for storing grain, salt, etc. See corn-crib.
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A lockup.
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A solid structure of timber or logs (see cribwork) secured under water to serve as a wharf, jetty, dike, or other support or barrier; also, a foundation so made with the superstructure raised upon it, as the crib in Lake Michigan from which water is supplied to Chicago.
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A solidly built floating foundation or support.
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An inner lining of a shaft, consisting of a frame of timbers and a backing of planks, used to keep the earth from caving in, prevent water from trickling through, etc. Also called cribbing.
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A reel for winding yarn.
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A division of a raft of staves, containing a thousand staves.
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In the game of cribbage, a set of cards made up of two thrown from the hand of each player. See cribbage.
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A theft, or the thing stolen; specifically, anything copied from an author without acknowledgment.
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A literal translation of a classic author for the illegitimate use of students.
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The bowl or trap of a pound-net.