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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Crib

Crĭb, n.

noun

n. [A-S. crybb, O. Sax. cribbie, L. Ger. cribbe, D. krib, kribbe, kreb, krub, Dan. krybbe, Sw. krubba, O. H. Ger. crippa, N. H. Ger. krippe.] 1. The manger or rack of a stable; a feeding-place. The steer and lion at one crib shall meet. Pope.

  1. A stall for oxen or other cattle.
  2. A small inclosed bedstead for a child.
  3. A box or bin for storing grain, salt, &c.
  4. A small room or building; a hut; a cottage.

Why rather, sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, Than in the perfumed chambers of the great? Shak.

  1. A lock-up house. Halliwell.
  2. A literal translation of a classic author. [Colloq.]

Crib, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. CRIBBED; p. pr. & vb. n. CRIBBING.] 1. To shut or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage; to confine; to cramp. “If only the vital energy be not cribbed or cramped.” I. Taylor. During my winters and springs I am . . . cribbed and confined in a miserable garret. W. Scott. 2. To pilfer or purloin.

Crib, v. i.

verbintransitive

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