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Crib
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v. i.) To seize the manger or other solid object with the teeth and draw in wind; - said of a horse.
(2):
(v. i.) To make notes for dishonest use in recitation or examination.
(3):
(v. i.) To crowd together, or to be confined, as in a crib or in narrow accommodations.
(4):
(n.) A box or bin, or similar wooden structure, for storing grain, salt, etc.; as, a crib for corn or oats.
(5):
(n.) A structure of logs to be anchored with stones; - used for docks, pier, dams, etc.
(6):
(n.) A miner's luncheon.
(7):
(n.) A small theft; anything purloined;; a plagiaris/; hence, a translation or key, etc., to aid a student in preparing or reciting his lessons.
(8):
(n.) A structure or frame of timber for a foundation, or for supporting a roof, or for lining a shaft.
(9):
(n.) A hovel; a hut; a cottage.
(10):
(n.) The discarded cards which the dealer can use in scoring points in cribbage.
(11):
(n.) A small inclosed bedstead or cot for a child.
(12):
(n.) A stall for oxen or other cattle.
(13):
(n.) A manger or rack; a feeding place for animals.
(14):
(v. t.) To shut up or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage; to cramp.
(15):
(v. t.) To pilfer or purloin; hence, to steal from an author; to appropriate; to plagiarize; as, to crib a line from Milton.
(16):
(n.) A small raft of timber.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Crib'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/crib.html. 1828.
