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crib


crib is a   Noun

Definition:

[1] A manger or rack; a feeding place for animals. The steer lion at one crib shall meet. Pope.

[2] A stall for oxen or other cattle. Where no oxen are, the crib is clean. Prov. xiv. 4.

[3] A small inclosed bedstead or cot for a child.

[4] A box or bin, or similar wooden structure, for storing grain, salt, etc.; as, a crib for corn or oats.

[5] A hovel; a hut; a cottage. Why rather, Sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, . . . Than in the perfumed chambers of the great Shak.

[6] A structure or frame of timber for a foundation, or for supporting a roof, or for lining a shaft.

[7] A structure of logs to be anchored with stones; -- used for docks, pier, dams, etc.

[8] A small raft of timber. [Canada]

[9] A small theft; anything purloined;; a plagiaris [Colloq.] The Latin version technically called a crib. Ld. Lytton. Occasional perusal of the Pagan writers, assisted by a crib. Wilkie Collins.

[10] A miner`s luncheon. [Cant] Raymond.

[11] The discarded cards which the dealer can use in scoring points in cribbage.


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