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A manger or rack; a feeding place for animals. |
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A stall for oxen or other cattle. |
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A small inclosed bedstead or cot for a child. |
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A box or bin, or similar wooden structure, for storing grain,
salt, etc.; as, a crib for corn or oats. |
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A hovel; a hut; a cottage. |
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A structure or frame of timber for a foundation, or for
supporting a roof, or for lining a shaft. |
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A structure of logs to be anchored with stones; -- used for
docks, pier, dams, etc. |
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A small raft of timber. |
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A small theft; anything purloined;; a plagiaris/; hence, a
translation or key, etc., to aid a student in preparing or reciting his
lessons. |
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A miner's luncheon. |
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The discarded cards which the dealer can use in scoring
points in cribbage. |
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To shut up or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage; to
cramp. |
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To pilfer or purloin; hence, to steal from an author; to
appropriate; to plagiarize; as, to crib a line from Milton. |
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To crowd together, or to be confined, as in a crib or in
narrow accommodations. |
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To make notes for dishonest use in recitation or
examination. |
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To seize the manger or other solid object with the teeth
and draw in wind; -- said of a horse. |