Crib (kr?b), n. [AS. crybb; akin to OS. kribbja, D. krib, kribbe, Dan. krybbe, G. krippe, and perh. to MHG. krebe basket, G, korb, and E. rip a sort of wicker basket.]
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. (Mining) 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.
9. A small theft; anything purloined; a plagiarism; hence, a translation or key, etc., to aid a student in preparing or reciting his lessons.
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. Raymond.
11. (Card Playing) The discarded cards which the dealer can use in scoring points in cribbage.