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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A bin for drying or storing grain, as with a corn crib.
  • A boxy structure traditionally built of heavy wooden timbers, to support an existing structure from below, as with a mineshaft or a building being raised off its foundation in preparation for being moved; see cribbing.
  • A confined space, as with a cage or office-cubicle
  • A hovel, a roughly constructed building best suited to the shelter of animals but used for human habitation.
  • A manger, a feeding trough for animals elevated off the earth or floor, especially one for fodder such as hay.
  • A small room or covered structure, especially one of rough construction, used for storage or penning animals.
  • A wicker basket; c.f. Moses basket.
  • British A bed for a child older than a baby.
  • cribbage: Short for the card game cribbage.
  • cribbage: The cards discarded by players and used by the dealer.
  • cryptography A known piece of information corresponding to a section of encrypted text, that is then used to work out the remaining sections.
  • nautical A small sleeping berth in a packet ship or other small vessel
  • southern A small holiday home, often near a beach and of simple construction.
  • obsolete A job, a position; (British), an appointment.
  • obsolete A minor theft, extortion or embezzlement, with or without criminal intent.
  • rfd-redundant A covered structure, for confining animals.
  • rfd-redundant A stall for large domestic animals.
  • slang One?s residence, or where one normally hangs out.
  • The baby Jesus and the manger in a creche or Nativity scene, consisting of statues of Mary, Joseph and various other characters such as the magi.
  • US A baby?s bed (British and Australasian cot) with high, often slatted, often moveable sides, suitable for a child who has outgrown a cradle or bassinet.
  • plural A collection of quotes or references for use in speaking, for for assembling a written document, or as an aid to a project of some sort; a crib sheet.

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Verb:

  • intransitive To collect one or more passages and/or references for use in a speech, written document or as an aid for some task; to create a crib sheet.
  • intransitive To install timber supports, as with cribbing.
  • rare To engage in academic dishonesty by the illicit use of a pony or cheat sheet; plagiarism.
  • obsolete To steal or embezzle, to cheat out of: petty thieving.
  • transitive To place or confine in a crib.

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