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