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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cribbing \Crib"bing\ (kr?b"b?ng), n. 1. The act of inclosing or confining in a crib or in close quarters. 2. Purloining; stealing; plagiarizing. [Colloq.] 3. (Mining) A framework of timbers and plank backing for a shaft lining, to prevent caving, percolation of water, etc 4. A vicious habit of a horse; crib-biting. The horse lays hold of the crib or manger with his teeth and draws air into the stomach with a grunting sound. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Crib \Crib\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cribbed} (kr?bd); p. pr & vb n. {Cribbing}.] 1. To shut up or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage; to cramp. If only the vital energy be not cribbed or cramped. --I. Taylor. Now I am cabin'd, cribbed, confined. --Shak. 2. To pilfer or purloin; hence to steal from an author; to appropriate; to plagiarize; as to crib a line from Milton. [Colloq.] Child, being fond of toys, cribbed the necklace. --Dickens.
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