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• CRIB (a word common to some Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch krib and Ger. Krippe; it has a common origin with the O. Eng. " cratch," a manger or crib, cf. Fr. creche)

CRIB (a word See also:

• COMMON

common to some See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages, cf. Dutch krib and Ger. Krippe; it has a common origin with the O. Eng. " cratch," a manger or crib, cf. Fr. See also:

• CRECHE (Fr. for a " crib " or cradle)

creche)  , a manger or framework receptacle for holding See also:

• FODDER

fodder for See also:

• CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle and horses, and so, from See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early times in See also:

• ENGLISH

English, particularly the manger in which Jesus was laid . It is thus used of a " See also:

• CRADLE (of uncertain etymology, possibly connected with " crate " and " creel," i.e. basket; the derivation from a Celtic word, with a sense of rocking, is scouted by the New English Dictionary)

cradle," from which in See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form it should be distinguished as being a small See also:

• BED
• BED (a common Teutonic word, cf. German Bett, probably connected with the Indo-European root bhodh, seen in the Lat. fodere, to dig; so " a dug-out place " for safe resting, or in the same sense as a garden " bed ")

bed with high closed-in sides . The word has many transferred meanings, as a rough, small hut or dwelling, from which comes the See also:

• SLANG

slang use of " See also:

• CRIB (a word common to some Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch krib and Ger. Krippe; it has a common origin with the O. Eng. " cratch," a manger or crib, cf. Fr. creche)

crib " as a See also:

• BERTH

berth or situation, or, as a burglar's See also:

• TERM

term for a See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house to be broken into; also, technically, in See also:

• ENGINEERING

engineering for a See also:

• TIMBER

timber framework for See also:

• MASONRY

masonry constructed with a See also:

• CAISSON (from the Fr. caisse, the variant form " cassoon " being adapted from the Ital. casone)

caisson in laying See also:

• FOUNDATIONS

foundations below See also:

• WATER

water, or in See also:

• MINING

mining for a timber lining to a See also:

• SHAFT
• SHAFT (O. Eng., sceaft, from scafan, to shave; the word is common to Teutonic languages)

shaft . " Crib-biting " is a vicious See also:

• HABIT (through the French from Lat. habitus, from habere, to have, hold, or, in a reflective sense, to be in a certain condition; in many of the English senses the French use habitude, not habit)

habit in horses, probably due in the first instance to indigestion; the See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse seizes the manger or other See also:

• OBJECT

object in its See also:

• TEETH (O.E. Eel); plural of tooth, O.E. top)

teeth, and draws in the breath, known as " See also:

• WIND
• WIND (a common Teut. word, cognate with Skt. vats, Lat. ventus, cf. " weather," to be of course distinguished from to " wind," to coil or twist, O.Eng. windan, cf. "wander," "wend," &c.)

wind-sucking "; the habit may be checked by the use of a See also:

• THROAT (O. Eng. protu, prote or }Prota, possibly from preotan, to press, whence threat, or, with loss of initial s, connected with strut, to swell)

throat-strap . The slang meaning of the verb " crib," to steal, especially used of See also:

• PETTY, SIR WILLIAM (1623-1687)

petty thefts, is probably derived from an obsolete use of the substantive for a small wicker See also:

• BASKET

basket; this meaning occurs in the expression " See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time-cribbing," used of an illicit increase of the See also:

• HOURS, CANONICAL

hours of labour in a factory or workshop, especially by the See also:

• RUNNING

running of machinery each See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day slightly beyond the time of ceasing See also:

• WORK

work . " Crib " and " cribbing " in this sense are also applied to any unacknowledged See also:

• APPROPRIATION (from Lat. appropriare, to set aside)

appropriation or See also:

• PLAGIARISM

plagiarism from an author, and particularly to the See also:

• SECRET (Lat. secretum, hidden, concealed)

secret copying by a schoolboy of another's work or from a See also:

• BOOK

book, and also to the secret use of a See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation and to such translation itself . " Crib," in the See also:

• GAME

game of See also:

• CRIBBAGE

cribbage, of which it is a shortened form, is the term for the See also:

• CARDS, PLAYING

cards thrown away by each player and scored by the dealer .