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.
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.