cribbing

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Crib \Crib\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cribbed (kr[i^]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cribbing.]

1.To shut up or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage; to cramp. [1913 Webster]

If only the vital energy be not cribbed or cramped.— I. Taylor.[1913 Webster]
Now I am cabin'd, cribbed, confined.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.To pilfer or purloin; hence, to steal from an author; to appropriate; to plagiarize; as, to crib a line from Milton. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

Child, being fond of toys, cribbed the necklace.— Dickens.[1913 Webster]

Cribbing \Crib"bing\ (kr?b"b?ng), n.

1.The act of inclosing or confining in a crib or in close quarters. [1913 Webster]

2.Purloining; stealing; plagiarizing. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

3.(Mining) A framework of timbers and plank backing for a shaft lining, to prevent caving, percolation of water, etc. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

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