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Cribbing   Listen
noun
Cribbing  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.





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"Cribbing" Quotes from Famous Books



... Longbow, as we called him; I suppose as a term of endearment, for there was no Young Longbow. He was an Irishman, and the established wit, buffoon, and jester of the school. Innumerable stories are still told of his youthful escapades, of his audacity and skill in cribbing, of his dexterity in getting out of scrapes, of his repartees to masters and persons in authority. He it was who took up the same exercise in algebra to Mr. Rhomboid all the time he was in the Sixth Form, and ...
— Collections and Recollections • George William Erskine Russell
... course, alter the old-fashioned phrases, and bring the sermons up to date, so to speak. This plan saves the inconvenience of having to pay for sermons, which I could not do in cash in these days of clerical destitution, only in sermon paper, which I fear would not be accepted. If I am accused of "cribbing sermons," I deny the charge with indignation. I don't crib JEREMY, I adapt him. Does every dramatist, who adapts from the French, acknowledge the fact? Not at all! ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 22, 1893 • Various
... has gradually completed the double coast-line that Nature gave us in part. This was done by connecting islands separated from shore by navigable water, and leaving openings for ingress and exit but a few hundred yards wide. The breakwaters required to do this were built with cribbing of incorrodible metal, affixed to deeply driven metallic piles, and filled with stones along coasts where they were found in abundance or excess. This, while clearing many fields and improving them for cultivation, provided just the needed material; ...
— A Journey in Other Worlds • J. J. Astor


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