Crib

Webster's Dictionary

(1): (v. i.) To seize the manger or other solid object with the teeth and draw in wind; - said of a horse.

(2): (v. i.) To make notes for dishonest use in recitation or examination.

(3): (v. i.) To crowd together, or to be confined, as in a crib or in narrow accommodations.

(4): (n.) A box or bin, or similar wooden structure, for storing grain, salt, etc.; as, a crib for corn or oats.

(5): (n.) A structure of logs to be anchored with stones; - used for docks, pier, dams, etc.

(6): (n.) A miner's luncheon.

(7): (n.) A small theft; anything purloined;; a plagiaris/; hence, a translation or key, etc., to aid a student in preparing or reciting his lessons.

(8): (n.) A structure or frame of timber for a foundation, or for supporting a roof, or for lining a shaft.

(9): (n.) A hovel; a hut; a cottage.

(10): (n.) The discarded cards which the dealer can use in scoring points in cribbage.

(11): (n.) A small inclosed bedstead or cot for a child.

(12): (n.) A stall for oxen or other cattle.

(13): (n.) A manger or rack; a feeding place for animals.

(14): (v. t.) To shut up or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage; to cramp.

(15): (v. t.) To pilfer or purloin; hence, to steal from an author; to appropriate; to plagiarize; as, to crib a line from Milton.

(16): (n.) A small raft of timber.

Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types

 Proverbs 14:4 (b) Where no work is undertaken for the Lord, there is no trouble and no blessing. If work is undertaken for the Lord, though it entails much labor, pain and trouble, great blessings will follow.

 Isaiah 1:3 (b) The Lord is teaching us that the ox, which represents the Christian, knows and esteems the one who owns him, as the Christian knows and loves his Lord. The ass, however, who represents the ungodly, the unsaved, is only interested in the gifts that he may receive from his master. The crib is used to represent earthly blessings which earthly people receive and return no gratitude to the GOD who gives them.

King James Dictionary

CRIB, n.

1. The manger of a stable, in which oxen and cows feed. In America, it is distinguished from a rack for horses.

Where no oxen are, the crib is clean.  Proverbs 14 .

The manger for other beasts.

The ass knoweth his masters crib.  Isaiah 1 .

2. A small habitation or cottage. 3. A stall for oxen. 4. A case or box in salt works. 5. A small building, raised on posts, for storing Indian corn.

CRIB, To shut or confine in a narrow habitation to cage.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

CRIB is the modern manger (  Luke 2:7 ), which contained the fodder for oxen (  Proverbs 14:4 ), asses (  Isaiah 1:3 ), and doubtless other live stock as well.

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Proverbs 14:1 4:1  Isaiah 1:3 Job 39:9

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

( אֵבוּס , Ebus' ), a stall or barn where fodder is stored ( Proverbs 14:4) and where cattle are fed ( Job 39:9;  Isaiah 1:3); perhaps simply a manger for them to eat out of, as the Sept. and Vulg. render in the last- cited passage. (See Manger).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

אבוּס 'ēbhūṣ 'ēbhūṣ אבס 'ābhaṣ  Job 39:9  Proverbs 14:4 Isaiah 1:3