King James Bible Dictionary

Used for grain
Job 39:9; Proverbs 14:4; Isaiah 1:3

CRIB, noun

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 14:4.

The manger for other beasts.

The ass knoweth his masters crib Isaiah 1:3.

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, verb transitive To shut or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage.

CRIBBAGE, noun A game at cards.

CRIBBED, participle passive Shut up; confined; caged.

CRIBBLE, noun

1. A corn-sieve or riddle.

2. Coarse flour or meal. [Not used in the United States.]

CRIBBLE, verb transitive To sift; to cause to pass through a sieve or riddle.

CRIBRATION, noun [See Cribble.] The act of sifting or riddling; used in pharmacy.

CRIBRIFORM, adjective [Latin , a sieve, and form.] Resembling a sieve or riddle; a term applied to the lamen of the ethmoid bone, through which the fibers of the olfactory nerve pass to the nose.