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crib

1. a representation of the manger in which the infant Jesus was laid at birth

2. Informal chiefly Brit a translation of a foreign text or a list of answers used by students, often illicitly, as an aid in lessons, examinations, etc.

3. short for cribbage

4. Cribbage the discard pile

5. a storage area for floating logs contained by booms

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crib [krib]

(civil engineering)

The space between two successive ties along a railway track.

(engineering)

Any structure composed of a layer of timber or steel joists laid on the ground, or two layers across each other, to spread a load.

Any structure composed of frames of timber placed horizontally on top of each other to form a wall.

(geology)

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