Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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crib | English (en) | (Indian English) To complain, to grumble. (intransitive) To install timber supports, as with cribbing.. (intransitive, of a horse) To seize the manger or other solid object with the teeth and draw in wind.. (transitive) To collect one or more passages and/or references for use in a speech, written document or as an aid for some task; to create a crib sheet.. (transitive) To place or confine [...] |
house | English (en) | (US, dialect) A small stand of trees in a swamp.. (astrology) One of the twelve divisions of an astrological chart. [from 14thc.]. (cartomancy) The fourth Lenormand card.. (chess, now, rare) A square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of a piece. [from 16thc.]. (curling) The four concentric circles where points are scored on the ice. [from 19thc.]. (metaphorical) a place of rest [...] |
cribhouse | English (en) | (US, dated) A brothel. |