CREWEL, kr[=oo]'el, _n._ a fine worsted yarn used for embroidery and
tapestry: work in crewels.--_v.t._ to work in such.--_ns._ CREW'ELIST;
CREW'ELLERY. [Orig. a monosyllable, _crule_, _crewle_; ety. dub.]
CREWELS, kr[=oo]'elz, _n.pl._ (_Scot._) the king's evil, scrofula. [Fr.
_[=e]crouelles_.]
CRIB, krib, _n._ the rack or manger of a stable: a stall for oxen: a
child's bed; a small cottage or hovel, a confined place: (_coll._) a
translation of a classic baldly literal, for lazy schoolboys.--_v.t._ to
put away in a crib, confine: to pilfer: to plagiarise:--_pr.p._ crib'bing;
_pa.p._ cribbed.--_n._ CRIB'-BIT'ING, a vicious habit of horses, consisting
in biting the manger. [A.S. _crib_; Ger. _krippe_.]
CRIBBAGE, krib'[=a]j, _n._ a game at cards played by two, three, or four
persons, so called from _crib_, the name given to certain cards laid aside
from his hand by each player, and which belong to the dealer.--_n._
CRIBB'AGE-BOARD, a board with holes for keeping by means of pegs the score
at cribbage.
CRIBBLE, krib'l, _n._ a coarse screen or sieve used for sand, gravel, or
corn: coarse flour or meal.--_v.t._ to sift or riddle.--_adjs._
CRIB'R[=A]TE, CRIB'ROSE, perforated like a sieve.--_n._ CRIBR[=A]'TION, act
of sifting.--_adj._ CRIB'RIFORM, shaped like a sieve. [L. _cribellum_, dim.
of _cribrum_, a sieve.]
CRIBELLUM, kri-bel'um, _n._ an accessory spinning-organ of certain
spiders--also CRIBRELL'UM:--_pl._ CRIBELL'A.