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(×בוּס, 'eÌ„bhuÌ„sÌ£): “Crib†translates the Hebrew word 'eÌ„bhuÌ„sÌ£ exactly, as it denotes “a barred receptacle for fodder used in cowsheds and foldyards; also in fields, for beasts lying out in the winter.†The Hebrew is from a word meaning to feed (×בס, 'aÌ„bhasÌ£), and is used in the precise sense of the English word in of the “crib†of the wild ox, in , “Where no oxen are, the crib is clean,†and in , “The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib.