crip n Cp EDD ~ v, sb s w cties for discards in sheep-shearing. Edging cut from timber to square it for further processing (P 325-83).
   [1872] 1985 TAYLOR 15 I regret to be again under the necessity of bringing before your notice the large quantity of crip and loose drift timber drifting about the Exploits during the salmon season. 1986 SAUNDERS 22 Climbing aboard, and using a piece of mill edging--what we called crip--for a pole, I pushed out into the current.

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