GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Rib, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ribbed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Ribbing.]
   To furnish with ribs; to form with rising lines and channels; as, to rib cloth.
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   To inclose, as with ribs, and protect; to shut in.
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   It [lead] were too gross
   To rib her cerecloth in the obscure grave.
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   To rib land, to leave strips of undisturbed ground between the furrows in plowing.
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   Ribbing , n. An assemblage or arrangement of ribs, as the timberwork for the support of an arch or coved ceiling, the veins in the leaves of some plants, ridges in the fabric of cloth, or the like.
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