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Rib
() An elongated pillar of ore or coal left as a support.
Rib
() A wife; -- in allusion to Eve, as made out of Adam's rib.
Ribbed
() of Rib
Ribbing
() of Rib
Rib
() To furnish with ribs; to form with rising lines and channels; as, to rib cloth.
Rib
() To inclose, as with ribs, and protect; to shut in.
Ribald
() A low, vulgar, brutal, foul-mouthed wretch; a lewd fellow.
Ribald
() Low; base; mean; filthy; obscene.
Ribaldish
() Like a ribald.
Ribaldrous
() Of a ribald quality.
Ribaldry
() The talk of a ribald; low, vulgar language; indecency; obscenity; lewdness; -- now chiefly applied to indecent language, but formerly, as by Chaucer, also to indecent acts or conduct.
Riban
() See Ribbon.
Riband
() See Ribbon.
Riband
() See Rib-band.
Ribanded
() Ribboned.
Ribaud
() A ribald.
Ribaudequin
() An engine of war used in the Middle Ages, consisting of a protected elevated staging on wheels, and armed in front with pikes. It was (after the 14th century) furnished with small cannon.
Ribaudequin
() A huge bow fixed on the wall of a fortified town for casting javelins.
Ribaudred
() Alt. of Ribaudrous
Ribaudrous
() Filthy; obscene; ribald.
Ribaudry
() Ribaldry.
Ribaudy
() Ribaldry.
Ribauld
() A ribald.
Ribband
() A ribbon.
Ribband
() A long, narrow strip of timber bent and bolted longitudinally to the ribs of a vessel, to hold them in position, and give rigidity to the framework.
Ribbed
() Furnished or formed with ribs; as, a ribbed cylinder; ribbed cloth.
Ribbed
() Intercalated with slate; -- said of a seam of coal.
Ribbing
() 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.
Ribbon
() A fillet or narrow woven fabric, commonly of silk, used for trimming some part of a woman's attire, for badges, and other decorative purposes.
Ribbon
() A narrow strip or shred; as, a steel or magnesium ribbon; sails torn to ribbons.
Ribbon
() Same as Rib-band.
Ribbon
() Driving reins.
Ribbon
() A bearing similar to the bend, but only one eighth as wide.
Ribbon
() A silver.
Ribboned
() of Ribbon
Ribboning
() of Ribbon
Ribbon
() To adorn with, or as with, ribbons; to mark with stripes resembling ribbons.
Ribbonism
() The principles and practices of the Ribbonmen. See Ribbon Society, under Ribbon.
Ribbonman
() A member of the Ribbon Society. See Ribbon Society, under Ribbon.
Ribbonwood
() A malvaceous tree (Hoheria populnea) of New Zealand, the bark of which is used for cordage.
Ribes
() A genus of shrubs including gooseberries and currants of many kinds.
Ribibe
() A sort of stringed instrument; a rebec.
Ribibe
() An old woman; -- in contempt.
Ribibe
() A bawd; a prostitute.
Ribible
() A small threestringed viol; a rebec.
Ribless
() Having no ribs.
Ribroast
() To beat soundly.
Ribwort
() A species of plantain (Plantago lanceolata) with long, narrow, ribbed leaves; -- called also rib grass, ripple grass, ribwort plantain.
Rice
() A well-known cereal grass (Oryza sativa) and its seed. This plant is extensively cultivated in warm climates, and the grain forms a large portion of the food of the inhabitants. In America it grows chiefly on low, moist land, which can be overflowed.
Ricebird
() The Java sparrow.