Definition of rib

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Rib (n.) A ridge, fin, or wing, as on a plate, cylinder, beam, etc., to strengthen or stiffen it..

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Choree :: Choree (n.) A tribrach.
Dedicator :: Dedicator (n.) One who dedicates; more especially, one who inscribes a book to the favor of a patron, or to one whom he desires to compliment..
Pension :: Pension (n.) A payment; a tribute; something paid or given.
Cribbage :: Cribbage (v. t.) A game of cards, played by two or four persons, in which there is a crib. (See Crib, 11.) It is characterized by a great variety of chances..
Magistral :: Magistral (a.) Commanded or prescribed by a magister, esp. by a doctor; hence, effectual; sovereign; as, a magistral sirup..
Consistory :: Consistory (n.) A church tribunal or governing body.
Frame :: Frame (n.) The ribs and stretchers of an umbrella or other structure with a fabric covering.
Reproach :: Reproach (v. t.) To attribute blame to; to allege something disgraceful against; to charge with a fault; to censure severely or contemptuously; to upbraid.
Phratry :: Phratry (n.) A subdivision of a phyle, or tribe, in Athens..
Lilliputian :: Lilliputian (a.) Of or pertaining to the imaginary island of Lilliput described by Swift, or to its inhabitants..
Hydra :: Hydra (n.) A serpent or monster in the lake or marsh of Lerna, in the Peloponnesus, represented as having many heads, one of which, when cut off, was immediately succeeded by two others, unless the wound was cauterized. It was slain by Hercules. Hence, a terrible monster..
Appropriate :: Appropriate (n.) A property; attribute.
Fearful :: Fearful (a.) Inspiring fear or awe; exciting apprehension or terror; terrible; frightful; dreadful.
Samoyedes :: Samoyedes (n. pl.) An ignorant and degraded Turanian tribe which occupies a portion of Northern Russia and a part of Siberia.
Judicatory :: "Judicatory (a.) Pertaining to the administration of justice; dispensing justice; judicial; as, judicatory tribunals..
-ate :: -ate () As a noun suffix, it marks the agent; as, curate, delegate. It also sometimes marks the office or dignity; as, tribunate..
Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) To give forth; to emit or send out; as, a pipe discharges water; to let fly; to give expression to; to utter; as, to discharge a horrible oath..
Quittuple-nerved :: Quittuple-nerved (a.) Alt. of Quintuple-ribbe.
Colportage :: Colportage (n.) The distribution of religious books, tracts, etc., by colporteurs..
Frible :: Frible (a.) Frivolous; trifling; sily.
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