Definition of rib

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Rib (n.) One of the rods on which the cover of an umbrella is extended.

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Anabasis :: Anabasis (n.) A journey or expedition up from the coast, like that of the younger Cyrus into Central Asia, described by Xenophon in his work called The Anabasis..
Cell :: Cell (n.) The space between the ribs of a vaulted roof.
Proscriber :: Proscriber (n.) One who, or that which, proscribes, denounces, or prohibits..
Cast :: Cast (v. t.) To fix, distribute, or allot, as the parts of a play among actors; also to assign (an actor) for a part..
Write :: Write (v. t.) To set down for reading; to express in legible or intelligible characters; to inscribe; as, to write a deed; to write a bill of divorcement; hence, specifically, to set down in an epistle; to communicate by letter..
Cribble :: Cribble (v. t.) To cause to pass through a sieve or riddle; to sift.
Genearch :: Genearch (n.) The chief of a family or tribe.
Identify :: Identify (v. t.) To establish the identity of; to prove to be the same with something described, claimed, or asserted; as, to identify stolen property..
Tore :: Tore (n.) The surface described by the circumference of a circle revolving about a straight line in its own plane.
Drift :: Drift (n.) A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the agency of ice..
Tribunal :: Tribunal (n.) Hence, a court or forum; as, the House of Lords, in England, is the highest tribunal in the kingdom..
Scribble :: Scribble (v. i.) To write without care, elegance, or value; to scrawl..
Kersey :: Kersey (n.) A kind of coarse, woolen cloth, usually ribbed, woven from wool of long staple..
Incenter :: Incenter (n.) The center of the circle inscribed in a triangle.
Phylarchy :: Phylarchy (n.) The office of a phylarch; government of a class or tribe.
Pool :: Pool (n.) A mutual arrangement between competing lines, by which the receipts of all are aggregated, and then distributed pro rata according to agreement..
Ascribe :: Ascribe (v. t.) To attribute, impute, or refer, as to a cause; as, his death was ascribed to a poison; to ascribe an effect to the right cause; to ascribe such a book to such an author..
Ribauld :: Ribauld (n.) A ribald.
Costiferous :: Costiferous (a.) Rib-bearing, as the dorsal vertebrae..
Cross-springer :: Cross-springer (n.) One of the ribs in a groined arch, springing from the corners in a diagonal direction. [See Illustr. of Groined vault.].
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