Definition of rib

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Rib (v. t.) To furnish with ribs; to form with rising lines and channels; as, to rib cloth..

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Parceling :: Parceling (n.) The act of dividing and distributing in portions or parts.
Exaction :: Exaction (n.) The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force; a driving to compliance; as, the exaction to tribute or of obedience; hence, extortion..
Ghastly :: Ghastly (superl.) Horrible; shocking; dreadful; hideous.
Attribute :: Attribute (n.) Quality, etc., denoted by an attributive; an attributive adjunct or adjective..
Bescribble :: Bescribble (v. t.) To scribble over.
Genial :: Genial (a.) Contributing to, or concerned in, propagation or production; generative; procreative; productive..
Timber :: Timber (n.) A rib, or a curving piece of wood, branching outward from the keel and bending upward in a vertical direction. One timber is composed of several pieces united..
Mythical :: Mythical (a.) Of or relating to myths; described in a myth; of the nature of a myth; fabulous; imaginary; fanciful.
Graphical :: Graphical (a.) Well delineated; clearly and vividly described.
Annihilate :: Annihilate (v. t.) To destroy or eradicate, as a property or attribute of a thing; to make of no effect; to destroy the force, etc., of; as, to annihilate an argument, law, rights, goodness..
Haliographer :: Haliographer (n.) One who writes about or describes the sea.
Saddle :: Saddle (n.) A piece of meat containing a part of the backbone of an animal with the ribs on each side; as, a saddle of mutton, of venison, etc..
Fund :: Fund (n.) The stock of a national debt; public securities; evidences (stocks or bonds) of money lent to government, for which interest is paid at prescribed intervals; -- called also public funds..
Serve :: Serve (v. t.) To contribute or conduce to; to promote; to be sufficient for; to satisfy; as, to serve one's turn..
Roll :: Roll (v.) A quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form; as, a roll of carpeting; a roll of ribbon..
Intermarriage :: Intermarriage (n.) Connection by marriage; reciprocal marriage; giving and taking in marriage, as between two families, tribes, castes, or nations..
Chorology :: Chorology (n.) The science which treats of the laws of distribution of living organisms over the earth's surface as to latitude, altitude, locality, etc..
Instrumental :: Instrumental (a.) Acting as an instrument; serving as a means; contributing to promote; conductive; helpful; serviceable; as, he was instrumental in conducting the business..
Fee :: Fee (v. t.) To reward for services performed, or to be performed; to recompense; to hire or keep in hire; hence, to bribe..
Noncontributing :: Noncontributing (a.) Alt. of Noncontributor.
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