Gib (?), n. [Abbreviated fr. Gilbert, the name of the cat in the old story of "Reynard the Fox". in the "Romaunt of the Rose", etc.]
A male cat; a tomcat.
[Obs.]
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Gib, v. i.
To act like a cat.
[Obs.]
Beau. & Fl.
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Gib (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.]
A piece or slip of metal or wood, notched or otherwise, in a machine or structure, to hold other parts in place or bind them together, or to afford a bearing surface; -- usually held or adjusted by means of a wedge, key, or screw.
Gib and key, ∨ Gib and cotter Steam Engine, the fixed wedge or gib, and the driving wedge,key, or cotter, used for tightening the strap which holds the brasses at the end of a connecting rod.
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Gib, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gibbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gibbing.]
To secure or fasten with a gib, or gibs; to provide with a gib, or gibs.
Gibbed lathe, an engine lathe in which the tool carriage is held down to the bed by a gib instead of by a weight.
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Gib (?), v. i.
To balk. See Jib, v. i.
Youatt.
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