Gib

[Gib]

A castrated tomcat

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A male cat; a tomcat.

Noun
a castrated tomcat

n.
A male cat; a tomcat.

v. i.
To act like a cat.

n.
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.

v. t.
To secure or fasten with a gib, or gibs; to provide with a gib, or gibs.

v. i.
To balk. See Jib, v. i.

Gib

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.]

Gib

Gib, v. i. To act like a cat. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

Gib

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.

Gib

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.

Gib

Gib , v. i. To balk. See Jib, v. i. Youatt.

A male cat; a tomcat.

To act like a cat.

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.

To secure or fasten with a gib, or gibs; to provide with a gib, or gibs.

To balk. See Jib, v. i.

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