Jibb

Jibb
Jib Jib, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Jibbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Jibbing}.] Also Jibb Jibb [Cf. {Jib} a sail, {Gybe}.] (Chiefly Naut.) To shift, or swing round, as a sail, boom, yard, etc., as in tacking. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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  • jibb — Jib Jib, v. i. [Connected with jibe; cf. OF. giber to shake.] To move restively backward or sidewise, said of a horse; to balk. [Written also {jibb}.] [Eng.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Jib — Jib, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Jibbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Jibbing}.] Also Jibb Jibb [Cf. {Jib} a sail, {Gybe}.] (Chiefly Naut.) To shift, or swing round, as a sail, boom, yard, etc., as in tacking. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Jibbed — Jib Jib, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Jibbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Jibbing}.] Also Jibb Jibb [Cf. {Jib} a sail, {Gybe}.] (Chiefly Naut.) To shift, or swing round, as a sail, boom, yard, etc., as in tacking. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Jibbing — Jib Jib, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Jibbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Jibbing}.] Also Jibb Jibb [Cf. {Jib} a sail, {Gybe}.] (Chiefly Naut.) To shift, or swing round, as a sail, boom, yard, etc., as in tacking. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Jib — Jib, v. i. [Connected with jibe; cf. OF. giber to shake.] To move restively backward or sidewise, said of a horse; to balk. [Written also {jibb}.] [Eng.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Berliner Dialekt — Berlinisch Gesprochen in Berlin Linguistische Klassifikation Indogermanisch Germanisch Westgermanisch Hochdeutsch Mitteldeutsch Ostmitteldeutsch Berlin Brandenburgisch …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • jib — jib1 /jib/, n. Naut. 1. any of various triangular sails set forward of a forestaysail or fore topmast staysail. Cf. flying jib, inner jib. See diag. under ship. 2. the inner one of two such sails, set inward from a flying jib. 3. cut of one s jib …   Universalium

  • jibe — jibe1 /juyb/, v., jibed, jibing, n. Naut. v.i. 1. to shift from one side to the other when running before the wind, as a fore and aft sail or its boom. 2. to alter course so that a fore and aft sail shifts in this manner. v.t. 3. to cause to jibe …   Universalium

  • ogive — /oh juyv, oh juyv /, n. 1. Archit. a. a diagonal vaulting rib. b. a pointed arch. 2. Statistics. the distribution curve of a frequency distribution. 3. Rocketry. the curved nose of a missile or rocket. [1605 15; < F, MF ogive, augive < Sp aljibe… …   Universalium

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