Definition of Gibbing

1. Verb. (present participle of gib) ¹

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Definition of Gibbing

1. gib [v] - See also: gib

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gibbing

gibbering
gibberingly
gibberings
gibberish
gibberishes
gibberishlike
gibbers
gibbet
gibbeted
gibbeting
gibbetlike
gibbets
gibbetted
gibbetting
gibbier
gibbing (current term)
gibblets
gibbon
gibbons
gibbose
gibbosities
gibbosity
gibbostities
gibbous
gibbous moon
gibbous moons
gibbously
gibbousness
gibbs-donnan effect
gibbs free energy

Literary usage of Gibbing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Horse by William Youatt, Walker Watson, Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1874)
"One of the first kinds of restiveness, taking them in alphabetical order, is backing or gibbing. These are so closely allied that we hardly know how to ..."

2. The Law of Horses: Including the Law of Innkeepers, Veterinary Surgeons, Etc by George Henry Hewitt Oliphant, Clement Elphinstone Lloyd (1882)
"gibbing. It is a disease not only infectious to beasts ... <) Backing and gibbing, ante, of the disease is to be proved by 121; and see Farcy, ante. ..."

3. Youatt on the Structure and the Diseases of the Horse with Their Remedies by William Youatt, William Charles Spooner, Henry Stephens Randall (1857)
"BACKING OR gibbing.* One of the first kinds of restiveness, ... is backing or gibbing. These are so closely allied that we hardly know how to separate them. ..."

4. Sessional Papers by Canada Parliament (1891)
"Object of gibbing and Gutting Herring. " 1. To liberate the herring from the blood, which is done by the removal of the gills, the throat and heart. ..."

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