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Definition of Ribands
1. riband [n] - See also: riband
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ribands
Literary usage of Ribands
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines: Containing a Clear Exposition by Andrew Ure (1847)
"... conducts the card ribands separately ; there are two smooth iron rollers for
condensing the several ribands, and a wooden pin round which the ribands ..."
2. An Encyclopædia of Domestic Economy by Thomas Webster, William Parkes (1855)
"At one time the French ribands excelled ours ; but the Coventry weavers have made
so marked an improvement in their art sino« the legalized importation of ..."
3. Humour, Wit, & Satire of the Seventeenth Century by John Ashton (1883)
"... a modern invention, together with a feather-fan and some ribands, or, as the
frontispiece of the book records, divulging the secrets of the toilet. [74. ..."
4. Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1849)
"... and ribands in the ear.— Ibid. p. 70. "Fast. You must have an especial care
so to wear your hat, that it oppress not confusedly this your predominant, ..."
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