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Definition of Ribbing

1. Noun. A framework of ribs.

2. Noun. The act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances. "His ribbing was gentle but persistent"

Definition of Ribbing

1. n. An assemblage or arrangement of ribs, as the timberwork for the support of an arch or coved ceiling, the veins in the leaves of some plants, ridges in the fabric of cloth, or the like.

Definition of Ribbing

1. Verb. (present participle of rib) ¹

2. Noun. The action of the verb '''to rib'''. ¹

3. Noun. Collectively, the ribs on an object. ¹

4. Noun. An instance of teasing. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ribbing

1. the act of one that ribs [n -S]

Medical Definition of Ribbing

1. An assemblage or arrangement of ribs, as the timberwork for the support of an arch or coved ceiling, the veins in the leaves of some plants, ridges in the fabric of cloth, or the like. (23 Aug 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ribbing

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ribbers ribbie ribbier ribbies ribbiest ribbing (current term) ribbings ribbit ribbited ribbiting

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Literary usage of Ribbing

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

1. A General Biographical Dictionary by John G. Gorton (1851)
"He subsequently was appointed commandant of the projected port of Hagi Bey, on the Black Sea.—Diet, de» HM du Urne S. Шоу. Univ. Class. ribbing (count) born ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1887)
"ribbing (Eira, 1886, No. 1(5, Sweden) deals with sixteen cases of empyema, all treated by operation. Strict antisepsis was employed and free drainage. ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... when and in the space between the shells furnished room models for the reliefs of the second bronze door of for ribbing, passageways, and stairs. ..."

4. European Agriculture and Rural Economy by Henry Colman (1851)
"... is laid over should be wider than that upon which it is laid, that, by its weight. it may be broken, and the whole rendered more friable.* 2. ribbing ..."

5. Excavations at Phylakopi in Melos by British School at Athens, Thomas Dinham Atkinson (1904)
"(1:3). decorated with spiral ribbing. Fig. 139 is a complete vase of the same class. Fig. 140 on the other hand, though similar in outward appearance, ..."

6. The Forester: A Practical Treatise on the Planting, Rearing, and General by James Brown (1861)
"Now, there is no way of renewing a hedge in this state but that of cutting it in, or what is termed ribbing ; and this ribbing consists in stripping the ..."

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