| Gibbet (gibbet) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Gib"bet |
| [OE. gibet, F.
gibet, in OF. also club, fr. LL. gibetum;; cf. OF.
gibe sort of sickle or hook, It. giubbetto gibbet, and
giubbetta, dim. of giubba mane, also, an under
waistcoat, doublet, Prov. It. g |
A kind of gallows; an upright post with an
arm projecting from the top, on which, formerly, malefactors were
hanged in chains, and their bodies allowed to remain as a
warning.
The projecting arm of a crane, from which
the load is suspended; the jib.
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| Gibbet (gibbet) |
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| v. t. | |
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| Gib"bet |
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To hang and expose on a gibbet.
To expose to infamy] to blacken.
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