| Jib (jib) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Jib |
| [Named from its shifting
from side to side. See Jib, v. i..,
Jibe.]
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A triangular sail set upon
a stay or halyard extending from the foremast or fore-topmast to the
bowsprit or the jib boom. Large vessels often carry several jibs; as,
inner jib; outer jib; flying jib; etc.
The projecting arm of a
crane, from which the load is suspended.
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| Jib (jib) |
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| v. i. | (?) |
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| Jib |
| [Connected with
jibe; cf. OF. giber to shake.] |
To move restively
backward or sidewise, -- said of a horse; to balk.
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One
that jibs, or balks; a jibber.
A stationary condition; a
standstill.
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| Jib (jib) |
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| . [Cf. Jib a sail,
Gybe.] (Chiefly Naut.) ) |
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| Jib |
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To shift, or swing round, as
a sail, boom, yard, etc., as in tacking.
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