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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sib  \Sib\,  n.  [AS.  sibb  alliance,  gesib  a  relative.  [root]289. 
  See  {Gossip}.] 
  A  blood  relation.  [Obs.]  --Nash. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sib  \Sib\,  a. 
  Related  by  blood;  akin.  [Obs.  or  Prov.  Eng.  &  Scot.]  --Sir  W. 
  Scott. 
 
  Your  kindred  is  but  .  .  .  little  sib  to  you  --Chaucer. 
 
  [He]  is  no  fairy  birn,  ne  sib  at  all  To  elfs,  but 
  sprung  of  seed  terrestrial.  --Spenser. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sib 
  n  1:  a  person's  brother  or  sister  [syn:  {sibling}] 
  2:  one  related  by  blood  or  origin;  especially  on  sharing  an 
  ancestor  with  another  [syn:  {blood  relation},  {blood 
  relative},  {cognate}] 
 
  From  V.E.R.A.  --  Virtual  Entity  of  Relevant  Acronyms  13  March  2001  [vera]: 
 
  SIB 
  Service  Independent  building  Block  IN




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