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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gibbous \Gib"bous\, a. [Cf. F. gibbeux See {Gibbose}.] 1. Swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant; convex; as the moon is gibbous between the half-moon and the full moon. The bones will rise, and make a gibbous member. --Wiseman. 2. Hunched; hump-backed. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. -- {Gib"bous*ly}, adv -- {Gib"bous*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: gibbous adj : (used of the moon) more than half full [syn: {gibbose}]
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