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jibb |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Jib \Jib\, v. i. [Connected with jibe; cf OF giber to shake.] To move restively backward or sidewise, -- said of a horse; to balk. [Written also {jibb}.] [Eng.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Jib \Jib\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Jibbed}; p. pr & vb n. {Jibbing}.] Also Jibb \Jibb\ [Cf. {Jib} a sail, {Gybe}.] (Chiefly Naut.) To shift, or swing round, as a sail, boom, yard, etc., as in tacking.
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