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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rib  \Rib\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Ribbed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Ribbing}.] 
  1.  To  furnish  with  ribs;  to  form  with  rising  lines  and 
  channels;  as  to  rib  cloth. 
 
  2.  To  inclose,  as  with  ribs,  and  protect;  to  shut  in 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ribbed  \Ribbed\,  a. 
  1.  Furnished  or  formed  with  ribs;  as  a  ribbed  cylinder; 
  ribbed  cloth. 
 
  2.  (Mining)  Intercalated  with  slate;  --  said  of  a  seam  of 
  coal.  --Raymond. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  ribbed 
  adj  1:  furnished  or  strengthened  with  ribs  [ant:  {ribless}] 
  2:  (of  the  surface  of  shells)  having  a  rough,  rib-like  texture 
  [syn:  {costate}] 




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