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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]: 
 
  Ribbing  \Rib"bing\,  n. 
  An  assemblage  or  arrangement  of  ribs,  as  the  timberwork  for 
  the  support  of  an  arch  or  coved  ceiling,  the  veins  in  the 
  leaves  of  some  plants,  ridges  in  the  fabric  of  cloth,  or  the 
  like 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  ribbing 
  n  :  a  framework  of  ribs 




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