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ribbon

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ribbon  \Rib"bon\,  n.  [OE.  riban,  OF  riban,  F.  ruban,  probably 
  of  German  origin;  cf  D.  ringband  collar,  necklace,  E.  ring 
  circle,  and  band.]  [Written  also  {riband},  {ribband}.] 
  1.  A  fillet  or  narrow  woven  fabric,  commonly  of  silk,  used 
  for  trimming  some  part  of  a  woman's  attire,  for  badges, 
  and  other  decorative  purposes. 
 
  2.  A  narrow  strip  or  shred;  as  a  steel  or  magnesium  ribbon; 
  sails  torn  to  ribbons. 
 
  3.  (Shipbuilding)  Same  as  {Rib-band}. 
 
  4.  pl  Driving  reins.  [Cant]  --London  Athen[ae]um. 
 
  5.  (Her.)  A  bearing  similar  to  the  bend,  but  only  one  eighth 
  as  wide. 
 
  6.  (Spinning)  A  silver. 
 
  Note:  The  blue  ribbon,  and  The  red  ribbon,  are  phrases  often 
  used  to  designate  the  British  orders  of  the  Garter  and 
  of  the  Bath,  respectively,  the  badges  of  which  are 
  suspended  by  ribbons  of  these  colors.  See  {Blue 
  ribbon},  under  {Blue}. 
 
  {Ribbon  fish}.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  a  Any  elongated,  compressed,  ribbon-shaped  marine  fish 
  of  the  family  {Trachypterid[ae]},  especially  the 
  species  of  the  genus  {Trachypterus},  and  the  oarfish 
  ({Regelecus  Banksii})  of  the  North  Atlantic,  which  is 
  sometimes  over  twenty  feet  long. 
  b  The  hairtail,  or  bladefish. 
  c  A  small  compressed  marine  fish  of  the  genus  {Cepola}, 
  having  a  long,  slender,  tapering  tail.  The  European 
  species  ({C.  rubescens})  is  light  red  throughout. 
  Called  also  {band  fish}. 
 
  {Ribbon  grass}  (Bot.),  a  variety  of  reed  canary  grass  having 
  the  leaves  stripped  with  green  and  white;  --  called  also 
  {Lady's  garters}.  See  {Reed  grass},  under  {Reed}. 
 
  {Ribbon  seal}  (Zo["o]l.),  a  North  Pacific  seal  ({Histriophoca 
  fasciata}).  The  adult  male  is  dark  brown,  conspicuously 
  banded  and  striped  with  yellowish  white. 
 
  {Ribbon  snake}  (Zo["o]l.),  a  common  North  American  snake 
  ({Eutainia  saurita}).  It  is  conspicuously  striped  with 
  bright  yellow  and  dark  brown. 
 
  {Ribbon  Society},  a  society  in  Ireland,  founded  in  the  early 
  part  of  the  19th  century  in  antagonism  to  the  Orangemen. 
  It  afterwards  became  an  organization  of  tennant  farmers 
  banded  together  to  prevent  eviction  by  landlords.  It  took 
  its  name  from  the  green  ribbon  worn  by  members  as  a  badge. 
 
 
  {Ribborn  worm}.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  a  A  tapeworm. 
  b  A  nemertean. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ribbon  \Rib"bon\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Ribboned};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Ribboning}.] 
  To  adorn  with  or  as  with  ribbons;  to  mark  with  stripes 
  resembling  ribbons. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  ribbon 
  n  1:  any  long  object  resembling  a  thin  line  "a  mere  ribbon  of 
  land";  "the  lighted  ribbon  of  traffic";  "from  the  air 
  the  road  was  a  gray  thread";  "a  thread  of  smoke  climbed 
  upward"  [syn:  {thread}] 
  2:  an  award  for  winning  a  championship  [syn:  {decoration},  {laurel 
  wreath},  {medal},  {medallion},  {palm}] 
  3:  a  long  strip  of  inked  material  for  making  characters  on 
  paper  with  a  typewriter  [syn:  {typewriter  ribbon}] 
  4:  a  narrow  strip  of  fine  material  used  for  trimming




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