GIBBING
GIB
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
gibbing
present participle of gib
Source: Wiktionary
GIB
Gib, n. Etym: [Abbreviated fr. Gilbert, the name of the cat in the
old story of "Reynard the Fox". in the "Romaunt of the Rose", etc.]
Definition: A male cat; a tomcat. [Obs.]
Gib, v. i.
Definition: To act like a cat. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
Gib, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]
Definition: A piece or slip of metal or wood, notched or otherwise, in a
machine or structure, to hold other parts in place or bind them
together, or to afford a bearing surface; -- usually held or adjusted
by means of a wedge, key, or screw. Gib and key, or Gib and cotter
(Steam Engine), the fixed wedge or gib, and the driving wedge,key, or
cotter, used for tightening the strap which holds the brasses at the
end of a connecting rod.
Gib, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gibbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Gibbing.]
Definition: To secure or fasten with a gib, or gibs; to provide with a gib,
or gibs. Gibbed lathe, an engine lathe in which the tool carriage is
held down to the bed by a gib instead of by a weight.
Gib, v. i.
Definition: To balk. See Jib, v. i. Youatt.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition