Definition of rib

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Rib (n.) One of the curved bones attached to the vertebral column and supporting the lateral walls of the thorax.

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Division :: Division (n.) A grade or rank in classification; a portion of a tribe or of a class; or, in some recent authorities, equivalent to a subkingdom..
Property :: Property (a.) That which is proper to anything; a peculiar quality of a thing; that which is inherent in a subject, or naturally essential to it; an attribute; as, sweetness is a property of sugar..
Predicable :: Predicable (n.) One of the five most general relations of attributes involved in logical arrangements, namely, genus, species, difference, property, and accident..
Almoner :: Almoner (n.) One who distributes alms, esp. the doles and alms of religious houses, almshouses, etc.; also, one who dispenses alms for another, as the almoner of a prince, bishop, etc..
Tetraonid :: Tetraonid (n.) A bird belonging to the tribe of which the genus Tetrao is the type, as the grouse, partridge, quail, and the like. Used also adjectively..
Christology :: Christology (n.) A treatise on Christ; that department of theology which treats of the personality, attributes, or life of Christ..
Assort :: Assort (v. t.) To separate and distribute into classes, as things of a like kind, nature, or quality, or which are suited to a like purpose; to classify; as, to assort goods. [Rarely applied to persons.].
Giver :: Giver (n.) One who gives; a donor; a bestower; a grantor; one who imparts or distributes.
Descrive :: Descrive (v. t.) To describe.
Liad :: liad (n.) A celebrated Greek epic poem, in twenty-four books, on the destruction of Ilium, the ancient Troy. The Iliad is ascribed to Homer..
Tribolet :: Tribolet (n.) A tapering mandrel.
Xylophilan :: Xylophilan (n.) One of a tribe of beetles (Xylophili) whose larvae live on decayed wood.
Tracer/y :: Tracer/y (n.) A similar decoration in some styles of vaulting, the ribs of the vault giving off the minor bars of which the tracery is composed..
Tax :: Tax (n.) A task exacted from one who is under control; a contribution or service, the rendering of which is imposed upon a subject..
Line :: Line (n.) A long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a tapeline..
Bound :: Bound (v. t.) To limit; to terminate; to fix the furthest point of extension of; -- said of natural or of moral objects; to lie along, or form, a boundary of; to inclose; to circumscribe; to restrain; to confine..
Zeriba :: Zeriba (n.) Same as Zareba.
Contrition :: Contrition (n.) The act of grinding or ribbing to powder; attrition; friction; rubbing.
Cruelty :: Cruelty (n.) The attribute or quality of being cruel; a disposition to give unnecessary pain or suffering to others; inhumanity; barbarity.
Briber :: Briber (n.) One who bribes, or pays for corrupt practices..
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