Definition of rib

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Rib (n.) In Gothic vaulting, one of the primary members of the vault. These are strong arches, meeting and crossing one another, dividing the whole space into triangles, which are then filled by vaulted construction of lighter material. Hence, an imitation of one of these in wood, plaster, or the like..

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Phryganeides :: Phryganeides (n. pl.) A tribe of neuropterous insects which includes the caddice flies; -- called also Trichoptera. See Trichoptera.
Lodge :: Lodge (n.) A family of North American Indians, or the persons who usually occupy an Indian lodge, -- as a unit of enumeration, reckoned from four to six persons; as, the tribe consists of about two hundred lodges, that is, of about a thousand individuals..
Krooman :: Krooman (n.) One of a negro tribe of Liberia and the adjacent coast, whose members are much employed on shipboard..
Sign :: Sign (n.) To affix a signature to; to ratify by hand or seal; to subscribe in one's own handwriting.
Interscribing :: Interscribing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Interscrib.
Carpologist :: Carpologist (n.) One who describes fruits; one versed in carpology.
Cicisbeo :: Cicisbeo (n.) A knot of silk or ribbon attached to a fan, walking stick, etc..
Conducible :: Conducible (a.) Conducive; tending; contributing.
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Phylarch :: Phylarch (n.) The chief of a phyle, or tribe..
Provide :: Provide (v. t.) To supply; to afford; to contribute.
Zoomorphism :: Zoomorphism (n.) The representation of God, or of gods, in the form, or with the attributes, of the lower animals..
Forestage :: Forestage (n.) A duty or tribute payable to the king's foresters.
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..
Fribble :: Fribble (v. i.) To totter.
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Laticostate :: Laticostate (a.) Broad-ribbed.
Accessary :: Accessary (a.) Accompanying, as a subordinate; additional; accessory; esp., uniting in, or contributing to, a crime, but not as chief actor. See Accessory..
Judge :: "Judge (v. t.) To compare facts or ideas, and perceive their relations and attributes, and thus distinguish truth from falsehood; to determine; to discern; to distinguish; to form an opinion about..
Cacoethes :: Cacoethes (n.) A bad custom or habit; an insatiable desire; as, cacoethes scribendi, The itch for writing..
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