slovodefinícia
jib
(encz)
jib,kosatka n: [lod.] trojúhelníková plachta xo
jib
(encz)
jib,postavit se proti něčemu Zdeněk Brož
jib
(encz)
jib,rameno jeřábu Oldřich Švec
jib
(encz)
jib,trojúhelníková plachta na přídi lodi Zdeněk Brož
jib
(encz)
jib,výložník n: Oldřich Švec
Jib
(gcide)
Jib \Jib\ (j[i^]b), n. [Named from its shifting from side to
side. See Jib, v. i.., Jibe.]
[1913 Webster]
1. (Naut.) A triangular sail set upon a stay or halyard
extending from the foremast or fore-topmast to the
bowsprit or the jib boom. Large vessels often carry
several jibs; as, inner jib; outer jib; flying jib; etc.
[1913 Webster]

2. (Mach.) The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load
is suspended.
[1913 Webster]

3. One that jibs, or balks; a jibber.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

4. A stationary condition; a standstill.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Jib boom (Naut.), a spar or boom which serves as an
extension of the bowsprit. It is sometimes extended by
another spar called the flying jib boom. [Written also
gib boom.]

Jib crane (Mach.), a crane having a horizontal jib on which
a trolley moves, bearing the load.

Jib door (Arch.), a door made flush with the wall, without
dressings or moldings; a disguised door.

Jib header (Naut.), a gaff-topsail, shaped like a jib; a
jib-headed topsail.

Jib topsail (Naut.), a small jib set above and outside of
all the other jibs.

The cut of one's jib, one's outward appearance. [Colloq.]
--Sir W. Scott.
[1913 Webster]
Jib
(gcide)
Jib \Jib\, v. i. [Connected with jibe; cf. OF. giber to shake.]
To move restively backward or sidewise, -- said of a horse;
to balk. [Written also jibb.] [Eng.]
[1913 Webster] Jib
Jib
(gcide)
Jib \Jib\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Jibbed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Jibbing.] Also Jibb \Jibb\ [Cf. Jib a sail, Gybe.]
(Chiefly Naut.)
To shift, or swing round, as a sail, boom, yard, etc., as in
tacking.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
jib
(wn)
jib
n 1: any triangular fore-and-aft sail (set forward of the
foremast)
v 1: refuse to comply [syn: resist, balk, baulk, jib]
2: shift from one side of the ship to the other; "The sail
jibbed wildly" [syn: jibe, gybe, jib, change course]
podobné slovodefinícia
djibouti
(mass)
Djibouti
- Džibutsko
djibouti
(encz)
Djibouti,Džibuti n: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překladDjibouti,hl.m. - Džibuti n: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad
djiboutian
(encz)
Djiboutian, adj:
flying jib
(encz)
flying jib, n:
jib
(encz)
jib,kosatka n: [lod.] trojúhelníková plachta xojib,postavit se proti něčemu Zdeněk Brožjib,rameno jeřábu Oldřich Švecjib,trojúhelníková plachta na přídi lodi Zdeněk Brožjib,výložník n: Oldřich Švec
jibboom
(encz)
jibboom, n:
jibe
(encz)
jibe,posměch n: Zdeněk Brožjibe,výsměšná poznámka n: Zdeněk Brož
luffing jib
(encz)
luffing jib,kyvný výložník Oldřich Švec
ojibwa
(encz)
Ojibwa,
ojibway
(encz)
Ojibway,
saddle jib
(encz)
saddle jib,vodorovný výložník Oldřich Švec
bunji-bunji
(gcide)
bunji-bunji \bunji-bunji\ n.
an Australian timber tree (Flindersia schottiana) whose
bark yields a poison.
[WordNet 1.5]
Djibouti
(gcide)
Djibouti \Djibouti\ prop. n. (Geography)
The capital city of Djibouti. Population (2000) = 395,000.
[PJC]
Djiboutian
(gcide)
Djiboutian \Djiboutian\ prop. adj.
Of or relating to Djibouti or its people or culture; as,
Djiboutian landscape; Djiboutian merchants.
[WordNet 1.5]Djiboutian \Djiboutian\ n.
A native or inhabitant of Djibouti.
[WordNet 1.5] djinni
djinnee
Flying jib
(gcide)
Flying \Fly"ing\, a. [From Fly, v. i.]
Moving in the air with, or as with, wings; moving lightly or
rapidly; intended for rapid movement.
[1913 Webster]

Flying army (Mil.) a body of cavalry and infantry, kept in
motion, to cover its own garrisons and to keep the enemy
in continual alarm. --Farrow.

Flying artillery (Mil.), artillery trained to rapid
evolutions, -- the men being either mounted or trained to
spring upon the guns and caissons when they change
position.

Flying bridge, Flying camp. See under Bridge, and
Camp.

Flying buttress (Arch.), a contrivance for taking up the
thrust of a roof or vault which can not be supported by
ordinary buttresses. It consists of a straight bar of
masonry, usually sloping, carried on an arch, and a solid
pier or buttress sufficient to receive the thrust. The
word is generally applied only to the straight bar with
supporting arch.

Flying colors, flags unfurled and waving in the air; hence:

To come off with flying colors, to be victorious; to
succeed thoroughly in an undertaking.

Flying doe (Zool.), a young female kangaroo.

Flying dragon.
(a) (Zool.) See Dragon, 6.
(b) A meteor. See under Dragon.

Flying Dutchman.
(a) A fabled Dutch mariner condemned for his crimes to sail
the seas till the day of judgment.
(b) A spectral ship.

Flying fish. (Zool.) See Flying fish, in the Vocabulary.


Flying fox (Zool.), see Flying fox in the vocabulary.

Flying frog (Zool.), either of two East Indian tree frogs
of the genus Rhacophorus (Rhacophorus nigrapalmatus
and Rhacophorus pardalis), having very large and broadly
webbed feet, which serve as parachutes, and enable it to
make very long leaps.

Flying gurnard (Zool.), a species of gurnard of the genus
Cephalacanthus or Dactylopterus, with very large
pectoral fins, said to be able to fly like the flying
fish, but not for so great a distance.

Note: Three species are known; that of the Atlantic is
Cephalacanthus volitans.

Flying jib (Naut.), a sail extended outside of the standing
jib, on the flying-jib boom.

Flying-jib boom (Naut.), an extension of the jib boom.

Flying kites (Naut.), light sails carried only in fine
weather.

Flying lemur. (Zool.) See Colugo.

Flying level (Civil Engin.), a reconnoissance level over
the course of a projected road, canal, etc.

Flying lizard. (Zool.) See Dragon, n. 6.

Flying machine, any apparatus for navigating through the
air, especially a heavier-than-air machine. -- {Flying
mouse} (Zool.), the opossum mouse (Acrobates pygm[ae]us), a
marsupial of Australia. Called also feathertail glider.

Note: It has lateral folds of skin, like the flying
squirrels, and a featherlike tail. -- Flying party
(Mil.), a body of soldiers detailed to hover about an
enemy. -- Flying phalanger (Zool.), one of several
species of small marsuupials of the genera Petaurus and
Belideus, of Australia and New Guinea, having lateral
folds like those of the flying squirrels. The sugar
squirrel (Belideus sciureus), and the ariel ({Belideus
ariel}), are the best known; -- called also {squirrel
petaurus} and flying squirrel. See Sugar squirrel. --
Flying pinion, the fly of a clock. -- Flying sap (Mil.),
the rapid construction of trenches (when the enemy's fire
of case shot precludes the method of simple trenching), by
means of gabions placed in juxtaposition and filled with
earth. -- Flying shot, a shot fired at a moving object,
as a bird on the wing. -- Flying spider. (Zool.) See
Ballooning spider. -- Flying squid (Zool.), an oceanic
squid (Ommastrephes Bartramii syn. {Sthenoteuthis
Bartramii}), abundant in the Gulf Stream, which is able to
leap out of the water with such force that it often falls
on the deck of a vessel. -- Flying squirrel (Zool.) See
Flying squirrel, in the Vocabulary. -- Flying start, a
start in a sailing race in which the signal is given while
the vessels are under way. -- Flying torch (Mil.), a
torch attached to a long staff and used for signaling at
night.
[1913 Webster]
Flying-jib boom
(gcide)
Flying \Fly"ing\, a. [From Fly, v. i.]
Moving in the air with, or as with, wings; moving lightly or
rapidly; intended for rapid movement.
[1913 Webster]

Flying army (Mil.) a body of cavalry and infantry, kept in
motion, to cover its own garrisons and to keep the enemy
in continual alarm. --Farrow.

Flying artillery (Mil.), artillery trained to rapid
evolutions, -- the men being either mounted or trained to
spring upon the guns and caissons when they change
position.

Flying bridge, Flying camp. See under Bridge, and
Camp.

Flying buttress (Arch.), a contrivance for taking up the
thrust of a roof or vault which can not be supported by
ordinary buttresses. It consists of a straight bar of
masonry, usually sloping, carried on an arch, and a solid
pier or buttress sufficient to receive the thrust. The
word is generally applied only to the straight bar with
supporting arch.

Flying colors, flags unfurled and waving in the air; hence:

To come off with flying colors, to be victorious; to
succeed thoroughly in an undertaking.

Flying doe (Zool.), a young female kangaroo.

Flying dragon.
(a) (Zool.) See Dragon, 6.
(b) A meteor. See under Dragon.

Flying Dutchman.
(a) A fabled Dutch mariner condemned for his crimes to sail
the seas till the day of judgment.
(b) A spectral ship.

Flying fish. (Zool.) See Flying fish, in the Vocabulary.


Flying fox (Zool.), see Flying fox in the vocabulary.

Flying frog (Zool.), either of two East Indian tree frogs
of the genus Rhacophorus (Rhacophorus nigrapalmatus
and Rhacophorus pardalis), having very large and broadly
webbed feet, which serve as parachutes, and enable it to
make very long leaps.

Flying gurnard (Zool.), a species of gurnard of the genus
Cephalacanthus or Dactylopterus, with very large
pectoral fins, said to be able to fly like the flying
fish, but not for so great a distance.

Note: Three species are known; that of the Atlantic is
Cephalacanthus volitans.

Flying jib (Naut.), a sail extended outside of the standing
jib, on the flying-jib boom.

Flying-jib boom (Naut.), an extension of the jib boom.

Flying kites (Naut.), light sails carried only in fine
weather.

Flying lemur. (Zool.) See Colugo.

Flying level (Civil Engin.), a reconnoissance level over
the course of a projected road, canal, etc.

Flying lizard. (Zool.) See Dragon, n. 6.

Flying machine, any apparatus for navigating through the
air, especially a heavier-than-air machine. -- {Flying
mouse} (Zool.), the opossum mouse (Acrobates pygm[ae]us), a
marsupial of Australia. Called also feathertail glider.

Note: It has lateral folds of skin, like the flying
squirrels, and a featherlike tail. -- Flying party
(Mil.), a body of soldiers detailed to hover about an
enemy. -- Flying phalanger (Zool.), one of several
species of small marsuupials of the genera Petaurus and
Belideus, of Australia and New Guinea, having lateral
folds like those of the flying squirrels. The sugar
squirrel (Belideus sciureus), and the ariel ({Belideus
ariel}), are the best known; -- called also {squirrel
petaurus} and flying squirrel. See Sugar squirrel. --
Flying pinion, the fly of a clock. -- Flying sap (Mil.),
the rapid construction of trenches (when the enemy's fire
of case shot precludes the method of simple trenching), by
means of gabions placed in juxtaposition and filled with
earth. -- Flying shot, a shot fired at a moving object,
as a bird on the wing. -- Flying spider. (Zool.) See
Ballooning spider. -- Flying squid (Zool.), an oceanic
squid (Ommastrephes Bartramii syn. {Sthenoteuthis
Bartramii}), abundant in the Gulf Stream, which is able to
leap out of the water with such force that it often falls
on the deck of a vessel. -- Flying squirrel (Zool.) See
Flying squirrel, in the Vocabulary. -- Flying start, a
start in a sailing race in which the signal is given while
the vessels are under way. -- Flying torch (Mil.), a
torch attached to a long staff and used for signaling at
night.
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Inner jib
(gcide)
Inner \In"ner\ ([i^]n"n[~e]r), a. [AS. innera, a compar. fr.
inne within, fr. in in. See In.]
1. Further in; interior; internal; not outward; as, an inner
chamber.
[1913 Webster]

2. Of or pertaining to the spirit or its phenomena.
[1913 Webster]

This attracts the soul,
Governs the inner man, the nobler part. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]

3. Not obvious or easily discovered; obscure.
[1913 Webster]

Inner house (Scot.), the first and second divisions of the
court of Session at Edinburgh; also, the place of their
sittings.

Inner jib (Naut.), a fore-and-aft sail set on a stay
running from the fore-topmast head to the jib boom.

Inner plate (Arch.), the wall plate which lies nearest to
the center of the roof, in a double-plated roof.

Inner post (Naut.), a piece brought on at the fore side of
the main post, to support the transoms.

Inner square (Carp.), the angle formed by the inner edges
of a carpenter's square.
[1913 Webster]
Jib boom
(gcide)
Jib \Jib\ (j[i^]b), n. [Named from its shifting from side to
side. See Jib, v. i.., Jibe.]
[1913 Webster]
1. (Naut.) A triangular sail set upon a stay or halyard
extending from the foremast or fore-topmast to the
bowsprit or the jib boom. Large vessels often carry
several jibs; as, inner jib; outer jib; flying jib; etc.
[1913 Webster]

2. (Mach.) The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load
is suspended.
[1913 Webster]

3. One that jibs, or balks; a jibber.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

4. A stationary condition; a standstill.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Jib boom (Naut.), a spar or boom which serves as an
extension of the bowsprit. It is sometimes extended by
another spar called the flying jib boom. [Written also
gib boom.]

Jib crane (Mach.), a crane having a horizontal jib on which
a trolley moves, bearing the load.

Jib door (Arch.), a door made flush with the wall, without
dressings or moldings; a disguised door.

Jib header (Naut.), a gaff-topsail, shaped like a jib; a
jib-headed topsail.

Jib topsail (Naut.), a small jib set above and outside of
all the other jibs.

The cut of one's jib, one's outward appearance. [Colloq.]
--Sir W. Scott.
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Jib crane
(gcide)
Jib \Jib\ (j[i^]b), n. [Named from its shifting from side to
side. See Jib, v. i.., Jibe.]
[1913 Webster]
1. (Naut.) A triangular sail set upon a stay or halyard
extending from the foremast or fore-topmast to the
bowsprit or the jib boom. Large vessels often carry
several jibs; as, inner jib; outer jib; flying jib; etc.
[1913 Webster]

2. (Mach.) The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load
is suspended.
[1913 Webster]

3. One that jibs, or balks; a jibber.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

4. A stationary condition; a standstill.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Jib boom (Naut.), a spar or boom which serves as an
extension of the bowsprit. It is sometimes extended by
another spar called the flying jib boom. [Written also
gib boom.]

Jib crane (Mach.), a crane having a horizontal jib on which
a trolley moves, bearing the load.

Jib door (Arch.), a door made flush with the wall, without
dressings or moldings; a disguised door.

Jib header (Naut.), a gaff-topsail, shaped like a jib; a
jib-headed topsail.

Jib topsail (Naut.), a small jib set above and outside of
all the other jibs.

The cut of one's jib, one's outward appearance. [Colloq.]
--Sir W. Scott.
[1913 Webster]
Jib door
(gcide)
Jib \Jib\ (j[i^]b), n. [Named from its shifting from side to
side. See Jib, v. i.., Jibe.]
[1913 Webster]
1. (Naut.) A triangular sail set upon a stay or halyard
extending from the foremast or fore-topmast to the
bowsprit or the jib boom. Large vessels often carry
several jibs; as, inner jib; outer jib; flying jib; etc.
[1913 Webster]

2. (Mach.) The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load
is suspended.
[1913 Webster]

3. One that jibs, or balks; a jibber.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

4. A stationary condition; a standstill.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Jib boom (Naut.), a spar or boom which serves as an
extension of the bowsprit. It is sometimes extended by
another spar called the flying jib boom. [Written also
gib boom.]

Jib crane (Mach.), a crane having a horizontal jib on which
a trolley moves, bearing the load.

Jib door (Arch.), a door made flush with the wall, without
dressings or moldings; a disguised door.

Jib header (Naut.), a gaff-topsail, shaped like a jib; a
jib-headed topsail.

Jib topsail (Naut.), a small jib set above and outside of
all the other jibs.

The cut of one's jib, one's outward appearance. [Colloq.]
--Sir W. Scott.
[1913 Webster]
Jib header
(gcide)
Jib \Jib\ (j[i^]b), n. [Named from its shifting from side to
side. See Jib, v. i.., Jibe.]
[1913 Webster]
1. (Naut.) A triangular sail set upon a stay or halyard
extending from the foremast or fore-topmast to the
bowsprit or the jib boom. Large vessels often carry
several jibs; as, inner jib; outer jib; flying jib; etc.
[1913 Webster]

2. (Mach.) The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load
is suspended.
[1913 Webster]

3. One that jibs, or balks; a jibber.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

4. A stationary condition; a standstill.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Jib boom (Naut.), a spar or boom which serves as an
extension of the bowsprit. It is sometimes extended by
another spar called the flying jib boom. [Written also
gib boom.]

Jib crane (Mach.), a crane having a horizontal jib on which
a trolley moves, bearing the load.

Jib door (Arch.), a door made flush with the wall, without
dressings or moldings; a disguised door.

Jib header (Naut.), a gaff-topsail, shaped like a jib; a
jib-headed topsail.

Jib topsail (Naut.), a small jib set above and outside of
all the other jibs.

The cut of one's jib, one's outward appearance. [Colloq.]
--Sir W. Scott.
[1913 Webster]
Jib topsail
(gcide)
Jib \Jib\ (j[i^]b), n. [Named from its shifting from side to
side. See Jib, v. i.., Jibe.]
[1913 Webster]
1. (Naut.) A triangular sail set upon a stay or halyard
extending from the foremast or fore-topmast to the
bowsprit or the jib boom. Large vessels often carry
several jibs; as, inner jib; outer jib; flying jib; etc.
[1913 Webster]

2. (Mach.) The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load
is suspended.
[1913 Webster]

3. One that jibs, or balks; a jibber.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

4. A stationary condition; a standstill.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Jib boom (Naut.), a spar or boom which serves as an
extension of the bowsprit. It is sometimes extended by
another spar called the flying jib boom. [Written also
gib boom.]

Jib crane (Mach.), a crane having a horizontal jib on which
a trolley moves, bearing the load.

Jib door (Arch.), a door made flush with the wall, without
dressings or moldings; a disguised door.

Jib header (Naut.), a gaff-topsail, shaped like a jib; a
jib-headed topsail.

Jib topsail (Naut.), a small jib set above and outside of
all the other jibs.

The cut of one's jib, one's outward appearance. [Colloq.]
--Sir W. Scott.
[1913 Webster]
jibb
(gcide)
Jib \Jib\, v. i. [Connected with jibe; cf. OF. giber to shake.]
To move restively backward or sidewise, -- said of a horse;
to balk. [Written also jibb.] [Eng.]
[1913 Webster] JibJib \Jib\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Jibbed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Jibbing.] Also Jibb \Jibb\ [Cf. Jib a sail, Gybe.]
(Chiefly Naut.)
To shift, or swing round, as a sail, boom, yard, etc., as in
tacking.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Jibb
(gcide)
Jib \Jib\, v. i. [Connected with jibe; cf. OF. giber to shake.]
To move restively backward or sidewise, -- said of a horse;
to balk. [Written also jibb.] [Eng.]
[1913 Webster] JibJib \Jib\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Jibbed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Jibbing.] Also Jibb \Jibb\ [Cf. Jib a sail, Gybe.]
(Chiefly Naut.)
To shift, or swing round, as a sail, boom, yard, etc., as in
tacking.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Jibbed
(gcide)
Jib \Jib\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Jibbed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Jibbing.] Also Jibb \Jibb\ [Cf. Jib a sail, Gybe.]
(Chiefly Naut.)
To shift, or swing round, as a sail, boom, yard, etc., as in
tacking.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Jibber
(gcide)
Jibber \Jib"ber\, n.
A horse that jibs. [Eng.]
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Jibbing
(gcide)
Jib \Jib\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Jibbed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Jibbing.] Also Jibb \Jibb\ [Cf. Jib a sail, Gybe.]
(Chiefly Naut.)
To shift, or swing round, as a sail, boom, yard, etc., as in
tacking.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
jibe
(gcide)
Gybe \Gybe\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Gybed (j[imac]bd); p.
pr. & vb. n. Gybing.] [See Jibe.] (Naut.)
To shift from one side of a vessel to the other; -- said of
the boom of a fore-and-aft sail when the vessel is steered
off the wind until the sail fills on the opposite side. [Also
jibe.]
[1913 Webster]Jibe \Jibe\ (j[imac]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jibed (j[imac]bd);
p. pr. & vb. n. Jibing (j[imac]b"[i^]ng).] [Cf. Dan. gibbe,
D. gijpen, v. i., and dial. Sw. gippa to jerk. Cf. Jib, n.
& v. i.] (Naut.)
To shift, as the boom of a fore-and-aft sail, from one side
of a vessel to the other when the wind is aft or on the
quarter. See Gybe.
[1913 Webster]Jibe \Jibe\, v. i.
1. (Naut.) To change a ship's course so as to cause a
shifting of the boom. See Jibe, v. t., and Gybe.
[1913 Webster]

2. To agree; to harmonize. [Colloq.] --Bartlett.
[1913 Webster]
Jibe
(gcide)
Gybe \Gybe\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Gybed (j[imac]bd); p.
pr. & vb. n. Gybing.] [See Jibe.] (Naut.)
To shift from one side of a vessel to the other; -- said of
the boom of a fore-and-aft sail when the vessel is steered
off the wind until the sail fills on the opposite side. [Also
jibe.]
[1913 Webster]Jibe \Jibe\ (j[imac]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jibed (j[imac]bd);
p. pr. & vb. n. Jibing (j[imac]b"[i^]ng).] [Cf. Dan. gibbe,
D. gijpen, v. i., and dial. Sw. gippa to jerk. Cf. Jib, n.
& v. i.] (Naut.)
To shift, as the boom of a fore-and-aft sail, from one side
of a vessel to the other when the wind is aft or on the
quarter. See Gybe.
[1913 Webster]Jibe \Jibe\, v. i.
1. (Naut.) To change a ship's course so as to cause a
shifting of the boom. See Jibe, v. t., and Gybe.
[1913 Webster]

2. To agree; to harmonize. [Colloq.] --Bartlett.
[1913 Webster]
Jibed
(gcide)
Jibe \Jibe\ (j[imac]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jibed (j[imac]bd);
p. pr. & vb. n. Jibing (j[imac]b"[i^]ng).] [Cf. Dan. gibbe,
D. gijpen, v. i., and dial. Sw. gippa to jerk. Cf. Jib, n.
& v. i.] (Naut.)
To shift, as the boom of a fore-and-aft sail, from one side
of a vessel to the other when the wind is aft or on the
quarter. See Gybe.
[1913 Webster]
Jibing
(gcide)
Jibe \Jibe\ (j[imac]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jibed (j[imac]bd);
p. pr. & vb. n. Jibing (j[imac]b"[i^]ng).] [Cf. Dan. gibbe,
D. gijpen, v. i., and dial. Sw. gippa to jerk. Cf. Jib, n.
& v. i.] (Naut.)
To shift, as the boom of a fore-and-aft sail, from one side
of a vessel to the other when the wind is aft or on the
quarter. See Gybe.
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Objibways
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Objibways \Ob*jib"ways\, prop. n. pl.
See Chippeways.
[1913 Webster]Chippeways \Chip"pe*ways\, n. pl.; sing. Chippeway. (Ethnol.)
A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the northern and
western shores of Lake Superior; -- called also Objibways.
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Ojibway
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Ojibways \O*jib"ways\, prop. n. pl.; sing. Ojibway. (Ethnol.)
Same as Chippeways.
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Ojibways
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Ojibways \O*jib"ways\, prop. n. pl.; sing. Ojibway. (Ethnol.)
Same as Chippeways.
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