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gibbet
(encz) | gibbet,šibenice n: Zdeněk Brož |
Gibbet
(gcide) | Gibbet \Gib"bet\, n. [OE. gibet, F. gibet, in OF. also club, fr.
LL. gibetum;; cf. OF. gibe sort of sickle or hook, It.
giubbetto gibbet, and giubbetta, dim. of giubba mane, also,
an under waistcoat, doublet, Prov. It. gibba (cf. Jupon);
so that it perhaps originally signified a halter, a rope
round the neck of malefactors; or it is, perhaps, derived fr.
L. gibbus hunched, humped, E. gibbous; or cf. E. jib a sail.]
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1. A kind of gallows; an upright post with an arm projecting
from the top, on which, formerly, malefactors were hanged
in chains, and their bodies allowed to remain as a
warning.
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2. The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is
suspended; the jib.
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Gibbet
(gcide) | Gibbet \Gib"bet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gibbeted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Gibbeting.]
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1. To hang and expose on a gibbet.
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2. To expose to infamy; to blacken.
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I'll gibbet up his name. --Oldham.
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gibbet
(wn) | gibbet
n 1: alternative terms for gallows [syn: gallows tree,
gallows-tree, gibbet, gallous]
v 1: hang on an execution instrument
2: expose to ridicule or public scorn [syn: pillory, gibbet] |
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flibbertigibbet
(encz) | flibbertigibbet,klepna n: Zdeněk Brožflibbertigibbet,repetilka n: Zdeněk Brož |
Flibbertigibbet
(gcide) | Flibbertigibbet \Flib"ber*ti*gib`bet\, n.
An imp. --Shak.
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Gibbet
(gcide) | Gibbet \Gib"bet\, n. [OE. gibet, F. gibet, in OF. also club, fr.
LL. gibetum;; cf. OF. gibe sort of sickle or hook, It.
giubbetto gibbet, and giubbetta, dim. of giubba mane, also,
an under waistcoat, doublet, Prov. It. gibba (cf. Jupon);
so that it perhaps originally signified a halter, a rope
round the neck of malefactors; or it is, perhaps, derived fr.
L. gibbus hunched, humped, E. gibbous; or cf. E. jib a sail.]
[1913 Webster]
1. A kind of gallows; an upright post with an arm projecting
from the top, on which, formerly, malefactors were hanged
in chains, and their bodies allowed to remain as a
warning.
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2. The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is
suspended; the jib.
[1913 Webster]Gibbet \Gib"bet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gibbeted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Gibbeting.]
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1. To hang and expose on a gibbet.
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2. To expose to infamy; to blacken.
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I'll gibbet up his name. --Oldham.
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Gibbeted
(gcide) | Gibbet \Gib"bet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gibbeted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Gibbeting.]
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1. To hang and expose on a gibbet.
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2. To expose to infamy; to blacken.
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I'll gibbet up his name. --Oldham.
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Gibbeting
(gcide) | Gibbet \Gib"bet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gibbeted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Gibbeting.]
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1. To hang and expose on a gibbet.
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2. To expose to infamy; to blacken.
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I'll gibbet up his name. --Oldham.
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flibbertigibbet
(wn) | flibbertigibbet
n 1: a female fool [syn: flibbertigibbet, foolish woman] |
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