gib

gib
gib1
/gib/, n., v., gibbed, gibbing.
n.
1. a hooked prolongation that develops during the spawning season on the lower jaw of a male salmon or trout.
2. Mach.
a. a thin, wedgelike strip of metal for controlling the area in which a moving part, as the table of a milling machine, slides.
b. a keylike part having a head at each end, used with a matching cotter as a fastening. See diag. under exploded view.
3. (in carpentry or ironwork) a heavy metal strap for fastening two members together.
v.t.
4. to fasten (parts) together by means of a gib.
[1555-65; orig. uncert.]
gib2
/gib/, n.
1. a cat, esp. a male cat.
2. a castrated cat.
[1350-1400; ME gib(be), short for Gilbert proper name]

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  • Gib — Gib, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gibbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gibbing}.] To secure or fasten with a gib, or gibs; to provide with a gib, or gibs. [1913 Webster] {Gibbed lathe}, an engine lathe in which the tool carriage is held down to the bed by a gib… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • gib — gib1 [gib] n. [ME gibbe, a swelling < L gibba, a hump < gibbus, bent, prob. < IE base * geibh > Norw dial. keiv, askew] an adjustable piece of metal, etc. for keeping moving parts of a machine in place or for reducing friction vt.… …   English World dictionary

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