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Flibbertigibbet
Flibbertigibbet Flib"ber*ti*gib`bet, n. An imp. --Shak.
Gibbed
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. Gibbed lathe, an engine lathe in which the tool carriage is held down to the bed by a gib instead of by a weight.
Gibbed lathe
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. Gibbed lathe, an engine lathe in which the tool carriage is held down to the bed by a gib instead of by a weight.
Gibber
Gibber Gib"ber, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gibbered; p. pr. & vb. n. Gibbering.] [Akin to jabber, and gabble.] To speak rapidly and inarticulately. --Shak.
Gibber
Gibber Gib"ber, n. [From Gib to balk.] A balky horse. --Youatt.
Gibbered
Gibber Gib"ber, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gibbered; p. pr. & vb. n. Gibbering.] [Akin to jabber, and gabble.] To speak rapidly and inarticulately. --Shak.
Gibbering
Gibber Gib"ber, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gibbered; p. pr. & vb. n. Gibbering.] [Akin to jabber, and gabble.] To speak rapidly and inarticulately. --Shak.
Gibberish
Gibberish Gib"ber*ish, n. [From Gibber, v. i.] Rapid and inarticulate talk; unintelligible language; unmeaning words; jargon. He, like a gypsy, oftentimes would go; All kinds of gibberish he had learnt to known. --Drayton. Such gibberish as children may be heard amusing themselves with. --Hawthorne.
Gibberish
Gibberish Gib"ber*ish, a. Unmeaning; as, gibberish language.
Gibbet
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.] 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 asa warning. 2. The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib.

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- Gibbes is a surname. It may refer to: Bobby Gibbes (1916–2007), Australian fighter ace Charles Gibbes (1876–1963), British academic Frederick Gibbes (1839–1888)...
- Gibbes House may refer to: Robert Gibbes House, Charleston, South Carolina, USA William Gibbes House, Charleston, South Carolina, USA House (disambiguation)...
- Charles Sydney Gibbes (19 January 1876 – 24 March 1963) was a British academic who from 1908 to 1917 served as the English tutor to the children of Emperor...
- Gibbes may refer to: Gibbes, a surname Gibbes baronets later Osborne-Gibbes baronets, titles in the Baronetage of Great Britain Mount Gibbes, of the Black...
- Robert Gibbes (January 9, 1644 – June 24, 1715) was an English Landgrave, chairman and acting governor of the province of South Carolina between 1710-1712...
- Robert Henry Maxwell Gibbes, DSO, DFC & Bar, OAM (6 May 1916 – 11 April 2007) was an Australian fighter ace of World War II, and the longest-serving wartime...
- William Gibbes may refer to: William Gibbes (MP for Suffolk) (died 1689) William Gibbes (died 1570), MP for Launceston (UK Parliament constituency) William...
- Jonathan Brian Gibbes (born 22 January 1977) is a rugby union former player and coach. He is a former New Zealand rugby union player who captained Waikato...
- The Gibbes, later Osborne-Gibbes Baronetcy, of Springhead in Barbados, was a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 30 May 1774 for...
- Frederick Jamison Gibbes (31 October 1839 – 17 January 1888) was an Australian politician. He was born at Regentville near Penrith to William Gibbes and Harriet...