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Bedribble
Bedribble Be*drib"ble, v. t.
To dribble upon.
Bescribble
Bescribble Be*scrib"ble, v. t.
To scribble over. ``Bescribbled with impertinences.'
--Milton.
Cribble
Cribble Crib"ble, a.
Coarse; as, cribble bread. [Obs.] --Huloet.
Dribble
Dribble Drib"ble, v. t.
In various games, to propel (the ball) by successive slight
hits or kicks so as to keep it always in control.
Dribble
Dribble Drib"ble, n.
An act of dribbling a ball.
DribbleDribble Drib"ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dribbled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Dribbing.] [Freq. of drib, which is a variant of drip.]
1. To fall in drops or small drops, or in a quick succession
of drops; as, water dribbles from the eaves.
2. To slaver, as a child or an idiot; to drivel.
3. To fall weakly and slowly. [Obs.] ``The dribbling dart of
love.' --Shak. (Meas. for Meas., i. 3, 2). [Perhaps an
error for dribbing.] Dribble
Dribble Drib"ble, v. t.
To let fall in drops.
Let the cook . . . dribble it all the way upstairs. --
Swift.
Dribble
Dribble Drib"ble, n.
A drizzling shower; a falling or leaking in drops. [Colloq.]
DribbledDribble Drib"ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dribbled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Dribbing.] [Freq. of drib, which is a variant of drip.]
1. To fall in drops or small drops, or in a quick succession
of drops; as, water dribbles from the eaves.
2. To slaver, as a child or an idiot; to drivel.
3. To fall weakly and slowly. [Obs.] ``The dribbling dart of
love.' --Shak. (Meas. for Meas., i. 3, 2). [Perhaps an
error for dribbing.] Dribbler
Dribbler Drib"bler, n.
One who dribbles.
DribbletDribblet Drib"blet, Driblet Drib"let, n. [From Dribble.]
A small piece or part; a small sum; a small quantity of money
in making up a sum; as, the money was paid in dribblets.
When made up in dribblets, as they could, their best
securities were at an interest of twelve per cent.
--Burke. Fribble
Fribble Frib"ble, n.
A frivolous, contemptible fellow; a fop.
A pert fribble of a peer. --Thackeray.
Fribble
Fribble Frib"ble, v. i.
1. To act in a trifling or foolish manner; to act
frivolously.
The fools that are fribbling round about you.
--Thackeray.
2. To totter. [Obs.]
Fribbler
Fribbler Frib"bler, n.
A trifler; a fribble.
GribbleGribble Grib"ble, n. [Cf. Prov. E. grib to bite.] (Zo["o]l.)
A small marine isopod crustacean (Limnoria lignorum or L.
terebrans), which burrows into and rapidly destroys
submerged timber, such as the piles of wharves, both in
Europe and America. ScribbleScribble Scrib"ble, v. t. [Cf. Scrabble.] (Woolen Manuf.)
To card coarsely; to run through the scribbling machine. Scribble
Scribble Scrib"ble, n.
Hasty or careless writing; a writing of little value; a
scrawl; as, a hasty scribble. --Boyle.
Neither did I but vacant seasons spend In this my
scribble. --Bunyan.
Scribblement
Scribblement Scrib"ble*ment, n.
A scribble. [R.] --Foster.
Scribbler
Scribbler Scrib"bler, n.
One who scribbles; a petty author; a writer of no reputation;
a literary hack.
The scribbler, pinched with hunger, writes to dine.
--Granville.
Scribbler
Scribbler Scrib"bler, n.
A scribbling machine.
scribblerScribbling Scrib"bling, n. [See 1st Scribble.]
The act or process of carding coarsely.
Scribbling machine, the machine used for the first carding
of wool or other fiber; -- called also scribbler. Thribble
Thribble Thrib"ble, a.
Triple; treble; threefold. [Prov. Eng. or Colloq.]
--Halliwell.
Transcribbler
Transcribbler Tran*scrib"bler (tr[a^]n*skr[i^]b"bl[~e]r), n.
A transcriber; -- used in contempt.
He [Aristotle] has suffered vastly from the
transcribblers, as all authors of great brevity
necessarily must. --Gray.
Tribble
Tribble Trib"ble, n. (Paper Manuf.)
A frame on which paper is dried. --Knight.
Woolen scribblerWoolen Wool"en, a. [OE. wollen; cf. AS. wyllen. See Wool.]
[Written also woollen.]
1. Made of wool; consisting of wool; as, woolen goods.
2. Of or pertaining to wool or woolen cloths; as, woolen
manufactures; a woolen mill; a woolen draper.
Woolen scribbler, a machine for combing or preparing wool
in thin, downy, translucent layers.
Meaning of Ribble from wikipedia
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Ribble may
refer to:
River Ribble, in
North Yorkshire and Lancashire,
England Ribble and Alt
Estuaries River Ribble, West Yorkshire,
England Ribble Motor...
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Ribble Valley is a
local government district with
borough status in Lancashire, England. Its
council is
based in ****heroe, the
largest town. The borough...
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South Ribble is a
local government district with
borough status in Lancashire, England. Its
council is
based in Leyland. The
borough also
includes the...
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James Ribble (born
April 5, 1956) is an
American businessman and
Republican politician from the Fox
Cities region of Wisconsin. He
served three terms...
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Preston (/ˈprɛstən/ ) is a city on the
north bank of the
River Ribble in Lancashire, England. The city is the
administrative centre of the
county of Lancashire...
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River Ribble runs
through North Yorkshire and
Lancashire in
Northern England. It
starts close to the
Ribblehead Viaduct in
North Yorkshire, and is...
- Ashton-on-
Ribble is a
suburb in the West of Preston, Lancashire, England. The po****tion at the 2021
Census was 8,700.[citation needed] Ashton-on-
Ribble was...
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Ribble Valley is a
constituency in
Lancashire represented in the
House of
Commons of the UK
Parliament since 2024 by Maya Ellis, of the
Labour Party. The...
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rivers of the
county are, from
north to south, the Lune, the Wyre, and the
Ribble,
which all flow west into the
Irish Sea. The
highest point in Lancashire...
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South Ribble is a
constituency represented in the
House of
Commons of the UK
Parliament since 2024 by Paul
Foster for Labour. The seat of
South Ribble was...
