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jibb


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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.