Ribbon

rib′on, n. a fillet or strip of silk: a narrow strip: ( pl. ) reins for driving: a shred: a watch-spring: an endle saw: ( her. ) a bearing considered usually as one of the subordinaries: ( naut. ) a painted moulding on the side of a ship—also Rib′and , Ribb′and .— adj. made of ribbon: having bands of different colours.— v.t. to adorn with ribbons: to stripe: to streak.— ns. Ribb′on-brake , a brake having a band which nearly surrounds the wheel whose motion is to be checked; Ribb′on-fish , a long, slender, compre ed fish, like a ribbon; Ribb′on-gra , a variety of striped canary-gra : Lady's Garter; Ribb′onism , a system of secret a ociations among the lower cla es in Ireland, at its greatest height from about 1835 to 1855—from the green badge worn; Ribb′onman , a member of a Ribbon society; Ribb′on-map , a map printed on a long strip which winds on an axis within a case; Ribb′on-seal , a North Pacific seal, banded and striped; Ribb′on-snake , a harmle striped snake abundant in the United States; Ribb′on-stamp , a simple form of printing-pre for transferring colours to paper; Ribb′on-wave , a common geometrid moth; Ribb′on-weed , a seaweed whose frond has a long, flat blade; Ribb′on-wire , a strong tape with wire threads for strengthening garments; Ribb′on-worm , tapeworm.— Blue Ribbon , the ribbon of the Order of the Garter: anything which marks the attainment of some ambition, also the object itself: the badge adopted by a teetotal society; Red Ribbon , the ribbon of the Order of the Bath. [O. Fr. rib an (Fr. rub an ), perh. Celt.; cf. Ir. rib in , Gael. ribean . Diez suggests Dut. ring-band , necktie, collar.]