ribbed (ribd)

[ Ribbed vaulting was the greatest improvement which the Mediæval architects made on the Roman vaults, giving not only additional strength of construction, but an apparent vigour and expre ion to the vault which is one of the greatest beauties of the style. J. Fergu on, Hist. Arch., I. 525. 2. Formed into ribs or ridges; having alternate lines of projection and depre ion; ridged: as, ribbed cloth; ribbed hose. And thou art long, and lank, and brown, As is the ribbed sea-sand. Words worth, Lines contributed to Cole ridge's Ancient [Mariner. This ribbed mountain structure always wears a mantle of beauty, changeable purple and violet. C. D. Warner, Their Pilgrimage, p. 205. 3. In an at . and zoöl . , having a rib or ribs, in any sense; costal; costate; costiferous. - Ribbed arch. See arch1.- Ribbed armor, armor consisting of ridges alternating with sunken bands, which are usually set with studs. It is described in the tourney book of René of Anjou as composed of cuir-bouilli upon which small bars, apparently of metal, are laid, and either sewed to the leather, or covered by an additional thickne of leather, which is glued to the background. - Ribbed-fabric machine, a knitting-machine for making the rib-stitch. It has special adjustments in both power and hand-machines, and can be set to make different forms or combinations of stitches, as the polka-rib, one-and-one rib, etc. E. H. Knight . - Ribbed form, plate, velveteen, etc. See the nouns. ribbing (rib'ing), n. [Verbal n. of ribl, v.] 1. An a emblage or arrangement of ribs, as timberwork sustaining a vaulted ceiling, ridges on cloth, veins in the leaves of plants, etc.-2. In agri., a kind of imperfect plowing, formerly common, by which stubbles were rapidly turned over, every alternate strip only being moved. By this method only half the land is raised, the furrow being laid over quite flat, and covering an equal space of the level surface. A similar operation is still in use in some places, after land has been pulverized by clean plow. ings and is ready for receiving the seed, and the mode of sowing upon land thus prepared is also called ribbing. ribbing-nail (rib'ing-nāl), n. Same as rib - band nail (which see, under rib - band ). ribble-rabble (rib'l-rab"l), n. [A varied reduplication of rabble2.] 1. A rabble; a mob. A ribble - rabble of go ips. John Taylor , Works (1630). ( Nares .) 2. Idle and low talk; lewd or indecent language: sometimes used adjectively. I cry God mercy (quoth the woman with much disdain in her countenance) if thou gratest my eares any more with thy ribble - rabble discourse. History of Franc i on (1655). ( Nares .) Such wicked stuff, such poys'nous babble, Such uncouth, wretched ribble rabble . Hudibras Redivivus (1706). (Nares.) ribble-rowt (rib'l-rō), n. [A burlesque name, after analogy of rigmarole . Cf. ribble - rabble . ] A list of rabble. This witch of ribble - row rehearses, Of scurvy names in scurvy verses. Cotton, Works (1734), p. 119. ( Hall i well .) ribbon (rib'on), n. and a. [Formerly also rib on, rib an, also riband, ribband (appar. simulating band, and still used archaically); ribbon with velvet and satin stripes, satin-faced on each side, the two sides being of different colors, each perfect, and in many other styles. Get your apparel together, good strings to your beards, new ribbons to your pumps. Shak ., M. N. D., iv. 2. 37. Sweet-faced Corinna, deign the riband tie Of thy cork-shoe, or else thy slave will die. Marston, Scourge of Villanie, viii. 7. She's torn the ribbons frae her head, They were baith thick and narrow. The Braes o' Yarrow (Child's Ballads, III. 71). It was pretty to see the young, pretty ladies dre ed like men, in velvet coats, caps with ribbands , and with laced bands, just like men. Pepys , Diary, July 27, 1665. Just for a handful of silver he left us; Just for a riband to stick in his coat. Browning, Lost Leader. 3. Specifically, the honorary distinction of an order of knighthood, usually in two forms: first, the broad ribbon, denoting the highest cla of such an order (for which see cordon, 7); second, the small knot of ribbon worn in the buttonhole by members of an order when not wearing the cro or other badge. Blue ribbon and red ribbon are often used to denote the orders of the Garter and Bath respectively. A blue ribbon was also a badge of the Order of the Holy Ghost in France. Compare cordon bleu, under cordon. 4. That which resembles a ribbon in shape; a long and narrow strip of anything. The houses stood well back, leaving a ribbon of waste land on either side of the road. R. L. Stevens on , Inland Voyage, p. 68. These [spiral nebulæ] are usually elongated strings or ribbons of nebulous matter twisted about a central nucleus and seen by us in the form of a spiral curve. The Century , XXXIX . 458 . 5. pl. Reins for driving. [Colloq.] He [Egalité] drove his own phaeton when it was decidedly low for a man of fashion to handle the ribands . Phillips , E ays from the Times, L. 76. If he had ever held the coachman's ribbons in his hands, as I have in my younger days-a-he would know that stopping is not always easy. George Eliot , Felix Holt, xvii. 6. A strip; a shred: as, the sails were torn to ribbons. They're very naked; their things is all to ribbins . Mayhew , London Labour and London Poor, II. 84. 7. In spinning, a continuous strand of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted condition; a sliver.-8. In metal - working, a long, thin strip of metal, such as ( a ) a watch-spring; ( b ) a thin steel band for a belt, or an endle saw; (c) a thin band of magnesium for burning; (d) Ribbon (a). IMG:content-2242.png:[ocr errors] They get invited to a emblies... where they see stars and blue ribbons . Disraeli , Sybil, iv. 3. (b) Figuratively, anything which marks the attainment of an object of ambition; also, the object itself. In Germany the art of emending is no longer the chief art of the scholar. A brilliant and certain conjecture is no longer the blue ribbon of his career. Fortnightly Rev. , N. S., XLIIL 47. (c) A member of the Order of the Garter. Why should dancing round a May-pole be more obsolete than holding a Chapter of the Garter? asked Lord Henry. The Duke, who was a blue - ribbon, felt this a home thrust. Disraeli , Coningsby, iii. 3. (d) The badge of a society pledged to total abstinence from the use of intoxicating drinks: it consists of a bit of blue ribbon worn in a buttonhole. - China ribbon, a ribbon, about an eighth of an inch wide, formerly used in the toi let, but now for markers inserted in bound books and the like, and also in a kind of embroidery which takes its name from the employment of this material. - China-ribbon embroidery, a kind of embroidery much in favor in the early years of the nineteenth century, and recently re vived. The needle is threaded with a ribbon, which is drawn through the material as well as applied upon it. rice-mill IMG:content-2243.png:[merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][ocr errors] A , rach i glo ate lingual ribbon, or radula, of a whelk (Buccinum undatum): a, anterior end; b, posterior end. B , a transverse row of radular teeth: c, central; 1, 1, lateral. Lingual ribbon, in Mollusca, the surface that bears the teeth; the radula. See odontophore, and radula (with cut). -Nidamental ribbon. See nidamental. Petersham ribbon, a ribbon of extra thickne , usually watered on both sides, used in women's dre to strengthen the skirt at the waist, etc., and also as a belt-ribbon when belt-ribbons are in fashion. Compare pad3, 7.-Red ribbon. (a) The ribbon of the Order of the Bath, used to denote the decoration of that order, or the order itself: as, he has got the red ribbon. (b) The ribbon of a knight of the Legion of Honor. II. a. 1. Made of ribbon: as, a ribbon bow; bow ribbon trimming.-2. In mineral ., characterized by parallel bands of different colors: as, ribbon agate.-3. [ cap .] Pertaining to the Ribbon Society or to Ribbon ism: as, a Ribbon lodge. Ribbon isingla , letter. See the nouns. - Ribbon sections, a series or chain of microtome-cut sections which remain attached to each other, edge to edge, by means of the embedding material. - Ribbon Society, in Irish hist ., a secret a ociation formed about 1808 in op position to the Orange organization of the northern Irish counties, and so named from the green ribbon worn as a badge by the members. The primary object of the society was soon merged in a struggle against the landlord cla , with the purpose of securing to tenants fixity of tenure, or of inflicting retaliation for real or supposed agrarian oppre ion. The members were bound together by an oath, had pa words and signs, and were divided locally into lodges. ribbon (rib'on), v. t. [Formerly (and still archaically) also riband, ribband; early mod. E. also reband; It is a slowe may not for bere Ragges ribaned with gold to were. Rom. of the Rose, 1. 4752. I could see all the inland valleys ribboned with broad waters. R. D. Black more , Lorna Doone, xlviii. When imitations of ribboned stones are wished, pour each of the colors separately upon the Marble, taking care to spread them in small pools over the whole surface: then, with a wooden spatula, form the ribboned shades which are wished by lightly moving the mixture. 2. To adorn with ribbons. 5165 2. An ornament made of ribbon. What gloves we'l give and ribanings . Herrick, To the Maids, to Walke Abroad. Ribbon ism (rib'on-izm), n. [ Ribbon + -ism .] The principles and methods of the Ribbon Society of Ireland. See under ribbon , a . There had always smouldered Ribbon ism , Whiteboyism, some form of that protean Vehmgericht which strove, too often by unmanly methods, to keep alive a flicker of manly independence. Contemporary Rev., LI. 243. ribbon-line (rib'on-lin), n. In hort., a long, generally marginal, bed of close-set plants in contrasted colors. Henderson, Handbook of Plants. Ribbon man (rib'on-man), n.; pl. Ribbon men (-men). [See Ribbon ism.] A member of an Irish Ribbon lodge; an adherent of Ribbon ism. Orange men and Ribbon men once divided Ireland.