rib roaster (ribros"ter)

A heavy blow on the ribs; a body-blow. [Colloq.] In the fourth and There was some terrible slugging. last round the men seemed afraid of each other. Cleary planted two rib - roasters , and a tap on Langdon's face. Philadelphia Times , May 6, 1886. rib-roasting (rib'rōs"ting), n. A beating or drubbing; a cudgeling. That done, he rises, humbly bows, And gives thanks for the princely blows; Departs not meanly proud, and boasting Of his magnificent rib - roasting . S. Butler, Hudibras, II. i. 248. Leitges they are regarded as forming a connecting-link between Jun germ ann i aceæ and the March anti aceх; but they are in some respects of simpler structure than either of these orders. The thallus is usually flat, branching dichotomously, and floating on water or rooting in soil. The fruit is short-pedicel led or se ile on the thallus or immersed in it; the capsule is free or connate with the calyptra, globose, rupturing irregularly; the spores are usually angular; and elaters are wanting.