ribgrass

[Eng. rib, and gra .] (Sir Botany: The genus Plant a go; spec if., Plant a go lanceolata. [RIBWORT.] *rib-ibe, *ryb-ybe, s . [Etym. doubtful.] 1. Music: A small kind of fiddle; a rebec (q. v.). 2. An old woman; an old bawd. "Rode forth to sompne a wide we, an olde ribibe , Feining a cause, for he wold han a bribe." a ribibe. Chaucer: C. T. , 6,895. *rib-ibe, *ryb-ybe, v . i . [RIBIBE, 8.] To play on "The ratton rybybid ."- Reliq . Antiq ., i. 81. ri-bi-ble, s . [A dim in. of ribibe (q. v.).] A small ribibe. ( Chaucer : C. T., 3,332.) rib-le , a. [Eng.rib; -le .] Having no ribs. Cole ridge: To a Young A . "Tickle plenty's rible side." "I have been pinched in flesh, and well rib roasted under my former masters; but I'm in now for skin and all."L'Estrange.