ribibourt

[ME. ribibour, ribibe, a ribibe: see ribibc.] One who plays on the ribibe. A ribibour , a ratonere, a rakyer of Chepe. Piers Plowman (B), v. 322. rible (rib'les), a. [ felt. Where Toil shall call the charmer Health his bride, And Laughter tickle Plenty's rible side! Cole ridge, To a Young A . riblet (rib'let), n. [ rib1 + -let .] A little rib; a rudimentary rib; a vertebral pleurapophysis not developed into a free and functional rib: as, a cervical riblet of man. See pleurapophysis . The surface has longitudinal ridges, which on the hinder moiety of the valve are connected by transverse riblets . Geol. Mag., IV. 451. rib-like (rib'lik), a. [ Riblike cartilaginous rods appear in the first, second, and more or fewer of the succeeding visceral arches in all but the lowest Vertebrata. Huxley , Anat. Vert., p. 22. rib-nosed (rib'nōzd), a. Having the side of the snout ribbed; rib-faced, as a baboon. See mandrill, and cut under baboon.