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Slipper Slip"per, n. 1. One who, or that which, slips. 2. A kind of light shoe, which may be slipped on with ease, and worn in undress; a slipshoe. 3. A kind of apron or pinafore for children. 4. A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel. 5. (Mach.) A piece, usually a plate, applied to a sliding piece, to receive wear and afford a means of adjustment; -- also called shoe, and gib. Slipper animalcule (Zo["o]l.), a ciliated infusorian of the genus Paramecium. Slipper flower.(Bot.) Slipperwort. Slipper limpet, or Slipper shell (Zo["o]l.), a boat shell.
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Gib Gib, n. [Abbreviated fr. Gilbert, the name of the cat in the old story of ``Reynard the Fox'. in the ``Romaunt of the Rose', etc.] A male cat; a tomcat. [Obs.]
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Gib Gib, v. i. To act like a cat. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
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Gib Gib, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] A piece or slip of metal or wood, notched or otherwise, in a machine or structure, to hold other parts in place or bind them together, or to afford a bearing surface; -- usually held or adjusted by means of a wedge, key, or screw. Gib and key, or Gib and cotter (Steam Engine), the fixed wedge or gib, and the driving wedge,key, or cotter, used for tightening the strap which holds the brasses at the end of a connecting rod.
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Gib Gib, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gibbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Gibbing.] To secure or fasten with a gib, or gibs; to provide with a gib, or gibs. Gibbed lathe, an engine lathe in which the tool carriage is held down to the bed by a gib instead of by a weight.
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Gib Gib, v. i. To balk. See Jib, v. i. --Youatt.

Meaning of gib from wikipedia

- Look up gib, GiB, GIB, or Gib. in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Gib or GIB may refer to: Gibraltar, British overseas territory Gibraltar International...
- Memory 1024 KiB kibibyte KB kilobyte 10242 MiB mebibyte MB megabyte 10243 GiB gibibyte GB gigabyte 10244 TiB tebibyte TB terabyte 10245 PiB pebibyte —...
- Universe, or "Gnab Gib", as it is referred to, as they dine. The term is sometimes used in the mainstream, for example (as "gnaB giB") in Physics I For...
- Look up gibs in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. GIBS may refer to: General Inspection of Security Forces, Czech law enforcement which controls officers...
- via technical knockout. His professional boxing debut was against AnEsonGib in January 2020. He later faced and defeated former basketball player Nate...
- Maximum: 32 GiB, with 2, 4 or 8 GiB in base Video: Integrated: Intel HD Graphics 4600 (Up to 1.7 GiB system) Additional: NVIDIA GeForce GT 635 (1 GiB DDR3)...
- Adam Gib (15 April 1714 – 14 June 1788) was a Scottish religious leader, head of the Antiburgher section of the Scottish Secession Church. He reportedly...
- Drywall (also called plasterboard, dry lining, wallboard, sheet rock, gib board, gypsum board, buster board, turtles board, slap board, custard board...
- Gibanawa Region Jega, Nigeria Native speakers None Language family Hausa-based pidgin Language codes ISO 639-3 gib Glottolog giba1240 ELP Gibanawa...
- GIB Group (Grand Bazar Innovation Bon Marché) was a Belgian conglomerate, consisting of various retail and restaurant chains that existed until 2002....