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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 –...
- Look up gibs in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. GIBS may refer to: General Inspection of Security Forces, Czech law enforcement which controls officers...
- 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...
- Gib I. Mihăescu (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈd͡ʒib mihəˈesku]; born Gheorghe I. Mihăescu; April 23, 1894 – October 19, 1935) was a Romanian prose writer...
- crane to support the load clear of the main support. An archaic spelling is gib. Usually jib arms are attached to a vertical mast or tower or sometimes to...
- "Komm, gib mir deine Hand" and "Sie liebt dich" (English: "Come, Give Me Your Hand" and "She Loves You") are German-language versions of "I Want to Hold...
- actor. He pla**** Professor Roy Hinkley in Gilligan's Island and Marshal Gib Scott in Black Saddle. Johnson was born in Ashley, Pennsylvania, on November...
- GIB Group (Grand Bazar Innovation Bon Marché) was a Belgian conglomerate, consisting of various retail and restaurant chains that existed until 2002....
- clarifies that a gigabyte (GB) is 109 bytes and specifies the term gibibyte (GiB) to denote 230 bytes. These differences are still readily seen, for example...