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noun

Jib n.

(Naut.) A triangular sail set upon a stay or halyard extending from the foremast or fore-topmast to the bowsprit or the jib boom. Large vessels often carry several jibs; as, inner jib; outer jib; flying jib; etc.

(Mach.) The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended.

One that jibs, or balks; a jibber.

A stationary condition; a standstill.

Jib boom (Naut.), a spar or boom which serves as an extension of the bowsprit. It is sometimes extended by another spar called the flying jib boom. (Written also gib boom)

Jib crane (Mach.), a crane having a horizontal jib on which a trolley moves, bearing the load.

Jib door (Arch.), a door made flush with the wall, without dressings or moldings; a disguised door.

Jib header (Naut.), a gaff-topsail, shaped like a jib; a jib-headed topsail.

Jib topsail (Naut.), a small jib set above and outside of all the other jibs.

The cut of one's jib, one's outward appearance. (Colloq.)

verb

Jibb, Jib v. t. & v. i. (past & past part. jibbed; pres. part. jibbing) (Chiefly Naut.) To shift, or swing round, as a sail, boom, yard, etc., as in tacking.

Jib v. i. (Written also jibb) To move restively backward or sidewise, said of a horse; to balk. (Eng.)

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... door-winder from the corridore, and p'isoned the atmosphere. And he didn't like it." And thus history repeats itself. 'T is all very well for the sticklers for Wesleyan gentility to deny that John Bunyan was a gypsy, but he who in his life cannot read Romany between the lines knows not the jib nor the cut thereof. Tough was J. B., "and de-vil-ish sly," and altogether a much better man than many suppose him ...

— The Gypsies • Charles G. Leland

... cried Dr. Silence from his seat in the bows where he held the jib sheet. His hat was off, his hair tumbled in the wind, and his lean brown face gave him the touch of an Oriental. Presently he changed places with Sangree, and came down to talk with me by ...

— Three More John Silence Stories • Algernon Blackwood

... she broke from her anchor and drifted rapidly up-stream. This was the highest and most powerful spring tide, and the situation was full of peril. The captain, Wilcox, calmly took the helm himself, steered toward the bank and ordered his men to leap to the ground from the jib-boom, carrying the kedge anchor. By this means the mad rush of the vessel was stopped, and by the use of logs and cables she was kept a safe distance from the bank. When the stores were finally landed they turned gratefully but apprehensively toward the sea, which they ...

— The Romance of the Colorado River • Frederick S. Dellenbaugh

... as well as the arm. Do not let the animal eat up the soul. Let the body be the well-fashioned hulk, and the mind the white sails, all hoisted, everything, from flying jib to spanker, bearing on toward the harbor of glorious achievement. When that boat starts, we want to be on the bank to cheer, and after sundown help fill ...

— Around The Tea-Table • T. De Witt Talmage

... from the deck at the mouth of the ravine, tangled in an undisturbed growth of bushes. He sailed close enough to exchange hails with the workmen, shading their eyes on the edge of the sheer drop of the cliff overhung by the jib-head of a powerful crane. He perceived that none of them had any occasion even to approach the ravine where the silver lay hidden; let alone to enter it. In the harbour he learned that no one slept on the island. The labouring gangs returned to port every evening, singing chorus songs ...

— Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard • Joseph Conrad

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