Gib
[gib]
Definition
(n.) A male cat; a tomcat.
(v. i.) To act like a cat.
(n.) 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.
(v. t.) To secure or fasten with a gib, or gibs; to provide with a gib, or gibs.
(v. i.) To balk. See Jib, v. i.
Edited by Everett
Definition
n. a cat—Also Gib′-cat (Shak.).
n. the projecting arm of a crane: a wedge-shaped piece of metal holding another in place &c.—v.t. to fasten with such.
Checked by Blanchard