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Webster 1913 Edition

Gib

Gib

,
Noun.
[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.]

Gib

,
Verb.
I.
To act like a cat.
[Obs.]
Beau. & Fl.

Gib

,
Noun.
[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.

Gib

,
Verb.
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.

Gib

,
Verb.
I.
To balk. See
Jib
,
Verb.
I.
Youatt.

Webster 1828 Edition

Gib

GIB

,
Noun.
A cat. [Not in use.]

GIB

,
Verb.
I.
To act like a cat. [Not in use.]

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