Noun : an umbrella rib. From Dictionary.com.
We had often 'ribbed' each other as Bell expressed it. From Wordnik.com. [Planet Mechanica]
Its clothes for Penney will have texture such as ribbed fabrics or patterns. From Wordnik.com. [Men's Fashion Line Trades Down] Reference
A "ribbed" finish on the vertical surfaces makes it impervious to finger prints. From Wordnik.com. [eHam.net News] Reference
First glume of sessile spikelets closely transversely ribbed. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
Sandy-Hogges wooll, ribbed with black silke, and winged with a. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Angling Wherein are discovered many rare secrets, very necessary to be knowne by all that delight in that recreation] Reference
Cores similar to these were used in molding the ribbed floor for the. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
Work always in back vein of stitch to produce the ribbed or striped effect. From Wordnik.com. [Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet] Reference
You will find these trees ribbed and ridged to about half way down the row. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Fourth Annual Meeting Washington D.C. November 18 and 19, 1913] Reference
From its long, ribbed hood to its tapered boat tail, this coupe is a stunner. From Wordnik.com. [Road Test: Crossfire] Reference
Hare's neck, ribbed with light brown silk, -- ginger coloured hackle for legs. From Wordnik.com. [The Teesdale Angler] Reference
The green and blue-ribbed hills rose behind the cove; the water lay sparkling in it. From Wordnik.com. [Janice Day at Poketown] Reference
This is a scenario that will no doubt frighten rock-ribbed Orange County Republicans. From Wordnik.com. [You Can’t Go Home Again] Reference
I finally reached the centerpiece and opened its enormous door inset by ribbed masonry. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt from De Imitatio Calembouri] Reference
“We've got plain, ribbed, magnum and strawberry-flavored,” he said in a nasal whine. From Wordnik.com. [Mississippi Blues] Reference
At one official luncheon, Atwood says, the president ribbed him about Hillary's cash grabs. From Wordnik.com. [Inside Hillary's D.C. Game] Reference
Take the hair of a black Spaniel for dubbing, ribbed with gold twist, and a red hackle over all. From Wordnik.com. [The Teesdale Angler] Reference
Sicilienne, the proper name, was made in the Island of Sicily as a heavy ribbed, all silk fabric. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades] Reference
The tricot line is similar to the rib line in a ribbed cloth except that it is not so pronounced. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades] Reference
Inside of Woodcock's wing, -- body orange coloured silk neatly ribbed, -- hackle from a grouse for legs. From Wordnik.com. [The Teesdale Angler] Reference
Body dark Peacock's herl, -- ribbed with gold tinsel, -- green silk, black, brown or red hackle over all. From Wordnik.com. [The Teesdale Angler] Reference
The ribbed portions cause them to fit snugly, so they are not likely to slip down and off the little feet. From Wordnik.com. [Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet] Reference
Body greenish herl of Peacock, -- ribbed with gold tinsel, -- wrapt with red silk, -- red hackle over all. From Wordnik.com. [The Teesdale Angler] Reference
Blue Jeans has thick lips and the left side curls back unevenly, pulled toward the cheekbone by a ribbed scar. From Wordnik.com. [Blue Jeans and Black Leather] Reference
I toss joss sticks, knee-socks, and condoms (ribbed especially for her pleasure) in my satchel, and drive over. From Wordnik.com. [ll Book That Therapy Appointment Soon] Reference
The building, chiefly Decorated with Perpendicular tower, is specially notable for its admirable ribbed vaulting. From Wordnik.com. [The Cornwall Coast] Reference
A narrow strip of gray sand, ribbed with the wave wash to the very foot of the reddish brown bowlders that bounded it. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
The Camlet Fly -- dubbed with dark brown shining camlet, ribbed over with green silk, wings, grey feather of a mallard. From Wordnik.com. [The Teesdale Angler] Reference
It took half an hour to reach the last level, a ghastly, black, and iron-ribbed cañon bed, with the river splitting it. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories] Reference
Meanwhile, President Obama continued to enjoy his vacation on Martha's Vineyard even though some in the media ribbed him for it. From Wordnik.com. [Ben Bell: HuffPost Thursday: Meetup to Discuss Jimmy Carter, Ken Mehlman, Google's New Phone Feature] Reference
And the teen vampire movie Twilight is ribbed, as Ker's cadaverous Lothario gets shirty when repeatedly told how tasty garlic is. From Wordnik.com. [Penny Dreadfuls] Reference
I had always been a little more radical than my father, who came from a rock-ribbed Yankee tradition of hard work and stern attitudes. From Wordnik.com. [The Boundary Line] Reference
Geneva had it all wrong with a pastel-colored music box, painted with impressionist-styled daisies and tied up in gold-ribbed pink bow. From Wordnik.com. [In Small Packages] Reference
Jordan rubbed a piece of glistening steak fat on my collar bone and without thinking, I pulled my green ribbed tank top right over my head. From Wordnik.com. [Cow Juice] Reference
In America, a constitution is as easily overhauled, new-ribbed, and launched again, as ever a sloop-of-war was dry-docked and new-coppered. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847.] Reference
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