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Gib"bous (?), a. [Cf. F. gibbeux. See Gibbose.]

1. Swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant; convex; as, the moon is gibbous between the half- moon and the full moon.

The bones will rise, and make a gibbous member.

Wiseman.

2. Hunched; hump-backed. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

-- Gib"bous*ly, adv. -- Gib"bous*ness, n.

Gibbs"ite (?), n. [Named after George Gibbs.] (Min.) A hydrate of alumina.

Gib"-cat` (?), n. A male cat, esp. an old one. See lst Gib. n. [Obs.] Shak.

Gibe (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gibed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gibing.] [Cf. Prov. F. giber, equiv. to F. jouer to play, Icel. geipa to talk nonsense, E. jabber.] To cast reproaches and sneering expressions; to rail; to utter taunting, sarcastic words; to flout; to fleer; to scoff.

Fleer and gibe, and laugh and flout.

Swift.

Gibe, v. i. To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride; to scoff at; to mock.

Draw the beasts as I describe them, From their features, while I gibe them.

Swift.

Gibe, n. An expression of sarcastic scorn; a sarcastic jest; a scoff; a taunt; a sneer.

Mark the fleers, the gibes, and notable scorns.

Shak.

With solemn gibe did Eustace banter me.

Tennyson.

||Gib"el (?), n. [G. gibel, giebel.] (Zoˆl.) A kind of carp (Cyprinus ||gibelio); -- called also Prussian carp.

Gib"er (?) n. One who utters gibes. B. Jonson.

Gib"fish` (?), n. The male of the salmon. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

Gib"ing*ly (?), adv. In a gibing manner; scornfully.

Gib"let (?), a. Made of giblets; as, a giblet pie.

Gib"lets (?), n. pl. [OE. gibelet, OF. gibelet game: cf. F. gibelotte stewed rabbit. Cf. Gibbier.] The inmeats, or edible viscera (heart, gizzard, liver, etc.), of poultry.

Gib"staff` (?), n. [Prov. E. gib a hooked stick + E. staff.] 1. A staff to guage water, or to push a boat.

2. A staff formerly used in fighting beasts on the stage. [Obs.] Bailey.

Gid (?), n. [Cf. Giddy, a.] A disease of sheep, characterized by vertigo; the staggers. It is caused by the presence of the C&?;nurus, a larval tapeworm, in the brain. See C&?;nurus.