Part 4792

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To hang and expose on a gibbet.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To expose to infamy; to blacken.</def>

<blockquote>I'll <b>gibbet</b> up his name. <i>Oldham.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Gibbier</h1> <Xpage=624>

<hw>Gib"bier</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>gibier</ets>.]</ety> <def>Wild fowl; game.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Addison.</i>

<h1>Gibbon</h1> <Xpage=624>

<hw>Gib"bon</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>gibbon</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Any arboreal ape of the genus <spn>Hylobates</spn>, of which many species and varieties inhabit the East Indies and Southern Asia. They are tailless and without cheek pouches, and have very long arms, adapted for climbing.</def>

<-- common subtypes --> <note>&hand; The white-handed gibbon (<spn>Hylobates lar</spn>), the crowned (<spn>H. pilatus</spn>), the wou-wou or singing gibbon (<spn>H. agilis</spn>), the siamang, and the hoolock. are the most common species.</note>

<h1>Gib boom</h1> <Xpage=624>

<hw>Gib" boom`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>See <er>Jib boom</er>.</def>

<h1>Gibbose</h1> <Xpage=624>

<hw>Gib*bose"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>gibbosus</ets>, fr. <ets>gibbus</ets>, <ets>gibba</ets>, hunch, hump. Cf. <er>Gibbous</er>.]</ety> <def>Humped; protuberant; -- said of a surface which presents one or more large elevations.</def>

<i>Brande & C.</i>

<h1>Gibbostity</h1> <Xpage=624>

<hw>Gib*bost"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>gibbosit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>The state of being gibbous or gibbose; gibbousness.</def>

<h1>Gibbous</h1> <Xpage=624>

<hw>Gib"bous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>gibbeux</ets>. See <er>Gibbose</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant; convex; <as>as, the moon is <ex>gibbous</ex> between the half-moon and the full moon</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The bones will rise, and make a <b>gibbous</b> member. <i>Wiseman.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Hunched; hump-backed.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

-- <wordforms><wf>Gib"bous*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Gib"bous*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Gibbsite</h1> <Xpage=624>

<hw>Gibbs"ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Named after George <ets>Gibbs</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A hydrate of alumina.</def>

<h1>Gib-cat</h1> <Xpage=624>

<hw>Gib"-cat`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A male cat, esp. an old one. See lst <er>Gib</er>. <tt>n.</tt></def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>