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ribband
▪ I. ribband, n. (ˈrɪbənd) Also 8–9 rib-band, 9 riband. [Taken as f. rib. n.1 + band, but possibly a transferred use of ribband, var. of riband n.: cf. ribbon n. 8.] 1. In shipbuilding, a long narrow flexible piece of timber, of which a number are nailed or bolted externally to the ribs of a ship fr...
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Ribband Group
Its top is faulted against the Tremadocian Ballyhoge Formation of the Ribband group. These two formations comprise the oldest strata assigned to the Ribband Group.
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ribbin
▪ I. † ˈribbin Obs. Cant. Also 9 ribband. [Perh. identical with ribbon.] Money.a 1700 B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Ribbin, money. 1796 Grose's Dict. Vulgar T. (ed. 3), The ribbin runs thick; i.e. there is plenty of money. 1812 J. H. Vaux Flash Dict., Ribband, money in general.▪ II. ribbin obs. variant of...
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Blue ribbon badge
bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments, throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband
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riband
▪ I. riband, n. Now arch. (ˈrɪbənd) Forms: α. 4–6 ryban (5 -anne), reban (6 -en), 4–7 riban, 5, 7 ribban; 4–5 ribane, 5 ry-, rebane, rebayn; 5, 7 riben. β. 5–6 ryband, 6 re-, 6– riband; 6 ri-, ry-, reabande; 5 ribawnde, 6 rebaund; 5 re-, 6 rybende. γ. 6–9 ribband. See also ribbon and ruban. [a. OF. ...
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Barbara Ovstedal
(1972)
Fair Wind of Love (1974) (published under the pseudonym Barbara Douglas by Doubleday U.S.A, 1980)
The Smuggler's Bride (1975)
Ride the Blue Ribband
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ribandman
ˈribandman rare. = Ribbonman.1820 Lond. Mag. Mar. 356/2 The detachment of police stationed at Ballintubber succeeded..in apprehending four ribband-men. 1858 Illustr. Times 4 Dec. 381 The calculations of the Ribandmen.
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Necklet
from neck riband
Some nations confer honors which are signified in the form of a badge which is worn suspended from a ribbon (also known as riband or ribband
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tighter
† ˈtighter Obs. rare. [f. tight v.3 + -er1.] 1. One who makes tight the seams of ships; a caulker.1611 Cotgr., Goildronneur, a pitcher, trimmer, or tighter of ships. 1653 Urquhart Rabelais ii. xxx, Julius Cæsar and Pompey were boatwrights and tighters of ships. 2. ‘A ribband or string by which women...
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Breitengüßbach
argent a farmer with waistcoat and kneebreeches azure, shirt and stockings gules and pointed hat sable, holding in his right hand a staff sable with ribband
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appending
aˈppending, ppl. a. [f. append v.1 + -ing2.] = appendant.1527 Andrew Brunswyke's Distyll. Waters A j, The appendyng gowtes of laxatyfe medycynes. 1624 Heywood Gunaik. iii. 137 The casualties appending on so harsh a journey. 1662 Fuller Worthies (1840) III. 461 Appending to this cathedral is the Chap...
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Osbournby
hours, wherein several feats of agility were shewn, it was decided in favour of the youths of Billingbor'; on which occasion they wore favours of blue ribband
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Euphues
Euphues (ˈjuːfjuːiːz) [Gr. εὐϕυής well-endowed by nature, f. εὐ- (see eu-) + ϕυή growth, f. ϕύειν to produce, in pass. to grow. The adoption of this word by Lyly as the name of a personage of fiction was suggested by the passage of Ascham quoted below.] The name of the chief character in John Lyly's...
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William Lithgow (shipbuilder)
After building 34 ships totalling over 70,000 tons in one year, Lithgow and his partners won the 1890 Blue Ribband award for maximum output.
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Coat of arms of Burkina Faso
Official blazon
one escutcheon bearing in the chief on a ribband argent the name of the country: "BURKINA FASO";
in fess point an inescutcheon of two
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