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ribibe
† ribibe, n. Obs. Forms: 5 rybybe, ribup(e, 6 rybibe. [ad. OF. rubebe, rebebe (hence MDu. rebebe), It. ribebba (Florio), ad. Arab. rebāb.] 1. = rebeck. The Cambr., Petw., and Lansd. MSS. read rubybe, rybibe, and rebibe in Chaucer Miller's T. 145, where the correct reading is rubible: see ribible.c 1...
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ribibour
† ribibour Obs. In 5 rybibour, ribibor. [f. ribibe n.] One who plays on a ribibe.1362 Langl. P. Pl. A. v. 165 A ribibor [v.r. rybibour], a ratoner, a rakere of Chepe.
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ribible
riˈbible Obs. exc. Hist. Forms: 4 rouwe-, row-, 5 ru-, ribible. [ad. OF. rubebe (see prec.); the ending may have been influenced by the musical terms trible, quadrible, quinible.] = ribibe n. 1.13.. Pol. Songs (Camden) 327 He..rat on the rouwe-bible and on other book no mo. c 1386 Chaucer Miller's T...
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rebeck
▪ I. † reˈbeck, n. Obs.—1 [Of obscure origin: connexion with next is doubtful, but cf. ribibe.] A term of abuse applied to a woman.c 1386 Chaucer Friar's T. 275 Brother, quod he, heere woneth an old rebekke That hadde almoost as lief to lese hire nekke As for to yeue a peny of hir good.▪ II. † reˈbe...
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rebab
rebab (rɪˈbæb) Also rabab(a, rabap, rebaba, rubabah, etc. [a. colloq. Arab. rebāb, classical Arab. rabāb in the same sense: cf. ribibe n.] A plucked or bowed stringed instrument of Arabian origin, now in use in North Africa and the Middle East, and among the Islamic populations of the Indian sub-con...
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rebec
rebec Chiefly Hist. (ˈriːbɛk) Forms: 6–7 rebecke, (7 -beke), 6–9 rebeck, (7 rebbeck); 8– rebec, (8 rebbec). [a. F. rebec († rabec, 15th c.) = med.L. rebeca (c 1400), It. ribeca, Pg. rebeca, rabeca, app. variants of the forms cited under ribibe, but the alteration in the final consonant has not been ...
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bribe
▪ I. bribe, n. (braɪb) Also 5–6 brybe. [Bribe n. and vb., and brybour, appear together in Chaucer and his contemporaries: their previous history is obscure. OF. had bribe in sense of ‘piece of bread, frustum panis’, esp. ‘a peece, lumpe, or cantill of bread giuen vnto a beggar’ (Cotgr.); the same se...
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