† ribbisn.
Obsolete. rare.
Apparently: a type of toothed iron plate used in cloth-making.
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1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 348/1 The Ribbis is a piece of Plate Iron, cut with Teeth like a Saw; with it the Cloth Worker lays the Wool of the Cloth by drawing it over the same.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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- sinico-indian
- sinico-japanese
- sinico-korean
- sinicoannamite
- sinicoannamitic
- sinicofrench
- sinicoindian
- sinicojapanese
- sinicokorean
- sinification
- sinified
- sinify
- sinigang
- sinigrin
- sining
- sinister
- sinister bar
- sinister bend
- sinister interest
- sinister-handed
- sinister-looking
- sinister-minded
- sinister-sounding
- sinisterhanded