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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1657
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(Rib,) Ribb, v. [e.m.E. rib (a1547); Rib n.] tr. To furnish with ribs. See Rib n. 2 b. —1657 Edinb. B. Rec. IX 56.
To ribb and floore all the haill schooll … with dight daills
