Gib /(?)/

Gib

n.
  1. A male cat; a tomcat. [Obs.]

Gib

v. i.
  1. To act like a cat. [Obs.]

Gib

n.
  1. A piece or slip of metal or wood, notched or otherwise, in a machine or structure, to hold other parts in place or bind them together, or to afford a bearing surface; -- usually held or adjusted by means of a wedge, key, or screw.

Phrases & Compounds
Gib and key
the fixed wedge or gib, and the driving wedge,key, or cotter, used for tightening the strap which holds the brasses at the end of a connecting rod.

Gib

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Gibbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Gibbing

  1. To secure or fasten with a gib, or gibs; to provide with a gib, or gibs.

Phrases & Compounds
Gibbed lathe
an engine lathe in which the tool carriage is held down to the bed by a gib instead of by a weight.

Gib

v. i.
  1. To balk. See Jib, v. i.