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noun
1.
a hooked prolongation that develops during the spawning season on the lower jaw of a male salmon or trout.
2.
Machinery.
a.
a thin, wedgelike strip of metal for controlling the area in which a moving part, as the table of a milling machine, slides.
b.
a keylike part having a head at each end, used with a matching cotter as a fastening.
3.
(in carpentry or ironwork) a heavy metal strap for fastening two members together.
verb (used with object)
4.
to fasten (parts) together by means of a gib.
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Gibs
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
Origin:
1555–65; origin uncertain
1555–65; origin uncertain
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