Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Ribbon

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Ribbon


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(1):

(n.) A narrow strip or shred; as, a steel or magnesium ribbon; sails torn to ribbons.

(2):

(n.) A fillet or narrow woven fabric, commonly of silk, used for trimming some part of a woman's attire, for badges, and other decorative purposes.

(3):

(n.) Same as Rib-band.

(4):

(n.) Driving reins.

(5):

(n.) A bearing similar to the bend, but only one eighth as wide.

(6):

(n.) A silver.

(7):

(v. t.) To adorn with, or as with, ribbons; to mark with stripes resembling ribbons.