Gib

n.	1.	A male cat; a tomcat.
v. i.	1.	To act like a cat.
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. Gib and key (Steam Engine) 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.
v. t.	1.	To secure or fasten with a gib, or gibs; to provide with a gib, or gibs. [imp. & p. p. Gibbed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Gibbing.] Gibbed lathe an engine lathe in which the tool carriage is held down to the bed by a gib instead of by a weight.
v. i.	1.	To balk. See Jib, v. i.

Noun

1.

gib - a castrated tomcat

tom, tomcat

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