Rib"ald*ry (?), n. [OE. ribaldrie, ribaudrie, OF. ribalderie,
ribauderie.] The talk of a ribald; low, vulgar language; indecency;
obscenity; lewdness; -- now chiefly applied to indecent language, but
formerly, as by Chaucer, also to indecent acts or conduct.
The ribaldry of his conversation moved &?;stonishment even in that
age.
Macaulay.
Rib"an (?), n. See Ribbon. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
Rib"and (?), n. See Ribbon.
Riband jasper (Min.), a variety of jasper having stripes of different
colors, as red and green.
Rib"and, n. (Naut.) See Rib-band. Totten.
Rib"and*ed, a. Ribboned. B. Jonson.
Rib"aud (?), n. A ribald. [Obs.] P. Plowman.
||Ri*bau"de*quin (?), n. [F.] 1. An engine of war used in the Middle
||Ages, consisting of a protected elevated staging on wheels, and armed
||in front with pikes. It was (after the 14th century) furnished with
||small cannon.
2. A huge bow fixed on the wall of a fortified town for casting
javelins.
{ Rib"aud*red (?), Rib"aud*rous (?), } a. Filthy; obscene; ribald.
[Obs.]
Rib"aud*ry (?), n. Ribaldry. [Obs.] Spenser.
Rib"aud*y (?), n. Ribaldry. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Rib"auld (?), n. A ribald. [Obs.] Spenser.
Rib"band (?), n. A ribbon. Pope.
Rib"band` (?), n. [Rib + band.] [Written also riband, and ribbon.]
(Shipbuilding) A long, narrow strip of timber bent and bolted
longitudinally to the ribs of a vessel, to hold them in position, and
give rigidity to the framework.
Rib-band lines, oblique longitudinal sections of the hull of a vessel.
Knight.
Ribbed (?), a. 1. Furnished or formed with ribs; as, a ribbed cylinder;
ribbed cloth.
2. (Mining) Intercalated with slate; -- said of a seam of coal.
Raymond.
Rib"bing (?), n. An assemblage or arrangement of ribs, as the
timberwork for the support of an arch or coved ceiling, the veins in
the leaves of some plants, ridges in the fabric of cloth, or the like.
Rib"bon (?), n. [OE. riban, OF. riban, F. ruban, probably of German
origin; cf. D. ringband collar, necklace, E. ring circle, and band.]
[Written also riband, ribband.] 1. 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.
2. A narrow strip or shred; as, a steel or magnesium ribbon; sails torn
to ribbons.