Rib, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ribbed p. pr. & vb. n. Ribbing.]
 1. To furnish with ribs; to form with rising lines and channels; as, to rib cloth.
 2. To inclose, as with ribs, and protect; to shut in.
 It [lead] were too gross
 To rib her cerecloth in the obscure grave.   --Shak.
 To rib land, to leave strips of undisturbed ground between the furrows in plowing.
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