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单词 ribber
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ribbern.1

Forms: late Middle English rybbere, late Middle English ribbere.
Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rib v.1, rib n.3, -er suffix1.
Etymology: Apparently < either rib v.1 or rib n.3 + -er suffix1, although attested earlier than either of these words.Earliest attested as a surname.
Obsolete.
1. A person who cleans flax.
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1312 in B. Thuresson Middle Eng. Occup. Terms (1950) 204 (MED) Thom. le Rybbere.
a1475 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Harl. 875) (1960) A. v. l. 165 (MED) Ribbere [c1400 Trin. Cambr. a redyngkyng & rose þe disshere..Ȝeue glotoun wiþ glad chiere good ale to hansele].
2. Apparently: = rib n.3 N. E. D. (1909) notes that quot. ?a1500 ‘may be the source of Halliwell's Rib, a scraper or rasp for bread.’ Cf. quot. 1847 at rib n.3
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > treating or processing flax, hemp, or jute > [noun] > other equipment
riba1325
ribber?a1500
suction pipe1793
?a1500 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 575/47 Instrumentum pistoris, a rybbere.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

ribbern.2

Brit. /ˈrɪbə/, U.S. /ˈrɪbər/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rib n.1, -er suffix1, rib v.2
Etymology: < rib n.1 + -er suffix1. In sense 2 perhaps < rib v.2 + -er suffix1; compare rib v.2 2c.
1. slang (originally Boxing). A blow on or about the ribs. Now rare.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > actions or positions
first bloodc1540
guard1601
feint1684
in holds1713
shifting1793
rally1805
muzzler1811
one-two1811
stop1812
southpaw1813
fibbing1814
leveller1814
mouther1814
ribber1814
stomacher1814
teller1814
in-fighting1816
muzzling1819
weaving1821
out-fighting1831
arm guard1832
countering1858
counter1861
clinching1863
prop1869
clinch1875
right and left1887
hook-hit1890
hook1898
cross1906
lead1906
jolt1908
swing1910
body shot1918
head shot1927
bolo punch1950
snap-back1950
counterpunch1957
counterpunching1957
Ali shuffle1966
rope-a-dope1975
1814 Sporting Mag. 43 69 B. gave a tolerable ribber.
1824 P. Egan Boxiana II. 169 Turner gave him a left-handed facer, and also a severe ribber with his right.
1846 Bell's Life in London 9 Aug. 7/1 He met Parker..and, bringing up his right, gave him a ribber that laid him on the earth.
1910 L. Gawronsky Jrnl. in G. E. Polster Inside Looking Out (1990) vi. 158 I waited outside the door [of the asylum superintendent's office] for either a ‘clout’ or a ‘ribber’.
2. Knitting. A knitting machine, or an attachment to a knitting machine, for producing rib stitch.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > knitting > knitting machine
stocking-frame1710
stocking loom1715
stocking machine1843
ribber1877
knitter1890
raschel1926
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > knitting > knitting machine > parts of
sinkerc1689
jack sinkera1749
Jack1750
slur1796
needle1829
slay-bar1843
verge1854
ribber1877
thread-carrier1877
1877 Sci. Amer. 22 Dec. 383/3 Fig. 1 shows the conical cylinder or ribber at work.
1884 Rep. 15th Exhib. Mass. Charitable Mechanic Assoc. 143 The ‘Branson Automatic Ribber’, being a machine very ingeniously constructed for making any length of rib between the welts.
1934 G. W. Taylor & G. A. Dash Knitting Equipm. Seamless Hosiery Industry vii. 74 The Hosiery Code limited the use of knitting equipment, including ribbers, to two shifts totaling 80 hours per week.
1955 Mod. Textiles June 69/2 Fidelity Machine Co. showed their latest automatic ribber for half hose.
1976 Evening Post (Nottingham) 13 Dec. 14/8 (advt.) All models, ribbers and accessories available.
1999 Machine Knitting Monthly Dec. 60/4 (advt.) Knitmaster 321 knitting machine with ribber,..old but works.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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