† ribbisn.
Obsolete. rare.
Apparently: a type of toothed iron plate used in cloth-making.
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1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 348/1 The Ribbis is a piece of Plate Iron, cut with Teeth like a Saw; with it the Cloth Worker lays the Wool of the Cloth by drawing it over the same.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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n.1688- put one's heart and soul into
- put one's heart and soul into something
- put one's heart into
- put one's horse at a fence
- put one's house in order
- put one's mind to
- put one's money on
- put one's money where one's mouth is
- put one's motty in
- put one's name into the hat
- put one's name to
- put one's neck in a noose
- put one's neck out
- put one's nose inside
- put one's nose to the grindstone
- put one's oar in
- put one's own house in order
- put one's shirt on
- put one's shoulder out
- put one's shoulder to the wheel
- put one's skates on
- put one's toe in
- put one's toe in the water
- put one's whole heart into
- put one'the finger on