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noun

Ribbon n. (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.

3.

(Shipbuilding) Same as Rib-band.

4.

pl. Driving reins. (Cant)

5.

(Her.) A bearing similar to the bend, but only one eighth as wide.

6.

(Spinning) A silver. Note: The blue ribbon, and The red ribbon, are phrases often used to designate the British orders of the Garter and of the Bath, respectively, the badges of which are suspended by ribbons of these colors. See Blue ribbon, under Blue.

Ribbon fish. (Zool.)

(a)

Any elongated, compressed, ribbon-shaped marine fish of the family Trachypteridae, especially the species of the genus Trachypterus, and the oarfish (Regelecus Banksii) of the North Atlantic, which is sometimes over twenty feet long.

(b)

The hairtail, or bladefish.

(c)

A small compressed marine fish of the genus Cepola, having a long, slender, tapering tail. The European species (Cepola rubescens) is light red throughout. Called also band fish.

Ribbon grass (Bot.), a variety of reed canary grass having the leaves stripped with green and white; called also Lady's garters. See Reed grass, under Reed.

Ribbon seal (Zool.), a North Pacific seal (Histriophoca fasciata). The adult male is dark brown, conspicuously banded and striped with yellowish white.

Ribbon snake (Zool.), a common North American snake (Eutainia saurita). It is conspicuously striped with bright yellow and dark brown.

Ribbon Society, a society in Ireland, founded in the early part of the 19th century in antagonism to the Orangemen. It afterwards became an organization of tennant farmers banded together to prevent eviction by landlords. It took its name from the green ribbon worn by members as a badge.

Ribbon worm. (Zool.)

(a)

A tapeworm.

(b)

A nemertean.

verb

Ribbon v. t. (past & past part. ribboned; pres. part. ribboning) To adorn with, or as with, ribbons; to mark with stripes resembling ribbons.

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"Ribbon" Quotes from Famous Books

... little vizored cap of white leghorn, which may either have been the latest thing in children's hats, or some bit of ancient finery furbished up for the occasion. It was trimmed with a twist of buff ribbon and a cluster of black and orange porcupine quills, which hung or bristled stiffly over one ear, giving her the quaintest and most unusual appearance. Her face was without color and sharp in outline. As to features, she must have ...

— Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm • Kate Douglas Wiggin

... to counsel his followers against a parade. They howled him down, however, and hotter heads took charge of the meeting. A dozen girls, with rolls of red ribbon, pinned a scarlet strip on the lapel of each man's coat as he entered the meeting hall. Red neckties were abundant. Red hat bands made their appearance. ...

— The Red Conspiracy • Joseph J. Mereto

... way I feel, lots of times," said Perry defiantly. "I'm tired of being clean and white, and I'm tired of dinner jackets, and I'm sick to death of hotel porches! Gee, a healthy chap never was intended to lead the life of a white poodle with a pink ribbon around his neck! ...

— The Adventure Club Afloat • Ralph Henry Barbour

... generally spent Sunday in London, and during that autumn, when walking on a Sunday in Piccadilly, I noticed more than once that the majority of the well-dressed persons promenading on the northern side of the street were Frenchmen—most of them wearing the ribbon of the Legion of Honour. They were chiefly Imperialists, for whom there was no place in France under the new regime, and they had flocked to London literally in thousands, so that the great West End thoroughfare resounded at times with the ...

— Memoirs of Sir Wemyss Reid 1842-1885 • Stuart J. Reid, ed.

... other at a theatre. Wherever it is, I shall just reach right out and grab him and whisk him away. And if he's married already, he'll have to get a divorce. And I shan't care who he is. He may be any one. I don't mind if he's a ribbon clerk or a prize-fighter or a policeman or a cab-driver, so long as he's ...

— The Coming of Bill • P. G. Wodehouse

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