An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

To RIB, v. a. To rib land, to give it half plowing, S.

Belg. gerib, ridged.

Ribbing, s. A slight plowing.
Stat. Acc.

RIBBALDAILL, RYBBALDY, s. Low dissipation.
Barbour.

O. Fr. ribauderie, libertinage, conduite de bandits.

RIBBAND. St Johnston's ribband, a halter, S.
Muse's Threnodie.

RYBEES, s. pl. Shoes called Turn-overs.
Sir Gawan.

O. Fr. ribé, trepointe de soulier.

RIBBLIE-RABBLIE, adj. Disordered, Loth.

Teut. rabbel-en, praecipitare verba.