RIBALDRY Rib"ald*ry, n. Etym: [OE. ribaldrie, ribaudrie, OF. ribalderie, ribauderie.]
Defn: The talk of a ribald; low, vulgar language; indecency; obscenity; lewdness; — now chiefly applied to indecent language, but formerly, as by Chaucer, also to indecent acts or conduct. The ribaldry of his conversation moved Macaulay.
RIBAN
Rib"an, n.
Defn: See Ribbon. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
RIBAND
Rib"and, n.
Defn: See Ribbon. Riband jasper (Min.), a variety of jasper having stripes of different colors, as red and green.
RIBAND
Rib"and, n. (Naut.)
Defn: See Rib-band. Totten.
RIBANDED
Rib"and*ed, a.
Defn: Ribboned. B. Jonson.