jib
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She also uses a floating router jib for most of their joinery since the machine can’t rest on the wood’s uneven surface.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026
Byers started thinking about imaginary books 15 years ago, when he was having a jib door — a door disguised as part of a wall of bookshelves — made for his private library.
From New York Times ● Dec. 4, 2024
To borrow the old sailing expression, they liked the cut of his jib.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2024
The jib came around and pulled taut, and after a few clockwise spins to tighten with my winch, we were tacking toward our destination.
From Seattle Times ● May 11, 2023
He went back down into the cabin and opened the front hatch to loosen the pinched jib.
From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen
You swerved; you shied; you jibbed; you baulked.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 6, 2016
But the leaders of the 125-lawyer firm jibbed at his demands.
From Time Magazine Archive
But when Congress jibbed a bit, the President said he could accept a $1.3 billion "bookkeeping" cut.
From Time Magazine Archive
To see old Zwaartland then holding his ground, never for one moment turning or wavering while the others backed jibbed and swayed and dragged him staggering backwards, made one’s heart ache.
From Jock of the Bushveld by Sir Percy Fitzpatrick
"Starboard horizontal rudder has jibbed, sir," announced one of the crew.
From The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
Security Minister Dan Jarvis said that the problem was a recurring one, telling MPs that "forced entry, tailgating, and so-called jibbing, are not victimless acts".
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2025
You find the jibbing echos of the movement in Rom-Coms like "Scott Pilgrim Versus the World" today.
From New York Times ● Sep. 17, 2016
Former House Speaker John Boehner cried frequently enough during his tenure that it became expected—so at least the jibbing he received didn’t make him feel the need to hide his emotions.
From Time ● Feb. 8, 2016
Eric Crozier is here and doing his stuff without jibbing, and I seem able to turn honest English prose with duetinnos or arias when required to do so.
From The Guardian ● May 6, 2010
It was a kindly thought, but Raymond Lyle, who was a confirmed bachelor living under his self-willed sister’s wing, had evidently guessed my interest and 70 remembered the incident of the jibbing team.
From Lorimer of the Northwest by Alfred James Dewey
