Rib"bon (?), n. [OE. riban, OF.
riban, F. ruban, probably of German origin; cf. D.
ringband collar, necklace, E. ring circle, and
band.] [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]
London Athenæum.
5. (Her.) A bearing similar to the
bend, but only one eighth as wide.
6. (Spinning) A silver.
&fist; 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. (Zoöl.)
(a) Any elongated, compressed, ribbon-shaped
marine fish of the family Trachypteridæ, 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 (C. 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 (Zoöl.), a North Pacific seal
(Histriophoca fasciata). The adult male is dark brown,
conspicuously banded and striped with yellowish white. --
Ribbon snake (Zoöl.), 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. -- Ribborn worm.
(Zoöl.) (a) A tapeworm.
(b) A nemertean.
Rib"bon, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Ribboned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Ribboning.] To adorn with, or as with, ribbons; to mark
with stripes resembling ribbons.
Rib"bon (?), n. [OE. riban, OF.
riban, F. ruban, probably of German origin; cf. D.
ringband collar, necklace, E. ring circle, and
band.] [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]
London Athenæum.
5. (Her.) A bearing similar to the
bend, but only one eighth as wide.
6. (Spinning) A silver.
&fist; 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. (Zoöl.)
(a) Any elongated, compressed, ribbon-shaped
marine fish of the family Trachypteridæ, 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 (C. 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 (Zoöl.), a North Pacific seal
(Histriophoca fasciata). The adult male is dark brown,
conspicuously banded and striped with yellowish white. --
Ribbon snake (Zoöl.), 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. -- Ribborn worm.
(Zoöl.) (a) A tapeworm.
(b) A nemertean.
Rib"bon, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Ribboned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Ribboning.] To adorn with, or as with, ribbons; to mark
with stripes resembling ribbons.
