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gib
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synonyms: grimalkin ???
tags: [obsolete] [zoology]
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Definition:{n} A male cat; a tomcat. [Obs.]{v} To act like a cat. [Obs.]Abbreviated fr. Gilbert, the name of the cat in the old story of "Reynard the Fox". in the "Romaunt of the Rose", etc.Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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For who that's but a queen, fair, sober, wise,
Would from a paddock, from a bat, a gib
Such dear concernings hide? Who would do so?
William Shakespeare. Hamlet
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