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frib

frib noun: a piece of inferior wool from the outer part of the fleece.

Noun

frib (plural fribs)

  1. A piece of inferior wool from the outer part of the fleece.
    • The wool, producing nearly five-sixths of prime, and only one-fourteenth of fribs, is a proof that it had suffered no degeneration […]1809, A general treatise on cattle, the ox, the sheep, and the swine, John Lawrence, page 385

Forms of frib

pluralfribs

Words formed from frib

Questions about frib

What does frib mean?
Frib means a piece of inferior wool from the outer part of the fleece.
What part of speech is frib?
Frib is a noun.
What is the plural of frib?
The plural of frib is fribs.

Words near frib in the dictionary

  1. friary
  2. Frias
  3. Friases
  4. Friasian
  5. friation
  6. frib
  7. FRIBA
  8. fribble
  9. fribbled
  10. fribbledom
  11. fribbleism

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