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fribs

fribs is the plural of frib.

Meaning of frib

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

Questions about fribs

What is fribs the plural of?
Fribs is the plural of frib.

Words near fribs in the dictionary

  1. Fribergs
  2. frible
  3. friborg
  4. friborgs
  5. Fribourg
  6. fribs
  7. fricace
  8. fricaces
  9. fricadel
  10. fricadelle
  11. fricadelles

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