jibbed

Verb (1)

jib (third-person singular simple present jibs, present participle jibbing, simple past and past participle jibbed)

1. To shift, or swing around, as a sail, boom, yard, etc., as in tacking.

Verb (2)

jib (third-person singular simple present jibs, present participle jibbing, simple past and past participle jibbed)

1. To stop and refuse to go forward (usually of a horse).
   • “Who calls, who calls?” cried Essper; a shout was the only answer. There was no path, but the underwood was low, and Vivian took his horse, an old forester, across it with ease. Essper’s jibbed.1826, Benjamin Disraeli, Vivian Grey, London: Henry Colburn, published 1827, Volume 4, Book 6, page 73

   Synonyms:

   balk

2. (figuratively) To express reluctance; to balk.
   • “What say you to the young lady herself?” said Craigengelt; “the finest young woman in all Scotland, one that you used to be so fond of when she was cross, and now she consents to have you, and gives up her engagement with Ravenswood, you are for jibbing. I must say, the devil’s in ye, when ye...1819, Walter Scott, chapter 28, in The Bride of Lammermoor

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