- (n.) A kind of gallows; an upright post with an arm projecting from the top, on which, formerly, malefactors were hanged in chains, and their bodies allowed to remain asa warning.
- (v.t.) To hang and expose on a gibbet.
- (v.t.) To expose to infamy; to blacken.
- (n.) The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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