Gibbous

created by Webster 1913

(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:53:13

Gib"bous (?), a. [Cf. F. gibbeux. See Gibbose.]

Swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant; convex; as, the moon is gibbous between the half-moon and the full moon.

The bones will rise, and make a gibbous member. Wiseman.

Hunched; hump-backed.

[Obs.]

Sir T. Browne.

-- Gib"bous*ly, adv. -- Gib"bous*ness, n.

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