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  • Look up jib in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A jib is a triangular sail that sets ahead of the foremast of a sailing vessel. Its tack is fixed to the bowsprit...
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    JibJab is an American independent digital entertainment studio based in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1999 by brothers Evan and Gregg Spiridellis...
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  • up jib in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Jib is a triangular sail at the front of a sailing boat. Jib or JIB may also refer to: Jib (crane) or jib arm...
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    A jib or jib arm is the horizontal or near-horizontal beam used in many types of crane to support the load clear of the main support. An archaic spelling...
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  • System, or JIBS, a South Korean radio and TV station Jib (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title JIBS. If an internal...
    526 bytes (62 words) - 05:53, 17 October 2017
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    In cinematography, a jib is any boom device used to mount a camera on one end, and a counterweight with camera controls on the other. In principle, it...
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    Crane (machine) (redirect from Jib Crane)
    anemometer, etc. Jib: the jib, or operating arm, extends horizontally from the crane. A "luffing" jib is able to move up and down; a fixed jib has a rolling...
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    Genoa (sail) (redirect from Genoa Jib)
    A genoa sail is a type of large jib or staysail that extends past the mast and so overlaps the main sail when viewed from the side, sometimes eliminating...
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  • Look up jibber-jabber in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Jibber Jabber may refer to: Jibber Jabber (TV series), a Canadian children's television series...
    337 bytes (81 words) - 12:50, 30 October 2021
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    Jibāl (Arabic: جبال), also al-Jabal (Arabic: الجبل), was the name given by the Arabs to a region and province located in western Iran, under the Umayyad...
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    moving the jib up and down, so as to move the hook inwards and outwards relative to the base. Usually the description is only applied to those with a...
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    seam zone of the West Bank. The surrounding lands are home to Al Jib Bedouin. Since 1967, Al Jib has been occupied by Israel and about 90% of its lands are...
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    Jibboom (redirect from Jib boom)
    flying jib-boom is attached to the jib-boom, and the heel of the jib-boom to the bowsprit. The point (i.e. higher and fore end) of the flying jib-boom is...
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    Sheet (sailing) (redirect from Jib sheet)
    connected to the boom which allows a sailor to control the speed of a boat. The jib sheet attaches to the clew of the jib, and controls it. The jib has a...
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    Self-Tacking Jib kit designed to be retrofitted to existing hulls or as an addition to new boats. The kit allows tacking without adjusting the jib sheets and...
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    Jib Tunnel, also known as Lateral Passage is one of the entrances into the Gaping Gill cave system, located behind a large boulder in the north bank of...
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  • Gibberish (redirect from Jibber-jabber)
    Gibberish, also known as jibber-jabber or gobbledygook, is speech that is (or appears to be) nonsense: ranging across speech sounds that are not actual...
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    heaving to for any length of time. When a sloop is hove to, the jib is backed. This means that its windward sheet is tight holding the sail to windward...
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    attaches to the mast at a point below the top. A sloop may use a bowsprit, a spar that projects forward from the bow. Bermuda-rigged sloop. The jib is a headsail...
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    useful because the jib needs considerable fore stay tension to set well. This need increases in direct proportion to the wind speed and jib size. Increasing...
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