The bibb lettuce is sacrosanct. Okay, okay, you could also refer to it as Bibb lettuce…
For the rest, bib and bibb are alternate spellings for each other. However, in exploring the Internet for definitions, I found lots and lots of bib definitions but only three for a bibb. The rational conclusion is that while bib and bibb are alternate spellings for each other, the bib is the common choice for most everything.
Nautically? Sure, go with bibb, but I’d keep that spelling for the lettuce and ships.
Again, whichever spelling you choose, be consistent.
Word Confusions…
…started as my way of dealing with a professional frustration with properly spelled words that were out of context in manuscripts I was editing as well as books I was reviewing. It evolved into a sharing of information with y’all. I’m hoping you’ll share with us words that have been a bête noir for you from either end.
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| Credit to: Apple Dictionary.com; Dictionary.com: bib, bibb; Lexico.com: bib, bibb lettuce | |
New Bibs by Lisa Clarke is under the CC BY-ND 2.0 license, via Flickr. |
Bibcock is in the public domain, via Pxhere. — A rough-and-ready installation of soap and a bibb. |
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| Abbreviation; Noun 2; Verb 1
Plural for the noun and third person present verb: bibs |
Noun 1, 2
Plural: bibbs, Bibbs 1 Alternative spelling: bib |
| Abbreviation: [In prescriptions] Drink Bibliography [Initial uppercase] Bible [Initial uppercase] Biblical [.bib] The file extension of a BibTeX bibliographic file in TeX and LaTeX Noun:
[Fencing] A piece of canvas attached to the base of the mask, for protecting the throat [Plumbing] Short for bibcock [Zoology; a.k.a. pout, whiting pout] A light-brown European marine gadoid food fish (Gadus (or Trisopterus) luscus) with a barbel on its lower jaw Short for bibcock Verb:
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[North American; botany] A variety of butterhead lettuce that has crisp dark-green leaves 1
[Nautical] Any of several brackets or timbers bolted to the hounds of a mast to give additional support to the trestletrees 2 [Plumbing] A variation on bibcock |
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| Abbreviation: Bib. with 8-oz water. Better add these citation sources to the bib. The NKJV Bib. is the New King James Version while the NABR Bib. is the New American Bible, Revised Edition. James, Benjamin, Abigail, Samuel, Elijah, Hannah, Caleb, and Leah are biblical names while those Bib. names that mean gift from God include Adiel, Anana, Corbon, Donato, Dorek, Elsi, Gaddiel, and Hanniel. Check the resourceplants.bib file and insert it into the finished book doc. Noun: Be careful taking that bib off the baby, Joanie. Unique to the garden store is a rugged nylon bib with five mesh pockets suitable for holding and organizing hand tools and seed packets. She has a yellow chick on the bib of her pink Oshkosh overalls. The classes involve jogging, sprinting, star-jumps, stomach crunches and push-ups with participants wearing a numbered bib, allowing easy identification should you need to be shouted at. An oriole showed up at my feeder with the most gorgeous orange bib. “After August 1, 2012 the electric bib is required for all USA Fencing-sanctioned events, at all levels” (Conductive). George installed a two-way Y-valve on the patio bib. Although the bib is abundant, it’s not a common food source. Verb: Though the issue of drink was not raised in these cases, it is likely that a visit to market would have included ale-bibbing. On the other side of the church was a large and excellent bowling-green, which was much frequented by the idle fellows of the village, who preferred ale-bibbing in the sun before confinement on the loom or at the lap-stone. He appreciated the elevation of set habits — wine-bibbing, walks, a little antique collecting — into a kind of well-regulated art. |
The best salad types have very open heads and are often a pale green fading to yellow at the heart, about the color of bibb lettuce.
Grow a miniature version of romaine or bibb lettuce that’s just the right size for an individual salad. This salad is very simple: bibb lettuce dressed with browned butter with lemon added. The bibbs were made of elm planks and bolted in as shoulders under the trestletrees. Depending on your garden needs, there are a variety of bibbs you can install for your watering needs. |
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| Adjective: bibless, biblike Noun: bibbing, bibber |
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Resources for Bib versus Bibb
“Conductive Foil Bib Required for All USA Fencing Sanctioned Events Beginning in 2012-2013 Season.” USA Fencing.org. 17 Apr 2012. Web. 7 May 2021. <https://www.usafencing.org/news_article/show/204295-conductive-foil-bib-required-for-all-usa-fencing-sanctioned-events-beginning-in-2012-2013-season>.
“Mast-Making.” San Francisco Maritime Park Association. 2013. Web. 7 May 2021. <https://maritime.org/doc/steel/part1.htm>.
Pinterest Photo Credits:
Blonde in Bibs by Free-Photos is under the Pixabay License, via Pixabay. Lettuce Mini Heads “Bambi” by Dwight Sipler is under the CC BY 2.0 license, via Flickr. Only one head of lettuce was used and the background was removed.
