'Gibbously' definitions:
Definition of 'Gibbously'
From: GCIDE
- Gibbous \Gib"bous\, a. [Cf. F. gibbeux. See Gibbose.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant; convex; as, the moon is gibbous between the half-moon and the full moon. [1913 Webster]
- The bones will rise, and make a gibbous member. --Wiseman. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hunched; hump-backed. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. -- {Gib"bous*ly}, adv. -- {Gib"bous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]