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Gibbs

[ gibz ]

noun

  1. James, 1682–1754, Scottish architect and author.
  2. Josiah Willard, 1839–1903, U.S. physicist.
  3. Oliver Wol·cott [wool, -k, uh, t], 1822–1908, U.S. chemist and educator.
  4. Sir Philip, 1877–1962, English journalist and writer.


Gibbs

/ ɡɪbz /

noun

  1. GibbsJames16821754MBritishARCHITECTURE: architect James. 1682–1754, British architect; his buildings include St Martin's-in-the-Fields, London (1722–26), and the Radcliffe Camera, Oxford (1737–49)
  2. GibbsJosiah Willard18391903MUSSCIENCE: physicistSCIENCE: mathematician Josiah Willard. 1839–1903, US physicist and mathematician: founder of chemical thermodynamics
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


Gibbs

/ gĭbz /

  1. American physicist known especially for his investigations of thermodynamics. He developed methods for analyzing the thermodynamic properties of substances, and his findings established the basic theory for physical chemistry.


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Dardar’s video is the only footage Gibbs has seen of what happened that day.

Grayson Schaffer, adventure filmmaker, longtime Outside contributor, and dog dad to two 13-year-old British Labradors named Cooper and Gibbs, shares his pro tips on the best ways to pamper your favorite adventure companions.

Cooper’s hips get sore on half-mile walks, while Gibbs can run ten miles.

There were the “Gibbs girls,” the typists in training at the Katharine Gibbs Secretarial School, which leased two floors of the hotel to house its students.

Gibbs went on to win three of the four Super Bowls his team played over his tenure from 1981 to 1992.

He returned to TV in Chicago Hope, before landing NCIS, a spinoff from JAG in 2003, playing Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs.

Gibbs said the decision was part of what he called a “routine” review of such clearances.

Doyle also pressed Gibbs for the name of the person at HASC who raised questions about his article.

“We could take him to the gym and drop a weight on his head,” Gibbs allegedly told Morlock.

“Gibbs walked up with a smile on his face and shot the guy two more times,” Winfield recalls.

Mr. Gibbs also studied in the Scientific Department of the same Institution.

Next morning, after waiting till such an hour as he thought late enough, Gibbs went to see Miss Prall.

Whether it was too grewsome for their taste or whether there was some other reason, Gibbs tried hard to find out.

Apparently she had heard something, Gibbs thought quickly, and he was more than ever anxious to get her away.

"Nothing of the sort," spoke up Kate, briskly, and Gibbs wondered at the strange apparent relation between mistress and servant.

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