[syn: blood relation, blood relative, cognate, sib]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sib \Sib\ (s[i^]b), n. [AS. sibb alliance, gesib a relative.
[root]289. See Gossip.]
1. A blood relation. [Obs.] --Nash.
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2. a sibling.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sib \Sib\, a.
Related by blood; akin. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] --Sir W.
Scott.
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Your kindred is but . . . little sib to you. --Chaucer.
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[He] is no fairy birn, ne sib at all
To elfs, but sprung of seed terrestrial. --Spenser.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sib
n 1: a person's brother or sister [syn: sibling, sib]
2: one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an
ancestor with another [syn: blood relation, blood
relative, cognate, sib]