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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SIB, a relation, in Saxon, but not in use in English.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sibb, from sibb kinship; akin to Old High German sippa kinship, family, Latin sodalis comrade, Greek ?thos custom, character, Latin suus one's own — more at suicide Date: before 12th century related by blood ; akin II. noun Date: before 12th century 1. a. kindred, relatives b. a blood relation ; kinsman 2. a brother or sister considered irrespective of sex; broadly any plant or animal of a group sharing a degree of genetic relationship corresponding to that of human sibs 3. a group of persons unilaterally descended from a real or supposed ancestor

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & adj. --n. 1 a brother or sister (cf. SIBLING). 2 a blood relative. 3 a group of people recognized by an individual as his or her kindred. --adj. (usu. foll. by to) esp. Sc. related; akin. Etymology: OE sib(b)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sib Sib, n. [AS. sibb alliance, gesib a relative. [root]289. See Gossip.] A blood relation. [Obs.] --Nash.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sib Sib, a. Related by blood; akin. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] --Sir W. Scott. Your kindred is but . . . little sib to you. --Chaucer. [He] is no fairy birn, ne sib at all To elfs, but sprung of seed terrestrial. --Spenser.

Moby Thesaurus

affiliated, agnate, akin, allied, ancestry, avuncular, blood, blood relation, blood relative, clansman, closely related, cognate, collateral, collateral relative, congeneric, connections, consanguine, consanguinean, consanguineous, distaff side, distant relation, distantly related, enate, family, flesh, flesh and blood, folks, foster, friendly, german, germane, kin, kindred, kinfolk, kinnery, kinsfolk, kinsman, kinsmen, kinswoman, kith and kin, matrilateral, matrilineal, matroclinous, near relation, next of kin, novercal, of the blood, patrilateral, patrilineal, patroclinous, people, posterity, receptive, related, relations, relatives, sibling, spear kin, spear side, spindle kin, spindle side, sword side, tribesman, uterine, uterine kin, well-disposed