Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for KIBE
KIBE, n. [This word has the elements of chap, gap, gape. Class Gb, No. 7. Perhaps it is of Persian origin, كَفِيدَنْ kafidan, to crack, to split. Qu. Dan. kiebe, the chops.]
A chap or crack in the flesh occasioned by cold; an ulcerated chilblain; as in the heels.
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