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n. [ From Bib, v., because the bib receives the drink that the child slavers from the mouth. ] 1. A small piece of cloth worn by children over the breast, to protect the clothes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) An arctic fish (Gadus luscus), allied to the cod; -- called also pout and whiting pout. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A bibcock. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To drink; to sip; to tipple. [ 1913 Webster ]

He was constantly bibbing. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. bibax, bibacis, fr. bibere. See Bib. ] Addicted to drinking. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The practice or habit of drinking too much; tippling. Blount. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + basic. ] (Chem.) Having to hydrogen atoms which can be replaced by positive or basic atoms or radicals to form salts; -- said of acids. See Dibasic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A bibcock. See Bib, n., 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } v. t. [ L. bibere. See Beverage, and cf. Imbibe. ] To drink; to tipple. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

This miller hath . . . bibbed ale. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One given to drinking alcoholic beverages too freely; a tippler; -- chiefly used in composition; as, winebibber. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ A reduplication of babble. ] Idle talk; babble. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. (Naut.) Pieces of timber bolted to certain parts of a mast to support the trestletrees. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A cock or faucet having a bent down nozzle. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] A small decorative object without practical utility. [ 1913 Webster ]

Her pictures, her furniture, and her bibelots. M. Crawford. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Chem.) See Bebeerine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to drinking or tippling. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. bible, L. biblia, pl., fr. Gr. bibli`a, pl. of bibli`on, dim. of bi`blos, by`blos, book, prop. Egyptian papyrus. ] 1. A book. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The Book by way of eminence, -- that is, the book which is made up of the writings accepted by Christians as of divine origin and authority, whether such writings be in the original language, or translated; the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments; -- sometimes in a restricted sense, the Old Testament; as, King James's Bible; Douay Bible; Luther's Bible. Also, the book which is made up of writings similarly accepted by the Jews; as, a rabbinical Bible. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A book containing the sacred writings belonging to any religion; as, the Koran is often called the Muslim Bible. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Fig.) A book with an authoritative exposition of some topic, respected by many who are experts in the field; as, the astrologers' bible. [ PJC ]

Bible Society, an association for securing the multiplication and wide distribution of the Bible. --
Douay Bible. See Douay Bible. --
Geneva Bible. See under Geneva. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Bib, v. t. ] A great drinker; a tippler. [ Written also bibbler and bibbeler. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. lacking a bib. bibbed [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Pertaining to, or derived from, the Bible; as, biblical learning; biblical authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being biblical; a biblical subject. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. According to the Bible. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. biblicisme. ] Learning or literature relating to the Bible. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One skilled in the knowledge of the Bible; a demonstrator of religious truth by the Scriptures. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Bibliographer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; book + &unr_; to write : cf. F. bibliographe. ] One who writes, or is versed in, bibliography. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. bibliographique. ] Pertaining to bibliography, or the history of books. -- Bib`li*o*graph"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

pos>n.; pl. Bibliographies [ Gr. bibliografi`a: cf. F. bibliographie. ] 1. a history or description of books and manuscripts, with notices of the different editions, the times when they were printed, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. a list of books or other printed works having some common theme, such as topic, period, author, or publisher. [ PJC ]

3. a list of the published (and sometimes unpublished) sources of information referred to in a scholarly discourse or other text, or used as reference materials for its preparation. [ PJC ]

4. the branch of library science dealing with the history and classification of books and other published materials. [ PJC ]

{ } n. [ See. Bibliolatry. ] A worshiper of books; especially, a worshiper of the Bible; a believer in its verbal inspiration. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. bibli`on book + latrei`a service, worship, latrey`ein to serve. ] Book worship, esp. of the Bible; -- applied by Roman Catholic divines to the exaltation of the authority of the Bible over that of the pope or the church, and by Protestants to an excessive regard to the letter of the Scriptures. Coleridge. F. W. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to bibliology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; book + -logy. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. An account of books; book lore; bibliography. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The literature or doctrine of the Bible. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; book + -mancy: cf. F. bibliomancie. ] A kind of divination, performed by selecting passages of Scripture at hazard, and drawing from them indications concerning future events. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; book + &unr_; madness: cf. F. bibliomanie. ] A mania for acquiring books. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who has a mania for books. -- a. Relating to a bibliomaniac. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to a passion for books; relating to a bibliomaniac. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. bibli`on book + phgny`naito make fast. ] Relating to the binding of books. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A bookbinder. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to the art of binding books. [ R. ] Dibdin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Bibliopegic. ] The art of binding books. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; book + &unr_; to love: cf. F. bibliophile. ] A lover of books. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Love of books. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A lover of books. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; book + &unr_; to fear. ] A dread of books. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ See Bibliopole. ] Of or pertaining to the sale of books. “Bibliopolic difficulties.” Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. bibliopola, Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; book + &unr_; to sell: cf. F. bibliopole. ] One who sells books. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The trade or business of selling books. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Bibliopole. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to bibliopolism. Dibdin. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Gr. &unr_; book + &unr_; a burial. ] One who hides away books, as in a tomb. [ R. ] Crabb. [ 1913 Webster ]