a.
I want that glib and oily art,
To speak and purpose not. Shak.
v. t. To make glib. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Ir. & Gael. glib a lock of hair. ] A thick lock of hair, hanging over the eyes. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
The Irish have, from the Scythians, mantles and long glibs, which is a thick curied bush of hair hanging down over their eyes, and monstrously disguising them. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
Their wild costume of the glib and mantle. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ Cf. O. & Prov. E. lib to castrate, geld, Prov. Dan. live, LG. & OD. lubben. ] To castrate; to geld; to emasculate. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
My love is glibbery; there is no hold on't. Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]
Thy lubrical and glibbery muse. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a glib manner;
n. The quality of being glib. [ 1913 Webster ]