n. [ From Bib, v., because the bib receives the drink that the child slavers from the mouth. ]
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 ]
This miller hath . . . bibbed ale. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One given to drinking alcoholic beverages too freely; a tippler; -- chiefly used in composition;
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 ]