biblt (bib)

t. and i.; pret. and pp. bibbed, ppr. bibbing. [= North. E. beb, used See imbibe, bibulous, bevers, bevers, and beverage.] To sip; tipple; drink frequently. This meller [miller] hath so wysly bibbed ale. Chaucer, Reeve's Tale, 1. 242. He was constantly bibbing , and drank more in twenty four hours than I did. Locke. Locke , Education, § 18. Morality influences men's lives, and gives a bias to all their actions. Alas! what years you thus consume in vain, Ruled by this wretched bias of the brain! Crabbe, The Newspaper. One cannot mistake the prevailing bias of her mind. Barham, In golds by Legends, I. 202. The bias of education, the bias of cla -relationships, the bias of nationality, the political bias , the theological bias -these, added to the constitutional sympathies and antipathies, have much more influence in determining beliefs on social questions than has the small amount of evidence collected. H. Spencer , Study of Sociol., p. 11. On the bias, diagonally; slantingly. = Syn. 3. Propensity , Inclination , etc. (see bent 1), prepo e ion, predisposition, predilection, partiality. II. a. 1. Oblique; slanting; diagonal to the outline or to the texture: now used only or chiefly of fabrics or dre : as, a bias line (in former use) in a drawing; a bias piece in a garment.-21. Loaded or swelled on one side, like a biased bowl. Blow, villain, till thy sphered bias cheek Out-swell the colic of puff'd Aquilon. Shak., T. and C., iv. 5. bib2 (bib), n. [Supposed to be derived from the verb bibl , because it absorbs moisture. Cf. bavette and beaver2 .] 1. A cloth worn by children under the chin to keep the front of the dre clean, especially when eating.-2. A similar article worn by adults, especially as forming the upper part of an apron. We'll have a bib , for spoiling of thy doublet. Beau . and Fl . , Captain, iii. 5. 3. A curved vent or nozle used to alter the direction of the flow of liquids.-4. Naut ., same as bibb , the usual spelling in this sense. bib3 (bib), n. [So called from a membrane which covers the eyes and other parts about the head, and which, when inflated, may be compared to a bib; bib2 .] The most com- mon name of the whiting-pout, Gadus luscus , a fish of the family Gadidæ . See blens , 2. bibacious (bi-ba's hus), a. [L. bibax ( bibaci- ), given to drink ( bibere , drink), + -ous.] Ad- dicted to drinking; disposed to imbibe. [Rare.] III. adv . [ bias , a.] In a slanting man bib a city (bi-bas'i-ti), n. [Formerly bibacitie , ner; obliquely. Trial did draw Bias and thwart, not answering the aim. Shak., T. and C., i. 3. lar.