Bib

[Lat. bibo, to drink.] A small piece of cloth worn by infants over the breast while drinking or imbibing nourishment. -on. To tipple: to sip; to drink frequently; as, "Не was constantly bibbing . " - Locke . Biba'cio us, a. [Lat. bibaz , bibacis .] Addicted to drinking. Bibasic, (bi-basik,) a. (Chem.) Noting acids which require two equivalents of a protoxide of a base to form a neutral salt, such as the pyrophosphoric, lactaric, and malic acids. Bibb, in Alabama , a central county, traversed by the Cahawba River; surface hilly; soil partly fertile. Area , 1,030 sq. m. Cap. Centreville. Bibb, in Georgia , a central county, bounded S.W. by Echaconnee Creek, and cro ed N. to S. by the Ocmulgee River; area , 250 sq. m.; surface hilly; soil generally poor: cap. Macon. Bibber, ( biber,) n. [From Lat. bibo, to drink.] A drinker; a tippler; a man given to drinking; as, a wine- bibber. Bibbiena, ( beeb - be -ai'na,) BERNARDO, a Roman cardinal, в. 1470. He entered the service of the Medici, and was made cardinal by Leo X., who employed him on several important mi ions. Aspiring to the papacy, he is said to have excited the Pope's jealousy, and is supposed to have been poisoned. Bibbiena wrote a famous comedy called Calandıra , which is still in repute among the Italians. D. 15:20. Bibbiena, ( beeb - be - ai'na ,) GIUSEPPE DA, an Italian painter and architect, B. at Bologna, 1696. He introduced a new form into the building of theatres, and was the inventor of modern theatrical decorations. D. 1756.