bibasic (bibasik)

[ acid, H2SO4) have two hydrogen atoms replaceable by a base or bases. See monobasic, tribasic, dibasic, and polybasic. bibation (bi-ba's hon), n. [Irreg. for * bibition, Royal cheer and deep bibation , S. Nayler , Reynard the Fox, 4. bibativene (bib'a-tiv-nes), n. [ bib1 + -ative + -ne .] Fondne for liquor; tendency to drink: a term used in phrenology. bibb (bib), п. [A particular use of bib2 . A somewhat similar comparison appears in the case of beaver2 , originally a bib.] Naut ., a bracket of timber bolt- ed to the hound of a lower mast for the pur- pose of supporting the trestletree. bibber (bib'er), n. [ bibl + -er1. Cf. OD. biberer, a bibber. See bibl.] A tippler; a person given to drinking: chiefly used in composition: as, wine- bibber. Ah! Zephyr us! art here, and Flora too? Ye tender bibbers of the rain and dew. Keats , Endymion, iv. C Bibb on starboard side of mast. a, mast; b, bibb; c, trestletree.