Part 636

Bi*ba"sic (&?;), 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.

Bibb (bb), n. A bibcock. See Bib, n., 3.

Bib"ber (&?;), n. One given to drinking alcoholic beverages too freely; a tippler; -- chiefly used in composition; as, winebibber.

Bib"ble-bab"ble (&?;), n. [A reduplication of babble.] Idle talk; babble. Shak.

Bibbs (bbz), n. pl. (Naut.) Pieces of timber bolted to certain parts of a mast to support the trestletrees.

Bib"cock` (bb"kk), n. A cock or faucet having a bent down nozzle. Knight.

Bi*bi"rine (&?;), n. (Chem.) See Bebeerine.

Bib"i*to*ry (&?;), a. Of or pertaining to drinking or tippling.

Bi"ble (b"b'l), n. [F. bible, L. biblia, pl., fr. Gr. bibli`a, pl. of bibli`on, dim. of bi`blos, by`blos, book, prop. Egyptian papyrus.] 1. A book. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. The Book by way of eminence, -- that is, the book which is made up of the writings accepted by Christians as of divine origin and authority, whether such writings be in the original language, or translated; the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments; -- sometimes in a restricted sense, the Old Testament; as, King James's Bible; Douay Bible; Luther's Bible. Also, the book which is made up of writings similarly accepted by the Jews; as, a rabbinical Bible.

3. A book containing the sacred writings belonging to any religion; as, the Koran is often called the Mohammedan Bible.

Bible Society, an association for securing the multiplication and wide distribution of the Bible. -- Douay Bible. See Douay Bible. -- Geneva Bible. See under Geneva.

Bib"ler (bb"lr), n. [See Bib, v. t.] A great drinker; a tippler. [Written also bibbler and bibbeler.]

Bib"li*cal (bb"l*kal), a. Pertaining to, or derived from, the Bible; as, biblical learning; biblical authority.

Bib`li*cal"i*ty (-kl"*t), n. The quality of being biblical; a biblical subject. [R.]

Bib"li*cal*ly (&?;), adv. According to the Bible.

Bib"li*cism (&?;), n. [Cf. F. biblicisme.] Learning or literature relating to the Bible. [R.]

Bib"li*cist (&?;), n. One skilled in the knowledge of the Bible; a demonstrator of religious truth by the Scriptures.

Bib"li*o*graph` (&?;), n. Bibliographer.

Bib`li*og"ra*pher (&?;), n. [Gr. &?;, fr. &?; book + &?; to write : cf. F. bibliographe.] One who writes, or is versed in, bibliography.

{ Bib`li*o*graph"ic (&?;), Bib`li*o*graph"ic*al (&?;), } a. [Cf. F. bibliographique.] Pertaining to bibliography, or the history of books. -- Bib`li*o*graph"ic*al*ly, adv.

Bib`li*og"ra*phy (&?;) n.; pl. Bibliographies (&?;). [Gr. &?;: cf. F. bibliographie.] A history or description of books and manuscripts, with notices of the different editions, the times when they were printed, etc.

{ Bib`li*ol"a*ter (&?;), Bib`li*ol"a*trist (&?;), } n. [See. Bibliolatry.] A worshiper of books; especially, a worshiper of the Bible; a believer in its verbal inspiration. De Quincey.

Bib`li*ol"a*try (-tr), n. [Gr. bibli`on book + latrei`a service, worship, latrey`ein to serve.] Book worship, esp. of the Bible; -- applied by Roman Catholic divines to the exaltation of the authority of the Bible over that of the pope or the church, and by Protestants to an excessive regard to the letter of the Scriptures. Coleridge. F. W. Newman.

Bib`li*o*log"ic*al (&?;), a. Relating to bibliology.

Bib`li*ol"o*gy (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; book + -logy.]

1. An account of books; book lore; bibliography.

2. The literature or doctrine of the Bible.