Part 1095

<hw><hw>Bi*ax"al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Bi*ax"i*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>bi-</ets> + <ets>axal</ets>, <ets>axial</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Opt.)</fld> <def>Having two axes; <as>as, <ex>biaxial</ex> polarization</as>.</def> <i>Brewster</i>. -- <wordforms><wf>Bi*ax"i*al*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Bib</h1> <Xpage=142>

<hw>Bib</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Bib</er>, v., because the <ets>bib</ets> receives the drink that the child slavers from the mouth.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A small piece of cloth worn by children over the breast, to protect the clothes.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An arctic fish (<spn>Gadus luscus</spn>), allied to the cod; -- called also <altname>pout</altname> and <altname>whiting pout</altname>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A bibcock.</def>

<h1>Bib, Bibbe</h1> <Xpage=142>

<hw><hw>Bib</hw>, <hw>Bibbe</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>bibere</ets>. See <er>Beverage</er>, and cf. <er>Imbibe</er>.]</ety> <def>To drink; to tipple.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>This miller hath . . . <b>bibbed</b> ale. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bib</h1> <Xpage=142>

<hw>Bib</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To drink; to sip; to tipple.</def>

<blockquote>He was constantly <b>bibbing</b>. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bibacious</h1> <Xpage=142>

<hw>Bi*ba"cious</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>bibax</ets>, <ets>bibacis</ets>, fr. <ets>bibere</ets>. See <er>Bib</er>.]</ety> <def>Addicted to drinking.</def>

<h1>Bibacity</h1> <Xpage=142>

<hw>Bi*bac"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The practice or habit of drinking too much; tippling.</def>

<i>Blount.</i>

<h1>Bibasic</h1> <Xpage=142>

<hw>Bi*ba"sic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>bi-</ets> + <ets>basic</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Having to hydrogen atoms which can be replaced by positive or basic atoms or radicals to form salts; -- said of acids. See <er>Dibasic</er>.</def>

<h1>Bibb</h1> <Xpage=142>

<hw>Bibb</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A bibcock. See <er>Bib</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 3.</def>

<h1>Bibber</h1> <Xpage=142>

<hw>Bib"ber</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One given to drinking alcoholic beverages too freely; a tippler; -- chiefly used in composition; <as>as, wine<ex>bibber</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Bibble-babble</h1> <Xpage=142>

<hw>Bib"ble-bab"ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[A reduplication of <ets>babble</ets>.]</ety> <def>Idle talk; babble.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Bibbs</h1> <Xpage=142>

<hw>Bibbs</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>Pieces of timber bolted to certain parts of a mast tp support the trestletrees.</def>

<h1>Bibcock</h1> <Xpage=142>