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<hw><hw>Bib"li*o*taph</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Bib`li*ot"a*phist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <ets><?/</ets> book + <ets><?/</ets> a burial.]</ety> <def>One who hides away books, as in a tomb.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Crabb.</i>

<h1>Bibliothec</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw>Bib"li*o*thec</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A librarian.</def>

<h1>Bibliotheca</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw>Bib`li*o*the"ca</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. See <er>Bibliotheke</er>.]</ety> <def>A library.</def>

<h1>Bibliothecal</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw>Bib`li*o*the"cal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>bibliothecalis</ets>. See <er>Bibliotheke</er>.]</ety> <def>Belonging to a library.</def>

<i>Byrom.</i>

<h1>Bibliothecary</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw>Bib`li*oth"e*ca*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>bibliothecarius</ets>: cf. F. <ets>biblioth\'82caire</ets>.]</ety> <def>A librarian.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Evelin.</i>

<h1>Bibliotheke</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw>Bib"li*o*theke</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>bibliotheca</ets>, Gr. <ets><?/</ets>; <ets><?/</ets> book + <ets><?/</ets> a case, box, fr. <ets><?/</ets> to place: cf. F. <ets>biblioth\'8aque</ets>.]</ety> <def>A library.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bale.</i>

<h1>Biblist</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw>Bib"list</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>bibliste</ets>. See <er>Bible</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>One who makes the Bible the sole rule of faith.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A biblical scholar; a biblicist.</def>

<i>I. Taylor.</i>

<h1>Bibracteate</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw>Bi*brac"te*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>bi-</ets> + <ets>bracteate</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Furnished with, or having, two bracts.</def>

<h1>Bibulous</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw>Bib"u*lous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>bibulus</ets>, fr. <ets>bibere</ets> to drink. See <er>Bib</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt> ]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Readily imbibing fluids or moisture; spongy; <as>as, <ex>bibulous</ex> blotting paper</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Inclined to drink; addicted to tippling.</def>

<h1>Bibulously</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw>Bib"u*lous*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a bibulous manner; with profuse imbibition or absorption.</def>

<i>De Quincey.</i>

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