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<p><b>1.</b> <def>Smooth; slippery; <as>as, ice is <ex>glib</ex></as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Speaking or spoken smoothly and with flippant rapidity; fluent; voluble; <as>as, a <ex>glib</ex> tongue; a <ex>glib</ex> speech.</as></def>

<blockquote>I want that <b>glib</b> and oily art, To speak and purpose not. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Slippery; smooth; fluent; voluble; flippant.</syn>

<h1>Glib</h1> <Xpage=630>

<hw>Glib</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To make glib.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Glib</h1> <Xpage=630>

<hw>Glib</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Ir. & Gael. <ets>glib</ets> a lock of hair.]</ety> <def>A thick lock of hair, hanging over the eyes.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The Irish have, from the Scythians, mantles and long <b>glibs</b>, which is a thick curied bush of hair hanging down over their eyes, and monstrously disguising them. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Their wild costume of the <b>glib</b> and mantle. <i>Southey.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Glib</h1> <Xpage=630>

<hw>Glib</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Cf. O. & Prov. E. <ets>lib</ets> to castrate, geld, Prov. Dan. <ets>live</ets>, LG. & OD. <ets>lubben</ets>.]</ety> <def>To castrate; to geld; to emasculate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Gilbbery</h1> <Xpage=630>

<hw>Gilb"ber*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Slippery; changeable.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>My love is <b>glibbery</b>; there is no hold on't. <i>Marston.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Moving easily; nimble; voluble.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Thy lubrical and <b>glibbery</b> muse. <i>B. Jonson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Glibly</h1> <Xpage=630>

<hw>Glib"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a glib manner; <as>as, to speak <ex>glibly</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Glibness</h1> <Xpage=630>

<hw>Glib"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being glib.</def>

<h1>Glicke</h1> <Xpage=630>

<hw>Glicke</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Gleek</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 2, and Ir. & Gael. <ets>glic</ets> wise, cunning, crafty.]</ety> <def>An ogling look.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Glidden</h1> <Xpage=630>

<hw>Glid"den</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <mark>obs.</mark> <def><tt>p. p.</tt> of <er>Glide</er>.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>