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6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bib \Bib\, n. [From {Bib}, v., because the bib receives the drink that the child slavers from the mouth.] 1. A small piece of cloth worn by children over the breast, to protect the clothes. 2. (Zo["o]l.) An arctic fish ({Gadus luscus}), allied to the cod; -- called also {pout} and {whiting pout}. 3. A bibcock. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bib \Bib\, Bibbe \Bibbe\, v. t. [L. bibere See {Beverage}, and cf {Imbibe}.] To drink; to tipple. [Obs.] This miller hath . . . bibbed ale. --Chaucer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bib \Bib\, v. i. To drink; to sip; to tipple. He was constantly bibbing. --Locke. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bib n 1: top part covering the chest 2: a napkin tied under the chin a child while eating v : drink moderately but regularly [syn: {tipple}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: bib {BibTeX} From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: BIB Bus Interface Board
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