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单词 lib
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libn.1

Etymology: Old English lyb(b , libb medicine, drug, potion. Compare cheeselip n.
Obsolete.
A charm.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [noun] > charm or amulet
lib1577
periapt1584
charm1590
telesm1597
amulet1601
gamahe1638
talisman1638
adder-bead1694
porte-bonheur1874
a700 Epinal Gloss. 711 Obligamentum, lybb [Erfurt libb, Corpus lyb, lybsn].
1577 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. I. 77 [In Perthshire] ane commoune usare of sorcerie, libbis, and charmes.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

libn.2

Etymology: < lib v.3
Cant. Obsolete.
Sleep.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [noun]
sleepc825
swevenOE
swevetOE
repasta1382
slumberc1386
lib1665
the land of Nod1738
balmy1841
shut-eye1899
beddy-byes1906
dreamland1912
sleepy-bye1925
sack drill1946
sack duty1954
zed1973
1665 R. Head Eng. Rogue I. sig. C7 Bien Darkmans then, Bouse Mort and Ken, The bien Coves bings awast, On Chates to trine by Rome-Coves dine, For his long lib at last.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

Libn.3

Brit. /lɪb/, U.S. /lɪb/
Forms: Also lib.
Etymology: Abbreviation of liberal n.
Politics colloquial (originally British).
= liberal n., in various senses. Frequently in combinations with the name of another political party: see also Lib-Lab adj. and n.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > British party politics > [noun] > a Liberal
Liberal Party1814
liberal1819
Lib1885
society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > British party politics > [adjective] > Liberal
Lib1885
1885 Punch 8 Aug. 61/1 ‘Tory-demmycrat’ sounds nice and harmless, but if it means simply cold scran From the Rad's broken-wittel bag, drat it! far better the Libs' Grand Old Man.
1910 Lloyd George Let. 15 Dec. in Family Lett. (1973) 154 One Lib gain on balance today—so we are now one ahead.
1959 Punch 28 Oct. 360/3 Are you now in favour of a Lab-Lib hook-up?
1966 Listener 24 Nov. 781/3 His plots are banal, his views a wishy-washy lib-con pink.
1973 Washington Post 5 Jan. b1/1 He seems to think the senatorial libs just couldn't get it through their thick heads that in reality the Family Assistance Plan was another three banana jackpot for bureaucratic liberalism.
1986 Sun (Melbourne) 10 Jan. 8 (heading) Libs create an albatross for their electoral necks.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1997; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

libn.4

Brit. /lɪb/, U.S. /lɪb/
Etymology: Shortened < liberation n.
colloquial.
= liberation n. Frequently preceded by an adjective (as gay lib) or a noun in the genitive (as men's lib, women's lib): see the defining words.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > [noun] > from slavery or legal restraint
emancipation1785
lib1970
1970 Atlantic Mar. 116 The Lib Movement was rich in documentation of the conditioning processes.
1971 Daily Tel. 2 Dec. 7/2 Children's lib. notwithstanding, it would be hard to write a children's book without setting up some sort of standard for the child reader to admire.
1973 Guardian 3 Feb. 13/1 Lillian Thomas is a member of the Suffrage Fellowship Movement..and is delighted with the Libs.
1973 Black World Dec. 12/1 The various ‘lib’ movements, therefore, are white derivatives of the Black movement.
1974 Listener 25 Apr. 520/3 With Scots Lib, as with Women's Lib, it's no good the oppressors expecting the past to be forgotten when convenient.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

lib.n.5

Etymology: Shortened < Latin libræ (as a graphic abbreviation).
Pounds sterling.
ΚΠ
1442 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 8 The sowm of iiijxx of lib.
1528 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 121 Tuenty lib. Scottis.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 333 Ane hunder libs stirling.
1655 in A. Laing Lindores Abbey (1876) xx. 238 8 lib. of pledge in money.
1705 Hearne in Rel. Hearn. (1869) passim.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

libv.1

Brit. /lɪb/, U.S. /lɪb/
Forms: Also 1600s–1700s libb. Now dialect
Etymology: ? representing an Old English *lybban = Middle Dutch lubben to maim, geld, < Germanic root *luƀ- : see left adj.1
a. transitive. To castrate, geld, ‘cut’.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [verb (transitive)] > castrate
geldc1225
lib1396
stone1584
caponize1654
alter1821
twitchel1826
doctor1834
neuter1903
fix1930
capon-
the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > infertility > infertile [verb (transitive)] > castrate or spay > castrate
geldc1225
lib1396
cut1465
castrate1609
delumbate1609
enervate1610
unstone1611
gliba1616
evirate1621
emasculate1623
capon1630
eunuchize1634
eunuchate1646
caponize1654
unpollux1654
eunucha1658
unman1657
dismember1697
saturnized1846
nut1916
knacker1936
1396 [see libbing n. at Derivatives].
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 116 Thair wyffis..baid tham betteis som abyd Att haem and lib tham of the pockis.
c1540 J. Bellenden in tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. sig. Dj The steirkis..ar..libbit to be oxin.
1597 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 1st 3 Bks. ii. vii. 44 Who pares his nailes, or libs his swine.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 324 They haue vsed to lib their Horsses and take away their stones.
1618 G. Chapman tr. Hesiod Georgicks 37 The bellowing Bullock lib, and Gote.
1630 P. Massinger Renegado ii. i. sig. D2 I am libde in the breech already.
1649 W. Davenant Love & Honour iv, in Dramatic Wks. (1873) III. 164 Sure he is lib'd; he hath certainly No masculine business about him.
a1733 Shetland Acc. 28 in Proc. Soc. Ant. Scot. (1892) XXVI. 200 That none libb any beast upon Sunday.
1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 340 To Lib, to geld male lambs and calves (horses and pigs are ‘gelded’).
1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 148 Scribb'd and Libb'd, farmers' terms, or rather they are used as one word,—castrated.
b. figurative. (Cf. castrate v. 4.)
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > book > matter of book > [verb (transitive)] > expurgate, excise quotes or portions of book
geld1575
lib1577
1577 W. Fulke Two Treat. against Papistes ii. ii. v. 250 In the latter end where he libbeth of the conclusion of Origens wordes, he translateth [etc.]..when he hath clipped, shauen, pared, gelded, and falsified all that he can [etc.].
1621 R. Montagu Diatribæ Hist. Tithes 419 Aristotle..wrote cxxvi. Bookes, or thereabout, περὶ πολιτειῶν..and yet none of these were libbed by Abbreuiators.

Derivatives

libbed adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [adjective] > castrated or spayed
geldedc1225
spayeda1425
geltc1440
unpizzled1554
splayed?1611
libbed1616
spaded1648
the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > infertility > [adjective] > castrated
geldedc1225
cutted1438
geltc1440
chaste1526
evirate1606
castrated1609
memberless1611
unpaveda1616
libbed1616
cut1624
eunuched1627
caponed1630
untesticled1668
castrate1704
eunuch1817
emasculated1830
eunuchal1878
neuter1893
eunuchoid1894
1616 in Quarter Sessions Rec. (N. Riding Rec. Soc.) (1884) II. A libbed gilt.
1638 J. Ford Fancies i. 8 What a terrible sight to a lib'd breech is a sow gelder?
1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxxi. 256 Like a libbed Eunuch.
a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 505 How libbet Italy was singin.
ˈlibbing n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [noun] > castration or spaying
libbing1396
geldinga1398
spaying1575
splaying1607
the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > infertility > [noun] > castration
libbing1396
geldinga1398
castrationc1420
eviration1603
eunuchism1620
emasculation1623
evirating1657
mutilation1728
orchotomy1753
eunuchry1864
orchidectomy1870
asexualization1888
orchidotomy1892
1396 Whitby Abbey Rolls (Whitby Gloss.) Pro libbyng porcorum 10d.
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 116 Sum..hes forsaekin all sic gammis That men callis libbin of the pockis.
1627 Hist. Fryer Bacon sig. A3v When the best libbing is.
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libv.2

Brit. /lɪb/, U.S. /lɪb/
dialect. (Suffolk.)
‘Of a child or young animal: To suck persistently’ ( Eng. Dial. Dict.).
ΚΠ
1662 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 3rd Pt. 83 The growing child that lies libbing oftenest at the breast.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

libv.3

Forms: Also 1500s lip.
Etymology: Origin unknown.
Cant. Obsolete.
intransitive. To sleep.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [verb (intransitive)]
sleepc825
swotherc1000
lib1567
peep1699
caulk1818
to pound one's ear (also pillow)1894
flop1907
to catch some z's1963
1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) sig. Giiiv In what lipken hast thou lipped in this darkemanes; whether in a lybbege or in the strummell.
1611 T. Middleton & T. Dekker Roaring Girle sig. K4v Oh I wud lib all the lightmans. Oh I woud lib all the darkemans.
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Lib, to Tumble or Lye together.
1859 G. W. Matsell Vocabulum s.v. (F.) The coves lib together, the fellows sleep together.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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