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单词 libbet
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libbetn.1

/ˈlɪbɪt/
Forms: Also 1500s lyb(b)et, (also 1800s) libbat, 1600s libbit, 1900s livett.
Etymology: Compare Old French libe, libbe block of stone.
Now dialect.
A billet of wood; a stick to beat or throw at anything with.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > club or stick > [noun]
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treec893
cudgelc897
stinga900
bat?c1225
sticka1275
clubc1275
truncheon14..
bourdonc1325
bastona1400
warderera1400
plantc1400
kibble1411
playloomc1440
hurlbatc1450
ploykc1450
rung1491
libberlac1500
waster1533
batonc1550
macana1555
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bastinado1574
crab-tree comb1593
tomahawkc1612
billeta1616
wiper1622
batoon1637
gibbeta1640
crab-bat1647
kibbo1688
Indian club1694
batterdasher1696
crab-stick1703
bloodwipea1705
bludgeon1730
kierie1731
oaken towel1739
crab1740
shillelagh1772
knobstick1783
pogamogganc1788
whirlbat1791
nulla-nulla1798
waddy1800
kevel1807
supple1815
mere1820
hurlet1825
knobkerrie1826
blackthorn1829
bastera1833
twig1842
leangle1845
alpeen1847
banger1849
billy1856
thwack-stave1857
clump1868
cosh1869
nulla1878
sap1899
waddy1899
blunt instrument1923
1562 J. Heywood Sixt Hundred Epigrammes lx, in Wks. sig. Ddv Leaue that woorde or Ile baste ye with a libet.
1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) Ep. Ded. sig. Aiv A longe lastinge lybbet.
1586 W. Warner Albions Eng. iv. xxi. 88 With that he tooke a Libbat vp, and beateth out his braines.
1586 W. Warner Æneidos in Albions Eng. sig. Piiiv Lybbattes newelie snatched from burning.
1736 J. Lewis Hist. Isle Tenet (ed. 2) 37 I took up a Libbit that lay by the Sole, and hove it at the Hagister.
1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words I Libbet, a billet of wood; a staff, stick, or club. South.
1908 G. Sanger 70 Years a Showman xiv. 48 We could see the big sticks—‘livetts’ they were termed—hurtling towards..the prizes.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

libbetn.2

/ˈlɪbɪt/
Etymology: Of obscure origin; compare lappet n.
Now dialect.
a. A flap or lobe.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > ear > [noun] > flap or lobe
lapc1000
ear-lapOE
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lippet1598
lug1602
lappet1609
handle1615
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auricle1650
flip-flop1661
pinna1682
helix1684
lobe1719
earlobea1785
ear flap1810
leaf1819
shell1831
pavilion1842
ear bud1953
1627 G. Hakewill Apologie iv. ix. §iii. 391 The tender libbets of their eares.
b. A fragment, rag, jag.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > [noun] > piece of > rag > a rag
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rata1250
ragc1390
shrag?a1400
tatter-wagc1400
tatter1402
jag1555
libbet1627
tatter-wallop1808
tat1839
tag1840
trollopa1843
fent1844
raggle1888
lappie1892
1627 G. Hakewill Apologie Pref. sig. c2 One who lookes onely vpon some libbet, or end of a peece of Arras.
1844 W. Barnes Poems Rural Life in Dorset Dial. Gloss. Libbets, rags in strips.
1893 G. E. Dartnell & E. H. Goddard Gloss. Words Wilts. Libbet, a fragment. ‘All in a libbet’, or ‘all in libbets and jibbets’, torn to rags. Also Lippet.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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