v. Also 6 bible, bibil, bybyll. [f. BIB + -LE, freq. ending; cf. prattle, tipple.]

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  † 1.  To keep drinking, to drink: a. trans. Obs.

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1583.  Stanyhurst, Æneis, I. (Arb.), 33. His fierce steeds … Xanth stream gredilye bibled.

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  † b.  intr. Obs.

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a. 1529.  Skelton, Elyn. Rumming, 550. Let me wyth you bybyll.

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1581.  Marbeck, Bk. of Notes, 326. An Eagles olde age for necessitie, compelleth him to be ever bibling.

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  2.  intr. To dabble with the bill like a duck. b. trans. To drink with a dabbling noise.

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1552.  Huloet, Bubblyng, or bybblyng in water, as duckes do, amphibolus.

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1861.  M. B. Edwards, Tale of Woods, II. ii. Eider-duck, How pleasant it is to glide through the grass And bibble the dew-drops as I pass!

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