bibble, v.
(ˈbɪb(ə)l)
Also 6 bible, bibil, bybyll.
[f. bib + -le, freq. ending; cf. prattle, tipple.]
† 1. To keep drinking, to drink: a. trans. Obs.
| 1583 Stanyhurst æneis i. (Arb.) 33 His fierce steeds..Xanth stream gredilye bibled. |
† b. intr. Obs.
| a 1529 Skelton Elyn. Rumming 550 Let me wyth you bybyll. 1581 Marbeck Bk. of Notes 326 An Eagles olde age for necessitie, compelleth him to be ever bibling. |
2. intr. To dabble with the bill like a duck. b. trans. To drink with a dabbling noise.
| 1552 Huloet, Bubblyng, or bybblyng in water, as duckes do, amphibolus. 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! |