bibble-babble 
bibble-babble (bib'l-bab"l), . [Early mod. 
E. also bible-bable, a varied redupl. of btiblilr. 
Cf. tittle-tattle, shilly-shally, etc.] Idle talk; 
prating to no purpose. 
Thy wits the heavens restore ! endeavour thyself to sleep, 
and leave thy vain biUilf.htiUi/r. Mac., 'I'. N'., iv. _'. 
bibblert (bib'ler), n. One who bibbles; a bib- 
ber. 
Tare ye well, bibUrr. 1'ilall, Koistcr Ooistcr, iii. 5. 
bib-cock (bib'kok), n. [< bib- (in reference to 
the bent-down nozle) + cock 1 , 3.] A cock or 
faucet having a bent-down uozle. K. II. 
Kn iii lit. 
bibelot (bib'16), n. [F.] A small object of 
curiosity, beauty, or rarity ; especially, an ob- 
ject of this kind which can be kept in a cabinet 
or on a shelf. See ciirin. 
biberon (bib'rou), . [F., artificially formed, 
< L. biliriT, drink, and F. suffix -on.] 1. A v.-s- 
sel having a spout 
through which to 
drink, designed for 
the use of sick per- 
sons and children. 
2. An infant's nurs- 
ing-bottle. 
Bibio (bib'i-6), . 
[NL., < LL. bibi<i. a 
small insect said to 
be generated in wine, 
CLMbere, drink.] A 
genus of dipterous 
insects, typical of 
the family Bibioni- 
dffi. The sexes are col- 
ored dill'erently. B. hor- 
tvlanus is an example ; 
the male is black, the 
female brick-red with a 
black head. 
Bibionidae(bib-i-on'- 
i-de), n. pi. [NL., 
{ Kihinfl)-} 4- -itlir 1 Biberon. Oiron faience (France). 
I ' . -P.J in South Kensington Museum, Ij.n- 
A family Of nemo- don. ( From " L'Art pour Tous." ) 
cerous dipterous in- 
sects, typified by the genus Bibio, having the 
prothorax much developed, no transverse tho- 
racic suture, 7 abdominal segments, 6 to 11 
antennal joints, 3 ocelli, wings without a discal 
cell, and the coxee not prolonged. There are 
about 300 described species. The family formerly in- 
cluded the genus Simulium, now separated as the type 
of another family. 
bibiru (bi-be'ro), n. See bebeent. 
bibitory (bib'i-to-ri), a. [< NL. bibitorius, < LL. 
bibitor, a drinker, toper, < L. bibere, drink.] Per- 
taining to drinking or tippling. [Rare.] 
Bible (bi'bl), H. [< ME bible, bibel, < OF. bi- 
lle (F. bible = Pr. bibla = Sp. Pg. biblia = It. 
bibbia = D. bijbel = MHG. and G. bibel = Icel. 
Triblia, old form bibla = Sw. Dan. libel), < LL. 
biblia (usually biblia sacra) (prop. ueut. pi., 
but in ML. taken also as fern, sing.), < Gr. 
Bif&Mi (TO /3itf,ia ra ayia, i. e., biblia sacra, the 
holy books), pi. of jli[tt.iov, often spelled ftv- 
ftUov, a little book, a book as a division of a 
large work, dim. of /'J//3Xof, also /W'/#.f , a book, 
writing, scroll, lit. paper, same as fli'jifof, the 
Egyptian papyrus, of the inner bark of which 
paper was made. Cf. L. liber, a book, < liber, 
the inner bark of a tree ; E. book, < AS. bdc, a 
book, as related to bdc, a beech-tree; and cf. 
paper. The orig. sense of LL. biblia, the books, 
is made prominent in ML. bibliotheea, the Bi- 
ble, lit. a library: see bibliotheea.] 1. The 
543 
and the major part nf the New Testament, probably 
prepared in tlie seeond century A. 1). Translations were 
early made into the principal languages of Christendom. 
The first complete translation into English was that of 
Wyclif, about 1383 ; and the first printed Knglisb versions 
were those of Tymlalc and 1 'ovcnlale, 1524-3.0. other im- 
portant versions are the Lutheran, in the German, by 
Martin Luther, 1521-34 the basis of the Swedish, lla- 
nish, Icelandic, Dutch, anil Finnish versions ; tlie Author 
i <! nr Kiit'i .1,1, ,!,<, prepared l.y a speeial roiiintUsion of 
seliolars in Knv:land under James I., 1004-11 ; the Dowty, 
a popular name jjven to a translation into Iji-l 
K.red by Koman Catholic divines the old Testament at 
inav(le09 In), thu New Testament at lieims (lf>M) ; and 
the A 1 - i - H I. a n-! msion of the King James Ililile prepared 
by a committee of Hritish and .American Protestant di- 
vines, tbe New Testament appearing iii 1881, and the Old 
Testament in IHSft. The number of minor versions is 
indicated hy the fact that, since 1804, translations of the 
liihle or portions of it have been published in upward of 
!< languages. Koman Catholics and Protestants differ 
ill the degree of authority which they attach to the liible. 
Tin Koman Catholic Church "receives with piety and 
ivu-ivncc all the books of the Old and New Testaments, 
sinee one Uod is the Author of each " (Council of Trent); 
but ''at the same time it maintains that there is an nn 
written word of Hud over and above Scripture" (Cath. 
Diet.). I'rotestants generally hold that "the Supreme 
Judge, by which all controversies of religion are to lie de- 
termined, and all decrees of councils, opinions of ancient 
writers, and private spirits are to be examined, and in 
whose sentence w e are to rest, can be no other but the 
Holy spirit speaking in Scripture" (Westminster Conf. 
of I'aith). 
Hence 2. Any book or collection of religious 
writings received by its adherents as a divine 
revelation: as, the 
Koran is the Bible of 
the Mohammedans; 
the Mormon Bible. 
3f. [/. c.] Any great 
book. 
To tellen all wold passen 
any bible, 
That owher (anywhere] is. 
1'haurer, Prol. to Canon's 
[Yeoman's Tale, 1. 354. 
4. [I. c.] A medie- 
val military engine 
for throwing large 
stones. Grose.- Bible 
Christian, one of a re- 
ligious sect in England 
and Wales, sometimes 
called Bryanites from 
their founder, William 
Bryan, a Wesleyan local 
preacher, who separated 
Bible for hurling missiles. 
{From a drawing dated 1473.) 
from the Wesleyaus in 1815. In doctrines and forms of 
worship they do not differ widely from the Arminian 
-Methodists.-- Bible Communist. Same as Perfectionist 
. See OeiKca Bible. Geneva. Bible, an English 
ation of the Bible issued from Geneva in 1560 by sev- 
Bible. 
translation of the Bible issued from Geneva in 1560 by 
eral English divines who had fled thither to escape the 
persecution of the reign of Mary. It was the first complete 
liible to appear in Roman type, the first to omit tlie Apoc- 
rypha, and the first to recognize the division into verses, 
This translation was in common use in England till the 
version made by order of King James was introduced in 
1611. The Geneva Bible has also been called the Brenhex 
Bible, because Gen. iii. 7 is translated, "Then the eyes of 
them both were opened, and they knew that they were 
naked, and they sewed fig leaves together and made them- 
zarln Bible, an edition of the Bible printed by Gutenberg 
at Mentz in 1450-55, being the first book ever printed with 
movable types. It was so called because the first known 
bibliolatrous 
or to the saored writings : us bibliriil learning ; 
In hi i en/ cril lei si n. 2. Iii ni'i-cii'd with the teach- 
ings of the Bible; scriptural. Hence 3. Au- 
thoritative; true. 
First and last, eloquence nnist still he at liotlom a 
cal statement of tart. ,,. Klo<|iienee. 
(jOften written with a capital, as a proper 
adjective.] 
Biblical geography, see ;.,,., m///.</. Biblical her- 
meneutics. See A. I-,H< // !/,.. . -Syn. See ttci <'/>t"i-ui 
biblicality (bib-li-karj-ti), . [< biblical + 
-it</.] 1. The <|imlity of bi'ing biblical. 2. 
That which has the ijualitv of being biblical. 
[Kav, . ] 
biblically (bib'li-kal-i), adv. In a biblical man- 
ner: according hi the Bible. 
Biblicism(bilYli-siy.m), . [< ML. biblicux, bib- 
lical, + -ism.] 1. Adherence to the letter of 
the Bible. 2. Biblical doctrine, learning, or 
literature. Kclrrtir Hi /. 
Biblicist (bib'li-sist), . [< ML. bibli<-nn, bibli- 
cal, + -int.] 1. A professed adherent of the 
letter of the Bible ; specifically, in the twelfth 
century, one who adhered to the Bible as the 
sole rule of faith and practice, as opposed to a 
scholastic, who professed to bring all the doc- 
trines of faith to the test of philosophy. 2. 
A biblical scholar. 
Also Bililixt. 
bibliochresis (bibli-o-kre'sis), w. [NL., < Gr. 
BtSUw, a book, -t- x/jjjaif, use, < xi"t a ^ al t use.] 
The use of books. 
Tlie public librarian may soon deserve the additional 
title of Master of Biblwchresit. The Nation, XXXVI. 297. 
bibliognost (bib'li-og-nost), n. [< F. biblio- 
I/MI/I",< Gr. jliift.iov, a book, + jvuffrffc, one who 
knows: see ynogis, gnostic.] One versed in 
bibliography or the history of books. /. D' Is- 
raeli, Curios, of Lit., IV. 251. 
bibliognostic (bib"li-og-nos'tik), a. [< bibli- 
nijiiont + -ic.] Of or pertaining to a bibliog- 
nost, or to a knowledge of bibliography. 
bibliogony (bib-li-og'o-ni), n. [< Gr. pijttjav, 
book, + -yovia, production : see -gony.] The 
production of books. Southey. 
bibliograph (bib'li-o-graf), n. [< Gr. /3*/3/Uo- 
jpd^of: see bibliographer.] Same as bibliog- 
rapher. 
A thorough librarian must be a combination of the trio, 
bibliographe, bibliognoste, and bibliophile. 
J. C. Van Dyke, Books and How to Use Them, p. 132. 
T), n. [< Gr. 
It. One who 
writes or copies books. 2." One who writes 
about books, especially in regard to their au- 
thorship, date, typography, editions, etc. ; one 
skilled in bibliography. 
bibliographic, bibliographical (bib'li-o-graf '- 
ik, ,-i-kal), a. [As bibliography + -ic, -ical.] Per- 
taining to bibliography. 
bibliographically (bib"li-o-graf'i-kal-i), adv. 
In a bibliographical manner. 
(bib-li-og'ra-fi), n. [= F. biblio- 
fiififaoypaijiia, the act or habit of 
books, < fii/)'/M>ypd^>of, a writer of books, 
a book, 4- ypdyeiv, write : see Bible.] 
books. 2. Thi 
don press, Oxford, in 1717, with the heading to Luke xx. as 
the " Parable of the Vinegar," instead of the " Parable of 
the Vineyard." Wicked Bible, an edition printed in 1632 
in which the word not is omitted from the seventh com- 
mandment. 
Bible-Clerk (bi'bl-klerk), . 1. In English uni- 
" " J x T.' versities, a student whose duty it originally 
Book, or rather the Books (see etym. ) by way was to ^ the Bible duri , . no | ofte ^ 
of eminence; the Scnptures of the Old and required to note absences from chapel.- 2. 
The holder of a certain scholarship in Corpus 
Christi College, Cambridge, established in 1473. 
Bible-oath (bi'bl-6th), n. An oath on the Bible ; 
a sacred obligation. 
New Testaments. The word bible is not found in the 
English version, but the Greek word occurs frequently, 
being always translated " book " or " books," sometimes In- 
dicating the books of the Old Testament. The Bible con- 
sists of two parts : the Old Testament, written in Hebrew 
containing the Law, the Prophets, and the sacred writings, 
or Hagiographa ; and the New Testament, written in Oreek 
c.nisi<tinv "f tin- f.mr dosprK the lim.k ,,f Wts the 
Epistles of Paul and other apostolic writers, and the Apoc- 
alypse or Book of Revelation, the only strictly prophetic 
book which it contains. Koiuan Catholic writers accept 
in addition to these, most of the hooks contained in the 
apocrypha of the King James version, which occur in the 
Septuagint (see below) and Vulgate, distributed among 
the other books of the Old Testament. The principal an- 
cient versions of the Bible, or of portions of it, arc the 
Targtuiw. a Chaldee or Aramaic paraphrase or interpreta- 
tion of the more ancient Hebrew Scriptures ; the Samar- 
itan Pmtattuch, a Hi-brew version of the first five books 
of the Old Testament, ancient in its character, and pre- 
served with jealous care among the Samaritans; the N,,, 
tuoffint, a Creek version of the Old Testament prepare. I 
by Jewish scholars at Alexandria under the Ptolemies, 
principally in the third century B. c. ; the t'tit'intr a Latin 
version <.f both Old Testament and New Testament pre- 
pared by Jerome at the close of the fourth century A. D. ; 
and the Peshito, a Syriac version of the Old Testament 
So long as it was not a Bible-Oath, we may break it with 
safe conscience. Congreve, Way of the World, v. 2. 
I elonbted the correctness of your statement, though 
hacked by your lordship's Bible-oath. 
Thackeray, Virginians, xcii. 
bible-press (bi'bl-pres), n. [< bible, appar. 
with thought of ' a large book bound in heavy 
boards,' 4- press.] Naut., a hand-rolling board 
for cartridges, and for rocket- and port-fire 
cases. [Eng.] 
biblic (bib'lik), n. [< ML. biblicus, < LL. biblia, 
Bible.] In the medieval universities, the lowest 
grade of bachelor of theology. The ordinary bib- 
tic read ami expounded the Bible on the days of the' ordi- 
nary lectures ; the cursory biblic did so in extraordinary 
courses. See bachelor, 2. 
biblical (bib'li-kal), a. [< ML. biblicus, < LL. 
biblia, Bible, + -al.] 1 . Pertaining to the Bible 
i, dates, subjects, classifica- 
tion, history, etc. 
Biblioffraphy . . . being the knowledge of books, which 
now is not confined to an "erudition of title-pages," but 
embraces the subject-division of all the branches of hu- 
man learning. 
J. C. Van Dyke, Books and How to Use Them, p. 113. 
3. A classified list of authorities or books on 
any theme: as, the bibliography of political 
economy. 
biblioklept (bib'li-o-klept), . [< Gr. fii/3/.iov, 
book, + K^drri/f, a thief.] A book-thief; one 
who purloins or steals books. [Rare.] 
bibliokleptomaniac (bib ' li - o - klep " to - ma '- 
ni-ak), n. [< Gr. jbpMov, book, + kleptoma- 
niac.] One affected by a mania for stealing 
books. [Kare.] 
bibliolater (bib-li-ol'a-ter), n. [See libliolatry ; 
cf. idolater.] 1. A book-worshiper; one who 
pays undue regard to books. Specifically 2. 
One who is supposed to regard the mere letter 
of the Bible with undue or extravagant respect ; 
a worshiper of the Bible. De Quincey. 
Tlie mistaken zeal of Bibliolaters. 
Huxley, Lay Sermons, p. 278. 
bibliolatrist (bib-li-ol'a-trist), . [< libliola- 
try + -ML] Same as bibliolater. 
bibliolatrous (bib-li-ol'a-trus), n. [< bibliola- 
iry + -ous.] Given to or characterized by bib- 
liolatry. 
