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Glib

Glib

(glĭb)
,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Glibber
(glĭb′bẽr)
;
sup
erl.
Glibbest
(glĭb′bĕst)
.]
[Prob. fr. D.
glibberen
,
glippen
, to slide,
glibberig
,
glipperig
, glib, slippery.]
1.
Smooth; slippery;
as, ice is
glib
.
[Obs.]
2.
Speaking or spoken smoothly and with flippant rapidity; fluent; voluble;
as, a
glib
tongue; a
glib
speech.
Syn. – Slippery; smooth; fluent; voluble; flippant.

Glib

,
Verb.
T.
To make glib.
[Obs.]
Bp. Hall.

Glib

,
Noun.
[Ir. & Gael.
glib
a lock of hair.]
A thick lock of hair, hanging over the eyes.
[Obs.]
The Irish have, from the Scythians, mantles and long
glibs
, which is a thick curied bush of hair hanging down over their eyes, and monstrously disguising them.
Spenser.
Their wild costume of the
glib
and mantle.
Southey.

Glib

,
Verb.
T.
[Cf. O. & Prov. E.
lib
to castrate, geld, Prov. Dan.
live
, LG. & OD.
lubben
.]
To castrate; to geld; to emasculate.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Glib

GLIB

,
Adj.
[L. glaber, smooth; labor, to slide. This word contains the elements of slip. Qu. L. glubo.]
1.
Smooth; slippery; admitting a body to slide easily on the surface; as, ice is glib.
2.
Smooth; voluble; easily moving; as a glib tongue.

GLIB

,
Noun.
A thick curled bush of hair hanging down over the eyes. [Not in use.]

GLIB

,
Verb.
T.
To castrate.
1.
To make smooth.

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