v. t. [ L. ab + ligatus, p. p. of ligare to tie. ] To tie up so as to hinder from. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. abligurito, fr. abligurire to spend in luxurious indulgence; ab + ligurire to be lickerish, dainty, fr. lingere to lick. ] Prodigal expense for food. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ See Able. ] Perhaps. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ /mhw>, adv. [ See Able. ] Perhaps; possibly. [ Scotch ] Burns. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With an ambling gait. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the doctrine or political position that opposes the withdrawal of state recognition of an established church; -- used especially concerning the Anglican Church in England. Opposed to disestablishmentarianism. [ PJC ]

a. See Bawbling. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Insignificant; contemptible. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or derived from, the Bible; as, biblical learning; biblical authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being biblical; a biblical subject. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. According to the Bible. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. biblicisme. ] Learning or literature relating to the Bible. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One skilled in the knowledge of the Bible; a demonstrator of religious truth by the Scriptures. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Bibliographer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; book + &unr_; to write : cf. F. bibliographe. ] One who writes, or is versed in, bibliography. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. bibliographique. ] Pertaining to bibliography, or the history of books. -- Bib`li*o*graph"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

pos>n.; pl. Bibliographies [ Gr. bibliografi`a: cf. F. bibliographie. ] 1. a history or description of books and manuscripts, with notices of the different editions, the times when they were printed, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. a list of books or other printed works having some common theme, such as topic, period, author, or publisher. [ PJC ]

3. a list of the published (and sometimes unpublished) sources of information referred to in a scholarly discourse or other text, or used as reference materials for its preparation. [ PJC ]

4. the branch of library science dealing with the history and classification of books and other published materials. [ PJC ]

{ } n. [ See. Bibliolatry. ] A worshiper of books; especially, a worshiper of the Bible; a believer in its verbal inspiration. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. bibli`on book + latrei`a service, worship, latrey`ein to serve. ] Book worship, esp. of the Bible; -- applied by Roman Catholic divines to the exaltation of the authority of the Bible over that of the pope or the church, and by Protestants to an excessive regard to the letter of the Scriptures. Coleridge. F. W. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to bibliology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; book + -logy. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. An account of books; book lore; bibliography. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The literature or doctrine of the Bible. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; book + -mancy: cf. F. bibliomancie. ] A kind of divination, performed by selecting passages of Scripture at hazard, and drawing from them indications concerning future events. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; book + &unr_; madness: cf. F. bibliomanie. ] A mania for acquiring books. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who has a mania for books. -- a. Relating to a bibliomaniac. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to a passion for books; relating to a bibliomaniac. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. bibli`on book + phgny`naito make fast. ] Relating to the binding of books. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A bookbinder. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to the art of binding books. [ R. ] Dibdin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Bibliopegic. ] The art of binding books. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; book + &unr_; to love: cf. F. bibliophile. ] A lover of books. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Love of books. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A lover of books. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; book + &unr_; to fear. ] A dread of books. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ See Bibliopole. ] Of or pertaining to the sale of books. “Bibliopolic difficulties.” Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. bibliopola, Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; book + &unr_; to sell: cf. F. bibliopole. ] One who sells books. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The trade or business of selling books. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Bibliopole. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to bibliopolism. Dibdin. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Gr. &unr_; book + &unr_; a burial. ] One who hides away books, as in a tomb. [ R. ] Crabb. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A librarian. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. See Bibliotheke. ] A library. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. bibliothecalis. See Bibliotheke. ] Belonging to a library. Byrom. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. bibliothecarius: cf. F. bibliothécaire. ] A librarian. [ Obs. ] Evelin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. bibliotheca, Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; book + &unr_; a case, box, fr. &unr_; to place: cf. F. bibliothèque. ] A library. [ Obs. ] Bale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. bibliste. See Bible. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. One who makes the Bible the sole rule of faith. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A biblical scholar; a biblicist. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ D. blik tin. ] A tin dinner pail. [ Local, U. S. ] Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. small genus of West African evergreen trees and shrubs bearing fleshy capsular three-seeded fruits edible when neither unripe nor overripe.
Syn. -- genus Blighia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Blighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Blighting. ] [ Perh. contr. from AS. blīcettan to glitter, fr. the same root as E. bleak. The meaning “to blight” comes in that case from to glitter, hence, to be white or pale, grow pale, make pale, bleach. Cf. Bleach, Bleak. ] 1. To affect with blight; to blast; to prevent the growth and fertility of. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ This vapor ] blasts vegetables, blights corn and fruit, and is sometimes injurious even to man. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: To destroy the happiness of; to ruin; to mar essentially; to frustrate; as, to blight one's prospects. [ 1913 Webster ]

Seared in heart and lone and blighted. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be affected by blight; to blast; as, this vine never blights. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Mildew; decay; anything nipping or blasting; -- applied as a general name to various injuries or diseases of plants, causing the whole or a part to wither, whether occasioned by insects, fungi, or atmospheric influences. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of blighting, or the state of being blighted; a withering or mildewing, or a stoppage of growth in the whole or a part of a plant, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which frustrates one's plans or withers one's hopes; that which impairs or destroys. [ 1913 Webster ]

A blight seemed to have fallen over our fortunes. Disraeli. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Zool.) A downy species of aphis, or plant louse, destructive to fruit trees, infesting both the roots and branches; -- also applied to several other injurious insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. pl. A rashlike eruption on the human skin. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]