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A house or lodging. [Old Slang] B. Jonson.

ign in the zodiac, which the sun enters at the autumnal equinox in September, marked thus libra in almanacs, etc. (b ) A southern constellation between Virgo and Scorpio.

Of a pound weight. [Obs.] Johnson.

One who has the care or charge of a library.

The office of a librarian.

A considerable collection of books kept for use, and not as merchandise; as, a private library; a public library.

To vibrate as a balance does before resting in equilibrium; hence, to be poised. Their parts all liberate on too nice a beam. Clifton.

The act or state of librating. Jer. Taylor.

Balancing; moving like a balance, as it tends to an equipoise or level.

One who makes a libretto.

A book containing the words of an opera or extended piece of music.

Having the form of liber, or resembling liber. Libriform cells, peculiar wood cells which are very slender and relatively thick- walled, and occasionally are furnished with bordered pits. Goodale.

Of or pertaining to Libya, the ancient name of that part of Africa between Egypt and the Atlantic Ocean, or of Africa as a whole.

. At one's pleasure; as one wishes.

prove that he was in another place when the alleged act was committed; as, to set up an alibi; to prove an alibi.

Quality of being alible.

Nutritive; nourishing.

A balancing; equipoise. [R.] De Quincey.

To libel or traduce; to calumniate. Fuller.

A woman excelling both in beauty and goodness; a fair maid. [Obs.] Spenser.