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To balance two scales, sides, or ends; to keep even with equal weight on each side; to keep in equipoise. H. Spenser.

f being balanced; equipoise. In . . . running, leaping, and dancing, nature's laws of equilibration are observed. J. Denham.

Evenly poised; balanced. Dr. H. More. -- E`qui*lib"ri*ous*ly, adv.

balances himself in unnatural positions and hazardous movements; a balancer. When the equilibrist balances a rod upon his finger. Stewart.

The state of being balanced; equality of weight. [R.] J. Gregory.

ance in respect to an object, so that it remains firm; equipoise; as, to preserve the equilibrium of the body. Health consists in the equilibrium between those two powers. Arbuthnot.

An inscription, label, or the like, in a book indicating its ownership; esp., a bookplate.

The name of King Arthur's mythical sword. [Written also Excalibar, Excalibor, Escalibar, and Caliburn.] Tennyson.

The state of being fallible; liability to deceive or to be deceived; as, the fallibity of an argument or of an adviser.

Liable to fail, mistake, or err; liable to deceive or to be deceived; as, all men are fallible; our opinions and hopes are fallible.

In a fallible manner.

Same as Kilt. [Written also philibeg.]

To act as a filibuster, or military freebooter. Bartlett.

The characteristics or practices of a filibuster. Bartlett.

A kilt. See Filibeg.

See Filibuster.

A sycophant. [Obs. & Humorous.] "Flatterers and flibbergibs." Latimer.

An imp. Shak.

A buccaneer; an American pirate. See Flibuster. [Obs.]

Smooth; slippery; as, ice is glib. [Obs.]