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

m opening into a larger one; especially, a recess to contain a bed; a lateral recess in a library.

Of or pertaining to Alexandria in Egypt; as, the Alexandrian library.

A building or an apartment where a library, periodicals, and newspapers are kept for use.

A library.

Belonging to a library. Byrom.

A library. [Obs.] Bale.

Of or pertaining to Sir Thomas Bodley, or to the celebrated library at Oxford, founded by him in the sixteenth century.

A label, placed upon or in a book, showing its ownership or its position in a library.

ge relative to the care and culture of the people; sociology in its broadest sense; -- in library cataloguing.

or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library are all displaced.

One who has the care or charge of a library.

ted by Gutenberg at Mentz, 1450-55; -- so called because a copy was found in the Mazarine Library, at Paris, about 1760. -- Mazarine blue, a deep blue color, named in honor of Cardinal Mazarin.

sed, enjoyed, visited, or the like; not private; public; unrestricted in use; as, an open library, museum, court, or other assembly; liable to the approach, trespass, or attack of any one; unprotected; exposed. If Demetrius . . . have a matter against any man, the law is open and there are deputies. Acts xix. 33. The s…

Of material things, like the books in a library.

To mark or indicate by a rebus. He [John Morton] had a fair library rebused with More in text and Tun under it. Fuller.

To furnish with shelves; as, to shelve a closet or a library.

nd lighted his majesty through a suite of rooms till they came to a private door into the library. Boswell.

buildings at Rome, near the church of St. Peter, including the pope's palace, a museum, a library, a famous chapel, etc.

Free to have or enjoy gratuitously; as, you are welcome to the use of my library.