3 entries under this word

Glib

Glĭb, a.

adjective

a. [compar. GLIBBER; superl. GLIBBEST.] [Fr. glib, slippery, Gael. glìb, sleet, D. glibberen, glippen, to slide, glibberig, glipperig, glib, slippery. Cf. A-S. glid, slippery.]

Smooth; slippery; admitting a body to slide easily on the surface; as, ice is glib.
Voluble; easily moving; as, a glib tongue.

I want that glib and oily art To speak and purpose not. Shak. Syn.—Slippery; smooth; fluent; voluble; flippant.

Glib, n.

noun

n. [Ir. & Gael. glib, a lock of hair.] A thick, curled brush of hair, hanging down over the eyes.

The Irish have, from the Scythians, mantles and long glibs, which is a thick curled bush of hair hanging down over their eyes, and monstrously disguising them. Spencer.

Their wild costume of glib and mantle. Southey.

Glĭb, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. 1. [O. & Prov. Eng. lib, to castrate, geld, Prov. Dan. live, L. Ger. & O. D. lubben.] To castrate; to geld; to emasculate. I had rather glib myself, than they Should not produce fair issue. Shak. 2. [See GLIB, a.] To make smooth. Bp. Hall.