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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Libbit, ppl. a. Also: -et, -ed. [e.m.E. libbed (1616).] Castrated, gelded. Also fig. — 1582 Edinb. Test. XI. 311.
Of ȝoung new libbit capones xx 1591 Ib. XXIII. 20 b.
Tua libbet bull stottis Urquhart Rabelais iii. xxxi. 256.
Like a libbed eunuch —fig. 1581-1623 James VI Poems I. 167/506.
Soldatis … into the house do holde Of libbit sonne to aagit yeire, thaire garnisoun full colde
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