Cant. Obs. Also 6 lyp. [Origin unknown.] intr. To sleep.
1567. Harman, Caveat (1869), 84. In what lipken has thou lypped in this darkemans, whether in a lybbege or in the strummell?
1611. Middleton & Dekker, Roaring Girl, V. i. Oh I wud lib all the lightmans, Oh I woud lib all the darkemans.
a. 1700. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, Lib, to Tumble or Lye together.
1859. Matsell, Vocab., s.v. (Farmer), The coves lib together, the fellows sleep together.
