Now dial. Also 6 lyb(b)et, (also 9) libbat, 7 libbit. [Cf. OF. libe, libbe block of stone.] A billet of wood; a stick to beat or throw at anything with.
1562. J. Heywood, Prov. & Epigr. (1867), 210. Leaue that woorde or Ile baste ye with a libet.
1567. Harman, Caveat, 26. A longe lastinge lybbet.
1586. Warner, Alb. Eng., IV. xxi. (1602), 92. With that he tooke a Libbat vp, and beateth out his braines. Ibid. (1589), Pr. Add. (1602), 345. Libbats newly snatched from burning.
1736. Lewis, Isle of Tenet, 37. I took up a Libbit that lay by the Sole, and hove it at the Hagister.
1847. Halliwell, Libbet, a billet of wood; a staff, stick, or club. South.
