subs. (old).—1. Sleep. LONG LIB = death.
1622–65. HEAD and KIRKMAN, The English Rogue. ‘Bing Out, etc.’
| By Rum-coves dine | |
| For his LONG LIB at last. |
2. (common).—A bank-note. For synonyms, see FLIMSY.
Verb. (old cant).—1. See quots. Also LYP.
1573. HARMAN, A Caveat or Warening for Common Cursetors (1814). LYP, to lie down.
1611. MIDDLETON and DEKKER, The Roaring Girle, v. 1. I would LIB all the darkmans.
c. 1696. B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v. LIB, c, to tumble and lie together.
1725. A New Canting Dictionary, s.v.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v. LIB, to lie together.
1859. G. W. MATSELL, Vocabulum; or, The Rogue’s Lexicon, s.v. LIB. The coves LIB together, the fellows sleep together.
2. (old).—To castrate.
1598. FLORIO, A Worlde of Wordes, s.v. Castrare … to LIB.
