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Definition of Libby
1. Noun. United States chemist who developed a method of radiocarbon dating (1908-1980).
Definition of Libby
1. Proper noun. A diminutive of the female given name ''Elizabeth''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Libby
Literary usage of Libby
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1889)
"Libby went into possession under the contract. He and those in possess .on under
him bad, prior to the commencement of this suit on the 26th of February. ..."
2. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the by James Terry White (1910)
"His earliest American ancestor was John Libby who came from England and ... Libby.
John Libby was a lieutenant in the expedition against Louisburg and a ..."
3. Illustrative Cases on Equity Jurisprudence by Harry Burns Hutchins, Robert Emmet Bunker (1903)
"The question to be determined is whether there was any such default upon the part
of the plaintiff, Libby, as deprived him of the right to specific ..."
4. Massachusetts Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1864)
"JOSEPH PROUT versus SIMON Libby. A plea of non-tenure without disclaimer was ...
To this plea the demandant demurred, and the said Libby jomed in demurrer. ..."
5. A Picture of the Desolated States, and the Work of Restoration, 1865-1868 by John Townsend Trowbridge (1868)
"Libby, CASTLE THUNDER, AND BELLE ISLE. STROLLING along a street near the river,
below the burnt district, I looked up from the dirty pavements, ..."
6. Narrative of Privations and Sufferings of United States Officers and by United States Sanitary Commission (1864)
"Almost invariable Robbery of Prisoners—Description of Libby Prison— Overcrowded
Rooms—Barely room to lie down—Ragged and verminous ..."
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