Lib"a*ment (lb"*ment), n. [L. libamentum.] Libation. [Obs.] Holland.
Li"bant (l"bant), a. [L. libans, p. pr. of libare to taste, touch.]
Sipping; touching lightly. [R.] Landor.
Li*ba"tion (l*b"shn), n. [L. libatio, fr. libare to take a little from
anything, to taste, to pour out as an offering: cf. F. libation.] The
act of pouring a liquid or liquor, usually wine, either on the ground
or on a victim in sacrifice, in honor of some deity; also, the wine or
liquid thus poured out. Dryden.
A heathen sacrifice or libation to the earth.
Bacon.
Li"ba*to*ry (l"b*t*r), a. Pertaining to libation.
Lib"bard (lb"brd), n. [See Leopard.] A leopard. [Obs. or Poetic]
Spenser. Keats.