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Babbitt   /bˈæbɪt/   Listen
Babbitt

verb
1.
Line with a Babbitt metal.
noun
1.
An alloy of tin with some copper and antimony; a lining for bearings that reduces friction.  Synonym: Babbitt metal.



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"Babbitt" Quotes from Famous Books



... which abounds in 'the elegant expression of sound learning,' contains, in the present number, a noble article on Loyalty in the United States, by Rev. B.B. BABBITT, which we would gladly have read by every one. Almost amusing, and yet really beautiful, is the following Latin version of 'Now I lay me down to ...
— Continental Monthly - Volume 1 - Issue 3 • Various

... Babbitt's Rousseau and Romanticism to deal with a closely argued and copiously documented indictment of the modern mind. We gather that this book is but the latest of several books in which the author has gradually developed his theme, and we regret exceedingly that the ...
— Aspects of Literature • J. Middleton Murry



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