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zibet|ˈzɪbɪt|
Forms: 6– zibeth, 7 zibith, (sebat), 8– zibet.
[ad. med.L. zibethum (cf. It. zibetto, F. zibet, G. zibeth): see civet n.1]
A variant of civet n.1, the animal and the perfume; used distinctively (after Buffon) for the Asiatic species of Viverra, V. zibetha, and the secretion it yields (called also zibethum).
1594Blundevil Exerc., Plancius' Map (1597) 265 Next to her genitories, shee hath a little bagge into the which doth fall the precious greace or humour, which they call Ciuet and Zibeth. 1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts 585 The Zibeth or Sivet-cat. 1669Addr. to hopeful yng. Gentry Eng. 44 You would conceive..that some Chymist had dearly purchas'd their more terrene excrements, out of them to exalt his occidental zibith. 1781Smellie Buffon's Nat. Hist. (1791) V. 242 The zibet is probably the civet of Asia, of the East Indies, and of Arabia. 1843Penny Cycl. XXVI. 406 The marks on the lateral and anterior parts of the neck are very dark in the Zibet.
b. Comb. † zibet-muff, a muff made of civet fur.
1685Lond. Gaz. No. 2078/4 A Sebat Muff. |