LIGHT-BOAT

with shavings soaked in tar, used to light up a trench or breach. Light-boat (lit'bōt), n. See LIGHT-SHIP. Light-brain (lit'bran), n. An empty brain; a light-headed or weak-minded person.

Being as some were, light-braines, runnagates, unthriftes, and riotours. Martin (1554). Light-due (lit'dů), n. A duty or toll levied on ships navigating certain waters for the maintenance of the lights shown for their guidance or warning.

Lighten (lit'n), v.i. [From light, n., with suffix -en.] 1. To exhibit the phenomenon of lightning; to give out flashes; to flash. This dreadful night,

That thunders, lightens, opens graves, and roars As doth the lion. Shak. 2. To become more light; to become less dark or gloomy; to clear; as, the sky lightens. Lighten (lit'n), v.t. 1. To make light or clear; to dissipate darkness from; to fill with light; to illuminate; to enlighten; as, to lighten an apartment with lamps or gas; to lighten the streets.

A key of fire ran all along the shore,
And lightened all the river with a blaze.

Dryden.

3. To emit or send forth, as lightning or something resembling lightning; to flash. Behold his eye,

Shak.

As bright as is the eagle's, lightens forth Controlling majesty. Lighten (lit'n), v.t. 1. To make lighter or less heavy; to reduce in weight; to relieve of a certain amount of weight; as, to lighten a ship by unloading; to lighten a load or burden.-2. To make less burdensome or oppressive; to alleviate; as, to lighten the cares of life; to lighten the burden of grief. 3. To cheer; to exhilarate.

A trusty villain, sir, that very oft,

When I am dull with care and melancholy, Lightens my humour with his merry jests. Shak. -To lighten upon,t to alight or descend upon.

O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us as our trust is in thee. Book of Common Prayer. Lightening (lit'n-ing),n. Same as Lightning. Lighter (liter), n. One who or that which lights; as, a lighter of lamps. Lighter (liter), n. A large open flat-bottomed barge, often used in lightening or unloading and loading ships, raising ballast from the bottom of a harbour, &c. Lighter (liter), v.t. To convey by a boat called a lighter. Bryant. Lighterage (lit'èr-aj), n. 1. The act of unloading into lighters or boats.-2. The price paid for unloading ships by lighters or boats. Lighterman (lit'er-man), n. A man who manages a lighter; one employed on a lighter.

Light-fingered (lit'fing-gerd), a. Dexterous in taking and conveying away; thievish; addicted to petty thefts: a term often particularly applied to pickpockets. Light-foot, Light-footed (lit'fut, lit'fut-ed),

a.

Nimble in running or dancing; active. Light-foot Iris brought it yester-eve. Tennyson. Wood-nymphs mixed with her light-footed Fauns. Drayton. Light-foot (lit'fut), n. Venison. Johnson. [A cant word.]

Lightful (lit'fyl), a. Full of light; bright. Lightful presence.' Marston. [Rare.] Light-handed (lit'hand-ed), a.

Naut. ap

plied to a vessel when she is short of her complement of men.

Light-headed (lit'hed-ed), a. [See HEAD.] 1. Disordered in the head; dizzy; delirious. When Belvidera talks of 'lutes, laurels, seas of milk, and ships of amber,' she is not mad, but lightheaded. Walpole,

2. Thoughtless; heedless; weak; volatile; unsteady. Light-headedness (lit'hed-ed-nes), n. State or quality of being light-headed; disorder of the head; dizziness; giddiness; delirious

ness.

Light-hearted (lit'härt-ed), a. Having a light heart; free from grief or anxiety; gay; cheerful; merry.

He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch, Cold and yet cheerful. Cowper. Light-heartedly (lithärt-ed-li), adv. In a light-hearted manner; with a light heart. Light-heartedness (lit'härt-ed-nes), n. The state of being light-hearted or free from care or grief; cheerfulness. Light-heeled (lit held), a. Lively or expeditious in walking; brisk.

The villain is much lighter-heeled than I. Shak.

Skerryvore Lighthouse.

of last century. The apparatus for illumination now consists of an elaborate arrangement of glass lenses and prisms, with which reflectors may or may not be combined. The source of the light is gas, oil, or sometimes electricity. Light-infantry (lit'in-fant-ri), n. Milit. a body of armed men, selected and trained for rapid evolutions, often employed to cover and assist other troops.

a. Water tanks. b, Coal. .Workshop. d, Provisions. , Officers' room. e, Kitchen. f.g, Bedrooms. Light room. i, Oil. J.

Light-legged (lit'legd), a. Nimble; swift of foot. Sidney. Lightless (litles), a. Destitute of light; dark; not giving out light.

it.

They come lightly by the malt, and need not spare Sir W. Scott.

(d) Without reason, or for reasons of little weight.

Flatter not the rich; neither do thou willingly or lightly appear before great personages. Fer. Taylor.

(e) Without dejection; cheerfully.

Bid that welcome Which comes to punish us, and we punish it, Seeming to bear it lightly. Shak.

(f) Not chastely; wantonly; loosely; as, to behave lightly. (g) Nimbly; with agility; not heavily or tardily; as, he led me lightly

over the stream.

Watch what thou seest, and lightly bring me word. Tennyson. (h) Gaily; airily; with levity; without heed

or care.

Matrimony . is not to be taken in hand unadvisedly, lightly, or wantonly. Book of Common Prayer. ()t Commonly; usually. 'Short summers lightly have a forward spring.' Shak.

The great thieves of a state or lightly the officers of the crown. B. Jonson.

Lightly (licht'li), v.t. To make light of; to
slight; to disparage; to despise. [Scotch.]
Aye vow and protest that ye care na for me,
And whiles ye may lightly my beauty a wee.
Burns.
That which
Light-maker (lit'māk-er), n.
yields light, as a heavenly body. Wickliffe.
Unsettled;
Light-minded (lit'mind-ed), a.
unsteady; volatile; not considerate.
He that is hasty to give credit is light-minded.
Ecclus. xix. 4.

Lightness (lit'nes), n. The condition or quality of being light: (a) want of weight; levity: the contrary to heaviness; as, the lightness of air compared with water. (b) Inconstancy; unsteadiness; the quality of mind which disposes it to be influenced by trifling considerations.

Such is the lightness of you common men. Shak. (c) Levity; wantonness; lewdness; unchastity.

That modesty, may more betray our sense
Than woman's lightness.

Shak.

(d) Agility; nimbleness. (e) In the fine arts,

LIGHT-ROOM

a quality indicating freedom from weight or clumsiness.-SYN. Levity, inconstancy, unsteadiness, volatility, instability, giddiness, flightiness, airiness, sprightliness, briskness, wantonness, agility, nimbleness, swiftness, ease, facility.

Lightness (lit'nes), n. Want of darkness or intensity; clearness; as, the greater or less lightness of colours; the lightness of the night.

Lightning (lit'ning), n. [From verb to lighten.] 1. A flash of light the result of a discharge of atmospheric electricity from one cloud to another, or from a cloud to the earth.-2. A flashing or brightening up of the mind or spirits. [Rare.]

How oft when men are at the point of death
Have they been merry! which their keepers call
A lightning before death.

Shak.

A

An

Lightning-conductor (lit'ning-kon-dukter), n. Same as Lightning-rod. Lightning-glance (lit'ning-glans), n. glance or darting of lightning; a glance or flash of the eye like lightning. Lightning-print (lit'ning-print), n. appearance sometimes found on the skin of men and animals and on clothing struck by lightning or in the neighbourhood of the stroke, and popularly supposed to be photographs of surrounding objects. That this is the case is highly improbable, and the few well-authenticated instances yet remain to be accounted for. Lightning-proof (lit'ning-pröf), a. Safe or protected from lightning. Lightning-rod (lit'ning-rod), n. A pointed, insulated metallic rod erected to protect buildings or vessels from lightning; a lightning-conductor. In buildings the lightning-rod rises from 8 to 30 feet above the highest part of the structure, and is carried down into the earth to a depth of about 2 feet, then deflected from the wall of the building through a charcoal drain, and then led into water where possible, or into moist earth or a hole packed with charcoal. In ships a rod is frequently placed on every mast, and their connection with the sea is established by strips of copper inlaid in the masts, and attached below to the metal of or about the keel. In the figures given below a shows a lightning-rod consisting of a tube formed of metallic strips joined together; b is a lightning-rod of copper-wire ropes intertwined with iron rods; e consists of a metallic strip forming a tube with spiral flanges; c shows the metallic

Lightning-rod.

a be, Various forms of Rods. cdf. Various forms of Tips. ghi, Various forms of Attachments. strands of which the rod is composed, spread out to form several tips; d is a tip formed of several metals inclosed the one within the other, the most fusible being outside; f, a series of points formed of spiral coils combined with a tubular portion forming the tip, the conductor being a flat strip; g, sections coupled by an interior cylinder, with a tapering plug projecting from each of its ends; h shows how sections of a square tubular rod are secured to each other by square plugs fastened by indenting the tubes into suitable depressions formed in them; i, sections connected by interior short pieces fastened to each other by pins.

Light-o'-love (lit'o-luv), n. 1. An old dance tune, the name of which made it a proverbial expression of levity, especially in love matters. 'Best sing it to the tune of lighto'-love.' Shak.-2. A light or wanton woman. Beau. & Fl.

So, my quean, you and I must part sooner than perhaps a light-o'-love such as you expected to part with a-likely young fellow. Sir W. Scott.

Light-room (lit'röm), n. A small apartment in a ship of war having double glass windows

Lightsomeness (lit'sum-nes), n. The condition or quality of being lightsome: (a) luminousness. (b) Cheerfulness; merriment; levity.

Light-spirited (lit'spir-it-ed), a. Having a light or cheerful spirit.

Light-weight (it'wat), n. In sporting, a man or animal below a fixed weight; a boxer, jockey, or horse under a standard weight.

Light-winged (lit'wingd), a. Having light or fleet wings. Light-wing'd toys of feather'd Cupid. Shak.

Light-wood (lit'wyd), n. A name given in America to the knots and other resinous parts of pine-trees.

Lightyt (lit'i), a. Full of light; illuminated; not obscure. Wickliffe.

Lignaget (lin'aj), n. Lineage. Spenser. Lign-aloes (lin-al'ōz), n. [L. lignum, wood, and aloes.] Aloes wood or agallochum, a sweet-scented tree allied to sandal-wood. It is the resinous wood of Aquilaria Agallocha, which was once generally valued for use as incense, but now esteemed only in the East. See AGALLOCHUM. Ligneous (ligne-us), a. [L. ligneus, from lignum, wood.] Made of wood; consisting of wood; resembling wood; wooden.-Ligneous marble, wood coated or prepared so as to resemble marble.

Ligniferous (lig-nif'èr-us), a. [L. ligniferlignum, and fero, to produce.] Producing wood; yielding wood."

Lignification (lig'ni-fi-ka"shon), n. The act of lignifying, or the state of being lignified; the process of becoming or of converting into wood or the hard substance of a vegetable.

Ligniform (lig'ni-form), a. [L. lignum, wood, and forma, shape.] Like wood; resembling wood.

Lignify (lig'ni-fi), v.t. pret. & pp. lignified; ppr. lignifying. [L. lignum, wood, and facio, to make.] To convert into wood. Lignify (lig'ni-fi), v.i. To become wood. Lignin, Lignine (lig'nin), n. [From L. lignum, wood] (CH10O5.) Vegetable fibre; the substance which remains after a plant or a portion of it has been treated with water, weak alkaline and acid solutions, with alcohol and ether, in order to dissolve all the matters soluble in these agents. It constitutes the skeleton of the trunk and branches of the tree, and is found to consist of carbon and the elements of water. Lignin is a modification of cellulose. Ligniperdous (lig-ni-pér'dus), a. [L. lignum, and perdo, to destroy.] Wood-destroying: said of certain insects. Lignite (lignit), n. [L. lignum, wood.] Fos

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sil-wood, wood-coal, or brown coal, a combustible substance mineralized to a certain degree, but retaining distinctly its woody texture. It holds a station intermediate between peat and coal. Beds of lignite occur in the new red sandstone and oolite, but chiefly in the upper cretaceous and tertiary formations. In some parts of Germany it occurs in strata of more than 30 feet in thickness, chiefly composed of trees which have been drifted, apparently by fresh water, from their place of growth. It is but a poor fuel, being not very rich in carbon, but is used in some parts of France and Germany for domestic and manufacturing purposes. Lignitic (lig-nit'ik), a. Containing lignite; resembling lignite.

Lignitiferous (lig-ni-tif'èr-us), a. In geol. a term applied to strata containing beds of lignite or brown coal.

Lignous, Lignose (lig'nus, lig'nōs), a. Lig

neous.

Lignum (lig'num), n. [L.] Wood; that portion of arborescent plants which comprises the alburnum and the duramen. Lignum-aloes (lig'num-al-ōz), n. Lign-aloes.

Same as

[L., the

Lignum-vitæ (lig-num-vi'tē), n. wood of life, so called from its hardness and durability.] The popular name of a tree, Guaiacum officinale, nat. order Zygophyllaces. The common lignum-vitæ is a native of the northern coast of South America and of several of the West Indian Islands. It is a middle-sized tree, having a hard, brownish, brittle bark, and firm, solid, ponderous, very resinous wood of a blackishyellow colour in the middle, and of a hot aromatic taste. The leaves are composed of two or three pairs of leaflets, and the flowers are light blue. It is of use in medicine and the mechanical arts, being wrought into utensils, wheels, cogs, and various articles of turnery. See GUAIACUM.

L, Ligula.

Ligula, Ligule (lig'u-la, lig'ül), n. [L. ligula, a strap, for lingula, dim. of lingua, the tongue.] In bot. (a) a strapshaped petal of flowers of the order Compositæ. (b) The membrane which occurs at the base of the lamina of a grass leaf, as that of millet (Milium multiflorum), shown in the figure. Ligulate Ligulated (lig'u-lat, lig'u-lat-ed), a. [L. ligula, a strap.] Like a bandage or strap; in bot. applied especially to the ray florets of Composite, which are flat, spreading out toward the end, with the base only tubular, and to flowers having such florets. Ligule, n. See LIGULA. Liguliflora (lig-u-liflō-rē), n. pl. [L. ligula, a strap, and flos, floris, a flower.] A suborder of Compositae. The florets of the compound flowers are ligulate, and have each a stamen and pistil.

Liguliflorous (lig-u-lif'lō-rus), a. In bot. having a capitulum composed exclusively of ligulate florets. Liguorist, Liguorian (lig-u-o'rist, lig-u-o'ri-an), n. Same as Redemptorist. Ligure (lig'ür), n. [Gr. lyngkourion, linggourion, ligurion, a kind of gem, from lyngkos ouron, lynx's urine, being believed to be composed of lynx's urine petrified.] A kind of precious stone.

And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. Ex. xxviii. 19. Ligurite (li'gür-it), n. [From Liguria.] A variety of sphene, a mineral occurring in oblique rhombic prisms, of an apple-green colour, occasionally speckled. Ligusticum (li-gus'ti-kum), n. [So named because of some of the species growing in Liguria.] A genus of large herbaceous perennials, natives of the northern hemisphere, nat. order Umbelliferæ. One species, L. scoticum, is a British plant known by the name of lovage: it is sometimes used as a potherb.

Ligustrum (li-gus'trum), n. [L., privet.] A genus of shrubs or small trees, including about twenty-five species, nat. order Oleaceae. They are natives of Europe, temperate Asia, and tropical Australia, with smooth opposite entire leaves, and trichotomous panicles of small, usually white, flowers, which are succeeded by globular berry-like fruits. The common privet (L. vulgare) is a British plant used for low hedges.

LIKELIHOOD

Likable, Likableness (lik'a-bl, lik'a-bl-nes). See LIKEABLE, LIKEABLENESS. Like (lik), a. [A. Sax. lic, gelic; D. lijk, gelijk, Icel. likr, glikr, G. gleich, Goth. leiks, galeiks, like. The same word modified forms the termination in each, such, which, Sc. whilk, &c., and in adjectives and adverbs in ly. This is the origin of the verb to like, originally to suit, to please, and the adjective seems to be based on A. Sax. lic, form, figure, substance, dead body, whence lich, a corpse. See LICH.] 1. Equal in quantity, quality, or degree; exactly corresponding; same; as, a territory of like extent with another; men of like excellence.

More clergymen were impoverished by the late war, than ever in the like space before. Sprat. Even a private bank could not well be set up at Constantinople or Smyrna for the like reason, Brougham.

2. Having resemblance; of the same kind; similar; resembling.

Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are. Jam. v. 17. Why might not all other planets be created for the like uses, each for their own inhabitants? Bentley. 3. Having an aspect indicative of something; giving reason for a certain expectation or belief; probable; likely.

4. Having competent power, ability, inclination, or means; equal or disposed to.

Many were not easy to be governed, nor like to conform themselves to strict rules. Clarendon. He did not feel like returning to his solitary room with his mind unsettled. Julia Kavanagh.

Had like, was like; had nearly; came little short of; as, he had like to be defeated. [Like is frequently suffixed to nouns to form adjectives denoting resemblance or in the manner of, as childlike.]

Like (lik), n. Some person or thing resembling another; an exact counterpart; a resemblance; a copy.

He was a man, take him for all and all,
I shall not look upon his like again.
Every like is not the same.

Shak.

Shak.

Like (lik), adv. 1. In the same or a similar manner; equally; similarly; as, 'Like warlike as the wolf.' Shak.

Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. Ps. ciii. 13. Be strong, and quit yourselves like men. 1 Sam. iv. 9. 2. Likely; probably. Like enough it will.' Shak.

Liket (lik), v.t. To liken. 'And like me to the peasant boys of France.' Shak. Like (lik), v. t. pret. & pp. liked; ppr. liking. [A. Sax. lician, gelician, to please, to suit; lit. to be like one's tastes; D. lijken, to suit; Icel. lika, to please, to like; Goth. leikan, to please, galeikan, to be well pleased or content. See the adjective.] 1. To be pleased with in a moderate degree; to approve; to take satisfaction in; to enjoy.

He grew content to mark their speeches, then to marvel at such wit in shepherds, after to like their company. Sir P. Sidney.

2. To please; to be agreeable to: used impersonally.

prove.

Shak.

I am your husband if you like of me. But was that his magnificence liked of by all? Translators of the Bible to the Reader. Like (lik), n. A liking; a fancy; an inclination; a longing desire: used chiefly in the phrase likes and dislikes.

Likeable (lik'a-bl), a. Of a nature to attract liking; lovable; as, he has a likeable disposition.

Likeableness (lik'a-bl-nes), n. Quality of being likeable; lovableness.

The agreeableness of a thing depends not merely on its own likeableness, but on the number of people who can be got to like it. Ruskin.

Likehood (lik'hud), n. Likelihood. [Rare.] Likelihood (likli-hud), n. 1. Likeliness; probability; verisimilitude.

Likeliness (lik'li-nes), n. The condition or quality of being likely: (a) probability. (b) Suitableness; agreeableness. Likely (lik'li), a. 1. Having the appearance of truth; worthy of belief; credible; probable; as, a likely story.-2. So situated as probably to adopt some line of action, or the like; as, I am likely to be from home to-morrow. [Likely in such expressions may also be considered an adverb. 1-3. Suitable; well-adapted; convenient. A likely person is one that probably may suit or serve such and such a purpose. - 4. ↑ Similar; alike; congenial.

Love is a celestial harmony

Of likely hearts. Spenser. 5. [More directly from the verbal stem.] Such as may be liked; pleasing; agreeable; good-looking.

Shak.

I have not seen So likely an ambassador of love. [In the United States this word is often applied on account of mental endowments or pleasing accomplishments. With the Americans a likely man is a man of good character and talents, or of good dispositions or accomplishments, that render him respectable or promising.]

Likely (lik'li), adv. Probably; as may reasonably be thought; so as to give probable expectation.

While man was innocent, he was likely ignorant of nothing that imported him to know. Glanville. Like-minded (lik'mind-ed), a. Having a like disposition or purpose.

Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be like-minded. Phil. ii. 2.

Liken (lik'n), v. t. [From like, the adjective.] 1. To make like; to cause to resemble.

It is remarkable how exactly the occasional deviations from its fundamental principles in a free constitution, and the temporary introduction of arbitrary power, liken it to the worst despotisms. Brougham.

2. To compare; to represent as resembling or similar.

Whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock. Mat. vii. 24.

Likeness (lik'nes), n. 1. The condition or quality of being like; similarity; resemblance.-2. That which resembles or copies something else; especially, a portrait of a person, or the picture of an animal or other object.

Likerous, a. [See LICKERISH.] Gluttonous; lascivious. Chaucer.

Likewake (lik'wak), n. [Another form of Lichwake.] The watching of a corpse before interment; a lichwake.

Likewise (lik'wiz), conj. and adv. In like manner; also; moreover; too.

For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others. Ps. xlix. 10. He is a poet, and likewise a musician. Whately. Liking (lik'ing), a. Having a certain appearance; featured or favoured.

Why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort? Dan. i. 10. Liking (lik'ing), n. 1. Bodily condition, more especially good or sound condition. Their young ones are in good liking. Job xxxix. 4. I'll repent while I am in some liking. Shak.

2. State of trial, in order to decide whether that which is tried will be liked or not; approval. [Rare.]

Forced with regret to leave her native sphere, Came but a while on liking here. Dryden. 3. Inclination; pleasure; desire; satisfaction; as, this is an amusement to your liking: often with for or to.

A person who cannot build a house or a carriage will decide for himself whether a house or a carriage is built to his liking. Sir G. C. Lewis.

He who has no liking to the whole, ought in reason to be excluded from censuring the parts. Dryden. Lilac (li'lak), n. [Sp. lilac, Ar. lilak, lilak, lilac; Per. lilaj, lilanj, lilang, nilah, the indigo-plant, from nil, indigo, Skr. nila, blue, nilam, indigo.] A plant of the genus Syringa, the S. vulgaris, nat. order Oleacea, a beautiful and fragrant-flowered shrub, a native of Persia, but now completely acclimatised in this country. There are several varieties with flowers of different colours. Lilacine (lil'a-sin), n. In chem. the bitter principle of the lilac.

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many of which are the most beautiful of the vegetable world. They are stemless herbs, or shrubs with a simple or branched trunk, with bulbous or fascicled roots. They have six hypogynous or perigynous stamens, with usually introrse anthers; a three-celled ovary, each cell being usually many-ovuled, an entire style, and a capsular fruit. They are much more abundant in temperate climates than in the tropics, where they chiefly exist in an arborescent state. The lily, fritillary, hyacinth, star of Bethlehem, tulip, dragon-tree, squill, aloe, onion, garlic, &c., belong to this order. The Smilaceæ, Colchicaceae, and Asparageæ are by modern writers united with the Lili

acer.

Liliaceous (lil-i-a'shus), a. [L. liliaceus, from lilium, a lily.] Pertaining to the order of plants Liliacere or to lilies; lily-like. Lilied (lil'id), a. Abounding in or embelIlished with lilies.

By sandy Ladon's lilied banks. Milton. Liliput, Lilliput (lil'i-put), a. Of or pertaining to Liliput, an imaginary country of pigmies visited by Gulliver in his travels; hence, small; pigmy. Liliputian, Lilliputian (lil-i-pu'shan), n. 1. One belonging to a diminutive race, described in Swift's imaginary kingdom of Liliput.-2. A person of a very small size. Liliputian, Lilliputian (lil-i-pu'shan), a. Very small; pigmean.

Lilium (lil'i-um), n. [L.] A genus of bulbous plants. See LILY.

Lillt (lil), v. i. or t. [Form of loll.]

To loll.

Curled with thousand adders venomous, And lilled forth his bloody flaming tong. Spenser. Lill (lil) n. One of the holes of a wind-instrument. Sir W. Scott. [Scotch.] Lillibullero (lilli-bul-lē"ro), n. Originally, it is said, a watchword of the Irish Roman Catholics in their massacre of the Protestants in 1641; afterwards, the refrain and name of a political song popular during and after the reign of James II.

Lilt (lilt), v.i. 1. To do anything with dexterity or quickness; to jerk; to spring; to hop. [Local.]

Whether the bird flew here or there,

O'er table lill, or perch on chair. Wordsworth. 2. To sing or play, especially in a cheerful manner; to sing with animation and gaiety. [Scotch.]

Lilt (lilt), v.t. To sing, especially to sing cheerfully; to play on an instrument; to give animated utterance to; as, to lilt a song or a tune. [Properly a Scotch word.] A classic lecture, rich in sentiment, With scraps of thundrous epic lilled out By violet-hooded doctors. Tennyson.

Lilt (lilt), n. Something played or sung; a song; a tune; an air.

are

lily,

Lily (lil'i), n. [A. Sax. lilie, lilige, L. lilium, Gr. leirion.] 1. The English popular name of a genus of plants (Lilium), nat. order Liliacere. There many species, as the white lily, orange lily, tiger-lily, scarlet &c., all herbaceous perennials with scaly bulbs, whence arise tall stems, nished with alternate or somewhat whorled leaves, and bearing upon their summit

slender fur

Liliaceae (lil-i-a'sē-ē), n. pl. [L. lilium, a lily.] A large natural order of endogenous plants,

LIMB

Lily of the valley, a plant of the genus Convallaria, with monopetalous, bell-shaped flowers, divided at the top into six segments. See CONVALLARIA.-2. The end of a compass

which points to the north: so called from being frequently ornamented with a lily or fleur-de-lis.

But sailing further, it veers its lily to the west.-Sir 7. Browne.

Lily (lil'i), a. Resembling a white lily in purity; pure; unsullied.

By Cupid's dove And so thou shalt! and by the lily truth Of my own breast, thou shalt, beloved youth.-Keats.

Lily of the Valley (Convallaria majalis). Lily-beetle (lil'i-be-tl), n. A small tetramerous beetle (Crioceris merdigera), of the family Crioceridæ, found on the white lily. The larva of this species covers its back with its excrement, which serves to protect it; hence its specific name of 'ordure-bearing.'

Lily-encrinite (lil'i-en-krin-it), n. Same as Encrinite.

Lily-faced (lil'i-fast), a. Pale-faced; affectedly modest or sensitive.

F. Baillie.

Like a squeamish dame, .Shrink and look lily faced. Lily-handed (lil'i-hand-ed), a. Having white delicate hands.

No little lily-handed baronet he, A great broad-shoulder'd genial Englishman. Tennyson. Lily-hyacinth (lil'i-hi-a-sinth), n. A bulbous perennial plant with blue flowers, Scilla Lilio-hyacinthus. Lily-livered (lil'i-liv-érd), a. White-livered; cowardly.

Go, prick thy face, and over-red thy fear, Thou lily-livered boy. Shak. Lily-white (lil'i-whit), a. White as a lily. 'A lily-white doe.' Tennyson. Lima (lima), n. A genus of conchiferous mollusca, of the scallop family (Pectinida), inhabiting a longitudinal shell, almost always white, and nearly equivalve. Two or three species are found on our coasts. Limaceous (li-ma'shus), a. Of or pertaining to the genus Limax or slugs. Limacina (li-ma-si'na), n. A genus of mollusca, belonging to the order Pteropoda, found in the northern seas. Limacinæ (li-ma-si'ne), n. pl. [L.limax,limacis, a slug, a snail.] A sub-family of pulmoniferous gasteropodous molluscs, of which the genus Limax is the type; the slugs. It consists of terrestrial animals, which have either no shell or a rudimentary one concealed in the back. They all feed on vegetable substances. They are diffused throughout all climates, particular species being restricted to each, and they are everywhere regarded as inveterate destroyers, of garden produce.

Limaile, tn. [Fr. limaille.] Filings of any metal. Chaucer.

Limation (li-ma'shon), n. [L. limo, limatum, to file, from lima, a file.] The act of filing or polishing.

Limature (li'ma-tür), n. [From L. limo, to file.] 1. The act of filing.-2. That which is filed off; particles rubbed off by filing; filings.

Lima-wood (le'ma-wud), n. A fine South American dyewood, used in dyeing red and peach colour. It is the heart-wood of Casalpinia echinata. Called also Pernambucowood, Nicaragua-wood, Peach-wood, and Brazil or Brazil-wood. See BRAZIL. Limax (li'maks), n. [L., a slug, a shail.] A genus of naked gasteropodous molluscs (the slugs), the type of the family Limacina (which see).

Limb (lim), n. [A. Sax. lim, leom, Icel. limr, Dan. and Sw. lem, a limb. Perhaps allied to lime, loam; by some connected with lame. The b is added as in crumb, thumb, &c.] 1. One of the members or extremities of the human body or of any animal; an arm or leg, more especially the latter; an articulated part attached to the trunk.

Of courage haughty, and of limb
Heroic built.

Shak.

2. The branch of a tree: applied only to a branch of some size, and not to a small twig. 3. A thing or person regarded as a part of something else. 'Limbs of the law.' Landor. That little limb of the devil has cheated the gallows. Sir W. Scott.

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Limb (lim), n. [L. limbus, a border, edging, or fringe.] 1. In astron. the border or outermost edge of the sun or moon.-2. The graduated edge of a circle or other astronomical or surveying instrument, &c.-3. In bet, the border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corolla, or of a petal or sepal.

Limb (lim), v. t. 1. To supply with limbs.

As they please

They limb themselves, and colour, shape, or size
Assume, as likes them best, condense or rare.
Milton.

2. To dismember; to tear off the limbs. Limbat (lim'bat), n. A cooling periodical wind in the isle of Cyprus, blowing from the north-west from eight o'clock A.M. to the middle of the day or later.

Limbate (lim'bat), a. [L. limbatus, from limbus, border, edge. See LIMB, a border.] In bot. bordered; when one colour is surrounded by an edging of another. Limbec, Limbeckt (lim'bek), n. [Contr. from alembic.] 1. A still.-2. In her. see DISTILLATORY, 2.

Limbec, Limbeckt (lim'bek), v.t. To strain or pass through a still.

The greater do nothing but limbeck their brains in the art of alchemy. Sandys. Limbed (limd), a. Having limbs: used mostly in composition with adjectives; as, welllimbed; large-limbed; short-limbed.

Milton.

Innumerous living creatures, perfect forms, Limbed and full grown. Limber (lim'ber), a. [Closely allied to limp, pliant, flaccid.] Easily bent; flexible; pliant; yielding; as, a limber rod; a limber joint.

Who have a spirit so limber they can stretch it any whither. Barrow.

Limber (lim'ber), v.t. To cause to become limber; to render limber or pliant. Limber (lim'bér), n. [Properly a shaft, from limb; limmer is a local form; comp. Icel. limar, limbs, branches.] 1. The fore-part of the carriage of a field gun or cannon,

Limber of Gun-carriage. consisting of two wheels and an axle, with a framework and shafts for the horses. On the top of the frame are two ammunitionboxes, which serve also as seats for two artillerymen. The limber is connected with the gun-carriage, properly so called, by an iron hook, called the pintail, fastened into an eye in the trail or wooden block which supports the cannon. When the gun is brought into action it is unlimbered by the block being unfastened from the pintail, and laid on the ground, or carried round to right or left so as to make the piece point in the desired direction.-2. pl. Thills; shafts of a carriage.-3. Naut. a hole cut through the floor timbers as a passage for water to the pump-well.

Limber (lim'ber), v. t. To attach the limber to, as a gun: often with up. Limber-board (lim'ber-bord), n. Naut. a short plank placed over a limber-hole to keep out dirt, &c.

Limber-hole (lim'bér-hōl), n. Same as Limber, 3.

Limberness (lim'ber-nes), n. The quality of being limber or easily bent; flexibleness; pliancy.

Limber-strake (lim'ber-strāk), n. Same as Limber-board.

Limbilite (lim'bil-it), n. In mineral. a hard, compact mineral, found in irregular veins in the volcanic district of Limburg, a province of the Netherlands. It appears to be a decomposed variety of chrysolite. Limb-mealt (lim'mel), a. [A. Sax. limmalum, limb-limb, from lim, a limb, and mæl, a part, portion.] Piecemeal.

O that I had her here, to tear her limb-meal. Shak. Limbo (lim'bo), n. [It., from L. limbus, a hem or edge.] 1. In scholastic theol. a region beyond this world in which the souls of those who have not offended by personal acts are detained till the final judgment. Two or more

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of such regions are sometimes mentioned, more especially a limbus patrum and a limbus infantum, the former of which designates that place referred to in 1 Pet. iii. 19, where our Saviour spoke to the spirits in prison, and where the souls of good men before the coming of our Saviour were confined, the latter of which designates the place or condition of infants who die without baptism.2. Any similar region apart from this world. Shakspere seems to apply the term to hell itself. Ariosto makes it the place of all lost things.

As far from help as limbo is from bliss.
A limbo large and broad, since called
The Paradise of Fools.

Shak.

Milton.

3. A prison or other place of confinement. [Slang or colloq.]

All which appearing on she went

To find the knight in limbo pent. Hudibras. Limbus (lim'bus), n. [L.] See LIMBO, 1. Lime (lim), n. [A. Sax. lim, any matter that causes adhesion, as lime, glue, cement; D. lijm, glue, leem, clay; Icel. lim, lime, glue; G. leim, glue, lehm, clay. Allied to E. loam, L. limus, slime, Skr. li, to be viscous.] 1. A viscous substance, sometimes laid on twigs for catching birds; bird-lime (which see).

You must lay lime to tangle her desires. Shak. 2. A most useful caustic earth, obtained by exposing chalk and other kinds of limestones or carbonates of lime to a red heat-an operation generally conducted in kilns constructed for the purpose, by which the carbonic acid is expelled, and lime more or less pure, according to the original quality of the limestone, remains, in which state it is called quicklime. The metallic base of lime is calcium (which see), of which it is the protoxide (CaO). When it is required of great purity it is prepared by strongly heating pure carbonate of lime, such as Iceland-spar or Carrara marble. It is a brittle, white, earthy solid, the specific gravity of which is about 23. It phosphoresces powerfully when heated to full redness. It is one of the most infusible bodies known. It has a powerful affinity for water, and when water is sprinkled upon it it becomes very hot, and crumbles down into a dry powder, called slaked lime or hydrate of lime. The carbonate of lime is a most abundant natural product, and is found pure in the varieties of calcareous spar and statuary marble. Chalk and several varieties of limestone are also

nearly pure carbonates of lime. The salts of lime, as the nitrate, sulphate, phosphate, oxalate, &c., several of which exist native, are generally obtained by dissolving carbonate of lime in the respective acids. Chloride of lime, or bleaching powder, is obtained by exposing hydrate of lime to chlorine, and when this is dissolved in water it forms bleaching liquid. The most important application of lime is in the manufacture of mortar and other cements used in building; it is also extensively used as a manure to fertilize land. Lime (lim), n. [A. Sax. lind, linde, O.E.lynde, linde, line, D. and G. linde, Dan. Sw. Icel.lind. The word in English became line, then probably lime. But Wedgwood thinks the tree received its name from the glutinous or limy juice of the young shoots, which with the buds he thinks may have been boiled down for bird-lime.] The English name of the genus Tilia, nat. order Tiliacea. They are fine trees, with soft wood, more or less heart-shaped and serrate leaves, and small cymes of cream-coloured fragrant flowers hanging on an axillary peduncle, which is united to a leaflike bract. The common lime or linden tree is the T. europaea. It is a large and handsome tree, and its timber, though soft and weak, is valuable for many purposes. Mats are made of the fibres of the inner bark, which is called bast. The American lime-tree or bass-wood (T. americana) resembles the European species. Lime (lim), n. [Fr. lime, from Per. limú, limún, whence also lemon.] 1. A species of Citrus, the C. Limetta. It is cultivated in the south of Europe, and produces an inferior sort of lemon. See CITRUS. 2. The acid fruit produced by the Citrus Limetta; it is used for flavouring punch, sherbet, and similar drinks.

Lime (lim), v.t. pret. & pp. limed; ppr. liming. 1. To smear with a viscous substance for the purpose of catching birds. York, and impious Beaufort, that false priest, Have all lim'd bushes to betray thy wings, And fly thou how thou canst they'll tangle thee. Shak. 2. To entangle; to ensnare.

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O limed soul, that, struggling to be free.
Shak.
Art more engaged!

3. To manure with lime.

Land may be improved by draining, marling, and liming. Sir F. Child.

4. To cement.

Who gave his blood to lime the stones together. Shak. Lime (lim), n. A thong or string to lead a dog; a leam (which see).

Lime-burner (lim'bern-ér), n. One who burns limestone to form lime. Limehound (lim'hound), n. A dog used in hunting the wild boar; a limmer: so called as being led by a lime or string.

I have seen him

Smell out her footing like a limehound. Massinger. Lime-juice (lim'jūs), n. The juice of the lime used for much the same purposes as lemon-juice. See LEMON-JUICE. Limekiln (lim'kil), n. A kiln or furnace in which limestone or shells are exposed to a strong heat and reduced to lime. Lime-light (lim'lit), n. A very powerful light produced by turning two jets of gas, one of hydrogen and one of oxygen, in a state of ignition on a ball of lime. Limenean (li-men'e-an), a. Of or pertaining to Lima, or the inhabitants of Lima, in Peru. Limenean (li-men'e-an), n. A native or inhabitant of Lima, in Peru. Lime-pit (lim'pit), n. A limestone quarry. Limer,t n. A lime-hound. Lime-rod (lim'rod), n. A twig with bird

lime.

Lime-sink (lim'singk), n. A rounded hole
or depression in the ground in limestone
districts.
Limestone (lim'stōn), n. A kind of stone
consisting of varieties of carbonate of lime.
When exposed to great heat in the presence
of carbon they yield quicklime, the carbonic
acid being expelled.

Lime-twig (lim'twig), n. A twig smeared
with lime; that which catches; a snare.
Enter'd the very lime-twigs of his spells,
And yet came off.
Milton.

To furnish with Lime-twig (lim'twig), v.t. lime-twigs or snares; to entangle or retard. Not to have their consultations lime-twigged with quirks and sophisms of philosophical persons. L. Addison.

Lime-wash (lim'wosh), n. A coating given
with lime-water; whitewash.
Lime-water (lim'wa-ter), n. Water impreg-
nated with lime. As it is astringent, tonic,
and antacid it is used in medicine in diar-
rhoca, diabetes, heartburn, &c., and as a lo-
tion to foul and cancerous ulcers.
Limit (lim'it), n. [L. limes, limitis, a bound.
Akin limen, a threshold.] 1. That which
terminates, circumscribes, restrains, or con-
fines; bound; border; utmost extent; as, the
limit of a town, city, or empire; the limits
of human knowledge.

I prithee give no limits to my tongue;
I am a king and privileged to speak.

Shak.

2. In logic and metaph. a distinguishing characteristic; a differentia.-3. In math. a determinate quantity to which a variable one continually approaches, and may come nearer to it by any given difference, but can never go beyond it.-4.t A limb, as the termination of the body. 'Strength of limits.' Shak.-Limits of a prison, or simply limits, a definite extent of space in or around a prison, within which a prisoner has liberty to go and come.

Limit (lim'it), v.t. 1. To bound; to set bounds to. 2. To confine within certain bounds; to circumscribe; to restrain.

Limit each leader to his several charge. Shak.

3. To restrain or confine the signification of; to apply exclusively: said of words or conceptions.

Limitt (lim'it), v. i. To exercise any function, as begging, within a limited district; as, a limiting friar.

Limitable (lim'it-a-bl), a. Capable of being limited, circumscribed, bounded, or restrained.

Limitaneous (lim-it-a'nē-us), a. Pertaining to limits or bounds. Limitarian (lim-it-a'ri-an), a. Tending to limit or circumscribe. Limitarian (lim-it-a'ri-an), n. One that limits; one who holds the doctrine that a part of the human race only are to be saved: opposed to universalist. Limitary (lim'it-a-ri), a. 1. Placed at the limit, as a guard. 'Proud limitary cherub.' Milton. -2. Circumscribed or bounded in

LIMITARY

power or authority.

Limitary king.' Pitt. The limitary ocean.' Trench. The poor limilary creature calling himself a man of the world. De Quincey. Limitary (lim'it-a-ri), n. A district lying at the limits of a larger country; a country lying on the confines or frontier of another; a borderland.

In the time of the Romans this country, because a limitary, did abound with fortifications. Fuller. Limitation (lim-it-a'shon), n. [L. limitatio, limitationis, from limito, to inclose within boundaries, from limes, limitis, a limit.] 1. The act of bounding or circumscribing. 2. The condition of being limited, bounded, or circumscribed; restriction.

3. That which limits; the means of limiting or circumscribing, qualifying or restricting; restraining condition, defining circumstance, or qualifying conception; as, limitations of thought.

If a king come in by conquest, he is no longer a limited monarch; if he afterwards consent to limitations, he becomes immediately king de jure. Swift. 4. The act of begging or exercising their functions by friars within a certain specified district.

A limiter of the Grey Friars, in the course of his limitation, preached many times, and had but one sermon at all times.

Latimer.

5. In law, a certain time assigned by statute within which an action must be brought. Limited (lim'it-ed), p. and a. 1. Confined within limits; narrow; circumscribed; as, our views of nature are very limited.2. Appointed. Tis my limited service.' Shak. Limited liability company, a company or corporation whose partners or shareholders are liable only for a fixed amount, generally the amount of the shares subscribed. Limited monarchy, a form of government in which the monarch shares the supreme power with a class of nobles, with a popular body, or with both.-Limited problem, in math. a problem that has but one solution, or some determinate number of solutions.

Limitedly (lim'it-ed-li), adv. In a limited manner or degree; with limitation.

Limitedness (lim'it-ed-nes), n. State of being limited.

Limiter (lim'it-ér), n. 1. One who or that
which limits or confines.-2. A friar licensed
to beg within certain bounds, or whose duty
was limited to a certain district.
Limitless (lim'it-les), a. Having no limits;
unbounded. 'Limitless perfection.'
Caird.

Now to this sea of city-commonwealth,
Limitless London, am I come obscured.

Dr.

Sir F. Davies.

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Limnæadæ, Limnæidæ (lim-në'a-dē, limne'i-dē), n. pl. [See LIMNEA.] The pondsnails, a family of fresh-water, univalve, inoperculate, gasteropodous molluscs, having a lung sac instead of gills. The shell is spiral, elongated, thin, translucent, the body whorl large, the aperture rounded in front, and the columella obliquely twisted. They have the power of floating on their back, the foot forming a kind of boat. They are found in all parts of the world, and occur fossil, especially in the Wealden. The genus Límnæa is the type.

Limner (lim'nėr), n. One who limns; the old term for an artist or delineator, but chiefly restricted to one who painted portraits or miniatures.

Limnite (lim'nit), n. 1. A fossil species of the genus Linnæa. 2. Yellow ochre or brown iron ore, containing more water than limonite. Composition: oxide of iron 74 8, water 25.2.

Limnoria (lim-nō'ri-a), n. A genus of isopodous crustaceans which feed on wood, and are most destructive to piers, dock-gates, ships, and other wood-work immersed in water.

n.

Limonin, Limonine (li'mon-in), (C2H50013) A bitter crystallizable matter found in the seeds of oranges, lemons, &c. Limonite (li'mon-it), n. [Gr. leimon, a meadow.] An iron ore which is found earthy, concretionary, or mamillary, and fibrous, the fibres radiating in the prisms. Its brownish-yellow streak distinguishes it from the hematite. It is found in mesozoic and tertiary deposits, as well as forming the bogiron of existing marshes. Its colour varies from dark brown to ochre yellow. It consists of sesquioxide of iron 85 6, water 14:4. Limosa (li-mo'sa), n. [L. limus, slime.] A genus of wading birds, frequenting marshes and the sea-shore; the godwits. See GODWIT.

L.

Limose (li'mōs), a. Same as Limous. Limosella (li-mō-sel'la), n. [From L. limus, mud in allusion to the habitation of the species.] A genus of humble aquatic annual plants, nat. order Scrophulariaceæ. aquatica, or mudwort, is a British plant which is widely spread throughout the world. It has creeping stems, with clusters of narrow leaves and small pink flowers, and grows in muddy places. Limosinæ (li-mō-si'ně), n. pl. [L. limosus, slimy, from limus, slime.] A sub-family of grallatorial birds of the family Scolopacida; the godwits.

Limosis (li-mō'sis), n. [Gr. limos, hunger.] In med. a ravenous appetite caused by disease. Limoust (li'mus), a. [L. limosus, from limus, slime.] Muddy; slimy; thick. Sir T. Browne.

Limitour, n. Same as Limiter, 2. Limma (lim'ma), n. [Gr. leimma, what is left, from leipo, to leave.] In music, (a) the diatonic semitone. (b) An interval which, on account of its exceeding smallness, does

not appear in the practice of modern music, but is of great account in the mathematical calculation of the proportion of different intervals. Chambers's Ency. Limmer (lim'èr), n. [Fr. limier, O. Fr. liemer, a large hound; lit. a dog held in a leash. See LEAMER and LIMEHOUND.] 1. A limehound (which see).-2. A dog engendered between a hound and a mastiff; a mongrel. 3. A scoundrel; a low, base, or worthless fellow. Thieves, limmers, and broken men

of the Highlands. Sir W. Scott.-4. [Scotch.] A woman of loose manners; a jade. Except for breaking o' their timmer, Or speaking lightly o' their limmer. Limmert (lim'èr), n. [A form of limber, a thill.] 1. A thill or shaft. [Local.]-2. A thill-horse. [Local.]

Limmert (lim'ér), a. Limber.

Burns.

healt, limping-halt, lame; L.G. lumpen, to limp; Icel. limpa, limpness, weakness; allied to the E. adjectives limp, limber, and probably to lame.] To halt; to walk lamely. Pluck the lined crutch from thy old limping sire. Limp (limp), n. Shak. A halt; act of limping. Limp (limp), a. [See the verb, also LIMBER.] 1. Vapid; weak. Iz. Walton. -2. Easily bent; flexible; pliant; lacking stiffness; flaccid.

His looks were starched, but his white neckerchief was not; and its long limp ends straggled over his closely-buttoned waistcoat in a very uncouth and unpicturesque fashion. Dickens.

Limper (limp'ér), n. One who limps. Limpet (lim'pet), n. [0. Fr. limpine, a limpet; comp. Gr. lepas, lepados, a limpet.] A cyclobranchiate gasteropodous mollusc of the genus Patella, adhering to rocks. This adhesion is effected partly by the suctorial powers of its broad disc-like foot, and partly by a strong glutinous secretion given off by the mucous follicles and canals of the foot. Most commonly the limpet is found ensconced in a shallow pit excavated out of the rock, and which it has made or rasped out by the siliceous particles embedded in its foot. From this pit the limpet, when covered by the tide, makes short jour neys in quest of its food, which consists of algæ, and which it eats by means of a long ribbon-like tongue covered with numerous rows of hard teeth. The common species (Patella vulgata) is used as bait, and is eaten by the poorer classes of Scotland and Ireland. In tropical seas they attain an immense size, one species having a shell Limpid (lim'pid), a. [L. limpidus; allied to

LINE

Gr. lampo, to shine.] Characterized by clearness or transparency; as, a limpid stream. SYN. Clear, transparent, pellucid, lucid, pure, crystal, translucent. Limpidity (lim-pid'i-ti), n. The state of being limpid; clearness; pureness; brightness; transparency.

Limpidness (lim'pid-nes), n. Limpidity (which see).

Limpingly (limp'ing-li), adv. In a limping or halting manner; lamely. Limpitudet (lim'pi-tud), n. The quality of being limpid; limpidity. Limulus (lim'u-lus), n. [Dim. from limus, askew, sidelong.] A genus of large crustaceans; the king-crabs. See KING-CRAB. Limy (lim'i), a. 1. Smeared with lime; viscous; glutinous.

In limy snares the subtle loops among. Spenser. 2. Containing lime; as, a limy soil. 3. Resembling lime; having the qualities of lime.

Lint (lin), v.i. [A. Sax. linnan, blinnan (prefix bi), Sc. leen, Icel. linna, Dan. linne, to cease.] 1. To yield.-2. To cease; to stop. Set a beggar on horseback, he'll never lin "till he be a-gallop. B. Jonson. Lint (lin), v.t. To cease from. Milton. Lin, Linn (lin), n. [Probably from the Celtic: Gael. linne, Ir. linn, W. llyn, a pool; with which may have blended A. Sax. hlinna, a brook, Icel. lind, a well, spring, or brook.] [Old and provincial] 1. A spring or source; a pond or mere; a pool or collection of water, particularly the one below a fall of water-2. A cataract or waterfall.-3. The face of a precipice; a shrubby ravine. Linacea (li-na'sé-é), n. pl. A small natural order of exogenous plants, scattered more or less over most parts of the globe, those in temperate and southern regions being herbs, while the tropical representatives are trees or shrubs. They are principally characterized by their regular flowers, with imbricate glandular sepals having a disc of five glands outside the staminal tube; the ovary is three to five celled, with two ovules in each cell; the albumen is fleshy; the leaves are simple, usually stipulate, rarely opposite. The tenacity of the fibre and the mucilage of the diuretic seeds of certain species of Linum, such as the common flax (Linum usitatissimum), are well known. See FLAX.

Linage, tn. Lineage; family. Chaucer. Linament (lin'a-ment), n. [L. linamentum, from linum, flax.] In surg. lint; a tent for a wound.

Linaria (li-nă'ri-a), n. [From Gr. linon, flax -referring to the resemblance of the leaves.] A genus of monopetalous, dicotyledonous plants, of the nat. order Scrophulariaceæ. Seven or eight species inhabit Britain, where they are popularly known as Toad-flax. Linch (linsh), n. [A. Sax. hline, a ridge of land left unploughed, a balk.] A ledge; a right-angled projection.

Linch-pin (linsh'pin), n. [A. Sax. lynts, an axle-tree; D. luns, lens, G. lünse, a linchpin.] A pin used to prevent the wheel of a carriage or other wheeled vehicle from sliding off the axle-tree. Lincoln Green (ling kon gren), n. A colour of cloth formerly made in Lincoln; the cloth itself. His hunting suit of Lincoln green.' Sir W. Scott.

Lincture, Linctus (lingk'tür, lingk'tus), n. [L. lingo, linctum, to lick.] A medicine to be taken by licking; a substance of the consistence of honey, used for coughs, &c. Lind (lind), n. The linden. Lindabrides (lin-dab'ri-dez), n. The name of a heroine in the romance called The Mirror of Knighthood, subsequently a synonym for mistress or concubine. B. Jonson; Sir W. Scott.

Linden (lin'den), n. [A. Sax. Icel. Sw. and Dan. lind, D. and G. linde, O.G. linda, the linden. See LIME, the tree.] 1. A handsome tree, Tilia europea; the lime (which see).-2. In America, bass-wood; the American lime.

Line (lin), n. [A. Sax. line, a rope or line, from L. linea, a linen thread, a string, a line or stroke, from linum, flax; Fr. ligne, G. linie, a line. See LINEN.] 1. A linen thread or string; a small rope or cord made of any material; a measuring-cord; as, the angler uses a line and hook.