LINE dinal extension; as, (a) a thread-like marking, as with a pen, pencil, or engraving tool; a mark having length with little or no appreciable breadth; a stroke; a score. (b) A marking or furrow upon the hands or face. Though on his brow were graven lines austere. Byron. (c) In geog. a circle of latitude or of longitude, as on a map; a mark traced or imagined to show temperature or the like: the line specifically, the equator. When the sun below the line descends.' Creech. (d) In music, one of the straight, horizontal, and parallel prolonged strokes upon and between which the notes are placed. (e) In math. that which has length but is without breadth or thickness. (f) A row; a continued series or rank; particularly (1) a straight row of soldiers drawn up with an extended front; (2) a similar disposition of ships in preparation for an engagement; (3) a straight row of letters and words between two margins; as, a page of thirty lines; also, in poetry, the words which form a certain number of feet; a verse. (g) Outline; contour; lineament; as, a ship of fine lines. The lines of my body are as well drawn as his. Shak. 3. A short letter, one as it were consisting of only a line of writing; a note; as, I received a line from my friend.-4. Course of thought, conduct, occupation, policy, or the like, conceived as directed toward an end or object; aim toward which or course in which one directs one's life; specialty. line of policy adopted for the public good.' Brougham. No He is uncommonly powerful in his own line, but it is not the line of a first-rate man. Coleridge. 5. A continuous or connected series, as of progeny or relations descending from a common progenitor; as, a line of kings; the male line.-6. A series of public conveyances, as coaches, steamers, and the like, passing between places with regularity; as, a line of ships to New Zealand; the Cunard Line; the State Line.-7. The infantry of an army, as distinguished from cavalry, artillery, militia, guards, volunteer corps, &c.: in some cases line is also applied to the ordinary regiments of cavalry.-8. In fort. (a) a trench or rampart. (b) pl. Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting a front in only one direction to the enemy.-9. The twelfth part of an inch. 10. In mach. the proper position or adjustment of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working; as, the engine is out of line. 11. In com. (a) an order given to a traveller for goods. (b) The goods received upon such order. (c) Any class of goods. - Line See CYCLOID. or curve of swiftest descent. Line of direction. See under DIRECTION.Line of the nodes, the line which joins the nodes of the orbit of a planet. See NODE. -Hour lines, in dialling, the common sections of the hour circles of the sphere with the plane of the dial.-Visual line, the line or ray conceived to pass from an object to the eye.-Line of dip, in geol. a line in the plane of a stratum, or part of a stratum, perpendicular to its intersection with a horizontal plane; the line of greatest inclination of a stratum to the horizon. See DIP. -Equinoctial line, (a) in geog. the equator, a great circle on the earth's surface, at 90° distance from each pole, and bisecting the earth at that part. (b) In astron. the circle which the sun seems to describe in March and September, when the days and nights are of equal length.-Meridian line, a meridian (which see).-A ship of the line, a ship of war large enough to have a place in the line of battle, formerly a ship with not less than two decks or two tiers of guns.- Line of beauty, a fanciful sort of line to which different artists have given different forms. It is frequently represented in the form of a very slender elongated letter S. Line (lin), v.t. [Directly from the noun above.] 1. To draw lines upon; to mark with lines or threadlike strokes. He had a healthy colour in his cheeks, and his face, though lined, bore few traces of anxiety. Dickens. 2. To delineate; to draw; to paint. All the pictures fairest lined Are bat black to Rosalind. Shak. 3. To place in a line by the side of; to arrange along the side of for security or defence; as, to line works with soldiers. [In this sense the word blends with the next.] 4. To read out or repeat line by line, as a psalm or hymn, before singing. This custom of reading or lining, or, as it was frequently called, 'deaconing' the hymn or psalm in the churches, was brought about partly from necessity. N. D. Gould. 5. To measure, as land with a line; to fix the boundaries of. [Scotch.]-To line bees, to track wild bees to their nests by following them in the line of their flight.-To line men (milit.), to dress any given body of men so that they shall all collectively form an even line or lines. Line (lin), v.t. pret. & pp. lined; ppr. lining. [O.E. line, flax, the original meaning being to double a garment with linen. The ultimate origin of the word is of course the same as that of the preceding.] 1. To cover on the inside; to put in the inside of; as, to line a garment with silk or fur; to line a purse with money. What Shak. If I do line one of their hands? Hence-2. To cover; as, to line a crutch.3. To impregnate: applied to irrational animals. Linet (lin), n. [L. linum, flax. See LINEN.] Lint or flax; linen. Nor anie weaver, which his worke doth boast, In diaper, in damask, or in line. Spenser. Lineage (lin'é-aj), n. [Fr. lignage, from ligne, L. linea, a line.] Race; progeny; descendants in a line from a common progenitor. Perhaps, too, this noble sympathy may have been in some degree prompted by the ancient blood in his veins, an accident of lineage rather rare with the English nobility. Disraeli. Lineal (lin'é-al), a. [L. linealis, from linea, line.] 1. Composed of lines; delineated; as, lineal designs.-2. In a direct line from an ancestor; hereditary; derived from ancestors; as, lineal descent; lineal succession. 'Lineal royalties.' Shak. And for the same his lineal race 3. Allied by direct descent. For only you are lineal to the throne. Byron. Dryden. 4. In the direction of a line; pertaining to or ascertained by a line or lines; as, lineal measure; lineal magnitude. Lineality (lin-e-al'i-ti), n. The state of being lineal, or in the form of a line. Wright. [Rare.] Lineally (lin'e-al-li), adv. In a lineal manner; in a direct line; as, the prince is lineally descended from the Conqueror. From whose race of old She heard that she was lineally extract. Spenser. Lineament (lin'ē-a-ment), n. [Fr. linéament; L. lineamentum, from linea, a line.] The outline or exterior of a body or figure, particularly of the face; feature; form; make. The lineaments of the body.' Locke. 'Lineaments of a character.' Swift. Man he seems Linear (lin'é-ér), a. [L. linearis.] 1. Pertaining to a line; consisting of lines; in the direction of a line; lineal.-2. In bot. like a line; slender; of the same breadth throughout, except at the extremities; as, a linear leaf. -Linear equation, in math. an equation of the first degree between two variables: so called because every such equation may be considered as representing a right line.Linear numbers, in math. such numbers as have relation to length only, as a number which represents one side of a plane figure. If the plane figure is a square the linear side is called a root.-Linear perspective, that which regards only the positions, magnitudes, and forms of the objects delineated: distinguished from aerial perspective, which also exhibits the variations of the light, shade, and colour of objects, according to their different distances and the quantity of light which falls on them.-Linear problem, that which may be solved geometrically by the intersection of two right lines, or algebraically by an equation of the first degree. Linear-ensate (lin'e-ér-en'sāt), a. In bot. having the form of a long narrow sword. Linearly (lin'ē-er-li), adv. In a linear manner; with lines. LINGEL Lineman (lin'man), n. 1. A man employed on the railway to see that the rails are in proper condition.-2. One who carries the line in surveying, &c. Linen (lin'en), n. [A. Sax. lin, flax, linen, made of flax, linen, from L. linum, Gr. linon, flax, as are also G. lein, Icel. lin, Fr. lin, and probably Ir. lion, Armor. lin, W. llin, flax.] 1. Thread or cloth made of flax or hemp, including shirting, sheeting, damask, cambric, &c.: often used in the plural; as, linens are largely made in Scotland. -2. Underclothing, because chiefly made of linen or similar materials, as cotton. -Fossil linen, a kind of amianth, with soft, parallel, flexible fibres. Linen (lin'en), a. [A. Sax. linen, made of flax.] 1. Made of flax or hemp; as, linen cloth; a linen stocking.-2. Resembling linen cloth; white; pale. Those linen cheeks of thine Are counsellors to fear. Shak. Linendraper (lin'en-dra-pèr), n. A person who deals in linen goods. Linener, Linenmant (lin'en-êr, lin'enman), n. A linendraper. Massinger. If she love good clothes or dressing, have your learned council about you every morning, your French taylor, barber, linener, &c. B. Jonson. Linen-scroll (lin'en-skrōl), n. In arch. an ornament employed to fill panels: so called from its resemblance to the convolutions of Linen-scroll. a folded napkin. It belongs peculiarly to the latter part of the fifteenth and the beginning of the sixteenth centuries. The figure shows the scroll from a panel in Layer Marney Hall, Essex. Lineolate (lin'ē-o-lāt), a. [From L. lineola, dim. of linea, a line.] In bot. marked longitudinally with slight lines; lineated. Liner (lin'èr), n. 1. A ship of the line; a man-of-war. Fancy the sensations of a man fighting his frigate desperately against overwhelming odds, when he sees the outside of a huge liner, with English colours at the main, looming dimly through the smoke. Lawrence. Keats. 2. A vessel regularly trading to and from certain ports; as, a Liverpool and New York liner.-3. A thin piece placed between two parts to hold them, fill a space, &c. Liney (lin'i), a. Marked with fine lines. A fane of liney marble.' Ling (ling), n. [D. leng, ling; Dan. and N. lange; G. leng, langfisch, from lang, long.] A fish of the genus Lota (L. molva), which grows to the length of 4 feet or more, is very slender, with a flat head. This fish abounds on the coasts of the British islands, Ling (Lota molva). and when salted and dried forms a considerable article of commerce. Ling (ling), n. [Icel. and Dan. lyng, heather.] -Ling (ling). A Saxon termination consisting Lineary + (lin'e-a-ri), a. Linear. Holland.Lingel, Lingle (ling'gl), n. [Fr. ligneul. a lingel-dim. of ligne, a line. In second meaning perhaps from L. lingula, dim. of lingua, tongue.] A shoe-latchet; a shoemaker's thread. [Old English and Scotch.] Where sitting, I espy'd a lovely dame, LINGENCE Whose master wrought with lingel, and with aul, And under ground he vamped many a boot. Beau, & FI 2. A little tongue or thong of leather. Lingence (lin'jens), n. [L. lingo, to lick.] A liquid medicated confection taken by licking; a linctus. Fuller. Linger (ling'gér), v.i. [Probably from A. Sax. lengra, compar. of lang, long, as G. verlängern, to protract, from lang, in any case from same root. Comp. the verb lower, from compar. of low.] 1. To delay; to loiter; to remain or wait long; to be slow. Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind. Gray. 2. To be slow in deciding; to be in suspense; to hesitate. Perhaps thou linger'st, in deep thoughts detained. Milton. We have lingered about a match between Anne Page and my cousin Slender, and this day we shall have our answer. Shak. 2. To spend in a wearisome manner: with out, and sometimes away. Now live secure, and linger out your days. Dryden, Better to rush at once to shades below, Than linger life away, and nourish woe. Pope. Lingerer (ling'gèr-ér), n. One who lingers. Lingering (ling'ger-ing), p. and a. 1. Drawing out in time; remaining long; protracted; as, a lingering disease. To die is the fate of man; but to die with lingering anguish is generally his folly. Rambler. 2. Slow in producing an effect; as, lingering poisons. Lingeringly (ling'gér-ing-li), adv. In a lingering manner; with delay; slowly; tediously. To dwell lingeringly over those passages which excite pain without satisfying curiosity. Lord Lytton. Linget, Lingot (ling'get, ling'got), n. [Fr. lingot. See INGOT.] A small mass of metal having the form of the mould in which it is cast, and often tongue-shaped;, an ingot. Lingism (lingʻizm), n. [From Ling, a Swede, its proposer.] In therapeutics, kinesipathy (which see). Lingle, n. See LINGEL. Lingo (ling'gō), n. [L. lingua, a tongue.] Language; speech. [Vulgar.] I have thoughts to learn somewhat of your lingo Congreve. before I cross the seas. Linguacious (ling-gwa'shus), a. [L. linguax, linguacis, loquacious, from lingua, a tongue.] Given to the use of the tongue; talkative; loquacious. [L. Linguadental (ling-gwa-den'tal), a. lingua, tongue, and dens, a tooth.] Formed or uttered by the joint use of the tongue and teeth, as the letters d and t. Linguadental (ling-gwa-den'tal), n. articulation produced by aid or use of the tongue and teeth. An Lingual (ling'gwal), a. [L. lingua, the tongue.] 1. Pertaining to the tongue; as, the lingual nerves, the ninth pair, which go to the tongue; the lingual muscle, or muscle of the tongue.-2. Pronounced chiefly by means of the tongue; as, a lingual letter. Lingual (ling'gwal), n. A letter pronounced chiefly by means of the tongue, as 1, r. Linguatulidæ (ling-gwa-tul'i-dē), n. pl. [L. lingua, a tongue, and Gr. eidos, resemblance.] A family of parasitic vermiform arachnidans, found in the young state in the lungs and liver, in the adult state in the frontal sinuses and pharynx of various mammals, man included; the tongue-worms. In the young condition they possess four articulated legs, but in the adult they have no external organs except two pairs of hooks, representing limbs, placed near the mouth. Linguiform, Linguaform (ling'gwi-form, ling'gwa-form), n. [L. lingua, and forma, shape.] Having the form or shape of a tongue. Linguist (ling'gwist), n. [L. lingua, the tongue.] 1. A person skilled in languages; one who knows several languages. 2. A master of language or tongue-fence; a ready conversationalist. I'll dispute with him, He's a rare linguist. F. Webster. Linguister (ling'gwis-tér), n. A dabbler in linguistics; a student of philology; a linguist. 56 Though he (Chaucer) did not and could not create our language (for he who writes to be read does not write for linguisters), yet it is true that he first made it easy, and to that extent modern. J. R. Lowell. Linguistic, Linguistical (ling-gwis'tik, ling-gwis'tik-al), a. Relating to language or to the affinities of language. Linguistic knowledge.' Wedgwood. Linguistics (ling-gwis'tiks), n. The science of languages, or of the origin, significations, affinities, and application of words; also called Comparative Philology. The modern science of linguistics, or comparative grammar and etymology.' G. P. Marsh. A work containing a complete chronological account of English lexicography and lexicographers would be a most acceptable addition to linguistics and literary history. S. IV. Singer. Lingula (linggu-la), n. [Dim. of lingua, a tongue.] A genus of molluscs of the class 'Brachiopoda and family Lingulidæ, a family that has survived with but little change since the early Silurian period. These molluses are one of the few examples of pe dunculated bivalve shells. It has two long ciliated arms, which are curled up during repose. The members of the genus inhabit the Indian Archipelago and the Australasian seas. Lingulate (ling'gū-lāt), a. [L. lingulatus, from lingua, tongue.] Shaped like the tongue or a strap; ligulate. Lingy (lin'ji), a. [In first sense perhaps allied to long. In second sense comp. Prov. E. linge, to work hard.] 1. Tall; limber; flexible. 2. Active; strong; able to bear fatigue. [A provincial word.] Linigerous (li-nij'ér-us), a. [L. linum, flax, and gero, to bear or carry.] Bearing flax; producing linen. Liniment (lin'i-ment), n. [L. linimentum, from lino or linio, to besmear, to anoint.] In med. a species of soft ointment; a composition of a consistence somewhat thinner than an unguent, but thicker than oil. The term is also applied to spirituous and other stimulating applications for external use. Linin, Linine (li'nin), n. The crystallizable bitter principle of Linum catharticum, or purging-flax. Lining (lin'ing), n. 1. The act of covering on the inside.-2. The covering of the inner surface of anything, as of a garment, a box, a wall, or the like; as, the pleura is the lining of the thorax. Was I deceived, or did a sable cloud The lining of his coffers shall make coats Shak. Lining (lin'ing), n. The act of measuring, as of land with a line; a fixing of boundaries; specifically, permission granted by a dean of guild to erect or alter a building according to specified conditions. [Scotch.] Link (lingk), n. [A. Sax. hlenca, Sw. länk, Dan. laenke, Icel. hlekkr, a link, a chain; aliied to G. gelenk, a joint or joining, a link, from lenken, to bend, gelenk, supple, pliable.] 1. A single ring or division of a chain. 2. Anything doubled and closed 'A link of horsehair.' together like a link. Mortimer.--3. Anything which serves to connect one thing or one part of a thing with another; any constituent part of a connected series; as, links in a train of evidence. 'Love, the common link.' Dryden. 'To burst all links of habit.' Tennyson. The thread and train of consequences in intellectual ratiocination is often long, and chained together by divers links. Sir M. Hale. 4. In land-measuring, a division of Gunter's chain, having a length of 792 inches. The chain is divided into 100 links, and is 66 feet in length. 100,000 square links make an imperial acre.-5. A sausage: so called from sausages being made in a continuous chain. [Provincial English.]-6. In mach. any straight rod connecting two rotating pieces by flexible joints.-7. In a steam-engine, the link-motion.-8. A crook or winding of a river; the ground lying along such a winding; as, the links of the Forth. [Scotch.] Link (lingk), v.t. To unite or connect by, or as if by, a link or links; to unite by something intervening; to unite in any way; to couple; to join. To a radiant angel linked.' Shak. Link towns to towns with avenues of oak.' Pope. And creature link'd to creature, man to man.' Pope. They're so linked in friendship. That young prince Edward marries Warwick's daughter. Shak. Link (lingk), n. [Origin quite uncertain. Some connect it with Gr. lychnos, a light, a lamp; Wedgwood connects it with D. lonte, lompe, a gunner's match of twisted tow (See LUNT); others connect it with link, from the parts being doubled or linked togther.] A torch made of tow or hards, &c., and pitch. The fact that such links were used to restore the colour of hats by smoking them explains the following passage in the Taming of the Shrew: Nathaniel's coat, sir, was not fully made, And Gabriel's pumps were all unpink'd i' the heel; There was no link to colour Peter's hat. Link (lingk), v.i. To walk smartly; to trip: to do anything smartly and quickly. [Old and Linkboy, Linkman (lingk'boi, lingkʼman), Northern English or Scotch.] n. A boy or man that carries a link or torch to light passengers. Motion Link-motion (lingk'mo-shon), n. communicated by links, applied especially Link-motion. to a system of gearing for working the valves of a locomotive-engine. In the accompanying cut A is the rod by which the slide-valve is worked, and by which, accordingly, the admission of steam to the cylinder is regulated; B, the reversing rod, which is fixed to a cross-bar, one end of which is jointed by means of another rod to a runner, which slides up and down in the slit of the curved piece, and which is also jointed to the rod A. The curved piece is the link, and is jointed near the extremities to the rods of two eccentrics, an inner and an outer. When the driver of the engine pushes forward the rod B the runner is raised to the top of the link, and therefore follows the motions of the upper end of the link, and places the slide-valve rod under the control of the inner eccentric. When he pushes it back he similarly places the rod under the control of the outer eccentric, which reverses the engine. Links (lingks), n. pl. [A.Sax. hline, high land, a ridge of land left unploughed, a balk; the south of England form is linch, a balk, a bank forming a boundary, &c.] A stretch of flat or slightly undulating ground on covered with bent-grass, furze, &c.; often the sea-shore, often in part sandy and with a good sward of grass on part of it at least. [Scotch.] See LIN. Link-work (lingk'wèrk), n. Mechanism in which links, or intermediate connecting pieces, are used to transmit motion from one part to another. Linn (lin), n. Linnæa (lin-nē′a), n. A genus of plants of the nat. order Caprifoliaceae. It contains but one species (L. borealis), a creeping evergreen plant found in woods and in mountainous places in Scotland and other northern countries, as well as in North America. Its trailing stems bear small darkgreen leaves in pairs, and send up erect flower-stalks which divide into two at the top, each branch bearing a beautiful drooping fragrant pink flower. The plant was an especial favourite with Linnæus, and was named in honour of him by Gronovius. Linnæan Linnean (lin-në'an), a. Pertaining to Linnæus, the celebrated botanist. Linnæan system, in bot. the system of classification introduced by Linnæus, in which the classes are founded upon the stamens, and the orders upon the pistils. Linnet (lin'net), n. [A. Sax. linet; Fr. linot, linotte, from L. linum, flax.] A small singing bird of the genus Fringilla. It is one of the commonest of British birds, everywhere frequenting open heaths and commons, and breeding in the furze and other bushes. They are cheerful and lively birds, and very LINOLEUM sweet and pleasing songsters. Called also provincially Lintie and Lintwhite. Linoleum (li-nō'lē-um), n. [L. linum, flax, and oleum, oil.] 1. A preparation of linseedoil with chloride of sulphur, by which it is rendered solid and useful in many ways. When rolled into sheets it is used as a substitute for india-rubber or gutta-percha; dissolved it is used as a varnish for waterproof textile fabrics, table-covers, felt carpets, and the like; as a paint it is useful both for iron and wood, and for ships' bottoms; as a cement it possesses some of the qualities of glue; vulcanized or rendered hard by heat it may be carved and polished like wood for mouldings, knife-handles, &c.; and mixed with ground cork and pressed upon canvas it forms floor-cloth.-2. The floor-cloth thus produced. Linous (li'nus), a. Relating to or in a line. Sir J. Herschel. Lin-pin (lin'pin), n. Same as Linchpin. Linsang (lin'sang), n. The Linsang gracilis, a pretty animal allied to the civets, a native of Java and Malacca. Linseed, Lintseed (lin'sed, lint'sēd), n. The seed of lint or flax. Linseed-cake (lin'sēd-kāk), n. The solid mass or cake which remains when oil is expressed from flax-seed. It is much used as food for cattle and sheep. Called also Oilcake. Linseed-meal (lin'sēd-mel), n. The meal of lint or flax seed; it is used for poultices. Linseed-oil (lin'sēd-oil), n. A yellow oil procured by pressure from the seed of lint or flax. It is much used as a vehicle for colours by painters, in the manufacture of linoleum, &c. Linsey (lin'si), n. [O.E. lin, linen, and term. -sey; comp. limpsey, flimsy.] Cloth made of linen and wool; linsey-woolsey. Linsey-woolsey (lin'si-wul-si), n. 1. Stuff made of linen and wool; light coarse stuff. 2 Anything unsuitably mixed; a motley composition; jargon; gibberish. What linsey-woolsey hast thou to speak to us again? Shak Linsey-woolsey (lin'si-wyl-si), a. 1. Made of linen and wool mixed.-2. Of different and unsuitable parts; neither one thing nor another; vile; mean. Hudibras. A lawless linsey-woolsey brother, Half of one order, half another. Linstock (lin'stok), n. [For luntstock-lunt, a match for firing cannon, and stock for stick.] A pointed staff with a crotch or fork at one end to hold a lighted match, used in firing cannon. And the nimble gunner With linstock now the devilish cannon touches, And down goes all before them. Shak. Lint (lint), n. [A. Sax. linet, L. linteum, linteus, from linum, flax. Line, linen, have the same origin.] 1. Flax.-2. Linen scraped into a soft substance, and used for dressing wounds and sores. In Lintel (lin'tel), n. [O. Fr. lintel, Fr. linteau, from L.L. limitellus, dim. from L. limes, a limit or boundary, there being probably a confusion with limen, a threshold.] arch. a horizontal piece of timber or stone over a door, window, or other opening, to discharge the superincumbent weight. Lintie (lin'ti), n. A linnet. [Scotch.] Tennyson. Her song the lintwhite swelleth. Linum ('num), n. [L., flax.] A genus of plants which gives its name to the nat. order Linacea; flax. There are about eighty species, herbs or rarely small shrubs, chiefly found in the temperate and warmer extratropical regions of both hemispheres. Few are of any importance, except the flax plant (L. usitatissimum). (See FLAX.) Three species grow wild in Britain, the most important of which is L. catharticum (purging-flax), a small slender plant growing in damp meadows and fields and chalky pastures, having small drooping white flowers. It is bitter, purgative, and diuretic. Lion (li'on), n. [O. E. leon, lyoun, &c., A. Sax. lio, leo, leon, Fr. lion, from L. leo, leonis; Gr. leon.] 1. A quadruped of the genus Felis. F. leo, the largest and most majestic of all carnivorous animals, distinguished by its tawny or yellow colour, a full flowing 57 He mane in the male, a tufted tail, and the disappearance of the feline markings in both sexes before they arrive at maturity. The largest lions are from 8 to 9 feet in length. The lion is a native of Africa and the warm regions of Asia. He preys chiefly on live animals, avoiding carrion, unless impelled by intense hunger. approaches his prey with a stealthy pace, crouching when at a proper distance, when he springs upon it with fearful velocity and force, emitting at the same time so terrible a roar that his victim seems paralyzed before it is struck. The whole frame is extremely muscular, the foreparts being par Head of Gambian Lion (Felis Leo gambianus). ticularly so, giving with the large head, flashing eye, and copious mane, a noble appearance to the animal, which has led to his being called the king of beasts;' and to fancies of its noble and generous nature which have no real foundation. Of the African lion there are several varieties, as the Barbary lion, Gambian lion, Senegal lion, Cape lion. The Asiatic varieties are generally distinguished as the Bengal lion, the Persian or Arabian lion, and the maneless lion of Head of Maneless Lion (Felis Leo goojratensis). Gujerat. The American lion is the puma (Felis concolor).-2. A sign in the zodiac; Leo. 3. In her. a frequent charge in coat-armour. The attitudes are various, as rampant, passant, regardant, gardant, couchant, salient, sejant, &c. The lion is the symbol of the British nation, and is borne in the royal arms, of which it forms one of the supporters, and a lion passant gardant, or, surmounts the arms as crest.-4. An object of interest and curiosity; as, the lion of the day; to visit the lions of the place. [This use of the term is derived from the lions kept as objects of curiosity in the Tower of London.] Such society was far more enjoyable than that of Edinburgh, for here he was not a lion but a man. Prof. Wilson. -Lion's provider, (a) a popular name for the jackal (which see). (b) Any humble friend or follower who acts as a tool, sycophant, or foil to another.-Lion's share, the whole or a disproportionate share of the advantages of a contract claimed by one of the parties, and supported by the right of the strongest: a phrase derived from Esop's fable of the lion, fox, &c., hunting together, and applied to cases where most of what is gained by parties acting together is taken by the strongest. To put or run one's head into the lion's mouth, to put one's self into a position of great danger. Lion-ant (li'on-ant), n. A large species of ant of the genus Myrmeleon, family Myrmeleonidæ. Called otherwise Ant-lion. See ANT-LION. Lionced, Leonced (li'onst, le'onst), pp. In her. adorned with lions' heads, as a cross the ends of which terminate in lions' heads. LIP Lioncelle (li'on-sel), n. In her. a small lion, especially one of several borne in the same coat of arms. Lion-dog (li'on-dog), n. A variety of dog which has a flowing mane. Lionel (li'on-el), n. [Lion, and el, dim.] A lion's whelp; a young lion. Lioness (li'on-es), n. kind. Lionet (li'on-et), n. The female of the lion A young or small lion. Like the young lionet, When first he bathes his murderous jaws in blood. Southey. Lion-heart (li'on-härt), n. One who has great courage. Lion-hearted (li'on-härt-ed), a. Having a lion's heart or courage; brave and magnanimous. 'Richard the Lion-hearted.' Sir W. Scott. Lionism (li'on-izm), n. The attracting of notice as a lion; the treating of a person as an object of curiosity; the pursuit of curiosities or shows. See LION, 4. All common Lionism, which ruins many men, was nothing to this. Carlyle. Lionize (li'on-iz), v. t. 1. To visit, as the objects of curiosity in a place. 2. To treat as a lion or as an object of curiosity and interest. Can he do nothing for his Burns but lionize him? Carlyle. 3. To exhibit objects of curiosity to; to take to visit the lions. Mr. Southey very hospitably takes an opportunity to lionize the ghost round the lakes, and directs his attention to the most beautiful points of view. Macaulay. Lionize (li'on-iz), v.i. To visit the lions or objects of interest or curiosity of a place. Lion-lizard (li'on-liz-érd), 2. A name given to the basilisk (Basiliscus americanus), from the crest (or mane) on its back and tail. Lionly (li'on-li), a. Like a lion; fierce. "The lionly form.' Milton. Lion's-foot (li'onz-fut), n. A name common to all the plants of the genus Leontopodium. The name is also given to other plants of different genera. Lionship (li'on-ship), n. The condition, position, or personality of a lion (in senses 1 and 4); a ludicrous title of address to a lion. Lion's-leaf (li'onz-lef), n. A name for plants of the genus Leontice, especially L. leontopetalon, the tuberous roots of which contain so much alkali that they are sometimes used as a substitute for soap. Lion's-mouth (li'onz-mouth), n. A popular name for the snap-dragon (Antirrhinum majus). Lion's-tooth (li'onz-töth), n. See LEONTO DON. Lion-tiger (li'on-ti-gér), n. A cross-breed between a lion and a tiger. Lion-toothed (li'on-tötht), a. Having teeth like those of a lion. Lip (lip), n. [A. Sax. lippe, O.Fris. lippa, D. lip, Dan. and G. lippe; allied to E. verb to lap; Lith. lupa, Per. lab, Hind. lub, L. labium, lip. L. lambo, to lap, is a nasalized form of the root.] 1. The edge or border of the mouth. The lips are two fleshy or muscular parts composing the exterior of the mouth in man and many other animals. In man the lips form the covering of the teeth, and are organs of speech essential to certain articulations. Hence, the lips by a figure denote the mouth, or all the organs of speech, and sometimes speech itself.2. Anything resembling a lip; the edge or border of anything; as, the lip of a vessel; the lips of a wound.-3. In bot. (a) one of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corolla. The upper is called the helmet, and the lower the beard. (b) The third petal of an orchid, which is usually turned towards the lower front of the flower, and different in form from the others.-4. One of the two sides of the aperture of spiral shells, that which joins the columella being called the inner, and the opposite part of the circumference the outer lip.-To make a lip, to drop the under lip in sullenness or contempt. A letter for me! it gives me an estate of seven years' health; in which time I will make a lip at the physician. Shak. Lip (lip), v.t. 1. To touch, as with the lip; to kiss. LIPAROCELE Liparocele (li-par'ō-sel), n. (Gr. liparos, fat, and kele, tumour.] A tumour consisting chiefly or wholly of fat. Lip-devotion (lip'de-vo-shon), n. Prayers uttered by the lips without the desires of the heart. Lip-devotion will not serve the turn; it undervalues the very thing it prays for. It is indeed the begging of a denial, and shall certainly be answered in what South. it begs. Lip-good (lip'gud), a. Good in profession only. His grace is merely but lip-good. B. Jonson. UtterLip-laborioust (lip'la-bo-ri-us), a. ing words without sentiments; hypocritical. The lower the times grew, the worse they were at Lord. the bottom: the Bramins grew hypocritical and Laborious. Lip-labour (lip'la-bér), n. Labour or action of the lips without concurrence of the mind or heart; words without sentiments. 'Much babbling and lip-labour.' Bale. Lip-language (lip'lang-gwaj), n. In the instruction of the deaf and dumb, oral or articulate language, in contradistinction to the language of signs or of the fingers. Liplet (lip'let), n. A little lip. Lipogram (li'po-gram), n. [Gr. leipo, to leave, and gramma, a letter.] A writing in which a particular letter is wholly omitted. Lipogrammatic (li'po-gram-mat "ik), a. Pertaining to the writing of lipograms, a term applied to compositions in which a particular letter is omitted throughout, as in the Odyssey of Tryphiodorus, in which there was no A in the first book, no B in the second, and so on. Lipogrammatism (li-po-gram'mat-izm), n. The art or practice of writing lipograms or pieces with a particular letter omitted throughout. Lipogrammatist (li-po-gram'mat-ist), n. One who writes lipograms or pieces throughout which a particular letter is omitted. Lipothymia, Lipothymy (li-pō-thim'i-a, li-poth'i-mi), n. Same as Leipothymia. Lipothymic, Lipothymous (li-po-thim'ik, li-poth'i-mus), a. Leipothymic (which see). Lipped (lipt), a. Having lips; having a raised or rounded edge resembling the lip: often used in composition.-Lipped and harled, in Scotland, an epithet applied to a wall built of stones without mortar, but which has the joints afterwards filled with mortar, and the whole wall plastered over with what is called rough-cast or harling. Lippen (lip'en), v.t. [Allied to Goth. laubjan, to trust; G. glauben, to believe, to trust.] To intrust; to trust; as, he lippened it to me. [Scotch.] Lippen (lip'en), v.i. To rely upon; to trust to; to depend upon. [Old English and Scotch.] Lippening (lip'en-ing), a. Occasional; accidental. [Scotch.] I aye telled the gudeman ye meant weel to him; but he taks the tout at every bit lippening word. Sir W. Scott. Lippia (lip'i-a), n. [In honour of M. Lippi, a French physician and traveller in Abyssinia.] A genus of plants, nat. order Verbenaceæ, containing numerous species of shrubs or undershrubs (rarely herbs) with small flowers in dense heads or slender spikes. They are natives of the warmer regions of both hemispheres, especially of America. L. pseudo-thea, a native of Brazil, is aromatic and fragrant, and when dried forms an agreeable tea. Lippie, Lippy (lip'i), n. [A. Sax. leap, a basket. See LEAP.] The fourth part of a peck. [Scotch.] Lippitude (lip'i-tud), n. [L. lippitudo, from lippus, blear-eyed.] Soreness of eyes; blearedness. Lip-reading (lip'red-ing), n. Reading or understanding what one says by the movement of the lips: used in regard to the deaf and dumb. Lip-wisdom (lip'wiz-dom), n. Wisdom in talk without practice; wisdom in words not supported by experience. I find that all is but lip-wisdom, which wants experience. Sir P. Sidney. Lip-workt (lip'wèrk), n. 1. Lip-labour. Milton.-2. The act of kissing. B. Jonson. Lip-working (lip'werk-ing), p. and a. Professing with the lips without corresponding practice; lip-laborious. Milton. Liquable (lik'wa-bl), a. Capable of being liquated or melted." Liquate (li'kwat), v.i. [L. liquo, liquatum, to make liquid, to melt. See LIQUID.] To melt; to liquefy; to be dissolved. 58 Liquate (li'kwät), v. t. pret. & pp. liquated; ppr. liquating. To melt; to liquefy; specifically, in metal. to separate, as one metal from another less fusible, by applying just sufficient heat to melt the more easily liquefiable, so that it can be run off from the other. Liquation (li-kwa'shon), n. [L. liquatio, liquationis, from liquo. See LIQUATE.] 1. The act or operation of liquating or melting.-2. The condition or capacity of being melted; as, a substance congealed beyond liquation.-3. The process of separating by a regulated heat an easily fusible metal from an alloy in which is a metal difficult of fusion. Liquefacient (lik-we-fa'shi-ent), n. That which liquefies or serves to liquefy; in med. an agent which augments the secretions and promotes the liquefying processes of the animal economy. Liquefaction (lik-we-fak'shon), n. [L. liquefactio, from liquefacio, to make liquid, to melt-liqueo, to be fluid, and facio, to make.] 1. The act or operation of melting or dissolving; the conversion of a solid into a liquid by the sole agency of heat or caloric: sometimes specially applied to the melting of substances which pass through intermediate states of softness before they become fluid, as tallow, wax, resin, &c.-2. The state of being melted. Liquefiable (lik'we-fi-a-bl), a. Capable of being liquefied, melted, or changed from a solid to a liquid state. Liquefier (lik'we-fi-ér), n. One who or that which liquefies or melts. Liquefy (lik'we-fi), v. t. pret. & pp. liquefied; ppr. liquefying. [Fr. liquéfier, from L. liquefacio. See LIQUOR.] To convert from a fixed or solid form to that of a liquid, and technically to melt by the sole agency of heat; to melt; to dissolve. Liquefy (lik'we-fi), v.i. To be melted; to be come liquid. The blood of St. Januarius liquefied at the approach of the saint's head. Addison. Liquescency (li-kwes'sen-si), n. The condition of being liquescent; aptness to melt. Liquescent (li-kwes'sent), a. [L. liquescens, liquescentis, ppr. of liquesco, to become fluid, inchoative from liqueo, to be liquid.] Melting; becoming fluid. Liqueur (li-kür'), n. [Fr.) A spirituous compound of water, alcohol, sugar, and some infusion or extract from fruits, spices, and various aromatic substances. Liqueurs may be distinguished as of three qualities: first, the ratañas, or simple liqueurs, in which the sugar, the alcohol, and the aromatic substances are in small quantities; such are anise-water, noyau, the apricot, cherry, &c., ratafias. The second are the oils or fine liqueurs, with more saccharine and spirituous matter, as the anisette, curaçoa, &c. The third are the creams or superfine liqueurs, as rosoglio, maraschino, Danzig water, &c. Pop. Ency. Liquid (lik'wid), a. [L. liquidus, from liqueo, to melt. See LIQUOR.] 1. Composed of particles that move freely among each other on the slightest pressure; fluid; flowing or capable of flowing; not fixed or solid. quid air.' Milton. Li The fields of liquid air, enclosing all, 2. Flowing smoothly or easily; sounding agreeably or smoothly to the ear; devoid of harshness; as, liquid melody.-3. Pronounced with a slight contact of the organs of articulation; smooth; as, a liquid letter. -Liquid debt, in Scots law, a term applied to a debt, the amount of which is ascertained and constituted against the debtor, either by a written obligation or by the decree of a court. Liquid (lik'wid), n. 1. A substance whose parts change their relative position on the slightest pressure, and which therefore retains no definite form, except what is determined by the receptacle in which it is contained, as water, wine, milk, &c.; a nonelastic fluid. See FLUID.-2. In gram. a letter or sound pronounced with a slight contact of the organs and with a smooth flowing sound, as I and r in bla, bra. Liquidable (lik'wid-a-bl), a. Capable of being liquidated. Liquidambar, Liquidamber (lik'wid-ambar, lik'wid-am-ber), n. [That is liquid amber, from the fragrant resin.] A genus of trees of the nat. order Hamamelidaceæ. They are handsome trees, with lobed shining leaves, and catkins or globular heads of monocious flowers. The fragrant liquid resin called oil of liquidambar and copal balsam is ob LIQUORICE tained from the Liquidambar styraciflua, found in Mexico and the United States. L. orientale (oriental liquidambar tree) yields common storax, which is used as a stimulant expectorant. Liquidate (lik'wid-at), v.t. pret. & pp. liquidated; ppr. liquidating. [Fr. liquider, L liquido.] 1. To make liquid.-2. To clear from all obscurity. Time only can liquidate the meaning of all parts of a compound system. Hamilton. 3. To ascertain or reduce to precision in amount; to adjust. The clerk of the commons' house of assembly in 1774 gave certificates to the public creditors that their demands were liquidated and should be provided for in the next tax-bill. Ramsay. 4. To dissolve or clear off; to pay, as a debt. Fryburgh was ceded to Zurich by Sigismond to liquidate a debt of a thousand florins. Coxe. 5. Specifically, in com. to wind up, as a firm or company, by settling with its debtors and creditors, apportioning the amount of profit and loss of each partner or shareholder, &c. 6. To make less harsh and offensive; as, to liquidate the harshness of sound. Liquidation (lik-wid-a'shon), n. The act of liquidating; the act of settling and adjusting debts, or ascertaining their amount or the balance of them due; specifically, in com. the act or operation of winding up the affairs of a firm or company by settling with its debtors and creditors, apportioning the amount of each partner's or shareholder's profit and loss, &c. Liquidator (lik'wid-at-ér), n. One who or that which liquidates or settles; specifically, in com. an officer appointed to conduct the winding up of the affairs of a firm or company, to bring and defend actions and suits in its name. and to do all necessary acts on behalf of the firm or company. Liquidity (lik-wid'i-ti), n. [Fr. liquidité, fluidness.] 1. The state or quality of being fluid or liquid; that condition of a material substance in which the particles have a perfect freedom of motion without any sensible tendency to approach or recede from one another except by the action of some external power; fluidity.-2. The quality of being smooth, flowing, and agreeable: said of sound, music, and the like. Liquidize (lik'wid-iz), v.t. To make liquid. Liquidly (lik'wid-li), adv. In a liquid or flowing manner; smoothly; flowingly. Liquidness (lik'wid-nes), n. The quality of being liquid; fluency. Liquor (lik'er), n. [L. liquor, from liqueo, to melt. From a root li, to flow, seen also in L. lino, to smear, oblivio, forgetfulness, Gr. limen, a harbour, limne, a marsh; Slav. lijati, to pour; Skr. li, to liquefy.] 1. A liquid or fluid substance, as water, milk, blood, sap, juice, and the like. Especially-2. Alcoholic or spirituous fluid, either distilled or fermented. In liquor, intoxicated. Liquor (lik'èr), v.t. To moisten; to drench; also, to rub with oil or grease so as to render impervious to water. If it should come to the ear of the court... they would melt me out of my fat drop by drop, and liquor fishermen's boots with me. Shak. Liquor (lik'er), v.i. To drink; especially, to drink spirits: frequently with up. [Originally, United States.] Liquorice (lik'er-is), n. [It. liquirizia, L. glycyrrhiza, Gr. glykyrrhiza-glykys, sweet, and rhiza, root.] A plant of the genus ish. Lira (lē'ra), n. pl. Lire (lē'rā). [From L. libra, a pound, whence also Fr. livre.] An Italian silver coin containing 100 centesimi or centimes, and in value equivalent to a franc, or 10d. nearly. Lirella (li-rella), n. In bot. a term used in describing lichens to denote a linear shield with a channel along its middle as found in Opegrapha Liricon-fancy, Liricumphancy + (lir'ikon-fan'si, liri-kum-fan"si), n. A flower: supposed to be lily of the valley. The tufted daisy, violet, Poor Robin. (Gr. Heartsease, for lovers hard to get; The honey-suckle, rosemary, Laricumphancy, rose-parsley. Liriodendron (lir'i-o-den"dron), n. lirion, a lily, and dendron, a tree.] A genus of North American trees belonging to the nat. order Magnoliaceae, and containing only one species, the tulip-tree (L. tulipifera). It is a large and beautiful tree, with large smooth lobed leaves, which are abruptly notched at the apex, and large greenish-yellow flowers marked with orange. The bark of the root is used as a tonic and febrifuge. It has been long cultivated in Britain. Liripoop (liri-pöp), n. [O. Fr. liripepion, LL. liripipium, probably a corruption of L. cleri ephippium, the caparison of a cleric.] 1. An ancient piece of dress proper to a clergyman; in early times probably a hood or tippet, later a scarf or an appendage to the ancient hood, consisting of long tails or tippets, passing round the neck, and hanging down to the feet, and often jagged. It may be simply the stole. Peck. Their lerripippes reach to their heels, all jagged. That they do not passe for all their miters, staves, hats, crowns, cowles, copes, and liripippes. Bechive. 2. A degree of learning or knowledge worthy the wearer of a liripoop; acuteness; smartness; a smart trick. Thou maist be skilled in thy logic, but not in thy liripoop. Sapho & Phao. 3. A silly person. 'A young lirrypoop.' Beau. & Fl. Lirocone (lir'o-kōn), a. [Gr. leiros, pale, and konia, powder.] In mineral, resembling a whitish powder. Lisbon (liz'bon), n. 1. A kind of white or light-coloured wine produced in the province of Estremadura: so called from being shipped at Lisbon.-2. † A kind of soft sugar. Lish (lish), a. [Written also Leesh. Sc. leish, vigorous, active; perhaps allied to lush, fresh, juicy, vigorous.] Stout; active. [Local.] Lisk (lisk), n. [O.E. leske, liske, Dan. lyske, the groin or flank.] The flank or groin. [Old and Provincial English and Scotch.] Lisne,t n. [Prov. E. lissen, and lisne, a cleft in a rock.] A cavity or hollow. Lisp (lisp), v.i. [A. Sax. wlisp, wlips, lisping: O.H.G. lisp, Sw. and Dan. läsp, lisping; O.H.G. lispian, G. lispeln, to whisper, to lisp.] 1. To pronounce the sibilant letters s and z imperfectly, as by giving the sound of th or dh. 2. To speak imperfectly; to utter in a hesitating modest way; to make feeble, imperfect, or tentative efforts at speaking. I listed in numbers, for the numbers came. Pope. Lisp (lisp), v.t. To pronounce with a lisp or imperfectly. Another gift of God, Which, maybe, shall have learned to lisp you thanks. Tennyson. Lisp (lisp), n. The habit or act of lisping, as in uttering an aspirated th for 8, dh for z. I overheard her answer, with a very pretty lisp, O Strephon, you are a dangerous creature.' Tatler. Lisper (lisp'er), n. One who lisps; one who speaks with an affected lisp or imperfectly. The pretty lisper Feels her heart swell to hear all round her whisper, How beautiful!" Longfellow. Lispingly (lisp'ing-li), adv. In a lisping manner; with a lisp. Lispund (lis'pund), n. [Dan. Sw. lispund, Icel lífspund.] A Scandinavian weight varying in different countries from 14 lbs. to 18 lbs. avoirdupois. Liss, n. [A. Sax. liss, forgiveness, grace, favour. See the verb.] Remission; abatement. 'Of penance had a lisse.' Chaucer. 59 Liss, v.t. [Probably from the noun, which may be from A. Sax. lithe, gentle; comp. bliss, blithe.] To remit; to abate. Lissed of his care." Chaucer. Liss,t v.i. To grow easy; to obtain relief. Chaucer. Lissencephala (lis-en-sef'a-la), n. pl. [Gr. And lissome Vivien, holding by his heel, Lissomeness (lis'sum-nes),n. State of being The very list, the very utmost bound 4. In arch. a little square moulding; a fillet. Called also a Listel.-5. A roll or catalogue; as, a list of names; a list of books; a list of articles; a list of ratable estate.-Civil list, the civil officers of government, as judges, ambassadors, secretaries, &c.; also, a yearly sum of money for which the sovereign surrenders the hereditary revenue of the crown for life, which sum is to be devoted solely to the support of the royal household and the honour and dignity of the crown.-Catalogue, List. See under CATALOGUE. List (list), v.t. 1. To enrol; to register in a list or catalogue; to enlist; specifically, to engage in the public service as soldiers. They may be listed among the upper serving-men Milton. of some great household. Dryden. These in my name are listed. 2. To unite firmly to a cause; to enlist.3. To inclose for combat; as, to list a field. 'The listed plain.' Sir W. Scott.-4. To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a party-coloured show, or to form a border. 5. To cover with a list or with strips of cloth; as, to list a door; hence, to mark as if with list; to streak. "The tree that stood whitelisted through the gloom.' Tennyson.-To list a board, to reduce in breadth by cutting off the sapwood from the edge. List (list), v.i. [See ENLIST.] To engage in public service by enrolling one's name; to enlist. List (list), v.i. [A. Sax. lystan, to wish, to desire, to covet, from lyst, a desire; G. lusten, to desire, from lust, pleasure. See LUST.] To desire or choose; to be disposed; to please. The wind bloweth where it listeth. Jn. iii. 8. O maiden, if indeed you list to sing, It may be used with a clause as subject and one of the personal pronouns, as me, him, &c., as an object. A wizard of such dreaded fame, List (list), n. [A. Sax. lyst, desire. See LUST.] 1.t Wish; choice; desire; inclination. Liberty, list, and leisure to begin this violent schism. Fuller. 2. Naut. an inclination to one side; as, the ship has a list to port. List (list), v.i. [Shorter form of listen (which see).] To hearken; to attend; to listen. List to a tale of love in Acadie, home of the happy. Longfellow. LITERAL List (list), v. t. To listen or hearken to. Then weigh what loss your honour may sustain, If with too credent ear you list his songs. Shak. Listel (list'el), n. [Fr. listel, listeau, from liste, a roll, a fillet.] In arch, a list or fillet. Listen (lis'n), v.i. [A. Sax. hlystan, lystan, to listen; hlyst, gehlyst, hearing, the ear; Icel. hlusta, to listen, hlust, an ear; allied to O. H. G. hlosen, G. lauschen, to listen, A. Sax. hlosnian, to hear, W. clust, Ir. cluas, an ear; L. inclytus, famous, cluo, Gr. kluō, to hear, and to E. loud (which see).] To attend closely with a view to hear; to give ear; to hearken. On the green bank I sat, and listened long. Dryden. -To listen after, to be eager to hear or get information regarding; to inquire after. Soldiers note forts, armouries, and magazines; scholars listen after libraries, disputations, and professors. Fuller. Here comes my servant Travers, whom I sent Shak. On Tuesday last to listen after news. Listen † (lis'n), v. t. To hear; to attend to. He that no more must say is listen'd more Than they whom youth and ease have taught to glose. And now, Octavius, Listen great things. Shak. One who listens; a Listener (lis'n-ér), n. hearkener. Lister (list'èr), n. roll. Shak. One who makes a list or Listera (lis'tér-a), n. [After Martin Lister, an English physician and naturalist.] A genus of insignificant terrestrial orchids, with two nearly opposite leaves, and slender racemes of small greenish flowers; natives of Europe, north Asia, and North America. One species, the twayblade (L. ovata), is a common British plant. Listfult (list'fyl), a. Attentive. eares. Listful Listing (list'ing), n. In carp. the cutting away of the sapwood from the edge of a board; also, the edge thus cut away. Listless (list'les), a. [A. Sax. lyst, O.E. list, desire, pleasure. See the verb LIST, to desire.] Indifferent to or taking no pleasure in what is passing; languid and indifferent; as, a listless hearer or spectator. His listless length at noontide would he stretch. Gray. SYN. Heedless, careless, thoughtless, inattentive, indifferent, vacant, uninterested, languid, weary, supine. In a listless Listlessly (list'les-li), adv. manner; without attention; heedlessly. Listlessness (list'les-nes), n. The state of being listless; indifference to what is passing; inattention; heedlessness. Lit (lit), pret. of light, to come upon by chance, to alight. Here we lit on Aunt Elizabeth.' Tennyson. Lit (lit), pret. & pp. of light, to kindle. Addison. I lit my pipe with the paper. How the lit lake shines! a phosphoric sea! Byron. Litany (lit'an-i), n. [Fr. litanie; Gr. litaneia, from litaneuo, to pray or entreat, lite, a prayer.] 1. A solemn form of supplication used in public worship. Supplications, with solemnity, for the appeasing of God's wrath, were, of the Greek Church, termed Hooker. litanies, and rogations of the Latin. Specifically-2. A collection of short prayers or supplications in the Book of Common Prayer, in the morning service, which are said or chanted, the priest uttering one and the people responding with another alternately.3. A parody of the litany, with satirical allusions, recited by street patterers upon the occasion of some political or religious demonstration. [Slang.] Litany (lit'an-i), v.i. To repeat or chant a litany. Carlyle. Litarget (lit'ärj), n. Litharge. [Fr.] From this exploit he sav'd not great nor lite, The aged men, and boys of tender age. Fairfax. Lite (lit), n. A little; a small portion. Literal (lit'êr-al), a. Liter (li'tér), n. Same as Litre. [L. literalis, from litera, a letter.] 1. According to the letter or verbal expression; formally expressed; real; not figurative or metaphorical; as, the literal meaning of a phrase. Through all the writings of the ancient fathers we see that the words which were do continue; the only difference is, that whereas before they had a literal, they now have a metaphorical use. Hooker. 2. Following the letter or exact words; not |