Lith, n.

n. [A-S. lidh'u, lidh, liodh, leodh, O. Sax. lidh, lith, Goth. lithus, Icel. lidhr, D. lid, Dan. lid, led, Sw. led, O. H. Ger. lid, gilît, M. H. Ger. glît, gelît, N. H. Ger. glied, from A-S. lidh an, O. Sax. lithan, Icel. lidha, O. H. Ger. lidan, Goth. leithan, to go. See LEAD.] A joint or limb; a division; a member; a part formed by growth, and articulated to, or symmetrical with, other parts.

The reader will at once comprehend the reason by cutting an orange through its center obliquely to its axis. Each lith is of equal size, but the exposed surface of each on the freshly-cut circle will not be so. Nichol.