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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

2 entries under this word

Lithe

Lithe, a.

adjective

a. [A-S. lîðhe, for lindhe, tender, mild, gentle; O. Sax. lîdhi, O. H. Ger. lindî, M. H. Ger. linde, N. H. Ger. lind, Icel. linr, allied to Lat. lenis, A-S. lîðhe-bige, pliant, tractable.] Capable of being easily bent; pliant; flexible; limber; as, the elephant’s lithe proboscis. Milton.

Lithe, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [A-S. lidhian. See supra.]

  1. To smooth; to soften; to palliate. [Obs.]
  2. [Scot. lith.] To listen. [Obs.] See LISTEN.