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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Liege, a. p. 771Bound by a feudal tenure; obliged to be faithful and loyal to a superior, as a vassal to his lord; subject; faithful; as, a liege man. ☞ By liege homage, a vassal was bound to serve his lord against…Liège, n. p. 771One who owes allegiance; a vassal; a liegeman. 2. A lord or superior; a sovereign. ☞ This is a false application of the word, arising probably from transferring the word from the vassal to the lord…Liēge'man, n. p. 771A vassal; a subject. [Obs.] Spencer.Liè'ger, n. p. 771A resident ambassador. [Obs.] See LEGER.Lie'-ley, v. i. p. 771To lie fallow, or in grass. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Let wife and land Lie-ley till I return. Beau. & Fl.Lī'en, p. p. p. 771of lie. [Obs.] See LAIN.Li′en, n. p. 771(Law.) A legal claim; a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty; a right in one to hold and retain the property of another until some claim of the former is…Li'en-tĕr'ic, a. p. 771(Med.) Pertaining to a lientery.Lĭ'en-ter-y, n. p. 771(Med.) A lax or diarrhea, in which the food is discharged only half digested. Dunglison.Li'er, n. p. 771One who lies down; one who rests or remains. He wist not that there were liers in ambush against him. Josh. vii. 14.Lieü, n. p. 771Place; room; stead; — preceded by in. The plan of extortion had been adopted in lieu of the scheme of confiscation. Burke.Lieü-ten'an-cy, n. p. 771The office or commission of a lieutenant. If such tricks as these strip you out of your lieutenancy. Shak. 2. The body of lieutenants.Lieü-tēn'ant, n. p. 771An officer, either civil or military, who supplies the place of a superior in his absence. ☞ In this sense the word is usually either appended or prefixed to that designating the officer whose place…Lieü-tēn'ant-ry or Lieü-tēn'ant-ship, n. p. 771The same as LIEUTENANCY.Liève, a. p. 771The same as LIEF. See LIEF.Life, n. p. 771That state of an animal or plant in which its organs are capable of performing their functions; animate existence; vitality; also, the time during which this state continues, either in general, or in…Life'-an-nüí-ty, n. p. 771A sum of money paid yearly during a person's life.Life'-as-sur'ance, n. p. 771See LIFE-INSURANCE.Life'-bĕlt, n. p. 771A strap or belt, either inflated with air or furnished with cork, to sustain a person in the water.Life'-blood, n. p. 771The blood necessary to life; vital blood. Dryden. 2. That which constitutes or gives strength and energy. Money [is] the life-blood of the nation. Swift.Life'-bōat, n. p. 772A boat so constructed as to have great strength and buoyancy, for preserving lives in cases of shipwreck or other destruction of a vessel at sea.Life'-buoy, n. p. 772See Buoy.Life'-drōp, n. p. 772A vital particle.Life'-es-tāte', n. p. 772An estate that continues during the life of the possessor.Life'-ēv-er-lāst'ing, n. p. 772(Bot.) A plant of the genus Gnaphalium; cudweed.Life'ful, a. p. 772Full of vital energy; lively.Life'-gīv'ing, a. p. 772Giving life or spirit; having power to give life; inspiring; invigorating.Life'-guārd, n. p. 772A guard of the life or person; a guard that attends the person of a prince or other high officer or dignitary; a body-guard.Life'-hōld, n. p. 772See LIFE-LAND.Life'-in-sur'ance, n. p. 772A contract for the payment of a certain sum of money on a person's death.Life'-in'ter-est, n. p. 772An estate or interest which lasts during one's life.Life'-lānd, n. p. 772(Law.) Land held by lease for life or lives;—called also life-hold.Life'less, a. p. 772Dead; deprived of life; as, a lifeless body. 2. Destitute of life; unanimated; as, lifeless matter. 3. Destitute of power, force, vigor, or spirit; dull; heavy; inactive. 4. Void of spirit; vapid…Life'less-ly, adv. p. 772In a lifeless manner.Life'less-ness, n. p. 772Destitution of life, vigor, and spirit; inactivity.Life'-like, a. p. 772Like a living person; resembling life; as, a life-like portrait.Life'-line, n. p. 772(Naut.) A line along any part of a vessel for the security of sailors.Life'-lōng, a. p. 772Lasting or continuing through life.Life'ly, adv. p. 772In a life-like manner; to the life. [Obs.]Lif'en, v. t. p. 772To give an appearance of life or reality to. [Obs.] And with such sighs, Laments, and applications lifen it, As if impulsive power of remorse. Marston.Life'-pre-sĕrv'er, n. p. 772An apparatus, made in very various forms, and of various materials, for preserving lives of persons in cases of exposure on the water.Life'-rēnt, n. p. 772The rent of an estate that continues for life.Life'-spring, n. p. 772The spring or source of life.Life'-string, n. p. 772A nerve, or string, that is imagined to be essential to life.Life'-tā'ble, n. p. 772A table exhibiting statistics as to the probability of life at different ages.Life'-time, n. p. 772The time that life continues; duration of life.Life'-wēa'ry, a. p. 772Tired of life; weary of living.Lift, v. t. p. 772To raise; to elevate; to bring up from a lower place to a higher; to upheave; — said of material things; as, to lift the foot or the hand; to lift the head. 2. To elevate; to exalt; to improve in…Lift or Lifting-bridge, v. i. p. 772To try to raise something heavy; to exert the strength for the purpose of raising or bearing. “The body strained by lifting at a weight too heavy.” Locke. 2. To rise; to be raised or elevated; as…Lĭft, n. p. 772The act of raising or lifting; as, the lift of the feet in walking or running. 2. That which is to be raised. 3. Assistance in lifting, and hence assistance in general; as, to give one a lift.…Lĭft'a-ble, a. p. 772Capable of being lifted.Lift’er, n. p. 772One who, or that which, lifts or raises; as, (a.) A thief. “So young a man, and so old a lifter.” Shak. (b.) An apparatus for raising goods, &c.; as, a grain-lifter. (c.) (Founding.) A tool for…Lift'-grāte, n. p. 772See LIFT, No. 6.Lift'ing-rōd, n. p. 772(Steam-eng.) A rod receiving motion from the rock-shaft, and imparting motion to the lifter of a puppet-valve. See VALVE-GEAR.Lift'-lŏck, n. p. 772A canal lock;—sometimes so called because it lifts or raises a boat from one level to another.Lift'-wall, n. p. 772The cross wall in a lock-chamber of a canal.Līg, v. i. p. 772To lie. [Obs.] See LIE. Chaucer.Lig'a-ment, n. p. 772Any thing that ties or unites one thing or part to another; a bandage; a bond. Interwoven is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts. Washington. 2. (Anat.) A strong, compact…Lĭg'a-mĕnt'al or Lĭg'a-mĕnt'ōŭs, a. p. 772Composing a ligament; of the nature of a ligament; binding; as, a strong, ligamentous membrane.Li'gan, n. p. 772(Law.) Goods sunk in the sea, but tied to a cork or buoy in order to be found again. See FLOTSAM and JETSAM. [Written also lagan.] Blackstone.