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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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Lĭg'nîte, n. p. 774(Min.) Mineral coal retaining the texture of the wood from which it was formed, and burning with an empyreumatic odor. It is of more recent origin than the anthracite bituminous coal of the proper…Lig-nĭt'ic, a. p. 774Containing lignite; resembling lignite; as, lignitic clay. Dana.Lĭg'ni-tĭf'er-oŭs, a. p. 774Bearing or producing wood; lignitic. Dana.Lig-nōse' or Lĭg'noŭs, a. p. 774Ligneous. [Rare.] Evelyn.Lĭg'num-vī'tæ, n. p. 774(Bot.) A tree (Guaiacum officinale) found in the warm latitudes of America, from which the guaiacum of medicine is procured. Its wood, from its hardness, is used for various mechanical purposes, as…Lĭg'ū-late or Lĭg'ū-lā-ted, a. p. 774(Bot.) Like a bandage, or strap; also, composed of ligulas. Ligulate flower, a species of compound flower, the florets of which have their corollets flat, spreading out toward the end, with the base…Lĭg'ū-lȧ or Lĭg'ūle p. 774Lĭg'ūle, n. [Lat. ligula, or lingula, little tongue, diminutive of lingua, the tongue; Fr. ligule.] (Bot.) (a.) The flat part of the leaf of a grass, in contradistinction from that part which…Lĭg'ŭre or Lĭg'ūre, n. p. 774A kind of precious stone. “The third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.” Exod. xxviii. 19.Līke, a. p. 774Equal in quantity, quality, or degree; exactly corresponding; 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, n. p. 774That which is equal or similar to another; the counterpart; an exact resemblance; a copy. He was a man, take him for all in all, I shall not look upon his like again. Shak.Like, n. p. 774A liking; fancy, or inclination. Likes and dislikes, feelings of attachment and aversion.Like, adv. p. 774In a like manner. Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Matt. vi. 29. Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. Ps. ciii. 13. 2. In a manner…Like, v. t. p. 774To be pleased with in a moderate degree; to approve; to take satisfaction in; to enjoy. He proceeded from looking to liking, and from liking to loving. Sidney. 2. To please; to be agreeable to; —…Like, v. i. p. 774To be pleased; to choose. “He may go or stay, as he likes.” Locke. 2. To come near; to avoid with difficulty; to escape narrowly; as, he liked to have been too late; he liked to have lost his hat.…Like'hōōd, n. p. 774Likelihood. [Rare.]Like'li-hōōd, n. p. 774Appearance of truth or reality; probability; verisimilitude. 2. Appearance; show; resemblance. [Obs.] “A fellow of no mark or likelihood.” Shak.Like'li-ness, n. p. 774Probability. 2. The qualities that please. See LIKELY.Likely, a. p. 774Worthy of belief; probable; credible; as, a likely story. 2. Having probability; having or giving reason to expect; — followed by an infinitive; as, I am likely to preach to-morrow; it might be…Like'ly, adv. p. 774Probably. While man was innocent, he was likely ignorant of nothing important for him to know. Glanville.Like'-mīnd'ed, a. p. 774Having a like disposition or purpose.Lik'en, v. t. p. 774To represent as resembling or similar; to compare. Whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man who built his house upon a rock. Matt. vii. 24.Like'ness, n. p. 774The state of being like; similitude; resemblance. 2. That which resembles or copies; especially, a portrait of a person, or a picture of an animal or thing. I took you for your likeness, Chloe.…Lik'en-ing, n. p. 774The forming of resemblance.Like'-owl, n. p. 774See LICK-OWL.Lik'er-oŭs, a. p. 774See LICKERISH. [Obs.]Like'-wāke, n. p. 774See LICH-WAKE.Like'wise, conj. p. 774In like manner; also; moreover; too. For he seeth that wise men die; likewise the fool and the brutish person perish. Ps. xlix. 10. Syn.—Also; too. See ALSO.Lik'ing, a. p. 774Of a good appearance; likely; pleasing. [Obs.] Dan. i. 10.Lik'ing, n. p. 774A good state of body; healthful appearance; plumpness. [Obs.] Their young ones are in good liking. Job xxxix. 4. 2. State of trial. [Rare.] Would he be the degenerate scion of that royal line . . .…Li'lae, n. p. 774(Bot.) A shrub of the genus Syringa (S. vulgaris), a native of Persia. The common lilac is cultivated for its fragrant flowers, which are purple or white.Līl'a-çïne, n. p. 774(Chem.) The bitter principle of the lilac.Lĭl'i-ā'ceous, a. p. 774(Bot.) Pertaining to lilies; lily-like.Līl'ied, a. p. 774Embellished with lilies. “By sandy Ladon's lilied banks.” Milton.Lĭl'i-pŭ'tian, n. p. 774One belonging to a diminutive race described in Swift’s “Voyage to Liliput.” 2. Hence, a person of very small size.Lil'i-pū'tian, a. p. 774Of, or pertaining to, the imaginary island of Liliput described by Swift, or to its inhabitants. 2. Hence, of very small size; diminutive; dwarfed.Lill, v. t. p. 774To loll. See LOLL. [Obs., or local.] “And lilled forth his bloody flaming tongue.” Spencer.Lĭl'/li-bul-lē'ro, n. p. 774A popular song in England during and after the reign of James II.Lilt, v. i. p. 774To do any thing with dexterity or quickness, as to fly or to hop. [Prov. Eng.] Whether the bird flew here or there, O'er table lilt, or perch on chair. Wordsworth. 2. To sing or play cheerfully and…Lĭl'y, n. p. 774(Bot.) An endogenous, bulbous plant, having a regular perianth of six colored pieces, six stamens, and a superior three-celled ovary. The flowers are generally very showy, and some are very fragrant.…Lĭl'y-hănd'ed, a. p. 774Having white, delicate hands.Lĭl'y-lĭv'ered, a. p. 774White-livered; cowardly. [Obs.]Lī-mā'ceoŭs, a. p. 774Belonging to, or resembling, the slug.Lī-mā'tion, n. p. 774The act of filing or polishing.Lī'ma-tūre, n. p. 774The act of filing. 2. That which is filed off; filings.Lī'max, n. p. 774(Zoöl.) A genus of air-breathing mollusks without shells; the slug or snail.Lĭmb (lĭm), n. p. 774Edge or border; limit; extremity. 2. An extremity of the human body; a member; a projecting part, as the arm or leg. Of courage haughty, and of limb Heroic built. Shak. 3. The branch of a tree larger…Lĭmb, v. t. p. 774To supply with limbs. 2. To dismember; to tear off the limbs of.Līm'bat, n. p. 774A 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.Lim'bate, a. p. 775(Bot.) Bordered, as when one color is surrounded by an edging of another.Lim'beck, n. p. 775A still. [Obs.] The dull drops As from a limbec did adown distill. Spencer.Lim'bee, v. t. p. 775To strain or pass through a still; to distill. [Obs.] Sandys.Lĭmbed, a. p. 775Having limbs; formed with regard to limbs; — used in composition; as, well-limbed; large-limbed; short-limbed. Numerous living creatures, perfect forms, Limbed and full grown. Milton.Lim'ber, a. p. 775Easily bent; flexible; pliant; yielding. “Who have a spirit so limber they can stretch it any whither.” Barrow.Lim'ber, v. t. p. 775To attach to the limbers; as, to limber the gun; — often with up. 2. [From the adjective.] To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant.Lĭm'ber, n. p. 775(Mil.) That part of a gun-carriage, consisting of two wheels and a shaft, to which the horses are harnessed. 2. A shaft of a carriage; a thill. 3. (pl.) (Naut.) Holes cut through the floor timbers…Lim'ber-ness, n. p. 775The quality of being limber; flexibleness; pliancy.Limb'less, a. p. 775Destitute of limbs.Limb'meal, a. p. 775Piecemeal. [Obs.] Shak.Lim'bo or Lim'bus, n. p. 775(Scholastic Theol.) A region bordering on hell. “As far from help as limbo is from bliss.” Shak. A limbo large and broad, since called The paradise of fools. Milton. The limbus patrum was considered…Lime, n. p. 775A viscous substance, something laid on twigs for catching birds. Like the lime That foolish birds are caught with. Wordsworth. 2. (Chem.) Oxide of calcium; the white, caustic substance, usually…