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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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Lim'it-ed-ness, n. p. 775State of being limited.Lĭm'it-er, n. p. 775One who, or that which, limits or confines. 2. A friar licensed to beg within certain bounds, or whose duty was limited to a certain district. [Formerly written also limitour.] A limiter of the Gray…Lim'it-less, a. p. 775Having no limits; unbounded; boundless. Davies.Līm'ma, n. p. 775(Mus.) One of the ancient Greek mathematical intervals. See APOTOME.Lim'mer, n. p. 775A lime-hound. See LIME-HOUND. 2. A dog engendered between a hound and a mastiff; a mongrel. Sir T. Elyot. 3. A low, base fellow;—so called in contempt. “Thieves, limmers, and broken men of the…Lĭm'mer, a. p. 775Limber. [Obs.] They have their feet and legs limmer, wherewith they crawl. Holland. 2. Low; base. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.Lĭmn, v. t. p. 775To draw or paint; especially, to paint in water colors; to illumine, as books or parchments with ornamental figures, letters, or borders. Let a painter limn out a million of faces, and you shall find…Līm′ni-ad or Li-mō′ni-ad, n. p. 775(Myth.) A nymph of the pools.Lim'ner, n. p. 775One who limns, or one who decorates books with initial pictures. 2. A portrait or miniature painter.Līm'on-ite, n. p. 775(Min.) See IRON.Lī'mo-sĕl'la, n. p. 775(Bot.) A genus of diminutive aquatic plants found growing on muddy shores; mud-wort.Lī-mō'sis, n. p. 775(Med.) A ravenous appetite caused by disease; excessive and morbid hunger.Lī'mo-thēr'a-pē'ia, n. p. 775(Med.) A method of treating diseases by fasting. Dunglison.Lī'moūs, a. p. 775Muddy; slimy; thick. Browne.Lĭmp, v. i. p. 775To halt; to walk lamely.Limp, n. p. 775A halt; act of limping.Limp, a. p. 775Vapid; weak. [Obs.] Walton. 2. Lacking stiffness; flexible; limpsy; as, a limp cravat. Thackeray.Lĭmp'er, n. p. 775One who limps.Lĭm'pet, n. p. 775(Conch.) (a.) A univalve shell of the genus Patella, found adhering to rocks. (b.) A fresh-water mollusk of the genus Ancylus.Lĭm′pid, a. p. 775Characterized by clearness or transparency; as, a limpid stream. Syn.—Clear; transparent; pellucid; lucid; pure; crystal; translucent.Lim-pid’i-ty, n. p. 775The state of being limpid or clear; clearness; purity.Lĭm'pid-ness, n. p. 775Limpidity; clearness.Lĭm'pin, n. p. 775A limpet. [Obs.] Holland.Limp'ing-ly, adv. p. 775In a limping manner.Lĭmp'i-tūde, n. p. 775Limpidity. [Obs.]Limp'sy or Lim'sy, a. p. 775Weak; flexible; flimsy. [Local. U. S.]Lĭm'ŭle, n. p. 775See LIMULUS.Līm'ŭ-lŭs, n. p. 775(Zoöl.) A genus of crustaceans, including the king-crab, horse-shoe, or horse-foot.Lim’y, a. p. 776Covered or bedaubed with lime; viscous. “Limy snares.” Spenser. 2. Containing lime; as, a lime soil. 3. Resembling lime; having the qualities of lime.Līn, v. i. p. 776To yield; to stop; to cease. [Obs.] Kiss, bless, adore it, Publius; never lin. Marston.Līn, v. i. p. 776To cease from. [Rare.] Milton.Lĭn, n. p. 776A pool or collection of water, particularly the one above or below a fall of water. 2. A waterfall, or cataract; as, Corsa Lĭn, often spelt lyn. [Scot.]Lin'age, n. p. 776The same as LINEAGE. [Obs.] Holland.Lĭnch, n. p. 776A ledge; a right-angled projection.Linch'pin, n. p. 776A pin used to prevent the wheel of a carriage from sliding off the axle-tree.Lin'coln-green, n. p. 776A color of cloth formerly made in Lincoln; hence, the cloth itself.Linc'ture or Linc'tus, n. p. 776Medicine taken by licking with the tongue.Lĭnd, n. p. 776The linden.Lin'den, n. p. 776(Bot.) (a.) A handsome tree (Tilia Europæa), having panicles of light yellow flowers, and large cordate leaves, common in Europe. (b.) In America, the bass-wood, or Tilia Americana.Līne, n. p. 776A linen thread or string; a slender cord; a length of twine; as, a fishing-line, a hauling-line, a clothes-line, and the like. 2. Lint or flax. [Obs.] [Written also linne.] “Garments made of line.”…Līne, v. t. p. 776To mark out with lines or thread-like strokes; to cover with lines. He had a healthy color in his cheeks, and his face, though lined, bore few traces of anxiety. Dickens. 2. To cover or put in the…Līn'e-age, n. p. 776Race; progeny; descendants in a line from a common progenitor.Line-al, a. p. 776Composed of lines; delineated; as, lineal designs. Walton. 2. Descending in a direct line from an ancestor; hereditary; derived from ancestors; as, lineal descent; lineal succession. And for the same…Lĭn'e-ăl'i-ty, n. p. 776The state of being in the form of a line. [Rare.]Lin'e-al-ly, adv. p. 776In a direct line; as, the prince is lineally descended from the Conqueror.Lin'e-a-ment, n. p. 776The outline or exterior of a body or figure, particularly of the face; feature; form; mark. “The lineaments of the body.” Locke. “Lineaments of a character.” Swift. Man he seems In all his…Lĭn'e-ar, a. p. 776Pertaining to a line; consisting of lines; in a straight direction. 2. (Bot.) Like a line; slender; of the same breadth throughout, except at the extremities; as, a linear leaf. Linear equation…Lĭn'e-ar-ĕn'sate, a. p. 776(Bot.) Having the form of a sword, but very long and narrow.Lĭn'e-ar-shāped, a. p. 776Of a linear shape.Lĭn'e-a-ry, a. p. 776The same as LINEAR. [Obs.] Holland.Lĭn'e-ate or Lĭn'e-ā'ted, a. p. 776(Bot.) Marked longitudinally with depressed parallel lines; as, a lineate leaf.Lĭn'e-ā'tion, n. p. 776The same as DELINEATION.Line'-man, n. p. 776One who carries the line in surveying, &c.Lĭn'en, n. p. 776Thread or cloth made of flax or hemp;—used in the plural to include cambric, shirting, sheeting, towels, table-cloths, &c. 2. The under part of dress, as being chiefly made of linen.Lĭn'en, a. p. 776Made of linen; as, linen cloth; a linen stocking. 2. Resembling linen cloth; white; pale.Lĭn'en-drā'per, n. p. 776A person who deals in linens.Lĭn'en-er or Lĭn'en-man, n. p. 776The same as LINEN-DRAPER. [Obs.]Lĭn'en-scrōll, n. p. 776(Arch.) An ornament formerly used for filling panels, and so called from its resemblance to the convolutions of a folded napkin. Fairholt.Lĭn'e-o-late, a. p. 776(Bot.) Marked longitudinally with fine lines. Gray.Līn'er, n. p. 776A vessel belonging to a regular line of packets. 2. (Mach.) A thin piece placed between two parts to hold them, fill a space, &c.