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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Lī-thī'a-sīs, n.p. 779(Med.) The formation of stony concretions in any part of the body, especially in the bladder and urinary passages. Dunglison.
  2. Lith'i-ate, n.p. 779(Chem.) See LITHIATE.
  3. Lith'ic, a.p. 779(Chem.) Pertaining to the stone in the bladder; uric; as, lithic acid.
  4. Lith'i-ŭm, n.p. 779(Chem.) One of the alkaline metals, so called because obtained from a mineral. It is the lightest metal known, its specific gravity being 0.59, and its atomic weight 7.
  5. Lĭth'o-bĭb'li-on, n.p. 779See LITHO-PHYL.
  6. Lith'o-cärp, n.p. 779(Palæon.) Fossil fruit; fruit petrified.
  7. Lith'o-chrō'mies, n. sing.p. 779The art of printing colored pictures from oil paintings on stone; chromolithography. [See Note under MATHEMATICS.]
  8. Lith'o-cōl'lia, n.p. 779A cement that unites stones. Ash.
  9. Lith'o-dĕn'dron, n.p. 779A kind of coral; — so called from its resembling a petrified branch.
  10. Lith'o-dōme, n.p. 779(Zool.) One of several species of molluscous animals, which form holes in solid rocks, in which they lodge themselves. Lyell.
  11. Lī-thōd'o-mī, n. pl.p. 779See LITHODOME.
  12. Lī-thōd'o-mōus, a.p. 779Relating to a genus of molluscan animals which perforate stones.
  13. Lith'o-gĕn'e-sy, n.p. 779(Nat. Hist.) The doctrine or science of the origin of minerals composing the globe, and of the causes which have produced their form and disposition.
  14. Lī-thŏg'e-nous, a.p. 779Stone-producing; — said of polyps which form coral.
  15. Lith'o-glyph, n.p. 779The art of engraving on precious stones.
  16. Lī-thŏg'ly-pher, n.p. 779One who cuts or engraves precious stones. [Obs.]
  17. Lith'o-glyph'ic, a.p. 779Pertaining to the art of cutting and engraving precious stones.
  18. Lī-thōg'ly-phyte, n.p. 779(Nat. Hist.) A fossil that presents the appearance of being engraved or shaped by art.
  19. Lith'o-glyp'ties, n. sing.p. 779The art of cutting and engraving gems; lithoglyph. [See Note under MATHEMATICS.]
  20. Lith'o-grāph, v. t.p. 779To trace on stone, and transfer to paper by printing.
  21. Lith'o-grāph, n.p. 779A print from a drawing on stone.
  22. Lī-thōg'ra-pher, n.p. 779One who practices lithography.
  23. Lith'o-grāph'ic or Lith'o-grāph'ic-al, a.p. 779Pertaining to lithography; engraved upon, or printed from, stone; as, a lithographic picture.
  24. Lith'o-grāph'ie-al-ly, adv.p. 779By the lithographic art.
  25. Lī-thŏg'ra-phy, n.p. 779The art by which impressions or prints are obtained by a chemical process, from designs made with a greasy material upon stone, the best kind for this purpose being a sort of calcareous slate found…
  26. Lī-thoid'al, a.p. 779Like a stone; having a stony structure.
  27. Lith'o-lōg'ic or Lith'o-lōg'ic-al, a.p. 779(Geol.) Pertaining to the character of a rock, as derived from the nature and mode of aggregation of its mineral contents. Dana.
  28. Lith'o-lŏg'ie-al-ly, adv.p. 779From a lithological point of view; as, to consider a stratum lithologically.
  29. Lī-thŏl'o-gĭst, n.p. 779A person skilled in the science of stones.
  30. Lī-thŏl'o-gy, n.p. 779The science which treats of the characteristics and classification of rocks. 2. (Med.) A treatise on stones found in the body.
  31. Lith’o-mān’cy, n.p. 779Divination or prediction of events by means of stones.
  32. Lith'o-mārge, n.p. 779A compact clay of a fine, smooth texture, and very sectile. Dana.
  33. Lith'on-thrĭp'tie or Lith'on-thrŷp'tie, a. & n.p. 780The same as LITHONTRIPTIC.
  34. Lith'on-trĭp'tic, a.p. 780(Med.) Having the quality of destroying the stone in the bladder or kidneys.
  35. Lith'on-trip'tie, n.p. 780(Med.) A medicine which has the power of destroying the stone in the bladder or kidneys.
  36. Lĭth'on-trĭp'tor, n.p. 780(Surg.) An instrument for triturating the stone in the bladder.
  37. Li-thôph'a-gi, n. pl.p. 780The same as LITHODOMI.
  38. Lī-thŏph'a-goŭs, a.p. 780Eating or swallowing stones or gravel, as the ostrich. 2. The same as LITHODOMOUS.
  39. Lith'o-phōs'phor, n.p. 780A stone that becomes phosphoric by heat. [Obs.]
  40. Lith'o-phos-phōr'ic, a.p. 780Pertaining to lithophosphor; becoming phosphoric by heat.
  41. Lith'o-pho-tōg'ra-phy, n.p. 780The art of producing prints from lithographic stones, by means of photographic pictures developed on their surface. Fairholt.
  42. Lith'o-phŷl, n.p. 780(Palæon.) Fossil leaves, or the figures of leaves on fossils;—called also bibliolite and lithobiblion.
  43. Lĭth'o-phȳte, n.p. 780(Zoöl.) A production apparently both stone and plant, as the corals and sea-fans. They are now known to be either animals or plants. Dana.
  44. Lĭth'o-phyt'ic, a.p. 780Pertaining to lithophytes.
  45. Li-thō'phy-toŭs, a.p. 780Pertaining to, or consisting of, lithophytes.
  46. Lith'o-spēr'mum, n.p. 780(Bot.) A genus of plants;—so called from the stony hardness of their seeds, the pericarps of which are found to contain nearly sixty per cent. of earthy matter. Baird.
  47. Lith'o-tint, n.p. 780A picture produced in colors from a lithographic stone. — Simmonds.
  48. Lith'o-tōme, n.p. 780A stone so formed by nature as to appear as if cut by art. 2. (Surg.) An instrument used for cutting the bladder in operations for the stone.
  49. Lĭth'o-tŏm'ie or Lĭth'o-tŏm'ie-al, a.p. 780Pertaining to, or performed by, lithotomy.
  50. Lĭ-thŏt'o-mīst, n.p. 780One who performs the operation of cutting for the stone in the bladder, or one who is skilled in the operation.
  51. Lī-thŏt'o-my, n.p. 780(Surg.) The operation, art, or practice of cutting for the stone in the bladder.
  52. Lĭth’o-tríp/sy, n.p. 780(Surg.) The operation of triturating the stone in the bladder by means of an instrument called lithotriptor.
  53. Lith'o-tríp'tist, n.p. 780One skilled in breaking and extracting stone in the bladder.
  54. Lith'o-trip'tor or Lith'o-trī'tor, n.p. 780(Surg.) An instrument for triturating the stone in the bladder; a lithotriptor.
  55. Lĭ-thŏt'ri-ty, n.p. 780(Surg.) The operation of breaking a stone in the bladder into small pieces capable of being voided.
  56. Lith'o-tŷpe, n.p. 780A peculiar kind of stereotype plate. See LITHOTYPY.
  57. Lith'o-type, v. t.p. 780To prepare for printing by plates made by the process of lithotypy. See LITHOTYPY.
  58. Lĭ-thŏt'y-py, n.p. 780The act or process of making a peculiar kind of stereotype plates, by pressing into a mold taken from a page which has been set up a composition of gum-shellac and sand of a fine quality, together…
  59. Lĭ-thŏx'yl, n.p. 780Petrified wood. [Obs.]
  60. Lĭth'y, a.p. 780Easily bent; pliable.