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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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Lith'on-thrĭp'tie or Lith'on-thrŷp'tie, a. & n. p. 780The same as LITHONTRIPTIC.Lith'on-trĭp'tic, a. p. 780(Med.) Having the quality of destroying the stone in the bladder or kidneys.Lith'on-trip'tie, n. p. 780(Med.) A medicine which has the power of destroying the stone in the bladder or kidneys.Lĭth'on-trĭp'tor, n. p. 780(Surg.) An instrument for triturating the stone in the bladder.Li-thôph'a-gi, n. pl. p. 780The same as LITHODOMI.Lī-thŏph'a-goŭs, a. p. 780Eating or swallowing stones or gravel, as the ostrich. 2. The same as LITHODOMOUS.Lith'o-phōs'phor, n. p. 780A stone that becomes phosphoric by heat. [Obs.]Lith'o-phos-phōr'ic, a. p. 780Pertaining to lithophosphor; becoming phosphoric by heat.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.Lith'o-phŷl, n. p. 780(Palæon.) Fossil leaves, or the figures of leaves on fossils;—called also bibliolite and lithobiblion.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.Lĭth'o-phyt'ic, a. p. 780Pertaining to lithophytes.Li-thō'phy-toŭs, a. p. 780Pertaining to, or consisting of, lithophytes.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.Lith'o-tint, n. p. 780A picture produced in colors from a lithographic stone. — Simmonds.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.Lĭth'o-tŏm'ie or Lĭth'o-tŏm'ie-al, a. p. 780Pertaining to, or performed by, lithotomy.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.Lī-thŏt'o-my, n. p. 780(Surg.) The operation, art, or practice of cutting for the stone in the bladder.Lĭth’o-tríp/sy, n. p. 780(Surg.) The operation of triturating the stone in the bladder by means of an instrument called lithotriptor.Lith'o-tríp'tist, n. p. 780One skilled in breaking and extracting stone in the bladder.Lith'o-trip'tor or Lith'o-trī'tor, n. p. 780(Surg.) An instrument for triturating the stone in the bladder; a lithotriptor.Lĭ-thŏt'ri-ty, n. p. 780(Surg.) The operation of breaking a stone in the bladder into small pieces capable of being voided.Lith'o-tŷpe, n. p. 780A peculiar kind of stereotype plate. See LITHOTYPY.Lith'o-type, v. t. p. 780To prepare for printing by plates made by the process of lithotypy. See LITHOTYPY.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…Lĭ-thŏx'yl, n. p. 780Petrified wood. [Obs.]Lĭth'y, a. p. 780Easily bent; pliable.Lĭt'i-ga-ble, a. p. 780Capable of being litigated.Lit′i-gant, a. p. 780Disposed to litigate; contending in law; engaged in a lawsuit; as, the parties litigant. Ayliffe.Lĭt'i-gant, n. p. 780A person engaged in a lawsuit.Lĭt'i-gāte, v. t. p. 780To contest in law; to prosecute or defend by pleadings, exhibition of evidence, and judicial debate; as, to litigate a cause or a question.Lit'i-gāte, v. i. p. 780To carry on a suit by judicial process.Lĭt'i-gā'tion, n. p. 780The act or process of litigating; a suit at law; a judicial contest.Lĭ-tĭg'ĭōŭs, a. p. 780Inclined to judicial contest; given to the practice of contending in law; quarrelsome; contentious; fond of litigation. “A pettifogging attorney or a litigious client.” Macaulay. 2. Subject to…Lĭ-tĭg'ĭōus-ly, adv. p. 780In a litigious manner.Lĭ-tĭg'ious-ness, n. p. 780The state of being litigious; disposition to engage in or carry on lawsuits.Lĭt'mus, n. p. 780A purple dye obtained from a lichen, the archil, and from a euphorbious plant, Cryophora (Croton) tinctoria, common in the south of Europe. It turns blue with alkalies and red with acids. See ARCHIL.…Līt'orn, n. p. 780(Ornith.) A bird; a species of thrush.Lĭ-tō-tēs, n. p. 780(Rhet.) A diminution or softening of statement for the sake of avoiding censure, or of expressing more strongly what is intended; as, “a citizen of no mean city,” that is, an illustrious one.Lī-trăm'e-ter, n. p. 780An instrument for ascertaining the specific gravity of liquids.Lītre, n. p. 780The same as LITER.Lĭt'ter, n. p. 780A bed so furnished with supports that it may be easily carried about with a person in it. Here's a litter ready; lay him in it. Shak. 2. A coarse bed of straw or hay for animals to rest upon; also, a…Lĭt'ter, v. t. p. 780To supply with litter, as cattle; to furnish with litter, as a barn or stall. For his ease well littered was the floor. Dryden. 2. To put into a confused or disordered condition; as, to litter a…Lĭt'ter, v. i. p. 780To produce a litter. “A horrible desert . . . where the she-wolf still littered.” Macauley.Littérateur, n. p. 780One versed in literature; a literary man; a literatus. “Befriended by one and another kind-hearted littérateur after another.” C. Kingsley.Lĭt'ter-ing, n. p. 780One of several sticks used in a loom to keep the web stretched. [Prov. Eng.]Lĭt'ter-y, a. p. 780Covered or encumbered with litter; consisting of or constituting litter.Lĭt'tle, a. p. 780Small in size or extent; not big; diminutive; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little table; a little hill; a little distance; a little child. 2. Short in duration; not…Lĭt'tle, n. p. 780That which is little; a small quantity, amount, space, and the like. “Much was in little writ.” Dryden. I view with anger and disdain How little gives thee joy and pain. Prior. 2. Small degree or…Lĭt'tle, adv. p. 780In a small quantity or degree; not much; slightly;—often with a preceding it. “The poor sleep little.” Otway.Lít'tle-gō, n. p. 780(Eng. Universities.) A public examination about the middle of the course, which, being less strict and less important in its consequences than the final one, has received this appellation. [Cant.]Lit'tle-ness, n. p. 780The state or quality of being little; smallness of size or bulk; meanness; want of grandeur; as, littleness of size, of conceptions, of manners, of duration, of power, and the like. Syn. — Smallness…Lĭt'to-ral, a. p. 780Belonging to a shore, as of the sea; on the sea-shore. 2. (Zoological & Vegetable Geog.) Pertaining to the interval or zone on a sea-coast, between high and low water mark.Lī-tŭr′gĭe or Lī-tŭr′gĭe-al, a. p. 780Pertaining to a liturgy, or to public prayer and worship.Li-tŭr'gĭes, n. sing. p. 780The doctrine or theory of lit- urgies. [See Note under MATHEMATICS.]Lĭt'ur-gĭst, n. p. 780One who favors or adheres strictly to a liturgy. Manuals and handmaids of devotion, the lip-work of every prelatic liturgist, clapped together and quilted out of Scripture phrase. Milton.Lit'ur-gy, n. p. 780The established formulas for public worship, or the entire ritual for public worship in those churches which use prescribed forms. 2. (Rom. Cath. Church.) The mass.Lĭt'ŭ-ŭs, n. p. 780(Rom. Antiq.) (a.) A curved staff used by the augurs in quartering the heavens. (b.) An instrument of martial music; a kind of trumpet of a somewhat curved form and shrill note. 2. (Math.) A kind of…Live, v. i. p. 780To have life; to be animated; to possess capacity for the vital functions; — said of animals and plants. I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? Gen. xlv. 3. 2. To pass one's time; to pass life or time…