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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Līv'er-wort, n. p. 781(Bot.) A plant between the lichens and mosses, of a loose cellular texture, usually procumbent, with rootlets from the frond-like confluent leaf and stem. In some, the leaf and stem are distinct.…Lĭv'er-y, n. p. 781(Eng. Law.) (a.) The act of delivering possession of lands or tenements. ☞ It is usual to say, livery of seizin, which is a feudal investiture, made by the delivery of a turf, of a rod, or twig, from…Lĭv'er-y, v. t. p. 781To clothe in livery. Shak.Lĭv'er-y-man, n. p. 781One who wears a livery, as a servant. 2. A freeman of the city, in London, who, having paid certain fees, is entitled to wear the distinguishing dress or livery of the company to which he belongs…Lĭv'er-y-stā'ble, n. p. 781A stable where horses are kept for hire, and where stabling is provided. See LIVERY, n., No. 3 (e.).Lives, n. p. 781pl. of life. See LIFE.Liv'id, a. p. 781Black and blue; gray-blue; of a lead color; discolored, as flesh by contusion. Upon my livid lips bestow a kiss. Dryden.Lĭ-vid’ĭ-ty, n. p. 781A dark or black and blue color, like that of bruised flesh.Liv'id-ness, n. p. 781Lividity.Liv'ing, a. p. 781Having life; active; lively. 2. Issuing continually from the earth; running; flowing; as, a living spring or fountain; — opposed to stagnant. 3. Producing action, animation, and vigor; quickening…Liv'ing, n. p. 781Means of subsistence; estate; livelihood. She, of her want, did cast in all that she had, even all her living. Mark xii. 44. He divided unto them his living. Luke xii. 12. 2. Power of continuing…Liv'ing-ly, adv. p. 781In a living state. Browne.Liv'ing-ness, n. p. 781The state or quality of being alive; the possession of energy or vigor; animation; quickening.Lĭv'or, n. p. 781Malignity. [Obs. and rare.] “The utmost that livor and malice can invent.” Burton.Livraison, n. p. 781A part of a book or literary composition printed and delivered by itself; a number; a part.Lī'vre, n. p. 781A French money of account, afterward a silver coin equal to 20 sous, or 18½ cents. It is not now in use, having been superseded by the franc. Eng. Cyc.Lix-iv'i-al, a. p. 781Obtained by lixiviation; impregnated with alkaline salt extracted from wood-ashes. 2. Consisting of salt extracted from the ashes of wood. 3. Of the color of lye; resembling lye. 4. Having the…Lix·iv'i·ate, a. p. 782Lix·iv'i·ā'ted p. 782Pertaining to lye or lixivium; of the quality of alkaline salts. 2. Impregnated with salts from wood-ashes.Lix·iv′i·āte, v. t. p. 782To subject to the process of lixiviation; to leach; to impregnate with salts from wood-ashes. All alike are destined to be . . . well sifted and lixiviated, to crystallize into true democratic…Lix·iv/i·ā'tion, n. p. 782The operation or process of extracting alkaline salts from ashes, by pouring water on them, the water passing through them imbibing the salts.Lix·iv'i·oüs, a. p. 782The same as LIXIVIAL. See LIXIVIAL.Lix·iv'i·üm, n. p. 782Water impregnated with alkaline salts imbibed from wood-ashes; — sometimes applied to other extracts.Liz'ard, n. p. 782(Zoöl.) A four-footed reptile, having an elongate, round body, without a dorsal crest, with scales above, and with broad transverse scales below, a very long, round tail, a head covered with…Lĭz'ard-tāil, n. p. 782(Bot.) A perennial plant of the genus Saururus (S. cernuus), growing in marshes, and having white flowers crowded in a slender terminal spike, somewhat resembling in form a lizard's tail; whence the…Llā'mā, n. p. 782(Zoöl.) An ungulate ruminating mammal (the llama, or Auchenia glama), allied to the camel, from which it differs in the separation of its toes, in having claws, in being smaller in size, and having…Lloyd’s, n. p. 782A society, or establishment of underwriters and others in London, for the collection and diffusion of marine intelligence, the insurance, classification, and certifying of vessels, and the…Lō, interj. p. 782Look; see; behold; observe. “Lo, here is Christ.” Matt. xxiv. 23. “Lo, we turn to the Gentiles.” Acts xiii. 46.Lōach, n. p. 782(lŏth.) A small fish, allied to the minnow, of the genus Cobitis (C. barbatula), inhabiting small, clear streams, and esteemed dainty food. [Written also loche.] Walton.Lōad, n. p. 782A burden; that which is laid on or put in any thing for conveyance; that which is borne or sustained; a weight; as, a heavy load. Jove lightened of its load The enormous mass. Pope. 2. The amount or…Lōad, v. t. p. 782To lay a burden on; to cause to bear; to charge with a load; to make heavy; to furnish with a lading or cargo; as, to load a camel or a horse; to load a cart or wagon. 2. Hence, to weigh down, either…Loading-turn p. 782the successive rotation or order in which vessels take in their cargoes.Lōad'er, n. p. 782One who loads.Lōad'ing, n. p. 782A cargo; a burden; also, any thing that makes part of a load.Lōad'man-age, n. p. 782Pilotage; skill of a pilot. [Obs.]Lōad's'măn, n. p. 782A pilot. [Obs.]Lōad'stär, n. p. 782The star that leads; the polestar; the cynosure. [Written also lodestar.] “Your eyes are lodestars.” Shak.Lōad'stōne, n. p. 782(Min.) A piece of magnetic iron ore possessing polarity like a magnetic needle: the ore is very abundant, and all of it is attractable by a magnet, but only occasional masses have polarity. [Written…Lōaf, n. p. 782Any thick lump or mass; especially a large, regularly shaped or molded mass, as of bread, sugar, or cake.Lōaf, v. i. p. 782To spend time in idleness; to lounge; to loiter. Bartlett.Lōaf, v. t. p. 782To pass or spend in idleness; to waste lazily; as, to loaf away time.Lōaf'er, n. p. 782An idle man; a vagrant who seeks his living by sponging or expedients.Lōaf'-sug-ar, n. p. 782Sugar refined and formed into a conical mass.Lōam, n. p. 782A soil chiefly composed of silicious sand, clay, and carbonate of lime, with more or less of oxide of iron, magnesia, and various salts, and also decayed vegetable and animal matter, giving…Lōam, v. t. p. 782To cover with loam.Lōam'-mōld'ing or Lōam'-mōuld'ing, n. p. 782(Founding.) (a.) The act of making a mold by sweeps, without a pattern. (b.) The mold thus made. See SWEEP.Lōam'y, a. p. 782Consisting of loam; partaking of the nature of loam, or resembling it.Lōan, n. p. 782The act of lending; a lending. 2. That which is lent; any thing furnished for temporary use to a person at his request, on condition that the specific thing shall be returned, or its equivalent in…Lōan, v. t. p. 782To lend; to deliver to another for temporary use, without reward, on condition that the thing shall be returned, as a book; or to deliver for use, on condition that an equivalent in kind shall be…Lōan, v. t. p. 782To lend money or other valuable property; to negotiate a loan;—said of the lender.Lōan'a-ble, a. p. 782Capable of being loaned.Lōath, a. p. 782Filled with disgust or aversion; unwilling; backward; reluctant. See LOTH.Lōathe, v. t. p. 782To feel disgust at; especially, to have an extreme aversion of the appetite to food or drink. Loathing the honeyed cakes, I longed for bread. Cowley. 2. To dislike greatly; to abhor; to hate. “Not to…Lōathe, v. i. p. 782To feel disgust or nausea. [Obs.]L'ōath'er, n. p. 782One who loathes or abhors.Lōath'ful, a. p. 782Full of loathing; hating; abhorring. “Loathful eyes.” Hubbard. 2. Awakening or exciting loathing or disgust; disgusting. “Above the reach of loathful, sinful lust.” Spenser.Lōath'ing, n. p. 782Extreme disgust; abhorrence; detestation. “The mutual fear and loathing of the hostile races.” Macaulay.Lōath'ing-ly, adv. p. 782With extreme disgust or abhorrence; in a fastidious manner.Lōath'-li-ness, n. p. 782The state or quality of being loathly; loath-someness. [Obs.]Lōath'ly, a. p. 782Loathsome. “Some fast like loathly toads.” Spenser.