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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. Lūx'āte, v. t.p. 795To displace, or remove from its proper place, as a joint; to put out of joint; to dislocate.
  2. Lux-ā'tion, n.p. 795The act of luxating, or putting out of joint. 2. That which is luxated, or put out of joint.
  3. Lŭxe, n.p. 795Luxury. [Obs.] Shenstone.
  4. Lŭx'ĭve, a.p. 795Given to luxury; voluptuous. [Obs.]
  5. Lux-ū'ri-ançe or Lux-ū'ri-an-çy, n.p. 795The state of being luxuriant, or overabundant; rank growth; strong, vigorous growth; exuberance. Flowers grow up in the garden with the greatest luxuriancy and profusion. Spectator.
  6. Lux-ū'ri-ant, a.p. 795Exuberant in growth; abundant; as, a luxuriant growth of grass. 2. Exuberant in plenty; in great abundance. Prune the luxuriant, the uncouth refine. Pope. Luxuriant flower (Bot.), one which…
  7. Lux-ū'ri-ant-ly, adv.p. 795In a luxuriant manner.
  8. Lux-ū'ri-āte, v. i.p. 795To grow exuberantly, or to grow to superfluous abundance. 2. To feed or live luxuriously; as, the herds luxuriate in the pastures. 3. To indulge to excess; to delight greatly; as, to luxuriate in…
  9. Lux-u-ri-ā'tion, n.p. 796The act of luxuriating, or the process of growing exuberantly, or beyond the natural growth.
  10. Lŭx-u'rī-e-ty, n.p. 796Luxuriance. [Obs.] Sterne.
  11. Lux-u'ri-ous, a.p. 796Given to luxury; indulging freely or excessively in pleasure; voluptuous; as, a luxurious life. 2. Administering to luxury; contributing to free or extravagant indulgence in diet, dress, and…
  12. Lux-ū'ri-oūs-ly, adv.p. 796In a luxurious manner.
  13. Lux-ū'ri-oūs-ness, n.p. 796State of being luxurious.
  14. Lūx'ū-rīst, n.p. 796One given to luxury. [Obs.] Temple.
  15. Lūx'ū-ry, n.p. 796A free or extravagant indulgence in the pleasures of the table, as in rich and expensive diet, or delicious food and liquors; voluptuousness in the gratification of appetite; also, a free indulgence…
  16. Lū'zerne, n.p. 796The same as LUCERN.
  17. Ly.p. 796A termination of adjectives and adverbs.
  18. Lȳ'am, n.p. 796A leash for holding a hound. [Obs.] See LIME. Drayton.
  19. Lȳ-căn’thrope, n.p. 796One who imagines himself a wolf; also, one who has a propensity to disinter dead bodies and tear them to pieces.
  20. Lÿ-căn’thro-py, n.p. 796A kind of erratic melancholy, in which the patient imagined himself a wolf, and imitated his actions.
  21. Lȳ-cē'um, n.p. 796A place in Greece near the River Ilissus, where Aristotle taught philosophy. 2. A house or apartment appropriated to instruction by lectures or disquisitions. 3. A higher school, in Europe, which…
  22. Lȳch'nis, n.p. 796(Bot.) The corn-cockle, a plant of the genus Agrostemma (A. githago), a common and injurious weed in wheat fields. Gray.
  23. Lȳch'no-bīte, n.p. 796One who labors at night and sleeps in the day.
  24. Lȳch'no-scōpe, n.p. 796(Arch.) A narrow window, situated near the ground.
  25. Ly'co-pĕr'don, n.p. 796(Bot.) A genus of Fungi, remarkable for the great quantity of spores, which form a fine dust, which is thrown out like smoke when the plant is compressed or burst; puff-ball. Baird.
  26. Lȳ'co-pō'di-ā'ce-æ, n. pl.p. 796(Bot.) An order of cryptogamous plants, having creeping or erect branching stems covered with small, crowded, lanceolate or subulate, one-nerved leaves; club-moss.
  27. Lȳ'co-pō'di-ā'ceoŭs, a.p. 796(Bot.) Belonging or relating to the Lycopodiaceæ. Lyell.
  28. Lȳ-cōp'o-dite, n.p. 796(Palæon.) A fossil plant belonging to the Lycopodiaceæ, found in the coal formations and elsewhere.
  29. Lȳ'co-pō'di-um, n.p. 796(Bot.) A genus of moss-like plants, the type of the order Lycopodiaceae: club-moss. Lycopodium powder, a fine powder or dust composed of the spores of Lycopodium, and other plants of the order…
  30. Lȳ-cŏp'sis, n.p. 796(Bot.) A genus of plants having small blue flowers in leafy racemes. L. arvensis is the small wild bugloss.
  31. Lȳd'i-an, a.p. 796Pertaining to Lydia, a country of Asia Minor, or to its inhabitants; hence, soft; effeminate; — said especially of one of the ancient Greek modes or keys, the music in which was of a soft, pathetic…
  32. Lȳe, n.p. 796Water impregnated with alkaline salt imbibed from the ashes of wood.
  33. Lȳe, n.p. 796A short piece of track by the side of the main line, and connected with it at each end, into which cars may be run while loading or unloading, or when not in use; also, one of the several sets of…
  34. Lȳe, n.p. 796A falsehood. [Obs.] See LIE.
  35. Lȳ'en-cĕph'a-lōus, a.p. 796See MAMMALIA.
  36. Lȳ'ing, p. pr.p. 796of lie. Being prostrate. See LIE. Lying along, lying prostrate; recumbency. “This lying along is an improper posture for piety.” Fuller.— Lying-in. (a.) Being in childbirth. (b.) n. The act of…
  37. Lȳ'ing-ly, adv.p. 796In a lying manner; falsely.
  38. Lȳm or Lȳm'-hound, n.p. 796See LIMEHOUND, LEAMER, LIMMER, LEAM, LYAM, and cf. HYM. A dog held in a leam; a blood-hound. See LIME. “Hound or spaniel, brach or lym.” Shak.
  39. Lȳm'i-ter, n.p. 796See LIMITER.
  40. Lȳm'nite, n.p. 796(Paleon.) A kind of fresh-water snail found fossil.
  41. Lȳmph, n.p. 796a nymph or inferior goddess, a goddess of fertilizing moisture, especially of those springs, the waters of which were impregnated with exciting or entrancing fumes; the Muses, who were originally of…
  42. Lȳmph'ate or Lȳmph'ā-ted, a.p. 796Frightened into madness; raving. [Obs.]
  43. Lym-phăt'ic, a.p. 796Pertaining to, containing, or conveying lymph. 2. Madly enthusiastic; frantic. Lymphatic gland (Anat.), a reddish-colored gland connected with the lymphatics.
  44. Lym-phât'ic, n.p. 796(Physiol.) A vein-like, valved vessel in vertebrate animals, that contains a transparent fluid; an absorbent;—called also lymph-duct. It is usually connected with lymphatic glands. 2. A mad…
  45. Lȳmph'-ē-dūct, n.p. 796(Physiol.) An absorbent vessel; a lymphatic. See LYMPHATIC.
  46. Lym-phōg'ra-phy, n.p. 796A description of the lymphatic vessels, their origin and uses.
  47. Lȳmph'y, a.p. 796Containing, or like, lymph.
  48. Lȳn, n.p. 796A waterfall. See LIN. [Scot.]
  49. Lȳn'çe-an, a.p. 796Pertaining to the lynx.
  50. Lynch, v. t.p. 796To inflict pain, or punishment upon without the forms of law, as by a mob, or by unauthorized persons. [U. S.]
  51. Lȳnch'-lȧw, n.p. 796The practice of punishing men for crimes or offenses, by private, unauthorized persons, without a legal trial. The term is said to be derived from a Virginia farmer, named Lynch, who thus took the…
  52. Lȳn'den-tree, n.p. 796See LINDEN.
  53. Lȳne, n.p. 796Linen. [Obs.] Spenser.
  54. Lȳnx, n.p. 796(Zoöl.) An animal of several species of the genus Felis, and much resembling the common cat, but having longer ears and a shorter tail. The common lynx of Europe is the F. Lynx; the Canada lynx is…
  55. Lȳnx'-eȳed, a.p. 796Having acute sight.
  56. Lȳ'rȧ, n.p. 796(Astron.) A northern constellation, containing a white star of the first magnitude, called Alpha Lyræ, or Vega. 2. (Anat.) A portion of the brain;—so called from the arrangement of the medullary…
  57. Lȳ'rate or Lȳ'rā-ted, a.p. 796(Bot.) Lyre-shaped, or spatulate and oblong, with small lobes toward the base; as, a lyrate leaf.
  58. Lȳre, n.p. 796(Mus.) A stringed instrument of music; a kind of harp much used by the ancients, as an accompaniment to poetry. ☞ The lyre was the peculiar instrument of Apollo, the tutelary god of music and poetry.…
  59. Lȳre'-bîrd, n.p. 796(Ornith.) A bird of the genus Menura (M. superba), remarkable for having the sixteen tail-feathers of the male arranged in the form of a lyre. It is a native of Australia.
  60. Ly̆r'ic or Ly̆r'ic-al, a.p. 796Pertaining to a lyre or harp. 2. Fitted to be sung to the lyre; hence, also, appropriate for song;—said especially of poetry which expresses the individual emotions of the poet. “Sweet lyric song.”…