Defn: A linctus. [Obs.] Fuller.
LINGERLin"ger, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lingered; p. pr. & vb. n. Lingering.]Etym: [OE. lengen to tarry, AS. lengan to prolong, put off, fr. langlong. Long, a.]
Defn: To delay; to loiter; to remain or wait long; to be slow orreluctant in parting or moving; to be slow in deciding; to be insuspense; to hesitate.Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind. Gray.Perhaps thou linger'st, in deep thoughts detained. Milton.
Syn.— To loiter; lag; saunter; delay; tarry; stop; hesitate.
LINGERLin"ger, v. t.
1. To protract; to draw out. [Obs.] She lingers my desires. Shak.
2. To spend or pass in lingering manner; — with out; as, to linger out one's days on a sick bed. Dryden.
LINGERERLin"ger*er, n.
Defn: One who lingers. Guardian.
LINGERIELin`ge*rie, n. [F.]
Defn: Linen goods collectively; linen underwear, esp. of women; the clothing of linen and cotton with its lace, etc., worn by a women.
LINGERINGLin"ger*ing, a.
1. Delaying.
2. Drawn out in time; remaining long; protracted; as, a lingering disease. To die is the fate of man; but to die with lingering anguish is generally his folly. Rambler.
LINGERINGLYLin"ger*ing*ly, adv.
Defn: With delay; slowly; tediously.
LINGETLin"get, n. Etym: [F. lingot, perh. fr. L. lingua tongue (seeTongue). Cf. Ingot.]
Defn: An ingot. [Written also lingot.]
LINGISMLing"ism, n.
Defn: A mode of treating certain diseases, as obesity, by gymnastics; — proposed by Pehr Henrik Ling, a Swede. See Kinesiatrics.
LINGLELin"gle, n.
Defn: See Lingel.
LINGOLin"go, n. Etym: [L. lingua tongue, language. See Lingual.]
Defn: Language; speech; dialect. [Slang]
LINGOA WOODLin*go"a wood`
Defn: . Amboyna wood.
LINGOTLin"got, n.
Defn: A linget or ingot; also, a mold for casting metals. See Linget.
LINGUA Lin"gua, n.; pl. Linguæ. Etym: [L., the tongue.] (Zoöl.) (a) A tongue. (b) A median process of the labium, at the under side of the mouth in insects, and serving as a tongue.
LINGUACIOUS Lin*gua"cious, a. Etym: [L. linguax, -acis, loquacious, fr. lingua tongue.]
Defn: Given to the use of the tongue; loquacious. [Obs.]
LINGUADENTALLin`gua*den"tal, a. Etym: [L. lingua tongue + E. dental.] (Phonetics)
Defn: Formed or uttered by the joint use of the tongue and teeth, or rather that part of the gum just above the front teeth; dentolingual, as the letters d and t.
LINGUADENTALLin`gua*den"tal, n. (Phonetics)
Defn: An articulation pronounced by the aid or use of the tongue and teeth.
LINGUA FRANCALin"gua Fran"ca. Etym: [It., prop., language of the Franks.]
Defn: The commercial language of the Levant, — a mixture of the language of the people of the region and foreign traders.
LINGUAL Lin"gual, a. Etym: [L. lingua tongue: cf. F. lingual. See Tongue, and cf. Language.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to the tongue; uttered by the aid of the tongue; glossal; as, the lingual nerves; a lingual letter. Lingual ribbon. (Zoöl.) See Odontophore.
LINGUALLin"gual, n.
Defn: A consonant sound formed by the aid of the tongue; — a term especially applied to certain articulations (as those of t, d, th, and n) and to the letters denoting them.
Note: In Sanskrit grammar certain letters, as t, th, d, dh, n, are called linguals, cerebrals, or cacuminals. They are uttered with the tip of the tongue turned up and drawn back into the dome of the palate.
LINGUALITYLin*gual"i*ty, n.
Defn: The quality of being lingual.
LINGUATULIDALin`gua*tu"li*da, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. L. lingua tongue.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Same as Linguatulina.
LINGUATULINALin*guat`*u*li"na, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. L. lingua tongue.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An order of wormlike, degraded, parasitic arachnids. They have two pairs of retractile hooks, near the mouth. Called also Pentastomida.
Note: The adults of some species inhabit the nostrils and nasal sinuses of dogs and other carnivores. The young, after being swallowed by sheep, rabbits, etc., find their way to the lungs and liver and become encysted. These, when eaten by carnivores, develop into the adult forms.
LINGUIDENTALLin`gui*den"tal, a. & n.
Defn: Linguadental.
LINGUIFORM Lin"gui*form, a. Etym: [L. lingua tongue + -form: cf. F. linguiforme.]
Defn: Having the form of the tongue; tongue-shaped.
LINGUIST Lin"guist, n. Etym: [L. lingua tongue, speech, language: cf. F. linguiste.]
1. A master of the use of language; a talker. [Obs.] I'll dispute with him; He's a rare linguist. J. Webster.
2. A person skilled in languages. There too were Gibbon, the greatest historian, and Jones, the greatest linguist, of the age. Macaulay.
LINGUISTIC; LINGUISTICALLin*guis"tic, Lin*guis"tic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. linguistique.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to language; relating to linguistics, or to the affinities of languages.
LINGUISTICALLYLin*guis"tic*al*ly, adv.
Defn: In a linguistic manner; from the point of view of a linguist.Tylor.
LINGUISTICSLin*guis"tics, n. Etym: [Cf. F. linguistique.]
Defn: The science of languages, or of the origin, signification, and application of words; glossology.
LINGULALin"gu*la, n.; pl. -læ. Etym: [L., a little tongue.]
1. (Anat.)
Defn: A tonguelike process or part.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of numerous species of brachiopod shells belonging to the genus Lingula, and related genera. See Brachiopoda, and Illustration in Appendix. Lingula flags (Geol.), a group of strata in the lower Silurian or Cambrian system of Wales, in which some of the layers contain vast numbers of a species of Lingula.
LINGULATELin"gu*late, a. Etym: [L. lingulatus, fr. lingula a little tongue.Cf. Ligulate.]
Defn: Shaped like the tongue or a strap; ligulate.
LINIGEROUSLi*nig"er*ous, a. Etym: [L. linum flax + -gerous.]
Defn: Bearing flax; producing linen.
LINIMENT Lin"i*ment, n. Etym: [L. linimentum, fr. linire, linere, to besmear, anoint : cf. F. liniment. Cf. Letter, Lime a viscous substance.]
Defn: A liquid or semiliquid preparation of a consistence thinner than an ointment, applied to the skin by friction, esp. one used as a sedative or a stimulant.
LININGLin"ing, n. Etym: [See Line to cover the in side.]
1. The act of one who lines; the act or process of making lines, or of inserting a lining.
2. That which covers the inner surface of anything, as of a garment or a box; also, the contents of anything. The lining of his coffers shall make coats To deck our soldiers. Shak.
LINKLink, n. Etym: [Prob. corrupted from lint and this for lunt a torch,match, D. lont match; akin to G. lunte, cf. MHG. lünden to burn. Cf.Lunt, Linstock.]
Defn: A torch made of tow and pitch, or the like. Shak.
LINK Link, n. Etym: [OE. linke, AS. hlence; akin to Sw. länk ring of a chain, Dan. lænke chain, Icel. hlekkr; cf. G. gelenk joint, link, ring of a chain, lenken to bend.]
1. A single ring or division of a chain.
2. Hence: Anything, whether material or not, which binds together, or connects, separate things; a part of a connected series; a tie; a bond. "Links of iron." Shak.
The link of brotherhood, by which One common Maker bound me to thekind. Cowper.And so by double links enchained themselves in lover's life.Gascoigne.
3. Anything doubled and closed like a link; as, a link of horsehair. Mortimer.
4. (Kinematics)
Defn: Any one of the several elementary pieces of a mechanism, as the fixed frame, or a rod, wheel, mass of confined liquid, etc., by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained.
5. (Mach.)
Defn: Any intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion, especially a short connecting rod with a bearing at each end; specifically (Steam Engine), the slotted bar, or connecting piece, to the opposite ends of which the eccentric rods are jointed, and by means of which the movement of the valve is varied, in a link motion.
6. (Surveying)
Defn: The length of one joint of Gunter's chain, being the hundredth part of it, or 7.92 inches, the chain being 66 feet in length. Cf. Chain, n., 4.
7. (Chem.)
Defn: A bond of affinity, or a unit of valence between atoms; — applied to a unit of chemical force or attraction.
8. pl.
Defn: Sausages; — because linked together. [Colloq.]
LINKLink, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Linked; p. pr. & vb. n. Linking.]
Defn: To connect or unite with a link or as with a link; to join; to attach; to unite; to couple. All the tribes and nations that composed it [the Roman Empire] were linked together, not only by the same laws and the same government, but by all the facilities of commodious intercourse, and of frequent communication. Eustace.
LINKLink, v. i.
Defn: To be connected.No one generation could link with the other. Burke.
LINKAGELink"age, n.
1. The act of linking; the state of being linked; also, a system of links.
2. (Chem.)
Defn: Manner of linking or of being linked; — said of the union of atoms or radicals in the molecule.
3. (Geom.)
Defn: A system of straight lines or bars, fastened together by joins, and having certain of their points fixed in a plane. It is used to describe straight lines and curves in the plane.
LINKBOY; LINKMANLink"boy`, Link"man, n. Etym: [See 1st Link.]
Defn: A boy or man that carried a link or torch to light passengers.
LINK MOTIONLink" mo"tion. (Steam Engine)
Defn: A valve gear, consisting of two eccentrics with their rods, giving motion to a slide valve by an adjustable connecting bar, called the link, in such a way that the motion of the engine can be reversed, or the cut-off varied, at will; — used very generally in locomotives and marine engines.
Note: The illustration shows a link motion for a vertical engine, c representing the shaft carrying two eccentrics, a and b, for making the engine run forward and backward, respectively, their rods e and d being jointed to opposite ends of the slotted link f, in the opening of which is a pin g which is attached to the valve rod h. The valve will receive the motion of the forward eccentric when is in the position shown, and the motion of the backward eccentric when the link is shifted so far to the right as to bring e in line with h, or a compound motion derived from both eccentrics when the link is shifted to intermediate positions, the compound motion causing the valve to cut off the steam at a point determined by the position to which the link may have been shifted.
LINKSLinks, n. [The pl. form of Link, but often construed as a sing.]
Defn: A tract of ground laid out for the game of golf; a golfing green.
A second links has recently been opened at Prestwick, and another atTroon, on the same coast.P. P. Alexander.
LINKWORKLink"work`, n.
1. A fabric consisting of links made of metal or other material fastened together; also, a chain. And thou shalt make hooks of gold, and two chains of fine gold; linkwork and wreathed. Udall.
2. Mechanism in which links, or intermediate connecting pieces, are employed to transmit motion from one part to another.
LINNAEA BOREALIS Lin*næ"a bo`re*a"lis. Etym: [NL.Linnaeus Linnæan + L. borealis northern.] (Bot.)
Defn: The twin flower which grows in cold northern climates.
LINNAEAN; LINNEANLin*næ"an, Lin*ne"an, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to Linnæus, the celebrated Swedish botanist. Linnaean system (Bot.), the system in which the classes are founded mainly upon the stamens, and the orders upon the pistils; the artificial or sexual system.
LINNAEITELin*næ"ite, n. Etym: [See Linnæan.] (Min.)
Defn: A mineral of pale steel-gray color and metallic luster, occurring in isometric crystals, and also massive. It is a sulphide of cobalt containing some nickel or copper.
LINNELinne, n.
Defn: Flax. See Linen. [Obs.]
LINNET Lin"net, n. Etym: [F. linot, linotte, from L. linum flax; or perh. shortened from AS.linetwige, fr. AS. lin flax; — so called because it feeds on the seeds of flax and hemp. See Linen.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genera Linota, Acanthis, and allied genera, esp. the common European species (L. cannabina), which, in full summer plumage, is chestnut brown above, with the breast more or less crimson. The feathers of its head are grayish brown, tipped with crimson. Called also gray linnet, red linnet, rose linnet, brown linnet, lintie, lintwhite, gorse thatcher, linnet finch, and greater redpoll. The American redpoll linnet (Acanthis linaria) often has the crown and throat rosy. See Redpoll, and Twite. Green linnet (Zoöl.), the European green finch.
LINOLEATELi*no"le*ate, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A salt of linoleic acid.
LINOLEICLi*no"le*ic, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or derived from, linoleum, or linseed oil; specifically (Chem.), designating an organic acid, a thin yellow oil, found combined as a salt of glycerin in oils of linseed, poppy, hemp, and certain nuts.
LINOLEUMLi*no"le*um, n. Etym: [L. linum flax + oleum oil.]
1. Linseed oil brought to various degrees of hardness by some oxidizing process, as by exposure to heated air, or by treatment with chloride of sulphur. In this condition it is used for many of the purposes to which India rubber has been applied.
2. A kind of floor cloth made by laying hardened linseed oil mixed with ground cork on a canvas backing.
LINOTYPE Lin"o*type, n. [See Line ; Type.] (Print.) (a) A kind of typesetting machine which produces castings, each of which corresponds to a line of separate types. By pressing upon keys like those of a typewriter the matrices for one line are properly arranged; the stereotype, or slug, is then cast and planed, and the matrices are returned to their proper places, the whole process being automatic. (b) The slug produced by the machine, or matter composed in such lines. —Lin"o*typ`ist (#), n.
LINOXINLi*nox"in, n. Etym: [Linoleic + oxygen.] (Chem.)
Defn: A resinous substance obtained as an oxidation product of linoleic acid. [Written also linoxyn.]
LINSANGLin*sang", n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any viverrine mammal of the genus Prionodon, inhabiting theEast Indies and Southern Asia. The common East Indian linsang (P.gracilis) is white, crossed by broad, black bands. The Guinea linsang(Porana Richardsonii) is brown with black spots.
LINSEEDLin"seed`, n. Etym: [OE. lin flax + seed. See Linen.] (Bot.)
Defn: The seeds of flax, from which linseed oil is obtained. [Writtenalso lintseed.] Linseed cake, the solid mass or cake which remainswhen oil is expressed.— Linseed meal, linseed cake reduced to powder.— Linseed oil, oil obtained by pressure from flaxseed.
LINSEYLin"sey, n. Etym: [See Linen.]
Defn: Linsey-woolsey.
LINSEY-WOOLSEYLin"sey-wool"sey, n.
1. Cloth made of linen and wool, mixed.
2. Jargon. [Obs.] Shak.
LINSEY-WOOLSEYLin"sey-wool"sey, a.
Defn: Made of linen and wool; hence, of different and unsuitable parts; mean. Johnson.
LINSTOCK Lin"stock, n. Etym: [Corrupt. fr. luntstock, D. lonistok; lont lunt + stok stock, stick. See Link a torch, Lunt, and Stock.]
Defn: A pointed forked staff, shod with iron at the foot, to hold a lighted match for firing cannon. [Written also lintstock.]
LINT Lint, n. Etym: [AS. linet flax, hemp, fr. lin flax; or, perh. borrowed fr. L. linteum a linen cloth, linen, from linteus linen, a., fr. lineum flax, lint. See Linen.]
1. Flax.
2. Linen scraped or otherwise made into a soft, downy or fleecy substance for dressing wounds and sores; also, fine ravelings, down, fluff, or loose short fibers from yarn or fabrics. Lint doctor (Calico-printing Mach.), a scraper to remove lint from a printing cylinder.
LINTEL Lin"tel, n. Etym: [OE. lintel, F. linteau, LL. lintellus, for limitellus, a dim. fr. L. limes limit. See Limit.] (Arch.)
Defn: A horizontal member spanning an opening, and carrying the superincumbent weight by means of its strength in resisting crosswise fracture.
LINTIE; LINTWHITELin"tie, Lint"white`, n. Etym: [AS. linetwige. See Linnet.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Linnet. Tennyson.
LINTSEEDLint"seed`, n.
Defn: See Linseed.
LINUMLi"num, n. Etym: [L., flax.] (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of herbaceous plants including the flax (Linum usitatissimum).
LIONLi"on, n. Etym: [F. lion, L. leo, -onis, akin to Gr. Chameleon,Dandelion, Leopard.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A large carnivorous feline mammal (Felis leo), found in Southern Asia and in most parts of Africa, distinct varieties occurring in the different countries. The adult male, in most varieties, has a thick mane of long shaggy hair that adds to his apparent size, which is less than that of the largest tigers. The length, however, is sometimes eleven feet to the base of the tail. The color is a tawny yellow or yellowish brown; the mane is darker, and the terminal tuft of the tail is black. In one variety, called the maneless lion, the male has only a slight mane.
2. (Astron.)
Defn: A sign and a constellation; Leo.
3. An object of interest and curiosity, especially a person who is so regarded; as, he was quite a lion in London at that time. Such society was far more enjoyable than that of Edinburgh, for here he was not a lion, but a man. Prof. Wilson. American lion (Zoöl.), the puma or cougar. — Lion ant (Zoöl.), the ant-lion. — Lion dog (Zoöl.), a fancy dog with a flowing mane, usually clipped to resemble a lion's mane. — Lion lizard (Zoöl.), the basilisk. — Lion's share, all, or nearly all; the best or largest part; — from Æsop's fable of the lion hunting in company with certain smaller beasts, and appropriating to himself all the prey.
LIONCEDLi"onced, a. (Her.)
Defn: Adorned with lions heads; having arms terminating in lions' heads; — said of a cross. [Written also leonced.]
LIONCELLi"on*cel, n. Etym: [OE., F. lionceau, dim. of lion.] (Her.)
Defn: A small lion, especially one of several borne in the same coat of arms.
LIONELLi"on*el, n. Etym: [OF., dim. of lion.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The whelp of a lioness; a young lion.
LIONESSLi"on*ess, n. Etym: [OF. lionesse.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A female lion.
LIONETLi"on*et, n. Etym: [OF., dim. of lion.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A young or small lion.
LION-HEARTLi"on-heart`, n.
Defn: A very brave person.
LION-HEARTEDLi"on-heart`ed, a.
Defn: Very brave; brave and magnanimous. Sir W. Scott.
LIONHOODLi"on*hood, n.
Defn: State of being a lion. Carlyle.
LIONISMLi"on*ism, n.
Defn: An attracting of attention, as a lion; also, the treating or regarding as a lion.
LIONIZE Li"on*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lionized, p. pr. & vb. n. Lionizing (.]
1. To treat or regard as a lion or object of great interest. J. D. Forbes.
2. To show the lions or objects of interest to; to conduct about among objects of interest. Macaulay.
LIONLIKELi"on*like`, a.
Defn: Like a lion; brave as a lion.
LIONLYLi"on*ly, a.
Defn: Like a lion; fierce. [Obs.] Milton.
LION'S EARLi"on's ear`. (Bot.)
Defn: A name given in Western South America to certain plants with shaggy tomentose leaves, as species of Culcitium, and Espeletia.
LION'S FOOT Li"on's foot`. (Bot.) (a) A composite plant of the genus Prenanthes, of which several species are found in the United States. (b) The edelweiss.
LIONSHIPLi"on*ship, n.
Defn: The state of being a lion.
LION'S LEAFLi"on's leaf`. (Bot.)
Defn: A South European plant of the genus Leontice (L. leontopetalum), the tuberous roots of which contain so much alkali that they are sometimes used as a substitute for soap.
LION'S TAILLi"on's tail`. (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of labiate plants (Leonurus); — so called from a fancied resemblance of its flower spikes to the tuft of a lion's tail. L. Cardiaca is the common motherwort.
LION'S TOOTHLi"on's tooth`; pl. Lions' teeth (. (Bot.)
Defn: See Leontodon.
LIPLip, n. Etym: [OE. lippe, AS. lippa; akin to D. lip, G. lippe, lefze,OHG. lefs, Dan. læbe, Sw. läpp, L. labium, labrum. Cf. Labial.]
1. One of the two fleshy folds which surround the orifice of the mouth in man and many other animals. In man the lips are organs of speech essential to certain articulations. Hence, by a figure they denote the mouth, or all the organs of speech, and sometimes speech itself. Thine own lips testify against thee. Jeb xv. 6.
2. An edge of an opening; a thin projecting part of anything; a kind of short open spout; as, the lip of a vessel.
3. The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger.
4. (Bot.) (a) One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corolla. (b) The odd and peculiar petal in the Orchis family. See Orchidaceous.
5. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell. Lip bit,a pod auger. See Auger.— Lip comfort, comfort that is given with words only.— Lip comforter, one who comforts with words only.— Lip labor, unfelt or insincere speech; hypocrisy. Bale.— Lip reading, the catching of the words or meaning of one speakingby watching the motion of his lips without hearing his voice.Carpenter.— Lip salve, a salve for sore lips.— Lip service, expression by the lips of obedience and devotionwithout the performance of acts suitable to such sentiments.— Lip wisdom, wise talk without practice, or unsupported byexperience.— Lip work. (a) Talk. (b) Kissing. [Humorous] B. Jonson.— Lip make a lip, to drop the under lip in sullenness or contempt.Shak.— To shoot out the lip (Script.), to show contempt by protrudingthe lip.
LIPLip, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lipped; p. pr. & vb. n. Lipping.]
1. To touch with the lips; to put the lips to; hence, to kiss. The bubble on the wine which breaks Before you lip the glass. Praed. A hand that kings Have lipped and trembled kissing. Shak.
2. To utter; to speak. [R.] Keats.
LIPLip, v. t.
Defn: To clip; to trim. [Obs.] Holland.
LIPAEMIALi*pæ"mi*a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)
Defn: A condition in which fat occurs in the blood.
LIPANSLi*pans", n. pl.; sing. Lipan (. (Ethnol.)
Defn: A tribe of North American Inedians, inhabiting the northern part of Mexico. They belong to the Tinneh stock, and are closely related to the Apaches.
LIPARIANLi*pa"ri*an, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any species of a family (Liparidæ) of destructive bombycid moths, as the tussock moths.
LIPARITELip"a*rite, n. Etym: [So called from Lipari, the island.] (Min.)
Defn: A quartzose trachyte; rhyolite.
LIPICLip"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. (Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or derived from, fat. The word was formerly used specifically to designate a supposed acid obtained by the oxidation of oleic acid, tallow, wax, etc.
LIPINICLi*pin"ic, a. (Chem.)
Defn: Lipic.
LIPLESSLip"less, a
Defn: , Having no lips.
LIPLETLip"let, n.
Defn: A little lip.
LIPOCEPHALALip`o*ceph"a*la, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Same as Lamellibranchia.
LIPOCHRINLip"o*chrin, n. Etym: [Gr. (Physiol. Chem.)
Defn: A yellow coloring matter, soluble in ether, contained in the small round fat drops in the retinal epithelium cells. It is best obtained from the eyes of frogs.
LIPOGRAMLip"o*gram, n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: A writing composed of words not having a certain letters; — as in the Odyssey of Tryphiodorus there was no A in the first book, no B in the second, and so on.
LIPOGRAMMATICLip"o*gram*mat"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. lipogrammatique.]
Defn: Omitting a letter; composed of words not having a certain letter or letters; as, lipogrammatic writings.
LIPOGRAMMATISTLip`o*gram"ma*tist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. lipogrammatiste.]
Defn: One who makes a lipogram.
LIPOMALi*po"ma, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr. -oma.] (Med.)
Defn: A tumor consisting of fat or adipose tissue.— Li*pom"a*tous, a.
LIPOTHYMICLi`po*thym"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. ,
Defn: Tending to swoon; fainting. [Written also leipothymic.]
LIPOTHYMOUSLi*poth"y*mous, a. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Pertaining, or given, to swooning; fainting.
LIPOTHYMYLi*poth"y*my, n. Etym: [Gr. lipothymie.]
Defn: A fainting; a swoon. Jer. Taylor.
LIPPEDLipped, a.
1. Having a lip or lips; having a raised or rounded edge resembling the lip; — often used in composition; as, thick-lipped, thin-lipped, etc.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: Labiate.
LIPPITUDE Lip"pi*tude, n. Etym: [L. lippitudo, fr. lippus blear-eyed: cf. F. lippitude.]
Defn: Soreness of eyes; the state of being blear-eyes; blearedness.
LIPSELipse, v. i.
Defn: To lisp. [Obs.] Chaucer.
LIPYLLip"yl, n. Etym: [Gr. -yl.] (Chem.)
Defn: A hypothetical radical of glycerin. [Obs.] Berzelius.
LIQUABLELiq"ua*ble, a. Etym: [l. liquabilis. See Liquate, v. i.]
Defn: Capable of being melted.
LIQUATELi"quate, v. i. Etym: [L. liquatus, p. p. of liquare to melt.]
Defn: To melt; to become liquid. [Obs.] Woodward.
LIQUATELi"quate, v. t. (Metal.)
Defn: To separate by fusion, as a more fusible from a less fusible material.
LIQUATIONLi*qua"tion, n. Etym: [L. liquatio: cf. F. liquation.]
1. The act or operation of making or becoming liquid; also, the capacity of becoming liquid.
2. (Metal.)
Defn: The process of separating, by heat, an easily fusible metal from one less fusible; eliquation.
LIQUEFACIENTLiq`ue*fa"cient, n. Etym: [L. liquefaciens, p. pr. of liquefacere.See Liquefy.]
1. That which serves to liquefy.
2. (Med.)
Defn: An agent, as mercury, iodine, etc., which promotes the liquefying processes of the system, and increases the secretions.
LIQUEFACTIONLiq`ue*fac"tion, n. Etym: [L. liquefactio: cf. F. liquéfaction. SeeLiquefy.]
1. The act or operation of making or becoming liquid; especially, the conversion of a solid into a liquid by the sole agency of heat.
2. The state of being liquid.
3. (Chem. Physics)
Defn: The act, process, or method, of reducing a gas or vapor to a liquid by cold or pressure; as, the liquefaction of oxygen or hydrogen.
LIQUEFIABLELiq"ue*fi`a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. liquéfiable. See Liquefy.]
Defn: Capable of being changed from a solid to a liquid state.
LIQUEFIERLiq"ue*fi`er, n.
Defn: That which liquefies.
LIQUEFYLiq"ue*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Liquefied; p. pr. & vb. n.Liquefying.] Etym: [F. liquéfier, L. liquere to be liquid + facere, -ficare (in comp.), to make. See Liquid, and -fy.]
Defn: To convert from a solid form to that of a liquid; to melt; to dissolve; and technically, to melt by the sole agency of heat.
LIQUEFYLiq"ue*fy, v. i.
Defn: To become liquid.
LIQUESCENCYLi*ques"cen*cy, n. Etym: [See Liquescent.]
Defn: The quality or state of being liquescent. Johnson.
LIQUESCENT Li*ques"cent, a. Etym: [L. liquescens, p. pr. of liquescere to become liquid, incho. fr. liquere to be liquid.]
Defn: Tending to become liquid; inclined to melt to melt; melting.
LIQUEURLi`queur", n. Etym: [F. See Liquor.]
Defn: An aromatic alcoholic cordial.
Note: Some liqueurs are prepared by infusing certain woods, fruits, or flowers, in either water or alcohol, and adding sugar, etc. Others are distilled from aromatic or flavoring agents.
LIQUID Liq"uid, a. Etym: [L. liquidus, fr. liquere to be fluid or liquid; cf. Skr. ri to ooze, drop, li to melt.]
1. Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid. Yes, though he go upon the plane and liquid water which will receive no step. Tyndale.
2. (Physics)
Defn: Being in such a state that the component parts move among themselves, but do not tend to separate from each other as the particles of gases and vapors do; neither solid nor aëriform; as, liquid mercury, in distinction from mercury solidified or in a state of vapor.
3. Flowing or sounding smoothly or without abrupt transitions or harsh tones. "Liquid melody." Crashaw.
4. Pronounced without any jar or harshness; smooth; as, l and r are liquid letters.
5. Fluid and transparent; as, the liquid air.
6. Clear; definite in terms or amount.[Obs.] "Though the debt should be entirely liquid." Ayliffe. Liquid glass. See Soluble glass, under Glass.
LIQUIDLiq"uid, n.
1. A substance whose parts change their relative position on the slightest pressure, and therefore retain no definite form; any substance in the state of liquidity; a fluid that is not aëriform.
Note: Liquid and fluid are terms often used synonymously, but fluid has the broader signification. All liquids are fluids, but many fluids, as air and the gases, are not liquids.
2. (Phon.)
Defn: A letter which has a smooth, flowing sound, or which flows smoothly after a mute; as, l and r, in bla, bra. M and n also are called liquids. Liquid measure, a measure, or system of measuring, for liquids, by the gallon, quart, pint, gill, etc.
LIQUID AIRLiq"uid air. (Physics)
Defn: A transparent limpid liquid, slightly blue in color, consisting of a mixture of liquefied oxygen and nitrogen. It is prepared by subjecting air to great pressure and then cooling it by its own expansion to a temperature below the boiling point of its constituents (N -194º C; O -183º C.).
LIQUIDAMBARLiq"uid*am`bar, n. Etym: [Liquid + amber.]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: A genus consisting of two species of tall trees having star- shaped leaves, and woody burlike fruit. Liquidambar styraciflua is the North American sweet qum, and L. Orientalis is found in Asia Minor.
2. The balsamic juice which is obtained from these trees by incision. The liquid balsam of the Oriental tree is liquid storax.
LIQUIDAMBERLiq"uid*am`ber, n.
Defn: See Liquidambar.
LIQUIDATELiq"ui*date, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Liquidated; p. pr. & vb. n.Liquidating.] Etym: [LL. liquidatus, p. p. of liquidate to liquidate,fr. L. liquidus liquid, clear. See Liquid.]
1. (Law)
Defn: To determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness); or, where there is an indebtedness to more than one person, to determine the precise amount of (each indebtedness); to make the amount of (an indebtedness); clear and certain. A debt or demand is liquidated whenever the amount due is agreed on by the parties, or fixed by the operation of law. 15 Ga. Rep. 821. If our epistolary accounts were fairly liquidated, I believe you would be brought in considerable debtor. Chesterfield.
2. In an extended sense: To ascertain the amount, or the several amounts, of , and apply assets toward the discharge of (an indebtedness). Abbott.
3. To discharge; to pay off, as an indebtedness. Friburg was ceded to Zurich by Sigismund to liquidate a debt of a thousand florins. W. Coxe.
4. To make clear and intelligible. Time only can liquidate the meaning of all parts of a compound system. A. Hamilton.
5. To make liquid. [Obs.] Liquidated damages (Law), damages the amount of which is fixed or ascertained. Abbott.
LIQUIDATIONLiq`ui*da"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. liquidation.]
Defn: The act or process of liquidating; the state of being liquidated. To go into liquidation (Law), to turn over to a trustee one's assets and accounts, in order that the several amounts of one's indebtedness be authoritatively ascertained, and that the assets may be applied toward their discharge.
LIQUIDATORLiq"ui*da`tor, n. Etym: [Cf. F. liquidateur.]
1. One who, or that which, liquidates.
2. An officer appointed to conduct the winding up of a company, to bring and defend actions and suits in its name, and to do all necessary acts on behalf of the company. [Eng.] Mozley & W.
LIQUIDITY Li*quid"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. liquiditas, fr. liquidus liquid: cf. F. liquidité.]
Defn: The state or quality of being liquid.
LIQUIDIZELiq"uid*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Liquidized; p. pr. & vb. n.Liquidizing.]
Defn: To render liquid.
LIQUIDLYLiq"uid*ly, adv.
Defn: In a liquid manner; flowingly.
LIQUIDNESSLiq"uid*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being liquid; liquidity; fluency.
LIQUOR Liq"uor, n. Etym: [OE. licour, licur, OF. licur, F. liqueur, fr. L. liquor, fr. liquere to be liquid. See Liquid, and cf. Liqueur.]
1. Any liquid substance, as water, milk, blood, sap, juice, or the like.
2. Specifically, alcoholic or spirituous fluid, either distilled or fermented, as brandy, wine, whisky, beer, etc.
3. (Pharm.)
Defn: A solution of a medicinal substance in water; — distinguished from tincture and aqua.
Note: The U. S. Pharmacopoeia includes, in this class of preparations, all aqueous solutions without sugar, in which the substance acted on is wholly soluble in water, excluding those in which the dissolved matter is gaseous or very volatile, as in the aquæ or waters. U. S. Disp. Labarraque's liquor (Old Chem.), a solution of an alkaline hypochlorite, as sodium hypochlorite, used in bleaching and as a disinfectant. — Liquor of flints, or Liquor silicum (Old Chem.), soluble glass; - - so called because formerly made from powdered flints. See Soluble glass, under Glass. — Liquor of Libavius. (Old Chem.) See Fuming liquor of Libavius, under Fuming. — Liquor sanguinis (, (Physiol.), the blood plasma. — Liquor thief, a tube for taking samples of liquor from a cask through the bung hole. — To be in liquor, to be intoxicated.
LIQUORLiq"uor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Liquored; p. pr. & vb. n. Liquoring.]
1. To supply with liquor. [R.]
2. To grease. [Obs.] Bacon. Liquor fishermen's boots. Shak.
LIQUORICELiq"uor*ice, n.
Defn: See Licorice.
LIQUORISHLiq"uor*ish, a.
Defn: See Lickerish. [Obs.] Shak.
LIQUOROUSLiq"uor*ous, a.
Defn: Eagerly desirous. See Lickerish. [Obs.] Marston.
LIRALi"ra, n. ; pl. Lire. Etym: [It., fr. L. libra the Roman pound. Cf.Livre.]
Defn: An Italian coin equivalent in value to the French franc.
LIRELLALi*rel"la, n. Etym: [NL., dim. of L.lira a furrow.] (Bot.)
Defn: A linear apothecium furrowed along the middle; the fruit of certain lichens.
LIRELLIFORMLi*rel"li*form, a. Etym: [Lirella + -form.] (Bot.)
Defn: Like a lirella. [Written also lirellæform.]
LIRIODENDRONLir`i*o*den"dron, n.; pl. Liriodendra. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of large and very beautiful trees of North America, having smooth, shining leaves, and handsome, tuliplike flowers; tulip tree; whitewood; — called also canoewood. Liriodendron tulipifera is the only extant species, but there were several others in the Cretaceous epoch.
LIRIPIPELir"i*pipe, n. [Obs.]
Defn: See Liripoop.
LIRIPOOP Lir"i*poop, n. Etym: [OF. liripipion, liripion, LL. liripipium. Said to be corrupted from L. cleri ephippium, lit., the clergy's caparison.]
1. A pendent part of the old clerical tippet; afterwards, a tippet; a scarf; — worn also by doctors, learned men, etc. [Obs.]
2. Acuteness; smartness; also, a smart trick or stratagem.[Obs.] Stanihurst.
3. A silly person. [Obs.] A liripoop, vel lerripoop, a silly, empty creature; an old dotard. Milles. MS. Devon Gloss.
LIROCONITELi*roc"o*nite, n. Etym: [Gr. (Min.)
Defn: A hydrated arseniate of copper, occurring in obtuse pyramidal crystals of a sky-blue or verdigris-green color.
LISBONLis"bon, n.
Defn: A sweet, light-colored species of wine, produced in the province of Estremadura, and so called as being shipped from Lisbon, in Portugal.
LISLELisle, n.
Defn: A city of France celebrated for certain manufactures. Lisle glove, a fine summer glove, made of Lisle thread. — Lisle lace, a fine handmade lace, made at Lisle. — Lisle thread, a hard twisted cotton thread, originally produced at Lisle.
LISNELisne, n. Etym: [Prov. E. lissen, lisne, a cleft in a rock.]
Defn: A cavity or hollow.[Obs.] Sir M. Hale.
LISPLisp, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lisped; p. pr. & vb. n. Lisping.] Etym:[OE. lispen, lipsen, AS. wlisp stammering, lisping; akin to D. & OHG.lispen to lisp, G. lispeln, Sw. läspa, Dan. lespe.]
1. To pronounce the sibilant letter s imperfectly; to give s and z the sound of th; — a defect common among children.
2. To speak with imperfect articulation; to mispronounce, as a childlearning to talk.As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisped in numbers came.Pope.
3. To speak hesitatingly with a low voice, as if afraid. Lest when my lisping, guilty tongue should halt. Drayton.
LISPLisp, v. t.
1. To pronounce with a lisp.
2. To utter with imperfect articulation; to express with words pronounced imperfectly or indistinctly, as a child speaks; hence, to express by the use of simple, childlike language. To speak unto them after their own capacity, and to lispe words unto them according as the babes and children of that age might sound them again. Tyndale.
3. To speak with reserve or concealment; to utter timidly or confidentially; as, to lisp treason.
LISPLisp, n.
Defn: The habit or act of lisping. See Lisp, v. i., 1. I overheard her answer, with a very pretty lisp, "O! Strephon, you are a dangerous creature." Tatler.
LISPERLisp"er, n.
Defn: One who lisps.
LISPINGLYLisp"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: With a lisp; in a lisping manner.
LISSLiss, n. Etym: [AS. liss.]
Defn: Release; remission; ease; relief. [Obs.] "Of penance had a lisse." Chaucer.
LISSLiss, v. t. Etym: [AS. lissan.]
Defn: To free, as from care or pain; to relieve. [Obs.] "Lissed of his care." Chaucer.
LISSENCEPHALALis`sen*ceph"a*la, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A general name for all those placental mammals that have a brain with few or no cerebral convolutions, as Rodentia, Insectivora, etc.
LISSOM; LISSOMELis"som, Lis"some, a. Etym: [For lithesome.]
1. Limber; supple; flexible; lithe; lithesome. Straight, but as lissome as a hazel wand. Tennyson.
2. Light; nimble; active. Halliwell.— Lis"some*ness, n.
LIST List, n. Etym: [F. lice, LL. liciae, pl., from L. licium thread, girdle.]
Defn: A line inclosing or forming the extremity of a piece of ground, or field of combat; hence, in the plural (lists), the ground or field inclosed for a race or combat. Chaucer. In measured lists to toss the weighty lance. Pope. To enter the lists, to accept a challenge, or engage in contest.
LISTList, v. t.
Defn: To inclose for combat; as, to list a field.
LISTList, v. i. Etym: [See Listen.]
Defn: To hearken; to attend; to listen. [Obs. except in poetry.]Stand close, and list to him. Shak.
LISTList, v. t.
Defn: To listen or hearken to. Then weigh what loss your honor may sustain, If with too credent ear you list his songs. Shak.
LIST List, v. i. Etym: [OE. listen, lusten, AS. lystan, from lust pleasure. See Lust.]
1. To desire or choose; to please.The wind bloweth where it listeth. John iii. 8.Them that add to the Word of God what them listeth. Hooker.Let other men think of your devices as they list. Whitgift.
2. (Naut.)
Defn: To lean; to incline; as, the ship lists to port.
LISTList, n.
1. Inclination; desire. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. (Naut.)
Defn: An inclination to one side; as, the ship has a list to starboard.
LIST List, n. Etym: [AS. list a list of cloth; akin to D. lijst, G. leiste, OHG. lista,Icel. lista, listi, Sw. list, Dan. liste. In sense 5 from F. liste, of German origin, and thus ultimately the same word.]
1. A strip forming the woven border or selvedge of cloth, particularly of broadcloth, and serving to strengthen it; hence, a strip of cloth; a fillet. " Gartered with a red and blue list. "
Shak.
2. A limit or boundary; a border. The very list, the very utmost bound, Of all our fortunes. Shak.
3. The lobe of the ear; the ear itself. [Obs.] Chaucer.
4. A stripe. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
5. A roll or catalogue, that is row or line; a record of names; as, a list of names, books, articles; a list of ratable estate. He was the ablest emperor of all the list. Bacon.
6. (Arch.)
Defn: A little square molding; a fillet; — called also listel.
7. (Carp.)
Defn: A narrow strip of wood, esp. sapwood, cut from the edge of a plank or board.
8. (Rope Making)
Defn: A piece of woolen cloth with which the yarns are grasped by a workman.
9. (Tin-plate Manuf.) (a) The first thin coat of tin. (b) A wirelike rim of tin left on an edge of the plate after it is coated. Civil list (Great Britain & U.S.), the civil officers of government, as judges, ambassadors, secretaries, etc. Hence, the revenues or appropriations of public money for the support of the civil officers. More recently, the civil list, in England, embraces only the expenses of the reigning monarch's household. Free list. (a) A list of articles admitted to a country free of duty. (b) A list of persons admitted to any entertainment, as a theater or opera, without payment, or to whom a periodical, or the like, is furnished without cost.
Syn. — Roll; catalogue; register; inventory; schedule. — List, Boll, Catalogue, Register, Inventory, Schedule. Alist is properly a simple series of names, etc., in a brief form, such as might naturally be entered in a narrow strip of paper. A roll was originally a list containing the names of persons belonging to a public body (as Parliament, etc.), which was rolled up and laid aside among its archives. A catalogue is a list of persons or things arranged in order, and usually containing some description of the same, more or less extended. A register is designed for record or preservation. An inventory is a list of articles, found on hand in a store of goods, or in the estate of a deceased person, or under similar circumstances. A schedule is a formal list or inventory prepared for legal or business purposes.
LISTList, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Listed; p. pr. & vb. n. Listing.] Etym:[From list a roll.]
1. To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of colors, or form a border. Sir H. Wotton.
2. To cover with list, or with strips of cloth; to put list on; as, to list a door; to stripe as if with list. The tree that stood white-listed through the gloom. Tennyson.
3. To enroll; to place or register in a list. Listed among the upper serving men. Milton.
4. To engage, as a soldier; to enlist. I will list you for my soldier. Sir W. Scott.
5. (Carp.)
Defn: To cut away a narrow strip, as of sapwood, from the edge of; as, to list a board. To list a stock (Stock Exchange), to put it in the list of stocks called at the meeting of the board.
LISTList, v. i.
Defn: To engage in public service by enrolling one's name; to enlist.
LISTEL List"el, n. Etym: [F. listel, dim. of liste fillet, list. See List the edge.] (Arch.)
Defn: Same as List, n., 6.
LISTEN Lis"ten, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Listened; p. pr. & vb. n. Listening.] Etym: [OE. listnen, listen, lustnen, lusten, AS. hlystan; akin to hlyst hearing, OS. hlust, Icel. hlusta to listen, hlust ear, AS. hlosnian to wait in suspense, OHG. hlosen to listen, Gr. loud. sq. root41. See Loud, and cf. List to listen.]
1. To give close attention with the purpose of hearing; to give ear; to hearken; to attend. When we have occasion to listen, and give a more particular attention to same sound, the tympanum is drawn to a more than ordinary tension. Holder.
2. To give heed; to yield to advice; to follow admonition; to obey. Listen to me, and by me be ruled. Tennyson. To listen after, to take an interest in. [Obs.] Soldiers note forts, armories, and magazines; scholars listen after libraries, disputations, and professors. Fuller.
Syn.— To attend; hearken. See Attend.
LISTENLis"ten, v. t.
Defn: To attend to. [Obs.] Shak.
LISTENERLis"ten*er, n.
Defn: One who listens; a hearkener.
LISTERList"er, n.
Defn: One who makes a list or roll.
LISTERLis"ter, n.
Defn: Same as Leister.
LISTERIANLis*te"ri*an, a. (Med.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to listerism.
LISTERISMLis"ter*ism, n. (Med.)
Defn: The systematic use of antiseptics in the performance of operations and the treatment of wounds; — so called from Joseph Lister, an English surgeon.
LISTERIZELis"ter*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. -ized; p. pr. & vb. n. -izing.](Med.)
Defn: To make antiseptic.
LISTFULList"ful, a.
Defn: Attentive [Obs.] Spenser.
LISTINGList"ing, n.
1. The act or process of one who lists (in any sense of the verb); as, the listing of a door; the listing of a stock at the Stock Exchange.
2. The selvedge of cloth; list.
3. (Carp.)
Defn: The sapwood cut from the edge of a board.
4. (Agric.)
Defn: The throwing up of the soil into ridges, — a method adopted in the culture of beets and some garden crops. [Local, U. S.]
LISTLESSList"less, a. Etym: [OE. listles, lustles. See Lust.]
Defn: Having no desire or inclination; indifferent; heedless;spiritless. " A listless unconcern." Thomson.Benumbed with cold, and listless of their gain. Dryden.I was listless, and desponding. Swift.
Syn.— Heedless; careless; indifferent; vacant; uninterested; languid;spiritless; supine; indolent.— List"less*ly, adv.— List"less*ness, n.
LITLit
Defn: , a form of the imp. & p. p. of Light.
LITANY Lit"a*ny, n.; pl. Litanies. Etym: [OE. letanie, OF. letanie, F. litanie, L. litania, Gr.
Defn: A solemn form of supplication in the public worship of various churches, in which the clergy and congregation join, the former leading and the latter responding in alternate sentences. It is usually of a penitential character. Supplications . . . for the appeasing of God's wrath were of the Greek church termed litanies, and rogations of the Latin. Hooker.
LITARGELit"arge, n.
Defn: Litharge. [Obs.] Chaucer.
LITCHILi"tchi`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: The fruit of a tree native to China (Nephelium Litchi). It is nutlike, having a rough but tender shell, containing an aromatic pulp, and a single large seed. In the dried fruit which is exported the pulp somewhat resembles a raisin in color and form. [Written also lichi, and lychee.] — lite. See -lith.
LITELite, a., adv., & n.
Defn: Little. [Obs.] Chaucer.
LITER; LITRELi"ter, Li"tre, n. Etym: [F. litre, Gr.
Defn: A measure of capacity in the metric system, being a cubic decimeter, equal to 61.022 cubic inches, or 2.113 American pints, or 1.76 English pints.
LITERACYLit"er*a*cy, n.
Defn: State of being literate.
LITERAL Lit"er*al, a. Etym: [F. litéral, littéral, L. litteralis, literalis, fr. littera, litera, a letter. See Letter.]
1. According to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical; as, the literal meaning of a phrase. It hath but one simple literal sense whose light the owls can not abide. Tyndale .
2. Following the letter or exact words; not free. A middle course between the rigor of literal translations and the liberty of paraphrasts. Hooker.
3. Consisting of, or expressed by, letters. The literal notation of numbers was known to Europeans before the ciphers. Johnson.
4. Giving a strict or literal construction; unimaginative; matter-of fast; — applied to persons. Literal contract (Law), contract of which the whole evidence is given in writing. Bouvier. — Literal equation (Math.), an equation in which known quantities are expressed either wholly or in part by means of letters; — distinguished from a numerical equation.
LITERALLit"er*al, n.
Defn: Literal meaning. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
LITERALISMLit"er*al*ism, n.
1. That which accords with the letter; a mode of interpreting literally; adherence to the letter.
2. (Fine Arts)
Defn: The tendency or disposition to represent objects faithfully, without abstraction, conventionalities, or idealization.
LITERALISTLit"er*al*ist, n.
Defn: One who adheres to the letter or exact word; an interpreter according to the letter.
LITERALITYLit`er*al"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. littéralité.]
Defn: The state or quality of being literal. Sir T. Browne.
LITERALIZATIONLit`er*al*i*za"tion, n.
Defn: The act of literalizing; reduction to a literal meaning.
LITERALIZELit"er*al*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Literalized; p. pr. & vb. n.Literalizing.]
Defn: To make literal; to interpret or put in practice according to the strict meaning of the words; — opposed to spiritualize; as, to literalize Scripture.
LITERALIZERLit"er*al*i`zer, n.
Defn: A literalist.
LITERALLYLit"er*al*ly, adv.
1. According to the primary and natural import of words; not figuratively; as, a man and his wife can not be literally one flesh.
2. With close adherence to words; word by word. So wild and ungovernable a poet can not be translated literally. Dryden.
LITERALNESSLit"er*al*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being literal; literal import.
LITERARY Lit"er*a*ry, a. Etym: [L. litterarius, literarius,fr. littera, litera, a letter: cf. F. littéraire. See Letter.]
1. Of or pertaining to letters or literature; pertaining to learning or learned men; as, literary fame; a literary history; literary conversation. He has long outlived his century, the term commonly fixed as the test of literary merit. Johnson.
2. Versed in, or acquainted with, literature; occupied with literature as a profession; connected with literature or with men of letters; as, a literary man. In the literary as well as fashionable world. Mason. Literary property. (a) Property which consists in written or printed compositions. (b) The exclusive right of publication as recognized and limited by law.
LITERATELit"er*ate, a. Etym: [L. litteratus, literatus. See Letter.]
Defn: Instructed in learning, science, or literature; learned;lettered.The literate now chose their emperor, as the military chose theirs.Landor.
LITERATELit"er*ate, n.
1. One educated, but not having taken a university degree; especially, such a person who is prepared to take holy orders. [Eng.]
2. A literary man.
LITERATILit`e*ra"ti, n. pl. Etym: [See Literatus.]
Defn: Learned or literary men. See Literatus.Shakespearean commentators, and other literati. Craik.
LITERATIMLit`e*ra"tim, adv. Etym: [LL., fr. L.litera, litera, letter.]
Defn: Letter for letter.
LITERATIONLit`er*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. littera, litera, letter.]
Defn: The act or process of representing by letters.