Lightness (2)
Light″ness, n. [From Light bright.] 1. Illumination, or degree of illumination; as, the lightness of a room. Chaucer.2. Absence of depth or of duskiness in color; as, the lightn...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Lightning
Light″ning (līt″nĭng), n. [For lightening, fr. lighten to flash.] 1. A discharge of atmospheric electricity, accompanied by a vivid flash of light, commonly from one cloud to an...
Lightning (2)
Light″ning (līt″nĭng), vb. n. Lightening.
Lightroom
Light″room′ (–ro͞om′), n. A small room from which the magazine of a naval vessel is lighted, being separated from the magazine by heavy glass windows.
Lights
Lights (līts), n. pl. [So called from their lightness.] The lungs of an animal or bird; — sometimes coarsely applied to the lungs of a human being.
Lightsome
Light″some (līt″sŭm), a. 1. Having light; lighted; not dark or gloomy; bright.White walls make rooms more lightsome than black. Bacon.2. Gay; airy; cheering; exhilarating.That l...
Lightstruck
Light″‐struck′, a.(Photog.) Damaged by accidental exposure to light; light-fogged; — said of plates or films.
Lightweight
Light″weight′ (?), n. One of less than average weight; specif.: (a) In boxing, wrestling, etc., one weighingnot more than 133 pounds (U. S. amateur rules 135 pounds, Eng. 140 po...
Lightweight (2)
Light″weight′, a. Light in weight, as a coin; specif., applied to a man or animal who is a lightweight.
Lightwood
Light″wood′ (–wo͝od′), n. Pine wood abounding in pitch, used for torches in the Southern United States; pine knots, dry sticks, and the like, for kindling a fire quickly or maki...
Lighty
Light″y (–y̆), a. Illuminated. Wyclif.
Lign-aloes
Lign′–al″oes (līn′ăl″ōz or lĭg‐năl″ōz), n. [OE. ligne aloes, fr. L. lignum wood + aloe aloe.] 1. Aloes wood, or agallochum. See Agallochum.2. A fragrant tree mentioned in the Bi...
Ligneous
Lig″ne‐ous (lĭg″nē̍‐ŭs), a. [L. ligneus, fr. lignum wood. Cf. Lignous.] Made of wood; consisting of wood; of the nature of, or resembling, wood; woody.It should be tried with sh...
Ligniferous
Lig‐nif″er‐ous (lĭg‐nĭf″ẽr‐ŭs), a. [L. lignifer; lignum wood + ferre to bear: cf. F. lignifère.] Yielding or producing wood.
Lignification
Lig′ni‐fi‐ca″tion (lĭg′nĭ‐fĭ‐kā″shŭn), n. [Cf. F. lignification. See Lignify.] (Bot.) A change in the character of a cell wall, by which it becomes harder. It is supposed to be ...
Ligniform
Lig″ni‐form (lĭg″nĭ‐fôrm), a. [L. lignum wood + -form: cf. F. ligniforme.] Like wood.
Lignify
Lig″ni‐fy (–fī), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Lignified (–fīd); p. pr. & vb. n.Lignifying (–fī′ĭng).] [L. lignum wood + -fy: cf. F. lignifier.] (Bot.) To convert into wood or into a ligne...
Lignify (2)
Lig″ni‐fy, v. i.(Bot.) To become wood.
Lignin
Lig″nin (lĭg″nĭn), n. [L. lignum wood: cf. F. lignine.] (Bot.) A substance characterizing wood cells and differing from cellulose in its conduct with certain chemical reagents.☞...
Ligniperdous
Lig′ni‐per″dous (lĭg′nĭ‐pẽr″dŭs), a. [L. lignum wood + perdere to destroy: cf. F. ligniperde.] (Zoöl.) Wood-destroying; — said of certain insects.
Lignireose
Lig‐nir″e‐ose′ (lĭg‐nĭr″ē̍‐ōs′), n.(Bot.) See Lignin.
Lignite
Lig″nite (lĭg″nīt), n. [L. lignum wood: cf. F. lignite.] (Min.) Mineral coal retaining the texture of the wood from which it was formed, and burning with an empyreumatic odor. I...
Lignitic
Lig‐nit″ic (lĭg‐nĭt″ĭk), a. Containing lignite; resembling, or of the nature of, lignite; as, lignitic clay.Lignitic group. See Laramie Group.
Lignitiferous
Lig′ni‐tif″er‐ous (lĭg′nĭ‐tĭf″ẽr‐ŭs), a. [Lignite + -ferous.] Producing or containing lignite; lignitic.
Lignoceric
Lig′no‐cer″ic (–nō̍‐sĕr″ĭk), a. [L. lignum wood + cera wax.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the formic acid series, found in the tar, wax, or paraffine obtain...
Lignone
Lig″none′ (lĭg″nōn′), n.(Bot.) See Lignin.
Lignose
{ Lig‐nose″ (lĭg‐nōs″), Lig″nous (lĭg″nŭs), } a. [L. lignosus, fr. lignum wood: cf. F. ligneux. Cf. Ligneous.] Ligneous. Evelyn.