Webster's Dictionary 1913

2350

Liquidness

Liq″uid‐ness, n. The quality or state of being liquid; liquidity; fluency.

2351

Liquor

Liq″uor (lĭk″ẽr), n. [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, b...

2352

Liquor (2)

Liq″uor, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Liquored (–ẽrd); p. pr. & vb. n.Liquoring.] 1. To supply with liquor.2. To grease. Bacon.Liquor fishermen's boots. Shak.

2353

Liquorice

Liq″uor‐ice (lĭk″ẽr‐ĭs), n. See Licorice.

2354

Liquorish

Liq″uor‐ish, a. See Lickerish. Shak.

2355

Liquorous

Liq″uor‐ous (–ŭs), a. Eagerly desirous. See Lickerish. Marston.

2356

Lira

‖Li″ra (lē″rȧ), n.; pl.Lire (–rā̍). [It., fr. L. libra the Roman pound. Cf. Livre.] An Italian coin equivalent in value to the French franc.

2357

Lirella

‖Li‐rel″la (lī̍‐rĕl″lȧ), n. [NL., dim. of L. lira a furrow.] (Bot.) A linear apothecium furrowed along the middle; the fruit of certain lichens.

2358

Lirelliform

Li‐rel″li‐form (–lĭ‐fôrm), a. [Lirella + -form.] (Bot.) Like a lirella. [Written also lirellæform.]

2359

Liriodendron

‖Lir′i‐o‐den″dron (lĭr′ĭ‐ō̍‐dĕn″drŏn), n.; pl.Liriodendra (–drȧ). [NL., fr. Gr. λείριον lily + δένδρον tree.] (Bot.) A genus of large and very beautiful trees of North America, ...

2360

Liripipe

Lir″i‐pipe (lĭr″ĭ‐pīp), n. See Liripoop.

2361

Liripoop

Lir″i‐poop (lĭr″ĭ‐po͞op), n. [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 ...

2362

Liroconite

Li‐roc″o‐nite (lī̍‐rŏk″ō̍‐nīt), n. [Gr. λειρόσ pale + κονία powder.] (Min.) A hydrated arseniate of copper, occurring in obtuse pyramidal crystals of a sky-blue or verdigris-gre...

2363

Lisbon

Lis″bon (lĭz″bŏn), n. A sweet, light-colored species of wine, produced in the province of Estremadura, and so called as being shipped from Lisbon, in Portugal.

2364

Lisle

Lisle (līl), n. 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. —...

2365

Lisne

Lisne (līn), n. [Prov. E. lissen, lisne, a cleft in a rock.] A cavity or hollow. Sir M. Hale.

2366

Lisp

Lisp (lĭsp), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Lisped (lĭspt); p. pr. & vb. n.Lisping.] [OE. lispen, lipsen, AS. wlisp stammering, lisping; akin to D. & OHG. lispen to lisp, G. lispeln, Sw. lä...

2367

Lisp (2)

Lisp, 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 expre...

2368

Lisp (3)

Lisp, n. 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.

2369

Lisper

Lisp″er (–ẽr), n. One who lisps.

2370

Lispingly

Lisp″ing‐ly, adv. With a lisp; in a lisping manner.

2371

Liss

Liss (lĭs), n. [AS. liss.] Release; remission; ease; relief. “Of penance had a lisse.” Chaucer.

2372

Liss (2)

Liss, v. t. [AS. lissan.] To free, as from care or pain; to relieve. “Lissed of his care.” Chaucer.

2373

Lissencephala

‖Lis′sen‐ceph″a‐la (lĭs′sĕn‐sĕf″ȧ‐lȧ), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. λισσόσ smooth + εγκἔφαλοσ the brain.] (Zoöl.) A general name for all those placental mammals that have a brain with f...

2374

Lissom

{ Lis″som, Lis″some } (lĭs″sŭm), a. [For lithesome.] 1. Limber; supple; flexible; lithe; lithesome.Straight, but as lissome as a hazel wand. Tennyson.2. Light; nimble; active. H...

2375

List

List (lĭst), n. [F. lice, LL. liciae, pl., from L. licium thread, girdle.] A line inclosing or forming the extremity of a piece of ground, or field of combat; hence, in the plur...

2376

List (10)

List (?), v. t. 1. To plow and plant with a lister.2. In cotton culture, to prepare, as land, for the crop by making alternating beds and alleys with the hoe.