Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Lithate

Lith″ate (lĭth″ā̍t), n.(Old Med. Chem.) A salt of lithic or uric acid; a urate. [Written also lithiate.]

2432

Lithe

Lithe (līt͡h), v. t. & i. [Icel hlȳða. See Listen.] To listen or listen to; to hearken to. P. Plowman.

2433

Lithe (2)

Lithe, a. [AS. līðe, for linðe tender, mild, gentle; akin to G. lind, gelind, OHG. lindi, Icel. linr, L. lenis soft, mild, lentus flexible, and AS. linnan to yield. Cf. Lenient....

2434

Lithe (3)

Lithe, v. t. [AS. līðian. See Lithe, a.] To smooth; to soften; to palliate.

2435

Lithely

Lithe″ly, adv. In a lithe, pliant, or flexible manner.

2436

Litheness

Lithe″ness, n. The quality or state of being lithe; flexibility; limberness.

2437

Lither

Li″ther (lī″t͡hẽr), a. [AS. lȳðer bad, wicked.] Bad; wicked; false; worthless; slothful. Chaucer.Not lither in business, fervent in spirit. Bp. Woolton.☞ Professor Skeat thinks ...

2438

Litherly

Li″ther‐ly, a. Crafty; cunning; mischievous; wicked; treacherous; lazy.He was waspish, arch, and litherly. Sir W. Scott.

2439

Lithesome

Lithe″some (līt͡h″sŭm), a. [See Lithe, a., and cf. Lissom.] Pliant; limber; flexible; supple; nimble; lissom.— Lithe″some‐ness, n.

2440

Lithia

Lith″i‐a (lĭth″ĭ‐ȧ), n. [NL., from Gr. λίθοσ stone.] (Chem.) The oxide of lithium; a strong alkaline caustic similar to potash and soda, but weaker. See Lithium.Lithia emerald. ...

2441

Lithiasis

‖Li‐thi″a‐sis (lĭ‐thī″ȧ‐sĭs), n. [NL., fr. Gr. λιθίασισ, fr. λίθοσ stone.] (Med.) The formation of stony concretions or calculi in any part of the body, especially in the bladde...

2442

lithic

lith″ic, n.(Med.) A medicine which tends to prevent stone in the bladder.

2443

Lithic

Lith″ic (lĭth″ĭk), a. [Gr. λιθικόσ of or belonging to stones, fr. λίθοσ stone: cf. F. lithique.] 1. Of or pertaining to stone; as, lithic architecture.2. (Med.) Pertaining to th...

2444

Lithic (2)

Lith″ic, a. [From Lithium.] (Chem.) Pertaining to or denoting lithium or some of its compounds. Frankland.

2445

Lithiophilite

Lith′i‐oph″i‐lite (lĭth′ĭ‐ŏf″ĭ‐līt), n. [Lithium + Gr. φίλοσ friend.] (Min.) A phosphate of manganese and lithium; a variety of triphylite.

2446

Lithium

Lith″i‐um (lĭth″ĭ‐ŭm), n. [NL., from Gr. λίθειοσ of stone, fr. λίθοσ stone.] (Chem.) A metallic element of the alkaline group, occurring in several minerals, as petalite, spodum...

2447

Litho

Lith″o (lĭth″ō̍) A combining form from Gr. λίθοσ, stone.

2448

Lithobilic

Lith′o‐bil″ic (–bĭl″ĭk), a. [Litho + bile.] (Chem.) Pertaining to or designating an organic acid of the tartaric acid series, distinct from lithofellic acid, but, like it, obtai...

2449

Lithocarp

Lith″o‐carp (lĭth″ō̍‐kärp), n. [Litho- + Gr. καρπόσ fruit: cf. F. lithocarpe.] (Paleon.) Fossil fruit; a fruit petrified; a carpolite.

2450

Lithochromatics

Lith′o‐chro‐mat″ics (–krō̍‐măt″ĭks), n. See Lithochromics.

2451

Lithochromics

Lith′o‐chro″mics (–krō″mĭks), n. [Litho- + Gr. χρω̑μα color.] The art of printing colored pictures on canvas from oil paintings on stone.

2452

Lithoclast

Lith″o‐clast (lĭth″ō̍‐klăst), n. [Litho- + Gr. κλα̑ν to break.] (Surg.) An instrument for crushing stones in the bladder.

2453

Lithocyst

Lith″o‐cyst (lĭth″ō̍‐sĭst), n. [Litho- + cyst.] (Zoöl.) A sac containing small, calcareous concretions (otoliths). They are found in many Medusæ, and other invertebrates, and ar...

2454

Lithodome

Lith″o‐dome (–dōm), n. [Litho- + Gr. δόμοσ house: cf. F. lithodome.] (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of bivalves, which form holes in limestone, in which they live; esp., any...

2455

Lithodomous

Li‐thod″o‐mous (?), a.(Zoöl.) Like, or pertaining to, Lithodomus; lithophagous.

2456

Lithodomus

‖Li‐thod″o‐mus (?), n. [NL. See Lithodome.] (Zoöl.) A genus of elongated bivalve shells, allied to the mussels, and remarkable for their ability to bore holes for shelter, in so...

2457

Lithofellic

Lith″o‐fel″lic (?), a. [Litho- + L. fel, fellis, gall.] (Physiol. Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a crystalline, organic acid, resembling cholic acid, found in the biliary...