Webster's Dictionary 1828

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LIEN

LIEN, the obsolete participle of lie. [See Lain.]LIEN, noun [supra.] A legal claim; as a lien upon land.

839

LIENTERIC

LIENTER'IC, adjective [from lientery.] Pertaining to a lientery.

840

LIENTERY

LI'ENTERY, noun [Latin; Gr. smooth, and an intestine.]A flux of the bowels, in which the aliments are discharged undigested, and with little alteration either in color or substa...

841

LIER

LIER, noun [from lie.] One who lies down; one who rests or remains; as a lier in wait or in ambush. Joshua 8:13.

842

LIEU

LIEU, noun [Latin locus, Eng. ley or lea. See Ley.]Place; room; stead. It is used only with in. Let me have gold in lieu of silver. In lieu of fashionable honor, let justice by ...

843

LIEUTENANCY

LIEUTENANCY,n. luten'ancy. [See Lieutenant.]1. The office or commission of a lieutenant.2. The body of lieutenants.

844

LIEUTENANT

LIEUTENANT, noun luten'ant. [Latin tenens, holding.]1. An officer who supplies the place of a superior in his absence. Officers of this kind are civil, as the lord-lieutenant of...

845

LIEUTENANTSHIP

LIEUTENANTSHIP. [See Lieutenancy.]

846

LIEVE

LIEVE, for lief, is vulgar. [See Lief.]

847

LIEVRITE

LIE'VRITE, noun A mineral, called also yenite, which see.

848

LIFE

LIFE, noun plu lives. [See Live.]1. In a general sense, that state of animals and plants, or of an organized being, in which its natural functions and motions are performed, or ...

849

LIFE-BLOOD

LI'FE-BLOOD, noun1. The blood necessary to life; vital blood.2. That which constitutes or gives strength and energy.Money, the life-blood of the nation.LI'FE-BLOOD, adjective Ne...

850

LIFE-ESTATE

LIFE-ESTA'TE, noun An estate that continues during the life of the possessor.

851

LIFE-EVERLASTING

LIFE-EVERL'ASTING, noun A plant of the genus Gnaphalium.

852

LIFE-GIVING

LI'FE-GIVING, adjective Having power to give life; inspiriting; invigorating.

853

LIFEGUARD

LI'FEGUARD, noun A guard of the life or person; a guard that attends the person of a prince, or other person.

854

LIFELESS

LI'FELESS, adjective1. Dead; deprived of life; as a lifeless body.2. Destitute of life; unanimated; as lifeless matter.3. Destitute of power, force, vigor or spirit; dull; heavy...

855

LIFELESSLY

LI'FELESSLY, adverb Without vigor; dully; frigidly; heavily.

856

LIFELESSNESS

LI'FELESSNESS, noun Destitution of life, vigor and spirit; inactivity.

857

LIFELIKE

LI'FELIKE, adjective Like a living person.

858

LIFERENT

LI'FERENT, noun The rent of an estate that continues for life.

859

LIFESTRING

LI'FESTRING, noun a nerve or string that is imagined to be essential to life.

860

LIFETIME

LI'FETIME, noun The time that life continues; duration of life.

861

LIFEWEARY

LI'FEWEARY, adjective Tired of life; weary of living.

862

LIFT

LIFT, verb transitive [We retain this sense in shoplifter. Latin levo, elevo.]1. To raise; to elevate; as, to lift the foot or the hand; to lift the head.2. To raise; to elevate...

863

LIFTED

LIFT'ED, participle passive Raised; elevated; swelled with pride.

864

LIFTER

LIFT'ER, noun One that lifts or raises.