Webster's Dictionary 1913

1891

Lief (4)

Lief, adv. Gladly; willingly; freely; — now used only in the phrases, had as lief, and would as lief; as, I had, or would, as lief go as not.All women liefest wouldBe sovereign ...

1892

Liefsome

Lief″some (lēf″sŭm), a. Pleasing; delightful.

1893

Liegance

Lieg″ance (lē″jans), n. Same as Ligeance.

1894

Liege

Liege (lēj), a. [OE. lige, lege, F. lige, LL. ligius, legius, liege, unlimited, complete, prob. of German origin; cf. G. ledig free from bonds and obstacles, MHG. ledec, ledic, ...

1895

Liege (2)

Liege (lēj), n. 1. A free and independent person; specif., a lord paramount; a sovereign. Mrs. Browning.The anointed sovereign of sighs and groans,Liege of all loiterers and mal...

1896

Liegeman

Liege″man (–man), n.; pl.Liegemen (–men). Same as Liege, n., 2. Chaucer. Spenser.

1897

Lieger

Lie″ger (lē″jẽr), n. [See Leger, Ledger.] A resident ambassador. See Leger. Denham.

1898

Liegiancy

Lie″gian‐cy (lē″jan‐sy̆), n. See Ligeance.

1899

Lien

Li″en (lī″ĕn), obs.p. p. of Lie. See Lain. Ps. lxviii. 13.

1900

Lien (2)

Lien (lēn or lī″ĕn; 277), n. [F. lien band, bond, tie, fr. L. ligamen, fr. ligare to bind. Cf. League a union, Leam a string, Leamer, Ligament.] (Law) A legal claim; a charge up...

1901

Lienal

Li‐e″nal (lī̍‐ē″nal), a. [L. lien the spleen.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the spleen; splenic.

1902

Lienculus

‖Li‐en″cu‐lus (lī̍‐ĕṉ″kū̍‐lŭs), n.; pl.Lienculi (–lī). [NL., dim. of L. lien the spleen.] (Anat.) One of the small nodules sometimes found in the neighborhood of the spleen; an ...

1903

Lieno-intestinal

Li‐e′no–in‐tes″ti‐nal (lī̍‐ē′nō̍–ĭn‐tĕs″tĭ‐nal), a. [L. lien the spleen + E. intestinal.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the spleen and intestine; as, the lieno-intestinal vein of ...

1904

Lienteric

Li′en‐ter″ic (lī′ĕn‐tĕr″ĭk), a. [L. lientericus, Gr. λειεντερικόσ: cf. F. lientérique. See Lientery.] (Med.) Of or pertaining to, or of the nature of, a lientery. — n.(Med.) A l...

1905

Lientery

Li″en‐ter‐y (lī″ĕn‐tĕr‐y̆), n. [Gr. λειεντερία; λει̑οσ smooth, soft + ἔντερον an intestine: cf. F. lientérie.] (Med.) A diarrhea, in which the food is discharged imperfectly dig...

1906

Lier

Li″er (lī″ẽr), n. [From Lie.] One who lies down; one who rests or remains, as in concealment.There were liers in ambush against him. Josh. viii. 14.

1907

Lierne rib

Lierne″ rib′ (lyârn″ rĭb′). [F. lierne.] (Arch.) In Gothic vaulting, any rib which does not spring from the impost and is not a ridge rib, but passes from one boss or intersecti...

1908

Lieu

Lieu (lū), n. [F., OF. also liu, leu, lou, fr. L. locus place. See Local, Locus.] Place; room; stead; — used only in the phrase in lieu of, that is, instead of.The plan of extor...

1909

Lieutenancy

Lieu‐ten″an‐cy (lū̍‐tĕn″an‐sy̆; 277), n. 1. The office, rank, or commission, of a lieutenant.2. The body of lieutenants or subordinates.The list of the lieutenancy of our metrop...

1910

Lieutenant

Lieu‐ten″ant (lū̍‐tĕn″ant), n. [F., fr. lieu place + tenant holding, p. pr. of tenir to hold, L. tenere. See Lieu, and Tenant, and cf. Locum Tenens.] 1. An officer who supplies ...

1911

Lieutenant general

Lieu‐ten″ant gen″er‐al (jĕn″ẽr‐al). An army officer in rank next below a general and next above a major general.☞ In the United States, before the civil war, this rank had been ...

1912

Lieutenantry

Lieu‐ten″ant‐ry (–ry̆), n. See Lieutenancy.

1913

Lieutenantship

Lieu‐ten″ant‐ship, n. Same as Lieutenancy, 1.

1914

Lieve

Lieve (lēv), a. Same as Lief.

1915

Lif

Lif (lĭf), n. [Written also lief.] The fiber by which the petioles of the date palm are bound together, from which various kinds of cordage are made.

1916

Life

Life (līf), n.; pl.Lives (līvz). [AS. līf; akin to D. lijf body, G. leib body, MHG. līp life, body, OHG. līb life, Icel. līf, life, body, Sw. lif, Dan. liv, and E. live, v. √119...

1917

Life-giving

Life″–giv′ing (–gĭv′ĭng), a. Giving life or spirit; having power to give life; inspiriting; invigorating.