Living picture
Liv″ing pic″ture. A tableau in which persons take part; also, specif., such a tableau as imitating a work of art.
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Livingly
Liv″ing‐ly, adv. In a living state. Sir T. Browne.
Livingness
Liv″ing‐ness, n. The state or quality of being alive; possession of energy or vigor; animation; quickening.
Livonian
Li‐vo″ni‐an (?), a. Of or pertaining to Livonia, a district of Russia near the Baltic Sea.
Livonian (2)
Li‐vo″ni‐an, n. A native or an inhabitant of Livonia; the langua`e (alli`d to th` Finniso) of the Livonians.
Livor
‖Li″vor (?), n. Malignity. Burton.
Livraison
‖Li′vrai′son″ (?), n. [F., fr. L. liberatio a setting free, in LL., a delivering up. See Liberation.] A part of a book or literary composition printed and delivered by itself; a...
Livre
Li″vre (?), n. [F., fr. L. libra a pound of twelve ounces. Cf. Lira.] A French money of account, afterward a silver coin equal to 20 sous. It is not now in use, having been supe...
Lixivial
Lix‐iv″i‐al (?), a. [L. lixivius, fr. lix ashes, lye ashes, lye: cf. F. lixiviel.] 1. Impregnated with, or consisting of, alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes; impregnated w...
Lixiviate
{ Lix‐iv″i‐ate (?), Lix‐iv″i‐′ted (?), } a. [From Lixivium.] 1. Of or pertaining to lye or lixivium; of the quality of alkaline salts.2. Impregnated with salts from wood ashes. ...
Lixiviate (2)
Lix‐iv″i‐ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Lixiviated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Lixiviating (?).] To subject to a washing process for the purpose of separating soluble material from that wh...
Lixiviation
Lix‐iv′i‐a″tion (?), n. [Cf. F. lixiviation.] Lixiviating; the process of separating a soluble substance from one that is insoluble, by washing with some solvent, as water; leac...
Lixivious
Lix‐iv″i‐ous (?), a. See Lixivial.
Lixivium
Lix‐iv″i‐um (?), n. [L. lixivium, lixivia. See Lixivial.] A solution of alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes; hence, any solution obtained by lixiviation.
Lixt
Lixt (lĭkst), obs.2d pers. sing. pres. of Lige, to lie, to tell lies, — contracted for ligest. Chaucer.
Liza
‖Li″za (?), n.(Zoöl.) The American white mullet (Mugil curema).
Lizard
Liz″ard (?), n. [OE. lesarde, OF. lesarde, F. lézard, L. lacerta, lacertus. Cf. Alligator, Lacerta.]1. (Zoöl.) Any one of the numerous species of reptiles belonging to the order...
Lizard's tail
Liz″ard's tail′ (?). (Bot.) A perennial plant of the genus Saururus (S. cernuus), growing in marshes, and having white flowers crowded in a slender terminal spike, somewhat rese...
Llama
Lla″ma, n.(Zoöl.) A South American ruminant (Auchenia llama), allied to the camels, but much smaller and without a hump. It is supposed to be a domesticated variety of the guana...
Llandeilo group
Llan‐dei″lo group′. (Geol.) A series of strata in the lower Silurian formations of Great Britain; — so named from Llandeilo in Southern Wales. See Chart of Geology.
Llanero
‖Lla‐ne″ro (?), n. One of the inhabitants of the llanos of South America.
Llano
Lla″no (?), n.; pl.Llanos (#). [Sp., plain even, level. See Plain.] An extensive plain with or without vegetation.
Lloyd's
Lloyd's (?), n. 1. An association of underwriters and others in London, for the collection and diffusion of marine intelligence, the insurance, classification, registration, and...
Lo
Lo (?), interj. [OE. lo, low; perh. akin to E. look, v.] Look; see; behold; observe. “Lo, here is Christ.” Matt. xxiv. 23. “Lo, we turn to the Gentiles.” Acts xiii. 46.
Loach
Loach (lōch), n. [OE. loche, F. loche.] (Zoöl.) Any one of several small, fresh-water, cyprinoid fishes of the genera Cobitis, Nemachilus, and allied genera, having six or more ...
Load
Load (?), n. [OE. lode load, way; properly the same word as lode, but confused with lade, load, v. See Lade, Lead, v., Lode.] 1. A burden; that which is laid on or put in anythi...
Load (2)
Load, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Loaded; p. pr. & vb. n.Loading. Loaden is obsolete, and laden belongs to lade.] 1. To lay a load or burden on or in, as on a horse or in a cart; to char...