Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913, 100,000 entries)Use the search box below if you want to search in Websters only, use the box at the right to search all of Enyclo. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | Webster > Letter L > Page 42 of 74. « Previous ¦34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 ¦ Next » Liliaceous Lil`i·a"ceous (lĭl`ĭ*ā"shŭs) adjective [ Latin liliaceus , from lilium lily. See Lily .] (Botany) Lilial Lil"i·al (lĭl"ĭ* a l) adjective (Botany) Having a general resemblance to lilies or to liliaceous plants.
Lilied Lil"ied (lĭl"ĭd) adjective Covered with, or having many, lilies. By sandy Ladon's lilied banks.Milton. Lill Lill (lĭl) intransitive verb To loll. [ Obsolete or Prov.] Spenser.
Lilliputian Lil`li·pu"tian (lĭl`lĭ*pū"sh a n) noun Lilliputian Lil`li·pu"tian adjective Lilly-pilly Lil"ly-pil`ly (lĭl"lȳ- pĭl`lȳ) noun (Botany) An Australian myrtaceous tree ( Eugenia Smithii ), having smooth ovate leaves, and panicles of small white flowers. The wood is hard and fine-grained.
Lilt Lilt (lĭlt) intransitive verb [ Confer Norw. lilla , lirla , to sing in a high tone.] Lilt Lilt transitive verb To utter with spirit, animation, or gayety; to sing with spirit and liveliness. A classic lecture, rich in sentiment,Tennyson. Lilt Lilt noun The movement, the lilt , and the subtle charm of the verse.F. Harrison. The housewife went about her work, or spun at her wheel, with a lilt upon her lips.J. C. Shairp. Lily Lil"y (lĭl"ȳ) noun ; plural But sailing further, it veers its lily to the west.Sir T. Browne. African lily (Botany) , Lily Lil"y noun (Auction Bridge) A royal spade; -- usually in plural See Royal spade , below.
Lily-handed Lil"y-hand`ed (-hănd`ĕd) adjective Having white, delicate hands.
Lily-livered Lil"y-liv`ered (-lĭv`ẽrd) adjective White-livered; cowardly.
Lilywort Lil"y·wort` (-wûrt`) noun (Botany) Any plant of the Lily family or order. Lindley.
Lim Lim (lĭm) noun [ See Limb .] A limb. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.
Lim næa Lim ·næ"a (lĭm*nē"ȧ) noun [ New Latin , from Greek Lima Li"ma (lē"mȧ or lī"mȧ) noun The capital city of Peru, in South America. Lima bean . (Botany) Limaceous Li·ma"ceous (li*mā"shŭs) adjective [ Latin limax , limacis , slug, snail: confer French limacé .] (Zoology) Pertaining to, or like, Limax, or the slugs.
Limacina Lim`a·ci"na (lĭm`ȧ*sī"nȧ) noun [ New Latin , from Latin limax , limacis , a slug.] (Zoology) A genus of small spiral pteropods, common in the Arctic and Antarctic seas. It contributes to the food of the right whales.
Limaçon Li`ma`çon" (le`mȧ`sôN") noun [ French limaçon , lit., a snail.] (Geom.) A curve of the fourth degree, invented by Pascal. Its polar equation is r = a cos θ + b .
Limaille Li"maille (lī"māl; F. le`mä"y') noun [ French, from limer to file. See Limation .] Filings of metal. [ Obsolete] "An ounce . . . of silver lymaille ." Chaucer.
Liman Li"man (lī"m a n) noun [ French limon , from Latin limus slime.] The deposit of slime at the mouth of a river; slime.
Limation Li·ma"tion (li*mā"shŭn) noun [ Latin limatus , past participle of limare to file, from lima file : confer French limation .] The act of filing or polishing.
Limature Li"ma·ture (lī"mȧ*tur; 135) noun [ Latin limatura . See Limation .] Limax Li"max (lī"măks) noun [ Latin ] (Zoology) A genus of airbreathing mollusks, including the common garden slugs. They have a small rudimentary shell. The breathing pore is on the right side of the neck. Several species are troublesome in gardens. See Slug .
Limb Limb (lĭm) noun [ Middle English lim , Anglo-Saxon lim ; akin to Icelandic limr limb, lim branch of a tree, Swedish & Danish lem limb; confer also Anglo-Saxon lið , Old High German lid , gilid , German glied , Goth. liþus . Confer Lith , Limber .] A second Hector for his grim aspect,Shak. That little limb of the devil has cheated the gallows.Sir W. Scott. Limb Limb transitive verb Limb Limb noun [ Latin limbus border. Confer Limbo , Limbus .] A border or edge, in certain special uses. Limbat Lim"bat (lĭm"băt) noun [ Etymol. uncertain.] A cooling periodical wind in the Isle of Cyprus, blowing from the northwest from eight o'clock, A. M. , to the middle of the day or later.
Limbate Lim"bate (lĭm"bat) adjective [ Latin limbatus , from limbus border, edge. See Limbus .] (Bot. & Zoology) Bordered, as when one color is surrounded by an edging of another.
Limbec Lim"bec (-bĕk) noun [ Abbrev. of alembic .] An alembic; a still. [ Obsolete] Spenser. Shak.
Limbec Lim"bec transitive verb To distill. [ Obsolete] Dryden.
Limbed Limbed (lĭmd) adjective Having limbs; -- much used in composition; as, large -limbed ; short -limbed . Innumerous living creatures, perfect forms,Milton. Limber Lim"ber (lĭm"bẽr) noun [ For limmer , Icelandic limar branches, boughs, plural of lim ; akin to English limb . See Limb a branch.] Limber Lim"ber transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Limbered (-bẽrd); present participle & verbal noun Limbering .] (Mil.) To attach to the limber; as, to limber a gun. To limber up , Limber Lim"ber adjective [ Akin to limp , adjective √125. See Limp , adjective ] Easily bent; flexible; pliant; yielding. Milton. The bargeman that doth row with long and limber oar.Turbervile. Limber Lim"ber transitive verb To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant. Richardson.
Limberness Lim"ber·ness noun The quality or state of being limber; flexibleness. Boyle.
Limbless Limb"less (lĭm"lĕs) adjective Destitute of limbs.
Limbmeal Limb"meal` (-mēl`) adverb [ See Limb , and Piecemeal .] Piecemeal. [ Obsolete] "To tear her limbmeal ." Shak.
Limbo Lim"bo (lĭm"bo), As far from help as Limbo is from bliss.Shak. A Limbo large and broad, since calledMilton. » The limbus patrum was considered as a place for the souls of good men who lived before the coming of our Savior. The limbus infantium was said to be a similar place for the souls of unbaptized infants. To these was added, in the popular belief, the limbus fatuorum , or fool's paradise, regarded as a receptacle of all vanity and nonsense. Limbous Lim"bous (lĭm"bŭs) adjective [ See Limbus .] (Anat.) With slightly overlapping borders; -- said of a suture.
Limburg cheese, Limburger Lim"burg cheese, Lim"burg·er noun , Lime Lime (līm) noun [ See Leam a string.] A thong by which a dog is led; a leash. Halliwell.
Lime Lime noun [ Formerly line , for earlier lind . See Linden .] (Botany) The linden tree. See Linden .
Lime Lime noun [ French lime ; of Persian origin. See Lemon .] (Botany) A fruit allied to the lemon, but much smaller; also, the tree which bears it. There are two kinds; Citrus Medica , var. acida which is intensely sour, and the sweet lime ( C. Medica , var. Limetta ) which is only slightly sour.
Lime Lime noun [ Anglo-Saxon līm ; akin to Dutch lijm , German leim , Old High German līm , Icelandic līm , Swedish lim , Danish liim , Latin limus mud, linere to smear, and English loam . √126. Confer Loam , Liniment .] Like the limeWordsworth. Lime Lime transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Limed (līmd); present participle & verbal noun Liming .] [ Confer Anglo-Saxon gelīman to glue or join together. See Lime a viscous substance.] These twigs, in time, will come to be limed .L'Estrange. We had limed ourselvesTennyson. Land may be improved by draining, marling, and liming .Sir J. Child. Lime twig Lime twig See under 4th Lime .
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