Liripipe Lir"i·pipe (lĭr"ĭ*pīp) noun [ Obsolete] See Liripoop .

Liripoop Lir"i·poop (lĭr"ĭ*pōp) noun [ Old French liripipion , liripion , Late Latin liripipium . Said to be corrupted from Latin cleri ephippium , lit., the clergy's caparison.]

1. A pendent part of the old clerical tippet; afterwards, a tippet; a scarf; -- worn also by doctors, learned men, etc. [ Obsolete]

2. Acuteness; smartness; also, a smart trick or stratagem. [ Obsolete] Stanihurst.

3. A silly person. [ Obsolete]

A liripoop , vel lerripoop , a silly, empty creature; an old dotard.

Milles. MS. Devon Gloss.

Liroconite Li·roc"o·nite (li*rŏk"o*nīt) noun [ Greek leiro`s pale + koni`a powder.] (Min.) A hydrated arseniate of copper, occurring in obtuse pyramidal crystals of a sky-blue or verdigris-green color.

Lisbon Lis"bon (lĭz"bŏn) noun A sweet, light-colored species of wine, produced in the province of Estremadura, and so called as being shipped from Lisbon, in Portugal.

Lisle Lisle (līl) noun A city of France celebrated for certain manufactures.

Lisle glove , a fine summer glove, made of Lisle thread. -- Lisle lace , a fine handmade lace, made at Lisle. -- Lisle thread , a hard twisted cotton thread, originally produced at Lisle.

Lisne Lisne (līn) noun [ Prov. English lissen , lisne , a cleft in a rock.] A cavity or hollow. [ Obsolete] Sir M. Hale.

Lisp Lisp (lĭsp) intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Lisped (lĭspt); present participle & verbal noun Lisping .] [ Middle English lispen , lipsen , Anglo-Saxon wlisp stammering, lisping; akin to D. & Old High German lispen to lisp, German lispeln , Swedish läspa , Danish lespe .] 1. To pronounce the sibilant letter s imperfectly; to give s and z the sound of th ; -- a defect common among children.

2. To speak with imperfect articulation; to mispronounce, as a child learning to talk.

As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame,
I lisped in numbers, for the numbers came.

Pope.

3. To speak hesitatingly with a low voice, as if afraid.

Lest when my lisping , guilty tongue should halt.

Drayton.

Lisp Lisp transitive verb 1. To pronounce with a lisp.

2. To utter with imperfect articulation; to express with words pronounced imperfectly or indistinctly, as a child speaks; hence, to express by the use of simple, childlike language.

To speak unto them after their own capacity, and to lisp the words unto them according as the babes and children of that age might sound them again.

Tyndale.

3. To speak with reserve or concealment; to utter timidly or confidentially; as, to lisp treason.

Lisp Lisp noun The habit or act of lisping. See Lisp , intransitive verb , 1.

I overheard her answer, with a very pretty lisp , "O! Strephon, you are a dangerous creature."

Tatler.

Lisper Lisp"er (-ẽr) noun One who lisps.

Lispingly Lisp"ing·ly adverb With a lisp; in a lisping manner.

Liss Liss (lĭs) noun [ Anglo-Saxon liss .] Release; remission; ease; relief. [ Obsolete] "Of penance had a lisse ." Chaucer.

Liss Liss transitive verb [ Anglo-Saxon lissan .] To free, as from care or pain; to relieve. [ Obsolete] " Lissed of his care." Chaucer.

Lissencephala Lis`sen·ceph"a·la (lĭs`sĕn*sĕf"ȧ*lȧ) noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek lisso`s smooth + 'egke`falos the brain.] (Zoology) A general name for all those placental mammals that have a brain with few or no cerebral convolutions, as Rodentia, Insectivora, etc.

Lissom, Lissome Lis"som, Lis"some (lĭs"sŭm) adjective [ For lithesome .] 1. Limber; supple; flexible; lithe; lithesome.

Straight, but as lissome as a hazel wand.

Tennyson.

2. Light; nimble; active. Halliwell.

-- Lis"some*ness , noun

List List (lĭst) noun [ French lice , Late Latin liciae , plural, from Latin licium thread, girdle.] A line inclosing or forming the extremity of a piece of ground, or field of combat; hence, in the plural ( lists ), the ground or field inclosed for a race or combat. Chaucer.

In measured lists to toss the weighty lance.

Pope.

To enter the lists , to accept a challenge, or engage in contest.

List List transitive verb To inclose for combat; as, to list a field.

List List intransitive verb [ See Listen .] To hearken; to attend; to listen. [ Obsolete except in poetry.]

Stand close, and list to him.

Shak.

List List transitive verb To listen or hearken to.

Then weigh what loss your honor may sustain,
If with too credent ear you list his songs.

Shak.

List List intransitive verb [ Middle English listen , lusten , Anglo-Saxon lystan , from lust pleasure. See Lust .] 1. To desire or choose; to please.

The wind bloweth where it listeth .

John iii. 8.

Them that add to the Word of God what them listeth .

Hooker.

Let other men think of your devices as they list .

Whitgift.

2. (Nautical) To lean; to incline; as, the ship lists to port.

List List noun 1. Inclination; desire. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

2. (Nautical) An inclination to one side; as, the ship has a list to starboard.

List List noun [ Anglo-Saxon līst a list of cloth; akin to Dutch lijst , German leiste , Old High German līsta , Icelandic lista , listi , Swedish list , Danish liste . In sense 5 from French liste , of German origin, and thus ultimately the same word.] 1. A strip forming the woven border or selvedge of cloth, particularly of broadcloth, and serving to strengthen it; hence, a strip of cloth; a fillet. "Gartered with a red and blue list . " Shak.

2. A limit or boundary; a border.

The very list , the very utmost bound,
Of all our fortunes.

Shak.

3. The lobe of the ear; the ear itself. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

4. A stripe. [ Obsolete] Sir T. Browne.

5. A roll or catalogue, that is, a row or line; a record of names; as, a list of names, books, articles; a list of ratable estate.

He was the ablest emperor of all the list .

Bacon.

6. (Architecture) A little square molding; a fillet; -- called also listel .

7. (Carp.) A narrow strip of wood, esp. sapwood, cut from the edge of a plank or board.

8. (Rope Making) A piece of woolen cloth with which the yarns are grasped by a workman.

9. (Tin-plate Manuf.) (a) The first thin coat of tin. (b) A wirelike rim of tin left on an edge of the plate after it is coated.

Civil list (Great Britain & U.S.), the civil officers of government, as judges, ambassadors, secretaries, etc. Hence, the revenues or appropriations of public money for the support of the civil officers. More recently, the civil list , in England, embraces only the expenses of the reigning monarch's household. -- Free list . (a) A list of articles admitted to a country free of duty. (b) A list of persons admitted to any entertainment, as a theater or opera, without payment, or to whom a periodical, or the like, is furnished without cost.

Syn. -- Roll; catalogue; register; inventory; schedule. -- List , Roll , Catalogue , Register , Inventory , Schedule . A list is properly a simple series of names, etc., in a brief form, such as might naturally be entered in a narrow strip of paper. A roll was originally a list containing the names of persons belonging to a public body (as Parliament, etc.), which was rolled up and laid aside among its archives. A catalogue is a list of persons or things arranged in order, and usually containing some description of the same, more or less extended. A register is designed for record or preservation. An inventory is a list of articles, found on hand in a store of goods, or in the estate of a deceased person, or under similar circumstances. A schedule is a formal list or inventory prepared for legal or business purposes.

List List (lĭst) transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Listed ; present participle & verbal noun Listing .] [ From list a roll.] 1. To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of colors, or form a border. Sir H. Wotton.

2. To cover with list, or with strips of cloth; to put list on; as, to list a door; to stripe as if with list.

The tree that stood white- listed through the gloom.

Tennyson.

3. To enroll; to place or register in a list.

Listed among the upper serving men.

Milton.

4. To engage, as a soldier; to enlist.

I will list you for my soldier.

Sir W. Scott.

5. (Carp.) To cut away a narrow strip, as of sapwood, from the edge of; as, to list a board.

To list a stock (Stock Exchange) , to put it in the list of stocks called at the meeting of the board.

List List intransitive verb To engage in public service by enrolling one's name; to enlist.

List List transitive verb 1. To plow and plant with a lister.

2. In cotton culture, to prepare, as land, for the crop by making alternating beds and alleys with the hoe. [ Southern U. S.]

Listel List"el (lĭs"tĕl) noun [ French listel , dim. of liste fillet, list. See List the edge.] (Architecture) Same as List , noun , 6.

Listen Lis"ten (lĭs"'n) intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Listened (-'nd); present participle & verbal noun Listening .] [ Middle English listnen , listen , lustnen , lusten , Anglo-Saxon hlystan ; akin to hlyst hearing, Old Saxon hlust , Icelandic hlusta to listen, hlust ear, Anglo-Saxon hlosnian to wait in suspense, Old High German hlosēn to listen, Greek kly`ein , and English loud . √41. See Loud , and confer List to listen.] 1. To give close attention with the purpose of hearing; to give ear; to hearken; to attend.

When we have occasion to listen , and give a more particular attention to some sound, the tympanum is drawn to a more than ordinary tension.

Holder.

2. To give heed; to yield to advice; to follow admonition; to obey.

Listen to me, and by me be ruled.

Tennyson.

To listen after , to take an interest in. [ Obsolete]

Soldiers note forts, armories, and magazines; scholars listen after libraries, disputations, and professors.

Fuller.

Syn. -- To attend; hearken. See Attend .

Listen Lis"ten transitive verb To attend to. [ Obsolete] Shak.

Listener Lis"ten·er (-ẽr) noun One who listens; a hearkener.

Lister List"er (lĭst"ẽr) noun One who makes a list or roll.

Lister Lis"ter (lĭs"tẽr) noun Same as Leister .

Lister List"er noun [ Confer List a strip, border, probably applied to the furrow or the ridge of earth along the furrow.] A double-moldboard plow which throws a deep furrow, and at the same time plants and covers grain in the bottom of the furrow.

Listerian Lis·te"ri·an (lĭs*tē"rĭ* a n) adjective (Medicine) Of or pertaining to listerism.

Listerism Lis"ter·ism (lĭs"tẽr*ĭz'm) noun (Medicine) The systematic use of antiseptics in the performance of operations and the treatment of wounds; -- so called from Joseph Lister , an English surgeon.

Listerize Lis"ter·ize transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle -ized ; present participle & verbal noun -izing .] (Medicine) To make antiseptic.

Listful List"ful (lĭst"ful) adjective Attentive. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

Listing List"ing noun 1. The act or process of one who lists (in any sense of the verb); as, the listing of a door; the listing of a stock at the Stock Exchange.

2. The selvedge of cloth; list.

3. (Carp.) The sapwood cut from the edge of a board.

4. (Agriculture) The throwing up of the soil into ridges, -- a method adopted in the culture of beets and some garden crops. [ Local, U. S.]

Listless List"less adjective [ Middle English listles , lustles . See Lust .] Having no desire or inclination; indifferent; heedless; spiritless. " A listless unconcern." Thomson.

Benumbed with cold, and listless of their gain.

Dryden.

I was listless , and desponding.

Swift.

Syn. -- Heedless; careless; indifferent; vacant; uninterested; languid; spiritless; supine; indolent.

-- List"less*ly , adverb -- List"less*ness , noun

Lit Lit (lĭt), a form of the imperfect & past participle of Light .

Litany Lit"a·ny (lĭt"ȧ*nȳ) noun ; plural Litanies (- nĭz). [ Middle English letanie , Old French letanie , French litanie , Latin litania , Greek litanei`a , from litaney`ein to pray, akin to li`tesqai , li`ssesqai , to pray, lith` prayer.] A solemn form of supplication in the public worship of various churches, in which the clergy and congregation join, the former leading and the latter responding in alternate sentences. It is usually of a penitential character.

Supplications . . . for the appeasing of God's wrath were of the Greek church termed litanies , and rogations of the Latin.

Hooker.

Litarge Lit"arge (lĭt"ȧrj) noun Litharge. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Litchi Li"tchi` (lē"chē`) noun (Botany) The fruit of a tree native to China ( Nephelium Litchi ). It is nutlike, having a rough but tender shell, containing an aromatic pulp, and a single large seed. In the dried fruit which is exported the pulp somewhat resembles a raisin in color and form. [ Written also lichi , and lychee .]

Litchi Li"tchi` noun (Botany) A genus of East Indian sapindaceous trees consisting of a single species ( Litchi Chinensis , syn. Nephelium Litchi ) which bears the litchi nut.

Lite Lite (līt) adjective , adverb , & noun Little. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Liter, Litre Li"ter, Li"tre (lē"tẽr; 277) noun [ French litre , Greek li`tra a silver coin.] A measure of capacity in the metric system, being a cubic decimeter, equal to 61.022 cubic inches, or 2.113 American pints, or 1.76 English pints.

Literacy Lit"er·a·cy (lĭt"ẽr*ȧ*sȳ) noun State of being literate.

Literal Lit"er·al (- a l) adjective [ French litéral , littéral , Latin litteralis , literalis , from littera , litera , a letter. See Letter .] 1. According to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical; as, the literal meaning of a phrase.

It hath but one simple literal sense whose light the owls can not abide.

Tyndale.

2. Following the letter or exact words; not free.

A middle course between the rigor of literal translations and the liberty of paraphrasts.

Hooker.

3. Consisting of, or expressed by, letters.

The literal notation of numbers was known to Europeans before the ciphers.

Johnson.

4. Giving a strict or literal construction; unimaginative; matter-of-fact; -- applied to persons.

Literal contract (Law) , a contract of which the whole evidence is given in writing. Bouvier. -- Literal equation (Math.) , an equation in which known quantities are expressed either wholly or in part by means of letters; -- distinguished from a numerical equation .

Literal Lit"er·al noun Literal meaning. [ Obsolete] Sir T. Browne.

Literalism Lit"er·al·ism (-ĭz'm) noun 1. That which accords with the letter; a mode of interpreting literally; adherence to the letter.

2. (Fine Arts) The tendency or disposition to represent objects faithfully, without abstraction, conventionalities, or idealization.

Literalist Lit"er·al·ist noun One who adheres to the letter or exact word; an interpreter according to the letter.

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