Live Live noun Life. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

On live , in life; alive. [ Obsolete] See Alive . Chaucer.

Live-forever Live"-for·ev`er noun (Botany) A plant ( Sedum Telephium ) with fleshy leaves, which has extreme powers of resisting drought; garden ox-pine.

Lived Lived adjective Having life; -- used only in composition; as, long- lived ; short- lived .

Livelihed Live"li·hed noun See Livelihood . [ Obsolete]

Livelihood Live"li·hood noun [ Middle English livelode , liflode , prop., course of life, life's support, maintenance, from Anglo-Saxon līf life + lād road, way, maintenance. Confused with livelihood liveliness. See Life , and Lode .] Subsistence or living, as dependent on some means of support; support of life; maintenance.

The opportunities of gaining an honest livelihood .

Addison.

It is their profession and livelihood to get their living by practices for which they deserve to forfeit their lives.

South.

Livelihood Live"li·hood noun [ Lively + - hood .] Liveliness; appearance of life. [ Obsolete] Shak.

Livelily Live"li·ly adverb In a lively manner. [ Obsolete] Lamb.

Liveliness Live"li·ness noun [ From Lively .] 1. The quality or state of being lively or animated; sprightliness; vivacity; animation; spirit; as, the liveliness of youth, contrasted with the gravity of age. B. Jonson.

2. An appearance of life, animation, or spirit; as, the liveliness of the eye or the countenance in a portrait.

3. Briskness; activity; effervescence, as of liquors.

Syn. -- Sprightliness; gayety; animation; vivacity; smartness; briskness; activity. -- Liveliness , Gayety , Animation , Vivacity . Liveliness is an habitual feeling of life and interest; gayety refers more to a temporary excitement of the animal spirits; animation implies a warmth of emotion and a corresponding vividness of expressing it, awakened by the presence of something which strongly affects the mind; vivacity is a feeling between liveliness and animation, having the permanency of the one, and, to some extent, the warmth of the other. Liveliness of imagination; gayety of heart; animation of countenance; vivacity of gesture or conversation.

Livelode Live"lode` noun [ See 1st Livelihood .] Course of life; means of support; livelihood. [ Obsolete]

Livelong Live"long` adjective [ For lifelong . Confer Lifelong .] 1. Whole; entire; long in passing; -- used of time, as day or night, in adverbial phrases, and usually with a sense of tediousness.

The obscure bird
Clamored the livelong night.

Shak.

How could she sit the livelong day,
Yet never ask us once to play?

Swift.

2. Lasting; durable. [ Obsolete]

Thou hast built thyself a livelong monument.

Milton.

Lively Live"ly adjective [ Compar. Livelier ; superl. Liveliest .] [ For lifely . Confer Lifelike .] 1. Endowed with or manifesting life; living.

Chaplets of gold and silver resembling lively flowers and leaves.

Holland.

2. Brisk; vivacious; active; as, a lively youth.

But wherefore comes old Manoa in such haste,
With youthful steps ? Much livelier than erewhile
He seems.

Milton.

3. Gay; airy; animated; spirited.

From grave to gay, from lively to severe.

Pope.

4. Representing life; lifelike. [ Obsolete]

I spied the lively picture of my father.

Massinger.

5. Bright; vivid; glowing; strong; vigorous.

The colors of the prism are manifestly more full, intense, and lively that those of natural bodies.

Sir I. Newton.

His faith must be not only living, but lively too.

South.

Lively stones (Script.) , saints, as being quickened by the Spirit, and active in holiness.

Syn. -- Brisk; vigorous; quick; nimble; smart; active; alert; sprightly; animated; spirited; prompt; earnest; strong; energetic; vivid; vivacious; blithe; gleeful; airy; gay; jocund.

Lively Live"ly adverb 1. In a brisk, active, or animated manner; briskly; vigorously. Hayward.

2. With strong resemblance of life. [ Obsolete]

Thou counterfeitest most lively .

Shak.

Liver Liv"er noun 1. One who, or that which, lives.

And try if life be worth the liver's care.

Prior.

2. A resident; a dweller; as, a liver in Brooklyn.

3. One whose course of life has some marked characteristic (expressed by an adjective); as, a free liver .

Fast liver , one who lives in an extravagant and dissipated way. -- Free liver , Good liver , one given to the pleasures of the table. -- Loose liver , a person who lives a somewhat dissolute life.

Liver Liv"er noun [ Anglo-Saxon lifer ; akin to Dutch liver , German leber , Old High German lebara , Icelandic lifr , Swedish lefver , and perhaps to Greek ... fat, English live , v.] (Anat.) A very large glandular and vascular organ in the visceral cavity of all vertebrates.

» Most of the venous blood from the alimentary canal passes through it on its way back to the heart; and it secretes the bile, produces glycogen, and in other ways changes the blood which passes through it. In man it is situated immediately beneath the diaphragm and mainly on the right side. See Bile , Digestive , and Glycogen . The liver of invertebrate animals is usually made up of cæcal tubes, and differs materially, in form and function, from that of vertebrates.

Floating liver . See Wandering liver , under Wandering . -- Liver of antimony , Liver of sulphur . (Old Chem.) See Hepar . -- Liver brown , Liver color , the color of liver, a dark, reddish brown. -- Liver shark (Zoology) , a very large shark ( Cetorhinus maximus ), inhabiting the northern coasts both of Europe and North America. It sometimes becomes forty feet in length, being one of the largest sharks known; but it has small simple teeth, and is not dangerous. It is captured for the sake of its liver, which often yields several barrels of oil. It has gill rakers, resembling whalebone, by means of which it separates small animals from the sea water. Called also basking shark , bone shark , hoemother , homer , and sailfish . -- Liver spots , yellowish brown patches or spots of chloasma.

Liver Liv"er (lĭv"ẽr) noun (Zoology) The glossy ibis ( Ibis falcinellus ); - - said to have given its name to the city of Liverpool.

Liver-colored Liv"er-col`ored (-kŭl`ẽrd) adjective Having a color like liver; dark reddish brown.

Liver-grown Liv"er-grown` adjective Having an enlarged liver. Dunglison.

Livered Liv"ered (lĭv"ẽrd) adjective Having (such) a liver; used in composition; as, white- livered .

Liveried Liv"er·ied adjective Wearing a livery. See Livery , 3.

The liveried servants wait.

Parnell.

Livering Liv"er·ing noun A kind of pudding or sausage made of liver or pork. [ Obsolete] Chapman.

Liverleaf Liv"er·leaf` noun (Botany) Same as Liverwort .

Liverwort Liv"er·wort` noun (Botany) 1. A ranunculaceous plant ( Anemone Hepatica ) with pretty white or bluish flowers and a three-lobed leaf; -- called also squirrel cups .

2. A flowerless plant ( Marchantia polymorpha ), having an irregularly lobed, spreading, and forking frond.

» From this plant many others of the same order ( Hepaticæ ) have been vaguely called liverworts, esp. those of the tribe Marchantiaceæ . See Illust. of Hepatica .

Livery Liv"er·y noun ; plural Liveries . [ Middle English livere , French livrée , formerly, a gift of clothes made by the master to his servants, prop., a thing delivered, from livrer to deliver, Latin liberare to set free, in Late Latin , to deliver up. See Liberate .] 1. (Eng. Law) (a) The act of delivering possession of lands or tenements. (b) The writ by which possession is obtained.

» It is usual to say, livery of seizin , which is a feudal investiture, made by the delivery of a turf, of a rod, or twig, from the feoffor to the feoffee. In the United States, and now in Great Britain, no such ceremony is necessary, the delivery of a deed being sufficient.

2. Release from wardship; deliverance.

It concerned them first to sue out their livery from the unjust wardship of his encroaching prerogative.

Milton.

3. That which is delivered out statedly or formally, as clothing, food, etc. ; especially: (a) The uniform clothing issued by feudal superiors to their retainers and serving as a badge when in military service. (b) The peculiar dress by which the servants of a nobleman or gentleman are distinguished; as, a claret-colored livery . (c) Hence, also, the peculiar dress or garb appropriated by any association or body of persons to their own use; as, the livery of the London tradesmen, of a priest, of a charity school, etc.; also, the whole body or company of persons wearing such a garb, and entitled to the privileges of the association; as, the whole livery of London.

A Haberdasher and a Carpenter,
A Webbe, a Dyer, and a Tapicer,
And they were clothed all in one livery
Of a solempne and a gret fraternite.

Chaucer.

From the periodical deliveries of these characteristic articles of servile costume (blue coats) came our word livery .

De Quincey.

(d) Hence, any characteristic dress or outward appearance. " April's livery ." Sir P. Sidney.

Now came still evening on, and twilight gray
Had in her sober livery all things clad.

Milton.

(e) An allowance of food statedly given out; a ration, as to a family, to servants, to horses, etc.

The emperor's officers every night went through the town from house to house whereat any English gentleman did repast or lodge, and served their liveries for all night: first, the officers brought into the house a cast of fine manchet [ white bread], and of silver two great pots, and white wine, and sugar.

Cavendish.

(f) The feeding, stabling, and care of horses for compensation; boarding; as, to keep one's horses at livery .

What livery is, we by common use in England know well enough, namely, that is, allowance of horse meat, as to keep horses at livery , the which word, I guess, is derived of livering or delivering forth their nightly food.

Spenser.

It need hardly be observed that the explanation of livery which Spenser offers is perfectly correct, but . . . it is no longer applied to the ration or stated portion of food delivered at stated periods.

Trench.

(g) The keeping of horses in readiness to be hired temporarily for riding or driving; the state of being so kept.

Pegasus does not stand at livery even at the largest establishment in Moorfields.

Lowell.

4. A low grade of wool.

Livery gown , the gown worn by a liveryman in London.

Livery Liv"er·y transitive verb To clothe in, or as in, livery. Shak.

Livery stable Liv"er·y sta`ble A stable where horses are kept for hire, and where stabling is provided. See Livery , noun , 3 (e) (f) & (g) .

Liveryman Liv"er·y·man noun ; plural Liverymen 1. One who wears a livery, as a servant.

2. A freeman of the city, in London, who, having paid certain fees, is entitled to wear the distinguishing dress or livery of the company to which he belongs, and also to enjoy certain other privileges, as the right of voting in an election for the lord mayor, sheriffs, chamberlain, etc.

3. One who keeps a livery stable.

Lives Lives (līvz) noun ; plural of Life .

Lives Lives (līvz) adjective & adverb [ Orig. a genitive sing. of life .] Alive; living; with life. [ Obsolete] " Any lives creature." Chaucer.

Livid Liv"id (lĭv"ĭd) adjective [ Latin lividus , from livere to be of a blush color, to be black and blue: confer French livide .] Black and blue; grayish blue; of a lead color; discolored, as flesh by contusion. Cowper.

There followed no carbuncles, no purple or livid spots, the mass of the blood not being tainted.

Bacon.

Lividity Li·vid"i·ty noun [ Confer French lividité .] The state or quality of being livid.

Lividness Liv"id·ness (lĭv"ĭd*nĕs) noun Lividity. Walpole.

Living Liv"ing (lĭv"ĭng) adjective [ From Live , intransitive verb ] 1. Being alive; having life; as, a living creature.

2. Active; lively; vigorous; -- said esp. of states of the mind, and sometimes of abstract things; as, a living faith; a living principle. " Living hope. " Wyclif.

3. Issuing continually from the earth; running; flowing; as, a living spring; -- opposed to stagnant .

4. Producing life, action, animation, or vigor; quickening. " Living light." Shak.

5. Ignited; glowing with heat; burning; live.

Then on the living coals wine they pour.

Dryden.

Living force . See Vis viva , under Vis . -- Living gale (Nautical) , a heavy gale. -- Living rock or stone , rock in its native or original state or location; rock not quarried. " I now found myself on a rude and narrow stairway, the steps of which were cut out of the living rock ." Moore. -- The living , those who are alive, or one who is alive.

Living Liv"ing noun 1. The state of one who, or that which, lives; lives; life; existence. "Health and living ." Shak.

2. Manner of life; as, riotous living ; penurious living ; earnest living . " A vicious living ." Chaucer.

3. Means of subsistence; sustenance; estate.

She can spin for her living .

Shak.

He divided unto them his living .

Luke xv. 12.

4. Power of continuing life; the act of living, or living comfortably.

There is no living without trusting somebody or other in some cases.

L' Estrange.

5. The benefice of a clergyman; an ecclesiastical charge which a minister receives. [ Eng.]

He could not get a deanery, a prebend, or even a living

Macaulay.

Livng room , the room most used by the family.

Living picture Liv"ing pic"ture A tableau in which persons take part; also, specif., such a tableau as imitating a work of art.

Livingly Liv"ing·ly adverb In a living state. Sir T. Browne.

Livingness Liv"ing·ness noun The state or quality of being alive; possession of energy or vigor; animation; quickening.

Livonian Li·vo"ni·an adjective Of or pertaining to Livonia, a district of Russia near the Baltic Sea.

Livonian Li·vo"ni·an noun A native or an inhabitant of Livonia; the langua`e (alli`d to th` Finniso) of the Livonians.

Livor Li"vor noun [ Latin ] Malignity. [ R.] Burton.

Livraison Li`vrai`son" noun [ French, from Latin liberatio a setting free, in Late Latin , a delivering up. See Liberation .] A part of a book or literary composition printed and delivered by itself; a number; a part.

Livre Li"vre noun [ French, from Latin libra a pound of twelve ounces. Confer Lira .] A French money of account, afterward a silver coin equal to 20 sous. It is not now in use, having been superseded by the franc.

Lixivial Lix·iv"i·al adjective [ Latin lixivius , from lix ashes, lye ashes, lye: confer French lixiviel .] 1. Impregnated with, or consisting of, alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes; impregnated with a salt or salts like a lixivium. Boyle.

2. Of the color of lye; resembling lye.

3. Having the qualities of alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes.

Lixivial salts (Old Chem.) , salts which are obtained by passing water through ashes, or by pouring it on them.

Lixiviate Lix·iv"i·ate transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Lixiviated ; present participle & verbal noun Lixiviating .] To subject to a washing process for the purpose of separating soluble material from that which is insoluble; to leach, as ashes, for the purpose of extracting the alkaline substances.

Lixiviate, Lixivited Lix·iv"i·ate, Lix·iv"i·`ted adjective [ From Lixivium .] 1. Of or pertaining to lye or lixivium; of the quality of alkaline salts.

2. Impregnated with salts from wood ashes. Boyle.

Lixiviation Lix·iv`i·a"tion noun [ Confer French lixiviation .] Lixiviating; the process of separating a soluble substance from one that is insoluble, by washing with some solvent, as water; leaching.

Lixivious Lix·iv"i·ous adjective See Lixivial .

Lixivium Lix·iv"i·um noun [ Latin lixivium , lixivia . See Lixivial .] A solution of alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes; hence, any solution obtained by lixiviation.

Lixt Lixt (lĭkst), obsolete 2d pers. sing. present of Lige , to lie, to tell lies, -- contracted for ligest . Chaucer.

Liza Li"za noun (Zoology) The American white mullet ( Mugil curema ).

Lizard Liz"ard noun [ Middle English lesarde , Old French lesarde , French lézard , Latin lacerta , lacertus . Confer Alligator , Lacerta .]

1. (Zoology) Any one of the numerous species of reptiles belonging to the order Lacertilia; sometimes, also applied to reptiles of other orders, as the Hatteria.

» Most lizards have an elongated body, with four legs, and a long tail; but there are some without legs, and some with a short, thick tail. Most have scales, but some are naked; most have eyelids, but some do not. The tongue is varied in form and structure. In some it is forked, in others, as the chameleons, club-shaped, and very extensible. See Amphisbæna , Chameleon , Gecko , Gila monster , Horned toad , Iguana , and Dragon , 6.

2. (Nautical) A piece of rope with thimble or block spliced into one or both of the ends. R. H. Dana, Ir.

3. A piece of timber with a forked end, used in dragging a heavy stone, a log, or the like, from a field.

Lizard fish (Zoology) , a marine scopeloid fish of the genus Synodus , or Saurus , esp. S. fœtens of the Southern United States and West Indies; -- called also sand pike . -- Lizard snake (Zoology) , the garter snake ( Eutænia sirtalis ). -- Lizard stone (Min.) , a kind of serpentine from near Lizard Point, Cornwall, England, -- used for ornamental purposes.

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