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- English Word Licorous Definition See Lickerish.
- English Word Licour Definition Liquor.
- English Word Lictor Definition An officer who bore an ax and fasces or rods, as ensigns of his office. His duty was to attend the chief magistrates when they appeared in public, to clear the way, and cause due respect to be paid to them, also to apprehend and punish criminals.
- English Word Lid Definition That which covers the opening of a vessel or box, etc.; a movable cover; as, the lid of a chest or trunk.
- English Word Lid Definition The cover of the eye; an eyelid.
- English Word Lid Definition The cover of the spore cases of mosses.
- English Word Lid Definition A calyx which separates from the flower, and falls off in a single piece, as in the Australian Eucalypti.
- English Word Lid Definition The top of an ovary which opens transversely, as in the fruit of the purslane and the tree which yields Brazil nuts.
- English Word Lidded Definition Covered with a lid.
- English Word Lidge Definition Same as Ledge.
- English Word Lidless Definition Having no lid, or not covered with the lids, as the eyes; hence, sleepless; watchful.
- English Word Lie Definition See Lye.
- English Word Lie Definition A falsehood uttered or acted for the purpose of deception; an intentional violation of truth; an untruth spoken with the intention to deceive.
- English Word Lie Definition A fiction; a fable; an untruth.
- English Word Lie Definition Anything which misleads or disappoints.
- English Word Lie Definition To utter falsehood with an intention to deceive; to say or do that which is intended to deceive another, when he a right to know the truth, or when morality requires a just representation.
- English Word Lie Definition To rest extended on the ground, a bed, or any support; to be, or to put one's self, in an horizontal position, or nearly so; to be prostate; to be stretched out; -- often with down, when predicated of living creatures; as, the book lies on the table; the snow lies on the roof; he lies in his coffin.
- English Word Lie Definition To be situated; to occupy a certain place; as, Ireland lies west of England; the meadows lie along the river; the ship lay in port.
- English Word Lie Definition To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition; as, to lie waste; to lie fallow; to lie open; to lie hid; to lie grieving; to lie under one's displeasure; to lie at the mercy of the waves; the paper does not lie smooth on the wall.
- English Word Lie Definition To be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist; -- with in.
- English Word Lie Definition To lodge; to sleep.
- English Word Lie Definition To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
- English Word Lie Definition To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.
- English Word Lie Definition The position or way in which anything lies; the lay, as of land or country.
- English Word Lieberkuhn Definition A concave metallic mirror attached to the object-glass end of a microscope, to throw down light on opaque objects; a reflector.
- English Word Lieberkuhn's glands Definition The simple tubular glands of the small intestines; -- called also crypts of Lieberkuhn.
- English Word Lied Definition of Lie
- English Word Lied Definition A lay; a German song. It differs from the French chanson, and the Italian canzone, all three being national.
- English Word Lieder Definition of Lied
- English Word Liedertafel Definition A popular name for any society or club which meets for the practice of male part songs.