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License (līs�ns), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Licensed (līs�nst); p. pr. & vb. n. Licensing.] To permit or authorize by license; to give license to; as, to license a man to preach. Milton. Shak.
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Licensed (līs�nst), a. Having a license; permitted or authorized by license; as, a licensed victualer; a licensed traffic.
Syn. -- accredited, commissioned, licenced.
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Coloq. Licensed victualer , one who has a license to keep an inn or eating house; esp., a victualer who has a license to sell intoxicating liquors.
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Licensee (līs�nsē), n. (Law) The person to whom a license is given.
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Licenser (līs�nsẽr), n. One who gives a license; as, a licenser of the press.
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Licensure (līs�nsh�r; 135), n. A licensing. [R.]
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Licentiate (l�sĕnshĭ�t or -sh�t; 106), n. [LL. licentiatus, fr. licentiare to allow to do anything, fr. L. licentia license. See , n.] 1. One who has a license to exercise a profession; as, a licentiate in medicine or theology.
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The college of physicians, in July, 1687, published an edict, requiring all the fellows, candidates, and licentiates, to give gratuitous advice to the neighboring poor. Johnson.
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2. A friar authorized to receive confessions and grant absolution in all places, independently of the local clergy. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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3. One who acts without restraint, or takes a liberty, as if having a license therefor. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
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4. On the continent of Europe, a university degree intermediate between that of bachelor and that of doctor.
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Licentiate (-shĭāt), v. t. To give a license to. [Obs.] L'Estrange.
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Licentious (-shŭs), a. [L. licentiosus: cf. F. licencieux. See .] 1. Characterized by license; passing due bounds; excessive; abusive of freedom; wantonly offensive; as, a licentious press.
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A wit that no licentious pertness knows. Savage.
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2. Unrestrained by law or morality; lawless; immoral; dissolute; lewd; lascivious; as, a licentious man; a licentious life. “Licentious wickedness.” Shak.
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Syn. -- Unrestrained; uncurbed; uncontrolled; unruly; riotous; ungovernable; wanton; profligate; dissolute; lax; loose; sensual; impure; unchaste; lascivious; immoral.
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-- Licentiously, adv. -- Licentiousness, n.
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Lich (lĭk), a. Like. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.
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Lich (lĭch), n. [AS. līc body. See , a.] A dead body; a corpse. [Obs.]
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Coloq. Lich fowl (Zoöl.), the European goatsucker; -- called also lich owl. -- Coloq. Lich gate , a covered gate through which the corpse was carried to the church or burial place, and where the bier was placed to await the clergyman; a corpse gate. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. -- Coloq. Lich wake , the wake, or watching, held over a corpse before burial. [Prov Eng.] Chaucer. -- Coloq. Lich wall , the wall of a churchyard or burying ground. -- Coloq. Lich way , the path by which the dead are carried to the grave. [Prov. Eng.]
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Lichanura n. A genus of boas of western North America.
Syn. -- genus Lichanura.
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lichee n. 1. A Chinese tree (Litchi chinensis) cultivated especially in the Philippines and India for its edible fruit, the litchi nut; sometimes placed in the genus Nephelium.
Syn. -- litchi, litchi tree, Litchi chinensis, Nephelium litchi.
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2. A Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried.
Syn. -- litchi, litchi nut, litchee, lichi, leechee, lychee.
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Lichen (līkĕn; 277), n. [L., fr. Gr. leichhn.] 1. (Bot.) One of a class of cellular, flowerless plants, (technically called Lichenes), having no distinction of leaf and stem, usually of scaly, expanded, frond-like forms, but sometimes erect or pendulous and variously branched. They derive their nourishment from the air, and generate by means of spores. The species are very widely distributed, and form irregular spots or patches, usually of a greenish or yellowish color, upon rocks, trees, and various bodies, to which they adhere with great tenacity. They are often improperly called rock moss or tree moss.
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☞ A favorite modern theory of lichens (called after its inventor the Schwendener hypothesis), is that they are not autonomous plants, but that they consist of ascigerous fungi, parasitic on algæ. Each lichen is composed of white filaments and green, or greenish, rounded cells, and it is argued that the two are of different nature, the one living at the expense of the other. See , and .
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2. (Med.) A name given to several varieties of skin disease, esp. to one characterized by the eruption of small, conical or flat, reddish pimples, which, if unchecked, tend to spread and produce great and even fatal exhaustion.
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Lichened (līkĕnd), a. Belonging to, or covered with, lichens. Tennyson.
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Lichenic (l�kĕnĭk), a. Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, lichens.
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Coloq. Lichenic acid . (a) An organic acid, C14H24O3, obtained from Iceland moss. (b) An old name of fumaric acid.
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Licheniform (-ĭfôrm), a. Having the form of a lichen.
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Lichenin (līkĕnĭn), n. (Chem.) A substance isomeric with starch, extracted from several species of moss and lichen, esp. from Iceland moss.
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{ Lichenographic (līkĕn�grăfĭk), Lichenographical (-ĭk�l), } a. [Cf. F. lichénographique.] Of or pertaining to lichenography.
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Lichenographist (-ŏgrȧfĭst), n. One who describes lichens; one versed in lichenography.
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Lichenography (līkĕnŏgrȧf�), n. [Lichen + -graphy: cf. F. lichénographie.] A description of lichens; the science which illustrates the natural history of lichens.
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Lichenologist (-ŏl�jĭst), n. One versed in lichenology.
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Lichenology (-j�), n. [Lichen + -logy.] The science which treats of lichens.
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Lichenous (līkĕnŭs), a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, lichens; abounding in lichens; covered with lichens. G. Eliot.
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Lichi (lēchē), n. (Bot.) See .
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Lichwale (lĭchwāl), n. (Bot.) The gromwell.
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Lichwort (-wûrt), n. (Bot.) An herb, the wall pellitory. See .
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Licit (lĭsĭt), a. [L. licitus permitted, lawful, from licere: cf. F. licite. See .] Lawful. “Licit establishments.” Carlyle. -- Licitly, adv. -- Licitness, n.
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Licitation (lĭsĭtāshŭn), n. [L. licitatio, fr. licitari, liceri, to bid, offer a price.] The act of offering for sale to the highest bidder. [R.]
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Lick (lĭk), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Licked (lĭkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Licking.] [AS. liccian; akin to OS. likkōn, D. likken, OHG. lecchōn, G. lecken, Goth. bi-laigōn, Russ. lizate, L. lingere, Gr. leichein , Skr. lih, rih. √121. Cf. , .] 1. To draw or pass the tongue over; as, a dog licks his master's hand. Addison.
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2. To lap; to take in with the tongue; as, a dog or cat licks milk. Shak.
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Coloq. To lick the dust , to be slain; to fall in battle. “His enemies shall lick the dust.” Ps. lxxii. 9. -- Coloq. To lick into shape , to give proper form to; -- from a notion that the bear's cubs are born shapeless and subsequently formed by licking. Hudibras. -- Coloq. To lick the spittle of , to fawn upon. South. -- Coloq. To lick up , to take all of by licking; to devour; to consume entirely. Shak. Num. xxii. 4.
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Lick, n. [See , v.] 1. A stroke of the tongue in licking. “A lick at the honey pot.” Dryden.
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2. A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue, or of something which acts like a tongue; as, to put on colors with a lick of the brush. Also, a small quantity of any substance so applied. [Colloq.]
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A lick of court whitewash. Gray.
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3. A place where salt is found on the surface of the earth, to which wild animals resort to lick it up; -- often, but not always, near salt springs. Called also salt lick. [U. S.]
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Lick, v. t. [Cf. OSw. lägga to place, strike, prick.] To strike with repeated blows for punishment; to flog; to whip or conquer, as in a pugilistic encounter. [Colloq. or Low] Carlyle. Thackeray.
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Lick, n. A slap; a quick stroke. [Colloq.] “A lick across the face.” Dryden.
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Licker (lĭkẽr), n. [Cf. .] One who, or that which, licks.
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Coloq. Licker in (Carding Machine), the drum, or cylinder, by which the lap is taken from the feed rollers.
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Lickerish, a. [Cf. .] 1. Eager; craving; urged by desire; eager to taste or enjoy; greedy. “The lickerish palate of the glutton.” Bp. Hall.
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2. Tempting the appetite; dainty. “Lickerish baits, fit to insnare a brute.” Milton.
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3. Lecherous; lustful. Robert of Brunne.
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-- Lickerishly, adv. -- Lickerishness, n.
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Lickerous (-ŭs), a. Lickerish; eager; lustful. [Obs.]
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-- Lickerousness, n. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Licking, n. 1. A lapping with the tongue.
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2. A flogging or castigation. [Colloq. or Low]
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Lickpenny (-pĕnn�), n. A devourer or absorber of money. “Law is a lickpenny.” Sir W. Scott.
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Lick-spigot (-spĭgŭt), n. A tapster. [Obs.]
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Lick-spittle (-spĭtt'l), n. An abject flatterer or parasite. Theodore Hook.
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Licorice (lĭk�rĭs), n. [OE. licoris, through old French, fr. L. liquiritia, corrupted fr. glycyrrhiza, Gr. glykyrriza; glykys sweet + riza root. Cf. , , .] [Written also liquorice.] 1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Glycyrrhiza (Glycyrrhiza glabra), the root of which abounds with a sweet juice, and is much used in demulcent compositions.
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2. The inspissated juice of licorice root, used as a confection and for medicinal purposes.
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Coloq. Licorice fern (Bot.), a name of several kinds of polypody which have rootstocks of a sweetish flavor. -- Coloq. Licorice sugar . (Chem.) See . -- Coloq. Licorice weed (Bot.), the tropical plant Scapania dulcis. -- Coloq. Mountain licorice (Bot.), a kind of clover (Trifolium alpinum), found in the Alps. It has large purplish flowers and a sweetish perennial rootstock. -- Coloq. Wild licorice . (Bot.) (a) The North American perennial herb Glycyrrhiza lepidota. (b) Certain broad-leaved cleavers (Galium circæzans and Galium lanceolatum). (c) The leguminous climber Abrus precatorius, whose scarlet and black seeds are called black-eyed Susans. Its roots are used as a substitute for those of true licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra).
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Licorous (lĭk�rŭs), a. See . -- Licorousness, n. [Obs.] Herbert.
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Licour (lĭkŏr), n. Liquor. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Lictor (lĭktŏr), n. [L.] (Rom. Antiq.) 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.
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Lictors and rods, the ensigns of their power. Milton.
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Lid (lĭd), n. [AS. hlid, fr. hlīdan (in comp.) to cover, shut; akin to OS. hlīdan (in comp.), D. lid lid, OHG. hlit, G. augenlid eyelid, Icel. hlið gate, gateway. √40.]
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1. That which covers the opening of a vessel or box, etc.; a movable cover; as, the lid of a chest or trunk.
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2. The cover of the eye; an eyelid. Shak.
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Tears, big tears, gushed from the rough soldier's lid. Byron.
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3. (Bot.) (a) The cover of the spore cases of mosses. (b) A calyx which separates from the flower, and falls off in a single piece, as in the Australian Eucalypti. (c) The top of an ovary which opens transversely, as in the fruit of the purslane and the tree which yields Brazil nuts.
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Lidded (lĭddĕd), a. Covered with a lid. Keats.
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Lidge (lĭj), n. Same as . [Obs.] Spenser.
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Lidless (lĭdlĕs), a. Having no lid, or not covered with the lids, as the eyes; hence, sleepless; watchful.
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A lidless watcher of the public weal. Tennyson.
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lido n. 1. [After the Lido, a group of sandy barrier islands between the lagoon of Venice and the Adriatic, a popular beach resort.] A recreational facility, especially one including a swimming pool for water sports. [British]
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Lie (lī), n. See .
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Lie (lī), n. [AS. lyge; akin to D. leugen, OHG. lugi, G. lüge, lug, Icel. lygi, Dan. & Sw. lögn, Goth. liugn. See to utter a falsehood.] 1. A falsehood uttered or acted for the purpose of deception; an intentional violation of truth; an untruth spoken with the intention to deceive.
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The proper notion of a lie is an endeavoring to deceive another by signifying that to him as true, which we ourselves think not to be so. S. Clarke.
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It is willful deceit that makes a lie. A man may act a lie, as by pointing his finger in a wrong direction when a traveler inquires of him his road. Paley.
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2. A fiction; a fable; an untruth. Dryden.
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3. Anything which misleads or disappoints.
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Wishing this lie of life was o'er. Trench.
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Coloq. To give the lie to . (a) To charge with falsehood; as, the man gave him the lie. (b) To reveal to be false; as, a man's actions may give the lie to his words. -- Coloq. White lie , a euphemism for such lies as one finds it convenient to tell, and excuses himself for telling.
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Syn. -- Untruth; falsehood; fiction; deception. -- , . A man may state what is untrue from ignorance or misconception; hence, to impute an untruth to one is not necessarily the same as charging him with a lie. Every lie is an untruth, but not every untruth is a lie. Cf. .
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Lie, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lied (līd); p. pr. & vb. n. Lying (līĭng).] [OE. lien, liȝen, leȝen, leoȝen, AS. leógan; akin to D. liegen, OS. & OHG. liogan, G. lügen, Icel. ljūga, Sw. ljuga, Dan. lyve, Goth. liugan, Russ. lgate.] 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.
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Lie, v. i. [imp. Lay (lā); p. p. Lain (lān), (Lien (līĕn), Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Lying.] [OE. lien, liggen, AS. licgan; akin to D. liggen, OHG. ligen, licken, G. liegen, Icel. liggja, Sw. ligga, Dan. ligge, Goth. ligan, Russ. lejate, L. lectus bed, Gr. lechos bed, lexasqai to lie. Cf. , , , v. t., , , adj.] 1. 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.
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The watchful traveler . . .
Lay down again, and closed his weary eyes. Dryden.
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2. 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.
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3. 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.
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4. To be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist; -- with in.
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Envy lies between beings equal in nature, though unequal in circumstances. Collier.
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He that thinks that diversion may not lie in hard labor, forgets the early rising and hard riding of huntsmen. Locke.
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5. To lodge; to sleep.
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Whiles I was now trifling at home, I saw London, . . . where I lay one night only. Evelyn.
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Mr. Quinion lay at our house that night. Dickens.
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6. To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
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The wind is loud and will not lie. Shak.
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7. (Law) To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained. “An appeal lies in this case.” Parsons.
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☞ Through ignorance or carelessness speakers and writers often confuse the forms of the two distinct verbs lay and lie. Lay is a transitive verb, and has for its preterit laid; as, he told me to lay it down, and I laid it down. Lie is intransitive, and has for its preterit lay; as, he told me to lie down, and I lay down. Some persons blunder by using laid for the preterit of lie; as, he told me to lie down, and I laid down. So persons often say incorrectly, the ship laid at anchor; they laid by during the storm; the book was laying on the shelf, etc. It is only necessary to remember, in all such cases, that laid is the preterit of lay, and not of lie.
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Coloq. To lie along the shore (Naut.), to coast, keeping land in sight. -- Coloq. To lie at the door of , to be imputable to; as, the sin, blame, etc., lies at your door. -- Coloq. To lie at the heart , to be an object of affection, desire, or anxiety. Sir W. Temple. -- Coloq. To lie at the mercy of , to be in the power of. -- Coloq. To lie by . (a) To remain with; to be at hand; as, he has the manuscript lying by him. (b) To rest; to intermit labor; as, we lay by during the heat of the day. -- Coloq. To lie hard or Coloq. To lie heavy , to press or weigh; to bear hard. -- Coloq. To lie in , to be in childbed; to bring forth young. -- Coloq. To lie in one , to be in the power of; to belong to. “As much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.” Rom. xii. 18. -- Coloq. To lie in the way , to be an obstacle or impediment. -- Coloq. To lie in wait , to wait in concealment; to lie in ambush. -- Coloq. To lie on or Coloq. To lie upon . (a) To depend on; as, his life lies on the result. (b) To bear, rest, press, or weigh on. -- Coloq. To lie low , to remain in concealment or inactive. [Slang] -- Coloq. To lie on hand , Coloq. To lie on one's hands , to remain unsold or unused; as, the goods are still lying on his hands; they have too much time lying on their hands. -- Coloq. To lie on the head of , to be imputed to.
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What he gets more of her than sharp words, let it lie on my head. Shak.
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-- Coloq. To lie over . (a) To remain unpaid after the time when payment is due, as a note in bank. (b) To be deferred to some future occasion, as a resolution in a public deliberative body. -- Coloq. To lie to (Naut.), to stop or delay; especially, to head as near the wind as possible as being the position of greatest safety in a gale; -- said of a ship. Cf. To bring to, under . -- Coloq. To lie under , to be subject to; to suffer; to be oppressed by. -- Coloq. To lie with . (a) To lodge or sleep with. (b) To have sexual intercourse with. (c) To belong to; as, it lies with you to make amends.
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