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The link of brotherhood, by which
One common Maker bound me to the kind. Cowper.
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And so by double links enchained themselves in lover's life. Gascoigne.
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3. Anything doubled and closed like a link; as, a link of horsehair. Mortimer.
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4. (Kinematics) Any one of the several elementary pieces of a mechanism, as the fixed frame, or a rod, wheel, mass of confined liquid, etc., by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained.
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5. (Mach.) Any intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion, especially a short connecting rod with a bearing at each end; specifically (Steam Engine), the slotted bar, or connecting piece, to the opposite ends of which the eccentric rods are jointed, and by means of which the movement of the valve is varied, in a link motion.
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6. (Surveying) The length of one joint of Gunter's chain, being the hundredth part of it, or 7.92 inches, the chain being 66 feet in length. Cf. , n., 4.
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7. (Chem.) A bond of affinity, or a unit of valence between atoms; -- applied to a unit of chemical force or attraction.
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8. pl. Sausages; -- because linked together. [Colloq.]

Link (lĭṉk), n. [See .] 1. A hill or ridge, as a sand hill, or a wooded or turfy bank between cultivated fields, etc. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
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2. A winding of a river; also, the ground along such a winding; a meander; -- usually in pl. [Scot.]

The windings or “links” of the Forth above and below Stirling are extremely tortuous. Encyc. Brit.
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3. pl. Sand hills with the surrounding level or undulating land, such as occur along the seashore, a river bank, etc. [Scot.]

Golf may be played on any park or common, but its original home is the “links” or common land which is found by the seashore, where the short close tuft, the sandy subsoil, and the many natural obstacles in the shape of bents, whins, sand holes, and banks, supply the conditions which are essential to the proper pursuit of the game. Encyc. of Sport.
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4. pl. Hence, any such piece of ground where golf is played; a golf course.
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Link (lĭṉk), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Linked (lĭṉkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Linking.] To connect or unite with a link or as with a link; to join; to attach; to unite; to couple.
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All the tribes and nations that composed it [the Roman Empire] were linked together, not only by the same laws and the same government, but by all the facilities of commodious intercourse, and of frequent communication. Eustace.
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Link, v. i. To be connected.
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No one generation could link with the other. Burke.
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Linkage (lĭṉk�j; 48), n. 1. The act of linking; the state of being linked; also, a system of links.
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2. (Chem.) Manner of linking or of being linked; -- said of the union of atoms or radicals in the molecule.
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3. (Geom.) A system of straight lines or bars, fastened together by joints, and having certain of their points fixed in a plane. It is used to describe straight lines and curves in the plane.
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4. Any object, factor, or relationship that creates a bond or association between two other objects.
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5. Specifically: (Genetics) The proximity of two or more genes on the genome of an organism that causes those genes to be inherited, transferred, or moved together with a frequency greater than for genes not associated. The linkage is a continuous variable, and is inversely related to the distance between genes on the genome.
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linked (lĭṉkt), a. 1. 1. Associated.
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2. (Genetics) Exhibiting {5}.
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3. Having a connection.
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{ Linkboy (lĭṉkboi), Linkman (lĭṉkmăn), } n. [See 1st .] A boy or man that carried a link or torch to light passengers.
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Link motion (lĭṉk mōshŭn) n. (Steam Engine) A valve gear, consisting of two eccentrics with their rods, giving motion to a slide valve by an adjustable connecting bar, called the link, in such a way that the motion of the engine can be reversed, or the cut-off varied, at will; -- used very generally in locomotives and marine engines.
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☞ The illustration shows a link motion for a vertical engine, c representing the shaft carrying two eccentrics, a and b, for making the engine run forward and backward, respectively, their rods e and d being jointed to opposite ends of the slotted link f, in the opening of which is a pin g which is attached to the valve rod h. The valve will receive the motion of the forward eccentric when the link is in the position shown, and the motion of the backward eccentric when the link is shifted so far to the right as to bring e in line with h, or a compound motion derived from both eccentrics when the link is shifted to intermediate positions, the compound motion causing the valve to cut off the steam at a point determined by the position to which the link may have been shifted.
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Links (lĭṉks), n. [The pl. form of , but often construed as a singular.] A tract of ground laid out for the game of golf; a golfing green.
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A second links has recently been opened at Prestwick, and another at Troon, on the same coast. P. P. Alexander.
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linkup n. something that serves to join or link.
Syn. -- link, tie, tie-in.
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Linkwork (lĭṉkwûrk), n. 1. A fabric consisting of links made of metal or other material fastened together; also, a chain.
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And thou shalt make hooks of gold, and two chains of fine gold; linkwork and wreathed. Udall.
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2. Mechanism in which links, or intermediate connecting pieces, are employed to transmit motion from one part to another.
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Linnaea n. A genus with only one species, the twinflower.
Syn. -- genus Linnaea.
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Linnaeus (lĭnēŭs) n. Carolus Linnaeus, also called Karl von Linné. Born at Råshult, Småland, Sweden, May 13, 1707: died at Upsala, Sweden, Jan. 10, 1778. A celebrated Swedish botanist and naturalist, founder of the in botany. He made a journey to Lapland in 1732; resided in the Netherlands 1735-38; and became professor of medicine (later of botany) at Upsala in 1741. Among his works are “Systema naturæ” (1735), “Fundamenta botanica” (1736), “Genera plantarum” (1737), “Flora lapponica” (1737), “Philosophia botanica” (1751), and “Species plantarum” (1753).
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Linnæa borealis (lĭnnēȧ bōr�ālĭs) n. [NL. Linnaeus Linnæan + L. borealis northern.] (Bot.) The twin flower which grows in cold northern climates.
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{ Linnæan, Linnean } (lĭnnē�n), a. Of or pertaining to Linnæus, the celebrated Swedish botanist.
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Coloq. Linnæan system , Coloq. Linnean system (Bot.), the system in which the classes of plants are founded mainly upon the number of stamens, and the orders upon the pistils; the artificial or sexual system.
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Linnæite (lĭnnēīt), n. [See .] (Min.) A mineral of pale steel-gray color and metallic luster, occurring in isometric crystals, and also massive. It is a sulphide of cobalt containing some nickel or copper.
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Linne (lĭn), n. Flax. See . [Obs.]
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Linnet (lĭnnĕt), n. [F. linot, linotte, from L. linum flax; or perh. shortened from AS. līnetwige, fr. AS. līn flax; -- so called because it feeds on the seeds of flax and hemp. See .] (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genera Linota, Acanthis, and allied genera, esp. the common European species (Linota cannabina), which, in full summer plumage, is chestnut brown above, with the breast more or less crimson. The feathers of its head are grayish brown, tipped with crimson. Called also gray linnet, red linnet, rose linnet, brown linnet, lintie, lintwhite, gorse thatcher, linnet finch, and greater redpoll. The American redpoll linnet (Acanthis linaria) often has the crown and throat rosy. See , and .
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Coloq. Green linnet (Zoöl.), the European green finch.
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Linoleate (lĭnōl��t), n. (Chem.) A salt of linoleic acid.
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Linoleic (lĭnōl�ĭk), a. Pertaining to, or derived from, linoleum, or linseed oil; specifically (Chem.), designating an organic acid, a thin yellow oil, found combined as a salt of glycerin in oils of linseed, poppy, hemp, and certain nuts.
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Linoleum (lĭnōl�ŭm), n. [L. linum flax + oleum oil.] 1. Linseed oil brought to various degrees of hardness by some oxidizing process, as by exposure to heated air, or by treatment with chloride of sulphur. In this condition it is used for many of the purposes to which India rubber has been applied.
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2. A kind of floor cloth made by laying hardened linseed oil mixed with ground cork on a canvas backing.
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Linotype (?), n. [See ; .] (Print.) (a) A kind of typesetting machine which produces castings, each of which corresponds to a line of separate types. By pressing the keys of a keyboard like one on a typewriter, the matrices for one line are properly arranged; the entire line, or stereotype, or slug, is then cast and planed, and the matrices are returned to their proper places, the whole process being automatic. (b) The slug produced by the machine, or matter composed in such lines. -- Linotypist (#), n.
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Linoxin (lĭnŏksĭn), n. [Linoleic + oxygen.] (Chem.) A resinous substance obtained as an oxidation product of linoleic acid. [Written also linoxyn.]
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Linsang (lĭnsäng), n. (Zoöl.) Any viverrine mammal of the genus Prionodon, inhabiting the East Indies and Southern Asia. The common East Indian linsang (Prionodon gracilis) is white, crossed by broad, black bands. The Guinea linsang (Porana Richardsonii) is brown with black spots.
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Linseed (lĭnsēd), n. [OE. lin flax + seed. See .] (Bot.) The seeds of flax, from which linseed oil is obtained. [Written also lintseed.]
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Coloq. Linseed cake , the solid mass or cake which remains when oil is expressed from flaxseed. -- Coloq. Linseed meal , linseed cake reduced to powder. -- Coloq. Linseed oil , oil obtained by pressure from flaxseed.
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Linsey (lĭns�), n. [See .] Linsey-woolsey.
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Linsey-woolsey (lĭns�w�ls�; 277), n. 1. Cloth made of linen and wool, mixed.
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2. Jargon. [Obs.] Shak.
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Linsey-woolsey, a. Made of linen and wool; hence, of different and unsuitable parts; mean. Johnson.
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Linstock (lĭnstŏk), n. [Corrupt. fr. luntstock, D. lontstok; lont lunt + stok stock, stick. See a torch, , and .] A pointed forked staff, shod with iron at the foot, to hold a lighted match for firing cannon. [Written also lintstock.]
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Lint (lĭnt), n. [AS. līnet flax, hemp, fr. līn flax; or, perh. borrowed fr. L. linteum a linen cloth, linen, from linteus linen, a., fr. linum flax, lint. See .] 1. Flax.
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2. Linen scraped or otherwise made into a soft, downy or fleecy substance for dressing wounds and sores; also, fine ravelings, down, fluff, or loose short fibers from yarn or fabrics.
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Coloq. Lint doctor (Calico-printing Mach.), a scraper to remove lint from a printing cylinder.
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Lintel (lĭntĕl), n. [OF. lintel, F. linteau, LL. lintellus, for limitellus, a dim. fr. L. limes limit. See .] (Arch.) A horizontal member spanning an opening, and carrying the superincumbent weight by means of its strength in resisting crosswise fracture.
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{ Lintie (lĭntĭ), Lintwhite (lĭnthwīt) }, n. [AS. līnetwige. See .] (Zoöl.) See . Tennyson.
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Lintseed (lĭntsēd), n. See .
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Linum (līnŭm), n. [L., flax.] (Bot.) A genus of herbaceous plants including the flax (Linum usitatissimum).
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Lion (līŭn), n. [F. lion, L. leo, -onis, akin to Gr. lewn. Cf. , , .] 1. (Zoöl.) A large carnivorous feline mammal (Panthera leo, formerly Felis leo), found in Southern Asia and in most parts of Africa, distinct varieties occurring in the different countries. The adult male, in most varieties, has a thick mane of long shaggy hair that adds to his apparent size, which is less than that of the largest tigers. The length, however, is sometimes eleven feet to the base of the tail. The color is a tawny yellow or yellowish brown; the mane is darker, and the terminal tuft of the tail is black. In one variety, called the maneless lion, the male has only a slight mane.
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2. (Astron.) A sign and a constellation; Leo.
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3. An object of interest and curiosity, especially a person who is so regarded; as, he was quite a lion in London at that time.
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Such society was far more enjoyable than that of Edinburgh, for here he was not a lion, but a man. Prof. Wilson.
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Coloq. American lion (Zoöl.), the puma or cougar. -- Coloq. Lion ant (Zoöl.), the ant-lion. -- Coloq. Lion dog (Zoöl.), a fancy dog with a flowing mane, usually clipped to resemble a lion's mane. -- Coloq. Lion lizard (Zoöl.), the basilisk. -- Coloq. Lion's share , all, or nearly all; the best or largest part; -- from Æsop's fable of the lion hunting in company with certain smaller beasts, and appropriating to himself all the prey. -- Coloq. Lion of Lucerne , a famous sculptured lion at Lucerne, Switzerland, designed by Thorwaldsen and dedicated in 1821 as a memorial to the Swiss Guards who fell defending Louis XVI. in the attack of the mob on the Tuileries, Aug. 10, 1792. The animal, which is hewn out of the face of a rock, is represented as transfixed with a broken spear and dying, but still trying to protect with its paw a shield bearing the fleur-de-lis of France. -- Coloq. Lion of St. Mark , a winged lion, the emblem of the evangelist Mark, especially that of bronze surmounting a granite column in the Piazzetta at Venice, and holding in its fore paws an open book representing St. Mark's Gospel. -- Coloq. Lion of the North , Gustavus Adolphus (1594-1632), King of Sweden, the hero of the Protestant faith in the Thirty Years' War.
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Lionced (līŭnst), a. (Her.) Adorned with lions' heads; having arms terminating in lions' heads; -- said of a cross. [Written also leonced.]
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Lioncel (līŭnsĕl), n. [OF., F. lionceau, dim. of lion.] (Her.) A small lion, especially one of several borne in the same coat of arms.
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Lionel (līŭnĕl), n. [OF., dim. of lion.] (Zoöl.) The whelp of a lioness; a young lion.
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Lioness (līŭnĕs), n. [OF. lionesse.] (Zoöl.) A female lion.
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Lionet (līŭnĕt), n. [OF., dim. of lion.] (Zoöl.) A young or small lion.
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Lion-heart (līŭnhärt), n. A very brave person.
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Lion-hearted (līŭnhärtĕd), a. Very brave; brave and magnanimous. Sir W. Scott.
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Lionhood (līŭnh�d), n. State of being a lion. Carlyle.
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lion-hunter n. 1. someone who tries to attract social lions as guests.
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2. someone who hunts lions.
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Lionism (līŭnĭz'm), n. An attracting of attention, as a lion; also, the treating or regarding as a lion.
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Lionize (līŭnīz), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lionized (līŭnīzd), p. pr. & vb. n. Lionizing (līŭnīzĭng).] 1. To treat or regard as a lion or object of great interest. J. D. Forbes.
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2. To show the lions or objects of interest to; to conduct about among objects of interest. Macaulay.
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Lionlike (līŭnlīk), a. Like a lion; brave as a lion.
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Lionly, a. Like a lion; fierce. [Obs.] Milton.
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Lion's ear (līŭnz ēr) n. (Bot.) A name given in Western South America to certain plants with shaggy tomentose leaves, as species of Culcitium, and Espeletia.
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Lion's foot (līŭnz f�t) n. (Bot.) (a) A composite plant of the genus Prenanthes, of which several species are found in the United States. (b) The edelweiss.
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Lionship (līŭnshĭp), n. The state of being a lion.
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Lion's leaf (līŭnz lēf) n. (Bot.) A South European plant of the genus Leontice (Leontice leontopetalum), the tuberous roots of which contain so much alkali that they are sometimes used as a substitute for soap.
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Lion's tail (līŭnz tāl) n. (Bot.) A genus of labiate plants (Leonurus); -- so called from a fancied resemblance of its flower spikes to the tuft of a lion's tail. Leonurus Cardiaca is the common motherwort.
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Lion's tooth (līŭnz t�th); pl. Lions' teeth (līŭnz tēth). (Bot.) See .
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Lip (lĭp), n. [OE. lippe, AS. lippa; akin to D. lip, G. lippe, lefze, OHG. lefs, Dan. læbe, Sw. läpp, L. labium, labrum. Cf. .] 1. One of the two fleshy folds which surround the orifice of the mouth in man and many other animals. In man the lips are organs of speech essential to certain articulations. Hence, by a figure they denote the mouth, or all the organs of speech, and sometimes speech itself.
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Thine own lips testify against thee. Job xv. 6.
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2. An edge of an opening; a thin projecting part of anything; a kind of short open spout; as, the lip of a vessel.
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3. The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger.
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4. (Bot.) (a) One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corolla. (b) The odd and peculiar petal in the Orchis family. See .
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5. (Zoöl.) One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell.
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6. Impudent or abusive talk; as, don't give me any of your lip. [Slang]
Syn. -- jaw.
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Coloq. Lip bit , a pod auger. See . -- Coloq. Lip comfort , comfort that is given with words only. -- Coloq. Lip comforter , one who comforts with words only. -- Coloq. Lip labor , unfelt or insincere speech; hypocrisy. Bale. -- Coloq. Lip reading , the catching of the words or meaning of one speaking by watching the motion of his lips without hearing his voice. Carpenter. -- Coloq. Lip salve , a salve for sore lips. -- Coloq. Lip service , expression by the lips of obedience and devotion without the performance of acts suitable to such sentiments. -- Coloq. Lip wisdom , wise talk without practice, or unsupported by experience. -- Coloq. Lip work . (a) Talk. (b) Kissing. [Humorous] B. Jonson. -- Coloq. To make a lip , to drop the under lip in sullenness or contempt. Shak. -- Coloq. To shoot out the lip (Script.), to show contempt by protruding the lip.
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Lip, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lipped (lĭpt); p. pr. & vb. n. Lipping (-pĭng).] 1. To touch with the lips; to put the lips to; hence, to kiss.
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The bubble on the wine which breaks
Before you lip the glass. Praed.
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A hand that kings
Have lipped and trembled kissing. Shak.
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2. To utter; to speak. [R.] Keats.
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Lip, v. t. To clip; to trim. [Obs.] Holland.
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Lipæmia (lĭpēmĭȧ), n. [NL., fr. Gr. lipos fat + ai^ma blood.] (Med.) A condition in which fat occurs in the blood.
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Lipans (l�pänz), n. pl.; sing. Lipan (l�pän). (Ethnol.) A tribe of North American Indians, inhabiting the northern part of Mexico. They belong to the Tinneh stock, and are closely related to the Apaches.
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Liparian (lĭpārĭ�n), n. (Zoöl.) Any species of a family (Liparidæ) of destructive bombycid moths, as the tussock moths.
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Liparidae, Liparididae n. A natural family including the snailfishes.
Syn. -- family Liparididae, family Liparidae.
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liparis n. (Bot.) an orchid of the genus Liparis having few leaves and usually fairly small yellow-green or dull purple flowers in terminal racemes.
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2. (Zool.) The type genus of the Liparididae, consisting of certain of the snailfishes.
Syn. -- genus Liparis.
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Liparite (lĭpȧrīt), n. [So called from Lipari, the island.] (Min.) A quartzose trachyte; rhyolite.
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lipemia (lĭpēm�ȧ), n. [Gr. lipos fat + 'ai^ma blood.] (Med.) The presence of an abnormally high concentration of lipid in the blood. Called also hyperlipemia, hyperlipidemia, hyperlipoidemia, lipidemia, lipoidemia.
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lipfern, lip fern n. (Bot.) any of various terrestrial ferns of the genus Cheilanthes; they are cosmopolitan in arid and semi-arid temperate or tropical regions.
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Lipic (lĭpĭk), a. [Gr. lipos fat.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, fat. The word was formerly used specifically to designate a supposed acid obtained by the oxidation of oleic acid, tallow, wax, etc.
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lipid n. [Gr. lipos fat.] (Chem., Biochem.) Any of a variety of oily or greasy organic compounds found as major structural components of living cells; they are insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents such as alcohol and ether, and include the common fats, cholesterol and other steroids, phospholipids, sphingolipids, waxes, and fatty acids; some of the lipids, together with proteins and carbohydrates, form an essential structural component of living cells, as in the cell walls and membranes. The term lipid refers to its solubility in nonpolar solvents, and has no significance with regard to chemical structure.
Syn. -- lipide, lipoid.
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lipide n. Same as .
Syn. -- lipid, lipoid.
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lipidemia (lĭpĭdēm�ȧ), n. (Med.) Same as .
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lipid-lowering a. (Med.) Serving to reduce the concentration of lipid, such as cholesterol, in the blood; -- of medications, such as , that are used especially to reduce blood cholesterol, as a preventive measure against heart disease.
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lipidosis (lĭpĭdōsĭs), n. (Med.) A disorder of lipid metabolism, whether congenital or acquired.
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