Lipinic - List

Lipinic (lĭpĭnĭk), a. (Chem.) Lipic.
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Lipless (lĭplĕs), a. Having no lips.
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Liplet (lĭplĕt), n. A little lip.
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Lipocephala (lĭp�sĕfȧlȧ), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. leipesqai to be lacking + kefalh head.] (Zoöl.) Same as .
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Lipochrin (lĭp�krĭn), n. [Gr. lipos fat + chroa color.] (Physiol. Chem.) A yellow coloring matter, soluble in ether, contained in the small round fat drops in the retinal epithelium cells. It is best obtained from the eyes of frogs.
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Lipogram (lĭp�grăm; 277), n. [Gr. leipein, lipei^n, to leave, omit + -gram.] A writing composed of words not having a certain letter or letters; -- as in the Odyssey of Tryphiodorus there was no A in the first book, no B in the second, and so on.
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Lipogrammatic (lĭp�grămmătĭk), a. [Gr. lipogrammatos: cf. F. lipogrammatique.] Omitting a letter; composed of words not having a certain letter or letters; as, lipogrammatic writings.
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Lipogrammatist (-grămmȧtĭst), n. [Cf. F. lipogrammatiste.] One who makes a lipogram.
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lipoidemia (lĭpoidēm�ȧ), n. (Med.) Same as .
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Lipoma (lĭpōmȧ), n. [NL., from Gr. lipos fat + -oma.] (Med.) A tumor consisting of fat or adipose tissue. -- Lipomatous (-pŏmȧtŭs), a.
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lipophilic adj. (Chem.) having an affinity for lipids; -- of chemical substances or parts of molecules. Contrasted to lipophobic or polar.
Syn. -- lipotropic, nonpolar.
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lipophobic adj. (Chem.) Not soluble in lipids, or in non-polar solvents; -- of chemical substances or parts of molecules; as, the lipophobic end of a detergent is solvated in water. Contrasted to lipophilic or nonpolar.
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Lipothymic (līp�thĭmĭk), a. [Gr. leipoqymikos, lipoqymikos.] Tending to swoon; fainting. [Written also leipothymic.]
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Lipothymous (l�pŏthĭmŭs), a. [Gr. leipein to leave, to lack + qymos soul, life.] Pertaining, or given, to swooning; fainting.
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Lipothymy (l�pŏthĭm�), n. [Gr. lipoqymia: cf. F. lipothymie.] A fainting; a swoon. Jer. Taylor.
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lipotropic adj. (Chem.) having an affinity for lipids.
Syn. -- lipophilic.
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Lipotyphla n. A suborder of mammals including the moles; hedgehogs; and true shrews.
Syn. -- suborder Lipotyphla.
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Lipped (lĭpt), a. 1. Having a lip or lips; having a raised or rounded edge resembling the lip; -- often used in composition; as, thick-lipped, thin-lipped, etc.
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2. (Bot.) Labiate.
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Lippitude (lĭppĭtūd), n. [L. lippitudo, fr. lippus blear-eyed: cf. F. lippitude.] Soreness of eyes; the state of being blear-eyed; blearedness.
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Lipse (lĭps), v. i. To lisp. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Lipyl (lĭpĭl), n. [Gr. lipos fat + -yl.] (Chem.) A hypothetical radical of glycerin. [Obs.] Berzelius.
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Liquable (lĭkwȧb'l), a. [L. liquabilis. See , v. i.] Capable of being melted.
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Liquate (līkwāt), v. i. [L. liquatus, p. p. of liquare to melt.] To melt; to become liquid. [Obs.] Woodward.
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Liquate, v. t. (Metal.) To separate by fusion, as a more fusible from a less fusible material.
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Liquation (l�kwāshŭn), n. [L. liquatio: cf. F. liquation.] 1. The act or operation of making or becoming liquid; also, the capacity of becoming liquid.
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2. (Metal.) The process of separating, by heat, an easily fusible metal from one less fusible; eliquation.
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Liquefacient (lĭkw�fāsh�nt), n. [L. liquefaciens, p. pr. of liquefacere. See .] 1. That which serves to liquefy.
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2. (Med.) An agent, as mercury, iodine, etc., which promotes the liquefying processes of the system, and increases the secretions.
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Liquefaction (lĭkw�făkshŭn), n. [L. liquefactio: cf. F. liquéfaction. See .] 1. The act or operation of making or becoming liquid; especially, the conversion of a solid into a liquid by the sole agency of heat.
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2. The state of being liquid.
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3. (Chem. Physics) The act, process, or method, of reducing a gas or vapor to a liquid by means of cold or pressure; as, the liquefaction of oxygen or hydrogen.
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Liquefiable (lĭkw�fīȧb'l), a. [Cf. F. liquéfiable. See .] Capable of being changed from a solid to a liquid state.
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liquefied adj. 1. converted to a liquid; as, liquified natural gas; liquified coal..
Syn. -- liquified.
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2. rendered liquid by heating; changed from a solid to a liquid state; melted.
Syn. -- molten, liquified.
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3. rendered liquid by dissolution in a solvent; -- of solids.
Syn. -- dissolved, liquified.
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Liquefier (lĭkw�fīẽr), n. That which liquefies.
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Liquefy (lĭkw�fī), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Liquefied (-fīd); p. pr. & vb. n. Liquefying (-fīĭng).] [F. liquéfier, L. liquere to be liquid + facere, -ficare (in comp.), to make. See , and .] 1. To convert from a solid form to that of a liquid; to melt; to dissolve; and technically, to melt by the sole agency of heat. [wns=1]
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2. To convert from a gaseous form into a liquid; as, to liquefy natural gas.
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Liquefy, v. i. To become liquid. [wns=2]
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Liquescency (l�kwĕss�ns�), n. [See .] The quality or state of being liquescent. Johnson.
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Liquescent (l�kwĕss�nt), a. [L. liquescens, p. pr. of liquescere to become liquid, incho. fr. liquere to be liquid.] Tending to become liquid; inclined to melt; melting.
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Liqueur (l�kẽr), n. [F. See .] An aromatic alcoholic cordial.
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☞ Some liqueurs are prepared by infusing certain woods, fruits, or flowers, in either water or alcohol, and adding sugar, etc. Others are distilled from aromatic or flavoring agents.
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Liquid (lĭkwĭd), a. [L. liquidus, fr. liquere to be fluid or liquid; cf. Skr. rī to ooze, drop, lī to melt.] 1. Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid.
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Yea, though he go upon the plane and liquid water which will receive no step. Tyndale.
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2. (Physics) Being in such a state that the component molecules move freely among themselves, but have a definite volume changing only slightly with changes of pressure, and do not tend to separate from each other as the particles of gases and vapors do when the volume of the container is increased; neither solid nor gaseous; as, liquid mercury, in distinction from mercury solidified or in a state of vapor. Liquid substances may form a definite interface with gases, whereas the molecules of different gases freely intermingle with each other.
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3. Flowing or sounding smoothly or without abrupt transitions or harsh tones. “Liquid melody.” Crashaw.
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4. Pronounced without any jar or harshness; smooth; as, l and r are liquid letters.
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5. Fluid and transparent; as, the liquid air.
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6. Clear; definite in terms or amount. [Obs.] “Though the debt should be entirely liquid.” Ayliffe.

7. (Finance) In cash or readily convertible into cash without loss of principle; -- said of assets, such as bank accounts, or short-term bonds tradable on a major stock exchange.
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Coloq. Liquid glass . See Soluble glass, under .
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Liquid, n. 1. A substance whose parts change their relative position on the slightest pressure, and therefore retain no definite form; any substance in the state of liquidity; a fluid that is not gaseous and has a definite volume independent, of the container in which it is held. Liquids have a fixed volume at any given pressure, but their shape is determined by the container in which it is contained. Liquids, in contrast to gases, cannot expand indefinitely to fill an expanding container, and are only slightly compressible by application of pressure.
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☞ Liquid and fluid are terms often used synonymously, but fluid has the broader signification. All liquids are fluids, but many fluids, as air and the gases, are not liquids.
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2. (Phon.) A letter which has a smooth, flowing sound, or which flows smoothly after a mute; as, l and r, in bla, bra. M and n also are called liquids.
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Coloq. Liquid measure , a measure, or system of measuring, for liquids, by the gallon, quart, pint, gill, etc.
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Liquid air. (Physics) A transparent limpid liquid, slightly blue in color, consisting of a mixture of liquefied oxygen and nitrogen. It is prepared by subjecting air to great pressure and then cooling it by its own expansion to a temperature below the boiling point of its constituents (N: -194° C; O: -183° C.).
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Liquidambar (lĭkwĭdămbẽr), n. [Liquid + amber.] 1. (Bot.) A genus consisting of two species of tall trees having star-shaped leaves, and woody burlike fruit. Liquidambar styraciflua is the North American sweet qum, and Liquidambar Orientalis is found in Asia Minor.
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2. The balsamic juice which is obtained from these trees by incision. The liquid balsam of the Oriental tree is liquid storax.
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Liquidamber, n. See .
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Liquidate (lĭkwĭdāt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Liquidated (-dātĕd); p. pr. & vb. n. Liquidating.] [LL. liquidatus, p. p. of liquidare to liquidate, fr. L. liquidus liquid, clear. See .] 1. (Law) To determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness); or, where there is an indebtedness to more than one person, to determine the precise amount of (each indebtedness); to make the amount of (an indebtedness) clear and certain.
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A debt or demand is liquidated whenever the amount due is agreed on by the parties, or fixed by the operation of law. 15 Ga. Rep. 321.
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If our epistolary accounts were fairly liquidated, I believe you would be brought in considerable debtor. Chesterfield.
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2. In an extended sense: To ascertain the amount, or the several amounts, of, and apply assets toward the discharge of (an indebtedness). Abbott.
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3. To discharge; to pay off or settle, as an indebtedness.
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Friburg was ceded to Zurich by Sigismund to liquidate a debt of a thousand florins. W. Coxe.
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4. To make clear and intelligible.
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Time only can liquidate the meaning of all parts of a compound system. A. Hamilton.
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5. To make liquid. [Obs.]
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6. To convert (assets) into cash.
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7. To kill; -- used mostly of governments or organizations killing their enemies; as, Stalin liquidated many of the Kulaks.
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8. To dissolve (an organization); to terminate (an activity).
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Coloq. Liquidated damages (Law), damages the amount of which is fixed or ascertained. Abbott.
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Liquidation (lĭkwĭdāshŭn), n. [Cf. F. liquidation.] The act or process of liquidating; the state of being liquidated.
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Coloq. To go into liquidation (Law), to turn over to a trustee one's assets and accounts, in order that the several amounts of one's indebtedness may be authoritatively ascertained, and that the assets may be applied toward their discharge.
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Liquidator (lĭkwĭdātẽr), n. [Cf. F. liquidateur.] 1. One who, or that which, liquidates.
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2. An officer appointed to conduct the winding up of a company, to bring and defend actions and suits in its name, and to do all necessary acts on behalf of the company. [Eng.] Mozley & W.
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liquidise v. t. Same as .
Syn. -- liquefy, liquify, make liquid, liquidize, make fluid.
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Liquidity (lĭkwĭdĭt�), n. [L. liquiditas, fr. liquidus liquid: cf. F. liquidité.] The state or quality of being liquid.
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Liquidize (lĭkwĭdīz), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Liquidized (-īzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Liquidizing (-īzĭng).] To render liquid.
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Liquidly, adv. In a liquid manner; flowingly.
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Liquidness, n. The quality or state of being liquid; liquidity; fluency.
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liquified adj. Same as ..
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liquify v. t. & i. 1. Same as .
Syn. -- , make liquid, liquidize, liquidise, make fluid.
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Liquor (lĭkẽr), n. [OE. licour, licur, OF. licur, F. liqueur, fr. L. liquor, fr. liquere to be liquid. See , and cf. .] 1. Any liquid substance, as water, milk, blood, sap, juice, or the like.
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2. Specifically, alcoholic or spirituous fluid, either distilled or fermented, as brandy, wine, whisky, beer, etc.
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3. (Pharm.) A solution of a medicinal substance in water; -- distinguished from tincture and aqua.
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☞ The U. S. Pharmacopoeia includes, in this class of preparations, all aqueous solutions without sugar, in which the substance acted on is wholly soluble in water, excluding those in which the dissolved matter is gaseous or very volatile, as in the aquæ or waters. U. S. Disp.
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Coloq. Labarraque's liquor (Old Chem.), a solution of an alkaline hypochlorite, as sodium hypochlorite, used in bleaching and as a disinfectant. -- Coloq. Liquor of flints , or Coloq. Liquor silicum (Old Chem.), soluble glass; -- so called because formerly made from powdered flints. See Soluble glass, under . -- Coloq. Liquor of Libavius . (Old Chem.) See Fuming liquor of Libavius, under . -- Coloq. Liquor sanguinis (săngwĭnĭs), (Physiol.), the blood plasma. -- Coloq. Liquor thief , a tube for taking samples of liquor from a cask through the bung hole. -- Coloq. To be in liquor , to be intoxicated.
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Liquor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Liquored (lĭkẽrd); p. pr. & vb. n. Liquoring.] 1. To supply with liquor. [R.]
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2. To grease. [Obs.] Bacon.
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Liquor fishermen's boots. Shak.

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Liquorice (lĭkẽrĭs), n. See .
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Liquorish, a. See . [Obs.] Shak.
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Liquorous (lĭkẽrŭs), a. Eagerly desirous. See . [Obs.] Marston.
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Lira (lērȧ), n.; pl. Lire (lēr�). [It., fr. L. libra the Roman pound. Cf. .] An Italian coin equivalent in value to the French franc.
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Lirella (l�rĕllȧ), n. [NL., dim. of L. lira a furrow.] (Bot.) A linear apothecium furrowed along the middle; the fruit of certain lichens.
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Lirelliform (l�rĕllĭfôrm), a. [Lirella + -form.] (Bot.) Like a lirella. [Written also lirellæform.]
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Liriodendron (lĭrĭ�dĕndrŏn), n.; pl. Liriodendra (-drȧ). [NL., fr. Gr. leirion lily + dendron tree.] (Bot.) A genus of large and very beautiful trees of North America, having smooth, shining leaves, and handsome, tuliplike flowers; tulip tree; whitewood; -- called also canoewood. Liriodendron tulipifera is the only extant species, but there were several others in the Cretaceous epoch.
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Liripipe (lĭrĭpīp), n. [Obs.] See .
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Liripoop (lĭrĭp�p), n. [OF. liripipion, liripion, LL. liripipium. Said to be corrupted from L. 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. [Obs.]
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2. Acuteness; smartness; also, a smart trick or stratagem. [Obs.] Stanihurst.
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3. A silly person. [Obs.]
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A liripoop, vel lerripoop, a silly, empty creature; an old dotard. Milles. MS. Devon Gloss.
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Liroconite (l�rŏk�nīt), n. [Gr. leiros pale + konia powder.] (Min.) A hydrated arseniate of copper, occurring in obtuse pyramidal crystals of a sky-blue or verdigris-green color.
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Lisbon (lĭzbŏn), n. A sweet, light-colored species of wine, produced in the province of Estremadura, and so called as being shipped from Lisbon, in Portugal.
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Lisle (līl), n. A city of France celebrated for certain manufactures.
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Coloq. Lisle glove , a fine summer glove, made of Lisle thread. -- Coloq. Lisle lace , a fine handmade lace, made at Lisle. -- Coloq. Lisle thread , a hard twisted cotton thread, originally produced at Lisle.
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Lisne (līn), n. [Prov. E. lissen, lisne, a cleft in a rock.] A cavity or hollow. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.
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Lisp (lĭsp), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lisped (lĭspt); p. pr. & vb. n. Lisping.] [OE. lispen, lipsen, AS. wlisp stammering, lisping; akin to D. & OHG. lispen to lisp, G. lispeln, Sw. läspa, Dan. lespe.] 1. To pronounce the sibilant letter s imperfectly; to give s and z the sound of th; -- a defect common among children.
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2. To speak with imperfect articulation; to mispronounce, as a child learning to talk.
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As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame,
I lisped in numbers, for the numbers came. Pope.
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3. To speak hesitatingly with a low voice, as if afraid.
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Lest when my lisping, guilty tongue should halt. Drayton.
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Lisp, v. t. 1. To pronounce with a lisp.
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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.
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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.
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3. To speak with reserve or concealment; to utter timidly or confidentially; as, to lisp treason.
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Lisp, n. The habit or act of lisping. See , v. i., 1.
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I overheard her answer, with a very pretty lisp, “O! Strephon, you are a dangerous creature.” Tatler.
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LISP (lĭsp), n. (Computers) [List Processing.] a high-level computer programming language in which statements and data are in the form of lists, enclosed in parentheses; -- used especially for rapid development of prototype programs in artificial intelligence applications .
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Lisper (lĭspẽr), n. One who lisps.
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Lispingly, adv. With a lisp; in a lisping manner.
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Liss (lĭs), n. [AS. liss.] Release; remission; ease; relief. [Obs.] “Of penance had a lisse.” Chaucer.
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Liss, v. t. [AS. lissan.] To free, as from care or pain; to relieve. [Obs.] “Lissed of his care.” Chaucer.
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Lissencephala (lĭssĕnsĕfȧlȧ), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. lissos smooth + 'egkefalos the brain.] (Zoöl.) A general name for all those placental mammals that have a brain with few or no cerebral convolutions, as Rodentia, Insectivora, etc.
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{ Lissom, Lissome } (lĭssŭm), a. [For lithesome.] 1. Limber; supple; flexible; lithe; lithesome.
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Straight, but as lissome as a hazel wand. Tennyson.
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2. Light; nimble; active. Halliwell.

-- Lissomeness, n.
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List (lĭst), n. [F. lice, LL. liciae, pl., from L. 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.
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In measured lists to toss the weighty lance. Pope.
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Coloq. To enter the lists , to accept a challenge, or engage in contest.
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List, v. t. To inclose for combat; as, to list a field.
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List, v. i. [See .] To hearken; to attend; to listen. [Obs. except in poetry.]
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Stand close, and list to him. Shak.
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List, v. t. To listen or hearken to.
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Then weigh what loss your honor may sustain,
If with too credent ear you list his songs. Shak.
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List, v. i. [OE. listen, lusten, AS. lystan, from lust pleasure. See .] 1. To desire or choose; to please.
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The wind bloweth where it listeth. John iii. 8.
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Them that add to the Word of God what them listeth. Hooker.
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Let other men think of your devices as they list. Whitgift.
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2. (Naut.) To lean; to incline; as, the ship lists to port.
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List, n. 1. Inclination; desire. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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2. (Naut.) An inclination to one side; as, the ship has a list to starboard.
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List, n. [AS. līst a list of cloth; akin to D. lijst, G. leiste, OHG. līsta, Icel. lista, listi, Sw. list, Dan. liste. In sense 5 from F. 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.
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