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Litter (lĭttẽr), v. i. 1. To be supplied with litter as bedding; to sleep or make one's bed in litter. [R.]
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The inn
Where he and his horse littered. Habington.
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2. To produce a litter.
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A desert . . . where the she-wolf still littered. Macaulay.
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Litterateur (l�t�rȧtẽr), n. [F.] One who occupies himself with literature; a literary man; a literatus. “ Befriended by one kind-hearted littérateur after another.” C. Kingsley.
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litter-bearer n. one who helps carry a stretcher.
Syn. -- stretcher-bearer.
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litterbin (lĭttẽrbĭn), n. a bin (usually in or outside a public building) into which the public can put rubbish.
Syn. -- litterbasket.
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litterbug (lĭttẽrbŭg), n. a person who litters public places with refuse.
Syn. -- litterer, litter lout.
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littered (lĭttẽrd), adj. having articles scattered about in a disorderly fashion.
Syn. -- cluttered, messy, mussy, untidy.
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litterer (lĭttẽrẽr), n. 1. a person who litters public places with refuse.
Syn. -- litterbug, litter lout.
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littermate (lĭttẽrmāt), n. One of two or more animals born into the same litter.
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Littery (?), a. Covered or encumbered with litter; consisting of or constituting litter.
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Little (lĭtt'l), a. [The regular comparative and superlative of this word, littler and littlest, are often used as comparatives of the sense small; but in the sense few, less, or, rarely, lesser is the proper comparative and least is the superlative. See . The regular form, littlest, occurs also in some of the English provinces, and occasionally in colloquial language. “ Where love is great, the littlest doubts are fear.” Shak.] [OE. litel, lutel, AS. lȳtel, lītel, lȳt; akin to OS. littil, D. luttel, LG. lütt, OHG. luzzil, MHG. lützel; and perh. to AS. lytig deceitful, lot deceit, Goth. liuts deceitful, lutōn to deceive; cf. also Icel. lītill little, Sw. liten, Dan. liden, lille, Goth. leitils, which appear to have a different root vowel.] 1. Small in size or extent; not big; diminutive; -- opposed to big or large; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little hill; a little distance; a little child.
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He sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature. Luke xix. 3.
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2. Short in duration; brief; as, a little sleep.
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Best him enough: after a little time,
I'll beat him too. Shak.
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3. Small in quantity or amount; not much; as, a little food; a little air or water.
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Conceited of their little wisdoms, and doting upon their own fancies. Barrow.
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4. Small in dignity, power, or importance; not great; insignificant; contemptible.
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When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes? I Sam. xv. 17.
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5. Small in force or efficiency; not strong; weak; slight; inconsiderable; as, little attention or exertion;little effort; little care or diligence.
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By sad experiment I know
How little weight my words with thee can find. Milton.
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6. Small in extent of views or sympathies; narrow; shallow; contracted; mean; illiberal; ungenerous.
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The long-necked geese of the world that are ever hissing dispraise,
Because their natures are little. Tennyson.
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Coloq. Little chief . (Zoöl.) See . -- Coloq. Little Englander , an Englishman opposed to territorial expansion of the British Empire. See , above. Hence: Coloq. Little Englandism . -- Coloq. Little finger , the fourth and smallest finger of the hand. -- Coloq. Little go (Eng. Universities), a public examination about the middle of the course, which is less strict and important than the final one; -- called also smalls. Cf. Great go, under . Thackeray. -- Coloq. Little hours (R. C. Ch.), the offices of prime, tierce, sext, and nones. Vespers and compline are sometimes included. -- Coloq. Little-neck clam , or Coloq. Little neck (Zoöl.), the quahog, or round clam. -- Coloq. Little ones , young children.
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The men, and the women, and the little ones. Deut. ii. 34.
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-- Coloq. Little peach , a disease of peaches in which the fruit is much dwarfed, and the leaves grow small and thin. The cause is not known. -- Coloq. Little Rhody (�), Rhode Island; -- a nickname alluding to its small size. It is the smallest State of the United States. -- Coloq. Little Sisters of the Poor (R. C. Ch.), an order of women who care for old men and women and infirm poor, for whom special houses are built. It was established at St. Servan, Britany, France, in 1840, by the Abbé Le Pailleur. -- Coloq. Little slam (Bridge Whist), the winning of 12 out of the 13 tricks. It counts 20 points on the honor score. Contrasted with grand slam.
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Little, n. 1. That which is little; a small quantity, amount, space, or the like.
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Much was in little writ. Dryden.
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There are many expressions, which carrying with them no clear ideas, are like to remove but little of my ignorance. Locke.
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2. A small degree or scale; miniature. “ His picture in little.” Shak.
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A little, to or in a small degree; to a limited extent; somewhat; for a short time. “ Stay a little.” Shak.
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The painter flattered her a little. Shak.

-- Coloq. By little and little , or Coloq. Little by little , by slow degrees; piecemeal; gradually.
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Little, adv. In a small quantity or degree; not much; slightly; somewhat; -- often with a preceding it. “ The poor sleep little.” Otway.
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Little-ease (?), n. An old slang name for the pillory, stocks, etc., of a prison. [Eng.] Latimer.
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littleneck n. 1. a quahog when young and small; frequently eaten raw.
Syn. -- littleneck clam.
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2. a young quahog suitable to be eaten raw.
Syn. -- littleneck clam.
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Littleness, n. The state or quality of being little; as, littleness of size, thought, duration, power, etc.
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Syn. -- Smallness; slightness; inconsiderableness; narrowness; insignificance; meanness; penuriousness.
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littler adj. [compar. of .] small or little relative to something else.
Syn. -- smaller.
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littlest adj. [superl. of .] having or being distinguished by diminutive size.
Syn. -- least, smallest.
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Littoral (?), a. [L. littoralis, litoralis, from littus, litus, the seashore: cf. F. littoral.] 1. Of or pertaining to a shore, as of the sea.
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2. (Biol.) Inhabiting the seashore, esp. the zone between high-water and low-water mark.
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Littorina (?), n. [NL. See .] (Zoöl.) A genus of small pectinibranch mollusks, having thick spiral shells, abundant between tides on nearly all rocky seacoasts. They feed on seaweeds. The common periwinkle is a well-known example. See .
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Littress (lĭttrĕs), n. A smooth kind of cartridge paper used for making cards. Knight.
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Lituate (lĭtu�t; 135), a. [See .] (Bot.) Forked, with the points slightly curved outward.
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Lituiform (?), a. [Lituus + -form.] Having the form of a lituus; like a lituite.
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Lituite (lĭtu�t; 135), n. [See .] (Paleon.) Any species of ammonites of the genus Lituites. They are found in the Cretaceous formation.
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Liturate (lĭtur�t), a. [L. lituratus, p. p. of liturare to erase, fr. litura a blur.] 1. (Zoöl.) Having indistinct spots, paler at their margins.
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2. (Bot.) Spotted, as if from abrasions of the surface.
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{ Liturgic (?), Liturgical (?), } [Gr. �: cf. F. liturgique.] Pertaining to, of or the nature of, a liturgy; of or pertaining to public prayer and worship. T. Warton.
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Liturgically, adv. In the manner of a liturgy.
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Liturgics (?), n. The science of worship; history, doctrine, and interpretation of liturgies.
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Liturgiologist (?), n. One versed in liturgiology.
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Liturgiology (?), n. [Liturgy + -logy.] The science treating of liturgical matters; a treatise on, or description of, liturgies. Shipley.
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Liturgist (lĭtŭrjĭst), n. One who favors or adheres strictly to a liturgy. Milton.
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Liturgy (lĭtŭrj�), n.; pl. Liturgies (lĭtŭrjĭz). [F. liturgie, LL. liturgia, Gr. leitoyrgia a public service, the public service of God, public worship; (assumed) lei:tos, lei^tos, belonging to the people, public (fr. laos, lews, the people) + the root of 'ergon work. See , a., and .] An established formula for public worship, or the entire ritual for public worship in a church which uses prescribed forms; a formulary for public prayer or devotion. In the Roman Catholic Church it includes all forms and services in any language, in any part of the world, for the celebration of Mass.
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Lituus (?), n.; pl. Litui (#). [L.] 1. (Rom. Antig.) (a) A curved staff used by the augurs in quartering the heavens. (b) An instrument of martial music; a kind of trumpet of a somewhat curved form and shrill note.
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2. (Math.) A spiral whose polar equation is r2θ = a; that is, a curve the square of whose radius vector varies inversely as the angle which the radius vector makes with a given line.
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Livable (?), a. 1. Such as can be lived.
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2. Such as is pleasant to live in; fit or suitable to live in. [Colloq.]
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A more delightful or livable region is not easily to be found. T. Arnold.
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Live (lĭv), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lived (lĭvd); p. pr. & vb. n. Living.] [OE. liven, livien, AS. libban, lifian; akin to OS. libbian, D. leven, G. leben, OHG. lebēn, Dan. leve, Sw. lefva, Icel. lifa to live, to be left, to remain, Goth. liban to live; akin to E. leave to forsake, and life, Gr. liparei^n to persist, liparos oily, shining, sleek, lipos fat, lard, Skr. lip to anoint, smear; -- the first sense prob. was, to cleave to, stick to; hence, to remain, stay; and hence, to live.] 1. To be alive; to have life; to have, as an animal or a plant, the capacity of assimilating matter as food, and to be dependent on such assimilation for a continuance of existence; as, animals and plants that live to a great age are long in reaching maturity.
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Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones; Behold, I will . . . lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live. Ezek. xxxvii. 5, 6.
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2. To pass one's time; to pass life or time in a certain manner, as to habits, conduct, or circumstances; as, to live in ease or affluence; to live happily or usefully.
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O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that liveth at rest in his possessions! Ecclus. xli. 1.
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3. To make one's abiding place or home; to abide; to dwell; to reside; as, to live in a cottage by the sea.
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Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. Gen. xlvii. 28.
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4. To be or continue in existence; to exist; to remain; to be permanent; to last; -- said of inanimate objects, ideas, etc.
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Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues
We write in water. Shak.
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5. To enjoy or make the most of life; to be in a state of happiness; as, people want not just to exist, but to live.
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What greater curse could envious fortune give
Than just to die when I began to live? Dryden.
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6. To feed; to subsist; to be nourished or supported; -- with on; as, horses live on grass and grain.
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7. To have a spiritual existence; to be quickened, nourished, and actuated by divine influence or faith.
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The just shall live by faith. Gal. iii. ll.
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8. To be maintained in life; to acquire a livelihood; to subsist; -- with on or by; as, to live on spoils.
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Those who live by labor. Sir W. Temple.
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9. To outlast danger; to float; -- said of a ship, boat, etc.; as, no ship could live in such a storm.
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A strong mast that lived upon the sea. Shak.
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Coloq. To live out , to be at service; to live away from home as a servant. [U. S.] -- Coloq. To live with . (a) To dwell or to be a lodger with. (b) To cohabit with; to have intercourse with, as male with female.
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Live (lĭv), v. t. 1. To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually; as, to live an idle or a useful life.
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2. To act habitually in conformity with; to practice.
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To live the Gospel. Foxe.
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Coloq. To live down , to live so as to subdue or refute; as, to live down slander.
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Live (līv), a. [Abbreviated from alive. See , .] 1. Having life; alive; living; not dead.
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If one man's ox hurt another's, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it. Ex. xxi. 35.
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2. Being in a state of ignition; burning; having active properties; as, a live coal; live embers. “ The live ether.” Thomson.
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3. Full of earnestness; active; wide awake; glowing; as, a live man, or orator.
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4. Vivid; bright. “ The live carnation.” Thomson.
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5. (Engin.) Imparting power; having motion; as, the live spindle of a lathe; live steam.
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6. (Elec.) Connected to a voltage source; as, a live wire.
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7. (Broadcasting) Being transmitted instantaneously, as events occur, in contrast to recorded.
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8. (Sport) Still in active play; -- of a ball being used in a game; as, a live ball.
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9. Pertaining to an entertainment event which was performed (and possibly recorded) in front of an audience; contrasted to performances recorded in a studio without an audience.
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Coloq. Live birth , the condition of being born in such a state that acts of life are manifested after the extrusion of the whole body. Dunglison. -- Coloq. Live box , a cell for holding living objects under microscopical examination. P. H. Gosse. -- Coloq. Live feathers , feathers which have been plucked from the living bird, and are therefore stronger and more elastic. -- Coloq. Live gang . (Sawing) See under . -- Coloq. Live grass (Bot.), a grass of the genus Eragrostis. -- Coloq. Live load (Engin.), a suddenly applied load; a varying load; a moving load; as a moving train of cars on a bridge, or wind pressure on a roof. Coloq. Live oak (Bot.), a species of oak (Quercus virens), growing in the Southern States, of great durability, and highly esteemed for ship timber. In California the Quercus chrysolepis and some other species are also called live oaks. -- Coloq. Live ring (Engin.), a circular train of rollers upon which a swing bridge, or turntable, rests, and which travels around a circular track when the bridge or table turns. -- Coloq. Live steam , steam direct from the boiler, used for any purpose, in distinction from exhaust steam. -- Coloq. Live stock , horses, cattle, and other domestic animals kept on a farm. whole body. -- Coloq. live wire (a) (Elec.) a wire connected to a power source, having a voltage potential; -- used esp. of a power line with a high potential relative to ground, capable of harming a person who touches it. (b) (Fig.) a person who is unusually active, alert, or aggressive.
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Live (līv), n. Life. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Coloq. On live , in life; alive. [Obs.] See . Chaucer.
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liveable a. Same as ; as, liveable conditions. Opposite of unlivable.
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live-bearer n. Any fish of the family Poeciliiidae, small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters, often used in mosquito control.
Syn. -- topminnow, poeciliid fish, poeciliid.
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Lived (līvd), a. Having life; -- used only in composition; as, long-lived; short-lived.
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lived-in adj. having residents; as, a house with a lived-in look.
Syn. -- inhabited, tenanted.
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Live-forever (?), n. (Bot.) A plant (Sedum Telephium) with fleshy leaves, which has extreme powers of resisting drought; garden ox-pine.
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Livelihed (?), n. See . [Obs.]
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Livelihood (?), n. [OE. livelode, liflode, prop., course of life, life's support, maintenance, fr. AS. līf life + lād road, way, maintenance. Confused with livelihood liveliness. See , and .] Subsistence or living, as dependent on some means of support; the means for support of life; maintenance.
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The opportunities of gaining an honest livelihood. Addison.
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It is their profession and livelihood to get their living by practices for which they deserve to forfeit their lives. South.
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Livelihood, n. [Lively + -hood.] Liveliness; appearance of life. [Obs.] Shak.
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Livelily, adv. In a lively manner. [Obs.] Lamb.
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Liveliness, n. [From .] 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.
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2. An appearance of life, animation, or spirit; as, the liveliness of the eye or the countenance in a portrait.
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3. Briskness; activity; effervescence, as of liquors.
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Syn. -- Sprightliness; gayety; animation; vivacity; smartness; briskness; activity. -- , , , . 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.
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Livelode (?), n. [See 1st .] Course of life; means of support; livelihood. [Obs.]
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Livelong (?), a. [For lifelong. Cf. .] 1. Whole; entire; long in passing; -- used of time, as day or night, in adverbial phrases, and usually with a sense of tediousness.
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The obscure bird
Clamored the livelong night. Shak.
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How could she sit the livelong day,
Yet never ask us once to play? Swift.
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2. Lasting; durable. [Obs.]
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Thou hast built thyself a livelong monument. Milton.
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Lively (?), a. [Compar. Livelier (?); superl. Liveliest.] [For lifely. Cf. .] 1. Endowed with or manifesting life; living.
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Chaplets of gold and silver resembling lively flowers and leaves. Holland.
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2. Brisk; vivacious; active; as, a lively youth.
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But wherefore comes old Manoa in such haste,
With youthful steps ? Much livelier than erewhile
He seems. Milton.
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3. Gay; airy; animated; spirited.
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From grave to gay, from lively to severe. Pope.
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4. Representing life; lifelike. [Obs.]
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I spied the lively picture of my father. Massinger.
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5. Bright; vivid; glowing; strong; vigorous.
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The colors of the prism are manifestly more full, intense, and lively that those of natural bodies. Sir I. Newton.
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His faith must be not only living, but lively too. South.
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Coloq. 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.
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Lively, adv. 1. In a brisk, active, or animated manner; briskly; vigorously. Hayward.
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2. With strong resemblance of life. [Obs.]
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Thou counterfeitest most lively. Shak.
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liven v. t. to make lively; -- sometimes used with up; as, to liven up the party with some music.
Syn. -- enliven, liven up, make lively, invigorate, animate.
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liveness n. The quality of having animal life as distinguished from plant life.
Syn. -- animateness, aliveness.
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Liver (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, lives.
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And try if life be worth the liver's care. Prior.
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2. A resident; a dweller; as, a liver in Brooklyn.
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3. One whose course of life has some marked characteristic (expressed by an adjective); as, a free liver.
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Coloq. Fast liver , one who lives in an extravagant and dissipated way. -- Coloq. Free liver , Coloq. Good liver , one given to the pleasures of the table. -- Coloq. Loose liver , a person who lives a somewhat dissolute life.
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Liver, n. [AS. lifer; akin to D. liver, G. leber, OHG. lebara, Icel. lifr, Sw. lefver, and perh. to Gr. � fat, E. live, v.] (Anat.) A very large glandular and vascular organ in the visceral cavity of all vertebrates.
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☞ 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 , , and . The liver of invertebrate animals is usually made up of cæcal tubes, and differs materially, in form and function, from that of vertebrates.
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Coloq. Floating liver . See Wandering liver, under . -- Coloq. Liver of antimony , Coloq. Liver of sulphur . (Old Chem.) See . -- Coloq. Liver brown , Coloq. Liver color , the color of liver, a dark, reddish brown. -- Coloq. Liver shark (Zoöl.), 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; it is sometimes referred to as whale shark, but that name is more commonly used for the Rhincodon typus, which grows even larger. -- Coloq. Liver spots , yellowish brown patches on the skin, or spots of chloasma.
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