The act of binding, or the state of being bound.
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An instrument for ligating, or for placing and fastening a ligature.
To ligate; to tie.
To lie; to tell lies.
The connection between sovereign and subject by which they were mutually bound, the former to protection and the securing of justice, the latter to faithful service; allegiance.
See Ledgment.
To lie or recline.
A baited line attached to a float, for night fishing. See Leger, a.
To dismount; to descend, as from a horse or carriage; to alight; -- with from, off, on, upon, at, in.
A glass bulb with metallic contacts on the outside connected to a wire filament (usually tungsten) inside that emits light when heated by passage of electricity through the filament; -- used as the replaceable light-emitting component of an electric lamp, flashlight, lighting fixture, etc.
Armed with light weapons or accouterments.
Light-ship.
having low color saturation; pale-colored.
not designed for heavy or demanding work; as, a light-duty detergent. Opposite of heavy-duty.
Dexterous in taking and conveying away; thievish; pilfering; addicted to petty thefts.
Having a light, springy step; moving lightly and nimbly; nimble in running or dancing; active; as, light-foot Iris. Opposite of heavy-footed.
Having a light green color, similar to the color of fresh grass.
being or having light colored skin and hair; as, a certain light-haired girl. Contrasted to brunet.
Not having a full complement of men; as, a vessel light-handed.
Disordered in the head; dizzy; feeling faint; delirious.
Free from grief or anxiety; gay; cheerful; merry.
Lively in walking or running; brisk; light-footed.
A soldier who serves in the light horse. See under 5th Light.
Nimble; swift of foot.
Unsettled; unsteady; volatile; not considerate.
An old tune of a dance, the name of which made it a proverbial expression of levity, especially in love matters.
Affected by light; as, the light-sensitive pigments in the retina.
A vessel equipped like a lighthouse, carrying at the masthead a brilliant light, and moored off a shoal or place of dangerous navigation where a permanent lighthouse would be impracticable, to serve as a guide for mariners; as, the Ambrose lightship off New York was rammed and damaged in 1950 by the Santa Monica.
having skin of a light colored hue.
Damaged by accidental exposure to light; light-fogged; -- said of plates or films.
Having light and active wings; volatile; fleeting.
Such as can be lighted.
imp. of Light, to alight.
set afire or burning.
To make lighter, or less heavy; to reduce in weight; to relieve of part of a load or burden; as, to lighten a ship by unloading; to lighten a load or burden.
The process of changing to a lighter color.
To convey by a lighter, as to or from the shore; as, to lighter the cargo of a ship.
The price paid for conveyance of goods on a lighter.
A person employed on, or who manages, a lighter.
Full of light; bright.
A tower or other building with a powerful light at top, erected at the entrance of a port, or at some important point on a coast, to serve as a guide to mariners at night; a pharos.
A name sometimes applied to the process of annealing metals.
Destitute of light; dark.
total absence of light; blackness.
With little weight; with little force; as, to tread lightly; to press lightly.
A man who carries or takes care of a light.
Illumination, or degree of illumination; as, the lightness of a room.
Lightening.
A small room from which the magazine of a naval vessel is lighted, being separated from the magazine by heavy glass windows.
The lungs of an animal or bird; -- sometimes coarsely applied to the lungs of a human being.
a signal to turn the lights out.
Having light; lighted; not dark or gloomy; bright.
Light in weight, as a coin; specif., applied to a man or animal who is a lightweight.
Pine wood abounding in pitch, used for torches in the Southern United States; pine knots, dry sticks, and the like, for kindling a fire quickly or making a blaze.
Illuminated.
Aloes wood, or agallochum. See Agallochum.
Made of wood; consisting of wood; of the nature of, or resembling, wood; woody.
Yielding or producing wood.
A change in the character of a cell wall, by which it becomes harder. It is supposed to be due to an incrustation of lignin.
Like wood.
To become wood.
A substance characterizing wood cells and differing from cellulose in its conduct with certain chemical reagents.
Wood-destroying; -- said of certain insects.
See Lignin.
Mineral coal retaining the texture of the wood from which it was formed, and burning with an empyreumatic odor. It is of more recent origin than the anthracite and bituminous coal of the proper coal series. Called also brown coal, wood coal.
Containing lignite; resembling, or of the nature of, lignite; as, lignitic clay.
Producing or containing lignite; lignitic.
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the formic acid series, found in the tar, wax, or paraffine obtained by distilling certain kinds of wood, as the beech.
See Lignin.
See Lignin.
A woody swelling on a tree or shrub, usually contained entirely below or just above the surface of the ground, and having buds which enable the plant to survive cutting or a fire that destroys the portion of the plant above ground. After such damage to the plant, sprouting commences from the lignotuber.
Ligneous.
A tree (Guaiacum officinale) found in the warm latitudes of America, from which the guaiacum of medicine is procured. Its wood is very hard and heavy, and is used for various mechanical purposes, as for the wheels of ships' blocks, cogs, bearings, and the like. See Guaiacum.
A trade name applied somewhat indefinitely to some of the volatile products obtained in refining crude petroleum. It is a complex and variable mixture of several hydrocarbons, generally boils below 170/ Fahr., and is more inflammable than safe kerosene. It is used as a solvent, as a carburetant for air gas, and for illumination in special lamps.
Same as Ligan.
See Ligule.
Like a bandage, or strap; strap-shaped.
The thin and scarious projection from the upper end of the sheath of a leaf of grass. A strap-shaped corolla of flowers of Composit/.
Bearing only ligulate flowers; -- said of a large suborder of composite plants, such as the dandelion, lettuce, hawkweed, etc.
A kind of precious stone.
A bitter principle found in the bark of the privet (Ligustrum vulgare), and extracted as a white crystalline substance with a warm, bitter taste; -- called also ligustron.
Such as can be liked; such as to attract liking; easy to like; evoking sympathy; as, a likable person.
To be pleased; to choose.
Having a like disposition or purpose; of the same mind.
See Likable.
Likelihood.
Appearance; show; sign; expression.
Likelihood; probability.
In all probability; probably.
To allege, or think, to be like; to represent as like; to compare; as, to liken life to a pilgrimage.
The state or quality of being like; similitude; resemblance; similarity; as, the likeness of the one to the other is remarkable.
See Lickerish, Lickerishness.
In like manner; also; moreover; too. See Also.
A Chinese provincial tax levied at many inland stations upon imports or articles in transit.
The state of being pleasing; a suiting. See On liking, below.
A shrub of the genus Syringa. There are six species, natives of Europe and Asia. Syringa vulgaris, the common lilac, and Syringa Persica, the Persian lilac, are frequently cultivated for the fragrance and beauty of their purplish or white flowers. In the British colonies various other shrubs have this name.
See Syringin.
Of or pertaining to a natural order of which the lily, tulip, and hyacinth are well-known examples. Like the blossom of a lily in general form.
Having a general resemblance to lilies or to liliaceous plants.
Covered with, or having many, lilies.
one of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones; it comprises 17 families including: Liliaceae; Alliaceae; Amaryllidaceae; Iridaceae; Orchidaceae; Trilliaceae.
A flowering plant.
A class comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with a single cotyledon and parallel-veined leaves. It includes the grasses; lilies; palms; and orchids. It is divided into four subclasses or superorders: Alismatidae; Arecidae; Commelinidae; and Liliidae.
a female demon who attacks children.
The type genus of the Liliaceae.
To loll.
Of or pertaining to the imaginary island of Lilliput described by Swift, or to its inhabitants.
An Australian myrtaceous tree (Eugenia Smithii), having smooth ovate leaves, and panicles of small white flowers. The wood is hard and fine-grained.
Animated, brisk motion; spirited rhythm; sprightliness.
having a light rhythmical cadence; as, an easy lilting stride; a lilting melody.
A plant and flower of the genus Lilium, endogenous bulbous plants, having a regular perianth of six colored pieces, six stamens, and a superior three-celled ovary.
Having white, delicate hands.
White-livered; cowardly.
Asiatic perennial tufted herb (Liriope muscari) with grasslike evergreen foliage and clusters of dark mauve grapelike flowers; grown as ground cover.
Any plant of the Lily family or order.
A limb.
The capital city of Peru, in South America.
Pertaining to, or like, Limax, or the slugs.
A genus of small spiral pteropods, common in the Arctic and Antarctic seas. It contributes to the food of the right whales.
A curve of the fourth degree, invented by Pascal. Its polar equation is r = a cos / + b.
Filings of metal.
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