Lip"pi*tude (lp"p*td), n. [L. lippitudo, fr. lippus blear- eyed: cf. F.
lippitude.] Soreness of eyes; the state of being blear-eyed;
blearedness.
Lipse (lps), v. i. To lisp. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Lip"yl (lp"l), n. [Gr. li`pos fat + -yl.] (Chem.) A hypothetical
radical of glycerin. [Obs.] Berzelius.
Liq"ua*ble (lk"w*b'l), a. [L. liquabilis. See Liquate, v. i.] Capable
of being melted.
Li"quate (l"kwt), v. i. [L. liquatus, p. p. of liquare to melt.] To
melt; to become liquid. [Obs.] Woodward.
Li"quate, v. t. (Metal.) To separate by fusion, as a more fusible from
a less fusible material.
Li*qua"tion (l*kw"shn), n. [L. liquatio: cf. F. liquation.] 1. The act
or operation of making or becoming liquid; also, the capacity of
becoming liquid.
2. (Metal.) The process of separating, by heat, an easily fusible metal
from one less fusible; eliquation.
Liq`ue*fa"cient (lk`w*f"shent), n. [L. liquefaciens, p. pr. of
liquefacere. See Liquefy.] 1. That which serves to liquefy.
2. (Med.) An agent, as mercury, iodine, etc., which promotes the
liquefying processes of the system, and increases the secretions.
Liq`ue*fac"tion (-fk"shn), n. [L. liquefactio: cf. F. liquéfaction. See
Liquefy.] 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.