Lith"o*tome (?), n. [Gr. &?; cutting stones; li`qos stone + &?; to cut:
cf. F. lithotome.] 1. A stone so formed by nature as to appear as if
cut by art.
2. (Surg.) An instrument used for cutting the bladder in operations for
the stone.
{ Lith`o*tom"ic (?), Lith`o*tom"ic*al (?), } a. [Gr. li`qos stone
cutting: cf. F. lithotomique.] Pertaining to, or performed by,
lithotomy.
Li*thot"o*mist (?), n. [Cf. F. lithotomiste.] One who performs the
operation of cutting for stone in the bladder, or one who is skilled in
the operation.
Li*thot"o*my (?), n. [L. lithotomia, Gr. &?;: cf. F. lithotomie.]
(Surg.) The operation, art, or practice of cutting for stone in the
bladder.
Lith"o*trip`sy (lth"*trp`s), n. [Litho- + Gr. tri`bein to rub, grind:
cf. F. lithotripsie.] (Surg.) The operation of crushing a stone in the
bladder with an instrument called lithotriptor or lithotrite;
lithotrity.
Lith`o*trip"tic (-trp"tk), a. & n. Same as Lithontriptic.
Lith"o*trip`tist (lth"*trp`tst), n. One skilled in breaking and
extracting stone in the bladder.
Lith"o*trip`tor (?), n. (Surg.) An instrument for triturating the stone
in the bladder; a lithotrite.
{ Lith"o*trite (?), Lith"o*tri"tor (?), } [See Lithotrity.] (Surg.) A
lithotriptor.
Li*thot"ri*tist (?), n. A lithotriptist.
Li*thot"ri*ty (?), n. [Litho- + L. terere, tritum, to rub, grind.]
(Surg.) The operation of breaking a stone in the bladder into small
pieces capable of being voided.
Lith"o*type (?), n. A kind of stereotype plate made by lithotypy; also,
that which in printed from it. See Lithotypy.
Lith"o*type, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lithotyped (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Lithotyping (?).] To prepare for printing with plates made by the
process of lithotypy. See Lithotypy.
Lith`o*typ"ic (?), a. Of, pertaining to, or produced by, lithotypy.
Li*thot"y*py (?), n. [Litho- + -typy.] The art or process of making a
kind of hard, stereotype plate, by pressing into a mold, taken from a
page of type or other matter, a composition of gum shell-lac and sand
of a fine quality, together with a little tar and linseed oil, all in a
heated state.
Li*thox`yl (?), n. [Written also lithoxyle.] [Litho- + Gr. &?; wood:
cf. F. lithoxyle.] Petrified wood. [Obs.]
Lith`u*a"ni*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to Lithuania (formerly a
principality united with Poland, but now Russian and Prussian
territory).
Lith`u*a"ni*an, n. A native, or one of the people, of Lithuania; also,
the language of the Lithuanian people.
Lith"y (?) a. [See Lithe.] Easily bent; pliable.
Lithy tree (Bot.), a European shrub (Viburnum Lantana); -- so named
from its tough and flexible stem.
Lit"i*ga*ble (?), a. Such as can be litigated.
Lit"i*gant (?), a. [L. litigans, -antis, p. pr. of litigare: cf. F.
litigant. See Litigate.] Disposed to litigate; contending in law;
engaged in a lawsuit; as, the parties litigant. Ayliffe.
Lit"i*gant, n. A person engaged in a lawsuit.
Lit"i*gate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Litigated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Litigating.] [See Litigation.] To make the subject of a lawsuit; to
contest in law; to prosecute or defend by pleadings, exhibition of
evidence, and judicial debate in a court; as, to litigate a cause.
Lit"i*gate, v. i. To carry on a suit by judicial process.
Lit`i*ga"tion (?), n. [L. litigatio, fr. litigare to dispute, litigate;
lis, litis, dispute, lawsuit (OL. stlis) + agere to carry on. See
Agent.] The act or process of litigating; a suit at law; a judicial
contest.
Lit"i*ga`tor (?), n. [L.] One who litigates.
Li*ti"gious (?), a. [L. litigiosus, fr. litigium dispute, quarrel, fr.
litigare: cf. F. litigieux. See Litigation.] 1. Inclined to judicial
contest; given to the practice of contending in law; quarrelsome;
contentious; fond of litigation. " A pettifogging attorney or a
litigious client." Macaulay.
Soldiers find wars, and lawyers find out still Litigious men, who
quarrels move.
Donne.
2. Subject to contention; disputable; controvertible; debatable;
doubtful; precarious. Shak.
No fences, parted fields, nor marks, nor bounds, Distinguished
acres of litigious grounds.
Dryden.