Ly"ing*ly, adv. In a lying manner; falsely.
Ly"ken (?), v. t. [See Like, v. t. ] To please; -- chiefly used
impersonally. [Obs.] " Sith it lyketh you." Chaucer.
{ Lym (?), or Lym"hound` (?) }, n. A dog held in a leam; a bloodhound;
a limehound. [Obs.] Shak.
Ly*mail" (?), n. See Limaille. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Lyme" grass` (?). (Bot.) A coarse perennial grass of several species of
Elymus, esp. E. Canadensis, and the European E. arenarius.
Lymph (?), n. [L. lympha: cf. F. lymphe.] 1. A spring of water; hence,
water, or a pure, transparent liquid like water.
A fountain bubbled up, whose lymph serene Nothing of earthly
mixture might distain.
Trench.
2. (Anat.) An alkaline colorless fluid, contained in the lymphatic
vessels, coagulable like blood, but free from red blood corpuscles. It
is absorbed from the various tissues and organs of the body, and is
finally discharged by the thoracic and right lymphatic ducts into the
great veins near the heart.
3. (Med.) A fibrinous material exuded from the blood vessels in
inflammation. In the process of healing it is either absorbed, or is
converted into connective tissue binding the inflamed surfaces
together.
Lymph corpuscles (Anat.), finely granular nucleated cells, identical
with the colorless blood corpuscles, present in the lymph and chyle. --
Lymph duct (Anat.), a lymphatic. -- Lymph heart. See Note under Heart,
n., 1.
||Lym`pha*de*ni"tis (?), n. [NL. See Lymph, and Adenitis.] (Med.)
||Inflammation of the lymphatic glands; -- called also lymphitis.
||
||Lym`pha*de*no"ma (?), n. [NL. See Lymph, Aden-, and -oma.] (Med.) See
||Lymphoma.
||
||Lym*phan`ge*i"tis (?), n. [NL., from L. lympha lymph + Gr. &?; vessel
||+ -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the lymphatic vessels. [Written also
||lymphangitis.]
||
Lym*phan"gi*al (?), a. [See Lymphangeitis.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to
the lymphatics, or lymphoid tissue; lymphatic.
{ Lymph"ate (?), Lymph"a*ted (?), } a. [L. lymphatus, p. p. of lymphare
to water, dilute with water, to drive out of one's senses, to make
mad.] Frightened into madness; raving. [Obs.]
Lym*phat"ic (?), a. [L. lymphaticus distracted, frantic: cf. F.
lymphatique] pertaining to, containing, or conveying lymph.
2. Madly enthusiastic; frantic. [Obs.] " Lymphatic rapture. " Sir T.
Herbert. [See Lymphate.]
Lymphatic gland (Anat.), one of the solid glandlike bodies connected
with the lymphatics or the lacteals; -- called also lymphatic ganglion,
and conglobate gland. -- Lymphatic temperament (Old Physiol.), a
temperament in which the lymphatic system seems to predominate, that
is, a system in which the complexion lacks color and the tissues seem
to be of loose texture; hence, a temperament lacking energy, inactive,
indisposed to exertion or excitement. See Temperament.
Lym*phat"ic, n. 1. (Anat.) One of the lymphatic or absorbent vessels,
which carry lymph and discharge it into the veins; lymph duct;
lymphatic duct.