3. A verse of the kind usually employed in lyric poetry; -- used
chiefly in the plural.
Lyr"ic*al*ly (?), adv. In a lyrical manner.
Lyr"i*cism (?), n. A lyric composition. Gray.
Ly"rid (l"rd), n. (Astron.) One of the group of shooting stars which
come into the air in certain years on or about the 19th of April; -- so
called because the apparent path among the stars if produced backwards
crosses the constellation Lyra.
Ly"rie (l"r), n. [Icel. hlri a sort of fish.] (Zoöl.) A European fish
(Peristethus cataphractum), having the body covered with bony plates,
and having three spines projecting in front of the nose; -- called also
noble, pluck, pogge, sea poacher, and armed bullhead.
Ly*rif"er*ous (l*rf"r*s), a. [Lyre + -ferous.] (Zoöl.) Having a
lyre-shaped shoulder girdle, as certain fishes.
Lyr"ism (lr"z'm), n. [Cf. Gr. lyrismo`s.] The act of playing on a lyre
or harp. G. Eliot.
Lyr"ist, n. [L. lyristes, Gr. lyristh`s: cf. F. lyriste.] A musician
who plays on the harp or lyre; a composer of lyrical poetry. Shelley.
Ly*sim"e*ter (l*sm"*tr), n. [Gr. ly`sis a loosing + - meter.] An
instrument for measuring the water that percolates through a certain
depth of soil. Knight.
||Ly"sis (l"ss), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ly`sis.] (Med.) The resolution or
||favorable termination of a disease, coming on gradually and not
||marked by abrupt change.
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It is usually contrasted with crisis, in which the improvement is
sudden and marked; as, pneumonia ends by crisis, typhoid fever by
lysis.
||Lys"sa (ls"s), n. [NL. See Lytta.] (Med.) Hydrophobia.
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The plural (Lyssæ) has been used to signify the pustules supposed to be
developed under the tongue in hydrophobia.
Ly*te"ri*an (l*t"r*an), a. [Gr. lyth`rios healing, fr. lyth`r a
deliverer, fr. ly`ein to loosen.] (Med.) Terminating a disease;
indicating the end of a disease.
Lythe (lth), n. (Zoöl.) The European pollack; -- called also laith, and
leet. [Scot.]
Lythe (l), a. [See Lithe, a.] Soft; flexible. [Obs.] Spenser.
{ Lyth`on*thrip"tic (lth`n*thrp"tk), Lyth`on*trip"tic (-trp"tk) }, a.
(Med.) See Lithontriptic.
||Lyt"ta (lt"t), n.; pl. Lyttæ (-t). [L., a worm said to grow under the
||tongue of dogs, and to cause canine madness, fr. Gr. ly`tta, ly`ssa,
||lit., madness.] (Anat.) A fibrous and muscular band lying within the
||longitudinal axis of the tongue in many mammals, as the dog.
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