LITTLE, lit'l, _adj._ (_comp._ LESS; _superl._ LEAST) small in quantity or
extent: weak, poor: brief.--_n._ that which is small in quantity or extent:
a small space.--_adv._ in a small quantity or degree: not much.--_ns._
LITT'LE-EASE, discomfort, misery: a form of punishment, as the stocks;
LITT'LE-END'IAN, one of the Lilliputian party who opposed the
_Big-endians_, maintaining that boiled eggs should be cracked at the little
end; LITT'LE-GO (see GO); LITT'LENESS; LITT'LE-OFF'ICE, a short service of
psalms, hymns, collects, &c.--_adj._ LITT'LEWORTH, worthless.--BY LITTLE
AND LITTLE, by degrees; IN LITTLE, on a small scale; NOT A LITTLE,
considerably. [A.S. _lýtel_.]
LITTORAL, lit'or-al, _adj._ belonging to the sea-shore.--_n._ the strip of
land along it.--LITTORAL ZONE, the interval on a sea-coast between high and
low water mark. [L.,--_litus_, _lit[)o]ris_, shore.]
LITURATE, lit'[=u]-r[=a]t, _adj._ (_bot._) having spots formed by the
abrasion of the surface: in entomology, marked with spots (_Lituræ_)
growing paler at one end.
LITURGY, lit'ur-ji, _n._ the form of service or regular ritual of a
church--strictly, that used in the celebration of the Eucharist: in ancient
Greece, a form of personal service to the state.--_n._ LITURGE', a leader
in public worship.--_adjs._ LITUR'GIC, -AL.--_adv._ LITUR'GICALLY.--_ns._
LITUR'GICS, the doctrine of liturgies; LITURGIOL'OGIST, a student of
liturgies; LITURGIOL'OGY, the study of liturgical forms; LIT'URGIST, a
leader in public worship: one who adheres to, or who studies, liturgies.
[Fr.,--Gr. _leitourgia_--_laos_, the people, _ergon_, work.]
LITUUS, li-t[=u]'us, _n._ an augur's staff with recurved top: a spiral of
similar form.--_adjs._ LIT'U[=A]TE, forked with the points turned outward;
LIT'UIFORM. [L.]
LIVE, liv, _v.i._ to have, or continue in, life, temporal or spiritual: to
last, subsist: to enjoy life: to direct one's course of life: to be
nourished or supported: to dwell.--_v.t._ to spend: to act in conformity
to:--_pr.p._ liv'ing; _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ lived.--_adj._ LIV'ABLE, capable
of being lived: habitable.--_n._ LIV'ER.--LIVE DOWN, live so as to cause a
slander, a grief, &c. to be forgotten by one's self or others; LIVE OUT, to
continue alive until the end of anything: (_U.S._) to be from home in
domestic service; LIVE UNDER, to be tenant to; LIVE UP TO, to rule one's
life according to some standard. [A.S. _lifian_; Ger. _leben_.]
LIVE, l[=i]v, _adj._ having life: alive, not dead: active: containing fire:
burning: vivid.--LIVED (l[=i]vd), used in compounds, as
_long-lived_.--_ns._ LIVE'-AXLE, driving-axle; LIVE'-BAIT, a living worm or
minnow used in fishing: LIVE'-CIR'CUIT, a circuit through which an electric
current is flowing.--_n.pl._ LIVE'-FEATH'ERS, those plucked from the living
fowl.--_n._ LIVE'-L[=E]'VER, that one of a pair of brake-levers to which
the power is first applied:--opp. to _Dead-lever_.--_adj._ LIVE'-LONG, that
lives or lasts long.--_ns._ LIVE'-OAK, an American oak, with durable wood;
LIVE'-SHELL, a shell loaded and fused for firing, or fired and not yet
exploded; LIVE'-STOCK, domestic animals, esp. horses, cattle, sheep, and
pigs; LIVE'-WELL, the well in a fishing-boat where fish are kept alive.
LIVELIHOOD, l[=i]v'li-hood, _n._ means of living: support--(_obs._)
LIVE'LIHED. [A.S. _líf_. life, _lád_, a way.]
LIVELY, l[=i]v'li, _adj._ showing life: vigorous, active: sprightly:
spirited: vivid.--_adv._ vivaciously, vigorously.--_adv._
L[=I]VE'LILY.--_n._ L[=I]VE'LINESS.
LIVER, liv'[.e]r, _n._ the largest gland in the body, which secretes the
bile.--_adjs._ LIV'ER-COL'OUR, of the colour of the liver: dark-red;
LIV'ERED, in compounds, as _white-livered_, _lily-livered_=cowardly.--_n._
LIVER-FLUKE, a trematoid worm (_Distoma hepatica_).--_adj._ LIV'ER-GROWN,
having a swelled liver.--_n._ LIVERWORT, any plant of the cryptogamic
family _Hepaticæ_, allied to mosses.--_adj._ LIV'ERY, resembling the liver.
[A.S. _lifer_; Ger. _leber_, Ice. _lifr_.]
LIVERY, liv'[.e]r-i, _n._ the dress or uniform worn by servants, esp.
men-servants: a dress peculiar to certain persons or things, as in the
trade-guilds of London: any characteristic dress: the being kept and fed at
a certain rate, as horses at livery: the whole body of liverymen in London:
(_orig._) the distinctive dress worn by the household of a king or
nobleman, so called because delivered or given at regular periods.--_adj._
LIV'ERIED, clothed in livery.--_ns._ LIV'ERY-COM'PANY, a guild of the city
of London; LIV'ERYMAN, a man who wears a livery: a freeman of the city of
London entitled to wear the livery and enjoy other privileges of his
company; LIV'ERY-SER'VANT, a servant who wears a livery;
LIV'ERY-ST[=A]'BLE, a stable where horses and vehicles are kept for
hire.--SUE ONE'S LIVERY (_Shak._), to ask for the writ delivering a
freehold into the possession of its heir. [Fr. _livrée_--_livrer_--L.
_liber[=a]re_, to free.]
LIVES, l[=i]vz, _n._ plural of _life_.
LIVID, liv'id, _adj._ black and blue: of a lead colour: discoloured.--_ns._
LIVID'ITY, LIV'IDNESS. [Fr.,--L. _lividus_--_liv[=e]re_, to be of a lead
colour.]
LIVING, liv'ing, _adj._ having life: active, lively: producing action or
vigour: running or flowing, as opposed to stagnant.--_n._ means of
subsistence: manner of life: a property: the benefice of a
clergyman.--LIVING ROCK, rock in its native state or location; LIVING ROOM,
a sitting-room for general family use; LIVING WAGE, a wage on which it is
possible for a workman and his family to live fairly.--THE LIVING, those
alive.
LIVRAISON, l[=e]-vr[=a]-zon', _n._ a number of a book published in parts.
[Fr.]
LIVRE, l[=e]'vr, _n._ an old French coin, about the value of a franc, by
which it was superseded in 1795: the ancient French unit of weight, equal
to about 1 lb. avoirdupois. [Fr.,--L. _libra_, a pound.]
LIXIVIATION, liks-iv-i-[=a]'shun, _n._ the process of washing or steeping
certain substances in a fluid, for the purpose of dissolving a portion of
their ingredients, and so separating them from the insoluble
residue.--_adjs._ LIXIV'IAL, LIXIV'IOUS.--_v.t._ LIXIV'IATE.--_n._
LIXIV'IUM, lye. [L. _lixivium_, lye.]
LIZARD, liz'ard, _n._ a family of four-footed scaly reptiles, a saurian or
lacertilian.--_n._ LIZ'ARD-STONE, a Cornish serpentine. [Fr. _lézard_--L.
_lacerta_.]
LLAMA, lä'ma, or l[=a]'ma, _n._ a South American ruminant of the camel
family, used for transport in the Andes.
LLANO, lä'n[=o], or lyä'n[=o], _n._ one of the vast steppes or plains in
the northern part of South America:--_pl._ LLA'NOS.--_n._ LLANERO
(lya-n[=a]'r[=o]), an inhabitant of the llanos. [Sp.,--L. _planus_, plain.]
LLOYD'S, loidz, _n._ a part of the London Royal Exchange frequented by
ship-owners, underwriters, &c. to obtain shipping intelligence and transact
marine insurance.--LLOYD'S REGISTER, a list of sea-going vessels classified
according to seaworthiness (as A1, &c.), annually prepared by an
association of members of Lloyd's. [From their originally meeting in the
coffee-house in Tower Street kept by Edward _Lloyd_ in the 17th century.]