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   Lactaid
         n 1: any of a group of enzymes (trade name Lactaid) that
               hydrolyze lactose to glucose and galactose [syn: {lactase},
               {Lactaid}]

English Dictionary: Lecythidaceae by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lactate
n
  1. a salt or ester of lactic acid
v
  1. give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places"
    Synonym(s): breastfeed, suckle, suck, nurse, wet-nurse, lactate, give suck
    Antonym(s): bottlefeed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lactating
adj
  1. producing or secreting milk; "a wet nurse"; "a wet cow"; "lactating cows"
    Synonym(s): wet, lactating
    Antonym(s): dry
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lactation
n
  1. the period following birth during which milk is secreted; "lactation normally continues until weaning"
  2. the production and secretion of milk by the mammary glands
  3. feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast
    Synonym(s): suckling, lactation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lassitude
n
  1. a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)
    Synonym(s): lethargy, lassitude, sluggishness
  2. a feeling of lack of interest or energy
    Synonym(s): languor, lassitude, listlessness
  3. weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy
    Synonym(s): inanition, lassitude, lethargy, slackness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
last out
v
  1. hang on during a trial of endurance; "ride out the storm"
    Synonym(s): last out, stay, ride out, outride
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
last-ditch
adj
  1. of something done as a final recourse (especially to prevent a crisis or disaster); "a last-ditch attempt"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
law student
n
  1. a student in law school
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lay waste to
v
  1. cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
    Synonym(s): lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Lecythidaceae
n
  1. large tropical trees bearing large fruits with woody skins
    Synonym(s): Lecythidaceae, family Lecythidaceae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Leucothoe editorum
n
  1. fast-growing evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having arching interlaced branches and racemes of white flowers
    Synonym(s): dog laurel, dog hobble, switch-ivy, Leucothoe fontanesiana, Leucothoe editorum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
light adaptation
n
  1. the process of adjusting the eyes to relatively high levels of illumination; the pupil constricts and the cones system is operative
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
light diet
n
  1. diet prescribed for bedridden or convalescent people; does not include fried or highly seasoned foods
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Light Within
n
  1. a divine presence believed by Quakers to enlighten and guide the soul
    Synonym(s): Inner Light, Light, Light Within, Christ Within
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
light-duty
adj
  1. not designed for heavy work; "a light-duty detergent"
    Antonym(s): heavy-duty
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
light-headed
adj
  1. weak and likely to lose consciousness; "suddenly felt faint from the pain"; "was sick and faint from hunger"; "felt light in the head"; "a swooning fit"; "light-headed with wine"; "light-headed from lack of sleep"
    Synonym(s): faint, light, swooning, light-headed, lightheaded
  2. lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; "a dizzy blonde"; "light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles"
    Synonym(s): airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, light- headed, lightheaded, silly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
light-headedly
adv
  1. in a giddy light-headed manner; "he walked around dizzily"
    Synonym(s): dizzily, giddily, light-headedly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lighted
adj
  1. set afire or burning; "the lighted candles"; "a lighted cigarette"; "a lit firecracker"
    Synonym(s): lighted, lit
    Antonym(s): unlighted, unlit
  2. provided with artificial light; "illuminated advertising"; "looked up at the lighted windows"; "a brightly lit room"; "a well-lighted stairwell"
    Synonym(s): illuminated, lighted, lit, well-lighted
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lightheaded
adj
  1. weak and likely to lose consciousness; "suddenly felt faint from the pain"; "was sick and faint from hunger"; "felt light in the head"; "a swooning fit"; "light-headed with wine"; "light-headed from lack of sleep"
    Synonym(s): faint, light, swooning, light-headed, lightheaded
  2. lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; "a dizzy blonde"; "light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles"
    Synonym(s): airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, light- headed, lightheaded, silly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lightheadedness
n
  1. a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall
    Synonym(s): dizziness, giddiness, lightheadedness, vertigo
  2. a frivolous lack of prudence
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lightwood
n
  1. tall Australian acacia yielding highly valued black timber
    Synonym(s): lightwood, Acacia melanoxylon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
like the devil
adv
  1. with great speed or effort or intensity; "drove like crazy"; "worked like hell to get the job done"; "ran like sin for the storm cellar"; "work like thunder"; "fought like the devil"
    Synonym(s): like hell, like mad, like crazy, like sin, like thunder, like the devil
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
liquid detergent
n
  1. a detergent in liquid form
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
liquid diet
n
  1. a diet of foods that can be served in liquid or strained form (plus custards or puddings); prescribed after certain kinds of surgery
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
liquidate
v
  1. get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized"
    Synonym(s): neutralize, neutralise, liquidate, waste, knock off, do in
  2. eliminate by paying off (debts)
    Synonym(s): liquidate, pay off
  3. convert into cash; "I had to liquidate my holdings to pay off my ex-husband"
  4. settle the affairs of by determining the debts and applying the assets to pay them off; "liquidate a company"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
liquidation
n
  1. termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities
    Synonym(s): liquidation, settlement
  2. the act of exterminating
    Synonym(s): extermination, liquidation
  3. the murder of a competitor
    Synonym(s): elimination, liquidation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
liquidator
n
  1. a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)
    Synonym(s): murderer, liquidator, manslayer
  2. (law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties
    Synonym(s): liquidator, receiver
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
liquidity
n
  1. the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility
    Synonym(s): liquid, liquidness, liquidity, liquid state
  2. the property of flowing easily; "adding lead makes the alloy easier to cast because the melting point is reduced and the fluidity is increased"; "they believe that fluidity increases as the water gets warmer"
    Synonym(s): fluidity, fluidness, liquidity, liquidness, runniness
  3. being in cash or easily convertible to cash; debt paying ability
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
liquidity crisis
n
  1. a state in which there is a short supply of cash to lend to businesses and consumers and interest rates are high
    Synonym(s): credit crunch, liquidity crisis, squeeze
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
listed
adj
  1. on a list
    Antonym(s): unlisted
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
listed security
n
  1. a security that has been accepted for trading by one of the organized and registered securities exchanges in the US
    Antonym(s): OTC security, over the counter security, unlisted security
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
located
adj
  1. situated in a particular spot or position; "valuable centrally located urban land"; "strategically placed artillery"; "a house set on a hilltop"; "nicely situated on a quiet riverbank"
    Synonym(s): located, placed, set, situated
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lockstitch
n
  1. machine stitch in which the top thread interlocks with the bobbin thread
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Louis d'Outremer
n
  1. king of France (921-954) [syn: Louis IV, {Louis d'Outremer}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Louis the Wideawake
n
  1. king of France whose military victories consolidated his reign (1081-1137)
    Synonym(s): Louis VI, Louis the Far, Louis the Wideawake, Louis the Bruiser
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
low status
n
  1. a position of inferior status; low in station or rank or fortune or estimation
    Synonym(s): low status, lowness, lowliness
    Antonym(s): high status
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lucidity
n
  1. free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression
    Synonym(s): clarity, lucidity, lucidness, pellucidity, clearness, limpidity
    Antonym(s): abstruseness, obscureness, obscurity, reconditeness, unclearness
  2. a lucid state of mind; not confused
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Flax \Flax\, n. [AS. fleax; akin to D. vlas, OHG. flahs, G.
      flachs, and prob. to flechten to braid, plait,m twist, L.
      plectere to weave, plicare to fold, Gr. [?] to weave, plait.
      See {Ply}.]
      1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Linum}, esp. the {L.
            usitatissimum}, which has a single, slender stalk, about a
            foot and a half high, with blue flowers. The fiber of the
            bark is used for making thread and cloth, called linen,
            cambric, lawn, lace, etc. Linseed oil is expressed from
            the seed.
  
      2. The skin or fibrous part of the flax plant, when broken
            and cleaned by hatcheling or combing.
  
      {Earth flax} (Min.), amianthus.
  
      {Flax brake}, a machine for removing the woody portion of
            flax from the fibrous.
  
      {Flax comb}, a hatchel, hackle, or heckle.
  
      {Flax cotton}, the fiber of flax, reduced by steeping in
            bicarbinate of soda and acidulated liquids, and prepared
            for bleaching and spinning like cotton. --Knight.
  
      {Flax dresser}, one who breaks and swingles flax, or prepares
            it for the spinner.
  
      {Flax mill}, a mill or factory where flax is spun or linen
            manufactured.
  
      {Flax puller}, a machine for pulling flax plants in the
            field.
  
      {Flax wench}.
            (a) A woman who spins flax. [Obs.]
            (b) A prostitute. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      {Mountain flax} (Min.), amianthus.
  
      {New Zealand flax} (Bot.) See {Flax-plant}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rot \Rot\, n.
      1. Process of rotting; decay; putrefaction.
  
      2. (Bot.) A disease or decay in fruits, leaves, or wood,
            supposed to be caused by minute fungi. See {Bitter rot},
            {Black rot}, etc., below.
  
      3. [Cf. G. rotz glanders.] A fatal distemper which attacks
            sheep and sometimes other animals. It is due to the
            presence of a parasitic worm in the liver or gall bladder.
            See 1st {Fluke}, 2.
  
                     His cattle must of rot and murrain die. --Milton.
  
      {Bitter rot} (Bot.), a disease of apples, caused by the
            fungus {Gl[91]osporium fructigenum}. --F. L. Scribner.
  
      {Black rot} (Bot.), a disease of grapevines, attacking the
            leaves and fruit, caused by the fungus {L[91]stadia
            Bidwellii}. --F. L. Scribner.
  
      {Dry rot} (Bot.) See under {Dry}.
  
      {Grinder's rot} (Med.) See under {Grinder}.
  
      {Potato rot}. (Bot.) See under {Potato}.
  
      {White rot} (Bot.), a disease of grapes, first appearing in
            whitish pustules on the fruit, caused by the fungus
            {Coniothyrium diplodiella}. --F. L. Scribner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lactate \Lac"tate\, n. [L. lac, lactis, milk: cf. F. lactate.]
      (Chem.)
      A salt of lactic acid.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lactation \Lac*ta"tion\, n.
      A giving suck; the secretion and yielding of milk by the
      mammary gland.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lactide \Lac"tide\, n. [Lactic + anhydride.] (Chem.)
      A white, crystalline substance, obtained from also, by
      extension, any similar substance.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lactodensimeter \Lac`to*den*sim"e*ter\, n. [L. lac, lactis, milk
      + E. densimeter.]
      A form of hydrometer, specially graduated, for finding the
      density of milk, and thus discovering whether it has been
      mixed with water or some of the cream has been removed.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lassitude \Las"si*tude\, n. [L. lassitudo, fr. lassus faint,
      weary; akin to E. late: cf. F. lassitude. See {Late}.]
      A condition of the body, or mind, when its voluntary
      functions are performed with difficulty, and only by a strong
      exertion of the will; languor; debility; weariness.
  
               The corporeal instruments of action being strained to a
               high pitch . . . will soon feel a lassitude. --Barrow.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Last \Last\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lasted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Lasting}.] [OE. lasten, As. l[91]stan to perform, execute,
      follow, last, continue, fr. l[be]st, l[?]st, trace, footstep,
      course; akin to G. leisten to perform, Goth. laistjan to
      follow. See {Last} mold of the foot.]
      1. To continue in time; to endure; to remain in existence.
  
                     [I] proffered me to be slave in all that she me
                     would ordain while my life lasted.      --Testament of
                                                                              Love.
  
      2. To endure use, or continue in existence, without
            impairment or exhaustion; as, this cloth lasts better than
            that; the fuel will last through the winter.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Leucitoid \Leu"ci*toid\ (l[umac]"s[icr]*toid), n. [Leucite +
      -oid.] (Crystallog.)
      The trapezohedron or tetragonal trisoctahedron; -- so called
      as being the form of the mineral leucite.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Licitation \Lic`i*ta"tion\ (l[icr]s`[icr]*t[amac]"sh[ucr]n), n.
      [L. licitatio, fr. licitari, liceri, to bid, offer a price.]
      The act of offering for sale to the highest bidder. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Liege \Liege\ (l[emac]j), a. [OE. lige, lege, F. lige, LL.
      ligius, legius, liege, unlimited, complete, prob. of German
      origin; cf. G. ledig free from bonds and obstacles, MHG.
      ledec, ledic, lidic, freed, loosed, and Charta Ottonis de
      Benthem, ann. 1253, [bd]ligius homo quod Teutonic[8a] dicitur
      ledigman,[b8] i. e., uni soli homagio obligatus, free from
      all obligations to others; influenced by L. ligare to bind.
      G. ledig perh. orig. meant, free to go where one pleases, and
      is perh. akin to E. lead to conduct. Cf. {Lead} to guide.]
      1. Sovereign; independent; having authority or right to
            allegiance; as, a liege lord. --Chaucer.
  
                     She looked as grand as doomsday and as grave; And
                     he, he reverenced his liege lady there. --Tennyson.
  
      2. Serving an independent sovereign or master; bound by a
            feudal tenure; obliged to be faithful and loyal to a
            superior, as a vassal to his lord; faithful; loyal; as, a
            liege man; a liege subject.
  
      3. (Old Law) Full; perfect; complete; pure. --Burrill.
  
      {Liege homage} (Feudal Custom), that homage of one sovereign
            or prince to another which acknowledged an obligation of
            fealty and services.
  
      {Liege poustie} [L. legitima potestas] (Scots Law), perfect,
            i. e., legal, power; specif., having health requisite to
            do legal acts.
  
      {Liege widowhood}, perfect, i. e., pure, widowhood. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Light \Light\, a. [Compar. {Lighter} (-[etil]r); superl.
      {Lightest}.] [OE. light, liht, AS. l[c6]ht, le[a2]ht; akin to
      D. ligt, G. leicht, OHG. l[c6]hti, Icel. l[emac]ttr, Dan.
      let, Sw. l[84]tt, Goth. leihts, and perh. to L. levis (cf.
      {Levity}), Gr. 'elachy`s small, Skr. laghu light. [root]125.
      ]
      1. Having little, or comparatively little, weight; not
            tending to the center of gravity with force; not heavy.
  
                     These weights did not exert their natural gravity, .
                     . . insomuch that I could not guess which was light
                     or heavy whilst I held them in my hand. --Addison.
  
      2. Not burdensome; easy to be lifted, borne, or carried by
            physical strength; as, a light burden, or load.
  
                     Ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is
                     easy, and my burden is light.            --Matt. xi.
                                                                              29, 30.
  
      3. Easy to be endured or performed; not severe; not
            difficult; as, a light affliction or task. --Chaucer.
  
                     Light sufferings give us leisure to complain.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      4. Easy to be digested; not oppressive to the stomach; as,
            light food; also, containing little nutriment.
  
      5. Not heavily armed; armed with light weapons; as, light
            troops; a troop of light horse.
  
      6. Not encumbered; unembarrassed; clear of impediments;
            hence, active; nimble; swift.
  
                     Unmarried men are best friends, best masters . . .
                     but not always best subjects, for they are light to
                     run away.                                          --Bacon.
  
      7. Not heavily burdened; not deeply laden; not sufficiently
            ballasted; as, the ship returned light.
  
      8. Slight; not important; as, a light error. --Shak.
  
      9. Well leavened; not heavy; as, light bread.
  
      10. Not copious or heavy; not dense; not inconsiderable; as,
            a light rain; a light snow; light vapors.
  
      11. Not strong or violent; moderate; as, a light wind.
  
      12. Not pressing heavily or hard upon; hence, having an easy,
            graceful manner; delicate; as, a light touch; a light
            style of execution.
  
      13. Easy to admit influence; inconsiderate; easily influenced
            by trifling considerations; unsteady; unsettled;
            volatile; as, a light, vain person; a light mind.
  
                     There is no greater argument of a light and
                     inconsiderate person than profanely to scoff at
                     religion.                                          --Tillotson.
  
      14. Indulging in, or inclined to, levity; wanting dignity or
            solemnity; trifling; gay; frivolous; airy; unsubstantial.
  
                     Seneca can not be too heavy, nor Plautus too light.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
                     Specimens of New England humor laboriously light
                     and lamentably mirthful.                  --Hawthorne.
  
      15. Not quite sound or normal; somewhat impaired or deranged;
            dizzy; giddy.
  
                     Are his wits safe? Is he not light of brain ?
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      16. Easily bestowed; inconsiderately rendered.
  
                     To a fair semblance doth light faith annex.
                                                                              --Spenser.
  
      17. Wanton; unchaste; as, a woman of light character.
  
                     A light wife doth make a heavy husband. --Shak.
  
      18. Not of the legal, standard, or usual weight; clipped;
            diminished; as, light coin.
  
      19. Loose; sandy; easily pulverized; as, a light soil.
  
      {Light cavalry}, {Light horse} (Mil.), light-armed soldiers
            mounted on strong and active horses.
  
      {Light eater}, one who eats but little.
  
      {Light infantry}, infantry soldiers selected and trained for
            rapid evolutions.
  
      {Light of foot}.
            (a) Having a light step.
            (b) Fleet.
  
      {Light of heart}, gay, cheerful.
  
      {Light oil} (Chem.), the oily product, lighter than water,
            forming the chief part of the first distillate of coal
            tar, and consisting largely of benzene and toluene.
  
      {Light sails} (Naut.), all the sails above the topsails,
            with, also, the studding sails and flying jib. --Dana.
  
      {Light sleeper}, one easily wakened.
  
      {Light weight}, a prize fighter, boxer, wrestler, or jockey,
            who is below a standard medium weight. Cf. {Feather
            weight}, under {Feather}. [Cant]
  
      {To make light of}, to treat as of little consequence; to
            slight; to disregard.
  
      {To set light by}, to undervalue; to slight; to treat as of
            no importance; to despise.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Water line \Wa"ter line`\
      1. (Shipbuilding) Any one of certain lines of a vessel,
            model, or plan, parallel with the surface of the water at
            various heights from the keel.
  
      Note: In a half-breadth plan, the water lines are outward
               curves showing the horizontal form of the ship at their
               several heights; in a sheer plan, they are projected as
               straight horizontal lines.
  
      2. (Naut.) Any one of several lines marked upon the outside
            of a vessel, corresponding with the surface of the water
            when she is afloat on an even keel. The lowest line
            indicates the vessel's proper submergence when not loaded,
            and is called the {light water line}; the highest, called
            the {load water line}, indicates her proper submergence
            when loaded.
  
      {Water-line model} (Shipbuilding), a model of a vessel formed
            of boards which are shaped according to the water lines as
            shown in the plans and laid upon each other to form a
            solid model.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Light \Light\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lighted} (-[ecr]d) or {Lit}
      (l[icr]t); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lighting}.] [AS. l[ymac]htan,
      l[c6]htan, to shine. [root]122. See {Light}, n.]
      1. To set fire to; to cause to burn; to set burning; to
            ignite; to kindle; as, to light a candle or lamp; to light
            the gas; -- sometimes with up.
  
                     If a thousand candles be all lighted from one.
                                                                              --Hakewill.
  
                     And the largest lamp is lit.               --Macaulay.
  
                     Absence might cure it, or a second mistress Light up
                     another flame, and put out this.         --Addison.
  
      2. To give light to; to illuminate; to fill with light; to
            spread over with light; -- often with up.
  
                     Ah, hopeless, lasting flames ! like those that burn
                     To light the dead.                              --Pope.
  
                     One hundred years ago, to have lit this theater as
                     brilliantly as it is now lighted would have cost, I
                     suppose, fifty pounds.                        --F. Harrison.
  
                     The sun has set, and Vesper, to supply His absent
                     beams, has lighted up the sky.            --Dryden.
  
      3. To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by
            means of a light.
  
                     His bishops lead him forth, and light him on.
                                                                              --Landor.
  
      {To light a fire}, to kindle the material of a fire.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Light \Light\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lighted} (-[ecr]d) [or]
      {Lit} (l[icr]t); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lighting}.] [AS. l[c6]htan
      to alight, orig., to relieve (a horse) of the rider's burden,
      to make less heavy, fr. l[c6]ht light. See {Light} not heavy,
      and cf. {Alight}, {Lighten} to make light.]
      1. To dismount; to descend, as from a horse or carriage; to
            alight; -- with from, off, on, upon, at, in.
  
                     When she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel.
                                                                              --Gen. xxiv.
                                                                              64.
  
                     Slowly rode across a withered heath, And lighted at
                     a ruined inn.                                    --Tennyson.
  
      2. To feel light; to be made happy. [Obs.]
  
                     It made all their hearts to light.      --Chaucer.
  
      3. To descend from flight, and rest, perch, or settle, as a
            bird or insect.
  
                     [The bee] lights on that, and this, and tasteth all.
                                                                              --Sir. J.
                                                                              Davies.
  
                     On the tree tops a crested peacock lit. --Tennyson.
  
      4. To come down suddenly and forcibly; to fall; -- with on or
            upon.
  
                     On me, me only, as the source and spring Of all
                     corruption, all the blame lights due. --Milton.
  
      5. To come by chance; to happen; -- with on or upon; formerly
            with into.
  
                     The several degrees of vision, which the assistance
                     of glasses (casually at first lit on) has taught us
                     to conceive.                                       --Locke.
  
                     They shall light into atheistical company. --South.
  
                     And here we lit on Aunt Elizabeth, And Lilia with
                     the rest.                                          --Tennyson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Light-headed \Light"-head`ed\ (-h[ecr]d`[ecr]d), a.
      1. Disordered in the head; dizzy; delirious. --Walpole.
  
      2. Thoughtless; heedless; volatile; unsteady; fickle; loose.
            [bd]Light-headed, weak men.[b8] --Clarendon. --
            {Light"-head`ed*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Light-headed \Light"-head`ed\ (-h[ecr]d`[ecr]d), a.
      1. Disordered in the head; dizzy; delirious. --Walpole.
  
      2. Thoughtless; heedless; volatile; unsteady; fickle; loose.
            [bd]Light-headed, weak men.[b8] --Clarendon. --
            {Light"-head`ed*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lightwood \Light"wood`\ (-w[oocr]d`), n.
      Pine wood abounding in pitch, used for torches in the
      Southern United States; pine knots, dry sticks, and the like,
      for kindling a fire quickly or making a blaze.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Liquidate \Liq"ui*date\ (l[icr]k"w[icr]*d[amac]t), v. t. [imp. &
      p. p. {Liquidated} (-d[amac]`t[ecr]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Liquidating}.] [LL. liquidatus, p. p. of liquidare to
      liquidate, fr. L. liquidus liquid, clear. See {Liquid}.]
      1. (Law) To determine by agreement or by litigation the
            precise amount of (indebtedness); or, where there is an
            indebtedness to more than one person, to determine the
            precise amount of (each indebtedness); to make the amount
            of (an indebtedness) clear and certain.
  
                     A debt or demand is liquidated whenever the amount
                     due is agreed on by the parties, or fixed by the
                     operation of law.                              --15 Ga. Rep.
                                                                              321.
  
                     If our epistolary accounts were fairly liquidated, I
                     believe you would be brought in considerable debtor.
                                                                              --Chesterfield.
  
      2. In an extended sense: To ascertain the amount, or the
            several amounts, of, and apply assets toward the discharge
            of (an indebtedness). --Abbott.
  
      3. To discharge; to pay off, as an indebtedness.
  
                     Friburg was ceded to Zurich by Sigismund to
                     liquidate a debt of a thousand florins. --W. Coxe.
  
      4. To make clear and intelligible.
  
                     Time only can liquidate the meaning of all parts of
                     a compound system.                              --A. Hamilton.
  
      5. To make liquid. [Obs.]
  
      {Liquidated damages} (Law), damages the amount of which is
            fixed or ascertained. --Abbott.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Liquidate \Liq"ui*date\ (l[icr]k"w[icr]*d[amac]t), v. t. [imp. &
      p. p. {Liquidated} (-d[amac]`t[ecr]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Liquidating}.] [LL. liquidatus, p. p. of liquidare to
      liquidate, fr. L. liquidus liquid, clear. See {Liquid}.]
      1. (Law) To determine by agreement or by litigation the
            precise amount of (indebtedness); or, where there is an
            indebtedness to more than one person, to determine the
            precise amount of (each indebtedness); to make the amount
            of (an indebtedness) clear and certain.
  
                     A debt or demand is liquidated whenever the amount
                     due is agreed on by the parties, or fixed by the
                     operation of law.                              --15 Ga. Rep.
                                                                              321.
  
                     If our epistolary accounts were fairly liquidated, I
                     believe you would be brought in considerable debtor.
                                                                              --Chesterfield.
  
      2. In an extended sense: To ascertain the amount, or the
            several amounts, of, and apply assets toward the discharge
            of (an indebtedness). --Abbott.
  
      3. To discharge; to pay off, as an indebtedness.
  
                     Friburg was ceded to Zurich by Sigismund to
                     liquidate a debt of a thousand florins. --W. Coxe.
  
      4. To make clear and intelligible.
  
                     Time only can liquidate the meaning of all parts of
                     a compound system.                              --A. Hamilton.
  
      5. To make liquid. [Obs.]
  
      {Liquidated damages} (Law), damages the amount of which is
            fixed or ascertained. --Abbott.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Liquidate \Liq"ui*date\ (l[icr]k"w[icr]*d[amac]t), v. t. [imp. &
      p. p. {Liquidated} (-d[amac]`t[ecr]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Liquidating}.] [LL. liquidatus, p. p. of liquidare to
      liquidate, fr. L. liquidus liquid, clear. See {Liquid}.]
      1. (Law) To determine by agreement or by litigation the
            precise amount of (indebtedness); or, where there is an
            indebtedness to more than one person, to determine the
            precise amount of (each indebtedness); to make the amount
            of (an indebtedness) clear and certain.
  
                     A debt or demand is liquidated whenever the amount
                     due is agreed on by the parties, or fixed by the
                     operation of law.                              --15 Ga. Rep.
                                                                              321.
  
                     If our epistolary accounts were fairly liquidated, I
                     believe you would be brought in considerable debtor.
                                                                              --Chesterfield.
  
      2. In an extended sense: To ascertain the amount, or the
            several amounts, of, and apply assets toward the discharge
            of (an indebtedness). --Abbott.
  
      3. To discharge; to pay off, as an indebtedness.
  
                     Friburg was ceded to Zurich by Sigismund to
                     liquidate a debt of a thousand florins. --W. Coxe.
  
      4. To make clear and intelligible.
  
                     Time only can liquidate the meaning of all parts of
                     a compound system.                              --A. Hamilton.
  
      5. To make liquid. [Obs.]
  
      {Liquidated damages} (Law), damages the amount of which is
            fixed or ascertained. --Abbott.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Liquidate \Liq"ui*date\ (l[icr]k"w[icr]*d[amac]t), v. t. [imp. &
      p. p. {Liquidated} (-d[amac]`t[ecr]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Liquidating}.] [LL. liquidatus, p. p. of liquidare to
      liquidate, fr. L. liquidus liquid, clear. See {Liquid}.]
      1. (Law) To determine by agreement or by litigation the
            precise amount of (indebtedness); or, where there is an
            indebtedness to more than one person, to determine the
            precise amount of (each indebtedness); to make the amount
            of (an indebtedness) clear and certain.
  
                     A debt or demand is liquidated whenever the amount
                     due is agreed on by the parties, or fixed by the
                     operation of law.                              --15 Ga. Rep.
                                                                              321.
  
                     If our epistolary accounts were fairly liquidated, I
                     believe you would be brought in considerable debtor.
                                                                              --Chesterfield.
  
      2. In an extended sense: To ascertain the amount, or the
            several amounts, of, and apply assets toward the discharge
            of (an indebtedness). --Abbott.
  
      3. To discharge; to pay off, as an indebtedness.
  
                     Friburg was ceded to Zurich by Sigismund to
                     liquidate a debt of a thousand florins. --W. Coxe.
  
      4. To make clear and intelligible.
  
                     Time only can liquidate the meaning of all parts of
                     a compound system.                              --A. Hamilton.
  
      5. To make liquid. [Obs.]
  
      {Liquidated damages} (Law), damages the amount of which is
            fixed or ascertained. --Abbott.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Liquidation \Liq`ui*da"tion\ (l[icr]k`w[icr]*d[amac]"sh[ucr]n),
      n. [Cf. F. liquidation.]
      The act or process of liquidating; the state of being
      liquidated.
  
      {To go into liquidation} (Law), to turn over to a trustee
            one's assets and accounts, in order that the several
            amounts of one's indebtedness may be authoritatively
            ascertained, and that the assets may be applied toward
            their discharge.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Liquidator \Liq"ui*da`tor\ (l[icr]k"w[icr]*d[amac]`t[etil]r), n.
      [Cf. F. liquidateur.]
      1. One who, or that which, liquidates.
  
      2. An officer appointed to conduct the winding up of a
            company, to bring and defend actions and suits in its
            name, and to do all necessary acts on behalf of the
            company. [Eng.] --Mozley & W.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Liquidity \Li*quid"i*ty\ (l[icr]*kw[icr]d"[icr]*t[ycr]), n. [L.
      liquiditas, fr. liquidus liquid: cf. F. liquidit[82].]
      The state or quality of being liquid.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   List \List\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Listed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Listing}.] [From list a roll.]
      1. To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show
            of colors, or form a border. --Sir H. Wotton.
  
      2. To cover with list, or with strips of cloth; to put list
            on; as, to list a door; to stripe as if with list.
  
                     The tree that stood white-listed through the gloom.
                                                                              --Tennyson.
  
      3. To enroll; to place or register in a list.
  
                     Listed among the upper serving men.   --Milton.
  
      4. To engage, as a soldier; to enlist.
  
                     I will list you for my soldier.         --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      5. (Carp.) To cut away a narrow strip, as of sapwood, from
            the edge of; as, to list a board.
  
      {To list a stock} (Stock Exchange), to put it in the list of
            stocks called at the meeting of the board.

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   Locate \Lo"cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Located}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Locating}.] [L. locatus, p. p. of locare to place, fr. locus
      place. See {Local}.]
      1. To place; to set in a particular spot or position.
  
                     The captives and emigrants whom he brought with him
                     were located in the trans-Tiberine quarter. --B. F.
                                                                              Westcott.
  
      2. To designate the site or place of; to define the limits
            of; as, to locate a public building; to locate a mining
            claim; to locate (the land granted by) a land warrant.
  
                     That part of the body in which the sense of touch is
                     located.                                             --H. Spencer.

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   Lock stitch \Lock" stitch`\
      A peculiar sort of stitch formed by the locking of two
      threads together, as in the work done by some sewing
      machines. See {Stitch}.

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   Stitch \Stitch\, n. [OE. stiche, AS. stice a pricking, akin to
      stician to prick. See {Stick}, v. i.]
      1. A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of
            the thread thus made.
  
      2. A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a
            link, or loop, of yarn; as, to let down, or drop, a
            stitch; to take up a stitch.
  
      3. [Cf. OE. sticche, stecche, stucche, a piece, AS. stycce.
            Cf. {Stock}.] A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a
            single pass of the needle; hence, by extension, any space
            passed over; distance.
  
                     You have gone a good stitch.               --Bunyan.
  
                     In Syria the husbandmen go lightly over with their
                     plow, and take no deep stitch in making their
                     furrows.                                             --Holland.
  
      4. A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a
            needle; as, a stitch in the side.
  
                     He was taken with a cold and with stitches, which
                     was, indeed, a pleurisy.                     --Bp. Burnet.
  
      5. A contortion, or twist. [Obs.]
  
                     If you talk, Or pull your face into a stitch again,
                     I shall be angry.                              --Marston.
  
      6. Any least part of a fabric or dress; as, to wet every
            stitch of clothes. [Colloq.]
  
      7. A furrow. --Chapman.
  
      {Chain stitch}, {Lock stitch}. See in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Pearl}, [or] {Purl stitch}. See 2nd {Purl}, 2.

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   Logothete \Log"o*thete\, [LL. logotheta, fr. Gr. [?]; [?] word,
      account + [?] to put.]
      An accountant; under Constantine, an officer of the empire; a
      receiver of revenue; an administrator of a department.

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   Low-studded \Low"-stud`ded\, a.
      Furnished or built with short studs; as, a low-studded house
      or room.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lucidity \Lu*cid"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. lucidit[82]. See {Lucid}.]
      The quality or state of being lucid.

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   Luctation \Luc*ta"tion\, n. [L. luctatio, fr. luctari to
      wrestle, strive.]
      Effort to overcome in contest; struggle; endeavor. [R.]
      --Farindon.

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   Lust \Lust\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lusted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Lusting}.] [AS. lystan. See {Lust}, n., and cf. List to
      choose.]
      1. To list; to like. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [bd] Do so if thou
            lust. [b8] --Latimer.
  
      Note: In earlier usage lust was impersonal.
  
                        In the water vessel he it cast When that him
                        luste.                                          --Chaucer.
  
      2. To have an eager, passionate, and especially an inordinate
            or sinful desire, as for the gratification of the sexual
            appetite or of covetousness; -- often with after.
  
                     Whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.      --Deut. xii.
                                                                              15.
  
                     Whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath
                     committed adultery with her already in his heart.
                                                                              --Matt. v. 28.
  
                     The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy.
                                                                              --James iv. 5.

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   Lustihead \Lus"ti*head\, n. [Lusty + -head.]
      See {Lustihood}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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   Lustihood \Lus"ti*hood\, n. [Lusty + -hood.]
      State of being lusty; vigor of body. [bd] Full of
      lustihood.[b8] --Tennyson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Luxate \Lux"ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Luxated}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Luxating}.]
      To displace, or remove from its proper place, as a joint; to
      put out of joint; to dislocate.
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