Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter L - Page 29
Liberty (n.) (Manege) A curve or arch in a bit to afford room for the tongue of the horse.
Liberty (n.) (Naut.) Leave of absence; permission to go on shore.
At liberty () Unconfined; free.
At liberty () At leisure.
Civil liberty, Exemption from arbitrary interference with person, opinion, or property, on the part of the government under which one lives, and freedom to take part in modifying that government or its laws.
Liberty bell. See under Bell.
Liberty cap () The Roman pileus which was given to a slave at his manumission.
Liberty cap () A limp, close-fitting cap with which the head of representations of the goddess of liberty is often decked. It is sometimes represented on a spear or a liberty pole.
Liberty of the press, Freedom to print and publish without official supervision.
Liberty party, The party, in the American Revolution, which favored independence of England; in more recent usage, a party which favored the emancipation of the slaves.
Liberty pole, A tall flagstaff planted in the ground, often surmounted by a liberty cap. [U. S.]
Moral liberty, That liberty of choice which is essential to moral responsibility.
Religious liberty, Freedom of religious opinion and worship.
Syn: Leave; permission; license.
Usage: Liberty, Freedom. These words, though often interchanged, are distinct in some of their applications. Liberty has reference to previous restraint; freedom, to the simple, unrepressed exercise of our powers. A slave is set at liberty; his
master had always been in a state of freedom. A prisoner under trial may ask liberty (exemption from restraint) to speak his sentiments with freedom (the spontaneous and bold utterance of his feelings). The liberty of the press is our great security for freedom of thought.
Liberty (n.) Immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence [syn: autonomy, liberty].
Liberty (n.) Freedom of choice; "liberty of opinion"; "liberty of worship"; "liberty--perfect liberty--to think or feel or do just as one pleases"; "at liberty to choose whatever occupation one wishes".
Liberty (n.) Personal freedom from servitude or confinement or oppression.
Liberty (n.) Leave granted to a sailor or naval officer [syn: shore leave, liberty].
Liberty (n.) An act of undue intimacy [syn: familiarity, impropriety, indecorum, liberty].
Liberty (), Freedom from restraint. The power of acting as one thinks fit, without any restraint or control, except from the laws of nature.
Liberty (), Liberty is divided into civil, natural, personal, and political.
Liberty (), Civil liberty is the power to do whatever is permitted by the constitution of the state and the laws of the land. It is no other than natural liberty, so far restrained by human laws, and no further, operating equally upon all the citizens, as is necessary and expedient for the general advantage of the public. 1 Black. Com. 125; Paley's Mor. Phil. B. 6, c.5; Swifts Syst. 12
Liberty (), That system of laws is alone calculated to maintain civil liberty, which leaves the citizen entirely master of his own conduct, except in those points in which the public good requires some direction and restraint. When a man is restrained in his natural liberty by no municipal laws but those which are requisite to prevent his violating the natural law, and to promote the greatest moral and physical welfare of the community, he is legally possessed of the fullest enjoyment of his civil rights of individual liberty. But it must not be inferred that individuals are to judge for themselves how far the law may justifiably restrict their individual liberty; for it is necessary to the welfare of the commonwealth, that the law should be obeyed; and thence is derived the legal maxim, that no man may be wiser than the law.
Liberty (), Natural liberty is the right which nature gives to all mankind, of disposing of their persons and property after the manner they judge most consonant to their happiness, on condition of their acting within the limits of the law of nature, and that they do not in any way abuse it to the prejudice of other men. Burlamaqui, c. 3, s. 15; 1 Bl. Com. 125.
Liberty (), Personal liberty is the independence of our actions of all other will than our own. Wolff, Ins. Nat. Sec. 77. It consists in the power of locomotion, of changing situation, or removing one's person to whatever place one's inclination may direct, without imprisonment or restraint, unless by due course of law. 1 Bl. Com. 134.
Liberty (), Political liberty may be defined to be, the security by which, from the constitution, form and nature of the established government, the citizens enjoy civil liberty. No ideas or definitions are more distinguishable than those of civil and political liberty, yet they are generally confounded. 1 Bl. Com. 6, 125. The political liberty of a state is based upon those fundamental laws which establish the distribution of legislative and executive powers. The political liberty of a citizen is that tranquillity of mind, which is the effect of an opinion that he is in perfect security; and to insure this security, the government must be such that one citizen shall not fear another.
Liberty (), In the English law, by liberty is meant a privilege held by grant or prescription, by which some men enjoy greater benefits than ordinary subjects. A liberty is also a territory, with some extraordinary privilege.
Liberty (), By liberty or liberties, is understood a part of a town or city, as the Northern Liberties of the city of Philadelphia. The same as Fanbourg. (q.v.)
Liberty (n.) One of Imagination's most precious possessions.
The
rising People, hot and out of breath, Roared around the palace:
"Liberty or death!" "If death will do," the King said,
"let me reign; You'll have, I'm sure, no reason to
complain." Martha Braymance
Liberty -- U.S. County in Georgia
Population (2000): 61610
Housing Units (2000): 21977
Land area (2000): 519.051635 sq. miles (1344.337505 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 83.465571 sq. miles (216.174828 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 602.517206 sq. miles (1560.512333 sq. km)
Located within: Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
Location: 31.809525 N, 81.538796 W
Headwords:
Liberty
Liberty, GA
Liberty County
Liberty County, GA
Liberty -- U.S. County in Montana
Population (2000): 2158
Housing Units (2000): 1070
Land area (2000): 1429.758528 sq. miles (3703.057430 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 17.435804 sq. miles (45.158524 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1447.194332 sq. miles (3748.215954 sq. km)
Located within: Montana (MT), FIPS 30
Location: 48.550900 N, 111.004866 W
Headwords:
Liberty
Liberty, MT
Liberty County
Liberty County, MT
Liberty -- U.S. County in Texas
Population (2000): 70154
Housing Units (2000): 26359
Land area (2000): 1159.678117 sq. miles (3003.552406 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 16.544828 sq. miles (42.850906 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1176.222945 sq. miles (3046.403312 sq. km)
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 30.162001 N, 94.846793 W
Headwords:
Liberty
Liberty, TX
Liberty County
Liberty County, TX
Liberty -- U.S. County in Florida
Population (2000): 7021
Housing Units (2000): 3156
Land area (2000): 835.865665 sq. miles (2164.882043 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 7.294059 sq. miles (18.891526 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 843.159724 sq. miles (2183.773569 sq. km)
Located within: Florida (FL), FIPS 12
Location: 30.285745 N, 84.883242 W
Headwords:
Liberty
Liberty, FL
Liberty County
Liberty
County, FL
Liberty, MO -- U.S. city in Missouri
Population (2000): 26232
Housing Units (2000): 9973
Land area (2000): 26.952833 sq. miles (69.807515 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.057506 sq. miles (0.148939 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 27.010339 sq. miles (69.956454 sq. km)
FIPS code: 42032
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 39.240852 N, 94.426502 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Liberty, MO
Liberty
Liberty, NE -- U.S. village in Nebraska
Population (2000): 86
Housing Units (2000): 39
Land area (2000): 0.247134 sq. miles (0.640074 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.247134 sq. miles (0.640074 sq. km)
FIPS code: 26980
Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location: 40.085028 N, 96.483336 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 68381
Note:
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Liberty, NE
Liberty
Liberty, NY -- U.S. village in New York
Population (2000): 3975
Housing Units (2000): 2071
Land area (2000): 2.394091 sq. miles (6.200666 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.394091 sq. miles (6.200666 sq. km)
FIPS code: 42224
Located within: New York (NY), FIPS 36
Location: 41.797792 N, 74.742829 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 12754
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Liberty, NY
Liberty
Liberty, NC -- U.S. town in North Carolina
Population (2000): 2661
Housing Units (2000): 1094
Land area (2000): 2.606729 sq. miles (6.751397 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.011692 sq. miles (0.030281 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.618421 sq. miles (6.781678 sq. km)
FIPS code: 38100
Located within: North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37
Location: 35.852906 N, 79.571886 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 27298
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Liberty, NC
Liberty
Liberty, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
Population (2000): 519
Housing Units (2000): 231
Land area (2000): 0.374281 sq. miles (0.969383 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.374281 sq. miles (0.969383 sq. km)
FIPS code: 43133
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 39.879948 N, 91.108137 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 62347
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Liberty, IL
Liberty
Liberty, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma
Population (2000): 184
Housing Units (2000): 72
Land area (2000): 6.107294 sq. miles (15.817819 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 6.107294 sq. miles (15.817819 sq. km)
FIPS code: 42860
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 35.857244 N, 95.969284 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Liberty, OK
Liberty
Liberty, PA -- U.S. borough in Pennsylvania
Population (2000): 2670
Housing Units (2000): 1162
Land area (2000): 1.438024 sq. miles (3.724465 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.060933 sq. miles (0.157816 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.498957 sq. miles (3.882281 sq. km)
FIPS code: 43064
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 40.326302 N, 79.856101 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 16930
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Liberty, PA
Liberty
Liberty, IN -- U.S. town in Indiana
Population (2000): 2061
Housing Units (2000): 916
Land area (2000): 0.870865 sq. miles (2.255529 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.870865 sq. miles (2.255529 sq. km)
FIPS code: 43434
Located within: Indiana (IN), FIPS 18
Location: 39.635907 N, 84.928968 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 47353
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Liberty, IN
Liberty
Liberty, PA -- U.S. borough in Pennsylvania
Population (2000): 230
Housing Units (2000): 95
Land area (2000): 0.515069 sq. miles (1.334022 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.515069 sq. miles (1.334022 sq. km)
FIPS code: 43128
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 41.558446 N, 77.103839 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 16930
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Liberty, PA
Liberty
Liberty, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
Population (2000): 95
Housing Units (2000): 62
Land area (2000): 0.257448 sq. miles (0.666787 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.257448 sq. miles (0.666787 sq. km)
FIPS code: 40250
Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location: 37.156211 N, 95.598001 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 67351
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Liberty, KS
Liberty
Liberty, SC -- U.S. town in South Carolina
Population (2000): 3009
Housing Units (2000): 1404
Land area (2000): 4.267941 sq. miles (11.053915 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.267941 sq. miles (11.053915 sq. km)
FIPS code: 41380
Located within: South Carolina (SC), FIPS 45
Location: 34.788390 N, 82.694865 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 29657
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Liberty, SC
Liberty
Liberty, KY -- U.S. city in Kentucky
Population (2000): 1850
Housing Units (2000): 979
Land area (2000): 1.745621 sq. miles (4.521138 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.745621 sq. miles (4.521138 sq. km)
FIPS code: 46072
Located within: Kentucky (KY), FIPS 21
Location: 37.321195 N, 84.930513 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 42539
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Liberty, KY
Liberty
Liberty, TN -- U.S. town in Tennessee
Population (2000): 367
Housing Units (2000): 181
Land area (2000): 1.035302 sq. miles (2.681420 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.035302 sq. miles (2.681420 sq. km)
FIPS code: 42040
Located within: Tennessee (TN), FIPS 47
Location: 36.004959 N, 85.972816 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Liberty, TN
Liberty
Liberty, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
Population (2000): 8033
Housing Units (2000): 3187
Land area (2000): 35.052161 sq. miles (90.784676 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.355322 sq. miles (0.920280 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 35.407483 sq. miles (91.704956 sq. km)
FIPS code: 42568
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 30.057546 N, 94.796662 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Liberty, TX
Liberty
Liberty, MS -- U.S. town in Mississippi
Population (2000): 633
Housing Units (2000): 309
Land area (2000): 2.058135 sq. miles (5.330546 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.009985 sq. miles (0.025861 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.068120 sq. miles (5.356407 sq. km)
FIPS code: 40640
Located within: Mississippi (MS), FIPS 28
Location: 31.160812 N, 90.804002 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 39645
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Liberty, MS
Liberty
Libethenite (n.) A mineral of an olive-green color, commonly in orthorhombic crystals. It is a hydrous phosphate of copper.
Libidinist (n.) One given to lewdness.
Libidinosity (n.) The state or quality of being libidinous; libidinousness.
Libidinous (a.) Having lustful desires; characterized by lewdness; sensual; lascivious.
Libken (n.) Alt. of Libkin
Libkin (n.) A house or lodging.
Librae (n. pl. ) of Libra
Libra (n.) The Balance; the seventh sign in the zodiac, which the sun enters at the autumnal equinox in September, marked thus / in almanacs, etc.
Libra (n.) A southern constellation between Virgo and Scorpio.
Libral (a.) Of a pound weight.
Librarian (n.) One who has the care or charge of a library.
Librarian (n.) One who copies manuscript books.
Librarianship (n.) The office of a librarian.
Libraries (n. pl. ) of Library
Library (n.) A considerable collection of books kept for use, and not as merchandise; as, a private library; a public library.
Library (n.) A building or apartment appropriated for holding such a collection of books.
Library (n.) [ C ] (A2) 圖書館；閱覽室 A building, room, or organization that has a collection, especially of books, for people to read or borrow, usually without payment.
// A public/ university library.
// A library book.
Library (n.) [ C ] 文庫；叢書；唱片集 A collection or set of books or other things, all produced in the same style or about the same subject.
// The Penguin Shakespeare Library.
Librated (imp. & p. p.) of Librate
Librating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Librate
Librate (v. i.) To vibrate as a balance does before resting in equilibrium; hence, to be poised.
Librate (v. t.) To poise; to balance.
Libration (n.) The act or state of librating.
Libration (n.) A real or apparent libratory motion, like that of a balance before coming to rest.
Libration point (n.) any one of five points in the plane of a system of two large astronomical bodies orbiting each other, as the Earth-moon system, where the gravitational pull of the two bodies on an object are approximately equal, and in opposite directions. A solid object moving in the same velocity and direction as such a libration point will remain in gravitational equilibrium with the two bodies of the system and not fall toward either body.
Libratory (a.) Balancing; moving like a balance, as it tends to an equipoise or level.
Librettist (n.) One who makes a libretto.
Librettos (n. pl. ) of Libretto
Libretti (n. pl. ) of Libretto
Libretto (n.) A book containing the words of an opera or extended piece of music.
Libretto (n.) The words themselves.
Libriform (a.) Having the form of liber, or resembling liber.
Libya (n.) 利比亞國（阿拉伯語：دولة ليبيا），是北非的一個阿拉伯國家，位於地中海南岸，與埃及、蘇丹共和國、查德、尼日、阿爾及利亞跟突尼西亞相鄰。面積175.95萬平方公里。 Libya (Arabic: ليبيا Lībiyā)[6][7] is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa, bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south and Algeria and Tunisia to the west. The country is made of three historical regions, Tripolitania, Fezzan and Cyrenaica. With an area of almost 1.8 million square kilometres (700,000 sq mi), Libya is the fourth largest country in Africa, and is the 16th largest country in the world.[8] Libya has the 10th-largest proven oil reserves of any country in the world. [9]
Libya has been inhabited by Berbers since the late Bronze Age. The Phoenicians established trading posts in western Libya, and ancient Greek colonists established city-states in eastern Libya. Libya was variously ruled by Carthaginians, Persians, Egyptians and Greeks before becoming a part of the Roman Empire. Libya was an early centre of Christianity. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the area of Libya was mostly occupied by the Vandals until the 7th century, when invasions brought Islam and Arab colonisation. In the 16th century, the Spanish Empire and the Knights of St John occupied Tripoli, until Ottoman rule began in 1551. Libya was involved in the Barbary Wars of the 18th and 19th centuries. Ottoman rule continued until the Italian occupation of Libya resulted in the temporary Italian Libya colony from 1911 to 1943. During the Second World War Libya was an important area of warfare in the North African Campaign. The Italian population then went into decline.
Libya became independent as a kingdom in 1951. A military coup in 1969 overthrew King Idris I. The coup leader Muammar Gaddafi ruled the country from the Libyan Cultural Revolution in 1973 until he was overthrown and killed in the Libyan Civil War of 2011. Since the death of Gaddafi, Libya has been unstable.
The largest city and capital, Tripoli, is located in western Libya and contains over one million [10] of Libya's six million people. The other large city is Benghazi, which is located in eastern Libya.
It is a member of the United Nations since 1955, the Non-Aligned Movement, Arab League, OIC, OPEC and the International Organization for Standardization. The country's official religion is Islam, with 96.6% of the Libyan population are Sunni Muslims.
In the second Libyan Civil War ongoing since 2014, two authorities initially claimed to govern Libya: the Council of Deputies in Tobruk, and the 2014 General National Congress (GNC) in Tripoli, which considered itself the continuation of the General National Congress, elected in 2012. [11] [12] After UN-led peace talks between the Tobruk and Tripoli governments, [13] an unified interim UN-backed Government of National Accord was established in 2015, [14] and the GNC disbanded to support it. [15] Parts of Libya remain outside of either government's control, with various Islamist, rebel, and tribal militias administering some areas. [16] As of July 2017 talks are still ongoing between the GNA and the Tobruk-based authorities to end the strife and unify the divided establishments of the state including the Libyan National Army and the Central Bank of Libya. [17]
Libyan (a.) Of or pertaining to Libya, the ancient name of that part of Africa between Egypt and the Atlantic Ocean, or of Africa as a whole.
Lice (n.) pl. of Louse.
Licensable (a.) That can be licensed.
License (n.) Authority or liberty given to do or forbear any act; especially, a formal permission from the proper authorities to perform certain acts or to carry on a certain business, which without such permission would be illegal; a grant of permission; as, a license to preach, to practice medicine, to sell gunpowder or intoxicating liquors.
To have a license and a leave at London to dwell. -- P. Plowman.
License (n.) The document granting such permission. --Addison.
License (n.) Excess of liberty; freedom abused, or used in contempt of law or decorum; disregard of law or propriety.
License they mean when they cry liberty. -- Milton.
License (n.) That deviation from strict fact, form, or rule, in which an artist or writer indulges, assuming that it will be permitted for the sake of the advantage or effect gained; as, poetic license; grammatical license, etc.
Syn: Leave; liberty; permission.
Licensed (imp. & p. p.) of License
Licensing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of License
License (v. t.) To permit or authorize by license; to give license to; as, to license a man to preach. -- Milton. -- Shak.
Syn: licence, certify.
License (n.) A legal document giving official permission to do something [syn: license, licence, permit].
License (n.) Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech) [syn: license, licence].
License (n.) Excessive freedom; lack of due restraint; "when liberty becomes license dictatorship is near"- Will Durant; "the intolerable license with which the newspapers break...the rules of decorum"- Edmund Burke [syn: license, licence].
License (n.) The act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization [syn: license, permission, permit].
Lincese (v.) Authorize officially; "I am licensed to practice law in this state" [syn: license, licence, certify] [ant: decertify, derecognise, derecognize].
Lincese (), contracts. A right given by some competent authority to do an act, which without such authority would be illegal. The instrument or writing which secures this right, is also called a license. Vide Ayl. Parerg, 353; 15 Vin. Ab. 92; Ang. Wat. Co. 61, 85.
Lincese (), A license is express or implied. An express license is one which in direct terms authorizes the performance of a certain act; as a license to keep a tavern given by public authority.
Lincese (), An implied license is one which though not expressly given, may be presumed from the acts of the party having a right to give it. The following are examples of such licenses: 1. When a man knocks at another's door, and it is opened, the act of opening the door licenses the former to enter the house for any lawful purpose. See Hob. 62. A servant is, in consequence of his employment, licensed to admit to the house, those who come on his master's business, but only such persons. Selw. N. P. 999; Cro. Eliz. 246. It may, however, be inferred from circumstances that the servant has authority to invite whom he pleases to the house, for lawful purposes. See 2 Greenl. Ev. Sec. 427; Entry.
Lincese (), A license is either a bare authority, without interest, or it is coupled with an interest. 1. A bare license must be executed by the party to whom it is given in person, and cannot be made over or assigned by him to another; and, being without consideration, may be revoked at pleasure, as long as it remains executory; 39 Hen. VI. M. 12, page 7; but when carried into effect, either partially or altogether, it can only be rescinded, if in its nature it will admit of revocation, by placing the other side in the same situation in which he stood before he entered on its execution. 8 East, R. 308; Palm. 71; S. C. Poph. 151; S. C. 2 Roll. Rep. 143, 152.
Lincese (), When the license is coupled with an interest the authority conferred is not properly a mere permission, but amounts to a grant, which cannot be revoked, and it may then be assigned to a third person. 5 Hen. V., M. 1, page 1; 2 Mod. 317; 7 Bing. 693; 8 East, 309; 5 B. & C. 221; 7 D. & R. 783; Crabb on R. P. Sec. 521 to 525; 14 S. & R 267; 4 S. & R. 241; 2 Eq. Cas. Ab. 522. When the license is coupled with an interest, the formalities essential to confer such interest should be observed. Say. R. 3; 6 East, R. 602; 8 East, R. 310, note. See 14 S. & R. 267; 4 S. & R. 241; 2 Eq. Cas. Ab. 522; 11 Ad. & El. 34, 39; S. C. 39 Eng, C. L. R. 19.
Lincese (), International law. An authority given by one of two belligerent parties, to the citizens or subjects of the other, to carry on a specified trade.
Lincese (), The effects of the license are to suspend or relax the rules of war to the extent of the authority given. It is the assumption of a state of peace to the extent of the license. In the country which grants them, licenses to carry on a pacific commerce are stricti juris, as being exceptions to the general rule; though they are not to be construed with pedantic accuracy, nor will every small deviation be held to vitiate the fair effect of them. 4 Rob. Rep. 8; Chitty, Law of Nat. 1 to 5, and 260; 1 Kent, Com. 164, 85.
Lincese (), pleading. The name of a plea of justification to an action of trespass. A license must be specially pleaded, and cannot, like liberum tenementum, be given in evidence under the general issue. 2. T. R. 166, 108.
Licensed (a.) Having a license; permitted or authorized by license; as, a licensed victualer; a licensed traffic.
Licensee (n.) The person to whom a license is given.
Licenser (n.) One who gives a license; as, a licenser of the press.
Licensure (n.) A licensing.
Licentiate (n.) One who has a license to exercise a profession; as, a licentiate in medicine or theology.
Licentiate (n.) A friar authorized to receive confessions and grant absolution in all places, independently of the local clergy.
Licentiate (n.) One who acts without restraint, or takes a liberty, as if having a license therefor.
Licentiate (n.) On the continent of Europe, a university degree intermediate between that of bachelor and that of doctor.
Licentiate (v. t.) To give a license to.
Licentious (a.) 放蕩的；放肆的；不道德的 Characterized by license; passing due bounds; excessive; abusive of freedom; wantonly offensive; as, a licentious press.
A wit that no licentious pertness knows. -- Savage.
Licentious (a.) Unrestrained by law or morality; lawless; immoral; dissolute; lewd; lascivious; as, a licentious man; a licentious life. "Licentious wickedness." -- Shak.
Syn: Unrestrained; uncurbed; uncontrolled; unruly; riotous; ungovernable; wanton; profligate; dissolute; lax; loose; sensual; impure; unchaste; lascivious; immoral. -- {Li*cen"tious*ly}, adv. -- {Li*cen"tious*ness}, n.
Licentious (a.) Lacking moral discipline; especially sexually unrestrained; "coarse and licentious men".
Licentiousness (n.) 放蕩；放肆；不道德 The quality of being lewd and lascivious [syn: {licentiousness}, {wantonness}].
Licentiousness (n.) Dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure [syn: {profligacy}, {dissipation}, {dissolution}, {licentiousness}, {looseness}].
Lich (a.) Like. [Obs.] -- Chaucer. -- Spenser.
Lich (a.) A dead body; a corpse. [Obs.]
Lich fowl (Zool.), The European goatsucker; -- called also lich owl.
Lich gate, A covered gate through which the corpse was carried to the church or burial place, and where the bier was placed to await the clergyman; a corpse gate. [Prov. Eng.] -- Halliwell.
Lich wake, The wake, or watching, held over a corpse before burial. [Prov Eng.] -- Chaucer.
Lich wall, The wall of a churchyard or burying ground.
Lich way, The path by which the dead are carried to the grave. [Prov. Eng.]
Lichen (n.) (Bot.) [U] 【植】地衣；【醫】苔蘚病 One of a class of cellular, flowerless plants, (technically called Lichenes), having no distinction of leaf and stem, usually of scaly, expanded, frond-like forms, but sometimes erect or pendulous and variously branched. They derive their nourishment from the air, and generate by means of spores. The species are very widely distributed, and form irregular spots or patches, usually of a greenish or yellowish color, upon rocks, trees, and various bodies, to which they adhere with great tenacity. They are often improperly called rock moss or tree moss.
Note: A favorite modern theory of lichens (called after its inventor the Schwendener hypothesis), is that they are not autonomous plants, but that they consist of ascigerous fungi, parasitic on alg[ae]. Each lichen is composed of white filaments and green, or greenish, rounded cells, and it is argued that the two are of different nature, the one living at the expense of the other. See Hyph[ae], and Gonidia.
Lichen (n.) (Med.) A name given to several varieties of skin disease, esp. to one characterized by the eruption of small, conical or flat, reddish pimples, which, if unchecked, tend to spread and produce great and even fatal exhaustion.
Lichen (n.) Any of several eruptive skin diseases characterized by hard thick lesions grouped together and resembling lichens growing on rocks.
Lichen (n.) Any thallophytic plant of the division Lichenes; occur as crusty patches or bushy growths on tree trunks or rocks or bare ground etc.
Lichened (a.) Belonging to, or covered with, lichens. -- Tennyson.
Lichenic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, lichens.
Lichenic acid. An organic acid, C14H24O3, obtained from Iceland moss.
Lichenic acid. An old name of fumaric acid.
Licheniform (a.) Having the form of a lichen.
Lichenin (n.) (Chem.) A substance isomeric with starch, extracted from several species of moss and lichen, esp. from Iceland moss.
Lichenographic (a.) Alt. of Lichenographical
Lichenographical (a.) Of or pertaining to lichenography.
Lichenographist (n.) One who describes lichens; one versed in lichenography.
Lichenography (n.) A description of lichens; the science which illustrates the natural history of lichens.
Lichenologist (n.) One versed in lichenology.
Lichenology (n.) The science which treats of lichens.
Lichenous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, lichens; abounding in lichens; covered with lichens. - -G. Eliot.
Lichi (n.) (Bot.) See Litchi.
Lichwale (n.) (Bot.) The gromwell.
Lichwort (n.) (Bot.) An herb, the wall pellitory. See Pellitory.
Licit (a.) Lawful. "Licit establishments." -- Carlyle. -- Lic"it*ly, adv. -- Lic"it*ness, n.
Licitation (n.) The act of offering for sale to the highest bidder. [R.]
Licitation (n.) A sale at auction; a sale to the highest bidder.
Licked (imp. & p. p.) of Lick
Licking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lick
Lick (v. t.) 舔，舐；舔吃 [O8]；（波浪）輕拍，輕打；（火焰）吞捲；【口】（作為懲罰而）揍，打 To draw or pass the tongue over; as, a dog licks his master's hand. -- Addison.
Lick (v. t.) To lap; to take in with the tongue; as, a dog or cat licks milk. -- Shak.
To lick the dust, To be slain; to fall in battle. "His enemies shall lick the dust." -- Ps. lxxii. 9.
To lick into shape, To give proper form to; -- from a notion that the bear's cubs are born shapeless and subsequently formed by licking. -- Hudibras.
To lick the spittle of, To fawn upon. -- South.
To lick up, To take all of by licking; to devour; to consume entirely. -- Shak. -- Num. xxii. 4.
Lick (n.) A slap; a quick stroke. [Colloq.] "A lick across the face." -- Dryden.
Lick (n.) A stroke of the tongue in licking. "A lick at the honey pot." -- Dryden.
Lick (n.) A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue, or of something which acts like a tongue; as, to put on colors with a lick of the brush. Also, a small quantity of any substance so applied. [Colloq.]
A lick of court whitewash. -- Gray.
Lick (n.) A place where salt is found on the surface of the earth, to which wild animals resort to lick it up; -- often, but not always, near salt springs. Called also salt lick. [U. S.]
Lick (v. t.) To strike with repeated blows for punishment; to flog; to whip or conquer, as in a pugilistic encounter. [Colloq. or Low] -- Carlyle. -- Thackeray.
Lick (n.) A salt deposit that animals regularly lick [syn: salt lick, lick].
Lick (n.) Touching with the tongue; "the dog's laps were warm and wet" [syn: lick, lap].
Lick (n.) (Boxing) a blow with the fist; "I gave him a clout on his nose" [syn: punch, clout, poke, lick, biff, slug].
Lick (v.) (v. i.) 舔，舐；（波浪）輕拍，輕打；（火焰）竄，燒；急速運動 Beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!" [syn: cream, bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lick].
Lick (v.) Pass the tongue over; "the dog licked her hand" [syn: lick, lap].
Lick (v.) Find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of; "did you solve the problem?"; "Work out your problems with the boss"; "this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out"; "did you get it?"; "Did you get my meaning?"; "He could not work the math problem" [syn: solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, lick, work].
Lick (v.) Take up with the tongue; "The cat lapped up the milk"; "the cub licked the milk from its mother's breast" [syn: lap, lap up, lick].
Licker (n.) One who, or that which, licks.
Licker in (Carding Machine), The drum, or cylinder, by which the lap is taken from the feed rollers.
Lickerish (a.) Eager; craving; urged by desire; eager to taste or enjoy; greedy. "The lickerish palate of the glutton." -- Bp. Hall.
Lickerish (a.) Tempting the appetite; dainty. "Lickerish baits, fit to insnare a brute." -- Milton.
Lickerish (a.) Lecherous; lustful. -- Robert of Brunne. -- Lick"er*ish*ly, adv. -- Lick"er*ish*ness, n.
Lickerous (a.) Lickerish; eager; lustful. [Obs.] -- Lick"er*ous*ness, n. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Licking (n.) A lapping with the tongue.
Licking (n.) A flogging or castigation. [Colloq. or Low]
Licking (n.) An unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest; "it was a narrow defeat"; "the army's only defeat"; "they suffered a convincing licking" [syn: defeat, licking] [ant: triumph, victory]
Licking (n.) The act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows [syn: beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking].
Licking -- U.S. County in Ohio
Population (2000): 145491
Housing Units (2000): 58760
Land area (2000): 686.504767 sq. miles (1778.039109 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.876096 sq. miles (4.859065 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 688.380863 sq. miles (1782.898174 sq. km)
Located within: Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location: 40.065737 N, 82.482297 W
Headwords:
Licking
Licking, OH
Licking County
Licking County, OH
Licking, MO -- U.S. city in Missouri
Population (2000): 1471
Housing Units (2000): 744
Land area (2000): 1.735151 sq. miles (4.494019 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.010002 sq. miles (0.025904 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.745153 sq. miles (4.519923 sq. km)
FIPS code: 42464
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 37.496775 N, 91.857629 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 65542
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Licking, MO
Licking
Lickpenny (n.) A devourer or absorber of money.
Lick-spigot (n.) A tapster.
Lick-spittle (n.) 奉承者 An abject flatterer or parasite.
Compare: Flatterer
Flatterer (n.) 拍馬屁的人，阿諛者，諂媚者 One who flatters.
Compare: Flatter
Flatter (v.) [ T ] 奉承；討好 To praise someone in order to make them feel attractive or important, sometimes in a way that is not sincere.
// I knew he was only flattering me because he wanted to borrow some money.
Flatter yourself 自命不凡 To believe something good about yourself although it might not be true.
// [ + that ] Steve flatters himself that he's an excellent speaker.
Flatter to deceive 以假像蒙人，掩人耳目 To give the appearance of being better than the true situation.
// I suspect these statistics flatter to deceive.
Be/ feel flattered 被奉承得高興；感到榮幸 To feel very pleased and proud because someone has said good things about you or has made you feel important.
// She was flattered by his attention.
// They were flattered to be invited to dinner by the mayor.
// We felt flattered that so many people came to our party.
Flatter (v.) [ T ] 使（某人）顯得更吸引人 To make someone look more attractive than usual.
// That new hairstyle really flatters her.
// Short skirts don't flatter me at all.
Lickspittle (n.) A contemptible, fawning person; a servile flatterer or toady.
Compare: Contemptible
Contemptible (a.) 可鄙的；卑劣的；為人所不齒的 Deserving contempt.
// Her behaviour was contemptible.
Licorice (n.) (Bot.) A plant of the genus Glycyrrhiza (G. glabra), the root of which abounds with a sweet juice, and is much used in demulcent compositions.
Licorice (n.) The inspissated juice of licorice root, used as a confection and for medicinal purposes.
Licorice fern (Bot.), A name of several kinds of polypody which have rootstocks of a sweetish flavor.
Licorice sugar. (Chem.) See Glycyrrhizin.
Licorice weed (Bot.), The tropical plant Scapania dulcis.
Mountain licorice (Bot.), A kind of clover ({Trifolium alpinum), found in the Alps. It has large purplish flowers and a sweetish perennial rootstock.
Wild licorice. (Bot.) The North American perennial herb Glycyrrhiza lepidota.
Wild licorice. (Bot.) Certain broad-leaved cleavers ({Galium circ[ae]zans and Galium lanceolatum).
Wild licorice. (Bot.) The leguminous climber Abrus precatorius, whose scarlet and black seeds are called black-eyed Susans. Its roots are used as a substitute for those of true licorice ({Glycyrrhiza glabra).
Licorice (n.) Deep-rooted coarse-textured plant native to the Mediterranean region having blue flowers and pinnately compound leaves; widely cultivated in Europe for its long thick sweet roots [syn: licorice, liquorice, Glycyrrhiza glabra].
Licorice (n.) A black candy flavored with the dried root of the licorice plant [syn: licorice, liquorice].
Licorous (a.) See Lickerish. -- Lic"o*rous*ness, n. [Obs.] -- Herbert.
Licour (n.) Liquor. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Lictor (n.)
[L.] (Rom. Antiq.) An officer who bore an ax and fasces or rods, as
ensigns of his office. His duty was to attend the chief magistrates
when they appeared in public, to clear the way, and cause due respect
to be paid to them, also to apprehend and punish criminals.
Lictors and rods, the ensigns of their power. -- Milton.
Lid (n.) That which covers the opening of a vessel or box, etc.; a movable cover; as, the lid of a chest or trunk.
Lid (n.) The cover of the eye; an eyelid. -- Shak.
Tears, big tears, gushed from the rough soldier's lid. -- Byron.
Lid (n.) (Bot.) The cover of the spore cases of mosses.
Lid (n.) (Bot.) A calyx which separates from the flower, and falls off in a single piece, as in the Australian Eucalypti.
Lid (n.) (Bot.) The top of an ovary which opens transversely, as in the fruit of the purslane and the tree which yields Brazil nuts.
Lid (n.) Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye; "his lids would stay open no longer" [syn: eyelid, lid, palpebra].
Lid (n.) A movable top or cover (hinged or separate) for closing the opening at the top of a box, chest, jar, pan, etc.; "he raised the piano lid".
Lid (n.) Headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim [syn: hat, chapeau, lid].
LID () Local IDentifier (Infiniband)
Lid (n.) [ C ] (B2) 蓋，蓋子 A cover on a container, that can be lifted up or removed.
// Can you get the lid off this jar?
// Put a lid on the saucepan.
Lid (n.) [ C ] 眼瞼，眼皮 An eyelid (= either of the two pieces of skin that can close over each eye).
// She looked at him from under half-closed lids.
Idiom:
Blow/ take the lid off sth (also Lift the lid on sth) (Informal) 揭露…的真相 To cause something bad that was previously kept secret to be known by the public.
// In 1989 they started an investigation that was to blow the lid off corruption in the police force.
Idiom:
Keep a/ the lid on sth (also Put a lid on sth) (Informal) 防止…失控；限制，壓制 To control the level of something in order to stop it increasing.
// The administration has intervened to keep a lid on inflation.
Idiom:
Put the lid on sth (UK) (Old-fashioned) 使…失敗，使（計劃）落空 If something that happens puts the lid on a plan, it causes the plan to fail.
// Well, James' resignation just about puts the lid on it/the project.