Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter L - Page 42
Livering (n.) A kind of pudding or sausage made of liver or pork. [Obs.] -- Chapman.
Liverish (a.) Suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress [syn: bilious, liverish, livery].
Liverish (a.) Irritable as if suffering from indigestion [syn: atrabilious, bilious, dyspeptic, liverish].
Liverish (a.) (UK old-fashioned) （因吃喝過量）不舒服的，難受的 Not feeling well, usually because of having drunk or eaten too much.
Liverleaf (n.) Same as Liverwort.
Liverwort (n.) (Bot.) A ranunculaceous plant ({Anemone Hepatica) with pretty white or bluish flowers and a three-lobed leaf; -- called also squirrel cups.
Liverwort (n.) A flowerless plant ({Marchantia polymorpha), having an irregularly lobed, spreading, and forking frond.
Note: From this plant many others of the same order ({Hepatic[ae]}) have been vaguely called liverworts, esp. those of the tribe {Marchantiace[ae]}. See Illust. of {Hepatica}.
Hepatica (n.; pl. {Hepatic[ae]}) (Bot.) A genus of pretty spring flowers closely related to Anemone; squirrel cup.
Hepatica (n.; pl. {Hepatic[ae]}) (Bot.) Any plant, usually procumbent and mosslike, of the cryptogamous class Hepatic[ae]; -- called also {scale moss} and {liverwort}. See {Hepatic[ae]}, in the Supplement.
Liverwort (n.) Any of numerous small green nonvascular plants of the class Hepaticopsida growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosses [syn: {liverwort}, {hepatic}].
Liverwort (n.) [ C or U ] 【植】葉苔；蘚類植物 A small plant without flowers that produces spores.
There are many species (= types) of liverwort, some of which are similar to mosses.
Liveries (n. pl. ) of Livery.
Livery (n.) (Eng. Law) （男僕等穿的或行業等採用的）制服 [U] [C]；【文】特殊的服裝（或裝束、外貌）[U]；（馬的）代養業務；【美】（馬或馬車的）出租 [U] The act of delivering possession of lands or tenements.
Livery (n.) The writ by which possession is obtained.
Note: It is usual to say, livery of seizin, which is a feudal investiture, made by the delivery of a turf, of a rod, a twig, or a key from the feoffor to the feoffee as a symbol of delivery of the whole property. There was a distinction of livery in deed when this ceremony was performed on the property being transferred, and livery in law when performed in sight of the property, but not on it. In the United States, and now in Great Britain, no such ceremony is necessary, the delivery of a deed being sufficient as a livery of seizin, regardless of where performed. -- Black's 4th Ed.
Livery (n.) Release from wardship; deliverance.
Livery (n.) That which is delivered out statedly or formally, as clothing, food, etc.; especially:
Livery (n.) The uniform clothing issued by feudal superiors to their retainers and serving as a badge when in military service.
Livery (n.) The peculiar dress by which the servants of a nobleman or gentleman are distinguished; as, a claret-colored livery.
Livery (n.) Hence, also, the peculiar dress or garb appropriated by any association or body of persons to their own use; as, the livery of the London tradesmen, of a priest, of a charity school, etc.; also, the whole body or company of persons wearing such a garb, and entitled to the privileges of the association; as, the whole livery of London.
A Haberdasher and a Carpenter, A Webbe, a Dyer, and a Tapicer, And they were clothed all in one livery Of a solempne and a gret fraternite. -- Chaucer.
From the periodical deliveries of these characteristic articles of servile costume (blue coats) came our word livery. -- De Quincey.
Livery (n.) Hence, any characteristic dress or outward appearance. " April's livery." -- Sir P. Sidney.
Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad. -- Milton.
Livery (n.) An allowance of food statedly given out; a ration, as to a family, to servants, to horses, etc.
The emperor's officers every night went through the town from house to house whereat any English gentleman did repast or lodge, and served their liveries for all night: first, the officers brought into the house a cast of fine manchet [white bread], and of silver two great pots, and white wine, and sugar. -- Cavendish.
Livery (n.) The feeding, stabling, and care of horses for compensation; boarding; as, to keep one's horses at livery.
What livery is, we by common use in England know well enough, namely, that is, allowance of horse meat, as to keep horses at livery, the which word, I guess, is derived of livering or delivering forth their nightly food. -- Spenser.
It need hardly be observed that the explanation of livery which Spenser offers is perfectly correct, but . . . it is no longer applied to the ration or stated portion of food delivered at stated periods. -- Trench.
Livery (n.) The keeping of horses in readiness to be hired temporarily for riding or driving; the state of being so kept; also, the place where horses are so kept, also called a livery stable.
Pegasus does not stand at livery even at the largest establishment in Moorfields. -- Lowell.
Livery (n.) A low grade of wool.
Livery gown, the gown worn by a liveryman in London.
Livery (v. t.) To clothe in, or as in, livery. -- Shak.
Livery (a.) Suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress [syn: bilious, liverish, livery].
Livery (n.) Uniform worn by some menservants and chauffeurs.
Livery (n.) The voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another [syn: delivery, livery, legal transfer].
Livery (n.) The care (feeding and stabling) of horses for pay.
Livery (n.) [ C or U ] （僕人或某些官員的）制服 A special uniform worn by servants or particular officials.
Livery (n.) [ U ] (UK) （某公司財産或産品上的）公司標誌 A special pattern or design that is put on the things that a company owns and sells.
Livery (a.) 像肝的；有肝病征狀的 Suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress [syn: {bilious}, {liverish}, {livery}].
Liverymen (n. pl. ) of Liveryman.
Liveryman (n.) One who wears a livery, as a servant.
Liveryman (n.) A freeman of the city, in London, who, having paid certain fees, is entitled to wear the distinguishing dress or livery of the company to which he belongs, and also to enjoy certain other privileges, as the right of voting in an election for the lord mayor, sheriffs, chamberlain, etc.
Liveryman (n.) One who keeps a livery stable.
Livery stable () A stable where horses are kept for hire, and where stabling is provided. See Livery, n., 3 (e) (f) & (g).
Lives (n.) (pl.) Of Life.
Lives (a. & adv.) Alive; living; with life.
Lives (n. pl.) 壽命；生命；一生，人生；生活；性命 Life .
Livestock (n.) （總稱）家畜 Any animals kept for use or profit [syn: {livestock}, {stock}, {farm animal}].
Livestock (n.) (pl.) 牲畜；家畜；家禽 Animals and birds that are kept on a farm, such as cows, sheep, or chickens.
Livestock (n.) [Mass noun] Farm animals regarded as an asset.
‘Markets for the trading of livestock.’
Livid (a.) Black and blue; grayish blue; of a lead color; discolored, as flesh by contusion. -- Cowper.
There followed no carbuncles, no purple or livid spots, the mass of the blood not being tainted. -- Bacon.
Livid (a.) Extremely angry; enraged; infuriated.
Livid (a.) Pallid; ashen; -- of the skin.
Livid (a.) Anemic looking from illness or emotion; "a face turned ashen"; "the invalid's blanched cheeks"; "tried to speak with bloodless lips"; "a face livid with shock"; "lips...livid with the hue of death" -- Mary W. Shelley; "lips white with terror"; "a face white with rage" [syn: ashen, blanched, bloodless, livid, white].
Livid (a.) (Of a light) Imparting a deathlike luminosity; "livid lightning streaked the sky"; "a thousand flambeaux...turned all at once that deep gloom into a livid and preternatural day" -- E.A.Poe
Livid (a.) Furiously angry; "willful stupidity makes him absolutely livid."
Livid (a.) Discolored by coagulation of blood beneath the skin; "beaten black and blue"; "livid bruises" [syn: black-and-blue, livid].
LIVID, () Language Identification and Voice IDentification
Livid (a.) Discolored by bruising ; ashen ; pallid ; reddish ; very angry ; enraged.
Lividity (n.) The state or quality of being livid.
Lividity (n.) A state of fury so great the face becomes discolored.
Lividity (n.) Unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) [syn: lividness, lividity, luridness, paleness, pallidness, pallor, wanness, achromasia].
Lividness (n.) Lividity. -- Walpole.
Lividness (n.) Unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) [syn: lividness, lividity, luridness, paleness, pallidness, pallor, wanness, achromasia].
Living (a.) Being alive; having life; as, a living creature.
Living (a.) Active; lively; vigorous; -- said esp. of states of the mind, and sometimes of abstract things; as, a living faith; a living principle. " Living hope. " -- Wyclif.
Living (a.) Issuing continually from the earth; running; flowing; as, a living spring; -- opposed to stagnant.
Living (a.) Producing life, action, animation, or vigor; quickening. "Living light." -- Shak.
Living (a.) Ignited; glowing with heat; burning; live.
Then on the living coals wine they pour. -- Dryden.
Living force. See Vis viva, under Vis.
Living gale (Naut.), A heavy gale.
Living rock or Living stone, Rock in its native or original state or location; rock not quarried. " I now found myself on a rude and narrow stairway, the steps of which were cut out of the living rock." -- Moore.
The living, Those who are alive, or one who is alive.
Living (n.) The state of one who, or that which, lives; lives; life; existence. "Health and living." -- Shak.
Living (n.) Manner of life; as, riotous living; penurious living; earnest living. " A vicious living." -- Chaucer.
Living (n.) Means of subsistence; sustenance; estate ; as, to make a comfortable living from writing.
She can spin for her living. -- Shak.
He divided unto them his living. -- Luke xv. 12.
Living (n.) Power of continuing life; the act of living, or living comfortably.
There is no living without trusting somebody or other in some cases. -- L' Estrange.
Living (n.) The benefice of a clergyman; an ecclesiastical charge which a minister receives. [Eng.]
He could not get a deanery, a prebend, or even a living. -- Macaulay.
Living (a.) Pertaining to living persons; "within living memory."
Living (a.) True to life; lifelike; "the living image of her mother."
Living (a.) (Informal) Absolute; "she is a living doll"; "scared the living daylights out of them"; "beat the living hell out of him."
Living (a.) Still in existence; "the Wollemi pine found in Australia is a surviving specimen of a conifer thought to have been long extinct and therefore known as a living fossil"; "the only surviving frontier blockhouse in Pennsylvania" [syn: surviving, living].
Living (a.) Still in active use; "a living language."
Living (a.) (Used of minerals or stone) In its natural state and place; not mined or quarried; "carved into the living stone."
Living (n.) The experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities; "he could no longer cope with the complexities of life" [syn: life, living].
Living (n.) People who are still living; "save your pity for the living" [ant: dead].
Living (n.) The condition of living or the state of being alive; "while there's life there's hope"; "life depends on many chemical and physical processes" [syn: animation, life, living, aliveness].
Living (n.) The financial means whereby one lives; "each child was expected to pay for their keep"; "he applied to the state for support"; "he could no longer earn his own livelihood" [syn: support, keep, livelihood, living, bread and butter, sustenance].
Livingly (adv.) In a living state. -- Sir T. Browne.
Livingness (n.) The state or quality of being alive; possession of energy or vigor; animation; quickening.
Livonian (a.) Of or pertaining to Livonia, a district on the Baltic Sea formerly part of Russia, now part of Latvia and Estonia.
Livinian (n.) A native or an inhabitant of Livonia; the language (allied to the Finnish) of the Livonians.
Livonian (n.) A member of the Livonian-speaking people of Latvia.
Livonian (n.) The Finnic language spoken by the people of Livonia in Estonia and Latvia.
Livor (n.) [L.] Malignity. [R.] -- Burton.
Livraison (n.) A part of a book or literary composition printed and delivered by itself; a number; a part.
Livre (n.) A French money of account, afterward a silver coin equal to 20 sous. It is not now in use, having been superseded by the franc.
Lixivial (a.) Impregnated with, or consisting of, alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes; impregnated with a salt or salts like a lixivium. -- Boyle.
Lixivial (a.) Of the color of lye; resembling lye.
Lixivial (a.) Having the qualities of alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes.
Lixivial salts (Old Chem.), Salts which are obtained by passing water through ashes, or by pouring it on them. Lixiviate
Lixiviate (a.) Alt. of Lixivited.
Lixivited (a.) Of or pertaining to lye or lixivium; of the quality of alkaline salts.
Lixivited (a.) Impregnated with salts from wood ashes. -- Boyle.
Lixiviated (imp. & p. p.) of Lixiviate.
Lixiviating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lixiviate.
Lixiviate (v. t.) To subject to a washing process for the purpose of separating soluble material from that which is insoluble; to leach, as ashes, for the purpose of extracting the alkaline substances.
Lixiviation (n.) Lixiviating; the process of separating a soluble substance form one that is insoluble, by washing with some solvent, as water; leaching.
Lixivious (a.) See Lixivial.
Lixivial (a.) Impregnated with, or consisting of, alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes; impregnated with a salt or salts like a lixivium. -- Boyle.
Lixivial (a.) Of the color of lye; resembling lye.
Lixivial (a.) Having the qualities of alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes.
Lixivial salts (Old Chem.), Salts which are obtained by passing water through ashes, or by pouring it on them. Lixiviate
Lixivium (n.) A solution of alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes; hence, any solution obtained by lixiviation.
Lixt () Obs. 2d pers. sing. pres. of Lige, to lie, to tell lies, -- contracted for ligest. -- Chaucer.
Liza (n.) (Zool.) The American white mullet ({Mugil curema).
Liza (n.) Similar to the striped mullet and takes its place in the Caribbean region [syn: liza, Mugil liza].
Lizard (n.) (Zool.) Any one of the numerous species of reptiles belonging to the order Lacertilia; sometimes, also applied to reptiles of other orders, as the Hatteria.
Note: Most lizards have an elongated body, with four legs, and a long tail; but there are some without legs, and some with a short, thick tail. Most have scales, but some are naked; most have eyelids, but some do not. The tongue is varied in form and structure. In some it is forked, in others, as the chameleons, club-shaped, and very extensible. See Amphisb[ae]na, Chameleon, Gecko, Gila monster, Horned toad, Iguana, and Dragon, 6.
Lizard (n.) (Naut.) A piece of rope with thimble or block spliced into one or both of the ends. -- R. H. Dana, Ir.
Lizard (n.) A piece of timber with a forked end, used in dragging a heavy stone, a log, or the like, from a field.
Lizard snake (Zool.), The garter snake ({Eut[ae]nia sirtalis).
Lizard stone (Min.), A kind of serpentine from near Lizard Point, Cornwall, England, -- used for ornamental purposes. lizardfish
Lizard (n.) Relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail.
Lizard (n.) A man who idles about in the lounges of hotels and bars in search of women who would support him [syn: lounge lizard, lizard].
Lizard, () Only in Lev. 11:30, as rendering of Hebrew _letaah_, so called from its "hiding." Supposed to be the Lacerta gecko or fan-foot lizard, from the toes of which poison exudes. (See CHAMELEON.)
Lizard's tail () A perennial plant of the genus Saururus (S. cernuus), growing in marshes, and having white flowers crowded in a slender terminal spike, somewhat resembling in form a lizard's tail; whence the name.
Llama (n.) A South American ruminant (Auchenia llama), allied to the camels, but much smaller and without a hump. It is supposed to be a domesticated variety of the guanaco. It was formerly much used as a beast of burden in the Andes.
Llandeilo group () A series of strata in the lower Silurian formations of Great Britain; -- so named from Llandeilo in Southern Wales. See Chart of Geology.
Llanero (n.) One of the inhabitants of the llanos of South America.
Llanos (n. pl. ) of Llano.
Llano (n.) An extensive plain with or without vegetation.
Lloyd's (n.) An association of underwriters and others in London, for the collection and diffusion of marine intelligence, the insurance, classification, registration, and certifying of vessels, and the transaction of business of various kinds connected with shipping.
Lloyd's (n.) A part of the Royal Exchange, in London, appropriated to the use of underwriters and insurance brokers; -- called also Lloyd's Rooms.
Lo (interj.) Look; see; behold; observe.
Loach (n.) Any one of several small, fresh-water, cyprinoid fishes of the genera Cobitis, Nemachilus, and allied genera, having six or more barbules around the mouth. They are found in Europe and Asia. The common European species (N. barbatulus) is used as a food fish.
Load (v.) A burden; that which is laid on or put in anything for conveyance; that which is borne or sustained; a weight; as, a heavy load.
Load (v.) The quantity which can be carried or drawn in some specified way; the contents of a cart, barrow, or vessel; that which will constitute a cargo; lading.
Load (v.) That which burdens, oppresses, or grieves the mind or spirits; as, a load of care.
Load (v.) A particular measure for certain articles, being as much as may be carried at one time by the conveyance commonly used for the article measured; as, a load of wood; a load of hay; specifically, five quarters.
Load (v.) The charge of a firearm; as, a load of powder.
Load (v.) Weight or violence of blows.
Load (v.) The work done by a steam engine or other prime mover when working.
Loaded (imp. & p. p.) of Load.
Loading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Load.
Load (v. t.) To lay a load or burden on or in, as on a horse or in a cart; to charge with a load, as a gun; to furnish with a lading or cargo, as a ship; hence, to add weight to, so as to oppress or embarrass; to heap upon.
Load (v. t.) To adulterate or drug; as, to load wine.
Load (v. t.) To magnetize.
Loader (n.) One who, or that which, loads; a mechanical contrivance for loading, as a gun.
Loading (n.) The act of putting a load on or into.
Loading (n.) A load; cargo; burden.
Loadmanage (n.) Alt. of Lodemanage.
Lodemanage (n.) Pilotage; skill of a pilot or loadsman.
Loadsman (n.) Alt. of Lodesman.
Lodesman (n.) A pilot. [Obs.] -- Chaucer. Loadstar
Loadstar (n.) Alt. of Lodestar.
Lodestar (n.) A star that leads; a guiding star; esp., the polestar; the cynosure (Ursa Minor). --Chaucer. " Your eyes are lodestars." -- Shak.
The pilot can no loadstar see. -- Spenser.
Lodestar (n.) Something that serves as a guide or provides direction; a cynosure [2].
Lodestar (n.) Something that attracts attention or on which the atention is fixed; a cynosure [3]. Loadstone
Loadstar (n.) Guiding star; a star that is used as a reference point in navigation or astronomy [syn: lodestar, loadstar].
Loadstar (n.) Something that serves as a model or guide [syn: lodestar, loadstar].
Loadstone (n.) Alt. of Lodestone.
Lodestone (n.) (Min.) A piece of magnetic iron ore possessing polarity like a magnetic needle. See Magnetite.
Lodestone (n.) (Min.) Same as Loadstone.
Lodestone (n.) A permanent magnet consisting of magnetite that possess polarity and has the power to attract as well as to be attracted magnetically [syn: lodestone, loadstone].
Loaves (n. pl. ) of Loaf.
Loaf (n.) （一條或一塊）麵包 [C] Any thick lump, mass, or cake; especially, a large regularly shaped or molded mass, as of bread, sugar, or cake. -- Bacon.
{Loaf sugar}, Refined sugar that has been formed into a conical loaf in a mold.
Loafed (imp. & p. p.) of Loaf.
Loafing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Loaf.
Loaf (v. i.) 遊蕩，閒逛；懶散地工作 To spend time in idleness; to lounge or loiter about. Loafing vagabonds." -- W. Black.