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1. (Bot.) Like a bandage, or strap; strap-shaped.

2. Composed of ligules.

Ligulate flower, a species of compound flower, the florets of which have their corollets flat, spreading out toward the end, with the base only tubular.

Lig"ule (-l), n. [L. ligula, lingula, little tongue, dim. of lingua tongue : cf. F. ligule.]

1. (Bot.) (a) The thin and scarious projection from the upper end of the sheath of a leaf of grass. (b) A strap-shaped corolla of flowers of Compositæ.

2. (Anat.) A band of white matter in the wall of fourth ventricle of the brain.

Lig`u*li*flo"rous (lg`*l*fl"rs), a. [Ligule + L. flos, floris, a flower.] (Bot.) Bearing only ligulate flowers; -- said of a large suborder of composite plants, such as the dandelion, lettuce, hawkweed, etc.

Lig"ure (lg"r; 277), n. [L. ligurius, Gr. ligy`rion, liggoy`rion, ligkoy`rion, lygkoy`rion, equiv. to Heb. leshem.] A kind of precious stone.

The third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.

Ex. xxviii. 19.

Li*gus"trin (l*gs"trn), n. (Chem.) A bitter principle found in the bark of the privet (Ligustrum vulgare), and extracted as a white crystalline substance with a warm, bitter taste; -- called also ligustron.

Lik"a*ble (lk"*b'l), a. Such as can be liked; such as to attract liking; as, a likable person. Thackeray.

Like (lk), a. [Compar. Liker (lk"r); superl. Likest.] [OE. lik, ilik, gelic, AS. gelc, fr. pref. ge- + lc body, and orig. meaning, having the same body, shape, or appearance, and hence, like; akin to OS. gilk, D. gelijk, G. gleich, OHG. gilh, Icel. lkr, glkr, Dan. lig, Sw. lik, Goth. galeiks, OS. lik body, D. lijk, G. leiche, Icel. lk, Sw. lik, Goth. leik. The English adverbial ending-ly is from the same adjective. Cf. Each, Such, Which.] 1. Having the same, or nearly the same, appearance, qualities, or characteristics; resembling; similar to; similar; alike; -- often with in and the particulars of the resemblance; as, they are like each other in features, complexion, and many traits of character.

'T is as like you As cherry is to cherry.

Shak.

Like master, like man.

Old Prov.

He giveth snow like wool; he scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes.

Ps. cxlvii. 16.

To, which formerly often followed like, is now usually omitted.

2. Equal, or nearly equal; as, fields of like extent.

More clergymen were impoverished by the late war than ever in the like space before.

Sprat.

3. Having probability; affording probability; probable; likely. [Likely is more used now.] Shak.

But it is like the jolly world about us will scoff at the paradox of these practices.

South.

Many were not easy to be governed, nor like to conform themselves to strict rules.

Clarendon.