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3. (Pharm.) A solution of a medicinal substance in water; -- distinguished from tincture and aqua.

The U. S. Pharmacopœia includes, in this class of preparations, all aqueous solutions without sugar, in which the substance acted on is wholly soluble in water, excluding those in which the dissolved matter is gaseous or very volatile, as in the aquæ or waters. U. S. Disp.

Labarraque's liquor (Old Chem.), a solution of an alkaline hypochlorite, as sodium hypochlorite, used in bleaching and as a disinfectant. -- Liquor of flints, or Liquor silicum (Old Chem.), soluble glass; -- so called because formerly made from powdered flints. See Soluble glass, under Glass. -- Liquor of Libavius. (Old Chem.) See Fuming liquor of Libavius, under Fuming. -- Liquor sanguinis (sn"gwn*s) (Physiol.), the blood plasma. -- Liquor thief, a tube for taking samples of liquor from a cask through the bung hole. -- To be in liquor, to be intoxicated.

Liq"uor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Liquored (-rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Liquoring.] 1. To supply with liquor. [R.]

2. To grease. [Obs.] Bacon.

Liquor fishermen's boots.

Shak.

Liq"uor*ice (lk"r*s), n. See Licorice.

Liq"uor*ish, a. See Lickerish. [Obs.] Shak.

Liq"uor*ous (-s), a. Eagerly desirous. See Lickerish. [Obs.] Marston.

||Li"ra (l"r), n.; pl. Lire (-r). [It., fr. L. libra the Roman pound. ||Cf. Livre.] An Italian coin equivalent in value to the French franc. || ||Li*rel"la (l*rl"l), n. [NL., dim. of L. lira a furrow.] (Bot.) A ||linear apothecium furrowed along the middle; the fruit of certain ||lichens. || Li*rel"li*form (-l*fôrm), a. [Lirella + -form.] (Bot.) Like a lirella. [Written also lirellæform.]

||Lir`i*o*den"dron (lr`**dn"drn), n.; pl. Liriodendra (- dr). [NL., fr. ||Gr. lei`rion lily + de`ndron tree.] (Bot.) A genus of large and very ||beautiful trees of North America, having smooth, shining leaves, and ||handsome, tuliplike flowers; tulip tree; whitewood; -- called also ||canoewood. Liriodendron tulipifera is the only extant species, but ||there were several others in the Cretaceous epoch. || Lir"i*pipe (lr"*pp), n. [Obs.] See Liripoop.

Lir"i*poop (lr"*pp), n. [OF. liripipion, liripion, LL. liripipium. Said to be corrupted from L. cleri ephippium, lit., the clergy's caparison.]

1. A pendent part of the old clerical tippet; afterwards, a tippet; a scarf; -- worn also by doctors, learned men, etc. [Obs.]

2. Acuteness; smartness; also, a smart trick or stratagem. [Obs.] Stanihurst.

3. A silly person. [Obs.]

A liripoop, vel lerripoop, a silly, empty creature; an old dotard.

Milles. MS. Devon Gloss.

Li*roc"o*nite (l*rk"*nt), n. [Gr. leiro`s pale + koni`a powder.] (Min.) A hydrated arseniate of copper, occurring in obtuse pyramidal crystals of a sky-blue or verdigris-green color.

Lis"bon (lz"bn), n. A sweet, light-colored species of wine, produced in the province of Estremadura, and so called as being shipped from Lisbon, in Portugal.

Lisle (ll), n. A city of France celebrated for certain manufactures.

Lisle glove, a fine summer glove, made of Lisle thread. -- Lisle lace, a fine handmade lace, made at Lisle. -- Lisle thread, a hard twisted cotton thread, originally produced at Lisle.

Lisne (ln), n. [Prov. E. lissen, lisne, a cleft in a rock.] A cavity or hollow.[Obs.] Sir M. Hale.

Lisp (lsp), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lisped (lspt); p. pr. & vb. n. Lisping.] [OE. lispen, lipsen, AS. wlisp stammering, lisping; akin to D. & OHG. lispen to lisp, G. lispeln, Sw. läspa, Dan. lespe.] 1. To pronounce the sibilant letter s imperfectly; to give s and z the sound of th; -- a defect common among children.

2. To speak with imperfect articulation; to mispronounce, as a child learning to talk.

As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisped in numbers, for the numbers came.

Pope.

3. To speak hesitatingly with a low voice, as if afraid.