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Lis*te"ri*an (ls*t"r*an), a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to listerism.

Lis"ter*ism (ls"tr*z'm), n. (Med.) The systematic use of antiseptics in the performance of operations and the treatment of wounds; -- so called from Joseph Lister, an English surgeon.

List"ful (lst"fl), a. Attentive. [Obs.] Spenser.

List"ing, n. 1. The act or process of one who lists (in any sense of the verb); as, the listing of a door; the listing of a stock at the Stock Exchange.

2. The selvedge of cloth; list.

3. (Carp.) The sapwood cut from the edge of a board.

4. (Agric.) The throwing up of the soil into ridges, -- a method adopted in the culture of beets and some garden crops. [Local, U. S.]

List"less, a. [OE. listles, lustles. See Lust.] Having no desire or inclination; indifferent; heedless; spiritless. " A listless unconcern." Thomson.

Benumbed with cold, and listless of their gain.

Dryden.

I was listless, and desponding.

Swift.

Syn. -- Heedless; careless; indifferent; vacant; uninterested; languid; spiritless; supine; indolent.

-- List"less*ly, adv. -- List"less*ness, n.

Lit (lt), a form of the imp. & p. p. of Light.

Lit"a*ny (lt"*n), n.; pl. Litanies (- nz). [OE. letanie, OF. letanie, F. litanie, L. litania, Gr. litanei`a, fr. litaney`ein to pray, akin to li`tesqai, li`ssesqai, to pray, lith` prayer.] A solemn form of supplication in the public worship of various churches, in which the clergy and congregation join, the former leading and the latter responding in alternate sentences. It is usually of a penitential character.

Supplications . . . for the appeasing of God's wrath were of the Greek church termed litanies, and rogations of the Latin.

Hooker.

Lit"arge (lt"rj), n. Litharge. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Li"tchi` (l"ch`), n. (Bot.) The fruit of a tree native to China (Nephelium Litchi). It is nutlike, having a rough but tender shell, containing an aromatic pulp, and a single large seed. In the dried fruit which is exported the pulp somewhat resembles a raisin in color and form. [Written also lichi, and lychee.]

-lite (-lt). See -lith.

Lite (lt), a., adv., & n. Little. [Obs.] Chaucer.

{ Li"ter, Li"tre } (l"tr; 277), n. [F. litre, Gr. li`tra a silver coin.] A measure of capacity in the metric system, being a cubic decimeter, equal to 61.022 cubic inches, or 2.113 American pints, or 1.76 English pints.

Lit"er*a*cy (lt"r**s), n. State of being literate.

Lit"er*al (-al), a. [F. litéral, littéral, L. litteralis, literalis, fr. littera, litera, a letter. See Letter.] 1. According to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical; as, the literal meaning of a phrase.

It hath but one simple literal sense whose light the owls can not abide.

Tyndale.

2. Following the letter or exact words; not free.