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Lit"tle, adv. In a small quantity or degree; not much; slightly; somewhat; -- often with a preceding it. " The poor sleep little." Otway.

Lit"tle-ease` (?), n. An old slang name for the pillory, stocks, etc., of a prison.[Eng.] Latimer.

Lit"tle*ness, n. The state or quality of being little; as, littleness of size, thought, duration, power, etc.

Syn. -- Smallness; slightness; inconsiderableness; narrowness; insignificance; meanness; penuriousness.

Lit"to*ral (?), a. [L. littoralis, litoralis, from littus, litus, the seashore: cf. F. littoral.] 1. Of or pertaining to a shore, as of the sea.

2. (Biol.) Inhabiting the seashore, esp. the zone between high-water and low-water mark.

||Lit"to*ri"na (?), n. [NL. See Littoral.] (Zoöl.) A genus of small ||pectinibranch mollusks, having thick spiral shells, abundant between ||tides on nearly all rocky seacoasts. They feed on seaweeds. The ||common periwinkle is a well-known example. See Periwinkle. || Lit"tress (lt"trs), n. A smooth kind of cartridge paper used for making cards. Knight.

Lit"u*ate (lt"u*t; 135), a. [See Lituus.] (Bot.) Forked, with the points slightly curved outward.

Lit"u*i*form (?), a. [Lituus + -form.] Having the form of a lituus; like a lituite.

Lit"u*ite (lt"u*t; 135), n. [See Lituus.] (Paleon.) Any species of ammonites of the genus Lituites. They are found in the Cretaceous formation.

Lit"u*rate (?), a. [L. lituratus, p. p. of liturare to erase, fr. litura a blur.] 1. (Zoöl.) Having indistinct spots, paler at their margins.

2. (Bot.) Spotted, as if from abrasions of the surface.

{ Li*tur"gic (?), Li*tur"gic*al (?), } [Gr. &?;: cf. F. liturgique.] Pertaining to, of or the nature of, a liturgy; of or pertaining to public prayer and worship. T. Warton.

Li*tur"gic*al*ly, adv. In the manner of a liturgy.

Li*tur"gics (?), n. The science of worship; history, doctrine, and interpretation of liturgies.

Li*tur`gi*ol"o*gist (?), n. One versed in liturgiology.

Li*tur`gi*ol"o*gy (?), n. [Liturgy + -logy.] The science treating of liturgical matters; a treatise on, or description of, liturgies. Shipley.

Lit"ur*gist (lt"r*jst), n. One who favors or adheres strictly to a liturgy. Milton.

Lit"ur*gy (lt"r*j), n.; pl. Liturgies (- jz). [F. liturgie, LL. liturgia, Gr. leitoyrgi`a a public service, the public service of God, public worship; (assumed) le`i:tos, lei^tos, belonging to the people, public (fr. lao`s, lew`s, the people) + the root of 'e`rgon work. See Lay, a., and Work.] An established formula for public worship, or the entire ritual for public worship in a church which uses prescribed forms; a formulary for public prayer or devotion. In the Roman Catholic Church it includes all forms and services in any language, in any part of the world, for the celebration of Mass.

||Lit"u*us (?), n.; pl. Litui (#). [L.] 1. (Rom. Antig.) (a) A curved ||staff used by the augurs in quartering the heavens. (b) An instrument ||of martial music; a kind of trumpet of a somewhat curved form and ||shrill note. || 2. (Math.) A spiral whose polar equation is r2θ = a; that is, a curve the square of whose radius vector varies inversely as the angle which the radius vector makes with a given line.

Liv"a*ble (?), a. 1. Such as can be lived.

2. Such as is pleasant to live in; fit or suitable to live in. [Colloq.]

A more delightful or livable region is not easily to be found.

T. Arnold.

Live (lv), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lived (lvd); p. pr. & vb. n. Living.] [OE. liven, livien, AS. libban, lifian; akin to OS. libbian, D. leven, G. leben, OHG. lebn, Dan. leve, Sw. lefva, Icel. lifa to live, to be left, to remain, Goth. liban to live; akin to E. leave to forsake, and life, Gr. liparei^n to persist, liparo`s oily, shining, sleek, li`pos fat, lard, Skr. lip to anoint, smear; -- the first sense prob. was, to cleave to, stick to; hence, to remain, stay; and hence, to live.] 1. To be alive; to have life; to have, as an animal or a plant, the capacity of assimilating matter as food, and to be dependent on such assimilation for a continuance of existence; as, animals and plants that live to a great age are long in reaching maturity.

Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones; Behold, I will . . . lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live.

Ezek. xxxvii. 5, 6.

2. To pass one's time; to pass life or time in a certain manner, as to habits, conduct, or circumstances; as, to live in ease or affluence; to live happily or usefully.