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Ly"ing (?), p. pr. & vb. n. of Lie, to tell a falsehood.

Ly"ing, p. pr. & vb. n. of Lie, to be supported horizontally.

Lying panel (Arch.), a panel in which the grain of the wood is horizontal. [R.] -- Lying to (Naut.), having the sails so disposed as to counteract each other.

Ly"ing-in" (?), n. 1. The state attending, and consequent to, childbirth; confinement.

2. The act of bearing a child.

Ly"ing*ly, adv. In a lying manner; falsely.

Ly"ken (?), v. t. [See Like, v. t. ] To please; -- chiefly used impersonally. [Obs.] " Sith it lyketh you." Chaucer.

{ Lym (?), or Lym"hound` (?) }, n. A dog held in a leam; a bloodhound; a limehound. [Obs.] Shak.

Ly*mail" (?), n. See Limaille. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Lyme" grass` (?). (Bot.) A coarse perennial grass of several species of Elymus, esp. E. Canadensis, and the European E. arenarius.

Lymph (?), n. [L. lympha: cf. F. lymphe.] 1. A spring of water; hence, water, or a pure, transparent liquid like water.

A fountain bubbled up, whose lymph serene Nothing of earthly mixture might distain.

Trench.

2. (Anat.) An alkaline colorless fluid, contained in the lymphatic vessels, coagulable like blood, but free from red blood corpuscles. It is absorbed from the various tissues and organs of the body, and is finally discharged by the thoracic and right lymphatic ducts into the great veins near the heart.

3. (Med.) A fibrinous material exuded from the blood vessels in inflammation. In the process of healing it is either absorbed, or is converted into connective tissue binding the inflamed surfaces together.

Lymph corpuscles (Anat.), finely granular nucleated cells, identical with the colorless blood corpuscles, present in the lymph and chyle. -- Lymph duct (Anat.), a lymphatic. -- Lymph heart. See Note under Heart, n., 1.

||Lym`pha*de*ni"tis (?), n. [NL. See Lymph, and Adenitis.] (Med.) ||Inflammation of the lymphatic glands; -- called also lymphitis. || ||Lym`pha*de*no"ma (?), n. [NL. See Lymph, Aden-, and -oma.] (Med.) See ||Lymphoma. || ||Lym*phan`ge*i"tis (?), n. [NL., from L. lympha lymph + Gr. &?; vessel ||+ -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the lymphatic vessels. [Written also ||lymphangitis.] || Lym*phan"gi*al (?), a. [See Lymphangeitis.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the lymphatics, or lymphoid tissue; lymphatic.

{ Lymph"ate (?), Lymph"a*ted (?), } a. [L. lymphatus, p. p. of lymphare to water, dilute with water, to drive out of one's senses, to make mad.] Frightened into madness; raving. [Obs.]

Lym*phat"ic (?), a. [L. lymphaticus distracted, frantic: cf. F. lymphatique] pertaining to, containing, or conveying lymph.

2. Madly enthusiastic; frantic. [Obs.] " Lymphatic rapture. " Sir T. Herbert. [See Lymphate.]

Lymphatic gland (Anat.), one of the solid glandlike bodies connected with the lymphatics or the lacteals; -- called also lymphatic ganglion, and conglobate gland. -- Lymphatic temperament (Old Physiol.), a temperament in which the lymphatic system seems to predominate, that is, a system in which the complexion lacks color and the tissues seem to be of loose texture; hence, a temperament lacking energy, inactive, indisposed to exertion or excitement. See Temperament.

Lym*phat"ic, n. 1. (Anat.) One of the lymphatic or absorbent vessels, which carry lymph and discharge it into the veins; lymph duct; lymphatic duct.

2. A mad enthusiast; a lunatic. [Obs.]

||Lym*phi"tis (?), n. [NL.] (Med.) See Lymphadenitis. || Lym`pho*gen"ic (?), a. [Lymph + root of L. gignere to produce.] (Physiol.) Connected with, or formed in, the lymphatic glands.

Lym*phog"ra*phy (?), n. [Lymph + -graphy.] A description of the lymphatic vessels, their origin and uses.

Lymph"oid (?), a. [Lymph + - oid.] (Anat.) Resembling lymph; also, resembling a lymphatic gland; adenoid; as, lymphoid tissue.

||Lym*pho"ma (?), n. [NL. See Lymph, and -oma.] (Med.) A tumor having a ||structure resembling that of a lymphatic gland; -- called also ||lymphadenoma. || Malignant lymphoma, a fatal disease characterized by the formation in various parts of the body of new growths resembling lymphatic glands in structure.

Lymph"y (?), a. Containing, or like, lymph.