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<hw>Li"ar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>liere</ets>. See <er>Lie</er> to falsify.]</ety> <def>A person who knowingly utters falsehood; one who lies.</def>

<h1>Liard</h1> <Xpage=847>

<hw>Li"ard</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>liart</ets>, LL. <ets>liardus</ets> gray, dappie.]</ety> <def>Gray.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<note>&hand; Used by Chaucer as an epithet of a gray or dapple gray horse. Also used as a name for such a horse.</note>

<h1>Liard</h1> <Xpage=847>

<hw>Liard</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A French copper coin of one fourth the value of a sou.</def>

<h1>Lias</h1> <Xpage=847>

<hw>Li"as</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lias</ets>, fr. <ets>liais</ets> sort of limestone, OF. also <ets>liois</ets>; perh. of Celtic origin, cf. Armor. <ets>liach</ets>, <ets>leach</ets>, a stone, Gael. <ets>leac</ets>, W. <ets>llech</ets>. Cf. <er>Cromlech</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>The lowest of the three divisions of the Jurassic period; a name given in England and Europe to a series of marine limestones underlying the O\'94lite. See the Chart of <er>Geology</er>.</def>

<h1>Liassic</h1> <Xpage=847>

<hw>Li*as"sic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>Of the age of the Lias; pertaining to the Lias Formation.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Lias</er>.</def></def2>

<h1>Lib</h1> <Xpage=847>

<hw>Lib</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Glib</er> to geld.]</ety> <def>To castrate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Libament</h1> <Xpage=847>

<hw>Lib"a*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>libamentum</ets>.]</ety> <def>Libation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Holland.</i>

<h1>Libant</h1> <Xpage=847>

<hw>Li"bant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>libans</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>libare</ets> to taste, touch.]</ety> <def>Sipping; touching lightly.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Landor.</i>

<h1>Libation</h1> <Xpage=847>

<hw>Li*ba"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>libatio</ets>, fr. <ets>libare</ets> to take a little from anything, to taste, to pour out as an offering: cf. F. <ets>libation</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of pouring a liquid or liquor, usually wine, either on the ground or on a victim in sacrifice, in honor of some deity; also, the wine or liquid thus poured out.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<blockquote>A heathen sacrifice or <b>libation</b> to the earth. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Libatory</h1> <Xpage=847>

<hw>Li"ba*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to libation.</def>

<h1>Libbard</h1> <Xpage=847>

<hw>Lib"bard</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Leopard</er>.]</ety> <def>A leopard.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Poetic]</mark>

<i>Spenser. Keats.</i>