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<hw>Lie</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp.</tt> <er>Lay</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. p.</tt> <er>Lain</er> <tt>(?)</tt>, (<er>Lien</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <mark>[Obs.]</mark>); <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Lying</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>lien</ets>, <ets>liggen</ets>, AS. <ets>licgan</ets>; akin to D. <ets>liggen</ets>, OHG. <ets>ligen</ets>, <ets>licken</ets>, G. <ets>liegen</ets>, Icel. <ets>liggja</ets>, Sw. <ets>ligga</ets>, Dan. <ets>ligge</ets>, Goth. <ets>ligan</ets>, Russ. <ets>lejate</ets>, L. <ets>lectus</ets> bed, Gr. <?/ bed, <?/ to lie. Cf. <er>Lair</er>, <er>Law</er>, <er>Lay</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>, <er>Litter</er>, <er>Low</er>, <ets>adj</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To rest extended on the ground, a bed, or any support; to be, or to put one's self, in an horizontal position, or nearly so; to be prostate; to be stretched out; -- often with <ptcl>down</ptcl>, when predicated of living creatures; <as>as, the book <ex>lies</ex> on the table; the snow <ex>lies</ex> on the roof; he <ex>lies</ex> in his coffin.</as></def>

<blockquote>The watchful traveler . . . <b>Lay</b> down again, and closed his weary eyes. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To be situated; to occupy a certain place; <as>as, Ireland <ex>lies</ex> west of England; the meadows <ex>lie</ex> along the river; the ship <ex>lay</ex> in port.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition; <as>as, to <ex>lie</ex> waste; to <ex>lie</ex> fallow; to <ex>lie</ex> open; to <ex>lie</ex> hid; to <ex>lie</ex> grieving; to <ex>lie</ex> under one's displeasure; to <ex>lie</ex> at the mercy of the waves; the paper does not <ex>lie</ex> smooth on the wall.</as></def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist; -- with <i>in</i>.</def>

<blockquote>Envy <b>lies</b> between beings equal in nature, though unequal in circumstances. <i>Collier.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>He that thinks that diversion may not <b>lie</b> in hard labor, forgets the early rising and hard riding of huntsmen. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To lodge; to sleep.</def>

<blockquote>Whiles I was now trifling at home, I saw London, . . . where I <b>lay</b> one night only. <i>Evelyn.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Mr. Quinion <b>lay</b> at our house that night. <i>Dickens.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.</def>

<blockquote>The wind is loud and will not <b>lie</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>7.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.</def> "An appeal <i>lies</i> in this case."

<i>Parsons.</i>

<note>&hand; Through ignorance or carelessness speakers and writers often confuse the forms of the two distinct verbs <i>lay</i> and <i>lie</i>. <i>Lay</i> is a transitive verb, and has for its preterit <i>laid</i>; as, he told me to <i>lay</i> it down, and I <i>laid</i> it down. <i>Lie</i> is intransitive, and has for its preterit <i>lay</i>; as, he told me to <i>lie</i> down, and I <i>lay</i> down. Some persons blunder by using <i>laid</i> for the preterit of <i>lie</i>; as, he told me to <i>lie</i> down, and I <i>laid</i> down. So persons often say incorrectly, the ship <i>laid</i> at anchor; they <i>laid</i> by during the storm; the book was <i>laying</i> on the shelf, etc. It is only necessary to remember, in all such cases, that <i>laid</i> is the preterit of <i>lay</i>, and not of <i>lie</i>.</note>

<cs><col>To lie along the shore</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>to coast, keeping land in sight.</cd> -- <col>To lie at the door of</col>, <cd>to be imputable to; as, the sin, blame, etc., <i>lies at your door<i>.</cd> -- <col>To lie at the heart</col>, <cd>to be an object of affection, desire, or anxiety. <i>Sir W. Temple</i>.</cd> -- <col>To lie at the mercy of</col>, <cd>to be in the power of.</cd> -- <col>To lie by</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To remain with; to be at hand; <as>as, he has the manuscript <ex>lying by<ex> him</as></cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To rest; to intermit labor; as, we <i>lay by<i> during the heat of the day.</cd> -- <mcol><col>To lie hard</col> &or; <col>heavy</col></mcol>, <cd>to press or weigh; to bear hard.</cd> -- <col>To lie in</col>, <cd>to be in childbed; to bring forth young.</cd> -- <col>To lie in one</col>, <cd>to be in the power of; to belong to. "As much as <i>lieth in you<i>, live peaceably with all men." <i>Rom. xii. 18</i>.</cd> -- <col>To lie in the way</col>, <cd>to be an obstacle or impediment.</cd> -- <col>To lie in wait</col> , <cd>to wait in concealment; to lie in ambush.</cd> -- <mcol><col>To lie on</col> &or; <col>upon</col></mcol>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To depend on; <as>as, his life <ex>lies on<ex> the result</as></cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To bear, rest, press, or weigh on.</cd> -- <col>To lie low</col>, <cd>to remain in concealment or inactive.</cd> <mark>[Slang]</mark> -- <col>To lie on hand</col>, <col>To lie on one's hands</col>, <cd>to remain unsold or unused; <as>as, the goods are still <ex>lying on his hands<ex>; they have too much time <ex>lying on their hands<ex></as>.</cd> -- <col>To lie on the head of</col>, <cd>to be imputed to.</cd></cs>

<blockquote>What he gets more of her than sharp words, let it <b>lie on my head</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

-- <col>To lie over</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To remain unpaid after the time when payment is due, as a note in bank.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To be deferred to some future occasion, as a resolution in a public deliberative body.</cd> -- <col>To lie to</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>to stop or delay; especially, to head as near the wind as possible as being the position of greatest safety in a gale; -- said of a ship. Cf. <cref>To bring to</cref>, under <er>Bring</er>.</cd> -- <col>To lie under</col>, <cd>to be subject to; to suffer; to be oppressed by.</cd> -- <col>To lie with</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To lodge or sleep with.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To have sexual intercourse with</cd>. <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To belong to; <as>as, it <ex>lies with</ex> you to make amends</as>.</cd></cs>

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<h1>Lie</h1> <Xpage=850>

<hw>Lie</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The position or way in which anything lies; the lay, as of land or country.</def>

<i>J. H. Newman.</i>

<blockquote>He surveyed with his own eyes . . . the <b>lie</b> of the country on the side towards Thrace. <i>Jowett (Thucyd.).</i></blockquote>

<h1>Lieberk\'81hn</h1> <Xpage=850>

<hw>Lie"ber*k\'81hn</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Named after a German physician and instrument maker, <ets>J</ets>. <tt>n.</tt> <ets>Lieberk\'81hn</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Optics)</fld> <def>A concave metallic mirror attached to the object-glass end of a microscope, to throw down light on opaque objects; a reflector.</def>

<h1>Lieberk\'81hn's glands</h1> <Xpage=850>

<hw>Lie"ber*k\'81hn's glands`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[See <er>Lieberk\'81hn</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The simple tubular glands of the small intestines; -- called also <altname>crypts of Lieberk\'81hn</altname>.</def>

<h1>Lied</h1> <Xpage=850>