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<hw>Li*en"cu*lus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Lienculi</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[NL., dim. of L. <ets>lien</ets> the spleen.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>One of the small nodules sometimes found in the neighborhood of the spleen; an accessory or supplementary spleen.</def>

<h1>Lieno-intestinal</h1> <Xpage=850>

<hw>Li*e`no-in*tes"ti*nal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[l. <ets>lien</ets> the spleen + E. <ets>intestinal</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the spleen and intestine; <as>as, the <ex>lieno-intestinal</ex> vein of the frog</as>.</def>

<h1>Lienteric</h1> <Xpage=850>

<hw>Li`en*ter"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lientericus</ets>, Gr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>lient\'82rique</ets>. See <er>Lientery</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to, or of the nature of, a lientery.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A lientery.</def></def2>

<i>Grew.</i>

<h1>Lientery</h1> <Xpage=850>

<hw>Li"en*ter*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ smooth, soft + <?/ an intestine: cf. F. <ets>lient\'82rie</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A diarrhea, in which the food is discharged imperfectly digested, or with but little change.</def>

<i>Dunglison.</i>

<h1>Lier</h1> <Xpage=850>

<hw>Li"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Lie</er>. ]</ety> <def>One who lies down; one who rests or remains, as in concealment.</def>

<blockquote>There were <b>liers</b> in a ambush against him. <i>Josh. viii. 14.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Lierne rib</h1> <Xpage=850>

<hw>Lierne" rib`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[F. <ets>lierne</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>In Gothic vaulting, any rib which does not spring from the impost and is not a ridge rib, but passes from one boss or intersection of the principal ribs to another.</def>

<h1>Lieu</h1> <Xpage=850>

<hw>Lieu</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., OF. also <ets>liu</ets>, <ets>leu</ets>, <ets>lou</ets>, fr. L. <ets>locus</ets> place. See <er>Local</er>, <er>Locus</er>.]</ety> <def>Place; room; stead; -- used only in the phrase <i>in lieu of</i>, that is, <i>instead of</i>.</def>

<blockquote>The plan of extortion had been adopted in <b>lieu</b> of the scheme of confiscation. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Lieutenancy</h1> <Xpage=850>

<hw>Lieu*ten"an*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The office, rank, or commission, of a lieutenant.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The body of lieutenants or subordinates.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The list of the <b>lieutenancy</b> of our metropolis. <i>Felton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Lieutenant</h1> <Xpage=850>

<hw>Lieu*ten"ant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>lieu</ets> place + <ets>tenant</ets> holding, p. pr. of <ets>tenir</ets> to hold, L. <ets>tenere</ets>. See <er>Lieu</er>, and <er>Tenant</er>, and cf. <er>Locum tenens</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An officer who supplies the place of a superior in his absence; a representative of, or substitute for, another in the performance of any duty.</def>

<blockquote>The lawful magistrate, who is the vicegerent or <b>lieutenant</b> of God. <i>Abp. Bramhall.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A commissioned officer in the army, next below a captain.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A commissioned officer in the British navy, in rank next below a commander.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A commissioned officer in the United States navy, in rank next below a lieutenant commander.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Lieutenant</i> is often used, either adjectively or in hyphened compounds, to denote an officer, in rank next below another, especially when the duties of the higher officer may devolve upon the lower one; as, <i>lieutenant</i> general, or <i>lieutenant-</i>general; <i>lieutenant</i> colonel, or <i>lieutenant-</i>colonel; <i>lieutenant</i> governor, etc.</note>

<cs><col>Deputy lieutenant</col>, <cd>the title of any one of the deputies or assistants of the lord lieutenant of a county.</cd> <mark>[Eng.]</mark> -- <col>Lieutenant colonel</col>, <cd>an army officer next in rank above major, and below colonel.</cd> -- <col>Lieutenant commander</col>, <cd>an officer in the United States navy, in rank next below a commander and next above a lieutenant.</cd> -- <col>Lieutenant general</col>. <cd>See in Vocabulary.</cd> -- <col>Lieutenant governor</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>An officer of a State, being next in rank to the governor, and in case of the death or resignation of the latter, himself acting as governor</cd>. <mark>[U. S.]</mark> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A deputy governor acting as the chief civil officer of one of several colonies under a governor general. <mark>[Eng.]</mark></cd></cs>

<h1>Lieutenant general</h1> <Xpage=850>