Part 6528

<h1>Light-handed</h1> <Xpage=852>

<hw>Light"-hand`ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>Not having a full complement of men; <as>as, a vessel <ex>light-handed</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Light-headed</h1> <Xpage=852>

<hw>Light"-head`ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Disordered in the head; dilirious.</def>

<i>Walpole.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Thoughtless; heedless; volatile; unsteady; fickle; loose.</def> "<i>Light-headed</i>, weak men."

<i>Clarendon.</i>

-- <wordforms><wf>Light"-head`ed*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Light-hearted</h1> <Xpage=852>

<hw>Light"-heart"ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Free from grief or anxiety; gay; cheerful; merry.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Light"-heart`ed*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Light"-heart"ed*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Light-heeled</h1> <Xpage=852>

<hw>Light"-heeled`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Lively in walking or running; brisk; light-footed.</def>

<h1>Light-horseman</h1> <Xpage=852>

<hw>Light"-horse`man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>-men</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A soldier who serves in the light horse. See under 5th <er>Light</er>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A West Indian fish of the genus <spn>Ephippus</spn>, remarkable for its high dorsal fin and brilliant colors.</def>

<h1>Lighthouse</h1> <Xpage=852>

<hw>Light"house`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl.<plw>Lighthouses</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>A tower or other building with a powerful light at top, erected at the entrance of a port, or at some important point on a coast, to serve as a guide to mariners at night; a pharos.</def>

<h1>Lighting</h1> <Xpage=852>

<hw>Light"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Metal.)</fld> <def>A name sometimes applied to the process of annealing metals.</def>

<h1>Light-legged</h1> <Xpage=852>

<hw>Light"-legged`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Nimble; swift of foot.</def>

<i>Sir P. Sidney.</i>

<h1>Lightless</h1> <Xpage=852>

<hw>Light"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt><def>Destitute of light; dark.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Lightly</h1> <Xpage=852>

<hw>Light"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>With little weight; with little force; <as>as, to tread <ex>lightly</ex>; to press <ex>lightly</ex>.</as></def>

<blockquote>Yet shall thy grave with rising flowers be drest, And the green turf lie <b>lightly</b> on thy breast. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>