Part 6531

-- <wordforms><wf>Light"some*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Light"some*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<blockquote>Happiness may walk soberly in dark attire, as well as dance <b>lightsomely</b> in a gala dress. <i>Hawthorne.</i></blockquote>

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

<hw>Light"-winged`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having light and active wings; volatile; fleeting.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Lightwood</h1> <Xpage=852>

<hw>Light"wood`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Pine wood abounding in pitch, used for torches in the Southern United States; pine knots, dry sticks, and the like, for kindling a fire quickly or making a blaze.</def>

<h1>Lighty</h1> <Xpage=852>

<hw>Light"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Illuminated.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Wyclif.</i>

<h1>Lign-aloes</h1> <Xpage=852>

<hw>Lign`-al"oes</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>ligne aloes</ets>, fr. L. <ets>lignum</ets> wood + <ets>aloe</ets> aloe.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Aloes wood, or agallochum. See <er>Agallochum</er>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A fragrant tree mentioned in the Bible.</def>

<i>Num. xxiv. 6.</i>

<h1>Ligneous</h1> <Xpage=852>

<hw>Lig"ne*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ligneus</ets>, fr. <ets>lignum</ets> wood. Cf. <er>Lignous</er>.]</ety> <def>Made of wood; consisting of wood; of the nature of, or resembling, wood; woody.</def>

<blockquote>It should be tried with shoots of vines and roots of red roses; for it may be they, being of a more<b>ligneous</b> nature, will incorporate with the tree itself. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Ligneous marble</col>, <cd>wood coated or prepared so as to resemble marble.</cd></cs>

<h1>Ligniferous</h1> <Xpage=852>

<hw>Lig*nif`er*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lignifer</ets>; <ets>lignum</ets> wood + <ets>ferre</ets> to bear: cf. F. <ets>lignif\'8are</ets>.]</ety> <def>Yielding or producing wood.</def>

<h1>Lignification</h1> <Xpage=852>

<hw>Lig`ni*fi*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lignification</ets>. See <er>Lignify</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A change in the character of a cell wall, by which it becomes harder. It is supposed to be due to an incrustation of lignin.</def>

<h1>Ligniform</h1> <Xpage=852>

<hw>Lig"ni*form</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lignum</ets> wood + <ets>-form</ets>: cf. F. <ets>ligniforme</ets>.]</ety> <def>Like wood.</def>

<h1>Lignify</h1> <Xpage=852>

<hw>Lig"ni*fy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Lignified</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Lignifying</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>lignum</ets> wood + <ets>-fy</ets>: cf. F. <ets>lignifier</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>To convert into wood or into a ligneous substance.</def>

<h1>Lignify</h1> <Xpage=852>

<hw>Lig"ni*fy</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>To become wood.</def>