Part 6538

<cs><col>California lilac</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a low shrub with dense clusters of purplish flowers (<spn>Ceanothus thyrsiflorus</spn>).</cd></cs>

<h1>Lilacin</h1> <Xpage=853>

<hw>Lil"a*cin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>See <er>Syringin</er>.</def>

<h1>Liliaceous</h1> <Xpage=853>

<hw>Lil`i*a"ceous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>liliaceus</ets>, fr. <ets>lilium</ets> lily. See <er>Lily</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Of or pertaining to a natural order of which the lily, tulip, and hyacinth are well-known examples.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Like the blossom of a lily in general form.</def>

<h1>Lilial</h1> <Xpage=853>

<hw>Lil"i*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having a general resemblance to lilies or to liliaceous plants.</def>

<h1>Lilied</h1> <Xpage=853>

<hw>Lil"ied</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Covered with, or having many, lilies.</def>

<blockquote>By sandy Ladon's <b>lilied</b> banks. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Lill</h1> <Xpage=853>

<hw>Lill</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To loll.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Prov.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Lilliputian</h1> <Xpage=853>

<hw>Lil`li*pu"tian</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One belonging to a very diminutive race described in Swift's "Voyage to Lilliput."</def>

<p><b>2.</b> Hence: <def>A person or thing of very small size.</def>

<h1>Lilliputian</h1> <Xpage=853>

<hw>Lil`li*pu"tian</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Of or having to the imaginary island of <i>Lilliput</i> described by Swift, or to its inhabitants.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> Hence: <def>Of very small size; diminutive; dwarfed.</def>

<h1>Lilly-pilly</h1> <Xpage=853>

<hw>Lil"ly-pil`ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An Australian myrtaceous tree (<spn>Eugenia Smithii</spn>), having smooth ovate leaves, and panicles of small white flowers. The wood is hard and fine-grained.</def>

<h1>Lilt</h1> <Xpage=853>

<hw>Lilt</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Norw. <ets>lilla</ets>, <ets>lirla</ets>, to sing in a high tone.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To do anything with animation and quickness, as to skip, fly, or hop.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Wordsworth.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To sing cheerfully.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Lilt</h1> <Xpage=853>

<hw>Lilt</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To utter with spirit, animation, or gayety; to sing with spirit and liveliness.</def>

<blockquote>A classic lecture, rich in sentiment, With scraps of thundrous epic <b>lilted</b> out By violet-hooded doctors. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>