Part 6564

<hw>Li"on-heart`ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Very brave; brave and magnanimous.</def>

<i>Sir W. Scott.</i>

<h1>Lionhood</h1> <Xpage=857>

<hw>Li"on*hood</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>State of being a lion.</def>

<i>Carlyle.</i>

<h1>Lionism</h1> <Xpage=857>

<hw>Li"on*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An attracting of attention, as a lion; also, the treating or regarding as a lion.</def>

<h1>Lionize</h1> <Xpage=857>

<hw>Li"on*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Lionized</er> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Lionizing</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To treat or regard as a lion or object of great interest.</def>

<i> J. D. Forbes.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To show the lions or objects of interest to; to conduct about among objects of interest.</def>

<i>Macaulay.</i>

<h1>Lionlike</h1> <Xpage=857>

<hw>Li"on*like`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Like a lion; brave as a lion.</def>

<h1>Lionly</h1> <Xpage=857>

<hw>Li"on*ly</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Like a lion; fierce.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Lion's ear</h1> <Xpage=857>

<hw>Li"on's ear`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A name given in Western South America to certain plants with shaggy tomentose leaves, as species of <spn>Culcitium</spn>, and <spn>Espeletia</spn>.</def>

<h1>Lion's foot</h1> <Xpage=857>

<hw>Li"on's foot`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def> A composite plant of the genus <spn>Prenanthes</spn>, of which several species are found in the United States.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The edelweiss.</def>

<h1>Lionship</h1> <Xpage=857>

<hw>Li"on*ship</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being a lion.</def>

<h1>Lion's leaf</h1> <Xpage=857>

<hw>Li"on's leaf`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A South European plant of the genus <spn>Leontice</spn> (<spn>L. leontopetalum</spn>), the tuberous roots of which contain so much alkali that they are sometimes used as a substitute for soap.</def>

<h1>Lion's tail</h1> <Xpage=857>

<hw>Li"on's tail`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of labiate plants (<spn>Leonurus</spn>); -- so called from a fancied resemblance of its flower spikes to the tuft of a lion's tail. <spn>L. Cardiaca</spn> is the common <stype>motherwort</stype>.</def>

<h1>Lion's tooth</h1> <Xpage=857>