Part 6567

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Labiate.</def>

<h1>Lippitude</h1> <Xpage=858>

<hw>Lip"pi*tude</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lippitudo</ets>, fr. <ets>lippus</ets> blear-eyed: cf. F. <ets>lippitude</ets>.]</ety> <def>Soreness of eyes; the state of being blear-eyes; blearedness.</def>

<h1>Lipse</h1> <Xpage=858>

<hw>Lipse</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To lisp.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Lipyl</h1> <Xpage=858>

<hw>Lip"yl</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ fat + <ets>-yl</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A hypothetical radical of glycerin.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Berzelius.</i>

<h1>Liquable</h1> <Xpage=858>

<hw>Liq"ua*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[l. <ets>liquabilis</ets>. See <er>Liquate</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>]</ety> <def>Capable of being melted.</def>

<h1>Liquate</h1> <Xpage=858>

<hw>Li"quate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>liquatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>liquare</ets> to melt.]</ety> <def>To melt; to become liquid.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Woodward.</i>

<h1>Liquate</h1> <Xpage=858>

<hw>Li"quate</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <fld>(Metal.)</fld> <def>To separate by fusion, as a more fusible from a less fusible material.</def>

<h1>Liquation</h1> <Xpage=858>

<hw>Li*qua"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>liquatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>liquation</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or operation of making or becoming liquid; also, the capacity of becoming liquid.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Metal.)</fld> <def>The process of separating, by heat, an easily fusible metal from one less fusible; eliquation.</def>

<h1>Liquefacient</h1> <Xpage=858>

<hw>Liq`ue*fa"cient</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>liquefaciens</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>liquefacere</ets>. See <er>Liquefy</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That which serves to liquefy.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>An agent, as mercury, iodine, etc., which promotes the liquefying processes of the system, and increases the secretions.</def>

<h1>Liquefaction</h1> <Xpage=858>

<hw>Liq`ue*fac"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>liquefactio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>liqu\'82faction</ets>. See <er>Liquefy</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or operation of making or becoming liquid; especially, the conversion of a solid into a liquid by the sole agency of heat.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The state of being liquid.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Chem. Physics)</fld> <def>The act, process, or method, of reducing a gas or vapor to a liquid by cold or pressure; <as>as, the <ex>liquefaction</ex> of oxygen or hydrogen</as>.</def>

<h1>Liquefiable</h1> <Xpage=858>

<hw>Liq"ue*fi`a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>liqu\'82fiable</ets>. See <er>Liquefy</er>.]</ety> <def>Capable of being changed from a solid to a liquid state.</def>