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<h1>Lithagogue</h1> <Xpage=859>

<hw>Lith"a*gogue</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ stone + <?/ leading.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A medicine having, or supposed to have, the power of expelling calculous matter with the urine.</def>

<i>Hooper.</i>

<h1>Litharge</h1> <Xpage=859>

<hw>Lith"arge</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>litarge</ets>, F. <ets>litharge</ets>, L. <ets>lithargyrus</ets>, Gr. <?/ the scum or foam of silver; <?/ stone + <?/ silver. Litharge is found in silverbearing lead ore.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Lead monoxide; a yellowish red substance, obtained as an amorphous powder, or crystallized in fine scales, by heating lead moderately in a current of air or by calcining lead nitrate or carbonate. It is used in making flint glass, in glazing earthenware, in making red lead minium, etc. Called also <altname>massicot</altname>.</def>

<h1>Lithargyrum</h1> <Xpage=859>

<hw>Li*thar"gy*rum</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Litharge</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Old Chem.)</fld> <def>Crystallized litharge, obtained by fusion in the form of fine yellow scales.</def>

<h1>Lithate</h1> <Xpage=859>

<hw>Lith"ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Old Med. Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt of lithic or uric acid; a urate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <altsp>[Written also <asp>lithiate</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Lithe</h1> <Xpage=859>

<hw>Lithe</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i. & i.</tt> <ety>[Icel <?/. See <er>Listen</er>.]</ety> <def>To listen or listen to; to hearken to.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>P. Plowman.</i>

<h1>Lithe</h1> <Xpage=859>

<hw>Lithe</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[AS. <?/, for <?/ tender, mild, gentle; akin to G. <ets>lind</ets>, <ets>gelind</ets>, OHG. <ets>lindi</ets>, Icel. <ets>linr</ets>, L. <ets>lenis</ets> soft, mild, <ets>lentus</ets> flexible, and AS. <ets>linnan</ets> to yield. Cf. <er>Lenient</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Mild; calm; <as>as, <ex>lithe</ex> weather</as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Capable of being easily bent; pliant; flexible; limber; <as>as, the elephant's <ex>lithe</ex> proboscis</as>.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Lithe</h1> <Xpage=859>

<hw>Lithe</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[AS. <?/. See <er>Lithe</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <def>To smooth; to soften; to palliate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Lithely</h1> <Xpage=859>

<hw>Lithe"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a lithe, pliant, or flexible manner.</def>

<h1>Litheness</h1> <Xpage=859>

<hw>Lithe"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or state of being lithe; flexibility; limberness.</def>

<h1>Lither</h1> <Xpage=859>

<hw>Li"ther</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[AS. <?/ bad, wicked.]</ety> <def>Bad; wicked; false; worthless; slothful.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<blockquote>Not <b>lither</b> in business, fervent in spirit. <i>Bp. Woolton.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; Professor Skeat thinks " the <i>lither</i> sky" as found in Shakespeare's Henry VI. ((Part I. IY. YII., 21) means the stagnant or pestilential sky.</note>

-- <wordforms><wf>Li"ther*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>. -- <wf>Li"ther*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></wordforms>