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<h1>Litherly</h1> <Xpage=859>

<hw>Li"ther*ly</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Crafty; cunning; mischievous; wicked; treacherous; lazy.</def><mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<blockquote>He [the dwarf] was waspish, arch, and <b>litherly</b>. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Lithesome</h1> <Xpage=859>

<hw>Lithe"some</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Lithe</er>, <tt>a.</tt>, and cf. <er>Lissom</er>.]</ety> <def>Pliant; limber; flexible; supple; nimble; lissom.</def>

-- <wordforms><wf>Lithe"some*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Lithia</h1> <Xpage=859>

<hw>Lith"i*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/ stone.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>The oxide of lithium; a strong alkaline caustic similar to potash and soda, but weaker. See <er>Lithium</er>.</def>

<cs><col>Lithia emerald</col>. <cd>See <er>Hiddenite</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Lithiasis</h1> <Xpage=859>

<hw>Li*thi"a*sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ stone.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The formation of stony concretions or calculi in any part of the body, especially in the bladder and urinary passages.</def>

<i>Dunglison.</i>

<h1>Lithic</h1> <Xpage=859>

<hw>Lith"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ of or belonging to stones, fr. <?/ stone: cf. F. <ets>lithique</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to stone; <as>as, <ex>lithic</ex> architecture</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to the formation of uric-acid concretions (stone) in the bladder and other parts of the body; <as>as, <ex>lithic</ex> diathesis</as>.</def>

<cs><col>LIthic acid</col> <fld>(Old Med. Chem.)</fld>, <cd>uric acid. See <cref>Uric acid</cref>, under <er>Uric</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Lithic</h1> <Xpage=859>

<hw>Lith"ic</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A medicine which tends to prevent stone in the bladder.</def>

<h1>Lithic</h1> <Xpage=859>

<hw>Lith"ic</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Lithium</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to or denoting lithium or some of its compounds.</def>

<i>Frankland.</i>

<h1>Lithiophilite</h1> <Xpage=859>

<hw>Lith`i*oph"i*lite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Lithium</ets> + Gr. <?/ friend.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A phosphate of manganese and lithium; a variety of triphylite.</def>

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<h1>Lithium</h1> <Xpage=860>

<hw>Lith"i*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., from Gr.<?/ of stone, fr. <?/ stone.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A metallic element of the alkaline group, occurring in several minerals, as petalite, spodumene, lepidolite, triphylite, etc., and otherwise widely disseminated, though in small quantities.</def>

<note>&hand; When isolated it is a soft, silver white metal, tarnishing and oxidizing very rapidly in the air. It is the lightest solid element known, specific gravity being 0.59. Symbol Li. Atomic weight 7.0 So called from having been discovered in a mineral.</note>

<h1>Litho</h1> <Xpage=860>