Part 6596

<i>Dunglison.</i>

<h1>Liveried</h1> <Xpage=862>

<hw>Liv"er*ied</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Wearing a livery. See <er>Livery</er>, 3.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>liveried</b> servants wait. <i>Parnell.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Livering</h1> <Xpage=862>

<hw>Liv"er*ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A kind of pudding or sausage made of liver or pork.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chapman.</i>

<h1>Liverleaf</h1> <Xpage=862>

<hw>Liv"er*leaf`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Liverwort</er>.</def>

<h1>Liverwort</h1> <Xpage=862>

<hw>Liv"er*wort`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A ranunculaceous plant (<spn>Anemone Hepatica</spn>) with pretty white or bluish flowers and a three-lobed leaf; -- called also <altname>squirrel cups</altname>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A flowerless plant (<spn>Marchantia polymorpha</spn>), having an irregularly lobed, spreading, and forking frond.</def>

<note>&hand; From this plant many others of the same order (<spn>Hepatic\'91</spn>) have been vaguely called liverworts, esp. those of the tribe <spn>Marchantiace\'91</spn>. See <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Hepatica</er>.</note>

<h1>Livery</h1> <Xpage=862>

<hw>Liv"er*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Liveries</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[OE. <ets>livere</ets>, F. <ets>livr\'82e</ets>, formerly, a gift of clothes made by the master to his servants, prop., a thing delivered, fr. <ets>livrer</ets> to deliver, L. <ets>liberare</ets> to set free, in LL., to deliver up. See <er>Liberate</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Eng. Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The act of delivering possession of lands or tenements.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The writ by which possession is obtained.</def>

<note>&hand; It is usual to say, <i>livery of seizin</i>, which is a feudal investiture, made by the delivery of a turf, of a rod, or twig, from the feoffor to the feoffee. In the United States, and now in Great Britain, no such ceremony is necessary, the delivery of a deed being sufficient.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Release from wardship; deliverance.</def>

<blockquote>It concerned them first to sue out their <b>livery</b> from the unjust wardship of his encroaching prerogative. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>That which is delivered out statedly or formally, as clothing, food, etc.</def>; especially: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The uniform clothing issued by feudal superiors to their retainers and serving as a badge when in military service.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The peculiar dress by which the servants of a nobleman or gentleman are distinguished; <as>as, a claret-colored <ex>livery</ex></as>.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>Hence, also, the peculiar dress or garb appropriated by any association or body of persons to their own use; <as>as, the <ex>livery</ex> of the London tradesmen, of a priest, of a charity school, etc.</as>; also, the whole body or company of persons wearing such a garb, and entitled to the privileges of the association; <as>as, the whole <ex>livery</ex> of London</as>.</def>

<blockquote>A Haberdasher and a Carpenter, A Webbe, a Dyer, and a Tapicer, And they were clothed all in one <b>livery</b> Of a solempne and a gret fraternite. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>From the periodical deliveries of these characteristic articles of servile costume (blue coats) came our word <b>livery</b>. <i>De Quincey.</i></blockquote>

<sd>(d)</sd> <def>Hence, any characteristic dress or outward appearance</def>. " April's <i>livery</i>." <i>Sir P. Sidney.</i>

<blockquote>Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober <b>livery</b> all things clad. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<sd>(e)</sd> <def>An allowance of food statedly given out; a ration, as to a family, to servants, to horses, etc.</def>

<blockquote>The emperor's officers every night went through the town from house to house whereat any English gentleman did repast or lodge, and served their <b>liveries</b> for all night: first, the officers brought into the house a cast of fine manchet [white bread], and of silver two great post, and white wine, and sugar. <i>Cavendish.</i></blockquote>

<sd>(f)</sd> <def>The feeding, stabling, and care of horses for compensation; boarding; <as>as, to keep one's horses at <ex>livery</ex></as></def>.

<blockquote>What <b>livery</b> is, we by common use in England know well enough, namely, that is, allowance of horse meat, as to keep horses at <b>livery</b>, the which word, I guess, is derived of livering or delivering forth their nightly food. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>It need hardly be observed that the explanation of <b>livery</b> which Spenser offers is perfectly correct, but . . . it is no longer applied to the ration or stated portion of food delivered at stated periods. <i>Trench.</i></blockquote>