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<sd>(g)</sd> <def>The keeping of horses in readiness to be hired temporarily for riding or driving; the state of being so kept</def>.

<blockquote>Pegasus does not stand at <b>livery</b> even at the largest establishment in Moorfields. <i>Lowell.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A low grade of wool.</def>

<cs><col>Livery gown</col>, <cd>the gown worn by a liveryman in London.</cd></cs>

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

<hw>Liv"er*y</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To clothe in, or as in, livery.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Liveryman</h1> <Xpage=862>

<hw>Liv"er*y*man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Liverymen</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>One who wears a livery, as a servant.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A freeman of the city, in London, who, having paid certain fees, is entitled to wear the distinguishing dress or <i>livery</i> of the company to which he belongs, and also to enjoy certain other privileges, as the right of voting in an election for the lord mayor, sheriffs, chamberlain, etc.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>One who keeps a livery stable.</def>

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

<hw>Liv"er*y sta`ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><def>. A stable where horses are kept for hire, and where stabling is provided. See <er>Livery</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 3 <sd>(e)</sd> <sd>(f)</sd> & <sd>(g)</sd>.</def>

<h1>Lives</h1> <Xpage=862>

<hw>Lives</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <def><tt>pl.</tt> of <er>Life</er>.</def>

<h1>Lives</h1> <Xpage=862>

<hw>Lives</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a. & adv.</tt> <ety>[Orig. a genitive sing. of <ets>life</ets>.]</ety> <def>Alive; living; with life.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> " Any <i>lives</i> creature."

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Livid</h1> <Xpage=862>

<hw>Liv"id</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lividus</ets>, from <ets>livere</ets> to be of a blush color, to be black and blue: cf. F. <ets>livide</ets>.]</ety> <def>Black and blue; grayish blue; of a lead color; discolored, as flesh by contusion.</def>

<i>Cowper.</i>

<blockquote>There followed no carbuncles, no purple or <b>livid</b> spots, the mass of the blood not being tainted. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Lividity</h1> <Xpage=862>

<hw>Li*vid"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lividit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>The state or quality of being livid.</def>

<h1>Lividness</h1> <Xpage=862>

<hw>Liv"id*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Lividity.</def>

<i>Walpole.</i>