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<p><b>2.</b> <def>A house or apartment appropriated to instruction by lectures or disquisitions.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A higher school, in Europe, which prepares youths for the university.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>An association for debate and literary improvement.</def>

<h1>Lyche</h1> <Xpage=877>

<hw>Lyche</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Like.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Lychee</h1> <Xpage=877>

<hw>Ly"chee`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Litchi</er>.</def>

<h1>Lych gate</h1> <Xpage=877>

<hw>Lych" gate`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><def>. See under <er>Lich</er>.</def>

<h1>Lychnis</h1> <Xpage=877>

<hw>Lych"nis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., a kind of red flower, Gr. <grk>lychni`s</grk>; cf. <grk>ly`chnos</grk> a lamp.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of Old World plants belonging to the Pink family (<spn>Caryophyllace\'91</spn>). Most of the species have brilliantly colored flowers and cottony leaves, which may have anciently answered as wicks for lamps. The botanical name is in common use for the garden species. The corn cockle (<spn>Lychnis Githago</spn>) is a common weed in wheat fields.</def>

<h1>Lychnobite</h1> <Xpage=877>

<hw>Lych"no*bite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <grk>ly`chnos</grk> a lamp + <grk>bi`os</grk> life.]</ety> <def>One who labors at night and sleeps in the day.</def>

<h1>Lychnoscope</h1> <Xpage=877>

<hw>Lych"no*scope</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ + <ets>-scope</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>Same as <cref>Low side window</cref>, under Low, <tt>a.</tt></def>

<h1>Lycine</h1> <Xpage=877>

<hw>Lyc"ine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A weak base identical with betaine; -- so called because found in the boxthorn (<spn>Lycium barbarum</spn>). See <er>Betaine</er>.</def><-- (also called oxyneurine, glycine betaine, glycocoll betain; = carboxymethyl)trimethylammonium hydroxide inner salt. C5H11NO2 (zwitterion) -->

<h1>Lycoperdon</h1> <Xpage=877>

<hw>Ly`co*per"don</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/ wolf + <?/ to break wind.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of fungi, remarkable for the great quantity of spores, forming a fine dust, which is thrown out like smoke when the plant is compressed or burst; puffball.</def>

<h1>Lycopod</h1> <Xpage=877>

<hw>Ly"co*pod</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lycopode</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant of the genus Lycopodium.</def>

<h1>Lycopode</h1> <Xpage=877>

<hw>Ly"co*pode</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>Same as <cref>Lycopodium powder</cref>. See under <er>Lycopodium</er>.</def>

<h1>Lycopodiaceous</h1> <Xpage=877>

<hw>Ly`co*po`di*a"ceous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Belonging, or relating, to the <spn>Lycopodiace\'91</spn>, an order of cryptogamous plants (called also <altname>club mosses</altname>) with branching stems, and small, crowded, one-nerved, and usually pointed leaves.</def>

<h1>Lycopodite</h1> <Xpage=877>

<hw>Ly*cop"o*dite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>An old name for a fossil club moss.</def>