Part 6713

<h1>Lycopodium</h1> <Xpage=877>

<hw>Ly`co*po"di*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/ wolf + <?/, <?/, a foot.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of mosslike plants, the type of the order <spn>Lycopodiace\'91</spn>; club moss.</def>

<cs><col>Lycopodium powder</col>, <cd>a fine powder or dust composed of the spores of Lycopodium, and other plants of the order <spn>Lycopodiace\'91</spn>. It is highly inflammable, and is sometimes used in the manufacture of fireworks, and the artificial representation of lightning.</cd></cs>

<h1>Lycotropous</h1> <Xpage=877>

<hw>Ly*cot"ro*pous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ hook + <?/ to turn.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Campylotropous.</def>

<h1>Lyden</h1> <Xpage=877>

<hw>Lyd"en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Leden</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Lydian</h1> <Xpage=877>

<hw>Lyd"i*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Lydius</ets>, fr. <ets>Lydia</ets>, Gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to Lydia, a country of Asia Minor, or to its inhabitants; hence, soft; effeminate; -- said especially of one of the ancient Greek modes or keys, the music in which was of a soft, pathetic, or voluptuous character.</def>

<blockquote>Softly sweet in <b>Lydian</b> measures, Soon he soothed his soul to pleasures. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Lydian stone</col>, <cd>a flint slate used by the ancients to try gold and silver; a touchstone. See <er>Basanite</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Lydine</h1> <Xpage=877>

<hw>Lyd"ine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Dyeing)</fld> <def>A violet dye derived from aniline.</def>

<h1>Lye</h1> <Xpage=877>

<hw>Lye</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <altsp>[Written also <asp>lie</asp> and <asp>ley</asp>.]</altsp> <ety>[AS. <ets>le\'a0h</ets>; akin to D. <ets>loog</ets>, OHG. <ets>louga</ets>, G. <ets>lauge</ets>; cf. Icel. <ets>laug</ets> a bath, a hot spring.]</ety> <def>A strong caustic alkaline solution of potassium salts, obtained by leaching wood ashes. It is much used in making soap, etc.</def>

<h1>Lye</h1> <Xpage=877>

<hw>Lye</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Railroad)</fld> <def>A short side line, connected with the main line; a turn-out; a siding.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Lye</h1> <Xpage=877>

<hw>Lye</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A falsehood. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> See <er>Lie</er>.</def>

<h1>Lyencephala</h1> <Xpage=877>

<hw>Ly`en*ceph"a*la</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ to loose + <?/ the brain.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group of Mammalia, including the marsupials and monotremes; -- so called because the corpus callosum is rudimentary.</def>

<h1>Lyencephalous</h1> <Xpage=877>

<hw>Ly`en*ceph"a*lous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Lyencephala.</def>

<h1>Lyerman</h1> <Xpage=877>

<hw>Ly"er*man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The cicada.</def>

<h1>Lygodium</h1> <Xpage=877>

<hw>Ly*go"di*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ flexible; <?/ a willow twig + <?/ form.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of ferns with twining or climbing fronds, bearing stalked and variously-lobed divisions in pairs.</def>