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<h1>Lymphy</h1> <Xpage=877>

<hw>Lymph"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Containing, or like, lymph.</def>

<h1>Lyn</h1> <Xpage=877>

<hw>Lyn</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A waterfall. See <er>Lin</er>.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Lyncean</h1> <Xpage=877>

<hw>Lyn*ce"an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Lynx</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the lynx.</def>

<h1>Lynch</h1> <Xpage=877>

<hw>Lynch</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Lynched</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Lynching</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[See Note under <er>Lynch law</er>.]</ety> <def>To inflict punishment upon, especially death, without the forms of law, as when a mob captures and hangs a suspected person. See <er>Lynch law</er>.</def>

<h1>Lyncher</h1> <Xpage=877>

<hw>Lynch"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who assists in lynching.</def>

<h1>Lynch law</h1> <Xpage=877>

<hw>Lynch" law`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><def>. The act or practice by private persons of inflicting punishment for crimes or offenses, without due process of law.</def>

<note>&hand; The term <i>Lynch law</i> is said to be derived from a Virginian named Lynch, who took the law into his own hands. But the origin of the term is very doubtful.</note>

<h1>Lynde, Lynden</h1> <Xpage=877>

<hw><hw>Lynde</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Lyn"den</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Linden</er>.</def>

<h1>Lyne</h1> <Xpage=877>

<hw>Lyne</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Linen.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Lynx</h1> <Xpage=877>

<hw>Lynx</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lynx</ets>, <ets>lyncis</ets>, Gr. <?/; akin to AS. <ets>lox</ets>, G. <ets>luchs</ets>, prob. named from its sharp sight, and akin to E. <ets>light</ets>. See <er>Light</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, and cf. <er>Ounce</er> an animal.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Any one of several species of feline animals of the genus <spn>Felis</spn>, and subgenus <spn>Lynx</spn>. They have a short tail, and usually a pencil of hair on the tip of the ears.</def>

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<note>&hand; Among the well-known species are the European lynx (<spn>Felis borealis</spn>); the Canada lynx or loup-cervier (<spn>F. Canadensis</spn>); the bay lynx of America (<spn>F. rufa</spn>), and its western spotted variety (<spn>var. maculata</spn>); and the pardine lynx (<spn>F. pardina</spn>) of Southern Europe.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>One of the northern constellations.</def>

<h1>Lynx-eyed</h1> <Xpage=878>

<hw>Lynx"-eyed`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having acute sight.</def>

<h1>Lyonnaise</h1> <Xpage=878>

<hw>Ly`on`naise"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>lyonnaise</ets>, fem. of <ets>lyonnais</ets> of Lyons.]</ety> <fld>(Cookery)</fld> <def>Applied to boiled potatoes cut into small pieces and heated in oil or butter. They are usually flavored with onion and parsley.</def>

<h1>Lyopomata</h1> <Xpage=878>