Part 6718

<h1>Lyricism</h1> <Xpage=878>

<hw>Lyr"i*cism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A lyric composition.</def>

<i>Gray.</i>

<h1>Lyrid</h1> <Xpage=878>

<hw>Ly"rid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>One of the group of shooting stars which come into the air in certain years on or about the 19th of April; -- so called because the apparent path among the stars the stars if produced back wards crosses the constellation <i>Lyra</i>.</def>

<h1>Lyrie</h1> <Xpage=878>

<hw>Ly"rie</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Icel. <ets>hl<?/ri</ets> a sort of fish.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A European fish (<spn>Peristethus cataphractum</spn>), having the body covered with bony plates, and having three spines projecting in front of the nose; -- called also <altname>noble</altname>, <altname>pluck</altname>, <altname>pogge</altname>, <altname>sea poacher</altname>, and <altname>armed bullhead</altname>.</def>

<h1>Lyriferous</h1> <Xpage=878>

<hw>Ly*rif"er*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Lyre</ets> + <ets>-ferous</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having a lyre-shaped shoulder girdle, as certain fishes.</def>

<h1>Lyrism</h1> <Xpage=878>

<hw>Lyr"ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>The act of playing on a lyre or harp.</def>

<i>G. Eliot.</i>

<h1>Lyrist</h1> <Xpage=878>

<hw>Lyr"ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lyristes</ets>, Gr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>lyriste</ets>.]</ety> <def>A musician who plays on the harp or lyre; a composer of lyrical poetry.</def>

<i>Shelley.</i>

<h1>Lysimeter</h1> <Xpage=878>

<hw>Ly*sim"e*ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ a loosing + <ets>-meter</ets>.]</ety> <def>An instrument for measuring the water that percolates through a certain depth of soil.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Lysis</h1> <Xpage=878>

<hw>Ly"sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The resolution or favorable termination of a disease, coming on gradually and not marked by abrupt change.</def>

<note>&hand; It is usually contrasted with <i>crisis</i>, in which the improvement is sudden and marked; as, pneumonia ends by <i>crisis</i>, typhoid fever by <i>lysis</i>.</note>

<h1>Lyssa</h1> <Xpage=878>

<hw>Lys"sa</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Lytta</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Hydrophobia.</def>

<note>&hand; The plural (<i>Lyss\'91</i>) has been used to signify the pustules supposed to be developed under the tongue in hydrophobia.</note>

<h1>Lyterian</h1> <Xpage=878>

<hw>Ly*te"ri*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ healing, fr. <?/ a deliverer, fr. <?/ to loosen.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Termination a disease; indicating the end of a disease.</def>

<h1>Lythe</h1> <Xpage=878>

<hw>Lythe</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The European pollack; -- called also <altname>laith</altname>, and <altname>leet</altname>.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>