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Page 28 of 39 for the letter L

liteegious, litigious, liteigious,
liteegious ['lɪtidʒəs]
adj. Litigous, vindictive, spiteful. leg. Subject to litigation.
lith, lithit,
lith [lɪθ]
n. A limb, member of the body. A joint in a limb, finger or toe etc. One of the natural divisions or segments of an orange, onion or apple etc. A joint, slice or segment. One of the rings at the base of a cow's horn.
v. To disjoint, sever the joints of, dislocate, to wring a hen's neck.
lithe, lythe, lyde, ley'd, lithock, lithocks, lithesome, lythesome, lydesome, ley'dsome, lithin, leethe,
lithe [laeð, SW. SN. laed]
adj. Of people etc.: gentle, mild, genial, kindly, affectionate. Of a place etc.: calm, sheltered from the elements, cosy, snug.
n. Calm, peace, stillness, tranquillity. Shelter, protection from the weather, a sheltered spot, the lee side of anything. A period of calm, a lull, respite.
v. To shelter, give protection from weather. To thicken or mellow soup or gravy by the addition of flour or oatmeal etc. To make water thick or turbid with mud or sludge.

Compounds and phrases etc.

in the lithe o ye: through your influence
lithesome [-səm]: adj. gentle, mild, genial, kindly, affectionate.
lithin: n. the flour, meal or milk added to soup or gravy etc.
lithocks: oatmeal gruel
lither,
lither ['lɪðər]
adj. Lax, relaxed, sluggish, languid, lethargic, without energy, lazy, idle. Loose, pliant, supple.
n. Laziness, sloth.
Lithgae, Lithca,
Lithgae ['lɪθke, 'lʌθki]
pn. Linlithgow. (West Lothian)
lithie, lithy,
lithie [I.Ork. lɪθi]
n. A block or stout peg of wood driven into the wall of a byre to which a cow can be tethered.
little, littil, luttle, littlean,
little ['lɪtl]
adj. Little. Younger or less important in rank or status etc.
comp. littler, less [lɛs]
superl. littlest, least [list, lest]
n. A little while, a short time.

Compounds and phrases etc.

little ane: a small child
littlin, littleen, littlean,
littlin ['lɪtlɪn]
n. A child, baby, infant, little one.

From little + -lin
live, liveliheid,
live [laev]
adj. Live, not dead.

Compounds and phrases etc.

liveliheid: livelihood
liver, liverin,
liver ['lɪvər]
v. To unload a vessel or goods from a boat, to deliver on shore, to unship, discharge a cargo. To be unloaded. Of a ship: to unload its cargo.

liverin
n. Discharge.

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