Lith
(Lith) n. [AS. lið.] A joint or limb; a division; a member; a part formed by growth, and articulated to,
or symmetrical with, other parts. Chaucer.
Lithæmia
(||Li*thæ"mi*a) n. [NL., fr. Gr. li`qos stone + a"i^ma blood.] (Med.) A condition in which uric
(lithic) acid is present in the blood.
Lithagogue
(Lith"a*gogue) n. [Gr. li`qos stone + 'agwgo`s leading.] (Med.) A medicine having, or
supposed to have, the power of expelling calculous matter with the urine. Hooper.
Litharge
(Lith"arge) n. [OE. litarge, F. litharge, L. lithargyrus, Gr. liqa`rgyros the scum or foam of
silver; li`qos stone + 'a`rgyros silver. Litharge is found in silverbearing lead ore.] (Chem.) Lead monoxide; a
yellowish red substance, obtained as an amorphous powder, or crystallized in fine scales, by heating
lead moderately in a current of air or by calcining lead nitrate or carbonate. It is used in making flint
glass, in glazing earthenware, in making red lead or minium, etc. Called also massicot.
Lithargyrum
(||Li*thar"gy*rum) n. [NL. See Litharge.] (Old Chem.) Crystallized litharge, obtained by
fusion in the form of fine yellow scales.
Lithate
(Lith"ate) n. (Old Med. Chem.) A salt of lithic or uric acid; a urate. [Obs.] [Written also lithiate.]
Lithe
(Lithe) v. t. & i. [Icel hlyða. See Listen.] To listen or listen to; to hearken to. [Obs.] P. Plowman.
Lithe
(Lithe), a. [AS. liðe, for linðe tender, mild, gentle; akin to G. lind, gelind, OHG. lindi, Icel. linr, L.
lenis soft, mild, lentus flexible, and AS. linnan to yield. Cf. Lenient.]
1. Mild; calm; as, lithe weather. [Obs.]
2. Capable of being easily bent; pliant; flexible; limber; as, the elephant's lithe proboscis. Milton.
Lithe
(Lithe), v. t. [AS. liðian. See Lithe, a.] To smooth; to soften; to palliate. [Obs.]
Lithely
(Lithe"ly), adv. In a lithe, pliant, or flexible manner.
Litheness
(Lithe"ness), n. The quality or state of being lithe; flexibility; limberness.
Lither
(Li"ther) a. [AS. lyðer bad, wicked.] Bad; wicked; false; worthless; slothful. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Not lither in business, fervent in spirit.
Bp. Woolton. Professor Skeat thinks " the lither sky" as found in Shakespeare's Henry VI. (Part I. IV. VII., 21) means
the stagnant or pestilential sky.
— Li"ther*ly, adv. [Obs.]. — Li"ther*ness, n. [Obs.]
Litherly
(Li"ther*ly), a. Crafty; cunning; mischievous; wicked; treacherous; lazy.[Archaic]
He [the dwarf] was waspish, arch, and litherly.
Sir W. Scott. Lithesome
(Lithe"some) a. [See Lithe, a., and cf. Lissom.] Pliant; limber; flexible; supple; nimble; lissom.
— Lithe"some*ness, n.
Lithia
(Lith"i*a) n. [NL., from Gr. li`qos stone.] (Chem.) The oxide of lithium; a strong alkaline caustic
similar to potash and soda, but weaker. See Lithium.
Lithia emerald. See Hiddenite.
