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LINT. The staple of flax, liemp, 

 and other textile plants. The scra- 

 pings from pieces of linen, of great 

 use in dressing wounds and stopping 

 slight haemorrhages. 



LINTEL. A horizontal timber or 

 stone over a door, window, or other 

 opening, which sustains the weight 

 above. 



LIP. Labdlum. In botany, the 

 divisions of a monopetalous corolla, 

 as the sage, mint, dec. It is divided 

 into an upper and lower lip. 



LIPPED AND HARLED. A wall 

 built without mortar, but afterward 

 having the joints filled with mortar, 

 and the whole rough-cast or harled. 



LIQUEFACTION. Melting, fu- 

 sion, converting bodies into the fluid 

 state, solution. 



LIQUID MANURES. Manures 

 applied in a soluble state, especially 

 stable urine. A watering cart is used 

 to diffuse it. They are especially of 

 service to produce rapid growth in 

 young plants, and serve for steeps. 

 In very dry seasons manures may 

 also be applied in this state ; but 

 when added any length of time be- 

 fore the plants there is a great loss 

 by drainage ; and the expense of ap- 

 plication must always be heavy. The 

 liquid soaked into peat, charcoal, &c., 

 and added, as a top-dressing, during 

 moist or wet weather, appears to be 

 much preferred in the United States, 

 and to be more economical. See 

 Urine. 



LIQUORICE. Glycyrrhiza glabra 



{Fig.). Officinal liquorice. This is a 

 leguminous herb, with perennial 

 roots, which grow to a great length, 

 and contain a peculiar sugar,with mu- 

 cilage. The roots are used in coughs, 

 or an extract, made by boiling, and 

 called Spanish juice, liquorice, Ponte- 

 fract lozenges, &.c. It requires a 

 deep sandy loam, and is best propa- 

 gated from root slips containing an 

 eye. The root is raised in the third 

 year, in November, and sold fresh, 

 or made into extract ; the small roots 

 are ground into powder. The ex- 

 pense of digging is considerable. A 

 fair crop is 1800 to 2000 lbs. The 

 root is extensively raised in Italy and 

 Spain, to manufacture into the com- 

 mercial extract (liquorice). It also 

 grows well in England. 



A species of Glycyrrhiza {Icpidota) 

 is indigenous to iMissouri, and produ- 

 ces fair roots. 



LIQUORICE SUGAR. See Gly- 

 cyrrhizine. 



LIQUORICE, WILD. Galium cir- 

 c(Ezans. The leaves have the taste 

 of liquorice. 



LIQUOR AMNIOS. The fluid sur- 

 rounding the fcEtus in its mother's 

 womb. In botany, a fluid contained 

 in the nucleus of the ovule, and sup- 

 posed to nourish the embryo. It is 

 absorbed during the ripening of the 

 seed, sometimes leaving behind a del- 

 icate sack only. 



LIQUOR AMMONLE. Solution 

 of ammoniacal gas in water. 



LIQUOR OF FLINTS. A solu- 

 tion of silicate of potash, made by fu- 

 sing three parts carbonate of potash 

 with one of sand. 



LIRELLA. In lichens, a linear 

 shield, with a furrow in the centre. 



LITHARGE. An impure fused 

 protoxide of lead. It is used for 

 some plasters. 



LITHIA. A rare alkali, resem- 

 bling potash. It corrodes platinum. 



LITHIUM. The metal of lithia ; 

 equiv. 10. Lithia is the protoxide. 



LITHIC ACID. Uric acid. 



LITHOLOGICAL (from T^idoc, a 

 stone, and /.oyog, a discoiirsc). Re- 

 lating to the structure, characters, 

 &c., of minerals or stones. 



