vin the United States of America... 9) A495 
the noun ¢iadleness, except Entick and Mason, the last of whom gives it on 
the authority of Butler's Analogy. 
LICIT ; jawful. This word was criticised ia the Monthly Anthology (18945 p. 
54) in a review of the “ Miscellaneous Works of David Humphreys, Esq.” sq.” 
The reviewers say, “ ‘There is no such word as Jcéz, and we cannot allow 
> the author, respectable as he is, to coin language.” 
BICE; SALT-LICK. “A salt spring is called a dick from the earth about them 
393 being furrowed out in a most curious manner, by the buffalo and deer, 
which lick the earth on account of the saline particles with which it is im- 
-pregnated.” . Imlay’s Fopographical Descripit. of the Western Territory 
of Nv America, p: 46, 2nd edit. 
BT} yn. Used by the farmers in some parts of New Eoitend eden: 
of gate without hinges. In some counties of England they use the term /i/t- 
gate for the same thing: “Lift-gate; a gate without hinges; being lifted 
into notches in the posts. Vorfolk.” Marshail’s Rural Econ. Nor,. 
LIKELY; sensible, of good talents. ew England. “Throughout the British 
dominions, and in most parts of the United States, the epithet /ikely conveys 
an idea of mere personal beauty, oncofinécted with any moral or intellectual 
_ quality. Buti in Vew fnetand: ...a@ Man or woman as deformed as a Hot- 
may be. pete or very keh. The epithet 
7 sto >, Oe fe. 535. 
LINKS; ‘sausages. ‘Used in some of peg oe “of New inglan 
_.. is also used in Suffolk in England. See Grose’s Prov. Gloss. 
LINTO. See Leanto. 
LISTER. “One who receives and makes returns net ratable estate. Connecti- 
Pi out.” .; Webst. 
LIT or LIGHT, (pret. and part. of to light.) This word is censured, in a 
_. review of Bancroft’s Life of Washington, in the Monthly Anthology, vol. 
iv. p. 666. _ The reviewers say, “it has never been admitted into good 
company, aud we hope never will be.” This form of the verb i is to be found 
_+ in all the. dictionaries ; but in this country, as in England, it is only used in 
conversation. Bishop Lowth remarks, C See chapit. on pee Verba, 
