lionize 
For eight (lays I liml hern lionizing Belgium under the 
disadvantages of c<intinunl ruin. 
C. A. Bruted, English 1'niversity, p. 129. 
II. i ill runs. To visit the lions or objects of 
interest or curiosity iu a place. 
Also s]n>ll<'(l linnitii'. 
lion-leopard (li'on-lep'iird), H. In her., same 
;is HUH leoparaf. See leopard, 2. 
lion-like (li'on-lik),. Upseinblingalion; hav- 
ing the strength or courage of a lion. 
Our first acquaintance was at sea. in light 
Against a Turkish man of war, a stout one, 
\\hiiriilion-liJre I saw him shew his valour. 
Fletcher, Wife for a Month, v. 3. 
lion-lizard (li'gn-liz'llrd), . A species of basi- 
lisk, litixilisciuiamericanus: so called from the 
crest (or mane) on its back and tail. 
lionlyt (U'on-li), a. [< lion + -fyi.] Like a 
lion; fierce. 
The Church coveting to ride upon the lionly form of 
jurisdiction makes a transformation of her self into an 
Asse. Jftfttm, Church-Government, ii. 3. 
lion-monkey (li'on-mung*'ki), . Same as mu- 
rikina. 
lionne (F. pron. le-o-na'), a. [F., < lion, lion: 
see lion.'] In her., rampant gardant: said of a 
leopard. See under leopard, 2. 
lion-poisson (F. pron. le-6n'pwos-&n'), n. [P., 
< lion, lion, + poisson, fish.] In Iwr., same as 
Ken-lion. 
lion's-ear (li'onz-er), n. 1. A plant of the ge- 
nus Leonotis. 2. One of various composite 
plants of the genera Culcitium and Espeletia; 
lion's-foot(li'onz-fut), n. One of various plants, 
(a) Leontapodium alp/nmn, from the appearance of its 
clustered neads. (6) The lady's-mantle, Alehemilla ml- 
'i> >.-, from the shape of the leaf. Also called lion'g-paw. 
(c) The white lettuce, Prenanthes alba, and also P. serpen- 
taria. 
lion's-heart (li'onz-hart), n. An American 
plant, the false dragon's-head, Physostegia Vir- 
tliniea. 
lion's-leaf (H'onz-lef). n. Any plant of the ge- 
nus Leontice, especially L. Leontopetalum, from 
a fancied resemblance of the leaf to the print 
of a lion's foot. 
lion's-mouth (15'onz-mouth), n. A popular 
name of the snapdragon, Antirrhinum majus, 
and of several other plants with two-lipped 
flowers. [Prov. Eng.] 
lion's-tail (H'onz-tal), . The plant Leonotis 
Leonurus. See Leonotis. 
lion's-tooth (Ii'onz-t8th), n. A plant of the 
genus Leontodon; also, the common dandelion. 
lion's-turnip (li'onz-ter'nip), n. The plant 
Leontice Leontopetalum. 
lion-tailed (H'on-tald), a. Havingthe tail tuft- 
ed like a lion's : applied by Pennant to species 
of the genus Macacus Lion- tailed baboon, the 
wanderoo. 
lion-toothed (H'on-totht), a. Having teeth like 
those of a lion. 
Liotheidse (li-o-the'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Lio- 
theum + -wire.] A family of mallophagous in- 
sects or so-called bird-lice, differing from the 
true lice, and typified by the genus Liotheum. 
They have stout four-Jointed antenna?, a generally trilo- 
bate head, conspicuous maxillary palps, and two-jointed 
or one-jointed tarsi. They infest the plumage of birds, 
but they are also found in the fur of quadrupeds. Also 
spelled Iieiotheidce. 
Liotheum (li-oth'e-um), . [NL., < Gr. Xtioj-, 
smooth, + (f ) Ocetv, Oeiv, run.] The typical ge- 
nus of Liotheidv. Also Leiotheum. 
Liothrix (li'o-thriks), n. [NL. (H. E. Strick- 
land, 1841); brig. Leiothrix (Swainson,1831); < 
Gr. feioc. smooth, + fyw'f (rptx-), hair.] A genus 
ofturdiform passerine birds. The genus was based 
upon Parus.furcatmot Temminck. now known as Liothrix 
lutea. one of the Indian hill-tits. Also called Callipyga. 
Liotia (li-6'ti-a), n. [NL., <Gr. Aet&rr/f, smooth- 
ness, < teZof, smooth.] The typical genus of 
l.iotiidic. These shells have the horny operculum spi- 
rally dotted with shelly substance, and the mouth ends in 
a round vurix. Also spelled Lfiotia. 
Liotiidae (li-o-ti'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Liotia + 
-td<B.] A family of rliipidoglossate gastropods, 
typified by the genus Liotia, associated by most 
authors with the Trochid(eorDclphinulid(e. Also 
spelled Leiotiida. 
Liotrichi (li-ot'ri-ki), n. pi. [NL., < Gr. teior, 
smooth, + Opig (rpix-), hair.] A name applied 
by Huxley (in the form Leiotrichi) to one of the 
two primary groups into which the races of 
men are considered to be divisible, the other 
being Ulotrichi. The Liotrichi are those with smooth 
hair, and are divisible into four secondary groups: tin- 
Anstrnlioid, the Mongoloid, the Xanthochroic, and the Me- 
lanochroic. See these words. 
Liotrichidse (li-o-trik'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Lio- 
thrix + -irf'.] A family of birds of uncertain 
character, (a) Approximately the same as Liatrichitur, 
:: 171 
Including some 60 or 80 hill-tits of Asia, having a varied 
and often brightly colored plumage, feeding on berries 
and inserts. Liothrix, firachifpteryr, Pterythriiu, etc. , are 
leading genera. (&) Extended to include many other birds, 
as the American wrens and mocklng-thrushes, etc. Ca- 
bantu, IH47. Also spelled Leiotrichidtx. 
Liotrichinae (li'o-tri-ki'no), n. pi. [NL.,<<- 
otltrix + -iiite.'] A subfamily of birds, typified 
by the genus Liothrix; the hill-tits : originally 
made by Swainson in 1831 a subfamily of Am- 
/H'/idte in the form Leiotrichante. Also spelled 
LeiotriMnte. 
liotrichous (li-ot'ri-kus), a. [< Gr. foioc, smooth, 
+ Opi (Tptx-), hair.] Having smooth hair; of 
or pertaining to the Liotrichi. Also spelled 
leiotrichous. 
liourt, liouret, . [< ME. liour. lyoicre, lyere, 
< OF. liure, licure, loiure, a binding, band; in 
cookery, a thickening ; < L. Iigatura, abinding: 
see ligature.'] 1. Binding or edging, as of cur- 
tains and hangings. 
Beddys . . . that henget shall. be with hole sylonr, 
With crotchettia and loupys sett on lyovr. 
Babeei Book (E. E. T. H.), p. SIS. 
2. In cookery, a thickening, or a thick prepa- 
ration. 
And make a tiii/r>- of brede and blode, and lye hit ther- 
withe. Liber Cure Cocorum, p. 32. 
lip (lip), n. [< ME. lip, lyp, lippe, lyppe, < AS. 
hppa, lippe = OFries. lippa, Fries, lijrne = MD. 
lippe, D. lip = MLG. LG. lippe ( > G. Dan. lippe, 
lip, = OF. lipe, type, lippe, a lip, esp., as F. 
''/'/"' and ML. Upturn, a thick under lip; cf. 
Sw. lapp = Dan. ln-ln , lip, appar. < LG., but 
modified by L. In In inn)', with orig. formative 
-ja (and akin to OHG. te/k leps, MHG. left, leps, 
lefse, G. lefze, with var. OHG. teppr=OS. lepur, 
lip, with orig. formative -as), = L. labium (> 
Sp. Pg. labio), lip, with var. labrum (= OHG. 
lefs, leppur, above T) (> It. labbro = Sp. Pg. 
labro = F. Uvre), lip; cf. Gael, liob (perhaps < 
E.), Lith. lupa, Hind, lub, Pers. lab, lip. Con- 
nection with top 1 (L. lambere, etc.) is improb- 
able ; the phonetic conditions do not agree, 
and it is not the lips, but the tongue, that ' laps.'] 
1. One of the two edges or borders of the 
mouth ; one of the two fleshy or muscular parts 
composing the opening of the mouth in man and 
many other animals, and covering the teeth. 
All they that see me laugh me to scorn ; they shoot out 
the lip, they shake the head. Pa. xxii. 7. 
He that loves a rosy cheek, 
Or a coral lip admires. 
Carev, Disdain Returned. 
2. pi. Figuratively, the organs of speech as 
represented by the lips; speech or utterance 
as passing between the lips and aided by them. 
A wicked doer giveth heed to false lipt. Prov. xvii. 4. 
His lips are very mild and meek. 
Tennyton, Two Voices. 
So gently blending courtesy and art 
That wisdom's lipt seemed borrowing friendship's heart. 
O. II'. Holme*, A Portrait. 
3. Impudent or abusive talk. [Slang.] 
I told him that I didn't want none of his lip. 
F. R. Stockton, Rudder Orange, p. 99. 
4. Anything resembling a lip in position or re- 
lation ; the edge or border of anything ; a mar- 
gin : as, the lip of a vessel ; the lips of a wound. 
Now wet the lip of the phial. 
Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre, xx. 
Between the town of Brill, upon the southern lip of this 
estuary, and Maaslandsluis, . . . the squadron suddenly 
appeared. Money, Dutch Republic, n. 852. 
The cannon's brazen lips are cold. Whittirr, To I 'ins IX. 
5. In bot. : (a) Either of the divisions of a bila- 
biate corolla. The two are distinguished as upper (the 
superior or posterior, next the axis) and lower (the liife- 
rior or anterior, away from the axis), (ft) In orchids, 
one of the petals differing from the other two 
in shape. It is really the upper, but by a half- 
twist of the ovary has become as if anterior or 
lower. 6. In zool., any lip-like part or organ. 
See labium and labrum for technical usages. 
7. In a lip-auger, the blade at the end which 
cuts the chip after it has been circumscribed by 
the spur. 8. In a turbine water-wheel, a rim 
which closes the joint between the barrel and 
the curb. E. H. Knight. 9. In a vehicle, a pro- 
jecting part of the bolster; a cuttoo-plate. E. H. 
Knight. 10. In organ-building, one of the flat 
vertical surfaces above or below the mouth of a 
flue-pipe, called respectively the upper lip and 
the lower lip. The upper lip is always sharp-edged, and 
the current of air in the pipe is so directed against it as to 
be thrown into vibration. See /'('; and organ. 
11. In music, the power or facility of adjusting 
one's lips to the mouthpiece of a metal wind- 
instrument so as to produce tones ; embouchure. 
Since the pitch and quality of tones produced upon such 
Liparieae 
Instruments depend upon the strength, endurance, and 
fit- xEMlity of the player's lips, the term IH used in a general 
sense to indicate bis metluM ;in<l si \ I r. Columellar lip. 
See eolmurllar. Curl of the lip. See citrl. - Lip drill. 
See rfritfi. -Lip-glue. See mouflCflhu. under glue. The 
calves of the lips, see mlf\. To bite the lip. *>> 
bite. To hang the lip, to be sullen or sulky. 
Par. How chance my brother Trollus went not? 
Helen. He hany* the. lip at something. 
Shalt., T. and (!., 11L 1. 162. 
To keep a stiff upper lip, to keep up one's courage, as 
under adversity or trying circumstances; struggle against 
despondency. |Colloq.| TO make a lip, to pout tin- in 
der lip in sullenness or contempt. [ Archaic, j 
A letter for me! It gives me an estate of seven years' 
health; In which time I will make a lip at the physician. 
Shot., Cor., 1L 1. m. 
J I. trans. 1. To touch with the lip 
or lips, as in kissing ; reach with the lip or bor- 
der. [Chiefly poetical.] 
A hand that kings 
Have lipp'd, and trembled kissing. 
Shak., A. and C., IL 5. 30. 
When 
A stone is thrown into some sleeping tarn. 
The circle widens till it //// the marge. 
Tennyson, Pelleas and Ettarre. 
No good sheep-dog ever so much as ftp* a sheep to turn it. 
K. D. Blactmore, Loma Doone, xllL 
2. To utter with the lips; speak. [KareJ 
I heard my name 
Most fondly lipp'd. Ktati, Endymlon, I. 
3. To notch, as the edge of a sword or knife. 
[Now only Scotch.] 
In these dales the maner is lightly to barbe and pluck 
off with a sarding hook the beards or strings of the root, 
that being thus nipped and lipped (as it were) they might 
nourish the body of the plant. Holland, tr. of Pliny, xlx. 6. 
II. intrans. In music, to apply one's lips to the 
mouthpiece of a metal wind-instrument so as to 
produce tones; also, to use one's lips in some 
particular manner: as, to lip well or badly, 
llpaemia (U-pe'mi-a), n. PNL., < Gr. hiirttv, 
/j.viiv, leave, oe lacking, + at/ia, blood.] In pa- 
thol., the presence of an excessive quantity of 
fat in the blood. 
Lipangus, n. See Lipaugus. 
Lipari (lip'a-ri), n. Wine produced in the Lipa- 
ri Islands, north of Sicily, both red and white, 
and of many grades of excellence. It is in de- 
mand in Naples at prices high for Italian wine, 
but is rarely exported. 
What can make our fingers so fine? 
Drink, drink wine. iippori-wine. 
The Slighted Maid, p. 8S. (Nam.) 
Liparia (H-pa'ri-S), . [NL. (Linnaeus. 1771), 
so called from the shining leaves ; < Gr. MirapAs, 
oily, shining, sleek, < A/Vof, fat, lard.] A ge- 
nus of South African leguminous plants of the 
tribe Genistea 1 , and type of the subtribe Lipa- 
rieae. They are shrubs with simple, entire, coriaceous, 
shining leaves, without stipules, and having bright-yellow 
flowers in terminal heads, surrounded by large bracU form- 
ing an Involucre. One of the lower lobes of the calyx is 
large and petaloid, and the stamens are diadelphous. 
Liparidae (li-par'i-de), n. pi. Same as Lipari- 
dtdte. 
Liparididae (lip-a-rid'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Lipa- 
ris (-id-) + -i(io;. J 1. A family of acanthoptery- 
gian fishes, represented by the genus Liparis, 
embracing cottoids with oblong or elongated 
antrorsiform body, the head unarmed and en- 
veloped by the skin, a long dorsal fin with 
anterior spines scarcely differentiated, a long 
anal fin, and ventrals united to form a circular 
sucker. The numerous species, of several genera besides 
Liparis, inhabit cold and temperate seas, chiefly of the 
northern hemisphere, and attain a moderate or only small 
size. They are popularly known. In common with many 
other flshes, as meters, and are also called mail-jitha and 
tea-mails. 
2. A family of bombycid moths, typified by the 
genus Liparis (named in the form Lipariace by 
Boisduval in 1834), having the proboscis short 
or obsolete, and the female rarely wingless. 
The larva; are free, usually live In trees, have hairs aris- 
ing in bundles from tubercles, and are mostly dark-col- 
ored; they pupate in a loose cocoon usually interspersed 
with hairs. The family is wide-spread. There are about 
60 genera, species of which are variously known as gip- 
tries, vaporen, etc. 
Lipaiidina (lip'a-ri-di'na), n.pl. [NL., < Lipa- 
ris (-id-) + -inn.] In Giinther's ichtbyological 
system, the second group of his family Disco- 
boli : same as Liparidinte and Liparidid<e, 1. 
Liparidinae (lip'a-ri-di'ne), n.pl. [NL., < Lipa- 
ris (-id-) + -iiueT] A subfamily of Cyclopteri- 
da;, equivalent to the family Liparidida. Also 
Liparina: 
Liparieae (lip-a-ri'e-e), . pi. [NL. (Bentham, 
1845), < Liparia +' -r.] A subtribe of plants 
of the tribe Genistea: and order Leguminos<r. 
It includes South African genera characterized by the 
