liquor 
2. A strong or active liquid of any Bort. Spe- 
cifically - (a) An alcoholic or spirituous liquid, either 
(iiatilli'ii "i I'-i mi-iiU'il ; mi into\ir:itiriK beverage; espe- 
cially, a spirituous or ilixlilk'il drink, as distinguished 
from nroMntad leverages, as wine ami heer. 
Ketch me a stoup of liquor. Shot., Hamlet, v. 1. 68. 
(6) A strong solution of u particular substance, used in 
the industrial aria. The liquor of any substance is that 
substance held in olutioii, and the word used absolutely 
has miMiii HIT-, dltfering according U> the industry in which 
It is uaed. (ct) An elixir. 
I, and my six servants, arc not able to make of this pre- 
cious litiuur so fast as it U fetched away from my lodging 
by gentlemen of your city. B. Jomon, Volpone, ii. 1. 
3475 
franc, or about 19 United States cents. 2. A 
gold coin of Turkey, otherwise called a Turkish 
Lisbon 
Master Janotus, . . . lirijiipitiiuUed with a graduate's 
hond, . . transported himself to the ImlKiiiK of (iargan- 
tua. I'rijiiluirl. tr. of Kabelaii, I. 18. (Daciw.) 
liripipiumt (lir-i-pip'i-um), n.; y\. liriin[>ia (-ii). 
prob. a corruption of LL. cleri rphippinm, ra- 
I iarison of a cleric: cleri, gen. of cfcnw, a clergy- 
man, a cleric ; ejihip/num. < Gr. iQimrtof, a sad- 
dle-cloth: *<*( /ilii/i/iiHin.~\ Ahoodof a particu- 
lar form formerly worn by graduates ; in later 
times, a scarf or an appendage to the hood, 
consisting of long tails or tippets, which passed 
round the neck and hung down to the feet, and 
was often jagged. See tippet. 
With their Aristotle's breech on their heads, and his Uri. 
pipiwn about their necks. 
Beehive, I. 7 (cited by Capell). (Naret.) 
lama, etc. I Ammomacal liquor. 
has been loosely applied to many instrument* of the 
the latter. -Oas-liquor. See<jo. -In liquor. () Drunk. . ruatica, or tadesca, a hurdy-gurdy. 
(6) Measured (in selling) with their natural juice, as oys- iCJJu rSiiSS tnrm of leerl 
ters: opposed u. Krftd. |U. .]-Llquor arjmil, the aiu- llreH H. An obsolete loi ot leer . 
niotic liquid. See omntotte. Liquor ccellarum, liquor lire- (lir), . [< Mfc. lire, lyre, <. A. rtra, 
ventriculorum cerebri, the serous fluid in the ventricles flesh, brawn.] Flesh; brawn. [Prov. Eng. 
of the brain. See caelia. Liquor Cotunnll, the Huld of an( j Scotch ] 
Cotunnlus;theperilymplioftheear. Liquor Morgagni ,.3. mrio-in nhupnrp 1 A cloth manufac- 
[so called from (!. IS. Morim/ai, 18S2 -17711, a small quanti- U red *i n .~ ^LUngin ObSCl 
ty of liquid which frequently collects after death between tured in England in the fifteenth century, and 
the back of the lens and the capsule. Also called hmnur apparently a valuable and rich fabric. 
uTaquaMorijayni.- Liquor of flints. Sue jlint. Liquor Ijrella (li-rel'a), 71. [NL., dim. of L. lira, afur- 
Scarna's fluid; the endolymph of the ear. Liquor sill- of some lichens, as in the genus Grapliis. 
hood: see liripipium.'] 1. Same as Tirijripium. 
2. A degree of learning or knowledge worthy 
the wearer of a liripoop ; acuteness ; smartness : 
a smart trick. [Slang.] 
Thou maist bee skilled in thy logick, but not in thy lay- 
poope. Lyly, Sapho and Phao, i. 3. 
I will teach thee thy lyrripupt after another fashion than 
to be thus malpertlie cocking and billing with me that 
am thy gouernour. Stanihurst, Descrip. of Ireland, vi. 
3. A silly person: as, "a young 
Beau, and Fl. [Slang " 
' lyrken; cf. lirt, lirp.] 
cured by "distillation. Tie grand "liquort.'the great thecia of some lichens, 
elixir, or aurum potabile, of the alchemists. Karei. lirellifonn (li-rel'i-fdrm), a. [< NL. lirella, a 
Where should they little furrow, + L./orma, form.] In hot., lirel- 
Find this yrand liquor that hath gilded 'em ? fafo . narr ow and furrowed. 
SHa*., Tempest, v. 1. -280. SUmi^A'^),- C< NL. lirella + -ine*.~} In 
Vinous liquor, liquor made from grapes; wine. &o< lirellate ; having the character of a lirella. 
liquor (lik'or), v. [< liquor, .] I. traits. If. lirjcon-fancyt, liricumfancyt (lir'i-kon-fau'si, 
To moisten; drench. lir'i-kum-fan'si), . [Also liricump'hancy ; a 
loose compound, appar. ult. based on Gr. A'- 
piov, lily, 4- </Mvraaia, fancy.] The lily-of-the- 
a fold. 
The stranger reply'd, " I'll liquor thy hide, 
If thou offer'st to touch the string." 
Robin Hond and Little John (Child's Ballads, V. 217X 
2f. To rub with oil or grease ; anoint ; lubri- 
cate. 
Cart-wheels squeak not when they are liquored. 
Bacon, Nat. Hist, 5117. 
If it should come to the ear of the court ... they would 
valley, Convallaria mnjalis. 
I lyrke hyme up with my hond, 
And pray hyme that he wolle stond. 
MS. Parkington, 10. (HaUiweU.) 
2. To crease ; rumple ; cause to hang in loose 
folds. Halliwell. [North. Eng. and Scotch.] 
Uric, r.] A crease ; a rumple ; 
Halliwell. [North. Eng. and Scotch.] 
The hills were high on ilka side, 
An' the bought i' the lirk o' the hill. 
The Broom of Cowdenknom (Child's Ballads, IV. 45). 
lirocpnlte (li-rok'o-mt), n. [Said to be < Gr. 
?./po, pale, -f- Kc*via, KOVK;, powder, -f- -tte^.] A 
hydrated arseniate of copper, occurring in sky- 
blue or verdigris-blue crystals in several mines 
in Cornwall. 
The honey-suckle, rosemary, 
Lirumnphaney, rose-parsley. 
Poor Robin (1746). (.Kara.) lirpf (Iferp), t>. i. [Cf. lirt, Hi*.] 1. To snap the 
melVmTout^fnVyfat drop by drop, and Myuor fishermen's liriodendrin (lir*i-o-den'drin), n. [(Lirioden- fingers. 2. To walk lame. Somerset. (Halli- 
bootswithme. SAa*.,M. W.of W.,iv.6. loo. dron + -in%.] A stimulant tonic with diapho- well.) 
3. To treat with a liquor; apply liquor or a retic properties, prepared from the bark of Liri- lirpt (lerp), n. [< Krp, r.] A snap, as of the 
ire. 
. Liquoring sugar, 
on the top of the molds a solution of pure sugar, which, 
percolating through, removes all remaining coloring mat- 
ter. 
By this alternate steaming and liquoring, the goods are 
. . . thoroUKhly cleansed. 
II. Crnokes, Dyeing and Calico-printing, p. 47. 
4. To give liquor to ; supply with liquor for 
drinking. [Obsolete or colloq.] 
O, the musicians, Master Edward, call 'em in, and liquor 
'em a little. Middleton (1), Puritan, v. 1. 
U. in trans. To drink ; especially, to drink 
spirits : often with up. [Slang.] 
If he had said "Come, boys, liquor up!" they would 
have thought his manner perfect ; out he bowed blandly 
to Jake Hogan, and said, "Have something to drink, 
won't you?" E. Egyleston, The Graysons, xix. 
liquor-gage (lik'or-gaj), n. A gagers' mea- 
suring-rod for ascertaining the depth, of liquid 
in a cask or tank. 
liquorice, n. See licorice. 
liquorish 1 !, liquorishlyt, etc. Obsolete spell- 
ings of lickrrisii, etc. 
liquorish' 2 t, An obsolete form of licorice. 
liquorist (lik'or-ist), n. [< liquor + -ut.~\ A 
maker of liquor or cordials. [Rare.] 
The manufacture of these liqueurs constitutes the trade 
of the " compounder" or liqitfrrist. 
Spans' Encyc. Manuf., I. 225. 
liquoroust. liquorouslyt, etc. Variant spell- 
ings of licKfroux, etc. 
liquor-pump (lik'or-pump), n. A portable 
pump used to drawliquor from a cask, a barrel, 
or the like. 
liquor-thief (lik'pr-thef), n. A tube used to 
A lira orclackwithones fingers ends, as barbers doe give. 
fiorio. 
Urt (lert), I', t. 
Eng.] 
[Cf. lirk.] To toss. [Prov. 
< '/.eiptav, lily : see lily.'] A genus of stromateid 
fishes, of compressed-ovate form, with convex 
solution to, as in various manufacturing opera- odendron Tulipifera. fiuge 
tions. Liquoring sugar, in refineries, consists in pouring Liriodendron. (lir l 'i-o-den'dron), n. [NL. (Lin- AJti 
nseus), < Gr. teiptov, a lily (see lily), + Aivipav, a 
tree.] 1. A genus of North American trees, 
consisting of a single species, belonging to the 
order Maynoliacete, tribe Magnoliece, character- LiruVOi'rus), [NL., < Gr. }etp6f, pale, deli- 
ized by ertrorse anthers and a sessile gyno- cate, var. of Jfipwif, hiptoeis, delicate, lily-like, 
phore ; the tulip-trees. The carpels have two ovules, 
and the fruits are like samaras. The tree often attains 
a height of over 
lOOfeet.hasaclosc 
bark, large four- 
lobed leaves, and 
solitary terminal 
greenish - yellow 
flowers, shaped 
somewhat like a 
tulip and consist- 
ing of three sepals 
and six petals. 
The wood is light- 
yellow or brown 
with white sap- 
wood, light and 
soft, not strong, 
and close- and 
straight- grained. 
The tulip-tree 
reaches its great- 
est development 
in the lower Wa- 
bash valley and 
along the western 
Flowering Branch of LMb~Jrc Tulifi- flXL ""nA!" 
/era. the lulip-tree. a. a stamen ; *, fniit ; leghanies SOUth- 
c. a carpel. ward. It is the 
representative of a nearly extinct type which was formerly lis 2 (les), .; pi. lisses (les'ez). [F., a lily: see 
abundant, not less than 17 fossil species being known, the lily, jlfur-de-lis.] In her., same as fleur-ae-lts. 
greater part occurring in the Cretaceous formation In New 
Jersey, Kansas, Nebraska. Wyoming, Greenland, and Bo- 
hemia, with a few In the Tertiary, chiefly of Europe. 
2. [I.e."] A tree of this genus. 
lift a small quantity of liquor from a cask liripipet, . [Also liri/iippe, lerripippe = MD. 
through the bung-hole ; a sampling-tube. lii-r/'iiijpc; < ML. liripipium: see Krtpy'w.] Lisbon (liz'bon), n. [< Lisbon (Pg. Lisbon), 
lira 1 (le'ra), .; pi. lire (-re). [It. (= F. Here). Same'as liripipiiim. the capital of Portugal.] 1. A white or light- 
< L. libra', a balance, a pound: sec liliru. livrr.] liripipionatedt (lir-i-pip'i-o-na-ted), a. [< OF. colored wine produced in the province of 
1. A modern silver coin of the kingdom of liriiiipion. liripipium (see liripipium), + -ate 1 + tremadura in Portugal: so called from being 
Italy, divided into 100 centesimi, and worth a -ed*.] Hooded; wearing the liripipium. shipped at Lisbon. 2t. A soft sugar. 
Log-fish, Black Rudder-fish (Lirutf 
profile, and six or eight short strong spines in 
front of the dorsal fin. L. perc\farmii is the rudder- 
fish, log-fish, or barrel-fish, of a blackish-green color, found 
from Maine to Cape Hatteras. Also written Leirvt. Love, 
1838. 
is 1 (lis), n. \ pi. lites (li'tez). [L.] A contro- 
versy ; a litigation. Lis mota, a controversy started ; 
the commencement of a controversy, without reference to 
the bringing of an action thereon. Lis pendens. (o) A 
pending litigation. (6) A formal notice, recorded so as to 
affect title to land, that litigation concerning it is pend- 
ing. 
A cross fieury with lions and li in the angles. 
Atherurmn, No. 8188, p. 742. 
Now of the lima, as we shall elect to call them. 
H. Jenninyt, Roslcrucians (1879), p. 45. 
