Lisbon cut 
Lisbon CUt. See tlixiblc-hritliunt, under Itril- 
I i/i itt. 
Lisbon diet-drink. See diet-drink. 
lish (list), a. [Also Icesh, Sc. leish; perhaps 
connected with lush 1 .'] Stout; active. Halli- 
well. [Prov. Eng.] 
Lisiantheae (lis-i-an'the-e), n.pl. [NL. (Grise- 
bach, 1845), < Lisianthiis + -etc.] A subtribe 
of gentianaeeous plants of the tribe Chironiece, 
characterized by the twice-lamellate stigma, 
usually exserted, versatile anthers, and per- 
sistent style. It embraces genera, of which Lwanthits 
is the type, shrubs or tall her 
chiefly within the tropics. 
gen 
is the type, shrubs or tall herbs, all natives of America, 
chiefly within the tropics. 
Lisianthus (lis-i-au'thus), . [NL. (Aublet, 
1775), irreg. for *Li/sianthus, intended to mean 
'cathartic flower,' erroneously formed < Gr. 
Jdxcv ('Avai-), loosen, dissolve, + avSof, flower.] A 
genus of herbs or shrubs belonging to the natu- 
ral order GeHtianeat and the tribe Chironieas, and 
type of the subtribe Lisiantheae, characterized 
by large and usually handsome flowers, with a 
campanulate calyx having appressed and often 
obtuse segments, and a funnel-shaped corolla 
with an exserted tube. There are about 60 species, 
almost entirely confined to tropical America. Many are 
cultivated for ornament. 
lisk (lisk), M. Same as lesk. 
liskeardite (lis'kard-it), n. [< Liskeard (see 
def.) + -te 2 .] A hydrous arseniate of alumin- 
ium and iron, occurring in thin incrustations 
of a white or bluish-white color at Liskeard in 
Cornwall, England. 
Lisle glove. Same as Lisle-thread glove. See 
thread. 
Lisle stocking. Same as Lisle-thread stocking. 
See thread. 
Lisle thread. See thread. 
lisnet, . Same as lissen. 
lisp (lisp), v. [Also dial, lipsey ; < ME. lipse, 
lispen, lipsen, < AS. *wlispia,n (not recorded) 
(= D. lispen = MLG. wKspen = OHG. MHG. 
lispen, G. dim. or freq. lispeln = Sw. laspa = 
Dan. Icespe), lisp, < wlisp, wlips (= OHG. lisp), 
lisping, stammering; prob. orig. imitative.] I. 
intrans. 1. To pronounce the sibilant letters s 
and z imperfectly, as by giving the sound of th 
(as in thin) or TH (as in this, either). 
Somewhat he lipsede, for his wantownesse, 
To make his Englissch swete upon his tunge. 
Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. T. (ed. Morris), 1. 264. 
2. To speak imperfectly, as in childhood ; make 
feeble, imperfect, or tentative efforts at speak- 
ing; hence, to speak in a hesitating, modest 
way. 
I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. 
Pope, Prol. to Satires, L 128. 
II. trans. To pronounce with a lisp or im- 
perfectly. 
This they suck in with their milke, and in their first 
learning to speake liepe out this deuotion. 
Purchai, Pilgrimage, p. 296. 
Another gift of the high God, 
Which, maybe, shall have learn'd to lisp you thanks. 
Tennyson, Geraint. 
lisp (lisp), M. [< lisp, v.] The habit or act of 
lisping, as in uttering th for s, and TH for s; an 
indistinct utterance, as of a child. 
Love those that love good fashions, 
Good clothes and rich they invite men to admire 'em' 
That speak the lisp of court oh, 'tis great learning ! 
Fletcher (and another), Elder Brother, ii. 3. 
She has naturally a very agreeable voice and utterance, 
which she has changed for the prettiest lisp imaginable 
Steele, Taller, No. 27. 
3476 
gentleness, mildness, ease : see liss, .] To 
ease; lighten; relieve; abate. 
I praye God youre sorwe lysse. 
Chaucer, Death of Blanche, 1. 210. 
Lissa (lis'a), n. [NL., < Gr. Karats, smooth.] 1. 
A genus of brachyurous decapod crustaceans, 
or crabs. Leach, 1815. 2. A genus of dipter- 
ous insects, of the family Micropezidai, founded 
by Meigen in 1826. They are slender shining black 
flies, most of which are rare, and whose metamorphoses 
are unknown. L. loxocerina is the only European form. 
The three North American species described by Walker 
were incorrectly assigned to this genus. 
Lissajous curves. See curve. 
Lissamphibia (lis-am-fib'i-a), n. pi. [NL., < 
Gr. ?.7o-of, smooth, + NL. '^Amphibia: see am- 
phibia.] A division of the Amphibia, embra- 
cing the naked or smooth as distinguished from 
the mailed batrachians: opposed to Phractam- 
phibia. 
lisse (les), n. [F., also lice, < L. licium, thrum, 
leash, thread of a web : see lisfi. ] In tapestry, 
the threads of the warp taken together. The 
manner in which they are disposed determines the kind 
of tapestry, whether hauie-lisse or basse-lisse. 
lissen (lis'n), . [Formerly also lisne; origin 
obscure.] A cleft in a rock. [Prov. Eng.] 
In the lisne of a rock at Kingscote in Gloucestershire, 
I found a bushel of petrified cockles. 
Sir M. Hale, Orig. of Mankind. 
Lissencephala (lis-en-sef'a-la), n. pi. [NL., 
neut. pi. of lissencephalus: see lissencephalous."] 
Those mammals which have smooth brains ; in 
Owen's system of classification, one of four 
prime divisions of Mammalia. The corpus callo- 
sum is present and well developed (as it is not in Lyen- 
cephala), but the cerebral hemispheres are small, leaving 
much of the olfactory lobes and of the cerebellum uncov- 
ered, and their surfaces are smooth, having slight, few, or 
no convolutions (as is not the case in Oyrencephala and 
Archencephala). The Lissencephala comprise the Bruta or 
edentates, Chiroptera or bats, Insectivora, and Kodentia. 
The group thus corresponds to the Ineducatilia of Bona- 
parte and Microsthena of Dana, or the lower series of pla- 
cental or monodelphous mammals, as Gyrencephala does 
to the higher series Educabilia. Owen's Lyencephala were 
the marsupials and mouotremes, or didelphian and orni- 
thodelphian mammals ; his Archencephala included man 
alone. The lissencephalous brain is illustrated under 
gyrus (tig. 1). 
lissencephalous (lis-en-sef a-lus), a. [< NL. 
lissencephalus, < Gr. /UamSf, smooth, + ty/c^^aAof, 
brain : see encephalon."] Having a smooth cere- 
brum; pertaining to the Lissencephala, or hav- 
ing their characters , 
lissens (lis'nz), n.pl. [Cf. lissen, a cleft.] In 
rope-making, the ultimate strands of a rope. E. 
H. Knight. 
Lissoflagellata (lis-o-flaj-e-la'ta), n.pl. [NL., 
neut. pi. of lissoflagella tus: see "lissoflagellate. j 
Flagellate infusorians proper, which have sim- 
ply a flagellum or flagella, but no collar ; a sub- 
class of Flagellata, contrasted with Choanofla- 
gellata, and divided into Monadidea, Euglenoi- 
(lea, Heteromastigoda, and Isomastigoda. 
lissoflagellate (lis-o-flaj'e-lat), a. [< NL. lis- 
soflagellatus, < Gr. faaaof, smooth, + NL. flagel- 
lisper(lis'per),. ,., . 
One who lisps ; one who speaks with a natural 
or affected lisp or imperfectly. 
I remember a race of lispers, fine persons, who took an 
aversion to particular letters in our language. 
Steele, Tatler, No. 77. 
lispingly (lis'ping-li), adv. In a lisping man- 
ner; with a lisp. 
lisst, n. [ME. Us, lisse, lysse, < AS. liss, and 
orig. liths, gentleness, mildness, ease, lenity, 
mercy, forgiveness, grace, favor (= Dan. Use 
= Sw. lisa, solace, relief), < lithe, gentle, mild, 
soft : see lithe 1 . So lissome for lithesome. Cf. 
bliss, similarly related to blithe.] 1. Belief; 
ease; abatement; cessation. 
His woful herte of penaunce hadde a lisse. 
Chaucer, Franklin's Tale, 1. 510. 
2. Comfort; happiness. 
Thus William & his worth! quen winteres fele 
Liueden in liking and lisse as our lord wolde. 
William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 5508. 
lisst (lis), v. t. [ME. lissen, lyssen, < AS. lissan 
(= Sw. lisa), soften, weaken, subdue, < liss, 
. 
latus: see flagellate 1 .'] Simply flagellate, as an 
infusorian ; having a flagellum, but no collar or 
choana; of or pertaining to the Lissoflagellata. 
lissome (lis'um), . [A reduction of lithesome, 
q. v. Cf. liss.] Limber; supple; flexible; 
lithe; lithesome; light; nimble; active. Some- 
times written lissom. 
A daughter of our meadows, yet not coarse, 
Straight, but as lissome as a hazel wand. 
Tennyson, The Brook. 
lissomeness (lis'um-nes), . The state of be- 
ing lissome; flexibility; agility; lightness; 
lithesomeness. 
lissotrichous (li-sot'ri-kus), a. [< NL. lissotri- 
chus, < Gr. ?.TCT(if, smooth, + Bpi (rpix-), hair.] 
Smooth-haired; liotrichous: said of animals 
having hair that is cylindrical, or circular in 
section, and hence straight and smooth. 
Lissotriton (lis-o-tri'tqn), n. [NL. (Bell, 1849), 
< Gr. /.caadf, smooth, NL. Triton.] A genus 
of smooth-skinned Salamandridaj. L. punctatus 
is the common or smooth newt or eft of Great Britain 
thus generically separated from the crested or warty 
newt. See Triton. 
list 1 (list), v. [Early mod. E. also lyst, lest; < 
ME. listen, lesten, Ivsten, earlier htesten, < AS. 
hlystan (= Icel. hhista), list, listen, < hlyst, hear- 
ing (cf. gehlyst, hearing) (= Icel. Must, the ear ; 
cf. W. dust, Ir. cluas, the ear); with noun-for- 
mative -t, < Teut. V hlvs, hear, which also ap- 
pears (a) with formative -n in AS. hlosniau (= 
MHG. hisenen, lusenen = Sw. lyssna), listen (a 
form represented later by (ft) ME. hixtnen, Icst- 
tien, listnen, E. listen, in which the t is due to 
list 
association with ME. listen, E. list); (c) with 
formative -sk in MD. luischcn = MLG. litxrhrn 
= MHG. luschen, G. lauschen = Dan. luske (> ME. 
liisken ?), listen; (d) with formative -r in D. 
liiisteren = OHG. lustren, MHG. liistren, G. dial. 
laustcrn = Dan. lystre = Sw. lystra, harken; 
and (e) with formative -ja, absorbed, in OHG. 
hloscn, MHG. losen, listen ; the Teut. V hlus 
(= Aryan V &'> as i n OBulg. slyshati, hear, 
slukhu, hearing, Lith. klausyti, hear, paklusti, 
harken, klausa, obedience, Skt. grusliti, hear- 
ing, obedience) being an extension of V *'" 
(= Aryan -\/ WM, in L. clitere, hear, inclutus, 
heard of, famous, Gr. i&vtiv, hear, Khvr6$, heard 
of, famous, etc.), whence AS. hlud, E. loud, etc. : 
see loud, client, etc.] I. intrans. To attend; 
give heed ; harken ; listen. [Poetical.] 
Lest, my sone, and thou schalt here 
So as it hath bifalle er this. dower. 
List, list ; I hear 
Some far off halloo break the silent air. 
Milton, Comus, 1. 480. 
Go forth under the open sky, and list 
To Nature's teachings. Bryant, Thanatopsis. 
II. trans. To listen or harken to. [Poetical.] 
Then weigh what loss your honour may sustain, 
If with too credent ear you list his songs. 
Shak., Hamlet, i. 3. 30. 
Hollowing one hand against his ear, 
To list a foot-fall, ere he saw 
The wood-nymph. Tennyson, Palace of Art. 
list 1 ! (list), n. [ME. "list, lust, < AS. hlyst, hear- 
ing, gehlyst, hearing, = Icel. hlust, the ear: see 
list 1 , ti.] 1. The sense of hearing. 2. An at- 
titude of attention. 
In honorance of lesu Cryst 
Sitteth stille & haueth lyst, 
And gif ge wille to me here 
Off cure ladi ge mai lere. 
King Horn (E. E. T. S.X p. 75. 
list 2 (list), v. [< ME. listen, lysten, lesten, lus- 
ten (u pron. as y), desire, also impers., please, 
< AS. lystan, impers., please (= OS. lustian = 
D. lusten = MLG. lusten = OHG. lustjan, lusten, 
MHG. liistcn, G. lusten, ge-lnsten = Icel. lysta = 
Dan. lystc = Sw. lysta = Goth. Ittston, desire) ; 
< lust, desire, pleasure: see lust, n. Cf. lust, v., 
a doublet of list 2 , now depending directly on 
the mod. noun lust.'] I. trans. If. To please ; 
be agreeable to; gratify; suit: originally im- 
personal, with indirect object of the person. 
Whan hem lyst, thei remewen to other Cytees. 
Mandeville, Travels, p. 38. 
And somme seyu that we loven best 
For to be free, and do right as us lest. 
Chaucer, Wife of Bath's Tale, 1. 80. 
2. Naut., to cause to incline or lean to one side ; 
cause to careen or heel over, as a ship by force 
of a side wind or by unequal stowage of cargo, 
etc. 
II. intrans. 1. To be disposed or inclined; 
wish ; choose ; like ; please : with a personal 
subject : absolute, or followed by an infinitive 
with to. 
And there oure host bigan his horse areste, 
And seyde : "Lordynges, herkneth if yow leste." 
Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. T., 1. 828. 
They oppress the weak, and take from them what they 
list by force. Latimer, Sermon bef. Edw. VI., 1550. 
Imagining no so true property of sovereignty as to do 
what he listed, and to list whatsoever pleased his fancy, he 
quickly made his kingdom a tennis-court, where his sub- 
jects should be the balls. Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, ii. 
To them that list the worlds gay showes I leave. 
Spenser, F. Q., VI. ix. 22. 
The wind bloweth where it listeth. John iii. 8. 
But still he lets the people, whom he scorns, 
Gape and cry wizard at him, if they list. 
M. Arnold, Empedocles on Etna. 
2. Xaut., to incline to one side or careen: as, 
the ship listed to starboard. 
Soon she tinted to port and filled rapidly. 
The Century, XXIX. 742. 
list 2 (list), n. [< ME. list, lest, lyst, var. (after 
the derived verb list?) of lust, < AS. lust, plea- 
sure, desire: see lust, n., and lis&,v.~] If. De- 
sire; wish; choice; inclination. 
To dyne I have no lest, 
Tyll I have some bolde barbn, 
Or some unketh gest. 
Lytell Geste of Robyn Hode (Child's Ballads, V. 45X 
If you would consider your state, you would have little 
list to sing, i-wis. 
Beau, and Fl., Knight of Burning Pestle, i. 4. 
He saw false Reynard where he lay full low ; 
I need not swear he had no list to crow. 
Dryaen, Cock and Fox, 1. 682. 
2f. Pleasure; lust. 
Honestie my olde Graundfather called that, when menne 
lyued by law, not lyst. 
Lyly, Euphues and his England, p. 201. 
