liver 
[Formerly also lifen; < life 
live- (liv), a. [By aplirrosis from uliri; orig. 
OH fe/e (ME. o4 /ire): see /ir. As now used 
' retained in the orig. predicate use, while 
live 3487 
To live Out, to continue alive through or to the end of: as, livelihood 1 ! (liv'li-hucl), H. [Also lirelilieatl, < liven (li'vn), r. /. t 
to livtout a wiir or a term of office; he lived out the century. j|j.; l,/i;-Hli<-i-d ( = Sw. lijliijlict = Dan. /ir/iV/- +-rl. Cf. /itlii'i'it.} To put life into; enliven; 
Aerf); < lively + -hood.] Liveliness; cliccrl 'illness. 
The tyranny of her sorrows takes all livelihood from her 
, cheek. 5A*., All 8 Well, 1. 1. 58. 
exclusively employed in the attributive Iivelihood 2 (Hy'li-hud), . [A corruption of 
.V ??";, g "-Jli e A,., 1 'l!,',', f f ; U " lmate; U0t , simulating lively + -hood : teJifelodeJ 
Way of life; living; means of maintaining 
dead: as, a lire animal or plant. 
The juice of it, on sleeping eye-lids laid, 
Vt ill make n man or woman madly dote 
Upon the next lice creature that it sees. 
Shak., M. N. l>.. ii. i. 172. 
2. Lively; animated; alert; energetic; not 
listless or inert : as, a live preacher ; a live book. 
[U. S.] 
We aim first of all to make a KM newspaper to give 
everything in this region that people want, briefly, Intel- 
ligently, succinctly stated. S. Howies, In Merriam, I. 97. 
3. Manifesting life or energy; acting as if with liveliness (liv'li-nes), n. [< lively + ness.] The 
living force; effective; operative; ready for quality or state of being lively or animated; 
immediate use or work; under pressure, as sprightliness; vivacity; animation; spirit; 
of steam: as, a live machine; live steam, etc. briskness; activity; effervescence. =syn. Life, 
Vivacity, etc. See animation. 
felodet. n. A variant of 
ay 
life; support of life"; maintenance ; the occu- 
pation which furnishes means of support. 
Of human necessity the very primal shape is that which 
regards our livelihood. De Quincey, Plato. 
= Syn. Support, Subsistence, etc. See lining. 
livelily (liv'li-li), adv. [< lively + -ty 2 .] In 
a lively manner; briskly; vigorously. [Rare.] 
Livelily expressing the hollowness of a day's pleasuring. 
Lamb, Ella, p. 823. 
See phrases below. 
make more brisk; rouse: generally with /<: as, 
to lircii up a fire, or a despondent person. [Col- 
loq. or rare.] 
live-oak (liv'ok'), n. An American oak, Quer- 
cux vireiis. It is abundant, within short distances of the 
coast, from southern Virginia to Texas, extending into. 
.Mexico, and is also found In Costa Idea. It is a slow-grow- 
ing evergreen, 50 or 00 feet high. The leaves are common- 
ly entire, with the Ulster side smooth and shining. Its 
wood is extremely heavy, hard, strong, tine-grained, and 
durable, and of great economic value, being especially 
prized for ship-building. The name is also applied to sev- 
eral other evergreen species of the Pacific slope : Q.chryto- 
lefrin, also called maul-oak and Valparaiso oat ; the less im- 
iwrtaut <J. Wislizeni; and the coast live oak, Q. ayrijtilia, 
also called nuxno, a large treeof southern California. Live- 
Oak State, the State of Florida. 
liver 1 (liv'er). . [< live* + -ri.] 1. One who 
lives or has life ; one who continues to live. 
And try if life be worth the liver 1 ! care. 
Prior, Solomon, lit 
2. One who resides ; a resident; a dweller: as, 
a liver in Glasgow. 3. One who lives in a cer- 
liTTolrtHn* n A vapiftT ** l*tc/ in \jii*ojuw.^ u. wuc T*AU i. , - m .. *,>, 
In that dreary solitude, so far from this live and warm llVeiOdet, A va ^ r/\?2rVu , ,s ,n tvmnner hfiimr pxnrpssed bv an 
world, he took up hit winter quartos. livelong 1 (hv'ldng), a. [< ME. *hvel<mg, We- tain manner, th 
S o .. , ^. of H f c i <mg< < uf e u + i ony i t a . The adjective: as, a good or evil Iwer, a fast Inei, 
word is now generally regarded as <live\ v., + loose liver (that is, a person of 
longi.adv., and so pronounced.] If. Being as fast, or loose habits); a good toer, 
ln life havin a lon life that lives or en- (one addicted to good living or hi 
W. Barrows, Oregon, p. 33. 
4. Glowing; vivid: as, a toe coal. 
Then flew one of the seraphlms unto me, having a live 
coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from 
off the altar. Isa. vi. 6. 
Now from the virgin's cheek a fresher bloom 
Shoots, less and less, the live carnation round. 
Thomson, Spring, 1. 963. 
There is such u Hoe sparkle on the water. 
T. W. Higyinton, Oldport, p. 11)8. 
6. Fresh; not stale or impure. 
But his essences turned the lin- air sick. 
Tennyson, Mand, \ ii i. 
6. Of present use or interest; not effete, obso- 
lete, or out of date ; subject to present or pros- 
pective need: as, the live topics of the day; 
live matter (in a printing-office ) Live anatomy t, 
vivisection. Live axle, adriving-axle. live bait, a liv- ij.i--..'^ niv'lAnirl n livel v + tono 1 adv ~\ 
ing worm, minnow, etc., used by anglers for flsh-bait,- UVeipng- yi long;, n. ^ me , r.,_T I A) , uu 
Live blood. Same as life-Mood, 3. Live feathers, f( 
long as life ; having a long life ; that lives or en- 
dures long; lasting; durable. 
Thou, in our wonder and astonishment, 
Hast built thyself a live-long monument. 
Milton, Epitaph on Shakspeare. 
2. Continuing or seeming to continue long; 
passing slowly ; tedious. 
She seid, Thomas, thou likes thi play. 
What byrde in boure may dwel with the? 
Thou marris uie here this lefelong day, 
I pray the, Thomas, let me be ! 
True Thomai, MS. Cantab. (Halliwell.) 
The obscure bird 
Clamour'd the livelong night. 
Shak., Macbeth, IL 8. 65. 
thers taken from the living fowl. They are stronger and 
more elastic than those from dead birds. Live Circuit, 
a circuit through which an electric current Is flowing. 
Also called live wire. Live gang. Same as live saw. 
Live hair, hair from a living animal. 
A narrow Lane, where Money for old Books was writ 
upon some part or other of every Shop, as surely as Money 
for Live Hair upon a Barber's Window. 
Quoted in Athtvn'i Social Life In Reign of Queen Anne, 
[I. 143. 
Live lever, that one of a pair of brake-levers to which the 
brake-power is first applied, the other being called the 
ilr/nl ti'ii'i: Car-Buililer's Diet. Live matter. See mat- 
ter. Live ring, a gang of wheels traveling on a circu- 
lar track, used under a swing-bridge, a railway tarn-table, 
an observatory-dome, or the like. Live saw, a gang-saw 
adapted for cutting entirely through logs without previous 
slabbing. Live Shell, in <ptn., a shell which has been 
loaded and fused ready for firing, or one which, after being 
fired, has not yet exploded. 
A sepoy who, with several others, was hiding In a room 
from which they were only driven by live shells. 
W. H. Jtussell, Diary in India, I. 812. 
Live Steam, steam fresh from the boiler and at full pres- 
sure, as distinguished from dead steam or exhaust-steam. 
Live Stock, domestic animals collectively; particularly, 
the stock of animals kept for use or profit, as horses, cattle, 
sheep, or swine. Live Wire. Same as live circuit. 
live^t, a- A Middle English oblique form of life, 
still existing in alive and livelong 1 . 
liveable, ". Another spelling of livable. 
live-box (liv'boks), . 1. A box in which fish 
are kept alive. 2. A cell in which living ob- 
jects are confined formicroscopical observation. 
live-center (liv'sen'ter), n. See center^, 5. 
lived (livd), a. [< life + -ed?.] Having a life ; 
existing: used in composition: as, long-lived; 
short-lived. 
Who, sending their sonnes to atteine knowledge, find 
them little better learned, but a great deal worse liued, 
then when they went. Lyly, Euphues, Anat. of Wit, p. 141. 
And burn the long-lived phoenix in her blood. 
.7m/,-., Sonnets, xlx. 
live-for-ever (Hv'fQr-ev'er), . A plant, the 
orpine, Sedum Telci>liiunt. [IT. S.] 
plant, Scdum Telephium; live-for-ever Jer- 
sey livelong, the Jersey cudweed, Gnaphalium luteo- 
liye'iy (liv'li), a. [< ME. lyvely, lifly, lyfly, < AS. 
liflic, living, vital (= Sw. liflig = Dan. livlig), < 
lif, life, -r- -lie: see life and -lyi. Cf. lifelike.'] 
1. Living; endowed with or manifesting life ; 
hence, from a living source ; life-given. [Rare 
or obsolete.] 
Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, 
an holy priesthood. 1 Pet. 11. 5. 
Why should he live, now Nature bankrupt is, 
Beggar'd of blood to blush through lively veins ? 
Shak.. Sonnets, Ixvli. 
2. Lifelike ; representing or resembling life or 
reality; real; vivid; forcible: as, a lively imi- 
tation of nature. 
His little son Into his bosom creeps, 
The lii;-lu picture of his father's face. 
P. Fletcher, quoted in Walton's Complete Angler, p. 177. 
With such perplexity of mind 
As dreams too lively leave behind. 
Coleridge, Christabel, ii. 
3. Full of life or energy ; active ; vigorous ; vi- 
vacious; brisk; alert: applied to persons or 
things: as, a lively child ; lively faith. 
But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong. 
Ps. xixviii. 19. 
To regain an old friend was well ; to be rid of a new 
friend who had grown insupportable was a matter of yet 
livelier rejoicing. E. Dowden, Shelley, I. 311. 
4. Animated; spirited; sprightly; gay: as, a 
lively dance; lively conversation. 
Formed by thy converse, happily to ster 
From grave to gay, from lively to severe. 
Pope, Essay on Man, iv. 380. 
6. Fresh; vivid; bright: said of colors and 
tints. 
Beside him rode Hlppplita the queen, 
And Emily attir'd in lively green. 
Dryden, Pal. and Arc., ii. 228. 
6. Riding the sea buoyantly : said of a ship or 
boat. 
good or evil, 
, a hearty liver 
(one addicted to good living or high feeding). 
A wicked liver may be reclaimed, and prove an honest 
man. Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. 388. 
Were any bounteous, merciful, 
Truth-speaking, brave, good livers, them we enrolled 
Among us. Tennyson, Gareth and Lynette. 
liver 2 (liv'er), n. [< ME. liver, < AS. lifer = 
D. lever = MLG. lever = OHG. libara, lebara, 
lebera, lepera, MHG. lebere, G. leber = Icel. 
lifr = Dan. lever = Sw. lefver, liver. Cf. Russ. 
liveru, the pluck of animals. Attempts have 
been made to identify liver, through the as- 
sumed earlier stems "lik, "lyek, with L. jecur 
= Gr. irirap (f/irar-) = Skt. yakrit, liver, the 
medial Teut. labial (v), in this view, having 
been developed from an orig. guttural (h). A 
similar change appears in the history of four, 
five, and prob. eleven and twelve, as well as in 
wolf.'] 1. In anat., a large gland, secreting bile 
and performing other important metabolic 
functions, situated in the upper part of the ab- 
dominal cavity on the right side. The human 
liver lies beneatn the diaphragm, and weighs 60 or 60 
ounces. It presents a large right- and a smaller left hand 
lobe, and on the under surface are distinguished a quad- 
rate lobe, a caudate lobe, and a lobus Spigelil. The gall- 
bladder lies in a fissure on its under side. The liver is sup 
live-head (liv'hed), . In a lathe, the moving lively (liv'li), adv. [< ME. lyvely, lifly, < AS. 
head-stock which contains the live-spindle, 
livelesst, " An obsolete form of lifeless. 
liveliheadM (liv'li-hed), n. [Var. of 
Liveliness; animation; living force. 
Whom when as Turpin saw so loosely layd, 
He weened well that he in deed was dead, . . . 
But, when he nijrh sipproeht, he mote oread 
Plaine signes in him of life and livelihead. 
Spenser, V. Q., VT. vll. 20. 
iv'li-hed), . [Var. of liirlilioixl-. 
for orig. Hfi'lode.] Way of life; living. 
Full little weenest thou wlwt sorrowes are 
Left thee for porcion of thy livelyhed. 
Spenser, . Q., II. ii. >. 
littiir, vitally, < liflic, living, vital: see lively, a.] 
1. In a lifelike manner; with the appearance 
of reality ; semblably. 
Wel couthe he peynte lufly that it wroughte, 
With many a florin he the hewes bought. 
Chaucer, Knight's Tale, 1. 1229. 
2. With life or animation ; energetically : vig- 
orously; briskly: as, to act /I'IT/I/. 
Lokys now lyuely! what list you to do? 
To niello In this mater, or to meue ferre? 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3184. 
They brought their men to the slough, who, discharging 
lively almost close to the face of the enemy, did much 
amaze them. Sir J. Uayward. 
6 P M" 
Liver of Man, under side. 
A, left lobe : B, right lobe ; F, lobus quadratus : c, lobus Spigelii ; 
I call-bladder ; J, cystic duct ; K, hepatic duct ; L. ductus conimunis 
choledochus ; M, vena porta; ; N, O, felt and right hepatic veins ; P, 
vena cava inferior ; K, round ligament ; S, hepatic artery. 
plied with blood by the portal vein and the hepatic artery, 
and discharges It by the hepatic veins. The bile is con- 
veyed away by the bile-ducts, which unite to form the 
hepatic duct. There are five fissures: the longitudinal, 
which separates the right and left lobes, and contains the 
round ligament; the venous, the continuation of the former 
backward, containing the remains of the ductus venosns : 
the fa "i, for the Inferior vena cava or postcaval vein ; the 
portal or transverse, connecting the others, also called the 
porta or gateway of the liver, where lie the portal vein, 
hepatic artery, and hepatic duct ; with a depression for the 
r/all-kladder, called, for convenience In enumerating, the 
fifth fissure. There are likewise five ligaments : right and 
left lateral, coronary, and falciform, consisting of folds of 
peritoneum, and the round ligament, which is the obliter- 
ated umbilical vein of the fetus. A liver like that of man 
in all essentials exists in nearly all vertebrates. Glandular 
structures or tissues recognizable as hepatic occur in very 
many Invertebrates, and are commonly called lirer. Thus, 
the mass of dark-greenish substance In the thickest part of 
an oyster is the liver of that creature, and a glandular organ 
in worms, connected with the mid-gut, receives the same 
name. The livers of food-animals constitute a common ar- 
ticle of diet. The liver was formerly supposed to be the 
seat of love. 
Are you not yet 
Relenting? ha' yon blood and spirit In those veins? 
You are no image, though yoube as hard 
As marble : sure, you have no liver ; if you had, 
"Twould send a lively and desiring heat 
To every member. Beau, and Fl., Woman-Hater, ill 1. 
