lyed 
The air is to he carefully excluded from the surface of 
fruits left standing alter baring been cither lyrd or washed. 
Sri. . I, ,ir,:, V s., |,l \. :i;,r,. 
Lyencephala (li-en-sef a-ljj), . ;//. [NL., ir- 
I'l-g. < Or. Ttitrtv, loose, 4- fymtftfiot, brain: sec 
< at -i /ilni/iiit.] In (> wen's classification, t ho low- 
est of four subclasses of Miiiiniiiiliii, including 
the marsupials and monod-cmes. ur /liili-l/ilim 
and OriiitliiiitHpliiii ; the iii]])liicciital inainmals. 
The naiiH- irnlir:ites tin; loose or slight connection of the 
right and luft hemispheres of tlie cerebrum, in consequence 
of the small size, if not the absence, of the main commissure 
or corpus calloBtim. It is correlated with Li.-xenccplialit, 
Gyreiiccphala, and Archtnccphala. 
lyencephalous (15-on-sof a-lus), a. [As Lyen- 
crphala +-(111.1.] Pertain ing to the Lyencephala, 
or having their characters. 
lyerman, . Sec ////<;. 
lyest, >' /''. A Middle English variant of lees. 
See lee 6 . Chaucer. 
lyft, lyflyt, etc. Middle English forms of lij'r, 
lively, etc. 
lyftt. A Middle English form of lifti, lifft, 
?</< i. 
Lygaeidse (H-je'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Lyg&us + 
-iil/i'.] A family of heteropterous insects, typi- 
fied by the genus Lygceus, belonging to the tribe 
of land-bugs, or GencorfS. The (tenera are many, 
mostly tropical or subtropical, and the family is usually 
divided into 9 subfamilies. These hugs are small or of 
moderate size, with 3-joiuted tarsi and 4-jolnted antenna;. 
Lygaeus (11-je'us), w. [NL., < Gr. Ivyalos, shad- 
owy, gloomy, < 
Xi'yj?, twilight.] 
The typical ge- 
nus of Lyg(E- 
id(e, founded by 
Fabrici us in 
1794. It is char- 
acterized by a coni- 
cal head with pro- 
jecting eyes in con- 
tact with the pro- 
thorax ; between 
the eyes Is a pair of 
ocelli. Species are 
numerous, and are 
widely distributed 
in temperate and 
tropical countries, 
especially in South 
America. L. /<wi- 
atus is a common one, red, banded and dotted with black. 
/-, equextris, L. saxatilti, and L. familiaris inhabit Europe. 
Lygodiaceae (11-go-di-a'se-e), n. pi. [NL. 
(Presl, 1845), < Lygodium + -acetc.] A former 
order of ferns including the genera Lygodium 
and Hydrtylosattm, the latter of which is now in- 
cluded under Lygodium also. Lyijodium is placed 
by Hooker in the suborder Schizceacete. 
Lygodieae (ll-go-di'e-e), n. pi. [NL. (Bron- 
guiart, 1843), < Lygodium + -eee.'] A former 
tribe of ferns, typified by the genus Lygo- 
il i n ni. 
Lygodium (li-go'di-um), . [NL. (Swartz, 1801), 
\ Gr. hry&StKi like a willow twig, < Xfcyof , a wil- 
low twig, withy, + tidof, form.] A widely dif- 
fused genus of ferns with climbing stipes. The 
spore-cases are ovoid, solitary or occasionally in pain, in 
the axils of large imbricated scale-like indusia. The fully 
developed barren fronds are either palmate or pinnate. Of 
the 10 species known, only one, L. palmatum, the climbing 
fern, is a native of North America, being found from Mas- 
sachusetts south to Florida. It has flexible, twining stipes, 
from 1 to 3 feet long, and short alternate 2-forked branches 
or petioles, each fork bearing a round-cordate palmately 
4- to 7 -lobed pinnule. Eighteen fossil species have beeu 
described, ranging from the Cretaceous to the Miocene. 
They are common in the Tertiary deposits of western 
America. 
Lygosoma (li-go-so'ma), w. [NL., < Gr. Atj-of, 
a withy, + au/ia, body.] A genus of scincoid 
lizards. 
ij r a,, 
(Twice natural size.) 
. _ . i'ing), 11. [Verbal u. of lie*-, t>.] A place 
where one lies. 
The place for the bodye to be interred wche was de- 
vised over againstc the lyeing of Q Kathorine on the 
right side of the Quyre. 
1886 Register book of Peterborough Cathedral. (N. and Q., 
[7th ser., IV. 121.) 
lying 1 (li'ing), /i. . [Ppr.of Kri,r.] Beingpros- 
trate. Bee MM Lying panel. See panel. Lying 
tot, adjacent to. 
Neither bee there wanting woods heere . . . and parkes.; 
for many there are lying to Noblemen's and gentlemen's 
houses replenished with game. 
Holland, tr. of Camden, p. 469. (Danes.) 
lying- (li'ing), H. [Verbal n. of lie*, .] False- 
hood ; untrutlifulness. 
lying- (li'ing), p. it. [Ppr. of e2, .] Menda- 
cious; false; deceptive: as. a lying rumor. 
What was it'.' A lying trick of the brain ! 
lying-down (.U'ing-doun'). . Stum, as li/inij-ii,. 
B5M 
lying-in (li'ing-in'), . and a. [Verbal n. of 
lit- in: nee lie 1 , r.] I. n. Confinement in child- 
bed. 
II. a. Pertaining to childbirth; obstetrical: 
as, n li/ing-iii hospital. 
lyingly (ll'iug-h), adi\ In a lying manner; 
falsely; by telling lies. 
lying-to (li'iug-t(i'), n. See in lie in, underlie 1 . 
lyket. A Middle English form of Me 1 , likt--. 
lykwaket, See ni;< /, < . 
Lyle gun. See </'"''- 
lylliet. a. An obsolete form of My. 
lym't, . An obsolete form of limb 1 . 
lym'-'t, See lime*. 
lymailt, See li/mul. 
lymbot, " An obsolete spelling of limbo. 
lyme't, H. An obsolete spelling of lime 1 . 
lyme'-t, See limi~>. 
lyme-grass (lim'gras), n. [< lyme (f obs. spel- 
ling of iimei no obvious application) + grass.'} 
A coarse grass of the genus Elymug, belonging 
to the tribe Hordcece, having the inflorescence in 
simple spikes, very rarely branched, the spike- 
lets two or three together, and the glumes two, 
both on the same side of the spikelet, without 
awns, inclosing from one to seven florets. The 
species have an extensive geographical range ; nearly all 
are inhabitants of the temperate zones. 
Lymexylon (H-inek'si-lon), n. [NL., < Gr. Muri, 
maltreatment, ruin, + { 'itov, wood.] The typi- 
cal genus of Lyincjcylonida;, having five abdomi- 
nal segments and entire elytra. The species make 
cylindrical borings in oak, and /,. navale is notorious for 
the injury it thus causes to ship-timber. Also written /.</ 
mexyluin, and improperly Limexylon. 
Lymexylonidse (li-mek-si-lon'i-de), n.pl. [NL., 
(Lymexylon, + -irf<e.] A small but important 
family of pentamerous Coleoptera, of the series 
Clavicornia. It is characterized by serrate 11-jointed 
antenna; inserted on the sides of the deflexed and poste- 
riorly narrowed head, slender legs with contiguous coxic 
(except in Atractocerwf), prominent ungrooved hind coxte, 
prominent conical front coxte without trochanter, and the 
first ventral segment not elongated. Also Lymexylidce. 
lymitert, lymitourt, n. Obsolete forms of lim- 
itei: 
Lymnsea, Lymnea, . See Limtuea. 
lymnite, n. See limnite, 1. 
Lymno-. For words beginning thus, see Limno-. 
lymph (limf), n. [= F. lymphs = Pg. lympha = 
Sp.lt. 7in/a,< L. lympha, clear water, a fountain 
(NL. lymph), also personified, Lympha, a rural 
deity; a poet, word (so spelled appar. as associ- 
ated, erroneously, with nympha, < Gr. vi>/t<j>7!, a 
nymph, esp. a water-nymph, poet, also water, 
OL. lumphia, a water-nymph), OL. Lumpha, 
orig. "lunipa (f) = Oscan dium pa, connected 
with limpidtts, clear, limpid: see limpid.'] 1. 
Pure, clear water, or any fluid similarly trans- 
parent. [Poetical.] 
A fountain bubbled up, whose lymph serene 
Nothing of earthy mixture might distain. Trench. 
2. Inphysiol. , a fluid in animal bodies, contained 
in certain vessels called lymphatics. Lymph is. 
like the blood, an alkaline fluid, consisting of a plasma 
and corpuscles, and coagulates by the formation of fibrin. 
The lymph differs from the blood in its corpuscles being of 
the colorless kind, and in the very small proportion of its 
solid constituents, which amount to only about 5 per cent, 
of its weight. Lymph may, in fact, be regarded as blood 
minus i t.s red corpuscles and diluted with water so as to be 
somewhat less dense than the serum of blood, which con- 
tains about 8 per cent, of solid matter. Humanized 
lymph, vaccine lymph taken from a human being : op- 
posed to bovine lymph, its original source. Vaccine 
lymph, the matter collected in a cowpox vesicle. When 
transferred either from the cow or a person having the dis- 
ease from being vaccinated, it produces the same disease 
in others, and gives comparative immunity from smallpox, 
lymphad (lim'fad), H. [Prob. a corruption of 
Gael, longj'hada, a galley, < long, a ship, + fada, 
long.] A galley with one mast and usually a 
yard upon it. Representations of such a galley, with 
three or more oars fixed in place for rowing, are common 
in Scotch heraldry. [Scotch.] 
"Our loch ne'er saw the Cawmil lymphads," said the 
bigger Highlander. . . . "She doesna value a Cawmil mair 
aa a Cowan. " Scott, Bob Roy, xxix. 
lymphadenitis (lim-fad-e-ni'tis), a. [NL., < 
I'/iii/ilin, lymph, 4- Gr. adqv, a gland, + -itts.] In- 
flammation of a lymphatic gland. 
lymphadenoid (lim-fad'e-noid). a. [< NL. lym- 
1'lin, lymph, -I- Gr. aff/v, a gland, + fMof, form.] 
Resembling or pertaining to a lymphatic gland : 
lymphadenoma (lim-fad-e-no'ma), n. ; pi. lym- 
phadcnomnta (-ma-ta). [NL., < lympha, lymph, 
+ Gr. a&tjv, a gland, + -oma.] 1. A hyperplas- 
tic lymphatic gland. 2. Hodgkin's disease; 
pseudo-lcucocytliciiiia. 3. Lymphosarcoma. 
lymphadenomatous (lim-t'adA>-nou>'a-tus), a. 
(X NL. lympha, lymph, + (Jr. ui!r/i', u gland + 
lymphatic 
-oma (<{. iiilniiiHin); as h/iii/iliadetionm(t-) + 
-oiw,] Of, pertaining to, or cliunieteri/.ed liy 
lymphadeiioina. 
Lymphadenomabnu glands may be hard, and scrofulous 
ones soft, but the converse is usually f'.mi.l. 
Lancet, No. 3448, p. 683. 
lymphaeduct (lim'fe-dukt), . [< XL. /////,/'. 
gen. of lympha, lymph, + L. ductus, conveyance, 
pipe, canal: see duct, and cf. aqueduct."] A lym- 
phatic vessel or duct. Also /i/iii/ilnnluet. 
lymphaemia (lim-fe'mi-ft), n. [NL., < lympha, 
lymph, + Gr. a'iua, blood.] In ptwkeL, lym- 
phatic leucaemia. 
lymphangeitis (lim-fan-je-i'tis), n. Same as 
l>tmi>li(t>ii/itui. 
lymphangiectasis (lim-fan-ji-ek'ta-sis), . 
[NL., < lympha, lymph, + Gr. ayyciav, a vessel, 
+ luTaoic, extension, dilatation.] Dilatation 
of the lymphatic vessels. Also lymphangiec- 
tasia. 
lymphangiectatic (lim-fan"ji-ek-tat'ik), a. [< 
lymphangiectasis (-at-) + -ic.] Pertaining to 
lymphangiectasis. 
lymphangioitis (lim-fan"ji-o-i'tis), n. Same as 
lymphangitis. 
lymphangioma (lim-fan-ji-6'mS), .; pi. lyia- 
phangiomuta (-ma-ta). [NL., < lympha, lymph, 
+ Gr. ayyciov, a vessel, + -oma.'] A tumor com- 
posed of lymphatic vessels. 
lymphangitis (lim-fan-ji'tis), n. [NL.. < lym- 
pha, lymph, + Gr. ayjelov, a vessel, + -irts.] 
Inflammation of the lymphatic vessels, 
lymphatet (lim'fat), a. [< L. tymphatus, pp. of 
lymphare, drive out of one's senses, distract with 
fear, craze, < lympha, water: see lymph. The 
connection is uncertain; prob. with ref. to wa- 
ter-nymphs.] Frightened into madness; rav- 
ing, 
lymphatedt (lim'fa-ted), a. [< lymphate + -ed?.] 
Same as lymphate. 
lymphatic 1 (lim-fat'ik), a. and n. [= F. lym- 
phatique = Sp. linfdtico = Pg. 
lympha tico = It. linfatico, < 
NL. lyniphaticus, pertaining to 
lymph. < lympha, lymph: see 
lymph.'] I. a. 1. Containing, 
conveying, or pertaining in any 
way to lymph or 
chyle: as, a lym- 
phatic vessel; a 
lymphatic gland. 
2. Dull; slug- 
gish ; slow in 
thought or ac- 
tion, as if from 
an excess of 
lymph in the 
body.- Lymphat- 
ic cachexy, tiodg- 
kin'sdisease. Lym- 
phatic cavity. 
Same as lymph-siniu. 
Lymphatic gan- 
glion. Same as7(/m- 
phatif ffla nd. Lym- 
phatic gland, one 
of the glandular bod- 
ies, formed mainly 
of lymphoid tissue, 
occurring in the 
course of the lym- 
Lymphatics of phatic ducts. They 
Front of Right Ami. have no proper ducts 
f. f, e, three lym- conveying away a 
eanSia as'lhev aie ^cretion, and their 
somenme's called. function is proba- 
bly hematopoietic. 
Lymphatic heart. Same as lymph-heart. Lymphat- 
ic temperament. See temperament. Lymphatic ves- 
sel. See II. 
II. n. A vessel which conveys lymph. The lym- 
phatics are small transparent vessels arls'ing in the various 
tissues, provided with valves like the veins, and running 
toward the heart. They are occasionally interrupted by 
lymphatic glands, and convey the leakage from the blood- 
vascular system and 
the waste of the tis- 
sues back into the 
venous system. The 
place of discharge for 
the drainage of the 
rightsideofthehead, 
right arm, and adjacent regions of the trunk is at the junc- 
tion of the right subclavian and right jugular veins, while 
the lymph from all the rest of the body through the tho- 
racic duct pours into the blood at the corresponding place 
on the left side. That part of the lymphatic system which 
runs from the intestine takes up some of the product* of 
digestion, and the vessels are here called lacttali. 
lymphatic-t, and . [< L. lymphaticm, dis- 
tracted, frenzied, < lymphatits, pp. of lymphare, 
distracted: see lymphate.'] I. a. Making or be- 
ing distracted or frantic. 
Horace either is or feigns himself lymphatidc, and shews 
what an effect the vision of the Nymphs and Bacchus had 
on him. Shaflrstniry. Enthusiasm, i 6. 
Lymphatics of 
Leg. G, lymphatic 
glands : / , lym- 
phatic vessels. 
