lymphatic 
II. it. A mad enthusiast ; a lunatic. 
All nations have their lympfiaticks of some kind or an- 
other. Stiaftesbury, Enthusiasm, 6. 
lymph-cell (limf sol), . A leucocyte occur- 
ring in lymph ; a lymph-corpuscle. 
lymph-channel (limf'chan'el), . Any con- 
duit for lymph Lymph-channel of a lymphatic 
gland, the space left between the lymphoid tissue and 
the capsule and trabeculte, which is traversed by retiform 
connective tissue, and in which the lymph circulates. Also 
called lymph-tinut. 
lymph-corpuscle (limf 'kor'pus-1), n. One of the 
corpuscles of lymph ; a lymph-cell. 
lymph-heart (limf'hart), . A lymphatic ves- 
sel which is rhythmically contractile. Such ves- 
sels are generally enlarged near their opening into veins, 
where they acquire a muscular investment which enables 
them to pulsate. They are chiefly developed in the lower 
vertebrates. Also called lymphatic heart. 
lymphoduct (lim'fo-dukt), . [< NL. lympha, 
lymph, + L. duetus, a conveyance : see tymphce- 
duct.] Same as tympJuBduct. 
lymphography (lim-fog'ra-fi), n. [< NL. lym- 
pha, lymph, + Gr. -ypa<pta, < ypAfetv. write.] A 
description of the lymphatic vessels, their ori- 
gin and uses. 
lymphoid (lim'foid), a. [< lymph -ft -oid.] 1. 
Having the character or nature of lymph ; re- 
sembling lymph ; lacteal. 2. Of or pertaining 
to lymph. 3. Of the nature of lymphoid tis- 
sue Lymphoid cells, rounded cells found in lymphoid 
tissue and resembling white blood-corpuscles, except that 
the nucleus is larger in comparison with the protoplasm. 
Lymphoid cords, the rounded cords of lymphoid tissue 
presenting themselves in the medullary portions of lym- 
phatic glands. Lymphoid nodules, any nodules of lym- 
phoid tissue, such as are found, for example, in many mu- 
cous membranes. Lymphoid tissue, a tissue formed of 
branching cells united into a network, the interstices of 
which are filled with lymphoid cells. Such tissue forms 
the greater part of the lymphatic glands and such allied 
structures as the solitary and agminate glands of the in- 
testine ; it envelops the smaller arteries of the spleen, and 
forms the Malpighian corpuscles ; there are masses of it in 
the tonsils; it forms the thymus in the infant; it occurs 
extensively in a diffuse form throughout the mucous mem- 
brane of the alimentary canal; and it presents itself in 
serous membranes, on the bronchial mucous membrane, 
and elsewhere. 
lymphoitlal (lim-foi'dal), a. [< lymphoid + 
-al.] Same as lympkoid. 
lymphpma (lim-fo'ma), n.; pi. tymphomata 
(-ma-ta). [NL., < lympha, lymph, + -oma.] A 
hyperplastic mass of lymphoid tissue. The name 
has been applied also to lymphosarcoma, and, as general 
lymphoma, to Hodgkin's disease. 
lymphomatons (lim-fom'a-tus), a. [< lympho- 
ma(t-) + -oiui.] Pertaining to or of the nature 
of a lymphoma. 
lymphosarcoma (lim // fo-sar-ko'ma), n.; pi. 
lymphosarcomata (-ma-ta). [NL., ' lympha, 
lymph, + sarcoma, q'.' v."] A sarcoma which 
in the combination of retiform cells with lym- 
phoid cells presents the structure of a lym- 
phatic gland. 
lymphotomy (lim-fot'o-mi), n. [< lymph(atic) 
+ dr. Tofitj, a cutting.] Dissection of the lym- 
phatics. 
lymph-sac (limf'sak), . Same as lymph-sinus. 
lymph-sinus (limf'si'ims), n. A large or di- 
lated lymphatic vessel. Also called lymph- 
sac and lymphatic cavity. 
lymph-space (limf 'spas), , Any cavity in the 
tissues containing lymph. 
lymph-Vessel (limf'ves"el), w. Any lymphatic 
vessel. 
lymphy (lim'fi), . [< lymph + -2/1.] Contain- 
ing or like lymph. 
lymptwiggt (limp'twig), n. A dialectal corrup- 
tion of tmntfag. C. Swainson. [Prov. Eng. 
(Exmoor).j 
lynt, n. An obsolete spelling of line 1 , Uifi. 
lynaget, An obsolete variant of lineage. 
lyncet (lins), . [< OF. lynce, < L. lynx, lynx: 
see lynx.'] A lynx. 
The sharp-eyed lynce. 
Greene, Maiden's Dream (Prudence). (Dames.) 
lyncean (lin-se'an), a. [< Gr. MyKeiof, pertain- 
ing to a lynx, < 7f (/try*-), a lynx: see lynx.'] 
1. Pertaining to the lynx. 2. Lynx-eyed; 
sharp-sighted. Lyncean Academy (It. Accaaemia 
dei Lmcei, Academy of the Lyncei,.&!/ncet being the plural 
of L. Lynceus: see lyncemti), an association for the pro- 
motion of arts and sciences, existing in Rome from 1609 to 
about 1632. It has since been revived, and is now called the 
Reale Accademia dei Lincei. 
lynceoust, a. [< Gr. /U7Ke<of, sharp-sighted, < 
r/f (tap*-), lynx: see lynx.] Sharp-sighted; 
lynx-eyed. 
But yet, in the end, their secret driftes are laide open, 
and lincevf eyes, that see through stone walls, have made 
a passage into the close coverture of their hypocrisie. 
Ifathe, Pierce Penilesse (1692). (Halliwell.) 
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Lynceus (lin-se'us), n. [NL., also Linceus: see 
II/HCCOUX.] A name sometimes given to the con- 
stellation Lynx. 
lynch 1 , n. See linch 1 . 
lynch a (linch), r. t. [<lynch(-law).] To punish 
by lyneh-law; punish summarily, for a crime 
or public offense of any kind, without authority 
of law ; specifically, to punish with death in this 
manner. See lynch-law. 
The prison was burst open by the mob, and George waa 
lynched, as he deserved. Emerson, English Traits, ix. 
lynchet, >. See linchet. 
lynch-law (linch'la), n. [Formerly also Tench's 
law; orig. the kind of law administered by 
Charles Lynch (1736-96), a Virginia planter 
(afterward a colonel in the army of Gen. 
Greene), who in the early part of the Revo- 
lution, in conjunction with his neighbors, Rob- 
ert Adams and Thomas Galloway, undertook 
to protect society and support the revolution- 
ary government in the region where he lived, on 
the Staunton river, by punishing with stripes 
or banishment such lawless or disaffected per- 
sons as were accused. According to tradition, 
Tories brought before this informal court were 
often hung up by their thumbs until they cried, 
" Liberty forever!"; but the penalty of death was 
never inflicted. Charles Lynch was in early 
life a Quaker. The origin of the term is of- 
ten erroneously ascribed to his brother, John 
Lynch, the founder of Lynchburg in Virginia, 
who remained a Quaker all his life. The notion 
that the term originated in the action of a 
mayor of Gal way in Ireland, one James Fitz- 
stephen Lynch, who is said to have executed 
the law upon his own son by hanging him, in 
1493, is erroneous.] The administration of sum- 
mary punishment, especially death, for a crime 
or public offense, without authority of law. It 
implies lawless concert or action among a number of mem- 
bers of the community, to supply the want of criminal 
justice or to anticipate its delays, or to inflict a penalty de- 
manded by public opinion, though in defiance of the laws. 
Such is too often the administration of law on the fron- 
tier, Lynch's law, as it is technically termed, in which the 
plaintiff is apt to be witness, jury, judge, and executioner, 
and the defendant convicted and punished on mere pre- 
sumption. 
Irving, Tour on the Prairies, p. 35, quoted in Bartlett's 
[Americanisms. 
lyncine (lin'sin), a. [< L. lynx (lync-), lynx, + 
-ine 1 .] Resembling a lynx; pertaining to the 
genus Lynx; lyncean. 
lyndt, lyndet. See lind. 
lyndent, An obsolete form of linden. 
lynet, An obsolete spelling of line 1 , line%. 
Lyngbya (Hng'bi-a), . [NL. (Agardh, 1824), 
named after Hans Christian Lyngbye (1782- 
1837), a Danish botanist.] A large genus of algse, 
typifying Kuetzing's family Lyngbyece, which is 
ordinarily placed in the order Nostochinece. Some 
of the species inhabit fresh running water, others stag- 
nant, and a few salt water. They consist of delicate threads 
or filaments, each provided with a distinct sheath, which 
are simple and destitute of heterocysts. The spores are 
unknown, and propagation takes place by means of hor- 
mogones which slide out of the sheaths. There are 23 
fresh-water American species, and about a dozen brackish 
or salt-water species. Sometimes written Lyngbia. 
Lyngbyeae (ling-bi'e-e), n. pi. [NL. (Kuetzing, 
1843), < Lyngbya + -ece.] A family of algee, 
typified by the genus Lyngbya. The genus Lyng- 
bya is placed by Thuret and Farlow in the suborder Xos- 
tochinece (the Nematogenai of Cohn in part) ; by Wolle and 
Bennett in the order or tribe Oscittariacece ; and by Cooke 
in the family Lyngbyeae, which is made of equal rank with 
the Nostvcece. Much confusion of terms prevails in the 
classification of these plants. 
lyngwortt (ling'wert), n. Same as lungwort. 
lyntont, n. An obsolete variant of lintel. 
lyntquhltet, An obsolete form of lintwhite. 
lynx (lingks), . [Formerly also linx; < ME. 
lynx = OF. lines, F. lynx = Sp. linee = Pg. lince, 
lynce = It. lince, < L. lynx, < Gr. Mryf- (Any*-), a 
lynx, = Lith. luszis = Sw. lo, a lynx, = (with 
additional formative -s) Dan. los = AS. lox = 
OS. lohs= D. losch = OHG. MHG. luhs, G. luchs, 
a lynx ; prob. so called with ref . to its bright 
eyes, < Gr. t/ ?.wc in t.vxvof, a lamp, teiiaae/v, 
see, etc., L. -\/ luc, in lucere, shine, lux, light, 
Teut. / luh, be light : see light 1 . FortheTeut. 
forms, cf. the similar forms of fox.] 1. A 
wild cat with a short tail, penciled ears, and 
28 teeth, belonging to the family Felidce and ge- 
nus Lynx, such as the caracal, the loup-cervier, 
and others. There are a number of species, inhabit- 
ing Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America. They are 
of moderate size among Felidce, but considerably larger 
than any house-cat, with a short body, a very short tail, 
large and long limbs, usually bearded cheeks and tufted 
ears, and spotted, marbled, or clouded coloration. Some 
have been known from time immemorial, and famed for 
their supposed sharp-sighteduess, which probably Is no 
Lyperanthus 
greater than that of other cats. The common European 
lynx is L. lynx; L. cervaria, L. pardina, L. isabellina, etc., 
are other Old World species or varieties. The Persian 
lynx is the caracal, L. caracal. (See cut under caracal.) 
The common wildcat of North America is the bay lynx, 
L. ntfus, which runs into several varieties. The Canada 

Lynx 
lynx, L. canadensis, is a larger, much more robust and 
shaggy wildcat, resembling the lynx of northern Europe 
or Siberia ; the general complexion is gray or hoary, with 
clouded or obsolete spottings. 
2. [cap.] A genus of Felida! lacking the front 
upper premolar of the true cats ; the lynxes. 
The dental formula is : 3 incisors, 1 canine, 2 premofars, and 
1 molar in each upper and lower half-jaw in all, 'a, teeth, 
instead of SO as in Felis. 
3. [cap.] A small northern constellation in- 
troduced by Hevelius in 1690, the name being 
chosen because the sharp-sightedness of a lynx 
is required to distinguish any of its stars, it is 
? laced between the Great Bear an3 Auriga, north of the 
wins. Its ten brightest stars are of the fifth magnitude. 
lynx-eyed (lingks'id), . Having acute sight. 
lyomer (li'o-mer), n. A fish of the order Lyo- 
meri. 
Lyomeri (li-om'e-ri), . pi. [NL., pi. of lyome- 
rus: see lyomerous.] An order of ateleocepha- 
lous fishes. They have rudimentary branchial arches 
(none of which are modified as branchiostegal or pharyn- 
geal) situated far behind the skull, deficient especially in 
nasal and vomerine elements, and articulating with the 
first vertebra by a basioccipital condyle alone ; only two 
cephalic arches, both freely movable, an anterior denti- 
gerous one, and a posterior suspensorial one, the latter 
consisting of hyomaudibular and quadrate bones; no 
opercular elements or maxillary bones ; an imperfect 
scapular arch, limited to a single cartilaginous plate, re- 
mote from the skull ; and separately ossified but imper- 
fect vertebrae. Theorderincludesafew remarkable deep- 
sea forms constituting the families Eurypharyngidce and 
Saccopharyngidce. 
lyomerous (li-om'e-rus), a. [< NL. lyornerus, < 
Gr. f.vecv, loose, + "iiepof , part.] Loose-jointed ; 
loosely put together; specifically, pertaining to 
the Lyomeri, or having their characters. 
lyon, n . An obsolete spelling of lion . Lyon court, 
a court in Scotland which has jurisdiction in questions re- 
garding coat-armor and precedency. It is presided over by 
the lyon king-at-arms, who is virtually supreme in all mat- 
ters of heraldry in Scotland. The name is derived from 
the lion on the royal shield. Lyon dollar. See dollar. 
Lyon king-at-arms. See hng-atarmt. 
Lyonetia (li-o-net'i-a), n. [NL., named after 
P. Lyonet (1707-89),"a Dutch naturalist.] The 
typical genus of Lyonetida;. L. clerckella is an 
example. Hubner, 1816. 
LyonetidsB (li-o-net'i-de), n. pi. [NL. (Stau- 
dinger, 1871), < Lyor.etia + -idat.] A family of 
microlepidopterous insects of the tineid series, 
having erect hair on the hinder part of the head, 
no ocelli or labial palpi, and the antennte long 
and thin with broadened basal joint. They fly at 
evening, and rest with the wings roof-shaped, the body 
elevated in front, and the antenna laid back. The larvae 
have 16 feet, and are either leaf-miners or live between 
leaves spun together. The family contains about half a 
dozen genera, of which Cemiostoma and Bucculatrix are 
the most prominent. 
lyonnaise (le-o-naz'), a. [F., fern, of Lyonnais: 
see Lyonnese.]' Lyonnese : specifically applied 
in cookery to a style of serving potatoes, etc., 
with a sauce of butter, parsley, and sometimes 
onions. 
Lyonnese (li-o-neV or -neV), a. and n. [< F. 
Lyonnais; < Lyon, Lyons.] I. a. Of or per- 
taining to the city of Lyons in France, or its 
inhabitants. 
II. n. A native of Lyons. 
Lyons blue. See blue. 
Ljropomata (li-o-po'ma-ta), n. pi. [NL., < Gr. 
'/.veiv, loose, + Kafta, lid, cover.] An order of 
Brachiopoda, one of two into which the class is 
usually divided, the other being Arthropomata. 
Formerly called Inarticulata. 
lyopomatous (ll-o-pom'a-tus), a. [As Lyopo- 
mata + -ons.] Hingeless, as the valves of 
a brachiopod; ecardinal or inarticulate; spe- 
cifically, pertaining to or having the characters 
of the Lyopomuta. 
Lyperanthus (li-pe-ran'thus), n. [NL. (R. 
Brown, 1810), so called in allusion to the somber 
appearance of the flowers ; < Gr. /lun^pdf, pain- 
ful, + avtios, a flower.] An Australian genus of 
orchidaceous plants of the tribe NtOttietBBJld the 
subtribe Diurideie, characterized by the poste- 
