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ford !aw^ punifti a criminal firft, and try him afterwards.” 
It was made life of by fir Richard Grenville, Charles I’s 
general ; and its merits are celebrated in a humorous fong, 
written by Mr. Brown, who went to vifit his friend con¬ 
fined there. It is laid to be the largeft parifli in England, 
including altnoft the whole of Dartmoor. The village, 
however, contains not above fifteen houfes ; and the fitua- 
tion is bleak and dreary. It is twenty-eight miles weft of 
Exeter. 
LID'FORD, Eaft and Weft, villages in Somerfetlhire, 
lying on the oppofite banks of a river that runs from Bur¬ 
ton to Glaftonbury : fair Aug. i. 
LiD'HULT, a town of Sweden, in the province of 
Smaland : fixty miles fouth of Jonkioping. Lat. 56. 50. N. 
Ion. 13. 14. E. 
LID'GATF,. See Lydgate. 
LID'KIOPING, a town of Sweden, in Weft Gothland, 
fituated on the fouth fide of the Wenner Lake, at the 
mouth of the Lida: forty-two miles eaft-north-eaft of 
Uddevalla, and eighty fouth-weft of Orebro. Lat. 58. 33. 
N. Ion.ia.54. E. 
LID'LYNCH, a village in Dorfetfhire, weft of Stur- 
minfter, three miles and a half from Bifhop’s Candal. 
LID'NEY, a mean inconliderable town in Gloucefter- 
fhire, on the border of Monmouthlhire; although de- 
fcribed in our topographical furveys as a market-town, it 
has long loft all appearance of a market. The market was 
formerly on a Wednefday. Here are two annual fairs, 
May 4, and November 8. The road from Gloucefter to 
Chepftow pafles through here. Lidney is diftant from 
Gloucefter twenty miles, Monmouth twelve, Chepftow 
eight, Nevvnham eight, Dean ten, and from London 118. 
It is feated on the weft bank of the river Severn. Here 
are the remains of a large Roman encampment, with foun¬ 
dations of many ancient buildings, among which are the 
ruins of a Roman hypocauft or bath of an oval form ; a 
great number of Roman antiquities and coins are found 
here. Contiguous to this place are the iron-forge, fur¬ 
nace, and collieries, of Meflrs. Pidcock, of Stourbridge. 
There is no coach or regular conveyance to or from Lidney. 
Contiguous to Lidney is the fine feat of Thomas Ba- 
thurft, efq. called Lidney Park.—Hewelsfield is a village, 
the vicarage of which is annexed to Lidney. 
LI'DO DI MALAMOC'CO, a fmall ifland in the Adri¬ 
atic, defended by a fort: two miles from Venice. 
LI'DO DI PADESTRI'NA, a long ifland in the Adri¬ 
atic, with a fort to defend the city of Venice. 
LI'DO DI SOTTOMARI'NO, a town on the ifland of 
Chioggia, and as it were the fuburbs of that city. It is 
fituated on a bank which fepavates the lagunes from the 
fea; and is protected by a remarkable pier, called Molo di 
Palefrina, or Murazzi, compofed of Iftrian freeftone thir¬ 
ty-two feet in thicknefs, and conftru< 5 ted at a vaft expenfe. 
LIDS, a fmall ifland in the Baltic, near the fouth coaft 
of Laaland. Lat. 54. 41. N. Ion. n.ao.E. 
LIE, a town of Arabia, in Yemen : twenty miles 
fouth of Abu Arifch. 
LIE, J'. [lie, Fr.] Any thing impregnated with fome 
other body; as, foap or fait.—Chamber-/^ breeds fleas 
like a loach. Shakefpeare. —All liquid things concofied by 
heat become yellow ; as lye, wort, See. Pcacham on Drawing. 
LIE,/, [hge, Sax.] A criminal falfehood.—When I 
hear my neighbour fpeak that which is not true, and I fay 
to him, This is not true, or this is falfe, I only convey 
to him the naked idea of his error; this is the primary 
idea; but, if I fay It is a lie, the word lie carries alfo a fe- 
condaryidea; forit implies both the falfehood of thefpeech, 
and my reproach and cenfure of the fpeaker. Watts's Logic. 
Thou lieft, abhorred tyrant; with my fword 
I’ll prove the lie thou fpeak’ft. Shakefpeare's Macbeth. 
A charge of falfehood : 
That lie fliall lye fo heavy on my fword. 
That it fhall render vengeance and revenge; 
Till thou the lie-giver, and that lie, reft 
In earth as quiet as thy father’s ikull, Shakefpeare. 
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A fiction. This fenfe is ludicrous : 
The cock and fox, the fool and knave imply; 
The truth is moral, though the tale a lie. Dryden. 
Lie-giver, one who charges another wdth falfehood t 
That lie fliall lye fo heavy on my fword. 
That it fliall render vengeance and revenge; 
Till thou the lie-giver, and that lie, reft 
In earth as quiet as thy father’s flcull. Shakefpeare. 
To LIE, v.n. [leogan, Sax. liegen, Dut.] To utter 
criminal falfehood.—I know not where he lodges 3 and 
for me to devife a lodging, and fay. He lies here, or he 
lies there, were to lie in mine own throat. Shakefpeare. —To 
exhibit falfe reprefentation : 
Inform us, will the emp’ror treat ? 
Or do the prints and papers lie? Swift. 
To Give the Lie, v. a. To contradifh—It is a con¬ 
tradiction to fuppofe, that whole nations of men fliould 
unanimoufly give the lie to what, by the molt invincible 
evidence, every one of them knew to be true. Locke. — 
Men will give their own experience the lie, rather than ad¬ 
mit of any thing difagreeing with thefe tenets. Locke. 
7 b LIE, v.n. pret. I lay, l have lain, or lien: [began, 
Sax. Hggen, Dut.] To reft; to prefs upon : 
Death lies on her like an untimely fliowV 
Upon the. fweeteft flow’r of all the field. Shakefpeare. 
Lie heavy on him, earth, for he 
Laid many a heavy load on thee. Epitaph on Vanbrugh. 
To be repofited in the grave.— All the kings of the na¬ 
tions lie in glory, every one in his own lioufe. Ifa. xiv. 
18.—I will lie with my fathers, and thou fhalt carry me 
out of Egypt, and bury me in your burying-place. Gen. 
xlvii. 30.—To be in a ftate of decuinbiture.—How many 
good young princes would do fo ; their fathers lying fo 
lick as yours at this time is ? Shakefpeare. —To pa/s the 
time of fieep ; to lodge.—I know not where he lodges ; 
and for me to devife a lodging, and fay, He lies here, or 
he lies there, were to lie in mine own throat. Shakefpeare . 
Forlorn he muft and perfecuted flie ; 
Climb the fteep mountain, in the cavern lie. Prior. 
To be laid up or repofited.—I have feen, where copperas 
is made, great variety of them, divers of which 1 have 
yet lying by me. Boyle. —To remain fixed.—The Spaniards 
have but one temptation to quarrel ufith us, the recover¬ 
ing of Jamaica ; for that has ever lien at their hearts. Tem~ 
pie. —To refide.—If thou doeft well, {halt thou not be ac¬ 
cepted ? and, if thou doeft not well, fin lieth at the door. 
Gen. iv. 7.—To be placed or fituated, with refpect to 
fomething elfe.—There lies our way, and that our paflage 
home. Dryden. —Envy lies between beings equal in nature^ 
though unequal in circumftances. Collier of Envy. 
I go to happy climes that lie 
Where day never {huts his eye. Milton. 
To prefs upon affliftively.—Thy wrath lieth hard upon 
me, and thou haft afflicted me with all thy waves. Pfalms . 
He that commits a fin fliall find 
The prefling guilt lie heavy on his mind, 
Though bribes or favour {hall afl’ert his caufe. Creech. 
To be troublefome or tedious.—I would recommend w the 
ftudies of knowledge to the female world, that they may 
not be at a lofs how to employ thofe hours that lie upon 
their hands. Addifon's Guardian. —To be judicially im¬ 
puted.—If he fliould intend liis voyage towards my wife, 
I would turn her loofe to him ; and what he gets more of 
her than {harp words, let it lie on my head. Shakefpeare. —To 
be in any particular ftate.—The highways lie wafte, the 
wayfaring man ceafeth.—Do not think that the knowledge 
of any particular fubjeft cannot be improved, merely be- 
caufe it has lain without improvement. Watts. —To be in 
a ftate of concealment.—Many things in them lie con¬ 
cealed to us, which they who were concerned underftood 
at firft fight. Locke.-— To be in prifon ; 
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