Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: LITH-O-TOM'IC – LIT'TLE
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LITH-O-TOM'IC, a.
Pertaining to or performed by lithotomy.
LI-THOT'O-MIST, n. [See Lithotomy.]
One who performs the operation of cutting for the stone in the bladder; or one who is skilled in the operation.
LI-THOT'O-MY, a. [Gr. λιθος, stone, and τεμνω, to cut.]
The operation, art or practice of cutting for the stone in the bladder.
LITH'O-TRIP-SY, n.
The operation of triturating the stone in the bladder by means of an instrument called lithotriptor.
LITH'OTRIP-TIST, n.
One skilled in breaking and extracting stone in the bladder.
LITH'O-TRIP-TOR, n. [Gr. λιθος, a stone, and τριβω, to grind.]
An instrument for triturating the stone in the bladder, so that it may be extracted without cutting, recently invented by Dr. Civiale.
LI-THOX'YLE, a. [Gr. λιθος, a stone, and ξυλον, wood.]
Petrified wood. It differs from lignite, being really changed into stone; such as silicified woods, which are changed into varieties of sitex, &c. – Dict. Nat. Hist.
LITH'Y, a. [See Lithe.]
Easily bent; pliable. [This is probably the word which, in our popular use, is pronounced lathy.]
LIT'I-GANT, a. [See Litigate.]
Contending in law; engaged in a lawsuit; as, the parties litigant. – Ayliffe.
LIT'I-GANT, n.
A person engaged in a lawsuit. – L'Estrange.
LIT'I-GATE, v.i.
To dispute in law; to carry on a suit by judicial process.
LIT'I-GATE, v.t. [L. litigo, from lis, litis, a contest or debate; Ar. لَدَّ ladda, to dispute. Class Ld, No. 2. Lis, litis, coincides with the Saxon flit, contention; flitan, to contend.]
To contest in law; to prosecute or defend by pleadings, exhibition of evidence, and judicial debate; as, to litigate a cause or a question.
LIT'I-GAT-ED, pp.
Contested judicially.
LIT-IGA'TION, n.
The act or process of carrying on a suit in a court of law or equity for the recovery of a right or claim; a judicial contest.
LI-TIG'IOUS, a. [Fr. litigieux; L. litigiosus.]
- Inclined to judicial contest; given to the practice of contending in law; quarrelsome; contentious; applied to persons. A litigious man is a bad neighbor and a bad citizen.
- Disputable; controvertible; subject to contention; as, litigious right. No fences, parted fields, nor marks nor bounds, / Distinguish'd acres of litigious grounds. – Dryden.
LI-TIG'IOUS-LY, adv.
In a contentious manner.
LI-TIG'IOUS-NESS, a.
A disposition to engage in or carry on lawsuits; inclination ot judicial contests.
A blue pigment, formed from Argol orchal or archil, a lichen, the Roccella tinctoria. [See Archil.] It is prepared by bruising the archil, and adding quick lime and putrefied urine, or spirit of urine distilled from lime. The mixture, after cooling and the evaporation of the fluid, becomes a mass of the consistence of paste, which is laid on a board to dry in square lumps. – Encyc.
LIT'ORN, n.
A bird, a species of thrush, in size and shape resembling the hen blackbird. – Dict. Nat. Hist.
LIT'OTE, n. [λιτος, slender.]
Diminution; extenuation. A trope in rhetoric, in which, by denying the contrary, more is intended than is expressed; as I do not approve, instead of I disapprove. – Pope.
LIT'TER, n. [Fr. litiere, from lit; contracted from L. lectus, from the root of lego, Eng. lay; It. lettica, or lettiga; Sp. litera; Port. liteira; Arm. leter.]
- A vehicle formed with shafts supporting a bed between them, in which a person may be borne by men or by a horse. If by the latter, it is called a horse-litter. A similar vehicle in India is called a palanquin.
- Straw, hay or other soft substance, used as a bed for horses and for other purposes.
- [Ice. lider, generation, from the root of lad, leod.] A brood of young pigs, kittens, puppies, or other quadrupeds. The word is applied only to certain quadrupeds, of the smaller kinds. [Qu. the root of lad.]
- A birth of pigs or other small animals.
- Waste matters, shreds, fragments and the like, scattered on a floor or, other clean place.
LIT'TER, v.t.
- To bring forth young, as swine and other small quadrupeds. It is sometimes applied to human beings in contempt.
- To scatter over carelessly with shreds, fragments and the like; as, to litter a room or a carpet. – Swift.
- To cover with straw or hay; as, to litter a stable. – Dryden.
- To supply with litter; as, to litter cattle.
LIT'TER-ED, pp.
- Furnished with straw.
- adj. Covered or overspread with litter, pieces, shreds, &c.
LIT'TER-ING, ppr.
- Furnishing with straw.
- Covering with shreds, pieces, &c.
LIT'TLE, a. [comp. less, lesser; superl. least. Sax. lytel, lytle; Scot. lite, lyte, adv. lyt; Goth. leitil; Sw. liten; Dan. liden; D. luttel; probably from the sense of diminishing. Class Ld, No. 15, 22, 31.]
- Small in size or extent; not great or large; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little table; a little book; a little hill; a little distance; a little child.
- Short in duration; as, a little time or season; a little sleep.
- Small in quantity or amount; as, a little hay or grass; a little food; a little sum; a little light; a little air or water.
- Of small dignity, power or importance. When thou wast little in thy own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes? – 1 Sam. xv.
- Of small force or effect; slight; inconsiderable; as, little attention or exertions; little effort; little care or diligence; little weight.