Emily Dickinson Lexicon

LINT'SEED, n. [lint, flax, and seed; Sax. linsæd.]

Flaxseed.

LI'ON, n. [Fr. from L. leo, leonis; Gr. λεων, Arm. leon, W. llew, a lion; llewa, to swallow, to devour.]

1. A quadruped of the genus Felis, very strong, fierce and rapacious. The largest lions are eight or nine feet in length. The male has a thick head, beset with long bushy hair of a yellowish color. The lion is a native of Africa and the warm climates of Asia. His aspect is noble, his gait stately, and his roar tremendous.
2. A sign in the zodiac.

LI'ON-ESS, n.

The female of the lion kind.

LI'ON-HEART'ED, a.

Having a lion's heart or courage. – Scott.

LI'ON-LIKE, a.

Like a lion; fierce. – Camden.

LI'ON-MET'TLED, a.

Having the courage and spirit of a lion. – Hillhouse.

LI'ON'S-FOOT, n.

A plant of the genera Catananche, Prenanthes, &c.

LI'ON'S-LEAF, n.

A plant of the genus Leontice.

LI'ON'S-TAIL, n.

A plant of the genus Leonurus.

LIP, n. [Sax. lippa, lippe; D. lip; G. and Dan. lippe; Sw. läpp; L. labium, labrum; It. labbro; Sp. labio; Fr. levre; Ir. clab or liobhar; Pers. لب lab. It may be connected with W. llavaru, Ir. labhraim, to speak, that is, to thrust out. The sense is probably a border.]

1. The edge or border of the mouth. The lips are two fleshy or muscular parts, composing the exterior of the mouth in man and many other animals. In man, the lips, which may be opened or closed at pleasure, form the covering of the teeth, and are organs of speech essential to certain articulations. Hence the lips, by a figure, denote the mouth, or all the organs of speech, and sometimes to speech itself. – Job. ii.
2. The edge of any thing; as, the lip of a vessel. – Burnet.
3. In botany, one of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corol. The upper is called the helmet, and the lower the beard. Also, an appendage to the flowers of the Orchises, considered by Linnæus as a nectary. – Martyn. Smith. To make a lip, to drop the under lip in sullenness or contempt. – Shak.

LIP, v.t.

To kiss. – Shak.

LIP-DE-VO'TION, n.

Prayers uttered by the lips without the desires of the heart.

LIP'-GOOD, a.

Good in profession only. – B. Jonson.

LIP'-LA-BOR, n.

Labor or action of the lips without concurrence of the mind; words without sentiments.

LIP'LESS, a.

Having no lips. – Byron.

LIP'LET, n.

A little lip. – Kirby.

LIP'O-GRAM, n. [Gr. λειπω, to leave, and γραμμα, a letter.]

A writing in which a single letter is wholly omitted.

LIP-O-GRAM-MAT'IC, a. [Gr. λειπω and γραμμα.]

Omitting a letter. Lipogrammatic writings are those in which a particular letter is wholly omitted.

LIP-O-GRAM'MA-TIST, n.

One who writes any thing, dropping a single letter. – Addison.

LI-POTH'Y-MOUS, a. [See Lipothymy.]

Swooning; fainting.

LI-POTH'Y-MY, n. [Gr. λειποθυμια; λειπω, to fail, and θυμος, soul.]

A fainting; a swoon. – Coxe. Taylor.

LIP'PED, a.

1. Having lips.
2. In botany, labiate.

LIP'PED, pp.

Kissed.

LIP'PING, ppr.

Kissing.

LIP'PI-TUDE, n. [L. lippitudo, from lippus, blear-eyed.]

Soreness of eyes; blearedness. – Bacon.