Emily Dickinson Lexicon

LY'ING-LY, adv.

Falsely; by telling lies. – Sherwood.

LYM'NITE, n.

A kind of freshwater snail found fossil.

LYMPH, n. [L. lympha.]

Water, or a colorless fluid in animal bodies, contained in certain vessels called lymphatics. – Encyc.

LYMPHATE, or LYMPHATED, a.

Frightened into madness; raving.

LYMPHAT'IC, a.

1. Pertaining to lymph.
2. Enthusiastic. [Not used.] – Shaftsbury.

LYMPH-AT'IC, n.

1. A vessel of animal bodies which contains or conveys lymph. The lymphatics seem to perform the whole business of absorption. – Encyc.
2. A mad enthusiast; a lunatic. [Not used.] Shoftsbury.

LYMPH'E-DUCT, n. [L. lympha, lymph, and ductus, a duct.]

A vessel of animal bodies which conveys the lymph.

LYMPH-OG'RA-PHY, n. [L. lympha, lymph, and Gr. γραφω, to describe.]

A description of the lymphatic vessels, their origin and uses. – Encyc.

LYMPH'Y, a.

Containing or like lymph.

LYN'CE-AN, a.

Pertaining to the lynx.

LYNCH, v.t.

To inflict pain or punish without the forms of law, as by a mob, or by unauthorized persons.

LYNCH'ED, pp.

Punished or abused without the forms of law.

LYNCH'ING, ppr.

Punishing or abusing without law.

LYNCH'-LAW, n.

The practice of punishing men for crimes or offences by private unauthorized persons, without a legal trial; the practice of mobs.

LYN'DEN-TREE, n. [See LINDEN.]

LYNX, a. [L. lynx; Gr. λυγξ; D. lochs; G. luchs; It. lince.]

A quadruped, the popular name of several species of the genus Felis, resembling the common cat, but with ears longer and tail shorter.

LYNX'-EYE, a.

Having acute sight.

LY'RATE, or LY'RA-TED, a. [from lyre.]

In botany, divided transversely into several sinuses, the lower ones smaller and more remote from each other than the upper ones; as, a lyrate leaf. – Martyn.

LYRE, n. [Fr. lyre; L. lyra; Gr. λυρα; It. and Sp. lira; D. lier; G. leier.]

A stringed instrument of music, a kind of harp much used by the ancients.

LYRE-SHAP-ED, a.

Shaped like lyre. [Smith. 1841]

LYR'IC, or LYR'IC-AL, a. [L. lyricus; Fr. lyrique.]

Pertaining to a lyre or harp. Lyric poetry is such as is sung to the harp or lyre. This was much cultivated by the ancients, among whom Anacreon, Alcæus, Stesichorus, Sappho and Horace are distinguished as lyric poets.

LYR'IC, n.

A composer of lyric poems. – Addison.

LYR'I-CISM, n.

A lyric composition. – Gray.

LY'RIST, n.

A musician who plays on the harp or lyre. – Pope.

LYS, n.

A Chinese measure of length, equal to 533 yards. – Grosier.