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LIGNUM-VIT'AE, n. [L.] Guaiacum or pockwood, a genus of plants, natives of warm ...
LIG'NOUS, a. Ligneous. [Little used.]
LIG'NITE, n. [L. lignum.] Fossil or bituminous wood, a mineral combustible subst...
LIG'NIFY, v.t. [L. lignum, wood, and facio, to make.] To convert into wood. LIG'...
LIG'NIFORM a. [L. lignum, wood, and form.] Like wood; resembling wood.
LIGNIFICA'TION, n. The process of becoming or of converting into wood, or the ha...
LIG'NEOUS, a. [L. ligneus.] Wooden; made of wood; consisting of wood; resembling...
LIGN-AL'OES, n. [L. lignum, wood, and aloes.] Aloes-wood. Num 24.
LI'GHTSOMENESS, n. 1. Luminousness; the quality of being light; opposed to darkn...
LIGHTSOME, a. li'tesome. 1. Luminous; not dark; not obscure. White walls make ro...
LIGHTS, n. lites. plu. [so called from their lightness.] The lungs; the organs o...
LI'GHTROOM, n. In a ship of war, a small apartment, having double glass windows ...
LIGHTNING, n. li'tening. [that is, lightening, the participle present of lighten...
LIGHTNESS, n. li'teness. 1. Want of weight; levity; the contrary to heaviness; a...
LIGHTMINDED, a. Unsettled; unsteady; volatile; not considerate. He that is hasty...
LIGHTLY, adv. li'tely. 1. With little weight; as, to tread lightly; to press lig...