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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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36,712 words match “LI”

LIGHT-FOOT; LIGHT-FOOTED a.
Having a light, springy step; nimble in running or dancing; active; as, light-foot Iris. Tennyson.
LIGHT-HANDED a.
Not having a full complement of men; as, a vessel light-handed.
LIGHT-HEADED a. 2 definitions
Disordered in the head; dilirious. Walpole.
LIGHT-HEARTED a.
Free from grief or anxiety; gay; cheerful; merry. -- Light"-heart`ed*ly, adv. -- Light"-heart"ed*ness, n.
LIGHT-HEELED a.
Lively in walking or running; brisk; light-footed.
LIGHT-HORSEMAN n. 2 definitions
A soldier who serves in the light horse. See under 5th Light.
LIGHT-LEGGED a.
Nimble; swift of foot. Sir P. Sidney.
LIGHT-MINDED a.
Unsettled; unsteady; volatile; not considerate. -- Light"-mind`ed*ness, n.
LIGHT-O'-LOVE n. 2 definitions
ial expression of levity, especially in love matters. Nares. "Best sing it to the tune of light-o'-love." Shak.
LIGHT-SHIP n.
A vessel carrying at the masthead a brilliant light, and moored off a shoal or place of dangerous navigation as a guide for mariners.
LIGHT-WINGED a.
Having light and active wings; volatile; fleeting. Shak.
LIGHTABLE a.
Such as can be lighted.
LIGHTE n.
of Light, to alight. Chaucer.
LIGHTEN v. 10 definitions
To descend; to light. O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us. Book of Common Prayer [Eng. Ed.]
LIGHTER n. 3 definitions
One who, or that which, lights; as, a lighter of lamps.
LIGHTERAGE n. 2 definitions
The price paid for conveyance of goods on a lighter.
LIGHTERMAN n.
A person employed on, or who manages, a lighter.
LIGHTFUL a.
Full of light; bright. [R.] "Lightful presence." Marston.
LIGHTHOUSE n.
A tower or other building with a powerful light at top, erected at the entrance of a port, or at some important point on a coast, to serve as a guide to mariners at night; a pharos.
LIGHTING n.
A name sometimes applied to the process of annealing metals.
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