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A piece of rope with thimble or block spliced into one or both of the ends. R. H. Dana, Ir.

over; and sometimes with it in the manner of a transitive verb. The whiles she lordeth in licentious bliss. Spenser. I see them lording it in London streets. Shak. And lorded over them whom now they serve. Milton.

An accomplice; a "pal." [Obs.] There is no thief without a louk. Chaucer.

ibe (Pediculina), now usually regarded as degraded Hemiptera. To this group belong of the lice of man and other mammals; as, the head louse of man (Pediculus capitis), the body louse (P. vestimenti), and the crab louse (Phthirius pubis), and many others. See Crab louse, Dog louse, Cattle louse, etc., under Crab, Dog, e…

Infested with lice.

Licentious craving; sexual appetite. Milton.

r; sir; -- a title of the Middle Ages, given to a person in authority, or to one having a license from a university to teach philosophy and the liberal arts.

alus, bad, ill. In some words it has the form male-, as in malediction, malevolent. See Malice.

evil disposition toward another; inclination to injure others; ill will. See Synonym of Malice.

Indulging or exercising malice; harboring ill will or enmity. I grant him bloody, . . . Sudden, malicious, smacking of every sin That has a name. Shak.

To treat with malice; to show hatred toward; to abuse; to wrong; to injure. [Obs.] The people practice what mischiefs and villainies they will against private men, whom they malign by stealing their goods, or murdering them. Spenser.

The state or quality of being malignant; extreme malevolence; bitter enmity; malice; as, malignancy of heart.

ate or quality of being malignant; disposition to do evil; virulent enmity; malignancy; malice; spite.

re parasitic on birds and mammals, and feed on the feathers and hair; -- called also bird lice. See Bird louse, under Bird.

Ill will; malice. [Obs.] Rom. of R. Spenser.

Any neuropterous insect of the genus Mantispa, and allied genera. The larvæ feed on plant lice. Also used adjectively. See Illust. under Neuroptera.

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

A license to pass the limits of a jurisdiction, or boundary of a country, for the purpose of making reprisals. Letters of marque, Letters of marque and reprisal, a license or extraordinary commission granted by a government to a private person to fit out a privateer or armed ship to cruise at sea and make prize of the…

Of or pert. to the microtome or microtomy; cutting thin slices.

the altar; one who performs sacerdotal duties; the pastor of a church duly authorized or licensed to preach the gospel and administer the sacraments. Addison.