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Having (such or so many) legs; -- used in composition; as, a long-legged man; a two-legged animal.

hy patience. Addison. Mountain lines and distant horizons lend space and largeness to his compositions. J. A. Symonds.

A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance formed in the decomposition of albuminous matter by pancreatic digestion, by the action of boiling dilute sulphuric acid, and by putrefaction. It is also found as a constituent of various tissues and organs, as the spleen, pancreas, etc., and likewise in the vegetable kingdom…

d other sources, as a colorless, spongy, amorphous material. It is so called because by decomposition it yields levulose. [Written also lævulin.]

rrhiza (G. glabra), the root of which abounds with a juice, and is much used in demulcent compositions.

Having limbs; -- much used in composition; as, large-limbed; short-limbed. Innumerous living creatures, perfect forms, Limbed and full grown. Milton.

aving a lip or lips; having a raised or rounded edge resembling the lip; -- often used in composition; as, thick-lipped, thin-lipped, etc.

onable world. Mason. Literary property. (a) Property which consists in written or printed compositions. (b) The exclusive right of publication as recognized and limited by law.

d, stereotypeplate, by pressing into a mold, taken from a page of type or other matter, a composition of gum shell-lac and sand of a fine quality, together with a little tar and linseed oil, all in a heated state.

Having life; -- used only in composition; as, long-lived; short-lived.

Having (such) a liver; used in composition; as, white-livered.

A part of a book or literary composition printed and delivered by itself; a number; a part.

Of or relating to the cell or compartment of an ovary, etc.; in composition, having cells; as trilocular. Gray.

y night; that which is produced by meditation in retirement; hence (loosely) any literary composition. Thy lucubrations have been perused by several of our friends. Tatler.

ertaining to, or obtained from, hops; specifically, designating an acid obtained by the decomposition of lupulin.

A lyric poem; a lyrical composition.

A lyric composition. Gray.

Of or pertaining to the burlesque composition called macaronic; as, macaronic poetry.

A kind of burlesque composition, in which the vernacular words of one or more modern languages are intermixed with genuine Latin words, and with hybrid formed by adding Latin terminations to other roots.

A pamphlet published periodically containing miscellaneous papers or compositions. Magazine dress, clothing made chiefly of woolen, without anything metallic about it, to be worn in a powder magazine. -- Magazine gun, a portable firearm, as a rifle, with a chamber carrying cartridges which are brought automatically in…