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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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444 words match “LIVER”

DELIVERLY adv.
Actively; quickly; nimbly. [Obs.] Swim with your bodies, And carry it sweetly and deliverly. Beau. & Fl.
DELIVERNESS n.
Nimbleness; agility. [Obs.]
DELIVERY n. 6 definitions
The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his dungeon.
FREE-LIVER n.
One who gratifies his appetites without stint; one given to indulgence in eating and drinking.
HOT-LIVERED a.
Of an excitable or irritable temperament; irascible. Milton.
LILY-LIVERED a.
White-livered; cowardly.
MILK-LIVERED a.
White-livered; cowardly; timorous.
NONDELIVERY n.
A neglect or failure of delivery; omission of delivery.
OLIVER n. 3 definitions
An olive grove. [Obs.] Chaucer.
OLIVERIAN n.
An adherent of Oliver Cromwell. Macaulay.
OUTLIVER n.
One who outlives. [R.]
OVERLIVER n.
A survivor. Bacon.
PIGEON-LIVERED a.
Pigeon-hearted.
REDELIVER v. 3 definitions
To deliver or give back; to return. Ay
REDELIVERANCE n.
A second deliverance.
REDELIVERY n. 2 definitions
Act of delivering back.
SLIVER v. 4 definitions
long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit; as, to sliver wood. Shak. They 'll sliver thee like a turnip. Sir W. Scott.
WHITE-LIVERED a.
; feeble; hence, cowardly; pusillanimous; dastardly. They must not be milksops, nor white-livered knights. Latimer.
ABED adv.
To childbed (in the phrase "brought abed," that is, delivered of a child). Shak.
ABORTIFACIENT a.
A drug or an agent that causes premature delivery.
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