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ng a natural organism in structure or functions; as, the life of a state, a machine, or a book; authority is the life of government.

To descend; to light. O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us. Book of Common Prayer [Eng. Ed.]

. is not by any to be enterprised, nor taken in hand, unadvisedly, lightly, or wantonly. Book of Common Prayer [Eng. Ed.].

To illumine, as books or parchments, with ornamental figures, letters, or borders.

One who illuminates books. [Archaic]

To mark with a line or lines; to cover with lines; as, to line a copy book. He had a healthy color in his cheeks, and his face, though lined, bore few traces of anxiety. Dickens.

aving a certain letters; -- as in the Odyssey of Tryphiodorus there was no A in the first book, no B in the second, and so on.

A roll or catalogue, that is row or line; a record of names; as, a list of names, books, articles; a list of ratable estate. He was the ablest emperor of all the list. Bacon.

Learning; acquaintance with letters or books.

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

The act of lending; a lending; permission to use; as, the loan of a book, money, services.

progress; also, the full nautical record of a ship's cruise or voyage; a log slate; a log book.

length; as, a long series of events; a long debate; a long drama; a long history; a long book.

d; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book. Her hair, nor loose, nor tied in formal plat. Shak.

That which is or may be learned or known; the knowledge gained from tradition, books, or experience; often, the whole body of knowledge possessed by a people or class of people, or pertaining to a particular subject; as, the lore of the Egyptians; priestly lore; legal lore; folklore. "The lore of war." Fairfax. His fai…

Parted with unwillingly or unintentionally; not to be found; missing; as, a lost book or sheep.

ll; the state of reclining indolently; a place of lounging. She went with Lady Stock to a bookseller's whose shop lounge. Miss Edgeworth.

e a strong liking or desire for, or interest in; to be pleased with; to like; as, to love books; to love adventures. Wit, eloquence, and poetry. Arts which I loved. Cowley.

One who has a strong liking for anything, as books, science, or music. "A lover of knowledge." T. Burnet.

The name of two ancient historical books, which give accounts of Jewish affairs in or about the time of the Maccabean princes, and which are received as canonical books in the Roman Catholic Church, but are included in the Apocrypha by Protestants. Also applied to three books, two of which are found in some MSS. of the…