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a door; to stripe as if with list. The tree that stood white-listed through the gloom. Tennyson.

; to yield to advice; to follow admonition; to obey. Listen to me, and by me be ruled. Tennyson. To listen after, to take an interest in. [Obs.] Soldiers note forts, armories, and magazines; scholars listen after libraries, disputations, and professors. Fuller.

geese of the world that are ever hissing dispraise, Because their natures are little. Tennyson. Little chief. (Zoöl.) See Chief hare. -- Little finger, the fourth and smallest finger of the hand. -- Little go (Eng. Universities), a public examination about the middle of the course, which as less strict and important…

Swarming and devastating like locusts. [R.] Tennyson.

em. South. The maidens gathered strength and grace And presence, lordlier than before. Tennyson.

indolence and daydreams; one of the Lotophagi. The mild-eyed melancholy Lotos-eaters. Tennyson.

worthy of love. Elaine the fair, Elaine the lovable, Elaine, the lily maid of Astolat. Tennyson.

lley; a lovely melody. Indeed these fields Are lovely, lovelier not the Elysian lawns. Tennyson.

Affectionate. The fairest and most loving wife in Greece. Tennyson.

eak low. Addison. The . . . odorous wind Breathes low between the sunset and the moon. Tennyson.

to lower a flag. Lowered softly with a threefold cord of love Down to a silent grave. Tennyson.

A lowly state. [R.] Tennyson.

bs of heaven. Lucid, like a glowworm. Sir I. Newton. A court compact of lucid marbles. Tennyson.

ed the lurid flame. Thomson. Wrapped in drifts of lurid smoke On the misty river tide. Tennyson.

Full of juice or succulence. Tennyson. How lush and lusty the grass looks! how green! Shak.

State of being lusty; vigor of body. " Full of lustihood." Tennyson.

y on a lute, or as on a lute. Knaves are men That lute and flute fantastic tenderness. Tennyson.

A magician. [Archaic] Spenser. Tennyson.

A whim; an odd fancy. Hudibras. Tennyson.

ng of bridges, and endowing of maidens. Carew. A maiden of our century, yet most meek. Tennyson.