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Worthy of belief; probable; credible; as, a likely story. It seems likely that he was in hope of being busy and conspicuous. Johnson.

To do anything with animation and quickness, as to skip, fly, or hop. [Prov. Eng.] Wordsworth.

Birdlime. Like the lime That foolish birds are caught with. Wordsworth.

iva is principally worshiped in his character of the creative and reproductive power. Whitworth. E. Arnold.

Bad; wicked; false; worthless; slothful. [Obs.] Chaucer. Not lither in business, fervent in spirit. Bp. Woolton.

One who, or that which, lives. And try if life be worth the liver's care. Prior.

To make local; to fix in, or assign to, a definite place. H. Spencer. Wordsworth.

ud or defiant look. "Gentle looks." Shak. Up ! up! my friends, and clear your looks. Wordsworth.

A sorry fellow; a worthless person; a rogue.

A husband. "My lord being old also." Gen. xviii. 12. Thou worthy lord Of that unworthy wife that greeteth thee. Shak.

One who loses by sloth or neglect; a worthless person; a lorel. [Archaic] Spenser. One sad losel soils a name for aye. Byron.

Formerly, a gold coin of France nominally worth twenty shillings sterling, but of varying value; -- first struck in 1640.

place of lounging. She went with Lady Stock to a bookseller's whose shop lounge. Miss Edgeworth.

Having qualities that excite, or are fitted to excite, love; worthy of love. Elaine the fair, Elaine the lovable, Elaine, the lily maid of Astolat. Tennyson.

dinarily made by cows and other bovine animals. Talking voices and the law of herds. Wordsworth.

Inclined in mind to low or unworthy things; showing a base mind. Low-minded and immoral. Macaulay. All old religious jealousies were condemned as low-minded infirmities. Bancroft.

Having a low esteem of one's own worth; humble; meek; free from pride. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart. Matt. xi. 29.

carried before, a magistrate as an ensign of his authority. "Swayed the royal mace." Wordsworth.

Serving to assist childbirth. Cudworth.

A main-hamper. [Obs.] Ainsworth.