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excitement, or pain; a palliative. There is one sweet Lenitive at least for evils, which Nature holds out; so I took it kindly at her hands, and fell asleep. Sterne.

ge for to let Chaucer. Yet neither spins nor cards, ne cares nor frets, But to her mother Nature all her care she lets. Spenser. Let me alone in choosing of my wife. Chaucer.

tain; to have an abiding place; to consist; -- with in. Envy lies between beings equal in nature, though unequal in circumstances. Collier. He that thinks that diversion may not lie in hard labor, forgets the early rising and hard riding of huntsmen. Locke.

Of or pertaining to, or of the nature of, a lientery. -- n. (Med.)

The system of animal nature; animals in general, or considered collectively. Full nature swarms with life. Thomson.

Composing a ligament; of the nature of a ligament; binding; as, a strong ligamentous membrane.

That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous.

Made of wood; consisting of wood; of the nature of, or resembling, wood; woody. It should be tried with shoots of vines and roots of red roses; for it may be they, being of a moreligneous nature, will incorporate with the tree itself. Bacon. Ligneous marble, wood coated or prepared so as to resemble marble.…

Containing lignite; resembling, or of the nature of, lignite; as, lignitic clay. Lignitic group. See Laramie group.

Confined within limits; narrow; circumscribed; restricted; as, our views of nature are very limited. Limited company, a company in which the liability of each shareholder is limited by the number of shares he has taken, so that he can not be called on to contribute beyond the amount of his shares. [Eng.] Mozley & W.…

Of or pertaining to the character of a rock, as derived from the nature and mode of aggregation of its mineral contents.

as regards their mineral constitution and classification, and their mode of occurrence in nature.

A stone so formed by nature as to appear as if cut by art.

nerous. The long-necked 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 le…

Pertaining to, of or the nature of, a liturgy; of or pertaining to public prayer and worship. T. Warton.

Consisting of loam; partaking of the nature of loam; resembling loam. Bacon.

Unwillingly; reluctantly. This shows that you from nature loathly stray. Donne.

Of the nature of a loment; having fruits like loments.

into, to inspect closely; to observe narrowly; to examine; as, to look into the works of nature; to look into one's conduct or affairs. -- To look on. (a) To regard; to esteem. Her friends would look on her the worse. Prior.

Having, in some respects, the nature of light; resembling light. Berkeley.