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One who survives or outlives another person, or any time, event, or thing. The survivor bound In filial obligation for some term To do obsequious sorrow. Shak.

ood men should not be suspended from the exercise of their ministry and deprived of their livelihood for ceremonies which are on all hands acknowledged indifferent. Bp. Sanderson.

n sparrow (Melospiza Georgiana, or M. palustris), closely resembling the song sparrow. It lives in low, swampy places. -- Swamp willow. (Bot.) See Pussy willow, under Pussy.

A person who engages frequently in lively and fashionable pursuits, such as attending night clubs or discos. 4. A person who engages freely in sexual intercourse.

To live at the table of another; to board; to eat. [Obs.] "He . . . was driven from the society of men to table with the beasts." South.

a lathe, which carries the dead spindle, or adjustable center. The headstock supports the live spindle.

An old Provençal dance of a lively character, common on the stage.

of the intestines of the animals in which they are parasitic. The larvæ (see Cysticercus) live in the flesh of various creatures, and when swallowed by another animal of the right species develop into the mature tapeworm in its intestine. See Illustration in Appendix.

e; or rather, the whole time for which an estate is granted, as for the term of a life or lives, or for a term of years.

One of a tribe of fresh-water crabs which live in or on the banks of rivers in tropical countries.

One who lives under a theocratic form of government; one who in civil affairs conforms to divine law.

il. (Zoöl.) See Moloch, 2. -- Thorn hopper (Zoöl.), a tree hopper (Thelia cratægi) which lives on the thorn bush, apple tree, and allied trees.

and penance And to be under man's governance. Chaucer. He shall rule, and she in thraldom live. Dryden.

A servant in livery, who rids with his master or mistress. Dickens.

The period at which any definite event occurred, or person lived; age; period; era; as, the Spanish Armada was destroyed in the time of Queen Elizabeth; -- often in the plural; as, ancient times; modern times.

To behave or move in a lively or restless manner, as an impatient horse; to caper; to prance; to frisk. Kipling.

Given to tittuping; gay; lively; prancing; also, shaky; unsteady.

om a health is drunk; hence, also, anything so commemorated; a sentiment, as "The land we live in," "The day we celebrate," etc. Toast rack, a small rack or stand for a table, having partitions for holding slices of dry toast.

In company or association with respect to place or time; as, to live together in one house; to live together in the same age; they walked together to the town. Soldiers can never stand idle long together. Landor.

The liver of the lobster, which becomes green when boiled; -- called also tomalline.