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Of, pertaining to, or produced by, lithotypy.

from a page of type or other matter, a composition of gum shell-lac and sand of a fine quality, together with a little tar and linseed oil, all in a heated state.

Petrified wood. [Obs.]

Of or pertaining to Lithuania (formerly a principality united with Poland, but now Russian and Prussian territory).

Easily bent; pliable. Lithy tree (Bot.), a European shrub (Viburnum Lantana); -- so named from its tough and flexible stem.

Such as can be litigated.

Disposed to litigate; contending in law; engaged in a lawsuit; as, the parties litigant. Ayliffe.

te or defend by pleadings, exhibition of evidence, and judicial debate in a court; as, to litigate a cause.

The act or process of litigating; a suit at law; a judicial contest.

One who litigates.

al contest; given to the practice of contending in law; guarrelsome; contentious; fond of litigation. " A pettifogging attorney or a litigious client." Macaulay. Soldiers find wars, and lawyers find out still Litigious men, who guarrels move. Donne.

In a litigious manner.

The state of being litigious; disposition to engage in or carry on lawsuits.

A dyestuff extracted from certain lichens (Roccella tinctoria, Lecanora tartarea, etc.), as a blue amorphous mass which consists of a compound of the alkaline carbonates with certain coloring matters related to orcin and orcein.

A diminution or softening of statement for the sake of avoiding censure or increasing the effect by contrast with the moderation shown in the form of expression; as, " a citizen of no mean city," that is, of an illustrious city.

An instrument for ascertaining the specific gravity of liquids.

Same as Liter.

a person, esp. a sick or wounded person, may be easily carried in or upon it. There is a litter ready; lay him in 't. Shak.

One who occupies himself with literature; a literary man; a literatus. " Befriended by one kind-hearted littérateur after another." C. Kingsley.

Covered or encumbered with litter; consisting of or constituting litter.