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truth; an untruth spoken with the intention to deceive. It is willful deceit that makes a lie. A man may act a lie, as by pointing his finger in a wrong direction when a traveler inquires of him his road. Paley.

The simple tubular glands of the small intestines; -- called also crypts of Lieberkühn.

A concave metallic mirror attached to the object-glass end of a microscope, to throw down light on opaque objects; a reflector.

rs from the French chanson, and the Italian canzone, all three being national. The German Lied is perhaps the most faithful reflection of the national sentiment. Grove.

Lit., wreath of songs; -- used as the title of a group of songs, and esp. as the common name for German vocal clubs of men.

A popular name for any society or club which meets for the practice of male part songs.

Dear; beloved. [Obs., except in poetry.] "My liefe mother." Chaucer. "My liefest liege." Shak. As thou art lief and dear. Tennyson.

Pleasing; delightful. [Obs.]

Same as Ligeance.

Sovereign; independent; having authority or right to allegiance; as, a liege lord. Chaucer. She looked as grand as doomsday and as grave; And he, he reverenced his liege lady there. Tennyson.

Same as Liege, n., 2. Chaucer. Spenser.

A resident ambassador. [Obs.] See Leger. Denham.

See Ligeance.

of Lie. See lain. Ps. lxviii. 13.

Of or pertaining to the spleen; splenic.

One of the small nodules sometimes found in the neighborhood of the spleen; an accessory or supplementary spleen.

Of or pertaining to the spleen and intestine; as, the lieno- intestinal vein of the frog.

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

A diarrhea, in which the food is discharged imperfectly digested, or with but little change. Dunglison.

One who lies down; one who rests or remains, as in concealment. There were liers in a ambush against him. Josh. viii. 14.