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Word Meanings - LITHER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Bad; wicked; false; worthless; slothful. Chaucer. Not lither in business, fervent in spirit. Bp. Woolton. Note: Professor Skeat thinks " the lither sky" as found in Shakespeare's Henry VI. means the stagnant or pestilential sky. -- Li"ther*ly,

Additional info about word: LITHER

Bad; wicked; false; worthless; slothful. Chaucer. Not lither in business, fervent in spirit. Bp. Woolton. Note: Professor Skeat thinks " the lither sky" as found in Shakespeare's Henry VI. means the stagnant or pestilential sky. -- Li"ther*ly, adv. . -- Li"ther*ness, n.

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  • PROFESSORY
    Of or pertaining to a professor; professorial. Bacon.
  • SPIRITUOUS
    1. Having the quality of spirit; tenuous in substance, and having active powers or properties; ethereal; immaterial; spiritual; pure. 2. Containing, or of the nature of, alcoholic spirit; consisting of refined spirit; alcoholic; ardent;
  • PROFESSORIALISM
    The character, manners, or habits of a professor.
  • FALSENESS
    The state of being false; contrariety to the fact; inaccuracy; want of integrity or uprightness; double dealing; unfaithfulness; treachery; perfidy; as, the falseness of a report, a drawing, or a singer's notes; the falseness of a man, or of his
  • PROFESSORIAT
    See PROFESSORIATE
  • FOUNDATION
    The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course , under Base, n.) and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry. 4. A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution,
  • BUSINESS
    The position, distribution, and order of persons and properties on the stage of a theater, as determined by the stage manager in rehearsal. 7. Care; anxiety; diligence. Chaucer. To do one's business, to ruin one. Wycherley. -- To make one's
  • SPIRITUALIZE
    To extract spirit from; also, to convert into, or impregnate with, spirit. (more info) 1. To refine intellectiually or morally; to purify from the corrupting influence of the world; to give a spiritual character or tendency to; as, to spiritualize
  • FOUND
    1. To lay the basis of; to set, or place, as on something solid, for support; to ground; to establish upon a basis, literal or figurative; to fix firmly. I had else been perfect, Whole as the marble, founded as the rock. Shak. A man that all his
  • SPIRITUOSITY
    The quality or state of being spirituous; spirituousness.
  • FALSE-FACED
    Hypocritical. Shak.
  • LITHERLY
    Crafty; cunning; mischievous; wicked; treacherous; lazy. He was waspish, arch, and litherly. Sir W. Scott.
  • SPIRITUAL-MINDED
    Having the mind set on spiritual things, or filled with holy desires and affections. -- Spir"it*u*al-mind`ed*ness, n.
  • WICKER
    1. A small pliant twig or osier; a rod for making basketwork and the like; a withe. 2. Wickerwork; a piece of wickerwork, esp. a basket. Then quick did dress His half milk up for cheese, and in a press Of wicker pressed it. Chapman. 3. Same as
  • FOUNDATIONER
    One who derives support from the funds or foundation of a college or school.
  • SPIRITISM
    Spiritualsm.
  • FALSETTO
    A false or artificial voice; that voice in a man which lies above his natural voice; the male counter tenor or alto voice. See Head voice, under Voice.
  • PROFESSOR
    1. One who professed, or makes open declaration of, his sentiments or opinions; especially, one who makes a public avowal of his belief in the Scriptures and his faith in Christ, and thus unites himself to the visible church. "Professors
  • FOUNDEROUS
    Difficult to travel; likely to trip one up; as, a founderous road. Burke.
  • WICKEDLY
    In a wicked manner; in a manner, or with motives and designs, contrary to the divine law or the law of morality; viciously; corruptly; immorally. I have sinned, and I have done wickedly. 2 Sam. xxiv. 17.
  • PUBLIC-SPIRITED
    1. Having, or exercising, a disposition to advance the interest of the community or public; as, public-spirited men. 2. Dictated by a regard to public good; as, a public-spirited project or measure. Addison. -- Pub"lic-spir`it*ed*ly,
  • CONFOUNDED
    1. Confused; perplexed. A cloudy and confounded philosopher. Cudworth. 2. Excessive; extreme; abominable. He was a most confounded tory. Swift. The tongue of that confounded woman. Sir. W. Scott.
  • DISPIRITED
    Depressed in spirits; disheartened; daunted. -- Dis*pir"it*ed*ly, adv. -- Dis*pir"it*ed, n.
  • FOUNDER
    One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows.
  • BRUNSWICK GREEN
    An oxychloride of copper, used as a green pigment; also, a carbonate of copper similarly employed.
  • BAILIWICK
    The precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the limits of a bailiff's authority.
  • DISSPIRIT
    See DISPIRIT
  • RESTAGNANT
    Stagnant; motionless. Boyle.
  • HEATHENRY
    1. The state, quality, or character of the heathen. Your heathenry and your laziness. C. Kingsley. 2. Heathendom; heathen nations.

 

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