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
• 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
• 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,
• 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
• FALSE-FACED
  Hypocritical. Shak.
• LITHERLY
  Crafty; cunning; mischievous; wicked; treacherous; lazy. He was waspish, arch, and litherly. Sir W. Scott.
• SPIRITUOSITY
  The quality or state of being spirituous; spirituousness.
• 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.