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lith.

A limb; any member of the body.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/lɪθ/UK

  1. A limb; any member of the body.

    UK · dialectal

  2. A joint; a segment or symmetrical part or division.

    UK · dialectal
    lith and limb;  out of lith

  3. A segment of an orange, or similar fruit.

    Scotland
Where this word comes from

From Middle English lith, lyth, from Old English liþ (“limb, member, joint, tip of finger, point”), from Proto-Germanic *liþuz (“limb”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots lith (“part of the body, joint”), West Frisian lid (“part of the body, member”), Dutch lid (“limb, member, section”), Middle High German lit (“limb, member”), Swedish led (“joint, link, channel”), Icelandic liður (“item”), Dutch lid (“part of the body; member”) and gelid (“joint, rank, file”), German Glied (“limb, member, link”).

noun/lɪθ/UK

  1. Property.

    uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English lith, lyth (“owndom”), from Old Norse lýðr (“people, lede”), from Proto-Germanic *liudiz (“men, people”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (“man, people”). Cognate with Dutch lieden and lui, German Leute (“people”), Old English lēode (“people”). More at lede.

noun/lɪθ/UK

  1. A gate; a gap in a fence.

    UK · dialectal
Where this word comes from

From Middle English *lith, from Old Norse hlið (“a gap, gate, space”), from Proto-Germanic *hlidą (“door, lid, eyelid”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to conceal, hide”). Cognate with dialectal Norwegian lid, led (“an opening in a fence”), Scots lith (“a gap in a fence, gate opening”), Old English hlid (“lid, covering, door, gate, opening”). More at lid.

noun/lɪθ/UK

  1. coccolith

    informal
Where this word comes from

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