| livelih | How is livelihood in America these day? |
| livelih | The ordinary people had their livelihood in farming rice. |
| livelih | The pressing necessity of earning a livelihood. |
| Livelihed | n. See Livelihood. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Livelihood | n. [ OE. livelode, liflode, prop., course of life, life's support, maintenance, fr. AS. līf life + lād road, way, maintenance. Confused with livelihood liveliness. See Life, and Lode. ] Subsistence or living, as dependent on some means of support; the means for support of life; maintenance. [ 1913 Webster ] The opportunities of gaining an honest livelihood. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ] It is their profession and livelihood to get their living by practices for which they deserve to forfeit their lives. South. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Livelihood | n. [ Lively + -hood. ] Liveliness; appearance of life. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] |