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{ }. (Eccl. Hist.) (a) A member of the conservative party in the Church of Scotland in the latter part of the 18th century. (b) Same as Burgher, n., 2. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. a lichen in which the fungus component is a basidiomycete. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a deposit of sand or clay on the surface containing crystallized salts such as sodium chloride or sodium nitrate; -- used especially of the sodium nitrate deposits of Chile and Peru. RHUD [ PJC ]

2. a stratum of calcium carbonate in the soil of an arid or semiarid region. [ PJC ]

adj. covered with caliche{ 2 }, a hard calcium-carbonate encrusted soil. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ F. cliché, from clicher to stereotype. ] 1. A stereotype plate or any similar reproduction of ornament, or lettering, in relief. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. a trite or obvious remark.
Syn. -- platitude, banality, commonplace, bromide. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Cliché casting, a mode of obtaining an impression from a die or woodcut, or the like, by striking it suddenly upon metal which has been fused and is just becoming solid; also, the casting so obtained. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. repeated regularly without thought or originality.
Syn. -- ready-made, routine, stock(prenominal). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ , n. [ Cf. F. dolichcéphalie. ] The quality or condition of being dolichocephalic. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. dolicho`s long + kefalh` head. ] (Anat.) Having the cranium, or skull, long to its breadth; long-headed; -- opposed to brachycephalic. -- Dol`i*cho*ceph"al a. & n.

n. 1. a genus of rodents including the maras.
Syn. -- genus Dolichotis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. [ OE. ] Stately; dignified. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Fiendlike. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Feast, n. ] Festive; fond of festive occasions. [ Obs. ] “A festlich man.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Goodly. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Goodly. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. "a`ls, "alo`s, sea + cho`ndros cartilage. ] (Zool.) An order of sponges, having simple siliceous spicules and keratose fibers; -- called also Keratosilicoidea. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., the marigold, fr. Gr. &unr_; a kind of plant. ] (Bot.) A genus of composite plants, with shining, commonly white or yellow, or sometimes reddish, radiated involucres, which are often called “everlasting flowers.” [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ OE., fr. AS. gelīc. Cf. Alike. ] Alike. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. līc body. See Like, a. ] A dead body; a corpse. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Lich fowl (Zool.), the European goatsucker; -- called also lich owl. --
Lich gate, a covered gate through which the corpse was carried to the church or burial place, and where the bier was placed to await the clergyman; a corpse gate. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. --
Lich wake, the wake, or watching, held over a corpse before burial. [ Prov Eng. ] Chaucer. --
Lich wall, the wall of a churchyard or burying ground. --
Lich way, the path by which the dead are carried to the grave. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A genus of boas of western North America.
Syn. -- genus Lichanura. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. A Chinese tree (Litchi chinensis) cultivated especially in the Philippines and India for its edible fruit, the litchi nut; sometimes placed in the genus Nephelium.
Syn. -- litchi, litchi tree, Litchi chinensis, Nephelium litchi. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. A Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried.
Syn. -- litchi, litchi nut, litchee, lichi, leechee, lychee. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L., fr. Gr. leichh`n. ] 1. (Bot.) One of a class of cellular, flowerless plants, (technically called Lichenes), having no distinction of leaf and stem, usually of scaly, expanded, frond-like forms, but sometimes erect or pendulous and variously branched. They derive their nourishment from the air, and generate by means of spores. The species are very widely distributed, and form irregular spots or patches, usually of a greenish or yellowish color, upon rocks, trees, and various bodies, to which they adhere with great tenacity. They are often improperly called rock moss or tree moss. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ A favorite modern theory of lichens (called after its inventor the Schwendener hypothesis), is that they are not autonomous plants, but that they consist of ascigerous fungi, parasitic on algæ. Each lichen is composed of white filaments and green, or greenish, rounded cells, and it is argued that the two are of different nature, the one living at the expense of the other. See Hyphæ, and Gonidia. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) A name given to several varieties of skin disease, esp. to one characterized by the eruption of small, conical or flat, reddish pimples, which, if unchecked, tend to spread and produce great and even fatal exhaustion. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Belonging to, or covered with, lichens. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, lichens. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lichenic acid. (a) An organic acid, C14H24O3, obtained from Iceland moss. (b) An old name of fumaric acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the form of a lichen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A substance isomeric with starch, extracted from several species of moss and lichen, esp. from Iceland moss. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. lichénographique. ] Of or pertaining to lichenography. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who describes lichens; one versed in lichenography. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Lichen + -graphy: cf. F. lichénographie. ] A description of lichens; the science which illustrates the natural history of lichens. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One versed in lichenology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Lichen + -logy. ] The science which treats of lichens. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, lichens; abounding in lichens; covered with lichens. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) See Litchi. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) The gromwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) An herb, the wall pellitory. See Pellitory. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. malhecho; mal bad + hecho deed, L. factum. See Fact. ] Mischief. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Any of several Old World semicrustaceous or shrubby lecanoras that roll up and are blown about over African and Arabian deserts and used as food by people and animals; same as manna{ 2 }. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. Poorly. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Also . ] [ D. rolletje a little roll. ] A kind of sausage, made in a bag of tripe, sliced and fried, famous among the Dutch of New Amsterdam and still known, esp. in New Jersey. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. pl. [ Cf. D. rolletje a little roll. ] Chopped meat stuffed into small bags of tripe. They are cut in slices and fried. [ Local, New York ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ G.; akin to LG. slick mud, D. slijk, MHG. slīch. ] (Metal.) The finer portion of a crushed ore, as of gold, lead, or tin, separated by the water in certain wet processes. [ Written also slich, slick. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. (Metal.) See Schlich. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ CF. Smut. ] Dirty; foul. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Unfit for a feast; hence, jaded; worn. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]