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LITE, _s._ A nomination of candidates for election to any office.
V. ~Leet~.
_Spotswood._
_To_ LITH, LYTH, _v. n._ To listen.
_Gawan and Gol._
Su. G. _lyd-a_, Isl. _hlyd-a_, audire.
LITH, _s._
1. A joint, S.
_Douglas._
2. Metaphor, the hinge of an argument, S.
A. S. _lith_, artus, membrum.
_Cleland._
_To_ ~Lith~, _v. a._ To separate the joints one from another, S.
LITHE, _adj._
1. Calm, sheltered, S. _lyde_, S. B.
_Ruddiman_.
2. Possessing genial heat.
_Wallace._
3. Metaph. affectionate. _A lithe side_, attachment or regard, S. B.
A. S. _hlithe_, quietus, _hlewoth_, apricitas.
_To_ ~Lythe~, _v. a._ To shelter, S. B.
_s.h.i.+rrefs._
~Lythe~, _s._
1. A warm shelter, S. B.
_Ross._
2. Encouragement, countenance, S. B.
_Ross._
~Lythnes~, _s._ Warmth, heat.
_Porteous of n.o.blenes._
_To_ LITHE, _v. a._
1. To soften.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
2. To thicken, to mellow, S.
A. S. _lith-ian_, to mitigate.
~Lythe~, _adj._ a.s.suaging.
_Sir Tristrem._
LITHE, _s._ A ridge, an ascent.
_Sir Gawan._
A. S. _hlithe_, Isl. _leit_, jugum montis.
LYTHE, LAID, _s._ The pollack, Gadus Pollachius, S.
_Statist. Acc._
LYTHYRNES, _s._ Sloth.
V. ~Lidder~.
_Wyntown._
LYTHIS, _s. pl._ Perh. manners.
_Dunbar._
