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Webster 1913 Edition

Lithe

Lithe

(līth)
,
Verb.
T.
&
I.
[Icel
hlȳða
. See
Listen
.]
To listen or listen to; to hearken to.
[Obs.]
P. Plowman.

Lithe

,
Adj.
[AS.
līðe
, for
linðe
tender, mild, gentle; akin to G.
lind
,
gelind
, OHG.
lindi
, Icel.
linr
, L.
lenis
soft, mild,
lentus
flexible, and AS.
linnan
to yield. Cf.
Lenient
.]
1.
Mild; calm;
as,
lithe
weather
.
[Obs.]
2.
Capable of being easily bent; pliant; flexible; limber;
as, the elephant’s
lithe
proboscis
.
Milton.

Syn. – lithesome.

Lithe

,
Verb.
T.
[AS.
līðian
. See
Lithe
,
Adj.
]
To smooth; to soften; to palliate.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Lithe

LITHE

,
Adj.
That may be easily bent; pliant; flexible; limber; as the elephant's lithe proboscis.

LITHE

, v.t.
1.
To smooth; to soften; to palliate. Obs.
2.
To listen. Obs.

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