| lie | 1. To rest extended on the ground, a bed, or any support; to be, or to put one's self, in an horizontal position, or nearly so; to be prostate; to be stretched out; often with down, when predicated of living creatures; as, the book lies on the table; the snow lies on the roof; he lies in his coffin. "The watchful traveler . . . Lay down again, and closed his weary eyes." (Dryden) 2. To be situated; to occupy a certain place; as, Ireland lies west of England; the meadows lie along the river; the ship lay in port. 3. To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition; as, to lie waste; to lie fallow; to lie open; to lie hid; to lie grieving; to lie under one's displeasure; to lie at the mercy of the waves; the paper does not lie smooth on the wall. 4. To be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist; with in. "Envy lies between beings equal in nature, though unequal in circumstances." (Collier) "He that thinks that diversion may not lie in hard labour, forgets the early rising and hard riding of huntsmen." (Locke) 5. To lodge; to sleep. "Whiles I was now trifling at home, I saw London, . . . Where I lay one night only." (Evelyn) "Mr. Quinion lay at our house that night." (Dickens) 6. To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest. "The wind is loud and will not lie." (Shak) 7. To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained. "An appeal lies in this case." Through ignorance or carelessness speakers and writers often confuse the forms of the two distinct verbs lay and lie. Lay is a transitive verb, and has for its preterit laid; as, he told me to lay it down, and I laid it down. Lie is intransitive, and has for its preterit lay; as, he told me to lie down, and I lay down. Some persons blunder by using laid for the preterit of lie; as, he told me to lie down, and I laid down. So persons often say incorrectly, the ship laid at anchor; they laid by during the storm; the book was laying on the shelf, etc. It is only necessary to remember, in all such cases, that laid is the preterit of lay, and not of lie. To lie along the shore, to coast, keeping land in sight. To lie at the door of, to be imputable to; as, the sin, blame, etc, lies at your door. To lie at the heart, to be an object of affection, desire, or anxiety. To lie at the mercy of, to be in the power of. To lie by. To remain with; to be at hand; as, he has the manuscript lying by him. To rest; to intermit labour; as, we lay by during the heat of the day. To lie hard or heavy, to press or weigh; to bear hard. To lie in, to be in childbed; to bring forth young. To lie in one, to be in the power of; to belong to. "As much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men." . To lie in the way, to be an obstacle or impediment. To lie in wait, to wait in concealment; to lie in ambush. To lie on or upon. To depend on; as, his life lies on the result. To bear, rest, press, or weigh on. To lie low, to remain in concealment or inactive. To lie on hand, To lie on one's hands, to remain unsold or unused; as, the goods are still lying on his hands; they have too much time lying on their hands. To lie on the head of, to be imputed to. "What he gets more of her than sharp words, let it lie on my head." (Shak) To lie over. To remain unpaid after the time when payment is due, as a note in bank. To be deferred to some future occasion, as a resolution in a public deliberative body. To lie to, to stop or delay; especially, to head as near the wind as possible as being the position of greatest safety in a gale; said of a ship. Cf. To bring to, under Bring. To lie under, to be subject to; to suffer; to be oppressed by. To lie with. To lodge or sleep with. To have sexual intercourse with. To belong to; as, it lies with you to make amends. Origin: OE. Lien, liggen, AS. Licgan; akin to D. Liggen, OHG. Ligen, licken, G. Liegen, Icel. Liggja, Sw. Ligga, Dan. Ligge, Goth. Ligan, Russ. Lejate, L. Lectus bed, Gr. Bed, to lie. Cf. Lair, Law, Lay, Litter, Low, adj. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| lie detection | Ascertaining of deception through detection of emotional disturbance as manifested by changes in physiologic processes usually using a polygraph. (12 Dec 1998) |
| lie detector | 1. An instrument for multiplying copies of a writing; a manifold writer; a copying machine. 2. In bibliography, a collection of different works, either by one or several authors. Origin: Gr. Writing much; much, many + to write: cf. F. Polygraphe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lieberkuhn | <optics> A concave metallic mirror attached to the object-glass end of a microscope, to throw down light on opaque objects; a reflector. Origin: Named after a German physician and instrument maker, J. Lieberkuhn. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Lieberkuhn's crypts | The tubular glands in the mucous membrane of the small and large intestines. Synonym: glandulae intestinales, Galeati's glands, intestinal follicles, Lieberkuhn's crypts, Lieberkuhn's follicles, Lieberkuhn's glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Lieberkuhn's follicles | The tubular glands in the mucous membrane of the small and large intestines. Synonym: glandulae intestinales, Galeati's glands, intestinal follicles, Lieberkuhn's crypts, Lieberkuhn's follicles, Lieberkuhn's glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lieberkuhn's glands | <anatomy> The simple tubular glands of the small intestines. Synonym: crypts of Lieberkuhn. See: Lieberkuhn. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Lieberkuhn, Johann | <person> German anatomist, 1711-1756. See: Lieberkuhn's crypts, Lieberkuhn's follicles, Lieberkuhn's glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Lieberkuhn, Johann Nathaniel | <person> Was a Physician and an Anatomist, noted for his technique of injecting. Lieberkuhn's Glands, Crypts, Follicles - glandulae intestinales. These glands were discovered by Malpighi in 1688 and were described anew by Brunner in 1715 and by Galeati in 1731. Lived: 1711-1756. B. Berlin, Sep 5th, 1711, d. Berlin, Oct 7th, 1756. (05 Dec 1998) |
| Liebermann, Leo von | <person> Hungarian physician, 1852-1926. See: Burchard-Liebermann reaction, Liebermann-Burchard test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Liebermann-Burchard test | A colourimetric test for unsaturated sterols, notably cholesterol; a blue-green colour develops when such substances are added to acetic anhydride and sulfuric acid in chloroform. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Liebermeister's rule | In adult febrile tachycardia, about eight pulse beats correspond to an increase of 1캜. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Liebermeister, Carl von | <person> German physician, 1833-1901. See: Liebermeister's rule. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Liebig's theory | That the hydrocarbons that oxidise readily and burn are aliments that produce the greatest quantity of animal heat. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Liebig, Baron Justus von | <person> German chemist, 1803-1873. See: Liebig's theory. (05 Mar 2000) |