"lith" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /liθ/ [UK] Forms: liths [plural]
Rhymes: -iθ Etymology: From Middle English lith, lyth, from Old English liþ (“limb, member, joint, tip of finger, point”), from Proto-Germanic *liþuz (“limb”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots lith (“part of the body, joint”), West Frisian lid (“part of the body, member”), Dutch lid (“limb, member, section”), Middle High German lit (“limb, member”), Swedish led (“joint, link, channel”), Icelandic liður (“item”), Dutch lid (“part of the body; member”) and gelid (“joint, rank, file”), German Glied (“limb, member, link”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|lith}} Middle English lith, {{m|enm|lyth}} lyth, {{der|en|ang|liþ||limb, member, joint, tip of finger, point}} Old English liþ (“limb, member, joint, tip of finger, point”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*liþuz||limb}} Proto-Germanic *liþuz (“limb”), {{cog|sco|lith||part of the body, joint}} Scots lith (“part of the body, joint”), {{cog|fy|lid||part of the body, member}} West Frisian lid (“part of the body, member”), {{cog|nl|lid||limb, member, section}} Dutch lid (“limb, member, section”), {{cog|gmh|lit||limb, member}} Middle High German lit (“limb, member”), {{cog|sv|led||joint, link, channel}} Swedish led (“joint, link, channel”), {{cog|is|liður||item}} Icelandic liður (“item”), {{cog|nl|lid||part of the body; member}} Dutch lid (“part of the body; member”), {{m|nl|gelid||joint, rank, file}} gelid (“joint, rank, file”), {{cog|de|Glied||limb, member, link}} German Glied (“limb, member, link”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} lith (plural liths)
  1. (UK dialectal) A limb; any member of the body. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-lith-en-noun-C2aH1WLZ Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 23 22 1 11 16
  2. (UK dialectal) A joint; a segment or symmetrical part or division. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-lith-en-noun-4bKqwKrZ Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 23 22 1 11 16
  3. (Scotland) A segment of an orange, or similar fruit. Tags: Scotland
    Sense id: en-lith-en-noun-D2kNoCeK Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 23 22 1 11 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: lythe (15th century) Derived forms: lithy
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /liθ/ [UK]
Rhymes: -iθ Etymology: From Middle English lith, lyth (“owndom”), from Old Norse lýðr (“people, lede”), from Proto-Germanic *liudiz (“men, people”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (“man, people”). Cognate with Dutch lieden and lui, German Leute (“people”), Old English lēode (“people”). More at lede. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|lith}} Middle English lith, {{m|enm|lyth||owndom}} lyth (“owndom”), {{der|en|non|lýðr||people, lede}} Old Norse lýðr (“people, lede”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*liudiz||men, people}} Proto-Germanic *liudiz (“men, people”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₁lewdʰ-||man, people}} Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (“man, people”), {{cog|nl|lieden|}} Dutch lieden, {{m|nl|lui|}} lui, {{cog|de|Leute||people}} German Leute (“people”), {{cog|ang|lēode||people}} Old English lēode (“people”), {{l|en|lede}} lede Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} lith (uncountable)
  1. Property. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-lith-en-noun-yNTIDQqq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /liθ/ [UK] Forms: liths [plural]
Rhymes: -iθ Etymology: From *Middle English lith, from Old Norse hlið (“a gap, gate, space”), from Proto-Germanic *hlidą (“door, lid, eyelid”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to conceal, hide”). Cognate with dialectal Norwegian lid, led (“an opening in a fence”), Scots lith (“a gap in a fence, gate opening”), Old English hlid (“lid, covering, door, gate, opening”). More at lid. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm||lith}} Middle English lith, {{der|en|non|hlið||a gap, gate, space}} Old Norse hlið (“a gap, gate, space”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*hlidą||door, lid, eyelid}} Proto-Germanic *hlidą (“door, lid, eyelid”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*ḱel-||to conceal, hide}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to conceal, hide”), {{cog|no|lid}} Norwegian lid, {{m|no|led||an opening in a fence}} led (“an opening in a fence”), {{cog|sco|lith||a gap in a fence, gate opening}} Scots lith (“a gap in a fence, gate opening”), {{cog|ang|hlid||lid, covering, door, gate, opening}} Old English hlid (“lid, covering, door, gate, opening”), {{l|en|lid}} lid Head templates: {{en-noun}} lith (plural liths)
  1. (UK dialectal) A gate; a gap in a fence. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-lith-en-noun-KhcQwa0P Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 23 22 1 11 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: /liθ/ [UK] Forms: liths [plural]
Rhymes: -iθ Etymology: By shortening. Head templates: {{en-noun}} lith (plural liths)
  1. (sciences, informal) coccolith Tags: informal Categories (topical): Sciences
    Sense id: en-lith-en-noun-L3BFqfJb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 23 22 1 11 16 Topics: sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Inflected forms

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        "2": "lyth"
      },
      "expansion": "lyth",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
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        "2": "ang",
        "3": "liþ",
        "4": "",
        "5": "limb, member, joint, tip of finger, point"
      },
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    },
    {
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        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*liþuz",
        "4": "",
        "5": "limb"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "lith",
        "3": "",
        "4": "part of the body, joint"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "lid",
        "3": "",
        "4": "part of the body, member"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian lid (“part of the body, member”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "lid",
        "3": "",
        "4": "limb, member, section"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "lit",
        "3": "",
        "4": "limb, member"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German lit (“limb, member”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "led",
        "3": "",
        "4": "joint, link, channel"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "liður",
        "3": "",
        "4": "item"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "lid",
        "3": "",
        "4": "part of the body; member"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "gelid",
        "3": "",
        "4": "joint, rank, file"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "Glied",
        "3": "",
        "4": "limb, member, link"
      },
      "expansion": "German Glied (“limb, member, link”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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    }
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        "British English",
        "English dialectal terms"
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        "A limb; any member of the body."
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          "member"
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        "(UK dialectal) A limb; any member of the body."
      ],
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        "UK",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English dialectal terms",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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          "type": "example"
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        "A joint; a segment or symmetrical part or division."
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          "joint"
        ],
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          "segment",
          "segment"
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          "part",
          "part"
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          "division"
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      ],
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        "(UK dialectal) A joint; a segment or symmetrical part or division."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Scottish English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A segment of an orange, or similar fruit."
      ],
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        [
          "segment",
          "segment"
        ],
        [
          "orange",
          "orange"
        ]
      ],
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        "(Scotland) A segment of an orange, or similar fruit."
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        "Scotland"
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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      "rhymes": "-iθ"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "lythe (15th century)"
    }
  ],
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}

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      "name": "der"
    },
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        "4": "owndom"
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      "name": "cog"
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        "3": ""
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      "name": "m"
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        "3": "",
        "4": "people"
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        "3": "",
        "4": "people"
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        "Property."
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        "UK"
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    },
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      "rhymes": "-iθ"
    }
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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "",
        "4": "lith"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English lith",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "non",
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        "4": "",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*hlidą",
        "4": "",
        "5": "door, lid, eyelid"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ḱel-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to conceal, hide"
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      "name": "der"
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      "args": {
        "1": "no",
        "2": "lid"
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      "name": "cog"
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        "1": "no",
        "2": "led",
        "3": "",
        "4": "an opening in a fence"
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      "name": "m"
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        "1": "sco",
        "2": "lith",
        "3": "",
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        "2": "hlid",
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "lid"
      },
      "expansion": "lid",
      "name": "l"
    }
  ],
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        "plural"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English dialectal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A gate; a gap in a fence."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gate",
          "gate"
        ],
        [
          "gap",
          "gap"
        ],
        [
          "fence",
          "fence"
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      ],
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        "(UK dialectal) A gate; a gap in a fence."
      ],
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        "UK",
        "dialectal"
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    }
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-iθ"
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}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
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    "Rhymes:English/iθ/1 syllable"
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  "etymology_text": "By shortening.",
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      "form": "liths",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "en:Sciences"
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      "glosses": [
        "coccolith"
      ],
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        [
          "sciences",
          "sciences"
        ],
        [
          "coccolith",
          "coccolith"
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        "(sciences, informal) coccolith"
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        "informal"
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        "sciences"
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