lie (1), lye

[A. S. lyge, lige, from leógan =to lie; Icel. lygi; Dut. logen, leugen; Ger. lüge.] [LIE (1), υ.] 1. An intentional violation of the truth; a false statement made knowingly and deliberately for the purpose of deception. "To lure me to the basene of a lie ." Cowper : Table Talk , 86. 2. A fiction. "The cock and fox, the fool and knave imply; The truth is moral, though the tale a lie ." Dryden: Cock and Fox ; The Moral. 3. Anything which misleads, deceives, or disappoints; anything false, hollow, and deceptive. To give the li to : [GIVE, 17.] lie (2), s. [LIE (2), v.] I. Ordinary Language: 1. The relative positions of two or more objects with regard to each other, or to any point of the compa ; as, To know the lie of the land. 2. The situation, position, or state of affairs, . † II. Geol .: The arrangement of strata with special reference to their dip and strike. lie (1), *lye, *ligh-en, *li-en, v . i . [A. S. leogan (pa. t. leág , pa.par.lugen); cogn. with Dut. liegen (pa. t. loog , pa. par. gelogen ); Icel. ljúga (pa. t. laug , pa. par. loginn ); Dan. lyve (pa. t. loj , pa. par. löjet ); Sw. juga (pa. t. lög , pa. par. ljugen ); Goth. liugan (pa. t. lauh , pa. par. lugans ); Ger. lügen (pa. t. log , pa. par. gelogen ); Ru . Igate , luigate = to lie; loje a lie.] To tell a lie; to speak falsely with intent to deceive; to say or do anything knowingly and deliberately, with intent to deceive another. "Lord Angus, thou hast lied." Scott: Marmion, vi. 14. lie (2), *11-en, *lig-gen, *lye (pa. t. * lai , * lei , lay , pa. par. * leien , * lein , lain), v. i. [A. S. licgan (pa. t. læg , pa. par. legen ); cogn. with Dut. liggen (pa. t. lag , pa. par. gelegen ); Icel. liggja (pa. t. lá , Bot.: Aname for On on is arvensis. [ON ON IS, RESTpa. par. leginn ); Dan. ligge (pa. t. lade, pa. par. HARROW.] ligget ); Sw. ligga (pa. t. låg, pa. par. legad ); Ger. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; boil, boy; pout, jowl; cat, cell, chorus, lie " Lie heavy on him, earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee." 5. To be deposited in the grave; to be interred. "I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in your burying place."-Gene sis xlvii. 30. 6. To be confined to one's bed, and unable to rise through illne . " Lies he not bedrid?"-Shakesp.: Winter's Tale , iv. 4. 7. To be at rest; to be calmed or still; not to move. "The wind is loud and will not lie ." Shakesp.: Pericles, iii. 1. 8. To pa the time of night; to sleep. "A stranger on that pillow lay." Shakesp.: Rape of Lucrece, 1,620. 9. To be laid up or deposited; to remain. 10. To be situated or placed; to have place, position, or direction. "Michmethah that lieth before Shechem."-Joshua xvii. 7. 11. To be posted or encamped; to take up a position. "My lord high constable, the English lie within fifteen hundred paces of your tents." --Shakesp.: Henry V., iii. 7. *12. To reside, to dwell. "Does he lie at the Garter?"- Shakesp.: Merry Wives of Windsor, ii. 1. 13. To be confined, as in prison. "I had rather lie in prison." Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt. III . , iii. 2. 14. To be or remain in any particular state or condition; to continue. (Followed by an adjective, participle, or clause denoting the condition; as, to lie fallow, to lie weeping, to lie at one's mercy, to lie still, .) "Their busine still lies out o' door." Shakesp.: Comedy of Errors, ii. 1. 15. To be contained; to be deposited. "There lies such secrets in this fardel." Shakesp.: Winter's Tale, iv. 4. 16. To depend; to be dependent; as, All our hope lies in watchfulne . 17. To be in the power; to belong to; to depend. "Dost thou endeavor, as much as in thee lies , to preserve the lives of all men?" - Duppa : Rules for Devotion. 18. To consist. +19, To weigh; to pre afflictively. "Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves." Psalm lxxxviii. 7. 20. To be troublesome or tedious; to hang heavily. "I would recommend the studies of knowledge to the female world, that they may not be at a lo how to employ those hours that lie upon their hands."- Add is on : Guardian. 21. To imputed, reckoned, or charged. *22. To cost; as, It lies me in more money. 23. To be valid in a court of judicature; to be sustainable in law. "If a man builds a house so close to mine that his roof overhangs my roof, and throws the water off his roof upon mine, this is a nuisance, for which an action will lie ." -Black stone: Comment . , bk. iii., ch. 8. 1. To lie along : Naut.: To lean over with a side wind, as a ship. 2. To lie along the land: Naut .: To keep a course parallel or nearly so to the land. *3. To lie at : To importune, to tease. "His mother and brother had lain at him."- Harl . Miscell ., iii. 549. 4. To lie at one's door: To be attributable or chargeable to one. 15. To lie at one's heart: To be a source or object of anxiety, care, or desire. 6. To lie at the root of anything : To be the real or true cause, foundation, or source. 7. To lie between: To be limited to; as, one's choice lies between two courses. 8. To lie by : IMG:content-0536.png:[blocks in formation] The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia lie-a-bed (b) To leave off; to intermit labor; to rest for a time. "Even the billows of the sea, Hung their heads, and then lay by ." Shakesp.: Henry VIII., iii. 1. (2) Naut: To remain near, as one ship to another. 9. To lie down: (1) To go to rest; to lay one's self down. "The leopard shall lie down with the kid." - Isa. xi. 6. *(2) To sink into the grave. "His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust." Job xx. 11. 10. To lie hard or heavy : To pre ; to be a bur den. IMG:content-0538.png:[blocks in formation] (3) To belong to; to depend on; as, It lies with you to remedy the mistake.