Light'er

Ht'er, n. One who, or that which, etc. (Naut.) A barge used in lightening or unloading ships, also, in loading them. [D. ligter, fr. light.] — Lighferman, n. One who manages or is employed on a lighter a boatman. — LightB, n. pi. The lungs; the organs of breathing, esp. in birds and in brutes. [AS. dha lihtan, the light things, — so called their lightne .] — Lighf-brain, n. An empty-headed or weak-minded person. fin'gered, a. Dextrous in taking and conveying away ad- — dicted to petty thefts. foot'ed, a. Having a light, — springy step; nimble with the feet; active. hand'- ed, a. (Naut.) Not having a full complement of — men. head'ed, a. Disordered in the head dizzy; — delirious thoughtle ; heedle ; volatile. heart'- ed, a. Free from grief or anxiety; gay; cheerful merry.—in'fantry, n. (Mil.) A body of foot soldiers, trained for rapid evolutions. niind'ed, a. Unsettled; unsteady; volatile. Light, v. [lighted or (le prop.) lit, lighting.] To come to by chance happen to find, fall to stoop from flight, settle, rest; to alight. [Same as alight, light, not heavy.] Lignaloes, lin-aKoz or lig-naKoz, n. Aloes-wood, prop, the agailochum, a tree of India, "whose decaying timber develops a fragrant [L. lignum aloes = Gr. xulaloe L. lignum (Gr. xulon), wood; L. and Gr. aloe, aloe, q. v.] — Lig'neo us, -ne-us, a. Made of, consisting of, or resembling, wood; woody. [L. ligne us, f lignum.] — Lig'nify, -nl-fi, v. [-fied -fying.] To convert or change into wood.— v. To become wood. [L. facere, to make.] — Lig'nifica'- tion, n. Proce of becoming or of converting into wood, or the hard substance of a vegetable. — Lig'- niform, a. Like wood. form a, form.]— Lig'nine, -nin, n. (Chem.) An e ential constituent of the woody fiber in plants. — Lig^nite, -nit, n. (Min.) Mineral coal retaining the texture of the wood from which was formed.— Lig'nose, -nos, a. Ligneous. — n. An explosive compound of wood fiber and nitro-glycerine, q. v.— Lig num-vi n. A tree of tropical America, from which the guaiacum of medicine procured hard wood is used for various mechanical purposes. [L., wood of life.] Ligure, li'gur or hg^ur, n. A kind of precious stone. [L. ligurius, Gr. ligurion.']