litho type

t. [LITHO TYPE, 8.] To prepare for printing by lithotypy. 11-thot-ý-pý, s . [Gr. lithos = a stone, and Eng. type (q. v.).] The art or proce of stereotyping by pre ing the types of a page set up into a soft mold or matrix. The hollows left by the types are then filled with a mixture of gum-shellac, fine sand, tar, and linseed-oil, heated, which, when cold, becomes as hard as stone, and can be printed from. sin, aş; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = L. acidity or alkalinity of a solution. The blue color of litmus is changed to red by an acid, and the red color again becomes blue on being mixed with an alkali. lit-orn, s . [Fr. litorne .] A species of thrush, a native of Europe. for the purpose of avoiding censure, or of expre - ing more strongly what is intended; a figure in which the affirmative is expre ed by the negative of the contrary; thus, a citizen "of no mean city” means "of an illustrious or important city." li-trăm-ě-těr, s. [Greek litra =a weight, and metron a measure.] An instrument for ascertain- ing the specific gravity of liquids, invented by Dr. Hare, of Philadelphia. It is founded upon the principle that, when columns of different liquids are elevated by the same pre ure, their heights must be inversely as their gravities. It consists of two tubes, their lower ends open and submerged in two liquids, whose specific gravity is to be com- pared, say one ve el of water and the other of an oil or spirit. The tubes connect above with a hori- zontal pipe, from which the air is exhausted by an air-pump. Atmospheric pre ure causes the liquids to rise in the tubes to a height according to their gravity. lit-sæ-a, s. [A name given by Ju ieu, who did not explain the origin. ( Loudon .)] "They shall bring all your brethren ..in litters and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy moun- tain Jerusalem."- Isaiah lxvi. 20. 2. Straw, hay, or other soft material used as a bed for horses, cattle, ., or as a covering for plants. "And he [Laban] brought lytter and prouander for the camels."-Genesis xxiv. (1551.) 3. Waste or refuse material, shreds, fragments, ., scattered or lying about on a floor or other place in a carele , slovenly manner: scattered rub- bish. "I do here walk before thee, like a sow, that hath o'er. whelm'd all her litter but one."-Shakesp.: Henry IV., Pt . 11. , i. 2. 2. The act of bearing or bringing forth. lit-těr (1), v . t . & i . [LITTER (1), s.] IMG:content-0634.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0635.png:[blocks in formation] 1. That which is little or small in amount, quan- tity, space, . "Every moment leaves my little le ." Johnson: London. 2. A small scale or degree; miniature. "His picture is little ." IMG:content-0636.png:[blocks in formation]