liebigite

[Named by L. Smith after the Baron v. Liebig; suff. -ite ( Min. ).] Min .: An apple-green mineral, occurring in small mammillary concretions on uraninite (q. v.). One apparent cleavage. Hardne , 2 to 2.5. Luster, vitreous. Composition: Carbonic acid, 102; ses quioxide of uranium, 38.0; lime, 8.9; water, 45-2. Di olves in dilute acids with effervescence, affording a yellow solution, which yields the reactions of uranium and lime. Found at Joachimsthal, Bohemia, and Adrianople, Turkey. A similar mineral from the Elias mine, Joachimsthal, gave as a mean of three analyses: Carbonic acid, 2386; protoxide of uranium, 37-11; lime, 15.56; water, 23-34. lied, s. [Ger.] Mus . The name for a composition of a simple character, which is complete in itself; a song. There are several kinds, but the chief are cla ed under the following heads: Sacred songs or chorales; secular songs, comprising national songs, people's songs ( volkslieder ), drinking songs, and humorous songs. lief, *lef, *leef, *liefe, *leif, *leave, *leefe, *leve, adv . & 8. [A. S. leof , liof ; voc. leófa, pl. leófe , comp. leófra , super. leófesta ; cogn. with Dut. lief ; Icel. ljúfr ; Sw. ljuf : Goth. liubs ; Ger. lieb ; M. H. Ger. liep; O. H. Ger, liup ; Ru . lioboi = agreeable.] *A. As adjective : 1. Dear, beloved. 2. Willing, ready, pleased. "He up arose, However lief or loth." Spenser. IMG:content-0540.png:[blocks in formation] liēģe, *lege, *leige, *lige, *lyge, a . & s. [Etym. doubtful. Skeat derives it from Fr. lige = liege, loyal, from O. H. Ger. ledic , lidic , lidig (Ger. ledig ) = free, unfettered by obligations; Low Lat. ligius .] A. As adjective : *1. Ruling or having authority over men free from obligations to any but himself. 2. Bound by some feudal tenure, either as a va al to tribute and due subjection, or as a lord to protection and just rule. "Va als sworn 'Gainst their liege lord had weapon borne." Scott: Lord of the Isles, ii. 20. 3. Pertaining or relating to the tenure or bond reciprocally connecting lord and va al. By liege homage a va al was bound to serve his lord against all, not excepting his sovereign; or against all excepting a former lord to whom he owed like service. *B. As substantive: Law : A legal claim on or upon property; a legal right in one person to detain the goods of another until some claim of the former against the latter has been satisfied. "A lien may be either particular or general; the former is where the claim of retainer is made upon the goods themselves, in respect of which the debt arises, a claim which the law favors. The other, or general lien , is where goods are retained in respect of a general balance of account, which is le favored. Thus a trainer who has a horse given him to train, has a lien for his charges of keep and training; and in general, when the goods are delivered to a person to be improved or altered in character, this right arises; as when cloth is delivered to a tailor to convert into clothes; or corn to a miller to be returned in the shape of flour. The right may, however, be regulated by special agreement, and then its operation will depend upon the particular terms of the contract; but in the absence of expre contract, the law implies a lien wherever the usage of trade or the previous dealings of the parties give ground for such an implication. Although, as has been said, general liens are not favored by law, yet in some cases they have become allowed and established by usage, as in the case of attorneys upon the title-deeds and documents of their clients; and factors, warehousemen, and others, upon goods confided to them in the ordinary course of busine ; all of whom have a lien for the amount of the general balance due to them in their several capacities."- Black stone : Comment . , bk. ii., ch. 17. lien of a covenant, s. Law : The commencement of a covenant, containing the names of the covenanters and covenantees, and the character of the covenant, whether joint or several. ( Wharton . ) li-en-těr'-ic, a . [English lienter ( y ); -ic.] Of or pertaining to a lientery. (Grew: Musœum .) li-en-ter-y, s. [ Gr.lei on =smooth, and enteron an intestine; Fr. lienterie .] Pathol.: A species of diarrhea or loosene , in which the food pa es rapidly through the bowels undigested, and nearly in the same condition as it was when taken into the stomach; lubricity of the intestines. ( Mayne .)