Lion

Webster's Practical Dictionary- A Practical Dictionary of the Englih Language · 1884 · p. 240

li'un, n. A carnivorous feline mammal of great size and strength, found of in Asia and Africa; the puma of S. America. (Astron.) The 5th sign a in the zodiac, Leo. An; object of interest and; curiosity. — Li'one , n. The female of the lion a. kind. — Li'onize, v. t. [-ized (-izd), -izing.] To treat as a lion, or object of interest.