Lightning

Chamber's Etymological of the English Language · 1895 · p. 302
lTt'nmg, n. the electric flash usually followed by thunder. Lightning-rod, lTt'mng-nxl, n a metallic rod for protecting buddings from lightning. Lights, llts, ti.pl tile lungs of animals. (So called from their light weight.] Lightsome, lTt's um, adj light, ga}% lively, cheering.— n. Light's omenesB. Lign-aloeB, lin-al'Or, Lignaloes, hg-nal'r>/, n (Z? aIocs-wood. [1, lignum wood, and Aloes Ligneous, hg'ne-us, adj wooden woody, made of wood. [L, hgueus —lignum, wood Ligniferous, lig-mf'er-us, adj oducing wood. [L lignum wood, and few, to lieai — Llgnlfy, lig’m-fT, i to turn into wood. v to become wood or woody pr.p liu'mfying pa p. — lig'nified. n Llgnifica'tion Fr. hgnijier L lignum, wood, and facie, to make Lignlne, lig'mn, n pme ivondy fibre
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