lith

¹

[ lith ]

noun

, British Dialect.

1. an arm or leg; limb.
2. a joint, as of the finger.
3. a segment, as of an orange.

lith-

²

1. variant of litho- before a vowel:

   lithic.

-lith

³

1. a combining form meaning “stone” ( acrolith; megalith; paleolith ); sometimes occurring in words as a variant form of -lite ( batholith; laccolith ).

lith.

⁴

abbreviation for

1. lithograph.
2. lithographic.
3. lithography.

Lith.

⁵

abbreviation for

1. Lithuania.
2. Lithuanian ( def 3 ). Also Lith

-lith

¹

combining form

1. indicating stone or rock Compare -lite

   megalith

Lith.

²

abbreviation for

1. Lithuania(n)

Word History and Origins

Origin of lith¹

before 900; Middle English, Old English; cognate with Dutch, Old High German lid, Old Norse lithr, Gothic lithus limb, member; akin to German Glied

Origin of lith²

litho-

Word History and Origins

Origin of lith¹

from Greek lithos stone

Example Sentences

Acrolith, ak′ro-lith, n. a statue of the earlier Greek artists having the trunk made of wood and the extremities of stone.

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Lathyrus sylvestris, narrow-leaved, or wild lathyrus—in the bushes at the foot of the Short Lith, near the path.

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Peristalith, pe-ris′ta-lith, n. a series of standing stones surrounding a barrow or burial-mound.

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According to a northern version of the ballad, he makes a plectrum from 'a lith of her finger bane.'

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Lithuanian, for example, retains the archaic diphthongs which disappear in Slavonic—Lith.

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