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Lie-to (To). To stop the progress of a vessel at sea by reducing the sails and counterbracing the yards; to cease from doing something. A nautical phrase.

“We now ran plump into a fog, and were obliged to lie-to.”- Lord Dufferin.

Lie Up (To). To refrain from work; to rest.

Lie at the Catch (To). Thus Talkative says to Faithful, “You lie at the catch, I perceive.” To which Faithful replies, “No, not I; I am only for setting things right.” “To lie at the catch,” or lie on the catch, is to lie in wait or to lay a trap to catch one.

Lie in State (To). “Étre couché sur un lit de parade.” A dead body displayed to the general public.

Lie on Hand (To). To remain unsold. “Rester depuis longtemps en main.”

Lie to One's Work (To). To work energetically.

Lie with One's Fathers (To). To be buried in one's native place. “Reposer avec ses péres.”

“I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt.”- Genesis xlvii. 30

Liebenstein and Sternfels Two ruined castles of the Rhine. According to tradition, Leoline, the orphan, was the sole surviving child of the lord of Liebenstein; and two brothers, named Warbeck and Otho, were the surviving children of the lord of Sternfels. Both the brothers fell in love with Leoline; but, as Leoline gave the preference to Otho, Warbeck joined the Crusades. A Templar in time persuaded Otho to do the same; but, the war being over, Otho stayed at Constantinople, where he fell in love with a Greek, whom be brought home for his bride. Leoline retired to the adjacent convent of Bornhofen. Warbeck defied his brother to single combat for this insult to his betrothed; but Leoline with the nuns interposed to prevent the fight. The Greek wife, in time, eloped with one of the inmates of Sternfels, and Otho died childless. A band of robbers broke into the convent; but Warbeck armed in its defence. He repelled the robbers, but received his death-wound, and died in the lap of Leoline; thus passed away the last lord of Liebenstein. (Traditions of the Rhine.)

Liege The word means one bound, a bondsman (Latin, ligo, to bind); hence, vassals were called liege- men- i.e. men bound to serve their lord. The lord was called the liege-lord, being bound to protect the vassals.

“Unarmed and bareheaded, on his knees, and with his hands placed between those of his lord, he [the military tenant] repeated these words: `Hear, my lord, I have become your liegeman of life and limb, and earthly worship; and faith and truth I will bear to you to live and die.”- Lingard: History of England, vol. ii. chap. i. p. 27.

Lien A bond. (Latin, ligamen). Legally, a bond on goods for a debt; a right to retain goods in a creditor's hands till he has satisfied a legal claim for debt.

Liesse (2 syl.). Abbé de Liesse or Abbas Letitiae. The French term for the “Boy Bishop,” or “Abbot of Unreason.” (See Abbot.)

Lieutenant (pronounce lef-ten'-unt) is the Latin locum-tenens, through the French. A Lieutenant-Colonel is the Colonel's deputy. The Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland is a viceroy who represents the crown in that country.

Life (Anglo-Saxon, lif.)
   Drawn from life. Drawn or described from some existing person or object.
   For life. As long as life continues.
   For the life of me. True as I am alive. Even if my life depended on it. A strong asseveration.

“Nor could I, for the life of me, see how the creation of the world had anything to do with what I was talking about.”- Goldsmith; Vicar of Wakefield.

   Is life worth living? Schopenhauer decides in the negative. In the “funeral service” we are taught to thank God for delivering the deceased “out of the miseries of