Libelant
(Li"bel*ant) n. One who libels; one who institutes a suit in an ecclesiastical or admiralty court.
[Written also libellant.] Cranch.
Libeler
(Li"bel*er) n. One who libels. [Written also libeller.] " Libelers of others." Buckminster.
Libelist
(Li"bel*ist) n. A libeler.
Li bella
(||Li *bel"la) n. [L., dim. of libra balance. See Level, n.]
1. A small balance.
2. A level, or leveling instrument.
Libellulid
(Li*bel"lu*lid) n. (Zoöl.) A dragon fly.
Libelluloid
(Li*bel"lu*loid) a. [NL. Libellula, the name of the typical genus + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Like or pertaining
to the dragon flies.
Libelous
(Li"bel*ous) a. Containing or involving a libel; defamatory; containing that which exposes some
person to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule; as, a libelous pamphlet. [Written also libellous.] — Li"bel*ous*ly,
adv.
Liber
(||Li"ber) n. [L. See Libel.] (Bot.) The inner bark of plants, lying next to the wood. It usually
contains a large proportion of woody, fibrous cells, and is, therefore, the part from which the fiber of the
plant is obtained, as that of hemp, etc.
Liber cells, elongated woody cells found in the liber.
Liberal
(Lib"er*al) a. [F. libéral, L. liberalis, from liber free; perh. akin to libet, lubet, it pleases, E. lief.
Cf. Deliver.]
1. Free by birth; hence, befitting a freeman or gentleman; refined; noble; independent; free; not servile or
mean; as, a liberal ancestry; a liberal spirit; liberal arts or studies. " Liberal education." Macaulay. " A
liberal tongue." Shak.
2. Bestowing in a large and noble way, as a freeman; generous; bounteous; open-handed; as, a liberal
giver. " Liberal of praise." Bacon.
Infinitely good, and of his good
As liberal and free as infinite.
Milton. 3. Bestowed in a large way; hence, more than sufficient; abundant; bountiful; ample; profuse; as, a liberal
gift; a liberal discharge of matter or of water.
His wealth doth warrant a liberal dower.
Shak. 4. Not strict or rigorous; not confined or restricted to the literal sense; free; as, a liberal translation of a
classic, or a liberal construction of law or of language.
5. Not narrow or contracted in mind; not selfish; enlarged in spirit; catholic.
6. Free to excess; regardless of law or moral restraint; licentious. " Most like a liberal villain." Shak.
7. Not bound by orthodox tenets or established forms in political or religious philosophy; independent in
opinion; not conservative; friendly to great freedom in the constitution or administration of government; having
