Lyric
(Lyr"ic Lyr"ic*al) a. [L. lyricus, Gr. : cf. F. lyrique. See Lyre.]
1. Of or pertaining to a lyre or harp.
2. Fitted to be sung to the lyre; hence, also, appropriate for song; — said especially of poetry which expresses
the individual emotions of the poet. "Sweet lyric song." Milton.
Lyric
(Lyr"ic), n.
1. A lyric poem; a lyrical composition.
2. A composer of lyric poems. [R.] Addison.
3. A verse of the kind usually employed in lyric poetry; — used chiefly in the plural.
Lyrically
(Lyr"ic*al*ly) adv. In a lyrical manner.
Lyricism
(Lyr"i*cism) n. A lyric composition. Gray.
Lyrid
(Ly"rid) n. (Astron.) One of the group of shooting stars which come into the air in certain years
on or about the 19th of April; — so called because the apparent path among the stars if produced backwards
crosses the constellation Lyra.
Lyrie
(Ly"rie) n. [Icel. hlyri a sort of fish.] (Zoöl.) A European fish having the body covered with bony
plates, and having three spines projecting in front of the nose; — called also noble, pluck, pogge, sea
poacher, and armed bullhead.
Lyriferous
(Ly*rif"er*ous) a. [Lyre + -ferous.] (Zoöl.) Having a lyre-shaped shoulder girdle, as certain
fishes.
Lyrism
(Lyr"ism) n. [Cf. Gr. lyrismo`s.] The act of playing on a lyre or harp. G. Eliot.
Lyrist
(Lyr"ist), n. [L. lyristes, Gr. lyristh`s: cf. F. lyriste.] A musician who plays on the harp or lyre; a
composer of lyrical poetry. Shelley.
Lysimeter
(Ly*sim"e*ter) n. [Gr. ly`sis a loosing + - meter.] An instrument for measuring the water
that percolates through a certain depth of soil. Knight.
Lysis
(||Ly"sis) n. [NL., fr. Gr. ly`sis.] (Med.) The resolution or favorable termination of a disease,
coming on gradually and not marked by abrupt change.
It is usually contrasted with crisis, in which the improvement is sudden and marked; as, pneumonia ends
by crisis, typhoid fever by lysis.
Lyssa
(||Lys"sa) n. [NL. See Lytta.] (Med.) Hydrophobia.
The plural (Lyssæ) has been used to signify the pustules supposed to be developed under the tongue in
hydrophobia.
Lyterian
(Ly*te"ri*an) a. [Gr. lyth`rios healing, fr. lyth`r a deliverer, fr. ly`ein to loosen.] (Med.) Terminating
a disease; indicating the end of a disease.
Lythe
(Lythe) n. (Zoöl.) The European pollack; — called also laith, and leet. [Scot.]
Lythe
(Lythe) a. [See Lithe, a.] Soft; flexible. [Obs.] Spenser.
Lythonthriptic
(Lyth`on*thrip"tic) Lythontriptic
(Lyth`on*trip"tic) (-trip"tik), a. (Med.) See Lithontriptic.
