lith
[ lith ]
/ lɪθ /
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noun British Dialect.
an arm or leg; limb.
a joint, as of the finger.
a segment, as of an orange.
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Origin of lith
before 900; Middle English, Old English; cognate with Dutch, Old High German lid,Old Norse lithr,Gothic lithus limb, member; akin to German Glied
Definition for lith (2 of 5)
Definition for lith (3 of 5)
-lith
a combining form meaning “stone” (acrolith; megalith; paleolith); sometimes occurring in words as a variant form of -lite (batholith; laccolith).
Compare -lite.
Origin of -lith
see origin at litho-
Definition for lith (4 of 5)
lith.
abbreviation
lithograph.
lithographic.
lithography.
Definition for lith (5 of 5)
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Word Origin for -lith
from Greek lithos stone
British Dictionary definitions for lith (2 of 2)
Lith.
abbreviation for
Lithuania(n)
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Medical definitions for lith
-lith
suff.
Mineral concretion; calculus:cystolith.
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