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

Other definitions for lith (2 of 5)

lith-

variant of litho- before a vowel: lithic.

Other definitions 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-

Other definitions for lith (4 of 5)

lith.

abbreviation

lithograph.

lithographic.

lithography.

Other definitions for lith (5 of 5)

Lith.

abbreviation

Lithuania.

Lithuanian (def. 3). Also Lith

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How to use lith in a sentence

Acrolith, ak′ro-lith, n. a statue of the earlier Greek artists having the trunk made of wood and the extremities of stone.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)|Various
Lathyrus sylvestris, narrow-leaved, or wild lathyrus—in the bushes at the foot of the Short Lith, near the path.
The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2|Gilbert White
Peristalith, pe-ris′ta-lith, n. a series of standing stones surrounding a barrow or burial-mound.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)|Various
According to a northern version of the ballad, he makes a plectrum from 'a lith of her finger bane.'
The Balladists|John Geddie

Lithuanian, for example, retains the archaic diphthongs which disappear in Slavonic—Lith.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 7|Various

British Dictionary definitions for lith (1 of 2)

-lith

n combining form

indicating stone or rockmegalith Compare -lite

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.