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lith

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
7
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/lɪθ/ (UK)

Definition of lith

7 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (UK, dialectal)A limb; any member of the body.
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noun

  1. (UK, dialectal)A limb; any member of the body.
  2. (UK, dialectal)A joint; a segment or symmetrical part or division.
    “lith and limb;  out of lith”
    “he departed with the lady / & brouȝt her to Camelot / Soo as they rode in a valey it was ful of stones / and there the ladyes hors stumbled and threwe her doun that her arme was sore brysed and nere she swouned for payne / Allas syr sayd the lady myn arme is oute of lythe wher thorow I must nedes reste me”
  3. (Scotland)A segment of an orange, or similar fruit.
  4. (uncountable)Property.
  5. (UK, dialectal)A gate; a gap in a fence.
  6. (informal)coccolith

name

  1. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of)Acronym of Lake in the Hills, Illinois.

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Etymology

From Middle English lith, lyth, from Old English liþ (“limb, member, joint, tip of finger, point”), from Proto-Germanic *liþuz (“limb”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots lith (“part of the…

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From Middle English lith, lyth, from Old English liþ (“limb, member, joint, tip of finger, point”), from Proto-Germanic *liþuz (“limb”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots lith (“part of the body, joint”), West Frisian lid (“part of the body, member”), Dutch lid (“limb, member, section”), Middle High German lit (“limb, member”), Swedish led (“joint, link, channel”), Icelandic liður (“item”), Dutch lid (“part of the body; member”) and gelid (“joint, rank, file”), German Glied (“limb, member, link”).

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