holy Llwysedd, n. purity; sanctitude Llwysiad, n. a purging, a hallowing Llwyso, v. to clear; to sanctify Llwysog, a. cleanly; hallowed Llwyth, n. what is borne, a load Llwythiad, n. a burdening, a loading Llwytho, v. to burden, to load Llwythog, a. burdened, loaded Llyad, n. a licking, a lic, a slap Llyarth, n. a gentle rise, a slope Llych, n. what is flat; a squat, a sculk Llychìad, n. a dusting, a powdering Llychiannu, v. to pulverise Llychiant, n. a powdering Llychineb, n. dustiness Llychio, v. to reduce to dust Llychiog, a. abounding with dust; powdery Llychlyd, a. dusty, full of dust Llychludo, v. to render dusty Llychlyn, n. a gulf; brooklime Llychol, a. squatting, cowering, sculking; flattening Llychu, v. to squat, to cower Llychwin, a. dusty; blotted Llychwino, v. to make or to become dusty; to become of a dusky hue Llychwr, n. what spreads along Llychwyr, n. decline of light; twilight Llychyn, n. particle of dust Llyd, n. breadth, extent Llydan, a. broad, wide, spacious Llydandroed, a. broad-footed Llydanddail, a. broad-leaved Llydanedd, n. broadness, width Llydaniad, n. a dilation Llydanu, v. to expand, to dilate Llydiad, n. an expanding Llydniad, n. a casting of young Llydnig, n. a small animal Llydnu, v. to bring forth, to foal Llydnyn, n. a little animal Llydu, v. to expand, to dilate Llydw, n. abundance, enjoyment Llydd, a. diffused, expanded Llyddad, n. a diffusing, a pouring Llyddo, v. to diffuse, to pour Lluest, n. a polypus Llyf, n. a stretch out; a licking Llyfan, n. a string, a rope Llyfandafod, n. tongue-tied Llyfaniad, n. a stringing Llyfanog, n. the liverwort Llyfantws, n. burst-cow fly Llyfanu, v. to string, to bind Llyfanwst, n. a disease in cattle Llyfas, n. a venture, an attempt Llyfasiad, n. aventuring, a daring, a presuming Llyfasol, a. venturesome, daring, presuming Llyfasu, v. to venture, to attempt Llyfeb, n. juration, swearing Llyfedig, a. being licked, or lapped Llyfeliad, n. a contriving; a levelling Llyfelu, v. to devise, to guess; to level Llyfen, n. the loin Llyfenol, a. relating to the loin Llyferthiad, n. a fatiguing Llyferthiant, n. defatigation Llyferthin, a. exhausted, wearied Llyferthol, a. wearisome Llyferthus, a. wearisome, tiring Llyfi, n. what is slimy; snivel Llyfiad, n. a licking Llyfio, v. to snivel Llyfiol, a. snivelling Llyfn, a. smooth, sleek, even, level Llyfnâd, n. a smoothing Llyfnâu, v. to smooth, to polish Llyfnder, n. smoothness Llyfniad, n. a making smooth Llyfnu, v. to smooth, to level: to harrow Llyfol, a. lambative, licking Llyfr, n. what drags, the heel of a drag, n. a book Llyfran, n. a pamphlet Llyfrâu, v. to render timid Llyfrder, n. cowardliness Llyfrgell, n. a library Llyfrith, a. eruptive, pimpled Llyfrithen, n. a pimple; a stye Llyfrithiad, n. an eruption Llyfritho, to break out as a rash Llyfrithiol, a. eruptive Llyfrol, a. relating to books Llyfrothen, n. a gudgeon Llyfru, v. to book Llyfrwerthydd, n. bookseller Llyfrwr, n. a bookman, a booker, a librarian Llyfryn, n. a little book Llyfu, v. to lick with the tongue Llyffant, n. frog. — from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards
so let all be
Even as oft In mighty war, whenas the legion's length Deploys its cohorts, and the column stands In open plain, the ranks of battle set, And far and near with rippling sheen of arms The wide earth flickers, nor yet in grisly strife Foe grapples foe, but dubious 'twixt the hosts The war-god wavers; so let all be ranged — from The Georgics by Virgil
sued like a BODY
Could the world have been sued like a BODY-CORPORATE ,—my father had brought an action upon the case, and trounced it sufficiently; but to fall foul of individuals about it——as every soul who had mentioned the affair, did it with the greatest pity imaginable;——’twas like flying in the very face of his best friends:——And yet to acquiesce under the report, in silence—was to acknowledge it openly,—at least in the opinion of one half of the world; and to make a bustle again, in contradicting it,—was to confirm it as strongly in the opinion of the other half.—— ——Was ever poor devil of a country gentleman so hampered? said my father. — from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne
scale like a bird
But when he had set them to swinging, when he felt that cluster of bells moving under his hand, when he saw, for he did not hear it, the palpitating octave ascend and descend that sonorous scale, like a bird hopping from branch to branch; when the demon Music, that demon who shakes a sparkling bundle of strette, trills and arpeggios, had taken possession of the poor deaf man, he became happy once more, he forgot everything, and his heart expanding, made his face beam. — from Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo
As she now sat looking at Betsey, she could not but think particularly of another sister, a very pretty little girl, whom she had left there not much younger when she went into Northamptonshire, who had died a few years afterwards. — from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
As early as the 13th of May, while yet the plan of campaign was in suspense, Augur had sent Grierson with the cavalry and Dudley with his brigade to Merritt's plantation, near the junction of the Springfield Landing and Bayou Sara roads, to threaten the enemy and discover his movements. — from History of the Nineteenth Army Corps by Richard B. (Richard Biddle) Irwin
Sachs, whose workshop lies opposite the house for which the serenade is intended, when the Marker [Pg 104] opens, begins to sing loudly also because as he declares to the irate serenader, this is necessary for him, if he would remain awake while at work so late, and that the work is urgent none knows better than he who had so harshly rebuked him for tardiness. — from Life of Wagner
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