Litherly

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lither \Li"ther\ (l[imac]"[th][~e]r), a. [AS. l[=y][eth]er bad,
     wicked.]
     Bad; wicked; false; worthless; slothful. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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           Not lither in business, fervent in spirit. --Bp.


                                                    Woolton.
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     Note: Professor Skeat thinks " the lither sky" as found in
           Shakespeare's Henry VI. ((Part I. IV. VII., 21) means
           the stagnant or pestilential sky. -- {Li"ther*ly}, adv.
           [Obs.]. -- {Li"ther*ness}, n. [Obs.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Litherly \Li"ther*ly\, a.
     Crafty; cunning; mischievous; wicked; treacherous; lazy.
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           He [the dwarf] was waspish, arch, and litherly. --Sir
                                                    W. Scott.
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