lithe
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Is lithe a Scrabble word?
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (obsolete) Mild; calm.Examples: "lithe weather"Synonyms: clement, gentle, mellowobsolete
verb (English)
1. (intransitive, obsolete) To become calm.intransitiveobsolete
2. (transitive, obsolete) To make soft or mild; soften; alleviate; mitigate; lessen; smooth; palliate.Examples: "England.. hath now suppled, lithed and stretched their throats."; "Give me also faith, Lord,.. to lithe, to form, and to accommodate my spirit and members."obsoletetransitive
verb (English)
1. (intransitive, obsolete) To attend; listen, hearken.intransitiveobsolete
2. (transitive) To listen to, hearken to.transitive
noun (English)
1. (Scotland) Shelter.Examples: "So Cospatric got him the Pict folk to build a strong castle there in the lithe of the hills, with the Grampians dark and bleak behind it, and he had the Den drained and he married a Pict lady and got on her bairns and he lived there till he died."Scotland
verb (English)
1. (archaic, dialect, Lancashire, Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire) to thicken (gravy, etc.)Examples: "lithe widely used as a verb in nEng Sc and Ir, as a noun only in Cu"; "to render lithe or thick, to thicken (broth, etc.)"; "lithe 'to thicken soups, sauces, etc.'"Yorkshirearchaicdialectal
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