liston, n.m., (her.) scroll.
lit, n.m., bed; bedstead; layer; stratum; channel, direction, set (of a current); (fig.) marriage. — de plume; feather-bed. — de parade; bed of state. — de repos; couch. — de douleur; sick-bed. — de camp; field-bed. — de mort; death-bed. — de sangle; folding-bed. — volant; (nav.) cot, berth. — à quenouilles, — à colonnes; four-post bedstead, four-poster. Quenouille de —, colonne de —; bedpost. Descente de —; carpet for the bedside. Bois de —; bedstead. Se mettre au —; to go to bed. Garder le —; to keep one’s bed. Ils font — à part; they do not sleep together. Il a des enfants de deux —s; he has children by two wives. Ruelle de —; bedside. — de dessous; understratum (of a quarry). — de la mer; bed of the sea. — du vent; (nav.) the wind’s eye. Tenir le — du vent; to sail close to the wind. — de marée; tide-way. — de justice; seat of justice, judicial bench; (Fr. Hist.) king’s throne. — de Procruste; the bed of Procrustes; (fig.) tyrannical custom, rule, law, etc. Comme on fait son — on se couche; as you make your bed, so you must lie. Mourir au — d’honneur; to die in battle. Au —! (hunt.) tally-ho! Au saut du — or au sortir du —; as you are getting up; in the early morning.
litanie, n.f., litany, prayers; long-winded story.
liteau, n.m., haunt (of a wolf); stripe (on table napkins); (tech.) bracket, ledge. À —x; with stripes, striped.
litée, n.f., (hunt.) haunt, lair.
literie, n.f., bedding.
litharge, n.f., (min.) litharge.
lithargé, -e, or lithargyré, -e, adj., adulterated with litharge.
lithiase or lithiasie, n.f., (med.) lithiasis.
lithiate, n.m., (chem.) lithiate.