Defn: A luxuriant woody plant, climbing high trees and having ropelike stems. The grapevine often has the habit of a liane. Lianes are abundant in the forests of the Amazon region.
LIAR
Li"ar, n. Etym: [OE. liere. See Lie to falsify.]
Defn: A person who knowingly utters falsehood; one who lies.
LIARD
Li"ard, a. Etym: [OF. liart, LL. liardus gray, dappie.]
Defn: Gray. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Note: Used by Chaucer as an epithet of a gray or dapple gray horse.
Also used as a name for such a horse.
LIARD
Liard, n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: A French copper coin of one fourth the value of a sou.
LIAS
Li"as, n. Etym: [Cf. F. lias, fr. liais sort of limestone, OF. also
liois; perh. of Celtic origin, cf. Armor. liach, leach, a stone,
Gael. leac, W. llech. Cf. Cromlech.] (Geol.)
Defn: The lowest of the three divisions of the Jurassic period; a name given in England and Europe to a series of marine limestones underlying the Oölite. See the Chart of Geology.