4. (Agric.)
Defn: The throwing up of the soil into ridges, — a method adopted in the culture of beets and some garden crops. [Local, U. S.]
LISTLESS
List"less, a. Etym: [OE. listles, lustles. See Lust.]
Defn: Having no desire or inclination; indifferent; heedless;
spiritless. " A listless unconcern." Thomson.
Benumbed with cold, and listless of their gain. Dryden.
I was listless, and desponding. Swift.
Syn.
— Heedless; careless; indifferent; vacant; uninterested; languid;
spiritless; supine; indolent.
— List"less*ly, adv.
— List"less*ness, n.
LIT
Lit
Defn: , a form of the imp. & p. p. of Light.
LITANY Lit"a*ny, n.; pl. Litanies. Etym: [OE. letanie, OF. letanie, F. litanie, L. litania, Gr.
Defn: A solemn form of supplication in the public worship of various churches, in which the clergy and congregation join, the former leading and the latter responding in alternate sentences. It is usually of a penitential character. Supplications . . . for the appeasing of God's wrath were of the Greek church termed litanies, and rogations of the Latin. Hooker.
LITARGE
Lit"arge, n.