LYTHE
Lythe, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The European pollack; — called also laith, and leet. [Scot.]
LYTHE
Lythe, a. Etym: [See Lithe, a.]
Defn: Soft; flexible. [Obs.] Spenser.
LYTHONTHRIPTIC; LYTHONTRIPTIC
Lyth`on*thrip"tic, Lyth`on*trip"*tic, a. (Med.)
Defn: See Lithontriptic.
LYTTA Lyt"ta, n.; pl. Lyttæ. Etym: [L., a worm said to grow under the tongue of dogs, and to cause canine madness, fr. Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: A fibrous and muscular band lying within the longitudinal axis of the tongue in many mammals, as the dog.
M
M (em).
1. M, the thirteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a vocal consonant, and from the manner of its formation, is called the labio- nasal consonant. See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 178-180, 242.