LYING-TO. See [Lie-to].
LYM. From the Celtic leim, a port; as Lyme and Lymington.
LYMPHAD. The heraldic term for an old-fashioned ship or galley.
LYNCH-LAW. A word recently imported into our parlance from America, signifying illegal and revengeful execution at the wish of a tumultuous mob.
LYRA. One of the ancient northern constellations. Also, a name of the gray gurnard, or [crooner] (which see).
LYRIE. The name in the Firth of Forth for the Cottus cataphractus, or armed bull-head.
LYTER. The old orthography for [lighter] (which see).
LYTHE. A name for the pollack, Gadus pollachius. Also, the coal-fish in its fourth year.