Lexicographical Neighbors of Lithing
Literary usage of Lithing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1880)
"Tim Bobbin, Gl. " lithing, thickening of liquors. North." Gl. Grose. 3. Applied to
water, when thickened by mud. ..."
2. A Glossary of the Lancashire Dialect by John Howard Nodal, George Milner (1875)
"B- BEs|ELEY- The old woman was engaged in "lithing" the broth, ' when her spouse
rushed in ... she exclaimed, hurriedly placing the lithing bowl on the hob. ..."
3. Reprinted Glossaries by Walter William Skeat (1873)
"lithing, [but misprinted ... as well as see lithing in Gloss. B. 15.] Chesh.
[The misprint is obvious ; Loup, or Laup, v. to leap. ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"At its head was the lithing-man, who was directly responsible to the officers of
the Crown, the several members of the tithing being bound for the peaceable ..."
5. Publications by English Dialect Society (1882)
"... pasto, called tho ' lithing.' " The word is in general use, and is employed
when any kind of liquid (milk, gruel, &c.) is, while simmering over the fire ..."
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