Definition/Meaning of lith

• English - Noun: lith (plural liths) (UK, dialectal) A limb ; any member of the body . (UK, dialectal) A joint ; a segment or symmetrical part or division . lith and limb; out of lith 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xiij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book III: he departed with the lady / & brouȝt her to Camelot / Soo as they rode in a valey it was ful of stones / and there the ladyes hors stumbled and threwe her doun that…
• English - Anagrams: hilt
• English - Etymology: Etymology 1. From Middle English lith , lyth , from Old English liþ (“limb, member, joint, tip of finger, point”), from Proto-Germanic *liþuz (“limb”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots lith (“part of the body, joint”), West Frisian lid (“part of the body, member”), Dutch lid (“limb, member, section”), Middle High German lit (“limb, member”), Swedish led (“joint, link, channel”), Icelandic…
• English - Pronunciation: (UK) IPA: /lɪθ/ Rhymes: -ɪθ
• English - Derived terms: lithy