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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Lither \Li"ther\ (l[imac]"[th][~e]r), a. [AS. l[=y][eth]er bad,
wicked.]
Bad; wicked; false; worthless; slothful. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Not lither in business, fervent in spirit. --Bp.
Woolton.
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Note: Professor Skeat thinks " the lither sky" as found in
Shakespeare's Henry VI. ((Part I. IV. VII., 21) means
the stagnant or pestilential sky. -- {Li"ther*ly}, adv.
[Obs.]. -- {Li"ther*ness}, n. [Obs.]
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