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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[See

Easily bent; pliable.

Lithy tree

(Bot.)

a European shrub (

Viburnum Lantana

); – so named from its tough and flexible stem.

Adj.

[See Lithe.] Easily bent; pliable. [This is probably the word which, in our popular use, is pronounced lathy.]

lithy ‎(comparative more lithy, superlative most lithy)