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Webster 1913 Edition

Liver

Liv′er

,
Noun.
1.
One who, or that which, lives.
And try if life be worth the
liver’s
care.
Prior.
2.
A resident; a dweller;
as, a
liver
in Brooklyn
.
3.
One whose course of life has some marked characteristic (expressed by an adjective);
as, a free
liver
.
Fast liver
,
one who lives in an extravagant and dissipated way.
–
Free liver
,
Good liver
,
one given to the pleasures of the table.
–
Loose liver
,
a person who lives a somewhat dissolute life.

Liv′er

,
Noun.
[AS.
lifer
; akin to D.
liver
, G.
leber
, OHG.
lebara
, Icel.
lifr
, Sw.
lefver
, and perh. to Gr. [GREEK] fat, E.
live
, v.]
(Anat.)
A very large glandular and vascular organ in the visceral cavity of all vertebrates.
☞ Most of the venous blood from the alimentary canal passes through it on its way back to the heart; and it secretes the bile, produces glycogen, and in other ways changes the blood which passes through it. In man it is situated immediately beneath the diaphragm and mainly on the right side. See
Bile
,
Digestive
, and
Glycogen
. The liver of invertebrate animals is usually made up of cæcal tubes, and differs materially, in form and function, from that of vertebrates.
Floating liver
.
See
Wandering liver
, under
Wandering
.
–
Liver of antimony
,
Liver of sulphur
.
(Old Chem.)
See
Hepar
.
–
Liver brown
,
Liver color
,
the color of liver, a dark, reddish brown.
–
Liver shark
(Zool.)
,
a very large shark (
Cetorhinus maximus
), inhabiting the northern coasts both of Europe and North America. It sometimes becomes forty feet in length, being one of the largest sharks known; but it has small simple teeth, and is not dangerous. It is captured for the sake of its liver, which often yields several barrels of oil. It has gill rakers, resembling whalebone, by means of which it separates small animals from the sea water. Called also
basking shark
,
bone shark
,
hoemother
,
homer
, and
sailfish
; it is sometimes referred to as
whale shark
, but that name is more commonly used for the
Rhincodon typus
, which grows even larger
. –
Liver spots
,
yellowish brown patches on the skin, or spots of chloasma.

Liv′er

(lĭv′ẽr)
,
Noun.
(Zool.)
The glossy ibis (
Ibis falcinellus
); – said to have given its name to the city of Liverpool.

Webster 1828 Edition

Liver

LIV'ER

,
Noun.
One who lives.
And try if life be worth the liver's care.
It is often used with a word of qualification; as a high liver; a loose liver, &c.

LIV'ER

, n.
A viscus or intestine of considerable size and of a reddish color, convex on the anterior and superior side, and of an unequal surface on the inferior and posterior side. It is situated under the false ribs, in the right hypochondrium. It consists of two lobes, of a glandular substance, and destined for the secretion of the bile.

Definition 2024

Liver

Liver

See also: liver

English

Adjective

Liver ‎(comparative more Liver, superlative most Liver)

  1. (rare) From or pertaining to Liverpool.
    • 1999 October 7, Jonathan Yee, “warning long post”, in uk.rec.competitions, Usenet, message-ID <qD8L3.581$aK.85990@newsr2.u-net.net>:
      He was fat, he was round and his car was in the pound. But we loved Liver bloke Jan Molby all the same. Now he's decided to tell us all about his crazy old days as the Lardy Lord of the Liverpool midfield and you can get your hands on this very funny tale for free if you win this competition.
    • 2008, Carmenica Diaz, Shame, ISBN 9781471065880, page 16:
      ‘Your accent has changed!’
      ‘No, it hasn’t,’ I lied as I had found a cheap voice teacher for elocution lessons to remove my Liver accent.
      ‘Yes it has! You no longer sound like a female Sir Paul McCartney.’
    • 2012, Julian Corbell, Encounters with Strangers, ISBN 1471082563, page 19:
      To Jaye this seemed a strange coupling, Dirk being a fun-loving, hard-drinking and irresponsible Liver Lad, and Liz a serious, sober and very responsible History student who gave Jaye the impression of being Dirk's Mum rather than his lover.
    • 2014, Shane Spall, The Princess Matilda Comes Home, ISBN 147350337X, page 152:
      Recently we had recognized certain voices as we had given our routine passage, but now the voice was Northern Irish, replacing the lady from Liverpool. Our Liver girl had sounded quite sad when she advised us to let Belfast know when we arrived in Peel.

See also

Synonyms

liver

liver

See also: Liver

English

Sheep's liver

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɪvə(ɹ)/
  • Rhymes: -ɪvə(ɹ)

Noun

liver ‎(countable and uncountable, plural livers)

  1. (anatomy) A large organ in the body that stores and metabolizes nutrients, destroys toxins and produces bile. It is responsible for thousands of biochemical reactions.
    Steve Jobs is a famous liver transplant recipient.
  2. (countable, uncountable) This organ, as taken from animals used as food.
    I'd like some goose liver pate.
    You could fry up some chicken livers for a tasty treat. — Nah, I don't like chicken liver.
    • 1993, Philippa Gregory, Fallen Skies, ISBN 978-1-4165-9314-0, page 222:
      "I should think you've rocked the boat enough already by refusing to eat liver."
  3. A dark brown colour, tinted with red and gray, like the colour of liver.
    liver colour:    
Usage notes
  • The noun is often used attributively to modify other words. Used in this way, it frequently means "concerning the liver", "intended for the liver" or "made of liver" .
Derived terms
Translations
organ of the body

Adjective

liver ‎(not comparable)

  1. Of the colour of liver (dark brown, tinted with red and gray).
    • 2006, Rawdon Briggs Lee, A History and Description of the Modern Dogs of Great Britain & Ireland, ISBN 0-543-96651-8, page 298:
      His friend Rothwell, who had the use of the best Laveracks for breeding purposes, wrote him that one of his puppies was liver and white.
Translations

Derived terms

Related terms

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Etymology 2

From live +‎ -er.

Noun

liver ‎(plural livers)

  1. Someone who lives (usually in a specified way).
Translations
Quotations
  • For usage examples of this term, see Citations:liver.

Etymology 3

live ‎(adjective) +‎ -(e)r.

Adjective

liver

  1. comparative form of live: more live
    Seeing things on big screen somehow makes it seem liver.

Anagrams

Breton

Noun

liver m

  1. painter

Etymology

Back-formation from Liverpool, possibly influenced by liver bird.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laɪvə(r)/
  • Rhymes: -aɪvə(r)

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