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Webster 1913 Edition

White-livered

White′-livˊered

,

Adj.

Having a pale look; feeble; hence, cowardly; pusillanimous; dastardly.

Syn. – lily-livered.

They must not be milksops, nor

white-livered

knights.

Latimer.

Webster 1828 Edition

White-livered

WHITE-LIVERED

,

Adj.

[white and liver.]

1.

Having a pale look; feeble; cowardly.

2.

Envious; malicious.