Lig

//lɪɡ// noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A lie; an untruth. UK, obsolete, slang

    "And the Muse of Arts that never told a lig, / Whirls in her mid-air flight to sing of Twigg; […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    To lie; be in a prostrate or recumbent position. Cumbria, Yorkshire, intransitive

    "His limbes would rest, ne lig in ease embost"

  2. 2
    To lay. Cumbria, Yorkshire, transitive

Example

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"His limbes would rest, ne lig in ease embost"

Etymology

From Middle English liggen, from Old English licgan (“to lie, be situated, be at rest, remain”) and Old Norse liggja (“to lie”). More at lie.

Related phrases

lig downlig onlig out

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