Liver
['lɪvə] or ['lɪvɚ]
Definition
(noun.) large and complicated reddish-brown glandular organ located in the upper right portion of the abdominal cavity; secretes bile and functions in metabolism of protein and carbohydrate and fat; synthesizes substances involved in the clotting of the blood; synthesizes vitamin A; detoxifies poisonous substances and breaks down worn-out erythrocytes.
(noun.) liver of an animal used as meat.
(noun.) someone who lives in a place; 'a liver in cities'.
(noun.) a person who has a special life style; 'a high liver'.
Checker: Pamela--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who, or that which, lives.
(n.) A resident; a dweller; as, a liver in Brooklyn.
(n.) One whose course of life has some marked characteristic (expressed by an adjective); as, a free liver.
(n.) A very large glandular and vascular organ in the visceral cavity of all vertebrates.
(n.) The glossy ibis (Ibis falcinellus); -- said to have given its name to the city of Liverpool.
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Definition
n. the largest gland in the body which secretes the bile.—adjs. Liv′er-col′our of the colour of the liver: dark-red; Liv′ered in compounds as white-livered lily-livered=cowardly.—n. Liver-fluke a trematoid worm (Distoma hepatica).—adj. Liv′er-grown having a swelled liver.—n. Liverwort any plant of the cryptogamic family Hepatic allied to mosses.—adj. Liv′ery resembling the liver.
Typist: Shirley
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of a disordered liver, denotes a querulous person will be your mate, and fault-finding will occupy her time, and disquiet will fill your hours. To dream of eating liver, indicates that some deceitful person has installed himself in the affection of your sweetheart.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. A large red organ thoughtfully provided by nature to be bilious with. The sentiments and emotions which every literary anatomist now knows to haunt the heart were anciently believed to infest the liver; and even Gascoygne speaking of the emotional side of human nature calls it 'our hepaticall parte. ' It was at one time considered the seat of life; hence its name—liver the thing we live with. The liver is heaven's best gift to the goose; without it that bird would be unable to supply us with the Strasbourg pate.
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Examples
- The finest and palest oil is made from fresh and carefully cleaned liver, the oil being extracted either in the cold or by a gentle heat. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- She was a cousin,--an indigestive single woman, who called her rigidity religion, and her liver love. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- As to his liver,' said the Old Soldier resignedly, 'that, of course, he gave up altogether, when he first went out! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- That young man has a secret way pecooliar to himself, of getting at a boy, and at his heart, and at his liver. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Riding is good for the liver. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- For all bilious diseases or disorders arising from torpidity of the liver, dyspepsia, bilious headache, costiveness, sour stomach, jaundice, heartburn, nervousness, restlessness, etc. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- You fail, or you go from my words in any partickler, no matter how small it is, and your heart and your liver shall be tore out, roasted, and ate. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- All this has disordered her liver, reiterated Doctor Bree, who has written a book on people's livers. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- For headache, constipation, biliousness, dyspepsia, or all diseases arising from torpidity of the liver. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- From that period I was for more than two months confined to my room, and, generally, to my bed, with a violent liver complaint, or I know not what. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The lungs, heart, liver and trimmings go to the sausage department. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- P'raps he might ha' throw'd a small light on that 'ere liver complaint as we wos a-speakin' on, just now. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The oil, which is extracted from the liver, is of great medicinal value, and contributes considerably to the high economic value of the cod. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Your liver must be out of order. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- This is the one furnished by Warner for Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- All this has disordered her liver, reiterated Doctor Bree, who has written a book on people's livers. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Livers of fat geese. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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