lithe

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

LITHE, adjective That may be easily bent; pliant; flexible; limber; as the elephant's lithe proboscis. LITHE, verb transitive 1. To smooth; to soften; to palliate. obsolete 2. To listen. obsolete
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