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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Litchi \Li"tchi`\, n. (Bot.)
The fruit of a tree native to China ({Nephelium Litchi}). It
is nutlike, having a rough but tender shell, containing an
aromatic pulp, and a single large seed. In the dried fruit
which is exported the pulp somewhat resembles a raisin in
color and form [Written also {lichi}, and {lychee}.] --
{lite}. See -{lith}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lite \Lite\, a., adv., & n.
Little. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
-lith \-lith\, -lite \-lite\
Combining forms fr Gr li`qos a stone; -- used chiefly in
naming minerals and rocks.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
lite
adj : having relatively few calories; "diet cola"; "light (or
lite) beer"; "lite (or light) mayonnaise"; "a low-cal
diet" [syn: {diet(a)}, {light}, {low-cal}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
lite
(Misspelling of "light", when used to mean
"lightweight") A suffix denoting a scaled-down or crippled
product, often designed to be distributed without charge,
e.g. on a magazine {coverdisk}. An example is {pklite}.
(1995-10-06)
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