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Member vs Lith - What's the difference?

member | lith |

As nouns the difference between member and lith

is that member is member (person) while lith is a limb; any member of the body or lith can be owndom; property or lith can be a gate; a gap in a fence.

member

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) membre, from (etyl) membre, from (etyl) . Coexists with native (etyl) lim, ).

Alternative forms

* membre (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who officially belongs to a group.
  • A part of a whole.
  • The I-beams were to become structural members of a pedestrian bridge.
  • * 1979 , Kenneth J. Englund, "The Mississippian and Pennsylvanian (Carbonfierous) Systems in the United States - Virginia", Page C-14, in Geological Survey Professional Paper , Volume 1110
  • The member' intertongues and grades laterally with the lower sandstone ' member of the Pocahontas Formation of Early Pennslyvanian age
  • Part of an animal capable of performing a distinct office; an organ; a limb.
  • * Bible, Rom. xii. 4
  • We have many members' in one body, and all ' members have not the same office.
  • The penis.
  • (logic) One of the propositions making up a syllogism.
  • (set theory) An element of a set.
  • (computing, programming) In object-oriented programming, a function or piece of data associated with each separate instance of a class.
  • (AU, law) the judge or adjudicator in a consumer court.
  • A part of a discourse or of a period, sentence, or verse; a clause.
  • (math) Either of the two parts of an algebraic equation, connected by the equality sign.
  • Synonyms
    * (limb) limb, lith * (penis) penis, pintle * (of a syllogism) premise, premiss * (of a set) element
    Derived terms
    * crewmember * dismember * male member * member of staff * membership
    Descendants
    * Japanese:

    Etymology 2

    See remember.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To remember.
  • (obsolete) To cause to remember; to mention.
  • (Webster 1913) 1000 English basic words ----

    lith

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) lith, lyth, from (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A limb; any member of the body.
  • A joint; a segment or symmetrical part or division.
  • :
  • *:
  • *:he departed with the lady / & brou?t her to Camelot / Soo as they rode in a valey it was ful of stones / and there the ladyes hors stumbled and threwe her doun that her arme was sore brysed and nere she swouned for payne / Allas syr sayd the lady myn arme is oute of lythe wher thorow I must nedes reste me
  • (label) A segment of an orange, or similar fruit.
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) lith, . More at (l).

    Noun

    (-)
  • Owndom; property.
  • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) *. More at (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A gate; a gap in a fence.
  • Anagrams

    * ----