Li·ther a. Bad; wicked; false; worthless; slothful. [Obs.]
Not lither in business, fervent in spirit. --Bp. Woolton.
Note: ☞ Professor Skeat thinks “ the lither sky” as found in Shakespeare's Henry VI. ((Part I. IV. VII., 21) means the stagnant or pestilential sky.
-- Li*ther*ly, adv. [Obs.]. -- Li*ther*ness, n. [Obs.]
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