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Bad; wicked; false; worthless; slothful.

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  1. a. Bad; wicked; false; worthless; slothful.
  2. Bad; wicked; false; worthless; slothful. [Obs.] Chaucer. 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. IY. YII., 21) means the stagnant or pestilential sky. -- Li"ther*ly, adv. [Obs.]. -- Li"ther*ness, n. [Obs.]
  3. Bad; wicked; false; worthless; slothful. [Obs.] Chaucer.Not lither in business, fervent in spirit. Bp. Woolton.
  4. a. Bad; wicked; false; worthless; slothful.