Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Lif"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lif \Lif\ (l[i^]f), n. [Written also lief.]
The fiber by which the petioles of the date palm are bound
together, from which various kinds of cordage are made.
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