DuckCorp Dico

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1.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   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.
      [1913 Webster]