Webster's 1828 Dictionary
LIG
v.i.to lie. [See Lie. ] Obs.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
LIG
Lig, v. i. Etym: [See Lie to be prostrate. ]
Defn: To recline; to lie still. [Obs. or Scot. ] Chaucer. Spenser.
New American Oxford Dictionary
lig
lig |lɪg |Brit. informal ▶verb ( ligs, ligging, ligged ) [ no obj. ] take advantage of free parties, travel, or other benefits offered by companies for publicity purposes. ▶noun a free party or show provided for publicity. DERIVATIVES ligger noun ORIGIN 1960s: from a dialect variant of lie 1, literally ‘lie about, loaf ’, whence ‘freeload ’.
Oxford Dictionary
lig
lig |lɪg |Brit. informal ▶verb ( ligs, ligging, ligged ) [ no obj. ] take advantage of free parties, travel, or other benefits offered by companies for publicity purposes. ▶noun a free party or show provided for publicity. DERIVATIVES ligger noun ORIGIN 1960s: from a dialect variant of lie 1, literally ‘lie about, loaf ’, whence ‘freeload ’.
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