To lick.
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Same as letch.
A category used in some classification systems for all lichens that produce apothecia.
A naturally occurring colorless glass made of almost pure silica, and found in fulgurites, which are produced by lightning striking sand.
See water buck, under 3d Buck.
To practice lewdness.
See Lecher, n.
Like a lecher; addicted to lewdness; excessively lustful; -- used mostly of men; lust-provoking.
an inclination to excessive indulgence in sexual activity; habitually developing a strong sexual arousal.
Free indulgence of lust; excessive indulgence in sexual relations; -- used mostly of men.
A complex, nitrogenous phosphorized substance widely distributed through the animal body, and especially conspicuous in the brain and nerve tissue, in yolk of eggs, and in the white blood corpuscles.
A choir desk, or reading desk, in some churches, from which the lections, or Scripture lessons, are chanted or read.
A kind of litter or portable couch.
A lesson or selection, especially of Scripture, read in divine service.
A book, or a list, of lections, for reading in divine service.
A reader of lections; formerly, a person designated to read lessons to the illiterate.
Confining to the bed; as, a lectual disease.
To deliver a lecture or lectures.
One who lectures; an assistant preacher.
The office of a lecturer.
Same as lectern.
A genus of gigantic trees, chiefly Brazilian, of the order Myrtace/, having woody capsules opening by an apical lid. Lecythis Zabucajo yields the delicious sapucaia nuts. Lecythis Ollaria produces the monkey-pots, its capsules. Its bark separates into thin sheets, like paper, used by the natives for cigarette wrappers.
of Lead.
Language; speech; voice; cry.
A shelf on which articles may be laid; also, that which resembles such a shelf in form or use, as a projecting ridge or part, or a molding or edge in joinery.
See Ledgment.
A book in which a summary of accounts is laid up or preserved; the final book of record in business transactions, in which all debits and credits from the journal, etc., are placed under appropriate heads.
A string-course or horizontal suit of moldings, such as the base moldings of a building. The development of the surface of a body on a plane, so that the dimensions of the different sides may be easily ascertained.
Abounding in ledges; consisting of a ledge or reef; as, a ledgy island.
A genus of evergreen shrubs of the north temperate regions.
Of or pertaining to the part or side opposite to that against which the wind blows; -- opposed to weather; as, the lee side or lee rail of a vessel.
A board, or frame of planks, lowered over the side of a vessel to lessen her leeway when closehauled, by giving her greater draught.
To treat as a surgeon; to doctor; as, to leech wounds.
The art of healing; skill of a physician.
A caldron; a copper kettle.
See Lief.
A plant of the genus Allium (Allium Porrum), having broadly linear succulent leaves rising from a loose oblong cylindrical bulb. The flavor is stronger than that of the common onion.
See Leme.
Leaped.
To entice with a leer, or leers; as, to leer a man to ruin.
Tape or braid; an ornament.
In a leering manner.
A leash.
To hurt.
The European pollock.
One subject to the jurisdiction of a court-leet.
Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the part or side toward which the wind blows; -- opposed to windward; as, a leeward berth; a leeward ship. The lee side; the lee. Toward the lee.
The lateral movement of a ship to the leeward of her course; drift.
That part of surrounding space toward which the left side of one's body is turned; as, the house is on the left when you face North.
The left cerebral hemisphere of the brain; in humans, it controls motor activity on the right side of the body, and in most people is the primary location for control of language, logic, and mathematical thought.
Those trying to reform the established order, particularly in political matters, to enhance the condition of the common people; -- sometimes applied to those advocating overthrow of an existing government by radical means.
Of or pertaining to the left cerebral hemisphere of the brain.
Exhibiting intellectual or personality characteristics suggesting dominance of linguistic or logical modes of thought, which are usually controlled by the left cerebral hemisphere; as, left-brained pedants unable to appreciate music; also referred to as linear. See linear{3}. Contrasted with right-brained.
Situated on the left; nearer the left hand than the right; as, the left-hand side; the left-hand road.
Having the left hand or arm stronger and more dexterous than the right; using the left hand and arm with more dexterity than the right.
a person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right; a left-handed{1} person.
The state or quality of being left-handed; awkwardness.
same as left-wing.
Laid aside; cast-off.
slanting toward the left; -- of handwriting.
Of or pertaining to the political left or its ideology.
a person who belongs to the political left.
the part of the outfield on the catcher's or batter's left.
Inclined toward the political left.
a person who belongs to the political left.
An unused part or portion; -- used especially of food remaining uneaten from a previous meal; as, to have leftovers for dinner.
Toward or on the left side.
a person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right; a left-handed person.
See Leveful.
To use as a leg, with it as object To bow. To run.
Having the general shape or outline of a leg of mutton; as, a leg-of-mutton, or shoulder-of-mutton, sail.
An attempt to make somebody believe something that is not true, done as a joke.
The act of attempting to make somebody believe something that is not true, done as a joke.
A gift of property by will, esp. of money or personal property; a bequest. Also Fig.; as, a legacy of dishonor or disease.
Created by, permitted by, in conformity with, or relating to, law; as, a legal obligation; a legal standard or test; a legal procedure; a legal claim; a legal trade; anything is legal which the laws do not forbid.
A style of writing or speaking heavily emphasizing the abstruse technical vocabulary of the law, to the point where a speech or document may be incomprehensible to non-specialists.
the act of legalizing; same as legalization.
Strictness, or the doctrine of strictness, in conforming to law.
One who practices or advocates strict conformity to law; in theology, one who holds to the law of works. See Legal, 2 (a).
The state or quality of being legal; conformity to law.
The act of making legal.
To make legal.
In a legal manner.
See Legatine.
A legatee.
An ambassador or envoy.
One to whom a legacy is bequeathed.
The office of a legate.
Of or pertaining to a legate; as, legatine power.
The sending forth or commissioning one person to act for another.
Connected; tied; -- a term used when successive tones are to be produced in a closely connected, smoothly gliding manner. It is often indicated by a tie, thus /, /, or /, /, written over or under the notes to be so performed; -- opposed to staccato.
A testator; one who bequeaths a legacy.
A tie or brace; a syncopation.
Legateship.
To allege; to assert.
See Ledgment.
To tell or narrate, as a legend.
A book of legends; a tale or narrative.
Light; slender; slim; trivial.
Sleight of hand; a trick of sleight of hand; hence, any artful deception or trick.
One who practices sleight of hand; a prestidigitator.
Lightness; nimbleness.
To lighten; to allay.
Having (such or so many) legs; -- used in composition; as, a long-legged man; a two-legged animal.
Light or graceful; in a light, delicate, and brisk style.
A cover for the leg, like a long gaiter.
a. vb. n., from Leg, v. t.
having tall spindly stems; -- of plants.
A straw plaiting used for bonnets and hats, made from the straw of a particular kind of wheat, grown for the purpose in Tuscany, Italy; -- so called from Leghorn, the place of exportation.
The quality of being legible; legibleness.
Capable of being read or deciphered; distinct to the eye; plain; -- used of writing or printing; as, a fair, legible manuscript.
The state or quality of being legible.
In a legible manner.
Of or pertaining to making laws.
A body of foot soldiers and cavalry consisting of different numbers at different periods, -- from about four thousand to about six thousand men, -- the cavalry being about one tenth.
A member of a legion.
Formed into a legion or legions; legionary.
A body of legions; legions, collectively.
To make or enact a law or laws.
the act of making or enacting laws; legislation{1}.
The act of legislating; preparation and enactment of laws; the laws enacted.
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