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   Laas \Laas\, n.
      A lace. See {Lace}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

English Dictionary: ...lage by the DICT Development Group
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   Lac \Lac\, d8Lakh \[d8]Lakh\, n. [Hind. lak, l[be]kh, l[be]ksh,
      Skr. laksha a mark, sign, lakh.]
      One hundred thousand; also, a vaguely great number; as, a lac
      of rupees. [Written also {lack}.] [East Indies]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lac \Lac\, n. [Per. lak; akin to Skr. l[be]ksh[be]: cf. F.
      lague, It. & NL. lacca. Cf. {Lake} a color, {Lacquer},
      {Litmus}.]
      A resinous substance produced mainly on the banyan tree, but
      to some extent on other trees, by the {Coccus lacca}

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   Lace \Lace\, v. i.
      To be fastened with a lace, or laces; as, these boots lace.

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   Lace \Lace\ (l[be]s), n. [OE. las, OF. laz, F. lacs, dim. lacet,
      fr. L. laqueus noose, snare; prob. akin to lacere to entice.
      Cf. {Delight}, {Elicit}, {Lasso}, {Latchet}.]
      1. That which binds or holds, especially by being interwoven;
            a string, cord, or band, usually one passing through
            eyelet or other holes, and used in drawing and holding
            together parts of a garment, of a shoe, of a machine belt,
            etc.
  
                     His hat hung at his back down by a lace. --Chaucer.
  
                     For striving more, the more in laces strong Himself
                     he tied.                                             --Spenser.
  
      2. A snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords; a
            net. [Obs.] --Fairfax.
  
                     Vulcanus had caught thee [Venus] in his lace.
                                                                              --Chaucer.
  
      3. A fabric of fine threads of linen, silk, cotton, etc.,
            often ornamented with figures; a delicate tissue of
            thread, much worn as an ornament of dress.
  
                     Our English dames are much given to the wearing of
                     costlylaces.                                       --Bacon.
  
      4. Spirits added to coffee or some other beverage. [Old
            Slang] --Addison.
  
      {Alencon lace}, a kind of point lace, entirely of needlework,
            first made at Alencon in France, in the 17th century. It
            is very durable and of great beauty and cost.
  
      {Bone lace}, {Brussels lace}, etc. See under {Bone},
            {Brussels}, etc.
  
      {Gold lace}, [or] {Silver lace}, lace having warp threads of
            silk, or silk and cotton, and a weft of silk threads
            covered with gold (or silver), or with gilt.
  
      {Lace leather}, thin, oil-tanned leather suitable for cutting
            into lacings for machine belts.
  
      {Lace lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a large, aquatic, Australian lizard
            ({Hydrosaurus giganteus}), allied to the monitors.
  
      {Lace paper}, paper with an openwork design in imitation of
            lace.
  
      {Lace piece} (Shipbuilding), the main piece of timber which
            supports the beak or head projecting beyond the stem of a
            ship.
  
      {Lace pillow}, [and] {Pillow lace}. See under {Pillow}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lace \Lace\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Laced} ([be]st); p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Lacing}.]
      1. To fasten with a lace; to draw together with a lace passed
            through eyelet holes; to unite with a lace or laces, or,
            figuratively. with anything resembling laces. --Shak.
  
                     When Jenny's stays are newly laced.   --Prior.
  
      2. To adorn with narrow strips or braids of some decorative
            material; as, cloth laced with silver. --Shak.
  
      3. To beat; to lash; to make stripes on. [Colloq.]
  
                     I'll lace your coat for ye.               --L'Estrange.
  
      4. To add spirits to (a beverage). [Old Slang]

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   Lace \Lace\, v. t.
      To twine or draw as a lace; to interlace; to intertwine.
  
               The Gond . . . picked up a trail of the Karela, the
               vine that bears the bitter wild gourd, and laced it to
               and fro across the temble door.               --Kipling.

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   Laches \Lach"es\, Lache \Lache\, n. [OF. lachesse, fr. lache
      lax, indolent, F. l[83]che, ultimately fr. L. laxus loose,
      lax. See {Lax}.] (Law)
      Neglect; negligence; remissness; neglect to do a thing at the
      proper time; delay to assert a claim.
  
               It ill became him to take advantage of such a laches
               with the eagerness of a shrewd attorney. --Macaulay.

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   Lac \Lac\, d8Lakh \[d8]Lakh\, n. [Hind. lak, l[be]kh, l[be]ksh,
      Skr. laksha a mark, sign, lakh.]
      One hundred thousand; also, a vaguely great number; as, a lac
      of rupees. [Written also {lack}.] [East Indies]

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   Lack \Lack\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lacked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Lacking}.]
      1. To blame; to find fault with. [Obs.]
  
                     Love them and lakke them not.            --Piers
                                                                              Plowman.
  
      2. To be without or destitute of; to want; to need.
  
                     If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God.
                                                                              --James i. 5.

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   Lack \Lack\, v. i.
      1. To be wanting; often, impersonally, with of, meaning, to
            be less than, short, not quite, etc.
  
                     What hour now ? I think it lacks of twelve. --Shak.
  
                     Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty.
                                                                              --Gen. xvii.
                                                                              28.
  
      2. To be in want.
  
                     The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger. --Ps.
                                                                              xxxiv. 10.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lack \Lack\, n. [OE. lak; cf. D. lak slander, laken to blame,
      OHG. lahan, AS. le[a0]n.]
      1. Blame; cause of blame; fault; crime; offense. [Obs.]
            --Chaucer.
  
      2. Deficiency; want; need; destitution; failure; as, a lack
            of sufficient food.
  
                     She swooneth now and now for lakke of blood.
                                                                              --Chaucer.
  
                     Let his lack of years be no impediment. --Shak.

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   Lack \Lack\, interj. [Cf. {Alack}.]
      Exclamation of regret or surprise. [Prov. Eng.] --Cowper.

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   Lac \Lac\, d8Lakh \[d8]Lakh\, n. [Hind. lak, l[be]kh, l[be]ksh,
      Skr. laksha a mark, sign, lakh.]
      One hundred thousand; also, a vaguely great number; as, a lac
      of rupees. [Written also {lack}.] [East Indies]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lack \Lack\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lacked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Lacking}.]
      1. To blame; to find fault with. [Obs.]
  
                     Love them and lakke them not.            --Piers
                                                                              Plowman.
  
      2. To be without or destitute of; to want; to need.
  
                     If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God.
                                                                              --James i. 5.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lack \Lack\, v. i.
      1. To be wanting; often, impersonally, with of, meaning, to
            be less than, short, not quite, etc.
  
                     What hour now ? I think it lacks of twelve. --Shak.
  
                     Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty.
                                                                              --Gen. xvii.
                                                                              28.
  
      2. To be in want.
  
                     The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger. --Ps.
                                                                              xxxiv. 10.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lack \Lack\, n. [OE. lak; cf. D. lak slander, laken to blame,
      OHG. lahan, AS. le[a0]n.]
      1. Blame; cause of blame; fault; crime; offense. [Obs.]
            --Chaucer.
  
      2. Deficiency; want; need; destitution; failure; as, a lack
            of sufficient food.
  
                     She swooneth now and now for lakke of blood.
                                                                              --Chaucer.
  
                     Let his lack of years be no impediment. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lack \Lack\, interj. [Cf. {Alack}.]
      Exclamation of regret or surprise. [Prov. Eng.] --Cowper.

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   Lackey \Lack"ey\, v. t.
      To attend as a lackey; to wait upon.
  
               A thousand liveried angels lackey her.   --Milton.

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   Lackey \Lack"ey\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lackeyed}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Lackeying}.]
      To act or serve as lackey; to pay servile attendance.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lackey \Lack"ey\, n.; pl. {Lackeys}. [F. laquais; cf. Sp. & Pg.
      lacayo; of uncertain origin; perh. of German origin, and akin
      to E. lick, v.]
      An attending male servant; a footman; a servile follower.
  
               Like a Christian footboy or a gentleman's lackey.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      {Lackey caterpillar} (Zo[94]l.), the caterpillar, or larva,
            of any bombycid moth of the genus {Clisiocampa}; -- so
            called from its party-colored markings. The common
            European species ({C. neustria}) is striped with blue,
            yellow, and red, with a white line on the back. The
            American species ({C. Americana} and {C. sylvatica}) are
            commonly called {tent caterpillars}. See {Tent
            caterpillar}, under {Tent}.
  
      {Lackey moth} (Zo[94]l.), the moth which produces the lackey
            caterpillar.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lag \Lag\, a. [Of Celtic origin: cf. Gael. & Ir. lagweak,
      feeble, faint, W. llag, llac, slack, loose, remiss, sluggish;
      prob. akin to E. lax, languid.]
      1. Coming tardily after or behind; slow; tardy. [Obs.]
  
                     Came too lag to see him buried.         --Shak.
  
      2. Last; long-delayed; -- obsolete, except in the phrase lag
            end. [bd]The lag end of my life.[b8] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lag \Lag\, v. t.
      1. To cause to lag; to slacken. [Obs.] [bd]To lag his
            flight.[b8] --Heywood.
  
      2. (Mach.) To cover, as the cylinder of a steam engine, with
            lags. See {Lag}, n., 4.

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   Lag \Lag\, n.
      One transported for a crime. [Slang, Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lag \Lag\, v. t.
      To transport for crime. [Slang, Eng.]
  
               She lags us if we poach.                        --De Quincey.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lag \Lag\, n.
      1. One who lags; that which comes in last. [Obs.] [bd]The lag
            of all the flock.[b8] --Pope.
  
      2. The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class.
  
                     The common lag of people.                  --Shak.
  
      3. The amount of retardation of anything, as of a valve in a
            steam engine, in opening or closing.
  
      4. A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially (Mach.), one of
            the narrow boards or staves forming the covering of a
            cylindrical object, as a boiler, or the cylinder of a
            carding machine or a steam engine.
  
      5. (Zo[94]l.) See {Graylag}.
  
      {Lag of the tide}, the interval by which the time of high
            water falls behind the mean time, in the first and third
            quarters of the moon; -- opposed to {priming} of the tide,
            or the acceleration of the time of high water, in the
            second and fourth quarters; depending on the relative
            positions of the sun and moon.
  
      {Lag screw}, an iron bolt with a square head, a sharp-edged
            thread, and a sharp point, adapted for screwing into wood;
            a screw for fastening lags.

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   Lag \Lag\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lagged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Lagging}.]
      To walk or more slowly; to stay or fall behind; to linger or
      loiter. [bd]I shall not lag behind.[b8] --Milton.
  
      Syn: To loiter; linger; saunter; delay; be tardy.

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   Lag \Lag\, n.
      The failing behind or retardation of one phenomenon with
      respect to another to which it is closely related; as, the
      lag of magnetization compared with the magnetizing force
      (hysteresis); the lag of the current in an alternating
      circuit behind the impressed electro-motive force which
      produced it.

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   Laguay \Lag"uay\, n.
      A lackey. [Obs.] --Evelyn.

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   Laic \La"ic\, Laical \La"ic*al\, a. [L. laicus: cf. F.
      la[8b]que. See {Lay} laic.]
      Of or pertaining to a layman or the laity. [bd]Laical
      literature.[b8] --Lowell.
  
               An unprincipled, unedified, and laic rabble. --Milton.

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   Laic \La"ic\, n.
      A layman. --Bp. Morton.

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   Lake \Lake\, n. [F. laque, fr. Per. See {Lac}.]
      A pigment formed by combining some coloring matter, usually
      by precipitation, with a metallic oxide or earth, esp. with
      aluminium hydrate; as, madder lake; Florentine lake; yellow
      lake, etc.

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   Lake \Lake\, n. [Cf. G. laken.]
      A kind of fine white linen, formerly in use. [Obs.]
      --Chaucer.

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   Lake \Lake\, v. i. [AS. l[be]can, l[91]can, to spring, jump,
      l[be]c play, sport, or fr. Icel. leika to play, sport; both
      akin to Goth. laikan to dance. [root]120. Cf. {Knowledge}.]
      To play; to sport. [Prov. Eng.]

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   Lake \Lake\, n. [AS. lac, L. lacus; akin to AS. lagu lake, sea,
      Icel. l[94]gr; OIr. loch; cf. Gr. [?] pond, tank. Cf. {Loch},
      {Lough}.]
      A large body of water contained in a depression of the
      earth's surface, and supplied from the drainage of a more or
      less extended area.
  
      Note: Lakes are for the most part of fresh water; the salt
               lakes, like the Great Salt Lake of Utah, have usually
               no outlet to the ocean.
  
      {Lake dwellers} (Ethnol.), people of a prehistoric race, or
            races, which inhabited different parts of Europe. Their
            dwellings were built on piles in lakes, a short distance
            from the shore. Their relics are common in the lakes of
            Switzerland.
  
      {Lake dwellings} (Arch[91]ol.), dwellings built over a lake,
            sometimes on piles, and sometimes on rude foundations kept
            in place by piles; specifically, such dwellings of
            prehistoric times. Lake dwellings are still used by many
            savage tribes. Called also {lacustrine dwellings}. See
            {Crannog}.
  
      {Lake fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of
            dipterous flies of the genus {Chironomus}. In form they
            resemble mosquitoes, but they do not bite. The larv[91]
            live in lakes.
  
      {Lake herring} (Zo[94]l.), the cisco ({Coregonus Artedii}).
           
  
      {Lake poets}, {Lake school}, a collective name originally
            applied in contempt, but now in honor, to Southey,
            Coleridge, and Wordsworth, who lived in the lake country
            of Cumberland, England, Lamb and a few others were classed
            with these by hostile critics. Called also {lakers} and
            {lakists}.
  
      {Lake sturgeon} (Zo[94]l.), a sturgeon ({Acipenser
            rubicundus}), of moderate size, found in the Great Lakes
            and the Mississippi River. It is used as food.
  
      {Lake trout} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of trout
            and salmon; in Europe, esp. {Salmo fario}; in the United
            States, esp. {Salvelinus namaycush} of the Great Lakes,
            and of various lakes in New York, Eastern Maine, and
            Canada. A large variety of brook trout ({S. fontinalis}),
            inhabiting many lakes in New England, is also called lake
            trout. See {Namaycush}.
  
      {Lake whitefish}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Whitefish}.
  
      {Lake whiting} (Zo[94]l.), an American whitefish ({Coregonus
            Labradoricus}), found in many lakes in the Northern United
            States and Canada. It is more slender than the common
            whitefish.

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   Lakke \Lak"ke\, n. & v.
      See {Lack}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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   Laky \Lak"y\, a.
      Pertaining to a lake. --Sir W. Scott.

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   Laky \Lak"y\, a. [From {Lake} the pigment.]
      Transparent; -- said of blood rendered transparent by the
      action of some solvent agent on the red blood corpuscles.

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   Las \Las\, a. & adv.
      Less. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Las \Las\, n.
      A lace. See {Lace}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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   d8Plumula \[d8]Plu"mu*la\, n.; pl. L. {Plumule}, E.{-las}. [L.
      See {Plumule}.]
      1. (Bot.) A plumule.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) A down feather.

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   Las \Las\, a. & adv.
      Less. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Las \Las\, n.
      A lace. See {Lace}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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   d8Plumula \[d8]Plu"mu*la\, n.; pl. L. {Plumule}, E.{-las}. [L.
      See {Plumule}.]
      1. (Bot.) A plumule.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) A down feather.

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   Lash \Lash\ (l[acr]sh), n. [OE. lasche; cf. D. lasch piece set
      in, joint, seam, G. lashe latchet, a bit of leather, gusset,
      stripe, laschen to furnish with flaps, to lash or slap, Icel.
      laski gusset, flap, laska to break.]
      1. The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow
            is given.
  
                     I observed that your whip wanted a lash to it.
                                                                              --Addison.
  
      2. A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a
            snare. [Obs.]
  
      3. A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough; as,
            the culprit received thirty-nine lashes.
  
      4. A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort
            that cuts or gives pain; a cut.
  
                     The moral is a lash at the vanity of arrogating that
                     to ourselves which succeeds well.      --L'Estrange.
  
      5. A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
  
      6. In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting
            simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.

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   Lash \Lash\ (l[acr]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lashed}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Lashng}.]
      1. To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or
            with something like one.
  
                     We lash the pupil, and defraud the ward. --Dryden.
  
      2. To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat,
            or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash; as, a
            whale lashes the sea with his tail.
  
                     And big waves lash the frighted shores. --Dryden.
  
      3. To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
  
                     He falls, and lashing up his heels, his rider
                     throws.                                             --Dryden.
  
      4. To scold; to berate; to satirize; to censure with
            severity; as, to lash vice.

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   Lash \Lash\, v. i.
      To ply the whip; to strike; to utter censure or sarcastic
      language.
  
               To laugh at follies, or to lash at vice. --Dryden.
  
      {To lash out}, to strike out wildly or furiously.

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   Lash \Lash\, v. t. [Cf. D. lasschen to fasten together, lasch
      piece, joint, Sw. laska to stitch, Dan. laske stitch. See
      {Lash}, n. ]
      To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten;
      as, to lash something to a spar; to lash a pack on a horse's
      back.

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   Lask \Lask\, n.
      A diarrhea or flux. [Obs.] --Holland.

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   Lass \Lass\, n. [OE. lasse; prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W.
      llodes girl, fem. of llawd lad. ([?]). See {Lad} a youth.]
      A youth woman; a girl; a sweetheart.

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   Lasse \Lasse\, a. & adv.
      Less. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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   Lassie \Las"sie\, n.
      A young girl; a lass. [Scot.]

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   Lasso \Las"so\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lassoed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Lassoing}.]
      To catch with a lasso.

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   Lasso \Lass"o\ (l[acr]s"s[osl]) n.; pl. {Lassos} (-s[omac]z).
      [Sp. lazo, L. laqueus. See {Lace}.]
      A rope or long thong of leather with, a running noose, used
      for catching horses, cattle, etc.
  
      {Lasso cell} (Zo[94]l.), one of a peculiar kind of defensive
            and offensive stinging cells, found in great numbers in
            all c[d2]lenterates, and in a few animals of other groups.
            They are most highly developed in the tentacles of
            jellyfishes, hydroids, and Actini[91]. Each of these cells
            is filled with, fluid, and contains a long, slender, often
            barbed, hollow thread coiled up within it. When the cell
            contracts the thread is quickly ejected, being at the same
            time turned inside out. The thread is able to penetrate
            the flesh of various small, soft-bodied animals, and
            carries a subtle poison by which they are speedily
            paralyzed and killed. The threads, at the same time, hold
            the prey in position, attached to the tentacles. Some of
            the jellyfishes, as the Portuguese man-of-war, and
            {Cyanea}, are able to penetrate the human skin, and
            inflict painful stings in the same way. Called also
            {nettling cell}, {cnida}, {cnidocell}.

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   Laugh \Laugh\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Laughed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Laughing}.] [OE. laughen, laghen, lauhen, AS. hlehhan,
      hlihhan, hlyhhan, hliehhan; akin to OS. hlahan, D. & G.
      lachen, OHG. hlahhan, lahhan, lahh[?]n, Icel. hl[91]ja. Dan.
      lee, Sw. le, Goth. hlahjan; perh. of imitative origin.]
      1. To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar
            movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the
            mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and
            usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or
            chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in
            laughter.
  
                     Queen Hecuba laughed that her eyes ran o'er. --Shak.
  
                     He laugheth that winneth.                  --Heywood's
                                                                              Prov.
  
      2. Fig.: To be or appear gay, cheerful, pleasant, mirthful,
            lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport.
  
                     Then laughs the childish year, with flowerets
                     crowned.                                             --Dryden.
  
                     In Folly's cup still laughs the bubble Joy. --Pope.
  
      {To laugh at}, to make an object of laughter or ridicule; to
            make fun of; to deride.
  
                     No wit to flatter left of all his store, No fool to
                     laugh at, which he valued more.         --Pope.
  
      {To laugh in the sleeve}

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   Laugh \Laugh\, v. t.
      1. To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule.
  
                     Will you laugh me asleep, for I am very heavy?
                                                                              --Shak.
  
                     I shall laugh myself to death.            --Shak.
  
      2. To express by, or utter with, laughter; -- with out.
  
                     From his deep chest laughs out a loud applause.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      {To laugh away}.
            (a) To drive away by laughter; as, to laugh away regret.
            (b) To waste in hilarity. [bd]Pompey doth this day laugh
                  away his fortune.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {To laugh down}.
            (a) To cause to cease or desist by laughter; as, to laugh
                  down a speaker.
            (b) To cause to be given up on account of ridicule; as, to
                  laugh down a reform.
  
      {To laugh one out of}, to cause one by laughter or ridicule
            to abandon or give up; as, to laugh one out of a plan or
            purpose.
  
      {To laugh to scorn}, to deride; to treat with mockery,
            contempt, and scorn; to despise.

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   Laugh \Laugh\, n.
      An expression of mirth peculiar to the human species; the
      sound heard in laughing; laughter. See {Laugh}, v. i.
  
               And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind.
                                                                              --Goldsmith.
  
               That man is a bad man who has not within him the power
               of a hearty laugh.                                 --F. W.
                                                                              Robertson.

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   Sardonic \Sar*don"ic\, a. [F. sardonique, L. sardonius, Gr. [?],
      [?], perhaps fr. [?] to grin like a dog, or from a certain
      plant of Sardinia, Gr. [?], which was said to screw up the
      face of the eater.]
      Forced; unnatural; insincere; hence, derisive, mocking,
      malignant, or bitterly sarcastic; -- applied only to a laugh,
      smile, or some facial semblance of gayety.
  
               Where strained, sardonic smiles are glozing still, And
               grief is forced to laugh against her will. --Sir H.
                                                                              Wotton.
  
               The scornful, ferocious, sardonic grin of a bloody
               ruffian.                                                --Burke.
  
      {Sardonic grin} [or] {laugh}, an old medical term for a
            spasmodic affection of the muscles of the face, giving it
            an appearance of laughter.

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   Laugh \Laugh\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Laughed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Laughing}.] [OE. laughen, laghen, lauhen, AS. hlehhan,
      hlihhan, hlyhhan, hliehhan; akin to OS. hlahan, D. & G.
      lachen, OHG. hlahhan, lahhan, lahh[?]n, Icel. hl[91]ja. Dan.
      lee, Sw. le, Goth. hlahjan; perh. of imitative origin.]
      1. To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar
            movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the
            mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and
            usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or
            chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in
            laughter.
  
                     Queen Hecuba laughed that her eyes ran o'er. --Shak.
  
                     He laugheth that winneth.                  --Heywood's
                                                                              Prov.
  
      2. Fig.: To be or appear gay, cheerful, pleasant, mirthful,
            lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport.
  
                     Then laughs the childish year, with flowerets
                     crowned.                                             --Dryden.
  
                     In Folly's cup still laughs the bubble Joy. --Pope.
  
      {To laugh at}, to make an object of laughter or ridicule; to
            make fun of; to deride.
  
                     No wit to flatter left of all his store, No fool to
                     laugh at, which he valued more.         --Pope.
  
      {To laugh in the sleeve}

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   Laugh \Laugh\, v. t.
      1. To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule.
  
                     Will you laugh me asleep, for I am very heavy?
                                                                              --Shak.
  
                     I shall laugh myself to death.            --Shak.
  
      2. To express by, or utter with, laughter; -- with out.
  
                     From his deep chest laughs out a loud applause.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      {To laugh away}.
            (a) To drive away by laughter; as, to laugh away regret.
            (b) To waste in hilarity. [bd]Pompey doth this day laugh
                  away his fortune.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {To laugh down}.
            (a) To cause to cease or desist by laughter; as, to laugh
                  down a speaker.
            (b) To cause to be given up on account of ridicule; as, to
                  laugh down a reform.
  
      {To laugh one out of}, to cause one by laughter or ridicule
            to abandon or give up; as, to laugh one out of a plan or
            purpose.
  
      {To laugh to scorn}, to deride; to treat with mockery,
            contempt, and scorn; to despise.

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   Laugh \Laugh\, n.
      An expression of mirth peculiar to the human species; the
      sound heard in laughing; laughter. See {Laugh}, v. i.
  
               And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind.
                                                                              --Goldsmith.
  
               That man is a bad man who has not within him the power
               of a hearty laugh.                                 --F. W.
                                                                              Robertson.

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   Sardonic \Sar*don"ic\, a. [F. sardonique, L. sardonius, Gr. [?],
      [?], perhaps fr. [?] to grin like a dog, or from a certain
      plant of Sardinia, Gr. [?], which was said to screw up the
      face of the eater.]
      Forced; unnatural; insincere; hence, derisive, mocking,
      malignant, or bitterly sarcastic; -- applied only to a laugh,
      smile, or some facial semblance of gayety.
  
               Where strained, sardonic smiles are glozing still, And
               grief is forced to laugh against her will. --Sir H.
                                                                              Wotton.
  
               The scornful, ferocious, sardonic grin of a bloody
               ruffian.                                                --Burke.
  
      {Sardonic grin} [or] {laugh}, an old medical term for a
            spasmodic affection of the muscles of the face, giving it
            an appearance of laughter.

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   Laus \Laus\, a.
      Loose. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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   Lax \Lax\, n.
      A looseness; diarrhea.

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   Lax \Lax\, a. [Compar. {Laxer}; superl. {Laxest}.] [L. laxus Cf.
      {Laches}, {Languish}, {Lease}, v. t., {Leash}.]
      1. Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack; as, a lax
            bandage; lax fiber.
  
                     The flesh of that sort of fish being lax and spongy.
                                                                              --Ray.
  
      2. Not strict or stringent; not exact; loose; weak; vague;
            equivocal.
  
                     The discipline was lax.                     --Macaulay.
  
                     Society at that epoch was lenient, if not lax, in
                     matters of the passions.                     --J. A.
                                                                              Symonds.
  
                     The word [bd][91]ternus[b8] itself is sometimes of a
                     lax signification.                              --Jortin.
  
      3. Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.
  
      Syn: Loose; slack; vague; unconfined; unrestrained;
               dissolute; licentious.

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   Laze \Laze\, v. t.
      To waste in sloth; to spend, as time, in idleness; as, to
      laze away whole days. [Colloq.]

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   Laze \Laze\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lazed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Lazing}.] [See {Lazy}.]
      To be lazy or idle. [Colloq.] -- Middleton.

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   Lazy \La"zy\, a. [Compar. {Lazier}; superl. {Laziest}.] [OE.
      lasie, laesic, of uncertain origin; cf. F. las tired, L.
      lassus, akin to E. late; or cf. LG. losig, lesig.]
      1. Disinclined to action or exertion; averse to labor; idle;
            shirking work. --Bacon.
  
      2. Inactive; slothful; slow; sluggish; as, a lazy stream.
            [bd]The night owl's lazy flight.[b8] --Shak.
  
      3. Wicked; vicious. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --B. Jonson.

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   Leach \Leach\, n. (Naut.)
      See 3d {Leech}.

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   Leach \Leach\, n. [Written also {letch}.] [Cf. As. le[a0]h lye,
      G. lauge. See {Lye}.]
      1. A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and
            thus imbibes the alkali.
  
      2. A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.
  
      {Leach tub}, a wooden tub in which ashes are leached.

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   Leach \Leach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Leached}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Leaching}.] [Written also leech and letch.]
      1. To remove the soluble constituents from by subjecting to
            the action of percolating water or other liquid; as, to
            leach ashes or coffee.
  
      2. To dissolve out; -- often used with out; as, to leach out
            alkali from ashes.

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   Leach \Leach\, v. i.
      To part with soluble constituents by percolation.

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   Leach \Leach\, n.
      See {Leech}, a physician. [Obs.]

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   Leech \Leech\, n. [OE. leche, l[91]che, physician, AS.
      l[aemac]ce; akin to Fries. l[emac]tza, OHG. l[be]hh[c6],
      Icel. l[91]knari, Sw. l[84]kare, Dan. l[91]ge, Goth.
      l[emac]keis, AS. l[be]cnian to heal, Sw. l[84]ka, Dan.
      l[91]ge, Icel. l[91]kna, Goth. l[emac]kin[omac]n.]
      1. A physician or surgeon; a professor of the art of healing.
            [Written also {leach}.] [Archaic] --Spenser.
  
                     Leech, heal thyself.                           --Wyclif (Luke
                                                                              iv. 23).
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous genera and species of
            annulose worms, belonging to the order {Hirudinea}, or
            Bdelloidea, esp. those species

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   Leech \Leech\, n. [Cf. LG. leik, Icel. l[c6]k, Sw. lik boltrope,
      st[aring]ende liken the leeches.] (Naut.)
      The border or edge at the side of a sail. [Written also
      {leach}.]
  
      {Leech line}, a line attached to the leech ropes of sails,
            passing up through blocks on the yards, to haul the
            leeches by. --Totten.
  
      {Leech rope}, that part of the boltrope to which the side of
            a sail is sewed.

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   Leach \Leach\, n. (Naut.)
      See 3d {Leech}.

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   Leach \Leach\, n. [Written also {letch}.] [Cf. As. le[a0]h lye,
      G. lauge. See {Lye}.]
      1. A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and
            thus imbibes the alkali.
  
      2. A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.
  
      {Leach tub}, a wooden tub in which ashes are leached.

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   Leach \Leach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Leached}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Leaching}.] [Written also leech and letch.]
      1. To remove the soluble constituents from by subjecting to
            the action of percolating water or other liquid; as, to
            leach ashes or coffee.
  
      2. To dissolve out; -- often used with out; as, to leach out
            alkali from ashes.

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   Leach \Leach\, v. i.
      To part with soluble constituents by percolation.

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   Leach \Leach\, n.
      See {Leech}, a physician. [Obs.]

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   Leech \Leech\, n. [OE. leche, l[91]che, physician, AS.
      l[aemac]ce; akin to Fries. l[emac]tza, OHG. l[be]hh[c6],
      Icel. l[91]knari, Sw. l[84]kare, Dan. l[91]ge, Goth.
      l[emac]keis, AS. l[be]cnian to heal, Sw. l[84]ka, Dan.
      l[91]ge, Icel. l[91]kna, Goth. l[emac]kin[omac]n.]
      1. A physician or surgeon; a professor of the art of healing.
            [Written also {leach}.] [Archaic] --Spenser.
  
                     Leech, heal thyself.                           --Wyclif (Luke
                                                                              iv. 23).
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous genera and species of
            annulose worms, belonging to the order {Hirudinea}, or
            Bdelloidea, esp. those species

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   Leech \Leech\, n. [Cf. LG. leik, Icel. l[c6]k, Sw. lik boltrope,
      st[aring]ende liken the leeches.] (Naut.)
      The border or edge at the side of a sail. [Written also
      {leach}.]
  
      {Leech line}, a line attached to the leech ropes of sails,
            passing up through blocks on the yards, to haul the
            leeches by. --Totten.
  
      {Leech rope}, that part of the boltrope to which the side of
            a sail is sewed.

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   Leachy \Leach"y\, a.
      Permitting liquids to pass by percolation; not capable of
      retaining water; porous; pervious; -- said of gravelly or
      sandy soils, and the like.

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   League \League\, n. [F. ligue, LL. liga, fr. L. ligare to bind;
      cf. Sp. liga. Cf. {Ally} a confederate, {Ligature}.]
      An alliance or combination of two or more nations, parties,
      or persons, for the accomplishment of a purpose which
      requires a continued course of action, as for mutual defense,
      or for furtherance of commercial, religious, or political
      interests, etc.
  
               And let there be 'Twixt us and them no league, nor
               amity.                                                   --Denham.
  
      Note: A league may be offensive or defensive, or both;
               offensive, when the parties agree to unite in attacking
               a common enemy; defensive, when they agree to a mutual
               defense of each other against an enemy.
  
      {The Holy League}, an alliance of Roman Catholics formed in
            1576 by influence of the Duke of Guise for the exclusion
            of Protestants from the throne of France.
  
      {Solemn League and Covenant}. See {Covenant},2.
  
      {The land league}, an association, organized in Dublin in
            1879, to promote the interests of the Irish tenantry, its
            avowed objects being to secure fixity of tenure fair rent,
            and free sale of the tenants' interest. It was declared
            illegal by Parliament, but vigorous prosecutions have
            failed to suppress it.
  
      Syn: Alliance; confederacy; confederation; coalition;
               combination; compact; co[94]peration.

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   League \League\, n. [Cf. OE. legue, lieue, a measure of length,
      F. lieue, Pr. lega, legua, It. & LL. lega, Sp. legua, Pg.
      legoa, legua; all fr. LL. leuca, of Celtic origin: cf. Arm.
      leo, lev (perh. from French), Ir. leige (perh. from English);
      also Ir. & Gael. leac a flag, a broad, flat stone, W. llech,
      -- such stones having perh. served as a sort of milestone
      (cf. {Cromlech}).]
      1. A measure of length or distance, varying in different
            countries from about 2.4 to 4.6 English statute miles of
            5.280 feet each, and used (as a land measure) chiefly on
            the continent of Europe, and in the Spanish parts of
            America. The marine league of England and the United
            States is equal to three marine, or geographical, miles of
            6080 feet each.
  
      Note: The English land league is equal to three English
               statute miles. The Spanish and French leagues vary in
               each country according to usage and the kind of
               measurement to which they are applied. The Dutch and
               German leagues contain about four geographical miles,
               or about 4.6 English statute miles.
  
      2. A stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of
            a league. [Obs.]

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   League \League\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Leagued}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Leaguing}.] [Cf. F. se liguer. See 2d {League}.]
      To unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual
      support; to confederate. --South.

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   League \League\, v. t.
      To join in a league; to cause to combine for a joint purpose;
      to combine; to unite; as, common interests will league
      heterogeneous elements.

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   Leak \Leak\, n. [Akin to D. lek leaky, a leak, G. leck, Icel.
      lekr leaky, Dan. l[91]k leaky, a leak, Sw. l[84]ck; cf. AS.
      hlec full of cracks or leaky. Cf. {Leak}, v.]
      1. A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or
            other fluid, or lets it escape; as, a leak in a roof; a
            leak in a boat; a leak in a gas pipe. [bd]One leak will
            sink a ship.[b8] --Bunyan.
  
      2. The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack,
            fissure, or other aperture; as, the leak gained on the
            ship's pumps.
  
      {To spring a leak}, to open or crack so as to let in water;
            to begin to let in water; as, the ship sprung a leak.

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   Leak \Leak\, a.
      Leaky. [Obs.] --Spenser.

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   Leak \Leak\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Leaked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Leaking}.] [Akin to D. lekken, G. lecken, lechen, Icel.
      leka, Dan. l[91]kke, Sw. l[84]cka, AS. leccan to wet,
      moisten. See {Leak}, n.]
      1. To let water or other fluid in or out through a hole,
            crevice, etc.; as, the cask leaks; the roof leaks; the
            boat leaks.
  
      2. To enter or escape, as a fluid, through a hole, crevice,
            etc.; to pass gradually into, or out of, something; --
            usually with in or out.
  
      {To leak out}, to be divulged gradually or clandestinely; to
            become public; as, the facts leaked out.

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   Leak \Leak\, n. (Elec.)
      A loss of electricity through imperfect insulation; also, the
      point at which such loss occurs.

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   Leaky \Leak"y\, a. [Compar. {Leakier}; superl. {Leakiest}.]
      1. Permitting water or other fluid to leak in or out; as, a
            leaky roof or cask.
  
      2. Apt to disclose secrets; tattling; not close. [Colloq.]

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   Lease \Lease\, n. [Cf. OF. lais. See {Lease}, v. t.]
      1. A demise or letting of lands, tenements, or hereditaments
            to another for life, for a term of years, or at will, or
            for any less interest than that which the lessor has in
            the property, usually for a specified rent or
            compensation.
  
      2. The contract for such letting.
  
      3. Any tenure by grant or permission; the time for which such
            a tenure holds good; allotted time.
  
                     Our high-placed Macbeth Shall live the lease of
                     nature.                                             --Shak.
  
      {Lease and release} a mode of conveyance of freehold estates,
            formerly common in England and in New York. its place is
            now supplied by a simple deed of grant. --Burrill.
            --Warren's Blackstone.

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   Lease \Lease\, v. i. [AS. lesan to gather; akin to D. lezen to
      gather, read, G. lesen, Goth. lisan to gather; cf. Lith lesti
      to peck.]
      To gather what harvesters have left behind; to glean. [Obs.]
      --Dryden.

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   Lease \Lease\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Leased}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Leasing}.] [F. laisser, OF. laissier, lessier, to leave,
      transmit, L. laxare to loose, slacken, from laxus loose,
      wide. See {Lax}, and cf. {Lesser}.]
      1. To grant to another by lease the possession of, as of
            lands, tenements, and hereditaments; to let; to demise;
            as, a landowner leases a farm to a tenant; -- sometimes
            with out.
  
                     There were some [houses] that were leased out for
                     three lives.                                       --Addison.
  
      2. To hold under a lease; to take lease of; as, a tenant
            leases his land from the owner.

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   Record \Re*cord"\ (r?*k?rd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Recorded}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Recording}.] [OE. recorden to repeat, remind,
      F. recorder, fr. L. recordari to remember; pref. re- re- +
      cor, cordis, the heart or mind. See {Cordial}, {Heart}.]
      1. To recall to mind; to recollect; to remember; to meditate.
            [Obs.] [bd]I it you record.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
      2. To repeat; to recite; to sing or play. [Obs.]
  
                     They longed to see the day, to hear the lark Record
                     her hymns, and chant her carols blest. --Fairfax.
  
      3. To preserve the memory of, by committing to writing, to
            printing, to inscription, or the like; to make note of; to
            write or enter in a book or on parchment, for the purpose
            of preserving authentic evidence of; to register; to
            enroll; as, to record the proceedings of a court; to
            record historical events.
  
                     Those things that are recorded of him . . . are
                     written in the chronicles of the kings. --1 Esd. i.
                                                                              42.
  
      {To record a deed}, {mortgage}, {lease}, etc., to have a copy
            of the same entered in the records of the office
            designated by law, for the information of the public.

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   Lease \Lease\, n. [Cf. OF. lais. See {Lease}, v. t.]
      1. A demise or letting of lands, tenements, or hereditaments
            to another for life, for a term of years, or at will, or
            for any less interest than that which the lessor has in
            the property, usually for a specified rent or
            compensation.
  
      2. The contract for such letting.
  
      3. Any tenure by grant or permission; the time for which such
            a tenure holds good; allotted time.
  
                     Our high-placed Macbeth Shall live the lease of
                     nature.                                             --Shak.
  
      {Lease and release} a mode of conveyance of freehold estates,
            formerly common in England and in New York. its place is
            now supplied by a simple deed of grant. --Burrill.
            --Warren's Blackstone.

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   Lease \Lease\, v. i. [AS. lesan to gather; akin to D. lezen to
      gather, read, G. lesen, Goth. lisan to gather; cf. Lith lesti
      to peck.]
      To gather what harvesters have left behind; to glean. [Obs.]
      --Dryden.

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   Lease \Lease\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Leased}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Leasing}.] [F. laisser, OF. laissier, lessier, to leave,
      transmit, L. laxare to loose, slacken, from laxus loose,
      wide. See {Lax}, and cf. {Lesser}.]
      1. To grant to another by lease the possession of, as of
            lands, tenements, and hereditaments; to let; to demise;
            as, a landowner leases a farm to a tenant; -- sometimes
            with out.
  
                     There were some [houses] that were leased out for
                     three lives.                                       --Addison.
  
      2. To hold under a lease; to take lease of; as, a tenant
            leases his land from the owner.

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   Record \Re*cord"\ (r?*k?rd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Recorded}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Recording}.] [OE. recorden to repeat, remind,
      F. recorder, fr. L. recordari to remember; pref. re- re- +
      cor, cordis, the heart or mind. See {Cordial}, {Heart}.]
      1. To recall to mind; to recollect; to remember; to meditate.
            [Obs.] [bd]I it you record.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
      2. To repeat; to recite; to sing or play. [Obs.]
  
                     They longed to see the day, to hear the lark Record
                     her hymns, and chant her carols blest. --Fairfax.
  
      3. To preserve the memory of, by committing to writing, to
            printing, to inscription, or the like; to make note of; to
            write or enter in a book or on parchment, for the purpose
            of preserving authentic evidence of; to register; to
            enroll; as, to record the proceedings of a court; to
            record historical events.
  
                     Those things that are recorded of him . . . are
                     written in the chronicles of the kings. --1 Esd. i.
                                                                              42.
  
      {To record a deed}, {mortgage}, {lease}, etc., to have a copy
            of the same entered in the records of the office
            designated by law, for the information of the public.

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   Leash \Leash\, n. [OE. lese, lees, leece, OF. lesse, F. laisse,
      LL. laxa, fr. L. laxus loose. See {Lax}.]
      1. A thong of leather, or a long cord, by which a falconer
            holds his hawk, or a courser his dog.
  
                     Even like a fawning greyhound in the leash. --Shak.
  
      2. (Sporting) A brace and a half; a tierce; three; three
            creatures of any kind, especially greyhounds, foxes,
            bucks, and hares; hence, the number three in general.
  
                     [I] kept my chamber a leash of days.   --B. Jonson.
  
                     Then were I wealthier than a leash of kings.
                                                                              --Tennyson.
  
      3. (Weaving) A string with a loop at the end for lifting warp
            threads, in a loom.

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   Leash \Leash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Leashed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Leashing}.]
      To tie together, or hold, with a leash.

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   Leasow \Lea"sow\, n. [AS. lesu, l[91]su.]
      A pasture. [Obs.]

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   Leasy \Lea"sy\, a. [AS. le[a0]s void, loose, false. Cf.
      {Leasing}.]
      Flimsy; vague; deceptive. [Obs.] --Ascham.

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   Lech \Lech\, v. t. [F. l[82]cher. See {Lick}.]
      To lick. [Obs.]

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   Leche \Le*che"\, n.
      See {water buck}, under 3d {Buck}.

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   Leech \Leech\, n. [OE. leche, l[91]che, physician, AS.
      l[aemac]ce; akin to Fries. l[emac]tza, OHG. l[be]hh[c6],
      Icel. l[91]knari, Sw. l[84]kare, Dan. l[91]ge, Goth.
      l[emac]keis, AS. l[be]cnian to heal, Sw. l[84]ka, Dan.
      l[91]ge, Icel. l[91]kna, Goth. l[emac]kin[omac]n.]
      1. A physician or surgeon; a professor of the art of healing.
            [Written also {leach}.] [Archaic] --Spenser.
  
                     Leech, heal thyself.                           --Wyclif (Luke
                                                                              iv. 23).
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous genera and species of
            annulose worms, belonging to the order {Hirudinea}, or
            Bdelloidea, esp. those species

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   Leech \Leech\ (l[emac]ch), n.
      See 2d {Leach}.

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   Leech \Leech\, v. t.
      See {Leach}, v. t.

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   Leech \Leech\, n. [Cf. LG. leik, Icel. l[c6]k, Sw. lik boltrope,
      st[aring]ende liken the leeches.] (Naut.)
      The border or edge at the side of a sail. [Written also
      {leach}.]
  
      {Leech line}, a line attached to the leech ropes of sails,
            passing up through blocks on the yards, to haul the
            leeches by. --Totten.
  
      {Leech rope}, that part of the boltrope to which the side of
            a sail is sewed.

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   Leech \Leech\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Leeched} (l[emac]cht); p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Leeching}.]
      1. To treat as a surgeon; to doctor; as, to leech wounds.
            [Archaic]
  
      2. To bleed by the use of leeches.

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   Leek \Leek\ (l[emac]k), n. [AS. le[a0]c; akin to D. look, G.
      lauch, OHG. louh, Icel. laukr, Sw. l[94]k, Dan l[94]g. Cf.
      {Garlic}.] (Bot.)
      A plant of the genus {Allium} ({A. Porrum}), having broadly
      linear succulent leaves rising from a loose oblong
      cylindrical bulb. The flavor is stronger than that of the
      common onion.
  
      {Wild leek}, in America, a plant ({Allium tricoccum}) with a
            cluster of ovoid bulbs and large oblong elliptical leaves.

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   Lee \Lee\, n.; pl. {Lees} (l[emac]z). [F. lie, perh. fr. L.
      levare to lift up, raise. Cf. {Lever}.]
      That which settles at the bottom, as of a cask of liquor
      (esp. wine); sediment; dregs; -- used now only in the plural.
      [Lees occurs also as a form of the singular.] [bd]The lees of
      wine.[b8] --Holland.
  
               A thousand demons lurk within the lee.   --Young.
  
               The wine of life is drawn, and the mere lees Is left
               this vault to brag of.                           --Shak.

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   Lees \Lees\ (l[emac]z), n. pl.
      Dregs. See 2d {Lee}.

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   Lees \Lees\ (l[emac]s), n.
      A leash. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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   Leese \Leese\ (l[emac]z), v. t. [See {Lose}.]
      To lose. [Obs.]
  
               They would rather leese their friend than their jest.
                                                                              --Lord
                                                                              Burleigh.

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   Leese \Leese\, v. t. [Cf. F. l[82]ser, L. laesus, p. p. of
      laedere.]
      To hurt. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.

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   Leg \Leg\ (l[ecr]g), v. t.
      To use as a leg, with it as object:
      (a) To bow. [Obs.]
      (b) To run. [Low]

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   Leg \Leg\ (l[ecr]g), n. [Icel. leggr; akin to Dan. l[91]g calf
      of the leg, Sw. l[84]gg.]
      1. A limb or member of an animal used for supporting the
            body, and in running, climbing, and swimming; esp., that
            part of the limb between the knee and foot.
  
      2. That which resembles a leg in form or use; especially, any
            long and slender support on which any object rests; as,
            the leg of a table; the leg of a pair of compasses or
            dividers.
  
      3. The part of any article of clothing which covers the leg;
            as, the leg of a stocking or of a pair of trousers.
  
      4. A bow, esp. in the phrase to make a leg; probably from
            drawing the leg backward in bowing. [Obs.]
  
                     He that will give a cap and make a leg in thanks for
                     a favor he never received.                  --Fuller.
  
      5. A disreputable sporting character; a blackleg. [Slang,
            Eng.]
  
      6. (Naut.) The course and distance made by a vessel on one
            tack or between tacks.
  
      7. (Steam Boiler) An extension of the boiler downward, in the
            form of a narrow space between vertical plates, sometimes
            nearly surrounding the furnace and ash pit, and serving to
            support the boiler; -- called also {water leg}.
  
      8. (Grain Elevator) The case containing the lower part of the
            belt which carries the buckets.
  
      9. (Cricket) A fielder whose position is on the outside, a
            little in rear of the batter.
  
      {A good leg} (Naut.), a course sailed on a tack which is near
            the desired course.
  
      {Leg bail}, escape from custody by flight. [Slang]
  
      {Legs of an hyperbola} (or other curve) (Geom.), the branches
            of the curve which extend outward indefinitely.
  
      {Legs of a triangle}, the sides of a triangle; -- a name
            seldom used unless one of the sides is first distinguished
            by some appropriate term; as, the hypothenuse and two legs
            of a right-angled triangle.
  
      {On one's legs}, standing to speak.
  
      {On one's last legs}. See under {Last}.
  
      {To have legs} (Naut.), to have speed.

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   Leg \Leg\, n.
      1. (Math.) Either side of a triangle of a triangle as
            distinguished from the base or, in a right triangle, from
            the hypotenuse; also, an indefinitely extending branch of
            a curve, as of a hyperbola.
  
      2. (Telephony) A branch or lateral circuit connecting an
            instrument with the main line.
  
      3. (Elec.) A branch circuit; one phase of a polyphase system.

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   Elevator \El"e*va`tor\, n. [L., one who raises up, a deliverer:
      cf. F. [82]l[82]vateur.]
      One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything; as:
      (a) A mechanical contrivance, usually an endless belt or
            chain with a series of scoops or buckets, for
            transferring grain to an upper loft for storage.
      (b) A cage or platform and the hoisting machinery in a hotel,
            warehouse, mine, etc., for conveying persons, goods,
            etc., to or from different floors or levels; -- called in
            England a lift; the cage or platform itself.
      (c) A building for elevating, storing, and discharging,
            grain.
      (d) (Anat.) A muscle which serves to raise a part of the
            body, as the leg or the eye.
      (e) (Surg.) An instrument for raising a depressed portion of
            a bone.
  
      {Elevator head}, {leg}, [and] {boot}, the boxes in which the
            upper pulley, belt, and lower pulley, respectively, run in
            a grain elevator.

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   Leg \Leg\ (l[ecr]g), v. t.
      To use as a leg, with it as object:
      (a) To bow. [Obs.]
      (b) To run. [Low]

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   Leg \Leg\ (l[ecr]g), n. [Icel. leggr; akin to Dan. l[91]g calf
      of the leg, Sw. l[84]gg.]
      1. A limb or member of an animal used for supporting the
            body, and in running, climbing, and swimming; esp., that
            part of the limb between the knee and foot.
  
      2. That which resembles a leg in form or use; especially, any
            long and slender support on which any object rests; as,
            the leg of a table; the leg of a pair of compasses or
            dividers.
  
      3. The part of any article of clothing which covers the leg;
            as, the leg of a stocking or of a pair of trousers.
  
      4. A bow, esp. in the phrase to make a leg; probably from
            drawing the leg backward in bowing. [Obs.]
  
                     He that will give a cap and make a leg in thanks for
                     a favor he never received.                  --Fuller.
  
      5. A disreputable sporting character; a blackleg. [Slang,
            Eng.]
  
      6. (Naut.) The course and distance made by a vessel on one
            tack or between tacks.
  
      7. (Steam Boiler) An extension of the boiler downward, in the
            form of a narrow space between vertical plates, sometimes
            nearly surrounding the furnace and ash pit, and serving to
            support the boiler; -- called also {water leg}.
  
      8. (Grain Elevator) The case containing the lower part of the
            belt which carries the buckets.
  
      9. (Cricket) A fielder whose position is on the outside, a
            little in rear of the batter.
  
      {A good leg} (Naut.), a course sailed on a tack which is near
            the desired course.
  
      {Leg bail}, escape from custody by flight. [Slang]
  
      {Legs of an hyperbola} (or other curve) (Geom.), the branches
            of the curve which extend outward indefinitely.
  
      {Legs of a triangle}, the sides of a triangle; -- a name
            seldom used unless one of the sides is first distinguished
            by some appropriate term; as, the hypothenuse and two legs
            of a right-angled triangle.
  
      {On one's legs}, standing to speak.
  
      {On one's last legs}. See under {Last}.
  
      {To have legs} (Naut.), to have speed.

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   Leg \Leg\, n.
      1. (Math.) Either side of a triangle of a triangle as
            distinguished from the base or, in a right triangle, from
            the hypotenuse; also, an indefinitely extending branch of
            a curve, as of a hyperbola.
  
      2. (Telephony) A branch or lateral circuit connecting an
            instrument with the main line.
  
      3. (Elec.) A branch circuit; one phase of a polyphase system.

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   Elevator \El"e*va`tor\, n. [L., one who raises up, a deliverer:
      cf. F. [82]l[82]vateur.]
      One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything; as:
      (a) A mechanical contrivance, usually an endless belt or
            chain with a series of scoops or buckets, for
            transferring grain to an upper loft for storage.
      (b) A cage or platform and the hoisting machinery in a hotel,
            warehouse, mine, etc., for conveying persons, goods,
            etc., to or from different floors or levels; -- called in
            England a lift; the cage or platform itself.
      (c) A building for elevating, storing, and discharging,
            grain.
      (d) (Anat.) A muscle which serves to raise a part of the
            body, as the leg or the eye.
      (e) (Surg.) An instrument for raising a depressed portion of
            a bone.
  
      {Elevator head}, {leg}, [and] {boot}, the boxes in which the
            upper pulley, belt, and lower pulley, respectively, run in
            a grain elevator.

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   Lege \Lege\ (l[ecr]j), v. t. [Abbrev. fr. allege to assert.]
      To allege; to assert. [Obs.] --Bp. Fisher.

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   Legge \Legge\ (l[ecr]g), v. t. [See {Lay}, v. t. ]
      To lay. [Obs.]

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   Legge \Legge\, v. t. [Abbrev. fr. alegge.]
      To lighten; to allay. [Obs.] --Rom. of R.

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   Leggy \Leg"gy\ (-g[ycr]), a.
      Having long legs. --Thackeray.

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   Les \Les\ (l[ecr]s), n.
      A leash. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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   Lese \Lese\ (l[emac]z), v. t.
      To lose. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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   Less \Less\ (l[ecr]s), conj.
      Unless. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.

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   Less \Less\, a. [OE. lesse, AS. l[aemac]ssa; akin to OFries.
      l[emac]ssa; a compar. from a lost positive form. Cf.
      {Lesser}, {Lest}, {Least}. Less has the sense of the
      comparative degree of little.]
      Smaller; not so large or great; not so much; shorter;
      inferior; as, a less quantity or number; a horse of less size
      or value; in less time than before.
  
      Note: The substantive which less qualifies is often omitted;
               as, the purse contained less (money) than ten dollars.
               See {Less}, n.
  
                        Thus in less [time] than a hundred years from the
                        coming of Augustine, all England became
                        Christian.                                    --E. A.
                                                                              Freeman.

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   Less \Less\, adv. [AS. l[aemac]s. See {Less}, adj., and cf.
      {Lest}.]
      Not so much; in a smaller or lower degree; as, less bright or
      loud; less beautiful.

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   Less \Less\, n.
      1. A smaller portion or quantity.
  
                     The children of Israel did so, and gathered, some
                     more, some less.                                 --Ex. xvi. 17.
  
      2. The inferior, younger, or smaller.
  
                     The less is blessed of the better.      --Heb. vii. 7.

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   -less \-less\ (-l[ecr]s). [AS. le[a0]s loose, false; akin to OS.
      l[omac]s loose, false, D. los loose, loos false, sly, G. los
      loose, Icel. lauss loose, vacant, Goth. laus empty, vain, and
      also to E. loose, lose. [root]127. See {Lose}, and cf.
      {Loose}, {Leasing}.]
      A privative adjective suffix, denoting without, destitute of,
      not having; as witless, childless, fatherless.

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   Less \Less\, v. t.
      To make less; to lessen. [Obs.] --Gower.

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   Less \Less\ (l[ecr]s), conj.
      Unless. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.

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   Less \Less\, a. [OE. lesse, AS. l[aemac]ssa; akin to OFries.
      l[emac]ssa; a compar. from a lost positive form. Cf.
      {Lesser}, {Lest}, {Least}. Less has the sense of the
      comparative degree of little.]
      Smaller; not so large or great; not so much; shorter;
      inferior; as, a less quantity or number; a horse of less size
      or value; in less time than before.
  
      Note: The substantive which less qualifies is often omitted;
               as, the purse contained less (money) than ten dollars.
               See {Less}, n.
  
                        Thus in less [time] than a hundred years from the
                        coming of Augustine, all England became
                        Christian.                                    --E. A.
                                                                              Freeman.

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   Less \Less\, adv. [AS. l[aemac]s. See {Less}, adj., and cf.
      {Lest}.]
      Not so much; in a smaller or lower degree; as, less bright or
      loud; less beautiful.

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   Less \Less\, n.
      1. A smaller portion or quantity.
  
                     The children of Israel did so, and gathered, some
                     more, some less.                                 --Ex. xvi. 17.
  
      2. The inferior, younger, or smaller.
  
                     The less is blessed of the better.      --Heb. vii. 7.

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   -less \-less\ (-l[ecr]s). [AS. le[a0]s loose, false; akin to OS.
      l[omac]s loose, false, D. los loose, loos false, sly, G. los
      loose, Icel. lauss loose, vacant, Goth. laus empty, vain, and
      also to E. loose, lose. [root]127. See {Lose}, and cf.
      {Loose}, {Leasing}.]
      A privative adjective suffix, denoting without, destitute of,
      not having; as witless, childless, fatherless.

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   Less \Less\, v. t.
      To make less; to lessen. [Obs.] --Gower.

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   Less \Less\ (l[ecr]s), conj.
      Unless. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.

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   Less \Less\, a. [OE. lesse, AS. l[aemac]ssa; akin to OFries.
      l[emac]ssa; a compar. from a lost positive form. Cf.
      {Lesser}, {Lest}, {Least}. Less has the sense of the
      comparative degree of little.]
      Smaller; not so large or great; not so much; shorter;
      inferior; as, a less quantity or number; a horse of less size
      or value; in less time than before.
  
      Note: The substantive which less qualifies is often omitted;
               as, the purse contained less (money) than ten dollars.
               See {Less}, n.
  
                        Thus in less [time] than a hundred years from the
                        coming of Augustine, all England became
                        Christian.                                    --E. A.
                                                                              Freeman.

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   Less \Less\, adv. [AS. l[aemac]s. See {Less}, adj., and cf.
      {Lest}.]
      Not so much; in a smaller or lower degree; as, less bright or
      loud; less beautiful.

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   Less \Less\, n.
      1. A smaller portion or quantity.
  
                     The children of Israel did so, and gathered, some
                     more, some less.                                 --Ex. xvi. 17.
  
      2. The inferior, younger, or smaller.
  
                     The less is blessed of the better.      --Heb. vii. 7.

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   -less \-less\ (-l[ecr]s). [AS. le[a0]s loose, false; akin to OS.
      l[omac]s loose, false, D. los loose, loos false, sly, G. los
      loose, Icel. lauss loose, vacant, Goth. laus empty, vain, and
      also to E. loose, lose. [root]127. See {Lose}, and cf.
      {Loose}, {Leasing}.]
      A privative adjective suffix, denoting without, destitute of,
      not having; as witless, childless, fatherless.

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   Less \Less\, v. t.
      To make less; to lessen. [Obs.] --Gower.

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   Lessee \Les*see"\ (l[ecr]s*s[emac]"), n. [F. laiss[82], p. p. of
      laisser. See {Lease}, v. t.] (Law)
      The person to whom a lease is given, or who takes an estate
      by lease. --Blackstone.

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   Leuco- \Leu"co-\ (l[umac]"k[osl]-), Leuc- \Leuc-\ (l[umac]k-).
      [Gr. leyko`s white.]
      A combining form signifying white, colorless; specif.
      (Chem.), denoting an extensive series of colorless organic
      compounds, obtained by reduction from certain other colored
      compounds; as, leucaniline, leucaurin, etc.

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   Leuc- \Leuc-\ (l[umac]k-).
      Same as {Leuco-}.

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   Leuco- \Leu"co-\ (l[umac]"k[osl]-), Leuc- \Leuc-\ (l[umac]k-).
      [Gr. leyko`s white.]
      A combining form signifying white, colorless; specif.
      (Chem.), denoting an extensive series of colorless organic
      compounds, obtained by reduction from certain other colored
      compounds; as, leucaniline, leucaurin, etc.

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   Leuke \Leuke\ (l[umac]k), a., Leukeness \Leuke"ness\, n.
      See {Luke}, etc.

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   Lewis \Lew"is\ (l[umac]"[icr]s), Lewisson \Lew"is*son\
      (-s[ucr]n), n.
      1. An iron dovetailed tenon, made in sections, which can be
            fitted into a dovetail mortise; -- used in hoisting large
            stones, etc.
  
      2. A kind of shears used in cropping woolen cloth.
  
      {Lewis hole}, a hole wider at the bottom than at the mouth,
            into which a lewis is fitted. --De Foe.

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   Liage \Li"age\ (l[imac]"[asl]j), n. [Cf. OF. liage a bond. See
      {Liable}.]
      Union by league; alliance. [Obs.]

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   Lias \Li"as\ (l[imac]"[ait]s), n. [Cf. F. lias, fr. liais sort
      of limestone, OF. also liois; perh. of Celtic origin, cf.
      Armor. liach, leach, a stone, Gael. leac, W. llech. Cf.
      {Cromlech}.] (Geol.)
      The lowest of the three divisions of the Jurassic period; a
      name given in England and Europe to a series of marine
      limestones underlying the O[94]lite. See the Chart of
      {Geology}.

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   Lice \Lice\ (l[imac]s), n.;
      pl. of {Louse}.

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   Louse \Louse\ (lous), n.; pl. {Lice} (l[imac]s). [OE. lous, AS.
      l[umac]s, pl. l[ymac]s; akin to D. luis, G. laus, OHG.
      l[umac]s, Icel. l[umac]s, Sw. lus, Dan. luus; perh. so named
      because it is destructive, and akin to E. lose, loose.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      1. Any one of numerous species of small, wingless, suctorial,
            parasitic insects belonging to a tribe ({Pediculina}), now
            usually regarded as degraded Hemiptera. To this group
            belong of the lice of man and other mammals; as, the head
            louse of man ({Pediculus capitis}), the body louse ({P.
            vestimenti}), and the crab louse ({Phthirius pubis}), and
            many others. See {Crab louse}, {Dog louse}, {Cattle
            louse}, etc., under {Crab}, {Dog}, etc.
  
      2. Any one of numerous small mandibulate insects, mostly
            parasitic on birds, and feeding on the feathers. They are
            known as Mallophaga, or bird lice, though some occur on
            the hair of mammals. They are usually regarded as degraded
            Pseudoneuroptera. See {Mallophaga}.
  
      3. Any one of the numerous species of aphids, or plant lice.
            See {Aphid}.
  
      4. Any small crustacean parasitic on fishes. See
            {Branchiura}, and {Ichthvophthira}.
  
      Note: The term is also applied to various other parasites;
               as, the whale louse, beelouse, horse louse.
  
      {Louse fly} (Zo[94]l.), a parasitic dipterous insect of the
            group Pupipara. Some of them are wingless, as the bee
            louse.
  
      {Louse mite} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of mites
            which infest mammals and birds, clinging to the hair and
            feathers like lice. They belong to {Myobia},
            {Dermaleichus}, {Mycoptes}, and several other genera.

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   Lich \Lich\ (l[icr]k), a.
      Like. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Spenser.

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   Lich \Lich\ (l[icr]ch), n. [AS. l[c6]c body. See {Like}, a.]
      A dead body; a corpse. [Obs.]
  
      {Lich fowl} (Zo[94]l.), the European goatsucker; -- called
            also {lich owl}.
  
      {Lich gate}, a covered gate through which the corpse was
            carried to the church or burial place, and where the bier
            was placed to await the clergyman; a corpse gate. [Prov.
            Eng.] --Halliwell.
  
      {Lich wake}, the wake, or watching, held over a corpse before
            burial. [Prov Eng.] --Chaucer.
  
      {Lich wall}, the wall of a churchyard or burying ground.
  
      {Lich way}, the path by which the dead are carried to the
            grave. [Prov. Eng.]

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   Lich \Lich\ (l[icr]ch), n. [AS. l[c6]c body. See {Like}, a.]
      A dead body; a corpse. [Obs.]
  
      {Lich fowl} (Zo[94]l.), the European goatsucker; -- called
            also {lich owl}.
  
      {Lich gate}, a covered gate through which the corpse was
            carried to the church or burial place, and where the bier
            was placed to await the clergyman; a corpse gate. [Prov.
            Eng.] --Halliwell.
  
      {Lich wake}, the wake, or watching, held over a corpse before
            burial. [Prov Eng.] --Chaucer.
  
      {Lich wall}, the wall of a churchyard or burying ground.
  
      {Lich way}, the path by which the dead are carried to the
            grave. [Prov. Eng.]

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   Lichi \Li"chi`\ (l[emac]"ch[emac]`), n. (Bot.)
      See {Litchi}.

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   Litchi \Li"tchi`\, n. (Bot.)
      The fruit of a tree native to China ({Nephelium Litchi}). It
      is nutlike, having a rough but tender shell, containing an
      aromatic pulp, and a single large seed. In the dried fruit
      which is exported the pulp somewhat resembles a raisin in
      color and form. [Written also {lichi}, and {lychee}.] --
      {lite}. See -{lith}.

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   Lichi \Li"chi`\ (l[emac]"ch[emac]`), n. (Bot.)
      See {Litchi}.

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   Litchi \Li"tchi`\, n. (Bot.)
      The fruit of a tree native to China ({Nephelium Litchi}). It
      is nutlike, having a rough but tender shell, containing an
      aromatic pulp, and a single large seed. In the dried fruit
      which is exported the pulp somewhat resembles a raisin in
      color and form. [Written also {lichi}, and {lychee}.] --
      {lite}. See -{lith}.

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   Lick \Lick\, v. t. [Cf. OSw. l[84]gga to place, strike, prick.]
      To strike with repeated blows for punishment; to flog; to
      whip or conquer, as in a pugilistic encounter. [Colloq. or
      Low]

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   Lick \Lick\ (l[icr]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Licked} (l[icr]kt);
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Licking}.] [AS. liccian; akin to OS.
      likk[omac]n, D. likken, OHG. lecch[omac]n, G. lecken, Goth.
      bi-laig[omac]n, Russ. lizate, L. lingere, Gr. lei`chein, Skr.
      lih, rih. [root]121. Cf. {Lecher}, {Relish}.]
      1. To draw or pass the tongue over; as, a dog licks his
            master's hand. --Addison.
  
      2. To lap; to take in with the tongue; as, a dog or cat licks
            milk. --Shak.
  
      {To lick the dust}, to be slain; to fall in battle. [bd]His
            enemies shall lick the dust.[b8] --Ps. lxxii. 9.
  
      {To lick into shape}, to give proper form to; -- from a
            notion that the bear's cubs are born shapeless and
            subsequently formed by licking. --Hudibras.
  
      {To lick the spittle of}, to fawn upon. --South.
  
      {To lick up}, to take all of by licking; to devour; to
            consume entirely. --Shak. --Num. xxii. 4.

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   Lick \Lick\, n.
      A slap; a quick stroke.[Colloq.] [bd]A lick across the
      face.[b8] --Dryden.

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   Lick \Lick\, n. [See {Lick}, v.]
      1. A stroke of the tongue in licking. [bd]A lick at the honey
            pot.[b8] --Dryden.
  
      2. A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a
            stroke of the tongue, or of something which acts like a
            tongue; as, to put on colors with a lick of the brush.
            Also, a small quantity of any substance so applied.
            [Colloq.]
  
                     A lick of court whitewash.                  --Gray.
  
      3. A place where salt is found on the surface of the earth,
            to which wild animals resort to lick it up; -- often, but
            not always, near salt springs. [U. S.]

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   d8Tetanus \[d8]Tet"a*nus\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?]
      stretched, [?] to stretch.]
      1. (Med.) A painful and usually fatal disease, resulting
            generally from a wound, and having as its principal
            symptom persistent spasm of the voluntary muscles. When
            the muscles of the lower jaw are affected, it is called
            {locked-jaw}, or {lickjaw}, and it takes various names
            from the various incurvations of the body resulting from
            the spasm.

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   Liege \Liege\ (l[emac]j), a. [OE. lige, lege, F. lige, LL.
      ligius, legius, liege, unlimited, complete, prob. of German
      origin; cf. G. ledig free from bonds and obstacles, MHG.
      ledec, ledic, lidic, freed, loosed, and Charta Ottonis de
      Benthem, ann. 1253, [bd]ligius homo quod Teutonic[8a] dicitur
      ledigman,[b8] i. e., uni soli homagio obligatus, free from
      all obligations to others; influenced by L. ligare to bind.
      G. ledig perh. orig. meant, free to go where one pleases, and
      is perh. akin to E. lead to conduct. Cf. {Lead} to guide.]
      1. Sovereign; independent; having authority or right to
            allegiance; as, a liege lord. --Chaucer.
  
                     She looked as grand as doomsday and as grave; And
                     he, he reverenced his liege lady there. --Tennyson.
  
      2. Serving an independent sovereign or master; bound by a
            feudal tenure; obliged to be faithful and loyal to a
            superior, as a vassal to his lord; faithful; loyal; as, a
            liege man; a liege subject.
  
      3. (Old Law) Full; perfect; complete; pure. --Burrill.
  
      {Liege homage} (Feudal Custom), that homage of one sovereign
            or prince to another which acknowledged an obligation of
            fealty and services.
  
      {Liege poustie} [L. legitima potestas] (Scots Law), perfect,
            i. e., legal, power; specif., having health requisite to
            do legal acts.
  
      {Liege widowhood}, perfect, i. e., pure, widowhood. [Obs.]

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   Liege \Liege\ (l[emac]j), n.
      1. A free and independent person; specif., a lord paramount;
            a sovereign. --Mrs. Browning.
  
                     The anointed sovereign of sighs and groans, Liege of
                     all loiterers and malcontents.            --Shak.
  
      2. The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman.
  
                     A liege lord seems to have been a lord of a free
                     band; and his lieges, though serving under him, were
                     privileged men, free from all other obligations,
                     their name being due to their freedom, not to their
                     service.                                             --Skeat.

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   Lig \Lig\ (l[icr]g), v. i. [See {Lie} to be prostrate.]
      To recline; to lie still. [Obs. or Scot.] --Chaucer. Spenser.

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   Lige \Lig"e\ (l[icr]g"[eit]), v. t. & i.
      To lie; to tell lies. [Obs.]

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   Ligge \Lig"ge\ (l[icr]g"g[eit]), v. i.
      To lie or recline. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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   Like \Like\ (l[imac]k), a. [Compar. {Liker} (l[imac]k"[etil]r);
      superl. {Likest}.] [OE. lik, ilik, gelic, AS. gel[c6]c, fr.
      pref. ge- + l[c6]c body, and orig. meaning, having the same
      body, shape, or appearance, and hence, like; akin to OS.
      gil[c6]k, D. gelijk, G. gleich, OHG. gil[c6]h, Icel. l[c6]kr,
      gl[c6]kr, Dan. lig, Sw. lik, Goth. galeiks, OS. lik body, D.
      lijk, G. leiche, Icel. l[c6]k, Sw. lik, Goth. leik. The
      English adverbial ending-ly is from the same adjective. Cf.
      {Each}, {Such}, {Which}.]
      1. Having the same, or nearly the same, appearance,
            qualities, or characteristics; resembling; similar to;
            similar; alike; -- often with in and the particulars of
            the resemblance; as, they are like each other in features,
            complexion, and many traits of character.
  
                     'T is as like you As cherry is to cherry. --Shak.
  
                     Like master, like man.                        --Old Prov.
  
                     He giveth snow like wool; he scattereth the
                     hoar-frost like ashes.                        --Ps. cxlvii.
                                                                              16.
  
      Note: To, which formerly often followed like, is now usually
               omitted.
  
      2. Equal, or nearly equal; as, fields of like extent.
  
                     More clergymen were impoverished by the late war
                     than ever in the like space before.   --Sprat.
  
      3. Having probability; affording probability; probable;
            likely.
  
      Usage: [Likely is more used now.] --Shak.
  
                           But it is like the jolly world about us will
                           scoff at the paradox of these practices.
                                                                              --South.
  
                           Many were not easy to be governed, nor like to
                           conform themselves to strict rules. --Clarendon.
  
      4. Inclined toward; disposed to; as, to feel like taking a
            walk.
  
      {Had like} (followed by the infinitive), had nearly; came
            little short of.
  
                     Had like to have been my utter overthrow. --Sir W.
                                                                              Raleigh
  
                     Ramona had like to have said the literal truth, . .
                     . but recollected herself in time.      --Mrs. H. H.
                                                                              Jackson.
  
      {Like figures} (Geom.), similar figures.
  
      Note: Like is used as a suffix, converting nouns into
               adjectives expressing resemblance to the noun; as,
               manlike, like a man; childlike, like a child; godlike,
               like a god, etc. Such compounds are readily formed
               whenever convenient, and several, as crescentlike,
               serpentlike, hairlike, etc., are used in this book,
               although, in some cases, not entered in the vocabulary.
               Such combinations as bell-like, ball-like, etc., are
               hyphened.

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   Like \Like\ (l[imac]k), v. i.
      1. To be pleased; to choose.
  
                     He may either go or stay, as he best likes. --Locke.
  
      2. To have an appearance or expression; to look; to seem to
            be (in a specified condition). [Obs.]
  
                     You like well, and bear your years very well.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      3. To come near; to avoid with difficulty; to escape
            narrowly; as, he liked to have been too late. Cf. Had
            like, under {Like}, a. [Colloq.]
  
                     He probably got his death, as he liked to have done
                     two years ago, by viewing the troops for the
                     expedition from the wall of Kensington Garden.
                                                                              --Walpole.
  
      {To like of}, to be pleased with. [Obs.] --Massinger.

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   Like \Like\, adv. [AS. gel[c6]ce. See {Like}, a.]
      1. In a manner like that of; in a manner similar to; as, do
            not act like him.
  
                     He maketh them to stagger like a drunken man. --Job
                                                                              xii. 25.
  
      Note: Like, as here used, is regarded by some grammarians as
               a preposition.
  
      2. In a like or similar manner. --Shak.
  
                     Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord
                     pitieth them that fear him.               --Ps. ciii.
                                                                              13.
  
      3. Likely; probably. [bd]Like enough it will.[b8] --Shak.

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   Like \Like\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Liked} (l[imac]kt); p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Liking}.] [OE. liken to please, AS. l[c6]cian,
      gel[c6]cian, fr. gel[c6]c. See {Like}, a.]
      1. To suit; to please; to be agreeable to. [Obs.]
  
                     Cornwall him liked best, therefore he chose there.
                                                                              --R. of
                                                                              Gloucester.
  
                     I willingly confess that it likes me much better
                     when I find virtue in a fair lodging than when I am
                     bound to seek it in an ill-favored creature. --Sir
                                                                              P. Sidney.
  
      2. To be pleased with in a moderate degree; to approve; to
            take satisfaction in; to enjoy.
  
                     He proceeded from looking to liking, and from liking
                     to loving.                                          --Sir P.
                                                                              Sidney.
  
      3. To liken; to compare.[Obs.]
  
                     Like me to the peasant boys of France. --Shak.

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   Like \Like\, n.
      1. That which is equal or similar to another; the
            counterpart; an exact resemblance; a copy.
  
                     He was a man, take him for all in all, I shall not
                     look upon his like again.                  --Shak.
  
      2. A liking; a preference; inclination; -- usually in pl.;
            as, we all have likes and dislikes.

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   Like \Like\, n. (Golf)
      The stroke which equalizes the number of strokes played by
      the opposing player or side; as, to play the like.

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   Liss \Liss\ (l[icr]s), n. [AS. liss.]
      Release; remission; ease; relief. [Obs.] [bd]Of penance had a
      lisse.[b8] --Chaucer.

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   Liss \Liss\, v. t. [AS. lissan.]
      To free, as from care or pain; to relieve. [Obs.] [bd]Lissed
      of his care.[b8] --Chaucer.

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      {White elm} (Bot.), a majestic tree of North America ({Ulmus
            Americana}), the timber of which is much used for hubs of
            wheels, and for other purposes.
  
      {White ensign}. See {Saint George's ensign}, under {Saint}.
           
  
      {White feather}, a mark or symbol of cowardice. See {To show
            the white feather}, under {Feather}, n.
  
      {White fir} (Bot.), a name given to several coniferous trees
            of the Pacific States, as {Abies grandis}, and {A.
            concolor}.
  
      {White flesher} (Zo[94]l.), the ruffed grouse. See under
            {Ruffed}. [Canada]
  
      {White frost}. See {Hoarfrost}.
  
      {White game} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan.
  
      {White garnet} (Min.), leucite.
  
      {White grass} (Bot.), an American grass ({Leersia Virginica})
            with greenish-white pale[91].
  
      {White grouse}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The white ptarmigan.
            (b) The prairie chicken. [Local, U. S.]
  
      {White grub} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the June bug and other
            allied species. These grubs eat the roots of grasses and
            other plants, and often do much damage.
  
      {White hake} (Zo[94]l.), the squirrel hake. See under
            {Squirrel}.
  
      {White hawk}, [or] {kite} (Zo[94]l.), the hen harrier.
  
      {White heat}, the temperature at which bodies become
            incandescent, and appear white from the bright light which
            they emit.
  
      {White hellebore} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Veratrum}
            ({V. album}) See {Hellebore}, 2.
  
      {White herring}, a fresh, or unsmoked, herring, as
            distinguished from a red, or cured, herring. [R.] --Shak.
  
      {White hoolet} (Zo[94]l.), the barn owl. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {White horses} (Naut.), white-topped waves; whitecaps.
  
      {The White House}. See under {House}.
  
      {White ibis} (Zo[94]l.), an American ibis ({Guara alba})
            having the plumage pure white, except the tips of the
            wings, which are black. It inhabits tropical America and
            the Southern United States. Called also {Spanish curlew}.
           
  
      {White iron}.
            (a) Thin sheets of iron coated with tin; tinned iron.
            (b) A hard, silvery-white cast iron containing a large
                  proportion of combined carbon.
  
      {White iron pyrites} (Min.), marcasite.
  
      {White land}, a tough clayey soil, of a whitish hue when dry,
            but blackish after rain. [Eng.]
  
      {White lark} (Zo[94]l.), the snow bunting.
  
      {White lead}.
            (a) A carbonate of lead much used in painting, and for
                  other purposes; ceruse.
            (b) (Min.) Native lead carbonate; cerusite.
  
      {White leather}, buff leather; leather tanned with alum and
            salt.
  
      {White leg} (Med.), milk leg. See under {Milk}.
  
      {White lettuce} (Bot.), rattlesnake root. See under
            {Rattlesnake}.
  
      {White lie}. See under {Lie}.
  
      {White light}.
            (a) (Physics) Light having the different colors in the
                  same proportion as in the light coming directly from
                  the sun, without having been decomposed, as by passing
                  through a prism. See the Note under {Color}, n., 1.
            (b) A kind of firework which gives a brilliant white
                  illumination for signals, etc.
  
      {White lime}, a solution or preparation of lime for
            whitewashing; whitewash.
  
      {White line} (Print.), a void space of the breadth of a line,
            on a printed page; a blank line.
  
      {White meat}.
            (a) Any light-colored flesh, especially of poultry.
            (b) Food made from milk or eggs, as butter, cheese, etc.
  
                           Driving their cattle continually with them, and
                           feeding only upon their milk and white meats.
                                                                              --Spenser.
  
      {White merganser} (Zo[94]l.), the smew.
  
      {White metal}.
            (a) Any one of several white alloys, as pewter, britannia,
                  etc.
            (b) (Metal.) A fine grade of copper sulphide obtained at a
                  certain stage in copper smelting.
  
      {White miller}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The common clothes moth.
            (b) A common American bombycid moth ({Spilosoma
                  Virginica}) which is pure white with a few small black
                  spots; -- called also {ermine moth}, and {virgin
                  moth}. See {Woolly bear}, under {Woolly}.
  
      {White money}, silver money.
  
      {White mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the albino variety of the common
            mouse.
  
      {White mullet} (Zo[94]l.), a silvery mullet ({Mugil curema})
            ranging from the coast of the United States to Brazil; --
            called also {blue-back mullet}, and {liza}.
  
      {White nun} (Zo[94]l.), the smew; -- so called from the white
            crest and the band of black feathers on the back of its
            head, which give the appearance of a hood.
  
      {White oak}. (Bot.) See under {Oak}.
  
      {White owl}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The snowy owl.
            (b) The barn owl.
  
      {White partridge} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan.
  
      {White perch}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A North American fresh-water bass ({Morone Americana})
                  valued as a food fish.
            (b) The croaker, or fresh-water drum.
            (c) Any California surf fish.
  
      {White pine}. (Bot.) See the Note under {Pine}.
  
      {White poplar} (Bot.), a European tree ({Populus alba}) often
            cultivated as a shade tree in America; abele.
  
      {White poppy} (Bot.), the opium-yielding poppy. See {Poppy}.
           
  
      {White powder}, a kind of gunpowder formerly believed to
            exist, and to have the power of exploding without noise.
            [Obs.]
  
                     A pistol charged with white powder.   --Beau. & Fl.
  
      {White precipitate}. (Old Chem.) See under {Precipitate}.
  
      {White rabbit}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The American northern hare in its winter pelage.
            (b) An albino rabbit.
  
      {White rent},
            (a) (Eng. Law) Formerly, rent payable in silver; --
                  opposed to black rent. See {Blackmail}, n., 3.
            (b) A rent, or duty, of eight pence, payable yearly by
                  every tinner in Devon and Cornwall to the Duke of
                  Cornwall, as lord of the soil. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {White rhinoceros}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The one-horned, or Indian, rhinoceros ({Rhinoceros
                  Indicus}). See {Rhinoceros}.
            (b) The umhofo.
  
      {White ribbon}, the distinctive badge of certain
            organizations for the promotion of temperance or of moral
            purity; as, the White-ribbon Army.
  
      {White rope} (Naut.), untarred hemp rope.
  
      {White rot}. (Bot.)
            (a) Either of several plants, as marsh pennywort and
                  butterwort, which were thought to produce the disease
                  called rot in sheep.
            (b) A disease of grapes. See {White rot}, under {Rot}.
  
      {White sage} (Bot.), a white, woolly undershrub ({Eurotia
            lanata}) of Western North America; -- called also {winter
            fat}.
  
      {White salmon} (Zo[94]l.), the silver salmon.
  
      {White salt}, salt dried and calcined; decrepitated salt.
  
      {White scale} (Zo[94]l.), a scale insect ({Aspidiotus Nerii})
            injurious to the orange tree. See {Orange scale}, under
            {Orange}.
  
      {White shark} (Zo[94]l.), a species of man-eating shark. See
            under {Shark}.
  
      {White softening}. (Med.) See {Softening of the brain}, under
            {Softening}.
  
      {White spruce}. (Bot.) See {Spruce}, n., 1.
  
      {White squall} (Naut.), a sudden gust of wind, or furious
            blow, which comes up without being marked in its approach
            otherwise than by whitecaps, or white, broken water, on
            the surface of the sea.
  
      {White staff}, the badge of the lord high treasurer of
            England. --Macaulay.
  
      {White stork} (Zo[94]l.), the common European stork.
  
      {White sturgeon}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Shovelnose}
            (d) .
  
      {White sucker}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The common sucker.
            (b) The common red horse ({Moxostoma macrolepidotum}).
  
      {White swelling} (Med.), a chronic swelling of the knee,
            produced by a strumous inflammation of the synovial
            membranes of the kneejoint and of the cancellar texture of
            the end of the bone forming the kneejoint; -- applied also
            to a lingering chronic swelling of almost any kind.
  
      {White tombac}. See {Tombac}.
  
      {White trout} (Zo[94]l.), the white weakfish, or silver
            squeteague ({Cynoscion nothus}), of the Southern United
            States.
  
      {White vitriol} (Chem.), hydrous sulphate of zinc. See {White
            vitriol}, under {Vitriol}.
  
      {White wagtail} (Zo[94]l.), the common, or pied, wagtail.
  
      {White wax}, beeswax rendered white by bleaching.
  
      {White whale} (Zo[94]l.), the beluga.
  
      {White widgeon} (Zo[94]l.), the smew.
  
      {White wine}. any wine of a clear, transparent color,
            bordering on white, as Madeira, sherry, Lisbon, etc.; --
            distinguished from wines of a deep red color, as port and
            Burgundy. [bd]White wine of Lepe.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
      {White witch}, a witch or wizard whose supernatural powers
            are supposed to be exercised for good and beneficent
            purposes. --Addison. --Cotton Mather.
  
      {White wolf}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A light-colored wolf ({Canis laniger}) native of
                  Thibet; -- called also {chanco}, {golden wolf}, and
                  {Thibetan wolf}.
            (b) The albino variety of the gray wolf.
  
      {White wren} (Zo[94]l.), the willow warbler; -- so called
            from the color of the under parts.

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   Loach \Loach\, n. [OE. loche, F. loche.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of several small, fresh-water, cyprinoid fishes of
      the genera {Cobitis}, {Nemachilus}, and allied genera, having
      six or more barbules around the mouth. They are found in
      Europe and Asia. The common European species ({N.
      barbatulus}) is used as a food fish.

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   Locus \Lo"cus\, n.; pl. {Loci}, & {Loca}. [L., place. Cf.
      {Allow}, {Couch}, {Lieu}, {Local}.]
      1. A place; a locality.
  
      2. (Math.) The line traced by a point which varies its
            position according to some determinate law; the surface
            described by a point or line that moves according to a
            given law.
  
      {Plane locus}, a locus that is a straight line, or a circle.
           
  
      {Solid locus}, a locus that is one of the conic sections.

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   Loch \Loch\, n. [Gael. & Olr. loch. See {Lake} of water.]
      A lake; a bay or arm of the sea. [Scot.]

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   Loch \Loch\, n. [F. looch, Ar. la'[?]g, an electuary, or any
      medicine which may be licked or sucked, fr. la'[?]g to lick.]
      (Med.)
      A kind of medicine to be taken by licking with the tongue; a
      lambative; a lincture.

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   Loche \Loche\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      See {Loach}.

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   Locus \Lo"cus\, n.; pl. {Loci}, & {Loca}. [L., place. Cf.
      {Allow}, {Couch}, {Lieu}, {Local}.]
      1. A place; a locality.
  
      2. (Math.) The line traced by a point which varies its
            position according to some determinate law; the surface
            described by a point or line that moves according to a
            given law.
  
      {Plane locus}, a locus that is a straight line, or a circle.
           
  
      {Solid locus}, a locus that is one of the conic sections.

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   Lock \Lock\, n. [AS. locc; akin to D. lok, G. locke, OHG. loc,
      Icel. lokkr, and perh. to Gr. [?] to bend, twist.]
      A tuft of hair; a flock or small quantity of wool, hay, or
      other like substance; a tress or ringlet of hair.
  
               These gray locks, the pursuivants of death. --Shak.

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   Lock \Lock\, n. [AS. loc inclosure, an inclosed place, the
      fastening of a door, fr. l[umac]can to lock, fasten; akin to
      OS. l[umac]kan (in comp.), D. luiken, OHG. l[umac]hhan, Icel.
      l[?]ka, Goth. l[umac]kan (in comp.); cf. Skr. ruj to break.
      Cf. {Locket}.]
      1. Anything that fastens; specifically, a fastening, as for a
            door, a lid, a trunk, a drawer, and the like, in which a
            bolt is moved by a key so as to hold or to release the
            thing fastened.
  
      2. A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one
            thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.
  
                     Albemarle Street closed by a lock of carriages. --De
                                                                              Quincey.
  
      3. A place from which egress is prevented, as by a lock.
            --Dryden.
  
      4. The barrier or works which confine the water of a stream
            or canal.
  
      5. An inclosure in a canal with gates at each end, used in
            raising or lowering boats as they pass from one level to
            another; -- called also {lift lock}.
  
      6. That part or apparatus of a firearm by which the charge is
            exploded; as, a matchlock, flintlock, percussion lock,
            etc.
  
      7. A device for keeping a wheel from turning.
  
      8. A grapple in wrestling. --Milton.
  
      {Detector lock}, a lock containing a contrivance for showing
            whether it as has been tampered with.
  
      {Lock bay} (Canals), the body of water in a lock chamber.
  
      {Lock chamber}, the inclosed space between the gates of a
            canal lock.
  
      {Lock nut}. See {Check nut}, under {Check}.
  
      {Lock plate}, a plate to which the mechanism of a gunlock is
            attached.
  
      {Lock rail} (Arch.), in ordinary paneled doors, the rail
            nearest the lock.
  
      {Lock rand} (Masonry), a range of bond stone. --Knight.
  
      {Mortise lock}, a door lock inserted in a mortise.
  
      {Rim lock}, a lock fastened to the face of a door, thus
            differing from a {mortise lock}.

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   Lock \Lock\, v. i.
      To become fast, as by means of a lock or by interlacing; as,
      the door locks close.
  
               When it locked none might through it pass. --Spenser.
  
      {To lock into}, to fit or slide into; as, they lock into each
            other. --Boyle.

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   Lock \Lock\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Locked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Locking}.]
      1. To fasten with a lock, or as with a lock; to make fast; to
            prevent free movement of; as, to lock a door, a carriage
            wheel, a river, etc.
  
      2. To prevent ingress or access to, or exit from, by
            fastening the lock or locks of; -- often with up; as, to
            lock or lock up, a house, jail, room, trunk. etc.
  
      3. To fasten in or out, or to make secure by means of, or as
            with, locks; to confine, or to shut in or out -- often
            with up; as, to lock one's self in a room; to lock up the
            prisoners; to lock up one's silver; to lock intruders out
            of the house; to lock money into a vault; to lock a child
            in one's arms; to lock a secret in one's breast.
  
      4. To link together; to clasp closely; as, to lock arms. [bd]
            Lock hand in hand.[b8] --Shak.
  
      5. (Canals) To furnish with locks; also, to raise or lower (a
            boat) in a lock.
  
      6. (Fencing) To seize, as the sword arm of an antagonist, by
            turning the left arm around it, to disarm him.

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   Lockjaw \Lock"jaw`\, n. (Med.)
      A contraction of the muscles of the jaw by which its motion
      is suspended; a variety of tetanus.

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   Locky \Lock"y\, a.
      Having locks or tufts. [R.] --Sherwood.

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   Loco \Lo"co\, n. [Sp. loco insane.] (Bot.)
      A plant ({Astragalus Hornii}) growing in the Southwestern
      United States, which is said to poison horses and cattle,
      first making them insane. The name is also given vaguely to
      several other species of the same genus. Called also {loco
      weed}.

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   Loco \Lo"co\, n.
      A locomotive. [Colloq.] --Kipling.

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   Loco \Lo"co\, n. (Bot.)
      Any one of various leguminous plants or weeds besides
      {Astragalus}, whose herbage is poisonous to cattle, as
      {Spiesia Lambertii}, syn. {Oxytropis Lambertii}.

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   Loco \Lo"co\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Locoed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Locoing}.]
      To poison with loco; to affect with the loco disease; hence
      (Colloq.), to render insane or mad. [bd]The locoed
      novelist.[b8] --W. D. Howells.

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   Loess \Loess\, n. [G. l[94]ss.] (Geol.)
      A quaternary deposit, usually consisting of a fine yellowish
      earth, on the banks of the Rhine and other large rivers.

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   Log \Log\, n. [Heb. l[omac]g.]
      A Hebrew measure of liquids, containing 2.37 gills. --W. H.
      Ward.

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   Log \Log\, n. [Icel. l[be]g a felled tree, log; akin to E. lie.
      See {Lie} to lie prostrate.]
      1. A bulky piece of wood which has not been shaped by hewing
            or sawing.
  
      2. [Prob. the same word as in sense 1; cf. LG. log, lock,
            Dan. log, Sw. logg.] (Naut.) An apparatus for measuring
            the rate of a ship's motion through the water.
  
      Note: The common log consists of the log-chip, or logship,
               often exclusively called the log, and the log line, the
               former being commonly a thin wooden quadrant of five or
               six inches radius, loaded with lead on the arc to make
               it float with the point up. It is attached to the log
               line by cords from each corner. This line is divided
               into equal spaces, called knots, each bearing the same
               proportion to a mile that half a minute does to an
               hour. The line is wound on a reel which is so held as
               to let it run off freely. When the log is thrown, the
               log-chip is kept by the water from being drawn forward,
               and the speed of the ship is shown by the number of
               knots run out in half a minute. There are improved
               logs, consisting of a piece of mechanism which, being
               towed astern, shows the distance actually gone through
               by the ship, by means of the revolutions of a fly,
               which are registered on a dial plate.
  
      3. Hence: The record of the rate of ship's speed or of her
            daily progress; also, the full nautical record of a ship's
            cruise or voyage; a log slate; a log book.
  
      4. A record and tabulated statement of the work done by an
            engine, as of a steamship, of the coal consumed, and of
            other items relating to the performance of machinery
            during a given time.
  
      5. (Mining) A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting
            rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.
  
      {Log board} (Naut.), a board consisting of two parts shutting
            together like a book, with columns in which are entered
            the direction of the wind, course of the ship, etc.,
            during each hour of the day and night. These entries are
            transferred to the log book. A folding slate is now used
            instead.
  
      {Log book}, [or] {Logbook} (Naut.), a book in which is
            entered the daily progress of a ship at sea, as indicated
            by the log, with notes on the weather and incidents of the
            voyage; the contents of the log board.
  
      {Log cabin}, {Log house}, a cabin or house made of logs.
  
      {Log canoe}, a canoe made by shaping and hollowing out a
            single log.

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   Log \Log\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Logged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Logging}.] (Naut.),
      To enter in a ship's log book; as, to log the miles run. --J.
      F. Cooper.

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   Log \Log\, v. i.
      1. To engage in the business of cutting or transporting logs
            for timber; to get out logs. [U.S.]
  
      2. To move to and fro; to rock. [Obs.]

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   Loge \Loge\, n. [F. See {Lodge}.]
      A lodge; a habitation. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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   Logge \Logge\, n. & v.
      See {Lodge}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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   -logy \-lo*gy\ [Gr. [?], fr. [?] word, discourse, fr. [?] to
      speak. See {Logic}.]
      A combining form denoting a discourse, treatise, doctrine,
      theory, science; as, theology, geology, biology, mineralogy.

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   Logy \Lo"gy\, a. [From D. log.]
      Heavy or dull in respect to motion or thought; as, a logy
      horse. [U.S.]
  
               Porcupines are . . . logy, sluggish creatures. --C. H.
                                                                              Merriam.

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   -logy \-lo*gy\ [Gr. [?], fr. [?] word, discourse, fr. [?] to
      speak. See {Logic}.]
      A combining form denoting a discourse, treatise, doctrine,
      theory, science; as, theology, geology, biology, mineralogy.

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   Logy \Lo"gy\, a. [From D. log.]
      Heavy or dull in respect to motion or thought; as, a logy
      horse. [U.S.]
  
               Porcupines are . . . logy, sluggish creatures. --C. H.
                                                                              Merriam.

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   Lohock \Lo"hock\, n. (Med.)
      See {Loch}, a medicine.

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   Lok \Lok\, Loki \Lo"ki\, n. [Icel. Loki, perh. akin to lokka,
      locka to allure, entice.] (Scandinavian Myth.)
      The evil deity, the author of all calamities and mischief,
      answering to the African of the Persians.

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   Loke \Loke\, n. [See {Lock} a fastening.]
      A private path or road; also, the wicket or hatch of a door.
      [Prov. Eng.]

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   Lok \Lok\, Loki \Lo"ki\, n. [Icel. Loki, perh. akin to lokka,
      locka to allure, entice.] (Scandinavian Myth.)
      The evil deity, the author of all calamities and mischief,
      answering to the African of the Persians.

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   Looch \Looch\, n.
      See 2d {Loch}.

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   Look \Look\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Looked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Looking}.] [OE. loken, AS. l[omac]cian; akin to G. lugen,
      OHG. luog[emac]n.]
      1. To direct the eyes for the purpose of seeing something; to
            direct the eyes toward an object; to observe with the eyes
            while keeping them directed; -- with various prepositions,
            often in a special or figurative sense. See Phrases below.
  
      2. To direct the attention (to something); to consider; to
            examine; as, to look at an action.
  
      3. To seem; to appear; to have a particular appearance; as,
            the patient looks better; the clouds look rainy.
  
                     It would look more like vanity than gratitude.
                                                                              --Addison.
  
                     Observe how such a practice looks in another person.
                                                                              --I. Watts.
  
      4. To have a particular direction or situation; to face; to
            front.
  
                     The inner gate that looketh to north. --Ezek. viii.
                                                                              3.
  
                     The east gate . . . which looketh eastward. --Ezek.
                                                                              xi. 1.
  
      5. In the imperative: see; behold; take notice; take care;
            observe; -- used to call attention.
  
                     Look, how much we thus expel of sin, so much we
                     expel of virtue.                                 --Milton.
  
      Note: Look, in the imperative, may be followed by a dependent
               sentence, but see is oftener so used.

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   Look \Look\, v. t.
      1. To look at; to turn the eyes toward.
  
      2. To seek; to search for. [Obs.]
  
                     Looking my love, I go from place to place.
                                                                              --Spenser.
  
      3. To expect. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      4. To influence, overawe, or subdue by looks or presence as,
            to look down opposition.
  
                     A spirit fit to start into an empire, And look the
                     world to law.                                    --Dryden.
  
      5. To express or manifest by a look.
  
                     Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again.
                                                                              --Byron.
  
      {To look daggers}. See under {Dagger}.
  
      {To look in the face}, to face or meet with boldness or
            confidence; hence, sometimes, to meet for combat.
  
      {To look out}, to seek for; as, prudent persons look out
            associates good reputation.

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   Look \Look\, n.
      1. The act of looking; a glance; a sight; a view; -- often in
            certain phrases; as, to have, get, take, throw, or cast, a
            look.
  
                     Threw many a northward look to see his father Bring
                     up his powers; but he did long in vain. --Shak.
  
      2. Expression of the eyes and face; manner; as, a proud or
            defiant look. [bd]Gentle looks.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     Up ! up! my friends, and clear your looks.
                                                                              --Wordsworth.
  
      3. Hence; Appearance; aspect; as, the house has a gloomy
            look; the affair has a bad look.
  
                     Pain, disgrace, and poverty have frighted looks.
                                                                              --Locke.
  
                     There was something that reminded me of Dante's Hell
                     in the look of this.                           --Carlyle.

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   Loos \Loos\, n. [OE. los, fr. OF. los, laus.]
      Praise; fame; reputation. [Obs.] --Spenser.
  
               Good conscience and good loos.               --Chaucer.

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   Loose \Loose\, v. i.
      To set sail. [Obs.] --Acts xiii. 13.

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   Loose \Loose\, a. [Compar. {Looser}; superl. {Loosest}.] [OE.
      loos, lous, laus, Icel. lauss; akin to OD. loos, D. los, AS.
      le[a0]s false, deceitful, G. los, loose, Dan. & Sw. l[94]s,
      Goth. laus, and E. lose. [?] See {Lose}, and cf. {Leasing}
      falsehood.]
      1. Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed,
            or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book.
  
                     Her hair, nor loose, nor tied in formal plat.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      2. Free from constraint or obligation; not bound by duty,
            habit, etc.; -- with from or of.
  
                     Now I stand Loose of my vow; but who knows Cato's
                     thoughts ?                                          --Addison.
  
      3. Not tight or close; as, a loose garment.
  
      4. Not dense, close, compact, or crowded; as, a cloth of
            loose texture.
  
                     With horse and chariots ranked in loose array.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      5. Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate; as, a loose
            style, or way of reasoning.
  
                     The comparison employed . . . must be considered
                     rather as a loose analogy than as an exact
                     scientific explanation.                     --Whewel.
  
      6. Not strict in matters of morality; not rigid according to
            some standard of right.
  
                     The loose morality which he had learned. --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      7. Unconnected; rambling.
  
                     Vario spends whole mornings in running over loose
                     and unconnected pages.                        --I. Watts.
  
      8. Lax; not costive; having lax bowels. --Locke.
  
      9. Dissolute; unchaste; as, a loose man or woman.
  
                     Loose ladies in delight.                     --Spenser.
  
      10. Containing or consisting of obscene or unchaste language;
            as, a loose epistle. -- Dryden.
  
      {At loose ends}, not in order; in confusion; carelessly
            managed.
  
      {Fast and loose}. See under {Fast}.
  
      {To break loose}. See under {Break}.
  
      {Loose pulley}. (Mach.) See {Fast and loose pulleys}, under
            {Fast}.
  
      {To let loose}, to free from restraint or confinement; to set
            at liberty.

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   Loose \Loose\, n.
      1. Freedom from restraint. [Obs.] --Prior.
  
      2. A letting go; discharge. --B. Jonson.
  
      {To give a loose}, to give freedom.
  
                     Vent all its griefs, and give a loose to sorrow.
                                                                              --Addison.

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   Loose \Loose\, v. n. [imp. & p. p. {Loosed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Loosing}.] [From {Loose}, a.]
      1. To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening; to remove
            the shackles or fastenings of; to set free; to relieve.
  
                     Canst thou . . . loose the bands of Orion ? --Job.
                                                                              xxxviii. 31.
  
                     Ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her;
                     loose them, and bring them unto me.   --Matt. xxi.
                                                                              2.
  
      2. To release from anything obligatory or burdensome; to
            disengage; hence, to absolve; to remit.
  
                     Art thou loosed from a wife ? seek not a wife. --1
                                                                              Cor. vii. 27.
  
                     Whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed
                     in heaven.                                          --Matt. xvi.
                                                                              19.
  
      3. To relax; to loosen; to make less strict.
  
                     The joints of his loins were loosed.   --Dan. v. 6.
  
      4. To solve; to interpret. [Obs.] --Spenser.

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   Los \Los\, n.
      Praise. See {Loos}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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   Lose \Lose\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Losing}.] [OE. losien to
      loose, be lost, lose, AS. losian to become loose; akin to OE.
      leosen to lose, p. p. loren, lorn, AS. le[a2]san, p. p. loren
      (in comp.), D. verliezen, G. verlieren, Dan. forlise, Sw.
      f[94]rlisa, f[94]rlora, Goth. fraliusan, also to E. loose, a
      & v., L. luere to loose, Gr. [?], Skr. l[?] to cut.
      [root]127. Cf. {Analysis}, {Palsy}, {Solve}, {Forlorn},
      {Leasing}, {Loose}, {Loss}.]
      1. To part with unintentionally or unwillingly, as by
            accident, misfortune, negligence, penalty, forfeit, etc.;
            to be deprived of; as, to lose money from one's purse or
            pocket, or in business or gaming; to lose an arm or a leg
            by amputation; to lose men in battle.
  
                     Fair Venus wept the sad disaster Of having lost her
                     favorite dove.                                    --Prior.
  
      2. To cease to have; to possess no longer; to suffer
            diminution of; as, to lose one's relish for anything; to
            lose one's health.
  
                     If the salt hath lost his savor, wherewith shall it
                     be salted ?                                       --Matt. v. 13.
  
      3. Not to employ; to employ ineffectually; to throw away; to
            waste; to squander; as, to lose a day; to lose the
            benefits of instruction.
  
                     The unhappy have but hours, and these they lose.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      4. To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to and; to
            go astray from; as, to lose one's way.
  
                     He hath lost his fellows.                  --Shak
  
      5. To ruin; to destroy; as destroy; as, the ship was lost on
            the ledge.
  
                     The woman that deliberates is lost.   --Addison.
  
      6. To be deprived of the view of; to cease to see or know the
            whereabouts of; as, he lost his companion in the crowd.
  
                     Like following life thro' creatures you dissect, You
                     lose it in the moment you detect.      --Pope.
  
      7. To fail to obtain or enjoy; to fail to gain or win; hence,
            to fail to catch with the mind or senses; to miss; as, I
            lost a part of what he said.
  
                     He shall in no wise lose his reward.   --Matt. x. 42.
  
                     I fought the battle bravely which I lost, And lost
                     it but to Macedonians.                        --Dryden.
  
      8. To cause to part with; to deprive of. [R.]
  
                     How should you go about to lose him a wife he loves
                     with so much passion ?                        --Sir W.
                                                                              Temple.
  
      9. To prevent from gaining or obtaining.
  
                     O false heart ! thou hadst almost betrayed me to
                     eternal flames, and lost me this glory. --Baxter.
  
      {To lose ground}, to fall behind; to suffer gradual loss or
            disadvantage.
  
      {To lose heart}, to lose courage; to become timid. [bd]The
            mutineers lost heart.[b8] --Macaulay.
  
      {To lose one's head}, to be thrown off one's balance; to lose
            the use of one's good sense or judgment.
  
                     In the excitement of such a discovery, many scholars
                     lost their heads.                              --Whitney.
  
      {To lose one's self}.
            (a) To forget or mistake the bearing of surrounding
                  objects; as, to lose one's self in a great city.
            (b) To have the perceptive and rational power temporarily
                  suspended; as, we lose ourselves in sleep.
  
      {To lose sight of}.
            (a) To cease to see; as, to lose sight of the land.
            (b) To overlook; to forget; to fail to perceive; as, he
                  lost sight of the issue.

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   Lose \Lose\, v. i.
      To suffer loss, disadvantage, or defeat; to be worse off,
      esp. as the result of any kind of contest.
  
               We 'll . . . hear poor rogues Talk of court news; and
               we'll talk with them too, Who loses and who wins; who's
               in, who's out.                                       --Shak.

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   Loss \Loss\, n. [AS. los loss, losing, fr. le[a2]san to lose.
      [?]. See {Lose}, v. t.]
      1. The act of losing; failure; destruction; privation; as,
            the loss of property; loss of money by gaming; loss of
            health or reputation.
  
                     Assured loss before the match be played. --Shak.
  
      2. The state of losing or having lost; the privation, defect,
            misfortune, harm, etc., which ensues from losing.
  
                     Though thou repent, yet I have still the loss.
                                                                              --Shak
  
      3. That which is lost or from which one has parted; waste; --
            opposed to {gain} or {increase}; as, the loss of liquor by
            leakage was considerable.
  
      4. The state of being lost or destroyed; especially, the
            wreck or foundering of a ship or other vessel.
  
      5. Failure to gain or win; as, loss of a race or battle.
  
      6. Failure to use advantageously; as, loss of time.
  
      7. (Mil.) Killed, wounded, and captured persons, or captured
            property.
  
      8. (Insurance) Destruction or diminution of value, if brought
            about in a manner provided for in the insurance contract
            (as destruction by fire or wreck, damage by water or
            smoke), or the death or injury of an insured person; also,
            the sum paid or payable therefor; as, the losses of the
            company this year amount to a million of dollars.
  
      {To bear a loss}, to make a loss good; also, to sustain a
            loss without sinking under it.
  
      {To be at a loss}, to be in a state of uncertainty.
  
      Syn: Privation; detriment; injury; damage.

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   Lough \Lough\, n. [See 1st {Loch}.]
      A loch or lake; -- so spelt in Ireland.

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   Lough \Lough\, obs. strong imp.
      of {Laugh}. --Chaucer.

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   Louk \Louk\, n.
      An accomplice; a [bd]pal.[b8] [Obs.]
  
               There is no thief without a louk.            --Chaucer.

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   Louse \Louse\ (lous), n.; pl. {Lice} (l[imac]s). [OE. lous, AS.
      l[umac]s, pl. l[ymac]s; akin to D. luis, G. laus, OHG.
      l[umac]s, Icel. l[umac]s, Sw. lus, Dan. luus; perh. so named
      because it is destructive, and akin to E. lose, loose.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      1. Any one of numerous species of small, wingless, suctorial,
            parasitic insects belonging to a tribe ({Pediculina}), now
            usually regarded as degraded Hemiptera. To this group
            belong of the lice of man and other mammals; as, the head
            louse of man ({Pediculus capitis}), the body louse ({P.
            vestimenti}), and the crab louse ({Phthirius pubis}), and
            many others. See {Crab louse}, {Dog louse}, {Cattle
            louse}, etc., under {Crab}, {Dog}, etc.
  
      2. Any one of numerous small mandibulate insects, mostly
            parasitic on birds, and feeding on the feathers. They are
            known as Mallophaga, or bird lice, though some occur on
            the hair of mammals. They are usually regarded as degraded
            Pseudoneuroptera. See {Mallophaga}.
  
      3. Any one of the numerous species of aphids, or plant lice.
            See {Aphid}.
  
      4. Any small crustacean parasitic on fishes. See
            {Branchiura}, and {Ichthvophthira}.
  
      Note: The term is also applied to various other parasites;
               as, the whale louse, beelouse, horse louse.
  
      {Louse fly} (Zo[94]l.), a parasitic dipterous insect of the
            group Pupipara. Some of them are wingless, as the bee
            louse.
  
      {Louse mite} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of mites
            which infest mammals and birds, clinging to the hair and
            feathers like lice. They belong to {Myobia},
            {Dermaleichus}, {Mycoptes}, and several other genera.

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   Louse \Louse\, v. t.
      To clean from lice. [bd]You sat and loused him.[b8] --Swift.

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   Lousy \Lous"y\, a.
      1. Infested with lice.
  
      2. Mean; contemptible; as, lousy knave. [Vulgar]

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   Lowgh \Lowgh\, Lowh \Lowh\, obs.
      strong imp. of {Laugh}. [Cf. 1st Low and 2d {Lough}.]

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   Lowish \Low"ish\, a.
      Somewhat low. [Colloq.] --Richardson.

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   Lowk \Lowk\, n.
      See {Louk}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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   Luce \Luce\, n. [OF. lus, L. lucius a kind of fish.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A pike when full grown. --Halliwell.

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   Luck \Luck\, n. [Akin to D. luk, geluk, G. gl[81]ck, Icel.
      lukka, Sw. lycka, Dan. lykke, and perh. to G. locken to
      entice. Cf. 3d {Gleck}.]
      That which happens to a person; an event, good or ill,
      affecting one's interests or happiness, and which is deemed
      casual; a course or series of such events regarded as
      occurring by chance; chance; hap; fate; fortune; often, one's
      habitual or characteristic fortune; as, good, bad, ill, or
      hard luck. Luck is often used for good luck; as, luck is
      better than skill.
  
               If thou dost play with him at any game, Thou art sure
               to lose; and of that natural luck, He beats thee
               'gainst the odds.                                    --Shak.
  
      {Luck penny}, a small sum given back for luck to one who pays
            money. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {To be in luck}, to receive some good, or to meet with some
            success, in an unexpected manner, or as the result of
            circumstances beyond one's control; to be fortunate.

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   Lucky \Luck"y\, a. [Compar. {Luckier}; superl. {Luckiest}.]
      1. Favored by luck; fortunate; meeting with good success or
            good fortune; -- said of persons; as, a lucky adventurer.
            [bd] Lucky wight.[b8] --Spenser.
  
      2. Producing, or resulting in, good by chance, or
            unexpectedly; favorable; auspicious; fortunate; as, a
            lucky mistake; a lucky cast; a lucky hour.
  
                     We doubt not of a fair and lucky war. --Shak.
  
      Syn: Successful; fortunate; prosperous; auspicious.

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   d8Lues \[d8]Lu"es\, n. [L.] (Med.)
      Disease, especially of a contagious kind.
  
      {Lues venerea}, syphilis; -- called also simply {lues}.

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   Lug \Lug\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lugged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Lugging}.] [OE. luggen, Sw. lugga to pull by the hair, fr.
      lugg the forelock.]
      To pull with force; to haul; to drag along; to carry with
      difficulty, as something heavy or cumbersome. --Dryden.
  
               They must divide the image among them, and so lug off
               every one his share.                              --Collier.

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   Lug \Lug\, n. [Sw. lugg the forelock.]
      1. The ear, or its lobe. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
  
      2. That which projects like an ear, esp. that by which
            anything is supported, carried, or grasped, or to which a
            support is fastened; an ear; as, the lugs of a kettle; the
            lugs of a founder's flask; the lug (handle) of a jug.
  
      3. (Mach.) A projecting piece to which anything, as a rod, is
            attached, or against which anything, as a wedge or key,
            bears, or through which a bolt passes, etc.
  
      4. (Harness) The leather loop or ear by which a shaft is held
            up.
  
      5. (Zo[94]l.) The lugworm.
  
      {Lug bolt} (Mach.), a bolt terminating in a long, flat
            extension which takes the place of a head; a strap bolt.

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   Lug \Lug\, v. i.
      To move slowly and heavily.

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   Lug \Lug\, n.
      1. The act of lugging; as, a hard lug; that which is lugged;
            as, the pack is a heavy lug.[Colloq.]
  
      2. Anything which moves slowly. [Obs.] --Ascham.

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   Lug \Lug\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.]
      1. A rod or pole. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright.
  
      2. A measure of length, being 16[frac12] feet; a rod, pole,
            or perch. [Obs.] [bd] Eight lugs of ground.[b8] --Spenser.
  
      {Chimney lug}, [or] {Lug pole}, a pole on which a kettle is
            hung over the fire, either in a chimney or in the open
            air. [Local, U.S.] --Whittier.

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   Luke \Luke\, a. [Prob. fr. lew, perh. influenced by AS. wl[91]c
      warm, lukewarm, remiss. Cf. Lew.]
      Moderately warm; not hot; tepid. -- {Luke"ness}, n. [Obs.]

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   Lush \Lush\, a. [Prob. an abbrev. of lushious, fr. luscious.]
      Full of juice or succulence. --Tennyson.
  
               How lush and lusty the grass looks! how green! --Shak.

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   Lush \Lush\, n. [Etymol uncertain; said to be fr. Lushington,
      name of a London brewer.]
      Liquor, esp. intoxicating liquor; drink. [Slang]

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   Lusk \Lusk\, a.
      Lazy; slothful. [Obs.]

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   Lusk \Lusk\, n.
      A lazy fellow; a lubber. [Obs.] --T. Kendall.

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   Lusk \Lusk\, v. i.
      To be idle or unemployed. [Obs.]

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   Luwack \Lu*wack"\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      See {Paradoxure}.

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   Lux \Lux\, v. t. [Cf. F. luxer. See {Luxate}.]
      To put out of joint; to luxate. [Obs.]

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   Luxe \Luxe\, n. [L. luxus: cf. F. luxe.]
      Luxury. [Obs.] --Shenstone.
  
      {[d8][90]dition de luxe}. [F.] (Printing) A sumptuous edition
            as regards paper, illustrations, binding, etc.

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   Luz \Luz\, n.
      A bone of the human body which was supposed by certain
      Rabbinical writers to be indestructible. Its location was a
      matter of dispute. --Brande & C.

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   Lyceum \Ly*ce"um\, n.; pl. E. {Lyceums}, L. {Lycea}. [L. lyceum,
      Gr. [?], so named after the neighboring temple of [?] [?]
      Apollo the wolf slayer, prob. fr. [?] belonging to a wolf, fr
      [?] wolf. See {Wolf}.]
      1. A place of exercise with covered walks, in the suburbs of
            Athens, where Aristotle taught philosophy.
  
      2. A house or apartment appropriated to instruction by
            lectures or disquisitions.
  
      3. A higher school, in Europe, which prepares youths for the
            university.
  
      4. An association for debate and literary improvement.

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   Lyche \Lyche\, a.
      Like. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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   Litchi \Li"tchi`\, n. (Bot.)
      The fruit of a tree native to China ({Nephelium Litchi}). It
      is nutlike, having a rough but tender shell, containing an
      aromatic pulp, and a single large seed. In the dried fruit
      which is exported the pulp somewhat resembles a raisin in
      color and form. [Written also {lichi}, and {lychee}.] --
      {lite}. See -{lith}.

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   Lychee \Ly"chee`\, n. (Bot.)
      See {Litchi}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Litchi \Li"tchi`\, n. (Bot.)
      The fruit of a tree native to China ({Nephelium Litchi}). It
      is nutlike, having a rough but tender shell, containing an
      aromatic pulp, and a single large seed. In the dried fruit
      which is exported the pulp somewhat resembles a raisin in
      color and form. [Written also {lichi}, and {lychee}.] --
      {lite}. See -{lith}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lychee \Ly"chee`\, n. (Bot.)
      See {Litchi}.

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   Lehigh, IA (city, FIPS 44265)
      Location: 42.35586 N, 94.05307 W
      Population (1990): 536 (268 housing units)
      Area: 5.4 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 50557
   Lehigh, KS (city, FIPS 39225)
      Location: 38.37489 N, 97.30241 W
      Population (1990): 180 (83 housing units)
      Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 67073
   Lehigh, OK (city, FIPS 42200)
      Location: 34.46976 N, 96.22046 W
      Population (1990): 303 (129 housing units)
      Area: 4.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Leigh, NE (village, FIPS 26560)
      Location: 41.70409 N, 97.23683 W
      Population (1990): 447 (214 housing units)
      Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 68643

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Lewes, DE (city, FIPS 41830)
      Location: 38.78029 N, 75.14978 W
      Population (1990): 2295 (1953 housing units)
      Area: 9.3 sq km (land), 1.6 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 19958

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Lewis, CO
      Zip code(s): 81327
   Lewis, IA (city, FIPS 44805)
      Location: 41.30627 N, 95.08423 W
      Population (1990): 433 (200 housing units)
      Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 51544
   Lewis, IN
      Zip code(s): 47858
   Lewis, KS (city, FIPS 39725)
      Location: 37.93700 N, 99.25434 W
      Population (1990): 451 (223 housing units)
      Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 67552
   Lewis, NY
      Zip code(s): 12950

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Lexa, AR (city, FIPS 39670)
      Location: 34.59820 N, 90.75261 W
      Population (1990): 295 (127 housing units)
      Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 72355

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Lisco, NE
      Zip code(s): 69148

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Locke, NY
      Zip code(s): 13092

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Loco, OK (town, FIPS 43450)
      Location: 34.32953 N, 97.68022 W
      Population (1990): 160 (82 housing units)
      Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 73442

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Louisa, KY (city, FIPS 47854)
      Location: 38.10943 N, 82.60344 W
      Population (1990): 1990 (919 housing units)
      Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
   Louisa, VA (town, FIPS 47144)
      Location: 38.01924 N, 77.99946 W
      Population (1990): 1088 (464 housing units)
      Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 23093

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Louise, MS (town, FIPS 42240)
      Location: 32.98262 N, 90.59124 W
      Population (1990): 343 (141 housing units)
      Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 39097
   Louise, TX
      Zip code(s): 77455

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Luck, WI (village, FIPS 46200)
      Location: 45.57517 N, 92.46729 W
      Population (1990): 1022 (501 housing units)
      Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 1.5 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 54853

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Luckey, OH (village, FIPS 45332)
      Location: 41.45234 N, 83.48368 W
      Population (1990): 848 (346 housing units)
      Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 43443

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Lucky, LA (village, FIPS 46370)
      Location: 32.24353 N, 93.01279 W
      Population (1990): 342 (121 housing units)
      Area: 21.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Luke, MD (town, FIPS 48775)
      Location: 39.47556 N, 79.06037 W
      Population (1990): 184 (97 housing units)
      Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 21540

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Lusk, WY (town, FIPS 48530)
      Location: 42.76066 N, 104.45357 W
      Population (1990): 1504 (822 housing units)
      Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 82225

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   lag n.   [MUD, IRC; very common] When used without qualification
   this is synomous with {netlag}.   Curiously, people will often
   complain "I'm really lagged" when in fact it is their server or
   network connection that is lagging.
  
  

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   lase /layz/ vt.   To print a given document via a laser printer.
   "OK, let's lase that sucker and see if all those graphics-macro
   calls did the right things."
  
  

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   leak n.   With qualifier, one of a class of resource-management
   bugs that occur when resources are not freed properly after
   operations on them are finished, so they effectively disappear (leak
   out).   This leads to eventual exhaustion as new allocation requests
   come in.   {memory leak} and {fd leak} have their own entries; one
   might also refer, to, say, a `window handle leak' in a window system.
  
  

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   leech n.   Among BBS types, crackers and {warez d00dz}, one who
   consumes knowledge without generating new software, cracks, or
   techniques.   BBS culture specifically defines a leech as someone who
   downloads files with few or no uploads in return, and who does not
   contribute to the message section.   Cracker culture extends this
   definition to someone (a {lamer}, usually) who constantly presses
   informed sources for information and/or assistance, but has nothing
   to contribute.
  
  

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   lose vi.   1. [very common] To fail.   A program loses when it
   encounters an exceptional condition or fails to work in the expected
   manner.   2. To be exceptionally unesthetic or crocky.   3. Of people,
   to be obnoxious or unusually stupid (as opposed to ignorant).   See
   also {deserves to lose}.   4. n.   Refers to something that is
   {losing}, especially in the phrases "That's a lose!" and "What a
   lose!"
  
  

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   loss n.   Something (not a person) that loses; a situation in
   which something is losing.   Emphatic forms include `moby loss', and
   `total loss', `complete loss'.   Common interjections are "What a
   loss!"   and "What a moby loss!"   Note that `moby loss' is OK even
   though **`moby loser' is not used; applied to an abstract noun, moby
   is simply a magnifier, whereas when applied to a person it implies
   substance and has positive connotations.   Compare {lossage}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Lace
  
      Language for Assembling Classes in Eiffel.   Specifies how to
      assemble an Eiffel system : in which directories to find the
      clusters, which class to use as the root, permits class
      renaming to avoid name clashes.   "Eiffel: The Language",
      Bertrand Meyer, P-H 1992.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   lag
  
      {netlag}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   LaQuey
  
      [LaQuey, T. (with J. Ryer), "The Internet Companion: A
      Beginner's Guide to Global Networking", Addison-Wesley,
      Reading, MA, 1992.]
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   lase
  
      /layz/ To print a given document via a laser printer.   "OK,
      let's lase that sucker and see if all those graphics-macro
      calls did the right things."
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   LAX
  
      LAnguage eXample.
  
      A {toy language} used to illustrate {compiler} design.
  
      ["Compiler Construction", W.M. Waite et al, Springer 1984].
  
      (1994-12-07)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   lc
  
      The {country code} for Saint Lucia.
  
      (1999-01-27)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   LCC
  
      Language for Conversational Computing.   Written at {CMU} in
      the 1960's.   Similar to {JOSS}, with declarations, pointers
      and block structure from {ALGOL 60}.   Implemented for {IBM
      360}/{IBM 370} under {TSS}.
  
      ["LCC Reference Manual", H.R. Van Zoeren, CMU 196]9.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   lcc
  
      A hand-coded, {retargetable} compiler for
      {ANSI C} written by Dave Hanson .   lcc's
      {parser} is faster than {yacc} and the code it generates is
      "as good as {GCC}".
  
      Version 1.8 includes a {compiler}, test suite and
      documentation.   lcc has been ported to {Vax}, commercial
      backends for {MIPS}, {SPARC}, {68000} are cheap for
      universities.   {Chop} is a {code generator} for use with lcc.
  
      {Home (http://www.cs.princeton.edu/software/lcc/)}.
  
      E-mail: .
  
      ["A Retargetable C Compiler: Design and Implementation",
      Addison-Wesley, 1995, ISBN 0-8053-1670-1].
  
      (1998-03-20)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   LCC
  
      Language for Conversational Computing.   Written at {CMU} in
      the 1960's.   Similar to {JOSS}, with declarations, pointers
      and block structure from {ALGOL 60}.   Implemented for {IBM
      360}/{IBM 370} under {TSS}.
  
      ["LCC Reference Manual", H.R. Van Zoeren, CMU 196]9.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   lcc
  
      A hand-coded, {retargetable} compiler for
      {ANSI C} written by Dave Hanson .   lcc's
      {parser} is faster than {yacc} and the code it generates is
      "as good as {GCC}".
  
      Version 1.8 includes a {compiler}, test suite and
      documentation.   lcc has been ported to {Vax}, commercial
      backends for {MIPS}, {SPARC}, {68000} are cheap for
      universities.   {Chop} is a {code generator} for use with lcc.
  
      {Home (http://www.cs.princeton.edu/software/lcc/)}.
  
      E-mail: .
  
      ["A Retargetable C Compiler: Design and Implementation",
      Addison-Wesley, 1995, ISBN 0-8053-1670-1].
  
      (1998-03-20)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   LCS
  
      {Language for Communicating Systems}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   leak
  
      With a qualifier, one of a class of
      resource-management bugs that occur when resources are not
      freed properly after operations on them are finished, so they
      effectively disappear (leak out).   This leads to eventual
      exhaustion as new allocation requests come in.
  
      One might refer to, say, a "window handle leak" in a {window
      system}.
  
      See {memory leak}, {fd leak}.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
      (1995-04-18)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   LEC
  
      {Local Exchange Carrier}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Lex
  
      1. A {lexical analyser} generator for {Unix} and its
      input language.   There is a {GNU} version called {flex} and a
      version written in, and outputting, {SML/NJ} called {ML-lex}.
      A version, by David Poole at Montana has been retargeted to
      {Turbo Pascal}, {(ftp://iecc.com/pub/file/lyprg.zip)}.
  
      ["Lex - A Lexical Analyzer Generator", M.E. Lesk, CS TR 39,
      Bell Labs, Oct 1975].
  
      2. The lexical specification
      language for {COPS}.
  
      ["Metalanguages of the Compiler Production System COPS",
      J. Borowiec, in GI Fachgesprach "Compiler-Compiler", ed
      W. Henhapl, Tech Hochs Darmstadt 1978, pp.122-159].
  
      (2000-11-15)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   LG
  
      Simple language for analytic geometry, with graphic output.
      "LG: A Language for Analytic Geometry", J. Reymond, CACM 12(8)
      (Aug 1969).
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   lhs
  
      The {filename extension} for {literate}
      {Haskell} source files.
  
      (1995-02-15)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   LIS
  
      Langage Implementation Systeme.
  
      A predecessor of {Ada} developed by Ichbiah in 1973.   It was
      influenced by {Pascal}'s data structures and {Sue}'s control
      structures.   A type declaration can have a low-level
      implementation specification.
  
      ["The System Implementation Language LIS", J.D. Ichbiah et al,
      CII Honeywell-Bull, TR 4549 E/EN, Louveciennes France (Dec
      1974)].
  
      ["The Two-Level Approach to Data Independent Programming in
      LIS", J.D. Ichbiah et al, in Machine Oriented Higher Level
      Languages, W. van der Poel ed, N-H 1974, pp.161-169].
  
      (1994-12-01)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   LISA
  
      1. Local Integrated Software Architecture.
  
      A {personal computer} introduced by {Apple Computer, Inc.} in
      1983.   The LISA was a predecessor of the {Macintosh} and was
      the first personal computer on the market with a {graphical
      user interface}.
  
      It was origionally named after {Steve Jobs}'s daughter.   The
      acronym was applied later.
  
      [Spec?]
  
      2. A system for statistical data analysis, similar to
      {S}.
  
      {FTP MIT (ftp://dolphin.mit.edu/)}.
  
      3. {Large Installation Systems Administration}.
  
      (2001-10-16)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   lk
  
      The {country code} for Sri Lanka.
  
      (1999-01-27)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   LLC
  
      {Logical Link Control}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   LOC
  
      {lines of code}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   {log}
  
      ["{log}: A Logic Programming Language with Finite Sets", A
      Dovier et al, Proc 8th Intl Conf Logic Prog, June 1991,
      pp.111-124].
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   LogC
  
      A {C} extension incorporating {rule-oriented programming}, for
      {AI} {application program}s.   {Production rule}s are
      encapsulated into functional components called rulesets.   LogC
      uses a {search network algorithm} similar to {RETE}.
  
      Version 1.6.
  
      ["LogC: A Language and Environment for Embedded Rule Based
      Systems", F. Yulin et al, SIGPLAN Notices 27(11):27-32 (Nov
      1992)].
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   LOGO
  
      A {Lisp}-like language for teaching
      programming, noted for its "turtle graphics" used to draw
      geometric shapes.   LOGO was developed in 1966-1968 by a group
      at Bolt, Beranek & Newman (now "{BBN Technolgoies}") headed by
      Wally Fuerzeig (who still works there in
      2003) and including Seymour Papert .
  
      There are Logo {interpreters} for {Macintosh}, {Unix}, {IBM
      PC}, {X Window System}, and many PCs.   Implmentations include
      {Berkeley Logo}, {MswLogo}.
  
      (2000-03-28)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   LOOK
  
      A specification language.
  
      ["A Look at Algebraic Specifications", S.N. Zilles et al, IBM
      RR, 1982].
  
      (1994-11-16)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   LOOKS
  
      ["LOOKS: Knowledge-Representation System for Designing Expert
      Systems in a Logical Programming Framework", F. Mizoguchi,
      Proc Intl Conf 5th Gen Comp Sys, ICOT 1984].
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   lose
  
      ({MIT}) 1. To fail.   A program loses when it
      encounters an exceptional condition or fails to work in the
      expected manner.
  
      2. To be exceptionally unesthetic or crocky.
  
      3. Of people, to be obnoxious or unusually stupid (as opposed
      to ignorant).
  
      4. Refers to something that is {losing}, especially in the
      phrases "That's a lose!" and "What a lose!"
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
      (1995-04-19)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   loss
  
      Something (not a person) that loses; a situation in
      which something is losing.   Emphatic forms include "moby
      loss", and "total loss", "complete loss".   Common
      interjections are "What a loss!"   and "What a moby loss!"
      Note that "moby loss" is OK even though **"moby loser" is not
      used; applied to an abstract noun, moby is simply a magnifier,
      whereas when applied to a person it implies substance and has
      positive connotations.
  
      Compare {lossage}.
  
      (1995-04-19)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   lossy
  
      A term describing a data {compression} {algorithm}
      which actually reduces the amount of information in the data,
      rather than just the number of bits used to represent that
      information.   The lost information is usually removed because
      it is subjectively less important to the quality of the data
      (usually an {image} or {sound}) or because it can be recovered
      reasonably by {interpolation} from the remaining data.
  
      {MPEG} and {JPEG} are examples of lossy compression
      techniques.
  
      Opposite: {lossless}.
  
      (1995-03-29)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   ls
  
      1. The {Unix} command for listing a
      {directory}.
  
      {Unix manual page}: ls(1).
  
      2. The {country code} for Lesotho.
  
      (2000-03-18)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   LSA
  
      {Link State Advertisement}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   LSE
  
      {Language Sensitive Editor}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Lucy
  
      A {distributed} {constraint programming} language,
      which is an {actor} subset of {Janus}.
  
      ["Actors as a Special Case of Concurrent Constraint
      Programming", K.   Kahn et al, SIGPLAN
      Notices 25(10):57-66 (OOPSLA/ ECOOP '90), Oct 1990].
  
      (2001-03-04)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   LUG
  
      {Linux User Group}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   lzh
  
      The {filename extension} for a file
      produced by the {LHA} program.
  
      (1995-04-03)
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Laish
      a lion. (1.) A city of the Sidonians, in the extreme north of
      Palestine (Judg. 18:7, 14); called also Leshem (Josh. 19:47) and
      Dan (Judg. 18:7, 29; Jer. 8:16). It lay near the sources of the
      Jordan, about 4 miles from Paneas. The restless and warlike
      tribe of Dan (q.v.), looking out for larger possessions, invaded
      this country and took Laish with its territory. It is identified
      with the ruin Tell-el-Kady, "the mound of the judge," to the
      north of the Waters of Merom (Josh. 11:5).
     
         (2.) A place mentioned in Isa. 10:30. It has been supposed to
      be the modern el-Isawiyeh, about a mile north-east of Jerusalem.
     
         (3.) The father of Phalti (1 Sam. 25:44).
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Lasaea
      a city in the island of Crete (Acts 27:8). Its ruins are still
      found near Cape Leonda, about 5 miles east of "Fair Havens."
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Lasha
      fissure, a place apparently east of the Dead Sea (Gen. 10:19).
      It was afterwards known as Callirhoe, a place famous for its hot
      springs.
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   League
      a treaty or confederacy. The Jews were forbidden to enter into
      an alliance of any kind (1) with the Canaanites (Ex. 23:32, 33;
      34:12-16); (2) with the Amalekites (Ex. 17:8, 14; Deut.
      25:17-19); (3) with the Moabites and Ammonites (Deut. 2:9, 19).
      Treaties were permitted to be entered into with all other
      nations. Thus David maintained friendly intercourse with the
      kings of Tyre and Hamath, and Solomon with the kings of Tyre and
      Egypt.
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Leek
      (Heb. hatsir; the Allium porrum), rendered "grass" in 1 Kings
      18:5, 2 Kings 19:26, Job 40:15, etc.; "herb" in Job 8:12; "hay"
      in Prov. 27:25, and Isa. 15:6; "leeks" only in Num. 11:5. This
      Hebrew word seems to denote in this last passage simply herbs,
      such as lettuce or savoury herbs cooked as kitchen vegetables,
      and not necessarily what are now called leeks. The leek was a
      favourite vegetable in Egypt, and is still largely cultivated
      there and in Palestine.
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Lees
      (Heb. shemarim), from a word meaning to keep or preserve. It was
      applied to "lees" from the custom of allowing wine to stand on
      the lees that it might thereby be better preserved (Isa. 25:6).
      "Men settled on their lees" (Zeph. 1:12) are men "hardened or
      crusted." The image is derived from the crust formed at the
      bottom of wines long left undisturbed (Jer. 48:11). The effect
      of wealthy undisturbed ease on the ungodly is hardening. They
      become stupidly secure (comp. Ps. 55:19; Amos 6:1). To drink the
      lees (Ps. 75:8) denotes severe suffering.
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Lice
      (Heb. kinnim), the creatures employed in the third plague sent
      upon Egypt (Ex. 8:16-18). They were miraculously produced from
      the dust of the land. "The entomologists Kirby and Spence place
      these minute but disgusting insects in the very front rank of
      those which inflict injury upon man. A terrible list of examples
      they have collected of the ravages of this and closely allied
      parasitic pests." The plague of lice is referred to in Ps.
      105:31.
     
         Some have supposed that the word denotes not lice properly,
      but gnats. Others, with greater probability, take it to mean the
      "tick" which is much larger than lice.
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Lock
      The Hebrews usually secured their doors by bars of wood or iron
      (Isa. 45:2; 1 Kings 4:3). These were the locks originally used,
      and were opened and shut by large keys applied through an
      opening in the outside (Judg. 3:24). (See {KEY}.)
     
         Lock of hair (Judg. 16:13, 19; Ezek. 8:3; Num. 6:5, etc.).
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Log
      the smallest measure for liquids used by the Hebrews (Lev.
      14:10, 12, 15, 21, 24), called in the Vulgate sextarius. It is
      the Hebrew unit of measure of capacity, and is equal to the
      contents of six ordinary hen's eggs=the twelfth part of a him,
      or nearly a pint.
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Lois
      the maternal grandmother of Timothy. She is commended by Paul
      for her faith (2 Tim. 1:5).
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Luke
      the evangelist, was a Gentile. The date and circumstances of his
      conversion are unknown. According to his own statement (Luke
      1:2), he was not an "eye-witness and minister of the word from
      the beginning." It is probable that he was a physician in Troas,
      and was there converted by Paul, to whom he attached himself. He
      accompanied him to Philippi, but did not there share his
      imprisonment, nor did he accompany him further after his release
      in his missionary journey at this time (Acts 17:1). On Paul's
      third visit to Philippi (20:5, 6) we again meet with Luke, who
      probably had spent all the intervening time in that city, a
      period of seven or eight years. From this time Luke was Paul's
      constant companion during his journey to Jerusalem (20:6-21:18).
      He again disappears from view during Paul's imprisonment at
      Jerusalem and Caesarea, and only reappears when Paul sets out
      for Rome (27:1), whither he accompanies him (28:2, 12-16), and
      where he remains with him till the close of his first
      imprisonment (Philemon 1:24; Col. 4:14). The last notice of the
      "beloved physician" is in 2 Tim. 4:11.
     
         There are many passages in Paul's epistles, as well as in the
      writings of Luke, which show the extent and accuracy of his
      medical knowledge.
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Luz
      a nut-bearing tree, the almond. (1.) The ancient name of a royal
      Canaanitish city near the site of Bethel (Gen. 28:19; 35:6), on
      the border of Benjamin (Josh. 18:13). Here Jacob halted, and had
      a prophetic vision. (See {BETHEL}.)
     
         (2.) A place in the land of the Hittites, founded (Judg. 1:26)
      by "a man who came forth out of the city of Luz." It is
      identified with Luweiziyeh, 4 miles north-west of Banias.
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Lycia
      a wolf, a province in the south-west of Asia Minor, opposite the
      island of Rhodes. It forms part of the region now called Tekeh.
      It was a province of the Roman empire when visited by Paul (Acts
      21:1; 27:5). Two of its towns are mentioned, Patara (21:1, 2)
      and Myra (27:5).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Laish, a lion
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Lasea, thick; wise
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Lashah, to call; to anoint
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Lekah, walking; going
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Lois, better
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Luke, luminous; white
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Luz, separation; departure; an almond
  

From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]:
   Laos
  
   Laos:Geography
  
   Location: Southeastern Asia, northeast of Thailand
  
   Map references: Southeast Asia
  
   Area:
   total area: 236,800 sq km
   land area: 230,800 sq km
   comparative area: slightly larger than Utah
  
   Land boundaries: total 5,083 km, Burma 235 km, Cambodia 541 km, China
   423 km, Thailand 1,754 km, Vietnam 2,130 km
  
   Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)
  
   Maritime claims: none; landlocked
  
   International disputes: boundary dispute with Thailand
  
   Climate: tropical monsoon; rainy season (May to November); dry season
   (December to April)
  
   Terrain: mostly rugged mountains; some plains and plateaus
  
   Natural resources: timber, hydropower, gypsum, tin, gold, gemstones
  
   Land use:
   arable land: 4%
   permanent crops: 0%
   meadows and pastures: 3%
   forest and woodland: 58%
   other: 35%
  
   Irrigated land: 1,554 sq km (1992 est.)
  
   Environment:
   current issues: deforestation; soil erosion; a majority of the
   population does not have access to potable water
   natural hazards: floods, droughts, and blight
   international agreements: party to - Climate Change, Environmental
   Modification, Nuclear Test Ban; signed, but not ratified - Law of the
   Sea
  
   Note: landlocked
  
   Laos:People
  
   Population: 4,837,237 (July 1995 est.)
  
   Age structure:
   0-14 years: 45% (female 1,084,615; male 1,111,928)
   15-64 years: 51% (female 1,280,142; male 1,199,149)
   65 years and over: 4% (female 86,390; male 75,013) (July 1995 est.)
  
   Population growth rate: 2.84% (1995 est.)
  
   Birth rate: 42.64 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)
  
   Death rate: 14.28 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)
  
   Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)
  
   Infant mortality rate: 99.2 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)
  
   Life expectancy at birth:
   total population: 52.2 years
   male: 50.66 years
   female: 53.81 years (1995 est.)
  
   Total fertility rate: 5.98 children born/woman (1995 est.)
  
   Nationality:
   noun: Lao(s) or Laotian(s)
   adjective: Lao or Laotian
  
   Ethnic divisions: Lao Loum (lowland) 68%, Lao Theung (upland) 22%, Lao
   Soung (highland) including the Hmong ("Meo") and the Yao (Mien) 9%,
   ethnic Vietnamese/Chinese 1%
  
   Religions: Buddhist 60%, animist and other 40%
  
   Languages: Lao (official), French, English, and various ethnic
   languages
  
   Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1992)
   total population: 50%
   male: 65%
   female: 35%
  
   Labor force: 1 million-1.5 million
   by occupation: agriculture 80% (1992 est.)
  
   Laos:Government
  
   Names:
   conventional long form: Lao People's Democratic Republic
   conventional short form: Laos
   local long form: Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao
   local short form: none
  
   Digraph: LA
  
   Type: Communist state
  
   Capital: Vientiane
  
   Administrative divisions: 16 provinces (khoueng, singular and plural)
   and 1 municipality* (kampheng nakhon, singular and plural); Attapu,
   Bokeo, Bolikhamxai, Champasak, Houaphan, Khammouan, Louangnamtha,
   Louangphabang, Oudomxai, Phongsali, Salavan, Savannakhet, Viangchan*,
   Viangchan, Xaignabouli, Xekong, Xiangkhoang
  
   Independence: 19 July 1949 (from France)
  
   National holiday: National Day, 2 December (1975) (proclamation of the
   Lao People's Democratic Republic)
  
   Constitution: promulgated 14 August 1991
  
   Legal system: based on traditional customs, French legal norms and
   procedures, and Socialist practice
  
   Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
  
   Executive branch:
   chief of state: President NOUHAK PHOUMSAVAN (since 25 November 1992)
   head of government: Prime Minister Gen. KHAMTAI SIPHANDON (since 15
   August 1991)
   cabinet: Council of Ministers; appointed by the president, approved by
   the Assembly
  
   Legislative branch: unicameral
   National Assembly: elections last held on 20 December 1992 (next to be
   held NA); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (85 total)
   number of seats by party NA
  
   Judicial branch: Supreme People's Court
  
   Political parties and leaders: Lao People's Revolutionary Party
   (LPRP), KHAMTAI Siphandon, party president; other parties proscribed
  
   Other political or pressure groups: non-Communist political groups
   proscribed; most opposition leaders fled the country in 1975
  
   Member of: ACCT, AsDB, ASEAN (observer), CP, ESCAP, FAO, G-77, IBRD,
   ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, INTELSAT (nonsignatory
   user), INTERPOL, IOC, ITU, NAM, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU,
   WFTU, WHO, WMO, WTO
  
   Diplomatic representation in US:
   chief of mission: Ambassador HIEM PHOMMACHANH
   chancery: 2222 S Street NW, Washington, DC 20008
   telephone: [1] (202) 332-6416, 6417
   FAX: [1] (202) 332-4923
  
   US diplomatic representation:
   chief of mission: Ambassador Victor L. TOMSETH
   embassy: Rue Bartholonie, Vientiane
   mailing address: B. P. 114, Vientiane; American Embassy, Box V, APO AP
   96546
   telephone: [856] (21) 212581, 212582, 212585
   FAX: [856] (21) 212584
  
   Flag: three horizontal bands of red (top), blue (double width), and
   red with a large white disk centered in the blue band
  
   Economy
  
   Overview: The government of Laos - one of the few remaining official
   Communist states - has been decentralizing control and encouraging
   private enterprise since 1986. The results, starting from an extremely
   low base, have been striking - growth has averaged 7.5% annually since
   1988. Even so, Laos is a landlocked country with a primitive
   infrastructure. It has no railroads, a rudimentary road system, and
   limited external and internal telecommunications. Electricity is
   available in only a few urban areas. Subsistence agriculture accounts
   for half of GDP and provides 80% of total employment. The predominant
   crop is rice. In non-drought years, Laos is self-sufficient overall in
   food, but each year flood, pests, and localized drought cause
   shortages in various parts of the country. For the foreseeable future
   the economy will continue to depend on aid from the IMF and other
   international sources; aid from the former USSR and Eastern Europe has
   been cut sharply. As in many developing countries, deforestation and
   soil erosion will hamper efforts to maintain the high rate of GDP
   growth.
  
   National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $4 billion (1994
   est.)
  
   National product real growth rate: 8.4% (1994 est.)
  
   National product per capita: $850 (1994 est.)
  
   Inflation rate (consumer prices): 6.5% (1994 est.)
  
   Unemployment rate: 21% (1992 est.)
  
   Budget:
   revenues: $NA
   expenditures: $NA
  
   Exports: $277 million (f.o.b., 1994 est.)
   commodities: electricity, wood products, coffee, tin, garments
   partners: Thailand 57%, Germany 10%, France 10%, Japan 5% (1991)
  
   Imports: $528 million (c.i.f., 1994 est.)
   commodities: food, fuel oil, consumer goods, manufactures
   partners: Thailand 55%, Japan 16%, China 8%, Italy 4% (1991)
  
   External debt: $NA
  
   Industrial production: growth rate 7.5% (1992 est.); accounts for 18%
   of GDP (1992 est.)
  
   Electricity:
   capacity: 260,000 kW
   production: 870 million kWh
   consumption per capita: 44 kWh (1993)
  
   Industries: tin and gypsum mining, timber, electric power,
   agricultural processing, construction
  
   Agriculture: principal crops - rice (80% of cultivated land), sweet
   potatoes, vegetables, corn, coffee, sugarcane, cotton; livestock -
   buffaloes, hogs, cattle, poultry
  
   Illicit drugs: illicit producer of cannabis, opium poppy for the
   international drug trade, fourth largest opium producer (85 metric
   tons in 1994); heroin producer; increasingly used as transshipment
   point for heroin produced in Burma
  
   Economic aid:
   recipient: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-79), $276 million;
   Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments
   (1970-89), $605 million; Communist countries (1970-89), $995 million;
   international assistance in loans and grant aid (1993/94) $217.7
   million
  
   Currency: 1 new kip (NK) = 100 at
  
   Exchange rates: new kips (NK) per US$1 - 717 (1994 est.), 720 (July
   1993). 710 (May 1992), 710 (December 1991), 700 (September 1990), 576
   (1989)
  
   Fiscal year: 1 October - 30 September
  
   Laos:Transportation
  
   Railroads: 0 km
  
   Highways:
   total: 14,130 km
   paved: 2,260 km
   unpaved: 11,870 km (1992 est.)
  
   Inland waterways: about 4,587 km, primarily Mekong and tributaries;
   2,897 additional kilometers are sectionally navigable by craft drawing
   less than 0.5 m
  
   Pipelines: petroleum products 136 km
  
   Ports: none
  
   Merchant marine:
   total: 1 cargo ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,370 GRT/3,000 DWT
  
   Airports:
   total: 52
   with paved runways over 3,047 m: 1
   with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
   with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 3
   with paved runways under 914 m: 25
   with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 1
   with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 17
  
   Laos:Communications
  
   Telephone system: 7,390 telephones (1986); service to general public
   very poor; radio communications network provides generally erratic
   service to government users
   local: 16 telephone lines per 1,000 people
   intercity: radio communications
   international: 1 earth station
  
   Radio:
   broadcast stations: AM 10, FM 0, shortwave 0
   radios: NA
  
   Television:
   broadcast stations: 2
   televisions: NA
  
   Laos:Defense Forces
  
   Branches: Lao People's Army (LPA; includes riverine naval and militia
   elements), Air Force, National Police Department
  
   Manpower availability: males age 15-49 1,051,105; males fit for
   military service 567,017; males reach military age (18) annually
   51,437 (1995 est.)
  
   Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $105 million, 8.1% of
   GDP (FY92/93)
  
  
  
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