English Dictionary: lady's earrings | by the DICT Development Group |
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Ladies' eardrops \La"dies' ear`drops`\ (Bot.) The small-flowered Fuchsia ({F. coccinea}), and other closely related species. | |
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Lady \La"dy\, n.; pl. {Ladies}. [OE. ladi, l[91]fdi, AS. hl[?]fdige, hl[?]fdie; AS. hl[be]f loaf + a root of uncertain origin, possibly akin to E. dairy. See {Loaf}, and cf. {Lord}.] 1. A woman who looks after the domestic affairs of a family; a mistress; the female head of a household. Agar, the handmaiden of Sara, whence comest thou, and whither goest thou? The which answered, Fro the face of Sara my lady. --Wyclif (Gen. xvi. 8.). 2. A woman having proprietary rights or authority; mistress; -- a feminine correlative of lord. [bd]Lord or lady of high degree.[b8] --Lowell. Of all these bounds, even from this line to this, . . . We make thee lady. --Shak. 3. A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound; a sweetheart. The soldier here his wasted store supplies, And takes new valor from his lady's eyes. --Waller. 4. A woman of social distinction or position. In England, a title prefixed to the name of any woman whose husband is not of lower rank than a baron, or whose father was a nobleman not lower than an earl. The wife of a baronet or knight has the title of Lady by courtesy, but not by right. 5. A woman of refined or gentle manners; a well-bred woman; -- the feminine correlative of gentleman. 6. A wife; -- not now in approved usage. --Goldsmith. 7. (Zo[94]l.) The triturating apparatus in the stomach of a lobster; -- so called from a fancied resemblance to a seated female figure. It consists of calcareous plates. {Ladies' man}, a man who affects the society of ladies. {Lady altar}, an altar in a lady chapel. --Shipley. {Lady chapel}, a chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary. {Lady court}, the court of a lady of the manor. {Lady court}, the court of a lady of the manor. {Lady crab} (Zo[94]l.), a handsomely spotted swimming crab ({Platyonichus ocellatus}) very common on the sandy shores of the Atlantic coast of the United States. {Lady fern}. (Bot.) See {Female fern}, under {Female}, and Illust. of {Fern}. {Lady in waiting}, a lady of the queen's household, appointed to wait upon or attend the queen. {Lady Mass}, a Mass said in honor of the Virgin Mary. --Shipley. {Lady of the manor}, a lady having jurisdiction of a manor; also, the wife of a manor lord. {Lady's maid}, a maidservant who dresses and waits upon a lady. --Thackeray. {Our Lady}, the Virgin Mary. | |
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Lady \La"dy\, n.; pl. {Ladies}. [OE. ladi, l[91]fdi, AS. hl[?]fdige, hl[?]fdie; AS. hl[be]f loaf + a root of uncertain origin, possibly akin to E. dairy. See {Loaf}, and cf. {Lord}.] 1. A woman who looks after the domestic affairs of a family; a mistress; the female head of a household. Agar, the handmaiden of Sara, whence comest thou, and whither goest thou? The which answered, Fro the face of Sara my lady. --Wyclif (Gen. xvi. 8.). 2. A woman having proprietary rights or authority; mistress; -- a feminine correlative of lord. [bd]Lord or lady of high degree.[b8] --Lowell. Of all these bounds, even from this line to this, . . . We make thee lady. --Shak. 3. A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound; a sweetheart. The soldier here his wasted store supplies, And takes new valor from his lady's eyes. --Waller. 4. A woman of social distinction or position. In England, a title prefixed to the name of any woman whose husband is not of lower rank than a baron, or whose father was a nobleman not lower than an earl. The wife of a baronet or knight has the title of Lady by courtesy, but not by right. 5. A woman of refined or gentle manners; a well-bred woman; -- the feminine correlative of gentleman. 6. A wife; -- not now in approved usage. --Goldsmith. 7. (Zo[94]l.) The triturating apparatus in the stomach of a lobster; -- so called from a fancied resemblance to a seated female figure. It consists of calcareous plates. {Ladies' man}, a man who affects the society of ladies. {Lady altar}, an altar in a lady chapel. --Shipley. {Lady chapel}, a chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary. {Lady court}, the court of a lady of the manor. {Lady court}, the court of a lady of the manor. {Lady crab} (Zo[94]l.), a handsomely spotted swimming crab ({Platyonichus ocellatus}) very common on the sandy shores of the Atlantic coast of the United States. {Lady fern}. (Bot.) See {Female fern}, under {Female}, and Illust. of {Fern}. {Lady in waiting}, a lady of the queen's household, appointed to wait upon or attend the queen. {Lady Mass}, a Mass said in honor of the Virgin Mary. --Shipley. {Lady of the manor}, a lady having jurisdiction of a manor; also, the wife of a manor lord. {Lady's maid}, a maidservant who dresses and waits upon a lady. --Thackeray. {Our Lady}, the Virgin Mary. | |
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Velvet \Vel"vet\, n. [OE. velouette, veluet, velwet; cf. OF. velluau, LL. velluetum, vellutum, It. velluto, Sp. velludo; all fr. (assumed) LL. villutus shaggy, fr L. villus shaggy hair; akin to vellus a fleece, and E. wool. See {Wool}, and cf. {Villous}.] 1. A silk fabric, having a short, close nap of erect threads. Inferior qualities are made with a silk pile on a cotton or linen back. 2. The soft and highly vascular deciduous skin which envelops and nourishes the antlers of deer during their rapid growth. {Cotton velvet}, an imitation of velvet, made of cotton. {Velvet cork}, the best kind of cork bark, supple, elastic, and not woody or porous. {Velvet crab} a European crab ({Portunus puber}). When adult the black carapace is covered with a velvety pile. Called also {lady crab}, and {velvet fiddler}. {Velvet dock} (Bot.), the common mullein. {Velvet duck}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A large European sea duck, or scoter ({Oidemia fusca}). The adult male is glossy, velvety black, with a white speculum on each wing, and a white patch behind each eye. (b) The American whitewinged scoter. See {Scoter}. {Velvet flower} (Bot.), love-lies-bleeding. See under {Love}. {Velvet grass} (Bot.), a tall grass ({Holcus lanatus}) with velvety stem and leaves; -- called also {soft grass}. {Velvet runner} (Zo[94]l.), the water rail; -- so called from its quiet, stealthy manner of running. [Prov. Eng.] {Velvet scoter}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Velvet duck}, above. {Velvet sponge}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Sponge}. | |
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Lady \La"dy\, n.; pl. {Ladies}. [OE. ladi, l[91]fdi, AS. hl[?]fdige, hl[?]fdie; AS. hl[be]f loaf + a root of uncertain origin, possibly akin to E. dairy. See {Loaf}, and cf. {Lord}.] 1. A woman who looks after the domestic affairs of a family; a mistress; the female head of a household. Agar, the handmaiden of Sara, whence comest thou, and whither goest thou? The which answered, Fro the face of Sara my lady. --Wyclif (Gen. xvi. 8.). 2. A woman having proprietary rights or authority; mistress; -- a feminine correlative of lord. [bd]Lord or lady of high degree.[b8] --Lowell. Of all these bounds, even from this line to this, . . . We make thee lady. --Shak. 3. A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound; a sweetheart. The soldier here his wasted store supplies, And takes new valor from his lady's eyes. --Waller. 4. A woman of social distinction or position. In England, a title prefixed to the name of any woman whose husband is not of lower rank than a baron, or whose father was a nobleman not lower than an earl. The wife of a baronet or knight has the title of Lady by courtesy, but not by right. 5. A woman of refined or gentle manners; a well-bred woman; -- the feminine correlative of gentleman. 6. A wife; -- not now in approved usage. --Goldsmith. 7. (Zo[94]l.) The triturating apparatus in the stomach of a lobster; -- so called from a fancied resemblance to a seated female figure. It consists of calcareous plates. {Ladies' man}, a man who affects the society of ladies. {Lady altar}, an altar in a lady chapel. --Shipley. {Lady chapel}, a chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary. {Lady court}, the court of a lady of the manor. {Lady court}, the court of a lady of the manor. {Lady crab} (Zo[94]l.), a handsomely spotted swimming crab ({Platyonichus ocellatus}) very common on the sandy shores of the Atlantic coast of the United States. {Lady fern}. (Bot.) See {Female fern}, under {Female}, and Illust. of {Fern}. {Lady in waiting}, a lady of the queen's household, appointed to wait upon or attend the queen. {Lady Mass}, a Mass said in honor of the Virgin Mary. --Shipley. {Lady of the manor}, a lady having jurisdiction of a manor; also, the wife of a manor lord. {Lady's maid}, a maidservant who dresses and waits upon a lady. --Thackeray. {Our Lady}, the Virgin Mary. | |
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Velvet \Vel"vet\, n. [OE. velouette, veluet, velwet; cf. OF. velluau, LL. velluetum, vellutum, It. velluto, Sp. velludo; all fr. (assumed) LL. villutus shaggy, fr L. villus shaggy hair; akin to vellus a fleece, and E. wool. See {Wool}, and cf. {Villous}.] 1. A silk fabric, having a short, close nap of erect threads. Inferior qualities are made with a silk pile on a cotton or linen back. 2. The soft and highly vascular deciduous skin which envelops and nourishes the antlers of deer during their rapid growth. {Cotton velvet}, an imitation of velvet, made of cotton. {Velvet cork}, the best kind of cork bark, supple, elastic, and not woody or porous. {Velvet crab} a European crab ({Portunus puber}). When adult the black carapace is covered with a velvety pile. Called also {lady crab}, and {velvet fiddler}. {Velvet dock} (Bot.), the common mullein. {Velvet duck}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A large European sea duck, or scoter ({Oidemia fusca}). The adult male is glossy, velvety black, with a white speculum on each wing, and a white patch behind each eye. (b) The American whitewinged scoter. See {Scoter}. {Velvet flower} (Bot.), love-lies-bleeding. See under {Love}. {Velvet grass} (Bot.), a tall grass ({Holcus lanatus}) with velvety stem and leaves; -- called also {soft grass}. {Velvet runner} (Zo[94]l.), the water rail; -- so called from its quiet, stealthy manner of running. [Prov. Eng.] {Velvet scoter}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Velvet duck}, above. {Velvet sponge}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Sponge}. | |
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Lady's garters \La"dy's gar"ters\ (Bot.) Ribbon grass. | |
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Ribbon \Rib"bon\, n. [OE. riban, OF. riban, F. ruban, probably of German origin; cf. D. ringband collar, necklace, E. ring circle, and band.] [Written also {riband}, {ribband}.] 1. A fillet or narrow woven fabric, commonly of silk, used for trimming some part of a woman's attire, for badges, and other decorative purposes. 2. A narrow strip or shred; as, a steel or magnesium ribbon; sails torn to ribbons. 3. (Shipbuilding) Same as {Rib-band}. 4. pl. Driving reins. [Cant] --London Athen[91]um. 5. (Her.) A bearing similar to the bend, but only one eighth as wide. 6. (Spinning) A silver. Note: The blue ribbon, and The red ribbon, are phrases often used to designate the British orders of the Garter and of the Bath, respectively, the badges of which are suspended by ribbons of these colors. See {Blue ribbon}, under {Blue}. {Ribbon fish}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any elongated, compressed, ribbon-shaped marine fish of the family {Trachypterid[91]}, especially the species of the genus {Trachypterus}, and the oarfish ({Regelecus Banksii}) of the North Atlantic, which is sometimes over twenty feet long. (b) The hairtail, or bladefish. (c) A small compressed marine fish of the genus {Cepola}, having a long, slender, tapering tail. The European species ({C. rubescens}) is light red throughout. Called also {band fish}. {Ribbon grass} (Bot.), a variety of reed canary grass having the leaves stripped with green and white; -- called also {Lady's garters}. See {Reed grass}, under {Reed}. {Ribbon seal} (Zo[94]l.), a North Pacific seal ({Histriophoca fasciata}). The adult male is dark brown, conspicuously banded and striped with yellowish white. {Ribbon snake} (Zo[94]l.), a common North American snake ({Eutainia saurita}). It is conspicuously striped with bright yellow and dark brown. {Ribbon Society}, a society in Ireland, founded in the early part of the 19th century in antagonism to the Orangemen. It afterwards became an organization of tennant farmers banded together to prevent eviction by landlords. It took its name from the green ribbon worn by members as a badge. {Ribborn worm}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A tapeworm. (b) A nemertean. | |
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Lady's hair \La"dy's hair"\ (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Briza} ({B. media}); a variety of quaking grass. | |
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Latticework \Lat"tice*work`\, n. Same as {Lattice}, n., 1. | |
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Lattice \Lat"tice\, n. [OE. latis, F. lattis lathwork, fr. latte lath. See {Latten}, 1st {Lath}.] 1. Any work of wood or metal, made by crossing laths, or thin strips, and forming a network; as, the lattice of a window; -- called also {latticework}. The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice. --Judg. v. 28. 2. (Her.) The representation of a piece of latticework used as a bearing, the bands being vertical and horizontal. {Lattice bridge}, a bridge supported by lattice girders, or latticework trusses. {Lattice girder} (Arch.), a girder of which the wed consists of diagonal pieces crossing each other in the manner of latticework. {Lattice plant} (Bot.), an aquatic plant of Madagascar ({Ouvirandra fenestralis}), whose leaves have interstices between their ribs and cross veins, so as to resemble latticework. A second species is {O. Berneriana}. The genus is merged in {Aponogeton} by recent authors. | |
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Latticework \Lat"tice*work`\, n. Same as {Lattice}, n., 1. | |
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Lattice \Lat"tice\, n. [OE. latis, F. lattis lathwork, fr. latte lath. See {Latten}, 1st {Lath}.] 1. Any work of wood or metal, made by crossing laths, or thin strips, and forming a network; as, the lattice of a window; -- called also {latticework}. The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice. --Judg. v. 28. 2. (Her.) The representation of a piece of latticework used as a bearing, the bands being vertical and horizontal. {Lattice bridge}, a bridge supported by lattice girders, or latticework trusses. {Lattice girder} (Arch.), a girder of which the wed consists of diagonal pieces crossing each other in the manner of latticework. {Lattice plant} (Bot.), an aquatic plant of Madagascar ({Ouvirandra fenestralis}), whose leaves have interstices between their ribs and cross veins, so as to resemble latticework. A second species is {O. Berneriana}. The genus is merged in {Aponogeton} by recent authors. | |
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Lead \Lead\ (l[ecr]d), n. [OE. led, leed, lead, AS. le[a0]d; akin to D. lood, MHG. l[omac]t, G. loth plummet, sounding lead, small weight, Sw. & Dan. lod. [root]123] 1. (Chem.) One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity, and is used for tubes, sheets, bullets, etc. Its specific gravity is 11.37. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic weight, 206.4. Symbol Pb (L. Plumbum). It is chiefly obtained from the mineral galena, lead sulphide. 2. An article made of lead or an alloy of lead; as: (a) A plummet or mass of lead, used in sounding at sea. (b) (Print.) A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing. (c) Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs; hence, pl., a roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates. I would have the tower two stories, and goodly leads upon the top. --Bacon 3. A small cylinder of black lead or plumbago, used in pencils. {Black lead}, graphite or plumbago; -- so called from its leadlike appearance and streak. [Colloq.] {Coasting lead}, a sounding lead intermediate in weight between a hand lead and deep-sea lead. {Deep-sea lead}, the heaviest of sounding leads, used in water exceeding a hundred fathoms in depth. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. {Hand lead}, a small lead use for sounding in shallow water. {Krems lead}, {Kremnitz lead} [so called from Krems or Kremnitz, in Austria], a pure variety of white lead, formed into tablets, and called also {Krems, [or] Kremnitz, white}, and {Vienna white}. {Lead arming}, tallow put in the hollow of a sounding lead. See {To arm the lead} (below). {Lead colic}. See under {Colic}. {Lead color}, a deep bluish gray color, like tarnished lead. {Lead glance}. (Min.) Same as {Galena}. {Lead line} (a) (Med.) A dark line along the gums produced by a deposit of metallic lead, due to lead poisoning. (b) (Naut.) A sounding line. {Lead mill}, a leaden polishing wheel, used by lapidaries. {Lead ocher} (Min.), a massive sulphur-yellow oxide of lead. Same as {Massicot}. {Lead pencil}, a pencil of which the marking material is graphite (black lead). {Lead plant} (Bot.), a low leguminous plant, genus {Amorpha} ({A. canescens}), found in the Northwestern United States, where its presence is supposed to indicate lead ore. --Gray. {Lead tree}. (a) (Bot.) A West Indian name for the tropical, leguminous tree, {Leuc[91]na glauca}; -- probably so called from the glaucous color of the foliage. (b) (Chem.) Lead crystallized in arborescent forms from a solution of some lead salt, as by suspending a strip of zinc in lead acetate. {Mock lead}, a miner's term for blende. {Red lead}, a scarlet, crystalline, granular powder, consisting of minium when pure, but commonly containing several of the oxides of lead. It is used as a paint or cement and also as an ingredient of flint glass. {Red lead ore} (Min.), crocoite. {Sugar of lead}, acetate of lead. {To arm the lead}, to fill the hollow in the bottom of a sounding lead with tallow in order to discover the nature of the bottom by the substances adhering. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. {To} {cast, [or] heave}, {the lead}, to cast the sounding lead for ascertaining the depth of water. {White lead}, hydrated carbonate of lead, obtained as a white, amorphous powder, and much used as an ingredient of white paint. | |
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Lead \Lead\, n. 1. The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction; as, to take the lead; to be under the lead of another. At the time I speak of, and having a momentary lead, . . . I am sure I did my country important service. --Burke. 2. precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; as, the white horse had the lead; a lead of a boat's length, or of half a second. 3. (Cards & Dominoes) The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played; as, your partner has the lead. 4. An open way in an ice field. --Kane. 5. (Mining) A lode. 6. (Naut.) The course of a rope from end to end. 7. (Steam Engine) The width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release of steam, at the instant when the piston is at end of its stroke. Note: When used alone it means outside lead, or lead for the admission of steam. Inside lead refers to the release or exhaust. 8. (Civil Engineering) the distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment. 9. (Horology) The action of a tooth, as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet. --Saunier. {Lead angle} (Steam Engine), the angle which the crank maker with the line of centers, in approaching it, at the instant when the valve opens to admit steam. {Lead screw} (Mach.), the main longitudinal screw of a lathe, which gives the feed motion to the carriage. | |
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Ledger \Ledg"er\(l[ecr]j"[etil]r), n. [Akin to D. legger layer, daybook (fr. leggen to lay, liggen to lie), E. ledge, lie. See {Lie} to be prostrate.] 1. A book in which a summary of accounts is laid up or preserved; the final book of record in business transactions, in which all debits and credits from the journal, etc., are placed under appropriate heads. [Written also {leger}.] 2. (Arch.) (a) A large flat stone, esp. one laid over a tomb. --Oxf. Gloss. (b) A horizontal piece of timber secured to the uprights and supporting floor timbers, a staircase, scaffolding, or the like. It differs from an intertie in being intended to carry weight. [Written also {ligger}.] {Ledger bait}, fishing bait attached to a floating line fastened to the bank of a stream, pond, etc. --Walton. --J. H. Walsh. {Ledger blade},a stationary shearing blade in a machine for shearing the nap of cloth. {Ledger line}. See {Leger line}, under 3d {Leger}, a. {Ledger wall} (Mining), the wall under a vein; the foot wall. --Raymond. | |
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Ledger \Ledg"er\(l[ecr]j"[etil]r), n. [Akin to D. legger layer, daybook (fr. leggen to lay, liggen to lie), E. ledge, lie. See {Lie} to be prostrate.] 1. A book in which a summary of accounts is laid up or preserved; the final book of record in business transactions, in which all debits and credits from the journal, etc., are placed under appropriate heads. [Written also {leger}.] 2. (Arch.) (a) A large flat stone, esp. one laid over a tomb. --Oxf. Gloss. (b) A horizontal piece of timber secured to the uprights and supporting floor timbers, a staircase, scaffolding, or the like. It differs from an intertie in being intended to carry weight. [Written also {ligger}.] {Ledger bait}, fishing bait attached to a floating line fastened to the bank of a stream, pond, etc. --Walton. --J. H. Walsh. {Ledger blade},a stationary shearing blade in a machine for shearing the nap of cloth. {Ledger line}. See {Leger line}, under 3d {Leger}, a. {Ledger wall} (Mining), the wall under a vein; the foot wall. --Raymond. | |
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Ledger \Ledg"er\(l[ecr]j"[etil]r), n. [Akin to D. legger layer, daybook (fr. leggen to lay, liggen to lie), E. ledge, lie. See {Lie} to be prostrate.] 1. A book in which a summary of accounts is laid up or preserved; the final book of record in business transactions, in which all debits and credits from the journal, etc., are placed under appropriate heads. [Written also {leger}.] 2. (Arch.) (a) A large flat stone, esp. one laid over a tomb. --Oxf. Gloss. (b) A horizontal piece of timber secured to the uprights and supporting floor timbers, a staircase, scaffolding, or the like. It differs from an intertie in being intended to carry weight. [Written also {ligger}.] {Ledger bait}, fishing bait attached to a floating line fastened to the bank of a stream, pond, etc. --Walton. --J. H. Walsh. {Ledger blade},a stationary shearing blade in a machine for shearing the nap of cloth. {Ledger line}. See {Leger line}, under 3d {Leger}, a. {Ledger wall} (Mining), the wall under a vein; the foot wall. --Raymond. | |
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Ledger \Ledg"er\(l[ecr]j"[etil]r), n. [Akin to D. legger layer, daybook (fr. leggen to lay, liggen to lie), E. ledge, lie. See {Lie} to be prostrate.] 1. A book in which a summary of accounts is laid up or preserved; the final book of record in business transactions, in which all debits and credits from the journal, etc., are placed under appropriate heads. [Written also {leger}.] 2. (Arch.) (a) A large flat stone, esp. one laid over a tomb. --Oxf. Gloss. (b) A horizontal piece of timber secured to the uprights and supporting floor timbers, a staircase, scaffolding, or the like. It differs from an intertie in being intended to carry weight. [Written also {ligger}.] {Ledger bait}, fishing bait attached to a floating line fastened to the bank of a stream, pond, etc. --Walton. --J. H. Walsh. {Ledger blade},a stationary shearing blade in a machine for shearing the nap of cloth. {Ledger line}. See {Leger line}, under 3d {Leger}, a. {Ledger wall} (Mining), the wall under a vein; the foot wall. --Raymond. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ledger \Ledg"er\(l[ecr]j"[etil]r), n. [Akin to D. legger layer, daybook (fr. leggen to lay, liggen to lie), E. ledge, lie. See {Lie} to be prostrate.] 1. A book in which a summary of accounts is laid up or preserved; the final book of record in business transactions, in which all debits and credits from the journal, etc., are placed under appropriate heads. [Written also {leger}.] 2. (Arch.) (a) A large flat stone, esp. one laid over a tomb. --Oxf. Gloss. (b) A horizontal piece of timber secured to the uprights and supporting floor timbers, a staircase, scaffolding, or the like. It differs from an intertie in being intended to carry weight. [Written also {ligger}.] {Ledger bait}, fishing bait attached to a floating line fastened to the bank of a stream, pond, etc. --Walton. --J. H. Walsh. {Ledger blade},a stationary shearing blade in a machine for shearing the nap of cloth. {Ledger line}. See {Leger line}, under 3d {Leger}, a. {Ledger wall} (Mining), the wall under a vein; the foot wall. --Raymond. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lithocarp \Lith"o*carp\ (l[icr]th"[osl]*k[aum]rp), n. [Litho- + Gr. karpo`s fruit: cf. F. lithocarpe.] (Paleon.) Fossil fruit; a fruit petrified; a carpolite. | |
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Lithochromatics \Lith`o*chro*mat"ics\ (-kr[osl]*m[acr]t"[icr]ks), n. See {Lithochromics}. | |
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Lithochromics \Lith`o*chro"mics\ (-kr[omac]"m[icr]ks), n. [Litho- + Gr. chrw^ma color.] The art of printing colored pictures on canvas from oil paintings on stone. | |
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Lithograph \Lith"o*graph\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lithographed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lithographing}.] [Litho- + -graph: cf. F. lithographier.] To trace on stone by the process of lithography so as to transfer the design to paper by printing; as, to lithograph a design; to lithograph a painting. See {Lithography}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lithograph \Lith"o*graph\, n. A print made by lithography. | |
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Lithograph \Lith"o*graph\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lithographed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lithographing}.] [Litho- + -graph: cf. F. lithographier.] To trace on stone by the process of lithography so as to transfer the design to paper by printing; as, to lithograph a design; to lithograph a painting. See {Lithography}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lithographer \Li*thog"ra*pher\, n. One who lithographs; one who practices lithography. | |
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Lithographic \Lith`o*graph"ic\, Lithographical \Lith`o*graph"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. lithographique.] Of or pertaining to lithography; made by lithography; as, the lithographic art; a lithographic picture. {Lithographic limestone} (Min.), a compact, fine-grained limestone, obtained largely from the Lias and O[94]lite, esp. of Bavaria, and extensively used in lithography. -- {Lith`o*graph"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lithographic \Lith`o*graph"ic\, Lithographical \Lith`o*graph"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. lithographique.] Of or pertaining to lithography; made by lithography; as, the lithographic art; a lithographic picture. {Lithographic limestone} (Min.), a compact, fine-grained limestone, obtained largely from the Lias and O[94]lite, esp. of Bavaria, and extensively used in lithography. -- {Lith`o*graph"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lithographic \Lith`o*graph"ic\, Lithographical \Lith`o*graph"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. lithographique.] Of or pertaining to lithography; made by lithography; as, the lithographic art; a lithographic picture. {Lithographic limestone} (Min.), a compact, fine-grained limestone, obtained largely from the Lias and O[94]lite, esp. of Bavaria, and extensively used in lithography. -- {Lith`o*graph"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lithographic \Lith`o*graph"ic\, Lithographical \Lith`o*graph"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. lithographique.] Of or pertaining to lithography; made by lithography; as, the lithographic art; a lithographic picture. {Lithographic limestone} (Min.), a compact, fine-grained limestone, obtained largely from the Lias and O[94]lite, esp. of Bavaria, and extensively used in lithography. -- {Lith`o*graph"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lithograph \Lith"o*graph\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lithographed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lithographing}.] [Litho- + -graph: cf. F. lithographier.] To trace on stone by the process of lithography so as to transfer the design to paper by printing; as, to lithograph a design; to lithograph a painting. See {Lithography}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lithography \Li*thog"ra*phy\, n. [Cf. F. lithographie.] The art or process of putting designs or writing, with a greasy material, on stone, and of producing printed impressions therefrom. The process depends, in the main, upon the antipathy between grease and water, which prevents a printing ink containing oil from adhering to wetted parts of the stone not covered by the design. See {Lithographic limestone}, under {Lithographic}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lloyd's \Lloyd's\, n. 1. An association of underwriters and others in London, for the collection and diffusion of marine intelligence, the insurance, classification, registration, and certifying of vessels, and the transaction of business of various kinds connected with shipping. 2. A part of the Royal Exchange, in London, appropriated to the use of underwriters and insurance brokers; -- called also {Lloyd's Rooms}. Note: The name is derived from Lloyd's Coffee House, in Lombard Street, where there were formerly rooms for the same purpose. The name Lloyd or Lloyd's has been taken by several associations, in different parts of Europe, established for purposes similar to those of the original association. {Lloyd's agents}, persons employed in various parts of the world, by the association called Lloyd's, to serve its interests. {Lloyd's list}, a publication of the latest news respecting shipping matters, with lists of vessels, etc., made under the direction of Lloyd's. --Brande & C. {Lloyd's register}, a register of vessels rated according to their quality, published yearly. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lloyd's \Lloyd's\, n. 1. An association of underwriters and others in London, for the collection and diffusion of marine intelligence, the insurance, classification, registration, and certifying of vessels, and the transaction of business of various kinds connected with shipping. 2. A part of the Royal Exchange, in London, appropriated to the use of underwriters and insurance brokers; -- called also {Lloyd's Rooms}. Note: The name is derived from Lloyd's Coffee House, in Lombard Street, where there were formerly rooms for the same purpose. The name Lloyd or Lloyd's has been taken by several associations, in different parts of Europe, established for purposes similar to those of the original association. {Lloyd's agents}, persons employed in various parts of the world, by the association called Lloyd's, to serve its interests. {Lloyd's list}, a publication of the latest news respecting shipping matters, with lists of vessels, etc., made under the direction of Lloyd's. --Brande & C. {Lloyd's register}, a register of vessels rated according to their quality, published yearly. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lodger \Lodg"er\, n. One who, or that which, lodges; one who occupies a hired room in another's house. | |
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Crowtoe \Crow"toe`\ (kr[omac]"t[omac]`), n. (Bot.) 1. The {Lotus corniculatus}. --Dr. Prior. 2. An unidentified plant, probably the crowfoot. [bd]The tufted crowtoe.[b8] --Milton. | |
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Ludicrous \Lu"di*crous\, a. [L. ludicrus, or ludicer, from ludus play, sport, fr. ludere to play.] Adapted to excite laughter, without scorn or contempt; sportive. --Broome. A chapter upon German rhetoric would be in the same ludicrous predicament as Van Troil's chapter on the snakes of Iceland, which delivers its business in one summary sentence, announcing, that snakes in Iceland -- there are none. --De Quincey. Syn: Laughable; sportive; burlesque; comic; droll; ridiculous. Usage: {Ludicrous}, {Laughable}, {Ridiculous}. We speak of a thing as ludicrous when it tends to produce laughter; as laughable when the impression is somewhat stronger; as ridiculous when more or less contempt is mingled with the merriment created. -- {Lu"di*crous*ly}, adv. -- {Lu"di*crous*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ludicrous \Lu"di*crous\, a. [L. ludicrus, or ludicer, from ludus play, sport, fr. ludere to play.] Adapted to excite laughter, without scorn or contempt; sportive. --Broome. A chapter upon German rhetoric would be in the same ludicrous predicament as Van Troil's chapter on the snakes of Iceland, which delivers its business in one summary sentence, announcing, that snakes in Iceland -- there are none. --De Quincey. Syn: Laughable; sportive; burlesque; comic; droll; ridiculous. Usage: {Ludicrous}, {Laughable}, {Ridiculous}. We speak of a thing as ludicrous when it tends to produce laughter; as laughable when the impression is somewhat stronger; as ridiculous when more or less contempt is mingled with the merriment created. -- {Lu"di*crous*ly}, adv. -- {Lu"di*crous*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ludicrous \Lu"di*crous\, a. [L. ludicrus, or ludicer, from ludus play, sport, fr. ludere to play.] Adapted to excite laughter, without scorn or contempt; sportive. --Broome. A chapter upon German rhetoric would be in the same ludicrous predicament as Van Troil's chapter on the snakes of Iceland, which delivers its business in one summary sentence, announcing, that snakes in Iceland -- there are none. --De Quincey. Syn: Laughable; sportive; burlesque; comic; droll; ridiculous. Usage: {Ludicrous}, {Laughable}, {Ridiculous}. We speak of a thing as ludicrous when it tends to produce laughter; as laughable when the impression is somewhat stronger; as ridiculous when more or less contempt is mingled with the merriment created. -- {Lu"di*crous*ly}, adv. -- {Lu"di*crous*ness}, n. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Ledger, MT Zip code(s): 59456 | |
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Letcher, KY Zip code(s): 41832 Letcher, SD (town, FIPS 36620) Location: 43.89776 N, 98.14346 W Population (1990): 164 (84 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 57359 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Letcher County, KY (county, FIPS 133) Location: 37.11741 N, 82.85462 W Population (1990): 27000 (10808 housing units) Area: 878.1 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lettsworth, LA Zip code(s): 70753 | |
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Lidgerwood, ND (city, FIPS 46460) Location: 46.07486 N, 97.14630 W Population (1990): 799 (431 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Littcarr, KY Zip code(s): 41834 | |
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Lutcher, LA (town, FIPS 46720) Location: 30.06304 N, 90.71168 W Population (1990): 3907 (1296 housing units) Area: 8.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 70071 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
LotusScript {Lotus Notes} and {Lotus SmartSuite}. LotusScript is {object-oriented} and can be used for complex Notes programming, although {Java} is also available. {LotusScript Documentation (http://www.lotus.com/products/lotusscript.nsf)}. (2003-10-06) |