English Dictionary: largesse | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Large-acred \Large"-a`cred\, a. Possessing much land. | |
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Largess \Lar"gess\, Largesse \Lar"gesse\, n. [F. largesse, fr. large. See {Large}, a.] 1. Liberality; generosity; bounty. [Obs.] Fulfilled of largesse and of all grace. --Chaucer. 2. A present; a gift; a bounty bestowed. The heralds finished their proclamation with their usual cry of [bd]Largesse, largesse, gallant knights![b8] and gold and silver pieces were showered on them from the galleries. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Largess \Lar"gess\, Largesse \Lar"gesse\, n. [F. largesse, fr. large. See {Large}, a.] 1. Liberality; generosity; bounty. [Obs.] Fulfilled of largesse and of all grace. --Chaucer. 2. A present; a gift; a bounty bestowed. The heralds finished their proclamation with their usual cry of [bd]Largesse, largesse, gallant knights![b8] and gold and silver pieces were showered on them from the galleries. --Sir W. Scott. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Large \Large\, a. [Compar. {Larger}; superl. {Largest}.] [F., fr. L. largus. Cf. {Largo}.] 1. Exceeding most other things of like kind in bulk, capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of constituent units; big; great; capacious; extensive; -- opposed to {small}; as, a large horse; a large house or room; a large lake or pool; a large jug or spoon; a large vineyard; a large army; a large city. Note: For linear dimensions, and mere extent, great, and not large, is used as a qualifying word; as, great length, breadth, depth; a great distance; a great height. 2. Abundant; ample; as, a large supply of provisions. We hare yet large day. --Milton. 3. Full in statement; diffuse; full; profuse. I might be very large upon the importance and advantages of education. -- Felton. 4. Having more than usual power or capacity; having broad sympathies and generous impulses; comprehensive; -- said of the mind and heart. 5. Free; unembarrassed. [Obs.] Of burdens all he set the Paynims large. --Fairfax. 6. Unrestrained by decorum; -- said of language. [Obs.] [bd]Some large jests he will make.[b8] --Shak. 7. Prodigal in expending; lavish. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 8. (Naut.) Crossing the line of a ship's course in a favorable direction; -- said of the wind when it is abeam, or between the beam and the quarter. {At large}. (a) Without restraint or confinement; as, to go at large; to be left at large. (b) Diffusely; fully; in the full extent; as, to discourse on a subject at large. {Common at large}. See under {Common}, n. {Electors at large}, {Representative at large}, electors, or a representative, as in Congress, chosen to represent the whole of a State, in distinction from those chosen to represent particular districts in a State. [U. S.] {To give, go, run, [or] sail large} (Naut.), to have the wind crossing the direction of a vessel's course in such a way that the sails feel its full force, and the vessel gains its highest speed. See {Large}, a., 8. Syn: Big; bulky; huge; capacious; comprehensive; ample; abundant; plentiful; populous; copious; diffusive; liberal. | |
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Largish \Lar"gish\, a. Somewhat large. [Colloq.] | |
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Tamarack \Tam"a*rack\, n. (Bot.) (a) The American larch; also, the larch of Oregon and British Columbia ({Larix occidentalis}). See {Hackmatack}, and {Larch}. (b) The black pine ({Pinus Murrayana}) of Alaska, California, etc. It is a small tree with fine-grained wood. | |
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Lauraceous \Lau*ra"ceous\, a. [From {Laurus}.] (Bot.) Belonging to, or resembling, a natural order ({Laurace[91]}) of trees and shrubs having aromatic bark and foliage, and including the laurel, sassafras, cinnamon tree, true camphor tree, etc. | |
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Lauric \Lau"ric\, a. Pertaining to, or derived from, the European bay or laurel ({Laurus nobilis}). {Lauric acid} (Chem.), a white, crystalline substance, {C12H24O2}, resembling palmitic acid, and obtained from the fruit of the bay tree, and other sources. | |
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Case \Case\ (k[amac]s), n. [OF. casse, F. caisse (cf. It. cassa), fr. L. capsa chest, box, case, fr. capere to take, hold. See {Capacious}, and cf. 4th {Chase}, {Cash}, {Enchase}, 3d {Sash}.] 1. A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cover) for a book. 2. A box and its contents; the quantity contained in a box; as, a case of goods; a case of instruments. 3. (Print.) A shallow tray divided into compartments or [bd]boxes[b8] for holding type. Note: Cases for type are usually arranged in sets of two, called respectively the upper and the lower case. The {upper case} contains capitals, small capitals, accented and marked letters, fractions, and marks of reference: the {lower case} contains the small letters, figures, marks of punctuation, quadrats, and spaces. 4. An inclosing frame; a casing; as, a door case; a window case. 5. (Mining) A small fissure which admits water to the workings. --Knight. | |
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Lower-case \Low"er-case`\, a. (Print.) Pertaining to, or kept in, the lower case; -- used to denote the small letters, in distinction from capitals and small capitals. See the Note under 1st {Case}, n., 3. | |
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Lyricism \Lyr"i*cism\, n. A lyric composition. --Gray. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Larch/C++ An interface specification language which can be used to formally specify {C++} program {modules}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
LARCH/CLU for {CLU}. Used in "Abstraction and Specification in Program Development", B. Liskov & J. Guttag, MIT Press 1986. (1996-01-02) |