English Dictionary: latinise | by the DICT Development Group |
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Lade \Lade\, v. t. [imp. {Laded}; p. p. {Laded}, {Laded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lading}.] [AS. hladan to heap, load, draw (water); akin to D. & G. laden to load, OHG. hladan, ladan, Icel. hla[?]a, Sw. ladda, Dan. lade, Goth. afhlapan. Cf. {Load}, {Ladle}, {Lathe} for turning, {Last} a load.] 1. To load; to put a burden or freight on or in; -- generally followed by that which receives the load, as the direct object. And they laded their asses with the corn. --Gen. xlii. 26. 2. To throw in out. with a ladle or dipper; to dip; as, to lade water out of a tub, or into a cistern. And chides the sea that sunders him from thence, Saying, he'll lade it dry to have his way. --Shak. 3. (Plate Glass Manuf.) To transfer (the molten glass) from the pot to the forming table. | |
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Lading \Lad"ing\, n. 1. The act of loading. 2. That which lades or constitutes a load or cargo; freight; burden; as, the lading of a ship. {Bill of lading}. See under {Bill}. | |
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d8Ladino \[d8]La*di"no\, n.; pl. {Ladinos}. [Sp.] One of the half-breed descendants of whites and Indians; a mestizo; -- so called throughout Central America. They are usually of a yellowish orange tinge. --Am. Cyc. | |
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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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Lateen \La*teen"\, a. (Naut.) Of or pertaining to a peculiar rig used in the Mediterranean and adjacent waters, esp. on the northern coast of Africa. See below. {Lateen sail}. [F. voile latine a sail in the shape of a right-angled triangle; cf. It. & Sp. vela latina; properly Latin sail. See {Latin}.] (Naut.) A triangular sail, extended by a long yard, which is slung at about one fourth of its length from the lower end, to a low mast, this end being brought down at the tack, while the other end is elevated at an angle or about forty-five degrees; -- used in small boats, feluccas, xebecs, etc., especially in the Mediterranean and adjacent waters. Some lateen sails have also a boom on the lower side. | |
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Latence \La"tence\, n. Latency. --Coleridge. | |
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Latency \La"ten*cy\, n. [See {Latent}.] The state or quality of being latent. To simplify the discussion, I shall distinguish three degrees of this latency. --Sir W. Hamilton. | |
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Lateness \Late"ness\, n. The state, condition, or quality, of being late; as, the lateness of his arrival; the lateness of the hour; the lateness of the season. | |
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Lathing \Lath"ing\, n. The act or process of covering with laths; laths, collectively; a covering of laths. | |
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Lath \Lath\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lathed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lathing}.] To cover or line with laths. | |
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Latin \Lat"in\, a. [F., fr. L. Latinus belonging to Latium, Latin, fr. Latium a country of Italy, in which Rome was situated. Cf. {Ladin}, Lateen sail, under {Lateen}.] 1. Of or pertaining to Latium, or to the Latins, a people of Latium; Roman; as, the Latin language. 2. Of, pertaining to, or composed in, the language used by the Romans or Latins; as, a Latin grammar; a Latin composition or idiom. {Latin Church} (Eccl. Hist.), the Western or Roman Catholic Church, as distinct from the Greek or Eastern Church. {Latin cross}. See Illust. 1 of {Cross}. {Latin races}, a designation sometimes loosely given to certain nations, esp. the French, Spanish, and Italians, who speak languages principally derived from Latin. {Latin Union}, an association of states, originally comprising France, Belgium, Switzerland, and Italy, which, in 1865, entered into a monetary agreement, providing for an identity in the weight and fineness of the gold and silver coins of those countries, and for the amounts of each kind of coinage by each. Greece, Servia, Roumania, and Spain subsequently joined the Union. | |
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Latin \Lat"in\, a. [F., fr. L. Latinus belonging to Latium, Latin, fr. Latium a country of Italy, in which Rome was situated. Cf. {Ladin}, Lateen sail, under {Lateen}.] 1. Of or pertaining to Latium, or to the Latins, a people of Latium; Roman; as, the Latin language. 2. Of, pertaining to, or composed in, the language used by the Romans or Latins; as, a Latin grammar; a Latin composition or idiom. {Latin Church} (Eccl. Hist.), the Western or Roman Catholic Church, as distinct from the Greek or Eastern Church. {Latin cross}. See Illust. 1 of {Cross}. {Latin races}, a designation sometimes loosely given to certain nations, esp. the French, Spanish, and Italians, who speak languages principally derived from Latin. {Latin Union}, an association of states, originally comprising France, Belgium, Switzerland, and Italy, which, in 1865, entered into a monetary agreement, providing for an identity in the weight and fineness of the gold and silver coins of those countries, and for the amounts of each kind of coinage by each. Greece, Servia, Roumania, and Spain subsequently joined the Union. | |
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Latinism \Lat"in*ism\, n. [Cf. F. latinisme.] A Latin idiom; a mode of speech peculiar to Latin; also, a mode of speech in another language, as English, formed on a Latin model. Note: The term is also sometimes used by Biblical scholars to designate a Latin word in Greek letters, or the Latin sense of a Greek word in the Greek Testament. | |
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Latinist \Lat"in*ist\, n. [Cf. F. latiniste.] One skilled in Latin; a Latin scholar. --Cowper. He left school a good Latinist. --Macaulay. | |
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Latinistic \Lat`in*is"tic\, a. Of, pertaining to, or derived from, Latin; in the Latin style or idiom. [bd]Latinistic words.[b8] --Fitzed. Hall. | |
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Latinization \Lat`in*i*za"tion\, n. The act or process of Latinizing, as a word, language, or country. The Germanization of Britain went far deeper than the Latinization of France. --M. Arnold. | |
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Latinize \Lat"in*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Latinized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Latinizing}.] [L. latinizare: cf. F. latiniser.] 1. To give Latin terminations or forms to, as to foreign words, in writing Latin. 2. To bring under the power or influence of the Romans or Latins; to affect with the usages of the Latins, especially in speech. [bd]Latinized races.[b8] --Lowell. 3. To make like the Roman Catholic Church or diffuse its ideas in; as, to Latinize the Church of England. | |
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Latinize \Lat"in*ize\, v. i. To use words or phrases borrowed from the Latin. --Dryden. 2. To come under the influence of the Romans, or of the Roman Catholic Church. | |
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Latinize \Lat"in*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Latinized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Latinizing}.] [L. latinizare: cf. F. latiniser.] 1. To give Latin terminations or forms to, as to foreign words, in writing Latin. 2. To bring under the power or influence of the Romans or Latins; to affect with the usages of the Latins, especially in speech. [bd]Latinized races.[b8] --Lowell. 3. To make like the Roman Catholic Church or diffuse its ideas in; as, to Latinize the Church of England. | |
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Latinize \Lat"in*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Latinized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Latinizing}.] [L. latinizare: cf. F. latiniser.] 1. To give Latin terminations or forms to, as to foreign words, in writing Latin. 2. To bring under the power or influence of the Romans or Latins; to affect with the usages of the Latins, especially in speech. [bd]Latinized races.[b8] --Lowell. 3. To make like the Roman Catholic Church or diffuse its ideas in; as, to Latinize the Church of England. | |
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Laud \Laud\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lauded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lauding}.] [L. laudare, fr. laus, laudis, praise. Cf. {Allow}.] To praise in words alone, or with words and singing; to celebrate; to extol. With all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious name. --Book of Common Prayer. | |
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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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Leading \Lead"ing\, a. Guiding; directing; controlling; foremost; as, a leading motive; a leading man; a leading example. -- {Lead"ing*ly}, adv. {Leading case} (Law), a reported decision which has come to be regarded as settling the law of the question involved. --Abbott. {Leading motive} [a translation of G. leitmotif] (Mus.), a guiding theme; in the modern music drama of Wagner, a marked melodic phrase or short passage which always accompanies the reappearance of a certain person, situation, abstract idea, or allusion in the course of the play; a sort of musical label. {Leading note} (Mus.), the seventh note or tone in the ascending major scale; the sensible note. {Leading question}, a question so framed as to guide the person questioned in making his reply. {Leading strings}, strings by which children are supported when beginning to walk. {To be in leading strings}, to be in a state of infancy or dependence, or under the guidance of others. {Leading wheel}, a wheel situated before the driving wheels of a locomotive engine. | |
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Leading \Lead"ing\, n. 1. The act of guiding, directing, governing, or enticing; guidance. --Shak. 2. Suggestion; hint; example. [Archaic] --Bacon. | |
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Lead \Lead\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Leaded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Leading}.] 1. To cover, fill, or affect with lead; as, continuous firing leads the grooves of a rifle. 2. (Print.) To place leads between the lines of; as, to lead a page; leaded matter. | |
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Lead \Lead\ (l[emac]d), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Led} (l[ecr]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Leading}.] [OE. leden, AS. l[aemac]dan (akin to OS. l[emac]dian, D. leiden, G. leiten, Icel. le[imac][edh]a, Sw. leda, Dan. lede), properly a causative fr. AS. li[edh]an to go; akin to OHG. l[imac]dan, Icel. l[imac][edh]a, Goth. lei[thorn]an (in comp.). Cf. {Lode}, {Loath}.] 1. To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection; as, a father leads a child; a jockey leads a horse with a halter; a dog leads a blind man. If a blind man lead a blind man, both fall down in the ditch. --Wyclif (Matt. xv. 14.) They thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill. --Luke iv. 29. In thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty. --Milton. 2. To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, esp. by going with or going in advance of. Hence, figuratively: To direct; to counsel; to instruct; as, to lead a traveler; to lead a pupil. The Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way. --Ex. xiii. 21. He leadeth me beside the still waters. --Ps. xxiii. 2. This thought might lead me through the world's vain mask. Content, though blind, had I no better guide. --Milton. 3. To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; as, to lead an army, an exploring party, or a search; to lead a political party. Christ took not upon him flesh and blood that he might conquer and rule nations, lead armies, or possess places. --South. 4. To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among; as, the big sloop led the fleet of yachts; the Guards led the attack; Demosthenes leads the orators of all ages. As Hesperus, that leads the sun his way. --Fairfax. And lo ! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest. --Leigh Hunt. 5. To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure; as, to lead one to espouse a righteous cause. He was driven by the necessities of the times, more than led by his own disposition, to any rigor of actions. --Eikon Basilike. Silly women, laden with sins,led away by divers lusts. --2 Tim. iii. 6 (Rev. Ver.). 6. To guide or conduct one's self in, through, or along (a certain course); hence, to proceed in the way of; to follow the path or course of; to pass; to spend. Also, to cause (one) to proceed or follow in (a certain course). That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life. --1 Tim. ii. 2. Nor thou with shadowed hint confuse A life that leads melodious days. --Tennyson. You remember . . . the life he used to lead his wife and daughter. --Dickens. 7. (Cards & Dominoes) To begin a game, round, or trick, with; as, to lead trumps; the double five was led. {To lead astray}, to guide in a wrong way, or into error; to seduce from truth or rectitude. {To lead captive}, to carry or bring into captivity. {To lead the way}, to show the way by going in front; to act as guide. --Goldsmith. | |
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Leading \Lead"ing\, a. Guiding; directing; controlling; foremost; as, a leading motive; a leading man; a leading example. -- {Lead"ing*ly}, adv. {Leading case} (Law), a reported decision which has come to be regarded as settling the law of the question involved. --Abbott. {Leading motive} [a translation of G. leitmotif] (Mus.), a guiding theme; in the modern music drama of Wagner, a marked melodic phrase or short passage which always accompanies the reappearance of a certain person, situation, abstract idea, or allusion in the course of the play; a sort of musical label. {Leading note} (Mus.), the seventh note or tone in the ascending major scale; the sensible note. {Leading question}, a question so framed as to guide the person questioned in making his reply. {Leading strings}, strings by which children are supported when beginning to walk. {To be in leading strings}, to be in a state of infancy or dependence, or under the guidance of others. {Leading wheel}, a wheel situated before the driving wheels of a locomotive engine. | |
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Leading edge \Lead"ing edge\ (A[89]ronautics) same as {Advancing edge}, above. | |
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Leading \Lead"ing\, a. Guiding; directing; controlling; foremost; as, a leading motive; a leading man; a leading example. -- {Lead"ing*ly}, adv. {Leading case} (Law), a reported decision which has come to be regarded as settling the law of the question involved. --Abbott. {Leading motive} [a translation of G. leitmotif] (Mus.), a guiding theme; in the modern music drama of Wagner, a marked melodic phrase or short passage which always accompanies the reappearance of a certain person, situation, abstract idea, or allusion in the course of the play; a sort of musical label. {Leading note} (Mus.), the seventh note or tone in the ascending major scale; the sensible note. {Leading question}, a question so framed as to guide the person questioned in making his reply. {Leading strings}, strings by which children are supported when beginning to walk. {To be in leading strings}, to be in a state of infancy or dependence, or under the guidance of others. {Leading wheel}, a wheel situated before the driving wheels of a locomotive engine. | |
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Leading \Lead"ing\, a. Guiding; directing; controlling; foremost; as, a leading motive; a leading man; a leading example. -- {Lead"ing*ly}, adv. {Leading case} (Law), a reported decision which has come to be regarded as settling the law of the question involved. --Abbott. {Leading motive} [a translation of G. leitmotif] (Mus.), a guiding theme; in the modern music drama of Wagner, a marked melodic phrase or short passage which always accompanies the reappearance of a certain person, situation, abstract idea, or allusion in the course of the play; a sort of musical label. {Leading note} (Mus.), the seventh note or tone in the ascending major scale; the sensible note. {Leading question}, a question so framed as to guide the person questioned in making his reply. {Leading strings}, strings by which children are supported when beginning to walk. {To be in leading strings}, to be in a state of infancy or dependence, or under the guidance of others. {Leading wheel}, a wheel situated before the driving wheels of a locomotive engine. | |
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Leading \Lead"ing\, a. Guiding; directing; controlling; foremost; as, a leading motive; a leading man; a leading example. -- {Lead"ing*ly}, adv. {Leading case} (Law), a reported decision which has come to be regarded as settling the law of the question involved. --Abbott. {Leading motive} [a translation of G. leitmotif] (Mus.), a guiding theme; in the modern music drama of Wagner, a marked melodic phrase or short passage which always accompanies the reappearance of a certain person, situation, abstract idea, or allusion in the course of the play; a sort of musical label. {Leading note} (Mus.), the seventh note or tone in the ascending major scale; the sensible note. {Leading question}, a question so framed as to guide the person questioned in making his reply. {Leading strings}, strings by which children are supported when beginning to walk. {To be in leading strings}, to be in a state of infancy or dependence, or under the guidance of others. {Leading wheel}, a wheel situated before the driving wheels of a locomotive engine. | |
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Question \Ques"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. quaestio, fr. quaerere, quaesitum, to seek for, ask, inquire. See {Quest}, n.] 1. The act of asking; interrogation; inquiry; as, to examine by question and answer. 2. Discussion; debate; hence, objection; dispute; doubt; as, the story is true beyond question; he obeyed without question. There arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying. -- John iii. 25. It is to be to question, whether it be lawful for Christian princes to make an invasive war simply for the propagation of the faith. -- Bacon. 3. Examination with reference to a decisive result; investigation; specifically, a judicial or official investigation; also, examination under torture. --Blackstone. He that was in question for the robbery. Shak. The Scottish privy council had power to put state prisoners to the question. --Macaulay. 4. That which is asked; inquiry; interrogatory; query. But this question asked Puts me in doubt. Lives there who loves his pain ? --Milton. 5. Hence, a subject of investigation, examination, or debate; theme of inquiry; matter to be inquired into; as, a delicate or doubtful question. 6. Talk; conversation; speech; speech. [Obs.] --Shak. {In question}, in debate; in the course of examination or discussion; as, the matter or point in question. {Leading question}. See under {Leading}. {Out of question}, unquestionably. [bd]Out of question, 't is Maria's hand.[b8] --Shak. {Out of the question}. See under {Out}. {Past question}, beyond question; certainly; undoubtedly; unquestionably. {Previous question}, a question put to a parliamentary assembly upon the motion of a member, in order to ascertain whether it is the will of the body to vote at once, without further debate, on the subject under consideration. Note: The form of the question is: [bd]Shall the main question be now put?[b8] If the vote is in the affirmative, the matter before the body must be voted upon as it then stands, without further general debate or the submission of new amendments. In the House of Representatives of the United States, and generally in America, a negative decision operates to keep the business before the body as if the motion had not been made; but in the English Parliament, it operates to postpone consideration for the day, and until the subject may be again introduced. In American practice, the object of the motion is to hasten action, and it is made by a friend of the measure. In English practice, the object is to get rid of the subject for the time being, and the motion is made with a purpose of voting against it. --Cushing. {To beg the question}. See under {Beg}. {To the question}, to the point in dispute; to the real matter under debate. Syn: Point; topic; subject. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Leading \Lead"ing\, a. Guiding; directing; controlling; foremost; as, a leading motive; a leading man; a leading example. -- {Lead"ing*ly}, adv. {Leading case} (Law), a reported decision which has come to be regarded as settling the law of the question involved. --Abbott. {Leading motive} [a translation of G. leitmotif] (Mus.), a guiding theme; in the modern music drama of Wagner, a marked melodic phrase or short passage which always accompanies the reappearance of a certain person, situation, abstract idea, or allusion in the course of the play; a sort of musical label. {Leading note} (Mus.), the seventh note or tone in the ascending major scale; the sensible note. {Leading question}, a question so framed as to guide the person questioned in making his reply. {Leading strings}, strings by which children are supported when beginning to walk. {To be in leading strings}, to be in a state of infancy or dependence, or under the guidance of others. {Leading wheel}, a wheel situated before the driving wheels of a locomotive engine. | |
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Sensible \Sen"si*ble\, a. [F., fr. L. sensibilis, fr. sensus sense.] 1. Capable of being perceived by the senses; apprehensible through the bodily organs; hence, also, perceptible to the mind; making an impression upon the sense, reason, or understanding; [?][?][?][?][?][?] heat; sensible resistance. Air is sensible to the touch by its motion. --Arbuthnot. The disgrace was more sensible than the pain. --Sir W. Temple. Any very sensible effect upon the prices of things. --A. Smith. 2. Having the capacity of receiving impressions from external objects; capable of perceiving by the instrumentality of the proper organs; liable to be affected physsically or mentally; impressible. Would your cambric were sensible as your finger. --Shak. 3. Hence: Liable to impression from without; easily affected; having nice perception or acute feeling; sensitive; also, readily moved or affected by natural agents; delicate; as, a sensible thermometer. [bd]With affection wondrous sensible.[b8] --Shak. 4. Perceiving or having perception, either by the senses or the mind; cognizant; perceiving so clearly as to be convinced; satisfied; persuaded. He [man] can not think at any time, waking or sleeping, without being sensible of it. --Locke. They are now sensible it would have been better to comply than to refuse. --Addison. 5. Having moral perception; capable of being affected by moral good or evil. 6. Possessing or containing sense or reason; giftedwith, or characterized by, good or common sense; intelligent; wise. Now a sensible man, by and by a fool. --Shak. {Sensible note} [or] {tone} (Mus.), the major seventh note of any scale; -- so called because, being but a half step below the octave, or key tone, and naturally leading up to that, it makes the ear sensible of its approaching sound. Called also the {leading tone}. {Sensible horizon}. See {Horizon}, n., 2. (a) . Syn: Intelligent; wise. Usage: {Sensible}, {Intelligent}. We call a man sensible whose judgments and conduct are marked and governed by sound judgment or good common semse. We call one intelligent who is quick and clear in his understanding, i. e., who discriminates readily and nicely in respect to difficult and important distinction. The sphere of the sensible man lies in matters of practical concern; of the intelligent man, in subjects of intellectual interest. [bd]I have been tired with accounts from sensible men, furnished with matters of fact which have happened within their own knowledge.[b8] --Addison. [bd]Trace out numerous footsteps . . . of a most wise and intelligent architect throughout all this stupendous fabric.[b8] --Woodward. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Leading \Lead"ing\, a. Guiding; directing; controlling; foremost; as, a leading motive; a leading man; a leading example. -- {Lead"ing*ly}, adv. {Leading case} (Law), a reported decision which has come to be regarded as settling the law of the question involved. --Abbott. {Leading motive} [a translation of G. leitmotif] (Mus.), a guiding theme; in the modern music drama of Wagner, a marked melodic phrase or short passage which always accompanies the reappearance of a certain person, situation, abstract idea, or allusion in the course of the play; a sort of musical label. {Leading note} (Mus.), the seventh note or tone in the ascending major scale; the sensible note. {Leading question}, a question so framed as to guide the person questioned in making his reply. {Leading strings}, strings by which children are supported when beginning to walk. {To be in leading strings}, to be in a state of infancy or dependence, or under the guidance of others. {Leading wheel}, a wheel situated before the driving wheels of a locomotive engine. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Leading \Lead"ing\, a. Guiding; directing; controlling; foremost; as, a leading motive; a leading man; a leading example. -- {Lead"ing*ly}, adv. {Leading case} (Law), a reported decision which has come to be regarded as settling the law of the question involved. --Abbott. {Leading motive} [a translation of G. leitmotif] (Mus.), a guiding theme; in the modern music drama of Wagner, a marked melodic phrase or short passage which always accompanies the reappearance of a certain person, situation, abstract idea, or allusion in the course of the play; a sort of musical label. {Leading note} (Mus.), the seventh note or tone in the ascending major scale; the sensible note. {Leading question}, a question so framed as to guide the person questioned in making his reply. {Leading strings}, strings by which children are supported when beginning to walk. {To be in leading strings}, to be in a state of infancy or dependence, or under the guidance of others. {Leading wheel}, a wheel situated before the driving wheels of a locomotive engine. | |
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Letheonize \Le"the*on*ize\ (-[imac]z), v. t. To subject to the influence of letheon. [R. or Obs.] | |
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Let \Let\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Let} ({Letted} (l[ecr]t"t[ecr]d), [Obs].); p. pr. & vb. n. {Letting}.] [OE. leten, l[91]ten (past tense lat, let, p. p. laten, leten, lete), AS. l[aemac]tan (past tense l[emac]t, p. p. l[aemac]ten); akin to OFries. l[emac]ta, OS. l[be]tan, D. laten, G. lassen, OHG. l[be]zzan, Icel. l[be]ta, Sw. l[86]ta, Dan. lade, Goth. l[emac]tan, and L. lassus weary. The original meaning seems to have been, to let loose, let go, let drop. Cf. {Alas}, {Late}, {Lassitude}, {Let} to hinder.] 1. To leave; to relinquish; to abandon. [Obs. or Archaic, except when followed by alone or be.] He . . . prayed him his voyage for to let. --Chaucer. Yet neither spins nor cards, ne cares nor frets, But to her mother Nature all her care she lets. --Spenser. Let me alone in choosing of my wife. --Chaucer. 2. To consider; to think; to esteem. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 3. To cause; to make; -- used with the infinitive in the active form but in the passive sense; as, let make, i. e., cause to be made; let bring, i. e., cause to be brought. [Obs.] This irous, cursed wretch Let this knight's son anon before him fetch. --Chaucer. He . . . thus let do slay hem all three. --Chaucer. Anon he let two coffers make. --Gower. 4. To permit; to allow; to suffer; -- either affirmatively, by positive act, or negatively, by neglecting to restrain or prevent. Note: In this sense, when followed by an infinitive, the latter is commonly without the sign to; as to let us walk, i. e., to permit or suffer us to walk. Sometimes there is entire omission of the verb; as, to let [to be or to go] loose. Pharaoh said, I will let you go. --Ex. viii. 28. If your name be Horatio, as I am let to know it is. --Shak. 5. To allow to be used or occupied for a compensation; to lease; to rent; to hire out; -- often with out; as, to let a farm; to let a house; to let out horses. 6. To give, grant, or assign, as a work, privilege, or contract; -- often with out; as, to let the building of a bridge; to let out the lathing and the plastering. Note: The active form of the infinitive of let, as of many other English verbs, is often used in a passive sense; as, a house to let (i. e., for letting, or to be let). This form of expression conforms to the use of the Anglo-Saxon gerund with to (dative infinitive) which was commonly so employed. See {Gerund}, 2. [bd] Your elegant house in Harley Street is to let.[b8] --Thackeray. In the imperative mood, before the first person plural, let has a hortative force. [bd] Rise up, let us go.[b8] --Mark xiv. 42. [bd] Let us seek out some desolate shade.[b8] --Shak. {To let alone}, to leave; to withdraw from; to refrain from interfering with. {To let blood}, to cause blood to flow; to bleed. {To let down}. (a) To lower. (b) To soften in tempering; as, to let down tools, cutlery, and the like. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lewd \Lewd\ (l[umac]d), a. [Compar. {Lewder} (-[etil]r); superl. {Lewdest}.] [{OE}. lewed, lewd, lay, ignorant, vile, AS. l[aemac]wed laical, belonging to the laity.] 1. Not clerical; laic; laical; hence, unlearned; simple. [Obs.] For if a priest be foul, on whom we trust, No wonder is a lewed man to rust. --Chaucer. So these great clerks their little wisdom show To mock the lewd, as learn'd in this as they. --Sir. J. Davies. 2. Belonging to the lower classes, or the rabble; idle and lawless; bad; vicious. [Archaic] --Chaucer. But the Jews, which believed not, . . . took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, . . . and assaulted the house of Jason. --Acts xvii. 5. Too lewd to work, and ready for any kind of mischief. --Southey. 3. Given to the promiscuous indulgence of lust; dissolute; lustful; libidinous. --Dryden. 4. Suiting, or proceeding from, lustfulness; involving unlawful sexual desire; as, lewd thoughts, conduct, or language. Syn: Lustful; libidinous; licentious; profligate; dissolute; sensual; unchaste; impure; lascivious; lecherous; rakish; debauched. -- {Lewd"ly}, adv. -- {Lewd"ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Jar \Jar\, n. [F. jarre, Sp. jarra, from Ar. jarrah ewer; cf. Pers. jarrah.] 1. A deep, broad-mouthed vessel of earthenware or glass, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes; as, a jar of honey; a rose jar. --Dryden. 2. The measure of what is contained in a jar; as, a jar of oil; a jar of preserves. {Bell jar}, {Leyden jar}. See in the Vocabulary. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Leyden jar \Ley"den jar"\ (l[imac]"d'n j[aum]r"; 277). Leyden phial \Ley"den phi"al\ (f[imac]"[ait]l).(Elec.) A glass jar or bottle used to accumulate electricity. It is coated with tin foil, within and without, nearly to its top, and is surmounted by a brass knob which communicates with the inner coating, for the purpose of charging it with electricity. It is so named from having been invented in Leyden, Holland. | |
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Litany \Lit"a*ny\, n.; pl. {Litanies}. [OE. letanie, OF. letanie, F. litanie, L. litania, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to pray, akin to [?], [?], to pray, [?] prayer.] A solemn form of supplication in the public worship of various churches, in which the clergy and congregation join, the former leading and the latter responding in alternate sentences. It is usually of a penitential character. Supplications . . . for the appeasing of God's wrath were of the Greek church termed litanies, and rogations of the Latin. --Hooker. | |
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Litheness \Lithe"ness\, n. The quality or state of being lithe; flexibility; limberness. | |
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Litmus \Lit"mus\, n. [D. lakmoes; lak lacker + moes a thick preparation of fruit, pap, prob. akin to E. meat: cf. G. lackmus. See {Lac} a resinous substance.] (Chem.) A dyestuff extracted from certain lichens ({Roccella tinctoria}, {Lecanora tartarea}, etc.), as a blue amorphous mass which consists of a compound of the alkaline carbonates with certain coloring matters related to orcin and orcein. Note: Litmus is used as a dye, and being turned red by acids and restored to its blue color by alkalies, is a common indicator or test for acidity and alkalinity. {Litmus paper} (Chem.), unsized paper saturated with blue or red litmus, -- used in testing for acids or alkalies. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Litmus \Lit"mus\, n. [D. lakmoes; lak lacker + moes a thick preparation of fruit, pap, prob. akin to E. meat: cf. G. lackmus. See {Lac} a resinous substance.] (Chem.) A dyestuff extracted from certain lichens ({Roccella tinctoria}, {Lecanora tartarea}, etc.), as a blue amorphous mass which consists of a compound of the alkaline carbonates with certain coloring matters related to orcin and orcein. Note: Litmus is used as a dye, and being turned red by acids and restored to its blue color by alkalies, is a common indicator or test for acidity and alkalinity. {Litmus paper} (Chem.), unsized paper saturated with blue or red litmus, -- used in testing for acids or alkalies. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Loading \Load"ing\, n. 1. The act of putting a load on or into. 2. A load; cargo; burden. --Shak. | |
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Load \Load\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Loaded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Loading}. Loaden is obsolete, and laden belongs to lade.] 1. To lay a load or burden on or in, as on a horse or in a cart; to charge with a load, as a gun; to furnish with a lading or cargo, as a ship; hence, to add weight to, so as to oppress or embarrass; to heap upon. I strive all in vain to load the cart. --Gascoigne. I have loaden me with many spoils. --Shak. Those honors deep and broad, wherewith Your majesty loads our house. --Shak. | |
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Loathing \Loath"ing\, n. Extreme disgust; a feeling of aversion, nausea, abhorrence, or detestation. The mutual fear and loathing of the hostile races. --Macaulay. | |
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Loathe \Loathe\ (l[omac][th]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Loathed} (l[omac][th]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Loathing}.] [AS. l[be][edh]ian to hate. See {Loath}.] 1. To feel extreme disgust at, or aversion for. Loathing the honeyed cakes, I Ionged for bread. --Cowley. 2. To dislike greatly; to abhor; to hate. The secret which I loathe. --Waller. She loathes the vital sir. --Dryden. Syn: To hate; abhor; detest; abominate. See {Hate}. | |
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Loathingly \Loath"ing*ly\, adv. With loathing. | |
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Loathness \Loath"ness\, n. Unwillingness; reluctance. A general silence and loathness to speak. --Bacon. | |
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Loot \Loot\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Looted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Looting}.] To plunder; to carry off as plunder or a prize lawfully obtained by war. Looting parties . . . ransacking the houses. --L.O[?]phant. | |
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Lawyer \Law"yer\, n. [From {Law}, like bowyer, fr. bow.] 1. One versed in the laws, or a practitioner of law; one whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients, or to advise as to prosecution or defence of lawsuits, or as to legal rights and obligations in other matters. It is a general term, comprehending attorneys, counselors, solicitors, barristers, sergeants, and advocates. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The black-necked stilt. See {Stilt}. (b) The bowfin ({Amia calva}). (c) The burbot ({Lota maculosa}). | |
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Lot \Lot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lotted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lotting}.] To allot; to sort; to portion. [R.] {To lot on} [or] {upon}, to count or reckon upon; to expect with pleasure. [Colloq. U. S.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Loudness \Loud"ness\, n. The quality or state of being loud. | |
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Lutanist \Lut"a*nist\, n. [LL. lutanista, fr. lutana lute. See {Lute} the instrument.] A person that plays on the lute. --Johnson. | |
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Lutenist \Lut"e*nist\, n. Same as {Lutanist}. | |
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Yelting \Yel"ting\, n. [Orig. uncert.] The Florida and West Indian red snapper ({Lutianus aya}); also, sometimes, one of certain other allied species, as {L. caxis}. | |
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Lute \Lute\, n. [L. lutum mud, clay: cf. OF. lut.] 1. (Chem.) A cement of clay or other tenacious infusible substance for sealing joints in apparatus, or the mouths of vessels or tubes, or for coating the bodies of retorts, etc., when exposed to heat; -- called also {luting}. 2. A packing ring, as of rubber, for fruit jars, etc. 3. (Brick Making) A straight-edged piece of wood for striking off superfluous clay from mold. | |
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Luting \Lut"ing\, n. (Chem.) See {Lute}, a cement. | |
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Lute \Lute\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Luted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Luting}.] To close or seal with lute; as, to lute on the cover of a crucible; to lute a joint. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lute \Lute\, n. [L. lutum mud, clay: cf. OF. lut.] 1. (Chem.) A cement of clay or other tenacious infusible substance for sealing joints in apparatus, or the mouths of vessels or tubes, or for coating the bodies of retorts, etc., when exposed to heat; -- called also {luting}. 2. A packing ring, as of rubber, for fruit jars, etc. 3. (Brick Making) A straight-edged piece of wood for striking off superfluous clay from mold. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Luting \Lut"ing\, n. (Chem.) See {Lute}, a cement. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lute \Lute\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Luted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Luting}.] To close or seal with lute; as, to lute on the cover of a crucible; to lute a joint. | |
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Lydian \Lyd"i*an\, a. [L. Lydius, fr. Lydia, Gr. [?].] Of or pertaining to Lydia, a country of Asia Minor, or to its inhabitants; hence, soft; effeminate; -- said especially of one of the ancient Greek modes or keys, the music in which was of a soft, pathetic, or voluptuous character. Softly sweet in Lydian measures, Soon he soothed his soul to pleasures. --Dryden. {Lydian stone}, a flint slate used by the ancients to try gold and silver; a touchstone. See {Basanite}. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lattingtown, NY (village, FIPS 41432) Location: 40.89475 N, 73.59489 W Population (1990): 1859 (688 housing units) Area: 9.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lawtons, NY Zip code(s): 14091 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Laytonsville, MD (town, FIPS 46250) Location: 39.20963 N, 77.14156 W Population (1990): 248 (98 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 20879, 20882 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Leadington, MO (city, FIPS 41024) Location: 37.83431 N, 90.48157 W Population (1990): 201 (96 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Loudon County, TN (county, FIPS 105) Location: 35.73440 N, 84.31200 W Population (1990): 31255 (12995 housing units) Area: 592.1 sq km (land), 47.7 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Loudoun County, VA (county, FIPS 107) Location: 39.09318 N, 77.63663 W Population (1990): 86129 (32932 housing units) Area: 1346.6 sq km (land), 3.2 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Ludington, MI (city, FIPS 49640) Location: 43.95707 N, 86.44299 W Population (1990): 8507 (3955 housing units) Area: 8.7 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 49431 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
latency a network connection, from sender to receiver. 2. The period of time that a frame is held by a network device before it is forwarded. Two of the most important parameters of a communications channel are its latency, which should be low, and its {bandwidth}, which should be high. Latency is particularly important for a {synchronous} {protocol} where each packet must be acknowledged before the next can be transmitted. (2000-02-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
leading defined when a {font} is designed but can often be altered in order to change the appearance of the text or for special effects. It is measured in {points} and is normally 120% of the height of the text. See also {kerning}, {tracking}. (1996-06-07) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Lewdness (Acts 18:14), villany or wickedness, not lewdness in the modern sense of the word. The word "lewd" is from the Saxon, and means properly "ignorant," "unlearned," and hence low, vicious (Acts 17:5). |