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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ladle \La"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ladled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ladling}.] To take up and convey in a ladle; to dip with, or as with, a ladle; as, to ladle out soup; to ladle oatmeal into a kettle. | |
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Ladle \La"dle\, n. [AS. hl[91]del, fr. hladan to load, drain. See {Lade}, v. t.] 1. A cuplike spoon, often of large size, with a long handle, used in lading or dipping. When the materials of glass have been kept long in fusion, the mixture casts up the superfluous salt, which the workmen take off with ladles. --Boyle. 2. (Founding) A vessel to carry liquid metal from the furnace to the mold. 3. The float of a mill wheel; -- called also {ladle board}. 4. (Gun.) (a) An instrument for drawing the charge of a cannon. (b) A ring, with a handle or handles fitted to it, for carrying shot. {Ladle wood} (Bot.), the wood of a South African tree ({Cassine Colpoon}), used for carving. | |
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Laidly \Laid"ly\, a. Ugly; loathsome. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] This laidly and loathsome worm. --W. Howitt. | |
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Lately \Late"ly\, adv. Not long ago; recently; as, he has lately arrived from Italy. | |
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Leet \Leet\, n. [LL. leta. Cf. F. lit de justice a solemn sitting of the king in Parliament, L. lis, litis, a lawsuit, It., Sp., & Pg. lite.] (Eng. Hist.) A court-leet; the district within the jurisdiction of a court-leet; the day on which a court-leet is held. --Shak. Note: The original intent of the court-leet was to view the frankpledges or freemen within the liberty; hence called the view of frankpledge. Latterly it has fallen into almost entire disuse. --Burrill. Warren's Blackstone. {Leet ale}, a feast or merrymaking in time of leet. [Obs.] | |
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Lethal \Leth"al\ (l[ecr]th"[acr]l), n. [Lauric + ether + alcohol.] (Chem.) One of the higher alcohols of the paraffine series obtained from spermaceti as a white crystalline solid. It is so called because it occurs in the ethereal salt of lauric acid. | |
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Lethal \Le"thal\ (l[emac]"th[ait]l), a. [L. lethalis, letalis, fr. lethum, letum, death: cf. F. l[82]thal.] Deadly; mortal; fatal. [bd]The lethal blow.[b8] --W. Richardson. -- {Le"thal*ly}, adv. | |
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Lethal \Le"thal\ (l[emac]"th[ait]l), a. [L. lethalis, letalis, fr. lethum, letum, death: cf. F. l[82]thal.] Deadly; mortal; fatal. [bd]The lethal blow.[b8] --W. Richardson. -- {Le"thal*ly}, adv. | |
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. | |
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Lithely \Lithe"ly\, adv. In a lithe, pliant, or flexible manner. | |
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Little \Lit"tle\, n. 1. That which is little; a small quantity, amount, space, or the like. Much was in little writ. --Dryden. There are many expressions, which carrying with them no clear ideas, are like to remove but little of my ignorance. --Locke. 2. A small degree or scale; miniature. [bd] His picture in little.[b8] --Shak. A little, to or in a small degree; to a limited extent; somewhat; for a short time. [bd] Stay a little.[b8] --Shak. The painter flattered her a little. --Shak. {By little and little}, [or] {Little by little}, by slow degrees; piecemeal; gradually. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Little \Lit"tle\, a. [The regular comparative of this word is wanting, its place being supplied by less, or, rarely, lesser. See {Lesser}. For the superlative least is used, the regular form, littlest, occurring very rarely, except in some of the English provinces, and occasionally in colloquial language. [bd] Where love is great, the littlest doubts are fear.[b8] --Shak.] [OE. litel, lutel, AS. l[?]tel, l[c6]tel, l[?]t; akin to OS. littil, D. luttel, LG. l[81]tt, OHG. luzzil, MHG. l[81]tzel; and perh. to AS. lytig deceitful, lot deceit, Goth. liuts deceitful, lut[?]n to deceive; cf. also Icel. l[c6]till little, Sw. liten, Dan. liden, lille, Goth. leitils, which appear to have a different root vowel.] 1. Small in size or extent; not big; diminutive; -- opposed to {big} or {large}; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little hill; a little distance; a little child. | |
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Little \Lit"tle\, adv. In a small quantity or degree; not much; slightly; somewhat; -- often with a preceding it. [bd] The poor sleep little.[b8] --Otway. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Little \Lit"tle\, a. {Little Englander}, an Englishman opposed to territorial expansion of the British Empire. See {Antiimperialism}, above. Hence: {Little Englandism}. {Little-neck clam}, [or] {Little neck} (Zo[94]l.), the quahog, or round clam. {Little peach}, a disease of peaches in which the fruit is much dwarfed, and the leaves grow small and thin. The cause is not known. {Little Rhod"y}, Rhode Island; -- a nickname alluding to its small size. It is the smallest State of the United States. {Little Sisters of the Poor} (R. C. Ch.), an order of women who care for old men and women and infirm poor, for whom special houses are built. It was established at St. Servan, Britany, France, in 1840, by the Abb[82] Le Pailleur. {Little slam} (Bridge Whist), the winning of 12 out of the 13 tricks. It counts 20 points on the honor score. Living picture \Liv"ing pic"ture\ A tableau in which persons take part; also, specif., such a tableau as imitating a work of art. | |
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Loathly \Loath"ly\, a. [AS. l[be][?]lic.] Loathsome. [Obs.] [bd] Loathly mouth.[b8] --Spenser. | |
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Loathly \Loath"ly\, adv. 1. Unwillingly; reluctantly. This shows that you from nature loathly stray. --Donne. 2. ([?]) So as to cause loathing. [Obs.] With dust and blood his locks were loathly dight. --Fairfax. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Loth \Loth\, a., Lothly \Loth"ly\, a. & adv., Lothsome \Loth"some\, a., See {Loath}, {Loathly}, etc. | |
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Loudly \Loud"ly\, adv. In a loud manner. --Denham. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lead Hill, AR (town, FIPS 39040) Location: 36.41472 N, 92.90674 W Population (1990): 283 (142 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 72644 | |
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Little, KY Zip code(s): 41346 | |
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Ludell, KS Zip code(s): 67744 | |
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Ludlow, CA Zip code(s): 92338 Ludlow, IL (village, FIPS 45174) Location: 40.38616 N, 88.12612 W Population (1990): 323 (148 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 60949 Ludlow, KY (city, FIPS 48378) Location: 39.08935 N, 84.55052 W Population (1990): 4736 (1901 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 1.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 41016 Ludlow, MA Zip code(s): 01056 Ludlow, MO (town, FIPS 44390) Location: 39.65354 N, 93.70309 W Population (1990): 147 (90 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 64656 Ludlow, PA Zip code(s): 16333 Ludlow, SD Zip code(s): 57755 Ludlow, VT (village, FIPS 41200) Location: 43.39630 N, 72.69747 W Population (1990): 1123 (793 housing units) Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 05149 | |
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Lytle, TX (city, FIPS 45288) Location: 29.23411 N, 98.79707 W Population (1990): 2255 (815 housing units) Area: 10.3 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 78052 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
LDL ["LDL: A Logic-Based Data-Language", S. Tsur et al, Proc VLDB 1986, Kyoto Japan, Aug 1986, pp.33-41]. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
LDL1 Successor of LDL. "Sets and Negation in a Logic Database Language", C. Beeri et al, in Proc 6th Ann ACM Symp Princs Database Sys (1987), pp.21- 37. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
LITTLE A typeless language used to produce machine-independent software. LITTLE has been used to implement SETL. "Guide to the LITTLE Language", D. Shields, LITTLE Newsletter 33, Courant Inst (Aug 1977). | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
LTL {Linear Temporal Logic} |