English Dictionary: limited company | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lamdoidal \Lam*doid"al\, a. Lambdoid. [R.] | |
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Lanate \La"nate\, Lanated \La"na*ted\, [L. lanatus, fr. lana wool, down.] Wooly; covered with fine long hair, or hairlike filaments. | |
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Landed \Land"ed\, a. 1. Having an estate in land. The House of Commons must consist, for the most part, of landed men. --Addison. 2. Consisting in real estate or land; as, landed property; landed security. | |
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Land \Land\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Landed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Landing}.] 1. To set or put on shore from a ship or other water craft; to disembark; to debark. I 'll undertake top land them on our coast. --Shak. 2. To catch and bring to shore; to capture; as, to land a fish. 3. To set down after conveying; to cause to fall, alight, or reach; to bring to the end of a course; as, he landed the quoit near the stake; to be thrown from a horse and landed in the mud; to land one in difficulties or mistakes. | |
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Landwaiter \Land"wait`er\, n. See {Landing waiter}, under {Landing}, a. | |
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Lean-witted \Lean"-wit`ted\, a. Having but little sense or shrewdness. | |
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Lenitude \Len"i*tude\ (-t[umac]d), n. [L. lenitudo.] The quality or habit of being lenient; lenity. [Obs.] --Blount. | |
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Lentitude \Len"ti*tude\ (l[ecr]n"t[icr]*t[umac]d), n. [L. lentitudo, fr. lentus slow: cf. OF. lentitude. See {Lent}, a.] Slowness; sluggishness. [Obs.] | |
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Lentoid \Len"toid\ (l[ecr]n"toid), a. [Lens + -oid.] Having the form of a lens; lens-shaped. | |
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Leontodon \Le*on"to*don\ (l[esl]*[ocr]n"t[osl]*d[ocr]n), n. [Gr. le`wn, le`ontos, lion + 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, tooth. Cf. {Lion's-tooth}, {Dandelion}.] (Bot.) A genus of liguliflorous composite plants, including the fall dandelion ({L. autumnale}), and formerly the true dandelion; -- called also {lion's tooth}. | |
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Hawkbit \Hawk"bit`\, n. (Bot.) The fall dandelion ({Leontodon autumnale}). | |
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Dandelion \Dan"de*li`on\, n. [F. dent de lion lion's tooth, fr. L. dens tooth + leo lion. See {Tooth}, n., and {Lion}.] (Bot.) A well-known plant of the genus {Taraxacum} ({T. officinale}, formerly called {T. Dens-leonis} and {Leontodos Taraxacum}) bearing large, yellow, compound flowers, and deeply notched leaves. | |
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Limitate \Lim"i*tate\ (-[icr]*t[asl]t), a. [L. limitatus, p. p. of limitare to limit. See {Limit}, v. t. ] Bounded by a distinct line. | |
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Limitation \Lim`i*ta"tion\ (-t[amac]"sh[ucr]n), n. [L. limitatio: cf. F. limitation. See {Limit}, v. t.] 1. The act of limiting; the state or condition of being limited; as, the limitation of his authority was approved by the council. They had no right to mistake the limitation . . . of their own faculties, for an inherent limitation of the possible modes of existence in the universe. --J. S. Mill. 2. That which limits; a restriction; a qualification; a restraining condition, defining circumstance, or qualifying conception; as, limitations of thought. The cause of error is ignorance what restraints and limitations all principles have in regard of the matter whereunto they are applicable. --Hooker. 3. A certain precinct within which friars were allowed to beg, or exercise their functions; also, the time during which they were permitted to exercise their functions in such a district. --Chaucer. Latimer. 4. A limited time within or during which something is to be done. You have stood your limitation, and the tribunes Endue you with the people's voice. --Shak. 5. (Law) (a) A certain period limited by statute after which the claimant shall not enforce his claims by suit. (b) A settling of an estate or property by specific rules. (c) A restriction of power; as, a constitutional limitation. --Wharton. Bouvier. {To know one's own limitations}, to know the reach and limits of one's abilities. --A. R. Wallace. | |
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Limit \Lim"it\ (l[icr]m"[icr]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Limited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Limiting}.] [F. limiter, L. limitare, fr. limes, limitis, limit; prob. akin to limen threshold, E. eliminate; cf. L. limus sidelong.] To apply a limit to, or set a limit for; to terminate, circumscribe, or restrict, by a limit or limits; as, to limit the acreage of a crop; to limit the issue of paper money; to limit one's ambitions or aspirations; to limit the meaning of a word. {Limiting parallels} (Astron.), those parallels of latitude between which only an occultation of a star or planet by the moon, in a given case, can occur. | |
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Limited \Lim"it*ed\ (l[icr]m"[icr]t*[ecr]d), a. Confined within limits; narrow; circumscribed; restricted; as, our views of nature are very limited. {Limited company}, a company in which the liability of each shareholder is limited by the number of shares he has taken, so that he can not be called on to contribute beyond the amount of his shares. [Eng.] --Mozley & W. | |
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Limited \Lim"it*ed\ (l[icr]m"[icr]t*[ecr]d), a. Confined within limits; narrow; circumscribed; restricted; as, our views of nature are very limited. {Limited company}, a company in which the liability of each shareholder is limited by the number of shares he has taken, so that he can not be called on to contribute beyond the amount of his shares. [Eng.] --Mozley & W. | |
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Liability \Li`a*bil"i*ty\ (l[imac]`[adot]*b[icr]l"[icr]*t[ycr]), n.; pl. {Liabilities} (-t[icr]z). 1. The state of being liable; as, the liability of an insurer; liability to accidents; liability to the law. 2. That which one is under obligation to pay, or for which one is liable. Specifically, in the pl., the sum of one's pecuniary obligations; -- opposed to {assets}. {Limited liability}. See {Limited company}, under {Limited}. | |
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Partnership \Part"ner*ship\, n. 1. The state or condition of being a partner; as, to be in partnership with another; to have partnership in the fortunes of a family or a state. 2. A division or sharing among partners; joint possession or interest. Rome, that ne'er knew three lordly heads before, First fell by fatal partnership of power. --Rowe. He does possession keep, And is too wise to hazard partnership. --Dryden. 3. An alliance or association of persons for the prosecution of an undertaking or a business on joint account; a company; a firm; a house; as, to form a partnership. 4. (Law) A contract between two or more competent persons for joining together their money, goods, labor, and skill, or any or all of them, under an understanding that there shall be a communion of profit between them, and for the purpose of carrying on a legal trade, business, or adventure. --Kent. Story. Note: Community of profit is absolutely essential to, though not necessary the test of, a partnership. 5. (Arith.) See {Fellowship}, n., 6. {Limited partnership}, a form of partnership in which the firm consists of one or more general partners, jointly and severally responsible as ordinary partners, and one or more special partners, who are not liable for the debts of the partnership beyond the amount of cash they contribute as capital. {Partnership in commendam}, the title given to the limited partnership (F. soci[82]t[82] en commandit[82]) of the French law, introduced into the code of Louisiana. --Burrill. {Silent partnership}, the relation of partnership sustained by a person who furnishes capital only. | |
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Limitedly \Lim"it*ed*ly\, adv. With limitation. | |
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Limitedness \Lim"it*ed*ness\, n. The quality of being limited. | |
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Lineate \Lin"e*ate\ (l[icr]n"[esl]*[asl]t), Lineated \Lin"e*a`ted\ (-[amac]`t[ecr]d), a. [L. lineatus, p. p. of lineare to reduce to a straight line, fr. linea line.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Marked with lines. 2. (Bot.) Marked longitudinally with depressed parallel lines; as, a lineate leaf. | |
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Linnet \Lin"net\ (l[icr]n"n[ecr]t), n. [F. linot, linotte, from L. linum flax; or perh. shortened from AS. l[c6]netwige, fr. AS. l[c6]n flax; -- so called because it feeds on the seeds of flax and hemp. See {Linen}.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genera {Linota}, {Acanthis}, and allied genera, esp. the common European species ({L. cannabina}), which, in full summer plumage, is chestnut brown above, with the breast more or less crimson. The feathers of its head are grayish brown, tipped with crimson. Called also {gray linnet}, {red linnet}, {rose linnet}, {brown linnet}, {lintie}, {lintwhite}, {gorse thatcher}, {linnet finch}, and {greater redpoll}. The American redpoll linnet ({Acanthis linaria}) often has the crown and throat rosy. See {Redpoll}, and {Twite}. {Green linnet} (Zo[94]l.), the European green finch. | |
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Lintie \Lin"tie\ (l[icr]n"t[icr]), Lintwhite \Lint"white`\ (l[icr]nt"hw[imac]t`), n. [AS. l[c6]netwige. See {Linnet}.] (Zo[94]l.) See {Linnet}. -- Tennyson. | |
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Linnet \Lin"net\ (l[icr]n"n[ecr]t), n. [F. linot, linotte, from L. linum flax; or perh. shortened from AS. l[c6]netwige, fr. AS. l[c6]n flax; -- so called because it feeds on the seeds of flax and hemp. See {Linen}.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genera {Linota}, {Acanthis}, and allied genera, esp. the common European species ({L. cannabina}), which, in full summer plumage, is chestnut brown above, with the breast more or less crimson. The feathers of its head are grayish brown, tipped with crimson. Called also {gray linnet}, {red linnet}, {rose linnet}, {brown linnet}, {lintie}, {lintwhite}, {gorse thatcher}, {linnet finch}, and {greater redpoll}. The American redpoll linnet ({Acanthis linaria}) often has the crown and throat rosy. See {Redpoll}, and {Twite}. {Green linnet} (Zo[94]l.), the European green finch. | |
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Lintie \Lin"tie\ (l[icr]n"t[icr]), Lintwhite \Lint"white`\ (l[icr]nt"hw[imac]t`), n. [AS. l[c6]netwige. See {Linnet}.] (Zo[94]l.) See {Linnet}. -- Tennyson. | |
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Lunate \Lu"nate\, Lunated \Lu"na*ted\, a. [L. lunatus crescent-shaped, p. p. of lunare to bend like a crescent, fr. luna the moon.] Crescent-shaped; as, a lunate leaf; a lunate beak; a lunated cross. --Gray. | |
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Lunitidal \Lu"ni*tid`al\, a. Pertaining to tidal movements dependent on the moon. --Bache. {Lunitidal interval}. See {Retard}, n. | |
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Lunitidal \Lu"ni*tid`al\, a. Pertaining to tidal movements dependent on the moon. --Bache. {Lunitidal interval}. See {Retard}, n. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
line editor {teletype}. The user enters editing commands which apply to the current line or some given range of lines. These include moving forward and backward through the buffer, inserting and deleting lines, substituting a string for a pattern match, and printing lines. Visual feedback is restricted to explicitly requesting the display of one or more lines, in contrast to a {screen editor}. {ed} is {Unix}'s line editor. (1999-03-01) |