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   laager
         n 1: a camp defended by a circular formation of wagons [syn:
               {laager}, {lager}]

English Dictionary: lagger	by the DICT Development Group
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lacer n a workman who laces shoes or footballs or books (during binding)
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lacquer n a black resinous substance obtained from certain trees and used as a natural varnish a hard glossy coating v coat with lacquer; "A lacquered box from China"
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lag screw n a heavy woodscrew with a square or hexagonal head that is driven in with a wrench Synonym(s): lag screw, lag bolt
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lager n a camp defended by a circular formation of wagons [syn: laager, lager] a general term for beer made with bottom fermenting yeast (usually by decoction mashing); originally it was brewed in March or April and matured until September Synonym(s): lager, lager beer
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lagger n someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind Synonym(s): dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, trailer, poke
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Lake Erie n the 4th largest of the Great Lakes; it is linked to the Hudson River by the New York State Barge Canal Synonym(s): Lake Erie, Erie
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Lake Eyre n a shallow salt lake in south central Australia about 35 feet below sea level; the largest lake in the country and the lowest point on the continent Synonym(s): Eyre, Lake Eyre
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lascar n an East Indian sailor a volcano in the Andes in Chile
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laser n an acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation; an optical device that produces an intense monochromatic beam of coherent light Synonym(s): laser, optical maser
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lasher n a driver who urges the animals on with lashes of a whip
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laugher n a person who is laughing or who laughs easily an easy victory Synonym(s): runaway, blowout, romp, laugher, shoo-in, walkaway
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lazar n a person afflicted with leprosy Synonym(s): leper, lazar
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le Carre n English writer of novels of espionage (born in 1931) [syn: le Carre, John le Carre, David John Moore Cornwell]
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leaker n a surreptitious informant; "the president wanted to know who the leakers were"
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lecher n man with strong sexual desires [syn: satyr, lecher, lech, letch]
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lechery n unrestrained indulgence in sexual activity
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leger n a record in which commercial accounts are recorded; "they got a subpoena to examine our books" Synonym(s): ledger, leger, account book, book of account, book French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955) Synonym(s): Leger, Fernand Leger
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leisure n time available for ease and relaxation; "his job left him little leisure" Synonym(s): leisure, leisure time freedom to choose a pastime or enjoyable activity; "he lacked the leisure for golf"
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lesser adj of less size or importance; "the lesser anteater"; "the lesser of two evils" Antonym(s): greater smaller in size or amount or value; "the lesser powers of Europe"; "the lesser anteater"
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lessor n someone who grants a lease Synonym(s): lessor, lease giver
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leucorrhea n discharge of white mucous material from the vagina; often an indication of infection Synonym(s): leukorrhea, leucorrhea
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leukorrhea n discharge of white mucous material from the vagina; often an indication of infection Synonym(s): leukorrhea, leucorrhea
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Liakoura n (Greek mythology) a mountain in central Greece where (according to Greek mythology) the Muses lived; known as the mythological home of music and poetry; "Liakoura is the modern name of Mount Parnassus" Synonym(s): Parnassus, Mount Parnassus, Liakoura
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liger n offspring of a male lion and a female tiger
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Liguria n region of northwestern Italy on the Ligurian Sea
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liqueur n strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal Synonym(s): liqueur, cordial
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liquor n an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented Synonym(s): liquor, spirits, booze, hard drink, hard liquor, John Barleycorn, strong drink a liquid substance that is a solution (or emulsion or suspension) used or obtained in an industrial process; "waste liquors" the liquid in which vegetables or meat have be cooked Synonym(s): liquor, pot liquor, pot likker
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locker n a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock Synonym(s): cabinet, locker, storage locker a fastener that locks or closes a trunk for storing personal possessions; usually kept at the foot of a bed (as in a barracks) Synonym(s): footlocker, locker
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logger n a person who fells trees [syn: lumberman, lumberjack, logger, feller, faller]
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logorrhea n pathologically excessive (and often incoherent) talking Synonym(s): logorrhea, logomania
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looker n a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind); "the spectators applauded the performance"; "television viewers"; "sky watchers discovered a new star" Synonym(s): spectator, witness, viewer, watcher, looker a very attractive or seductive looking woman Synonym(s): smasher, stunner, knockout, beauty, ravisher, sweetheart, peach, lulu, looker, mantrap, dish
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loser n a contestant who loses the contest [syn: loser, {also- ran}] Antonym(s): victor, winner a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently Synonym(s): failure, loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful person Antonym(s): achiever, succeeder, success, winner a gambler who loses a bet Antonym(s): winner
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low gear n the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving Synonym(s): first gear, first, low gear, low
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Lozier n United States physician who in 1863 founded a medical school for women (1813-1888) Synonym(s): Lozier, Clemence Sophia Harned Lozier
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lucre n informal terms for money [syn: boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum] the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses) Synonym(s): net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit, profits, earnings
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Luger n a German semiautomatic pistol someone who races the luge Synonym(s): luger, slider
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lugger n small fishing boat rigged with one or more lugsails
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Luxor n a city in central Egypt on the east bank of the Nile that is a center for visitors to the ruins of and around Thebes Synonym(s): Luxor, El-Aksur
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luxuria n self-indulgent sexual desire (personified as one of the deadly sins) Synonym(s): lust, luxuria
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luxury n something that is an indulgence rather than a necessity the quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive Synonym(s): lavishness, luxury, sumptuosity, sumptuousness wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living Synonym(s): luxury, luxuriousness, opulence, sumptuousness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Laager \Laa"ger\, n. [D., also leger. Cf. 2d {Leaguer}, {Lair}.] A camp, esp. one with an inclosure of travelers' wagons for temporary defense. [South Africa] Wagons . . . can be readily formed into a laager, a camp, by being drawn into a circle, with the oxen placed inside and so kept safe from the attacks of wild beasts. --James Bryce.
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Laager \Laa"ger\, v. t. & i. [From {Laager}, n.] To form into, or camp in, a laager, or protected camp.
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Lacquer \Lac"quer\, n. [F. lacre a sort of sealing wax, Pg. lacte, fr. laca lac. See {Lac} the resin.] [Written also {lacker}.] A varnish, consisting of a solution of shell-lac in alcohol, often colored with gamboge, saffron, or the like; -- used for varnishing metals, papier-mach[82], and wood. The name is also given to varnishes made of other ingredients, esp. the tough, solid varnish of the Japanese, with which ornamental objects are made.
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Lacker \Lack"er\, n. One who lacks or is in want.
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Lacker \Lack"er\, n. & v. See {Lacquer}.
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Lacquer \Lac"quer\, n. [F. lacre a sort of sealing wax, Pg. lacte, fr. laca lac. See {Lac} the resin.] [Written also {lacker}.] A varnish, consisting of a solution of shell-lac in alcohol, often colored with gamboge, saffron, or the like; -- used for varnishing metals, papier-mach[82], and wood. The name is also given to varnishes made of other ingredients, esp. the tough, solid varnish of the Japanese, with which ornamental objects are made.
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Lacker \Lack"er\, n. One who lacks or is in want.
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Lacker \Lack"er\, n. & v. See {Lacquer}.
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Lacquer \Lac"quer\, n. [F. lacre a sort of sealing wax, Pg. lacte, fr. laca lac. See {Lac} the resin.] [Written also {lacker}.] A varnish, consisting of a solution of shell-lac in alcohol, often colored with gamboge, saffron, or the like; -- used for varnishing metals, papier-mach[82], and wood. The name is also given to varnishes made of other ingredients, esp. the tough, solid varnish of the Japanese, with which ornamental objects are made.
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Lacquer \Lac"quer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lacquered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lacquering}.] To cover with lacquer. [bd]Lacquer'd chair.[b8] --Pope.
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Lag \Lag\, n. 1. One who lags; that which comes in last. [Obs.] [bd]The lag of all the flock.[b8] --Pope. 2. The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class. The common lag of people. --Shak. 3. The amount of retardation of anything, as of a valve in a steam engine, in opening or closing. 4. A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially (Mach.), one of the narrow boards or staves forming the covering of a cylindrical object, as a boiler, or the cylinder of a carding machine or a steam engine. 5. (Zo[94]l.) See {Graylag}. {Lag of the tide}, the interval by which the time of high water falls behind the mean time, in the first and third quarters of the moon; -- opposed to {priming} of the tide, or the acceleration of the time of high water, in the second and fourth quarters; depending on the relative positions of the sun and moon. {Lag screw}, an iron bolt with a square head, a sharp-edged thread, and a sharp point, adapted for screwing into wood; a screw for fastening lags.
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Screw \Screw\ (skr[udd]), n. [OE. scrue, OF. escroue, escroe, female screw, F. [82]crou, L. scrobis a ditch, trench, in LL., the hole made by swine in rooting; cf. D. schroef a screw, G. schraube, Icel. skr[umac]fa.] 1. A cylinder, or a cylindrical perforation, having a continuous rib, called the thread, winding round it spirally at a constant inclination, so as to leave a continuous spiral groove between one turn and the next, -- used chiefly for producing, when revolved, motion or pressure in the direction of its axis, by the sliding of the threads of the cylinder in the grooves between the threads of the perforation adapted to it, the former being distinguished as the external, or male screw, or, more usually the screw; the latter as the internal, or female screw, or, more usually, the nut. Note: The screw, as a mechanical power, is a modification of the inclined plane, and may be regarded as a right-angled triangle wrapped round a cylinder, the hypotenuse of the marking the spiral thread of the screw, its base equaling the circumference of the cylinder, and its height the pitch of the thread. 2. Specifically, a kind of nail with a spiral thread and a head with a nick to receive the end of the screw-driver. Screws are much used to hold together pieces of wood or to fasten something; -- called also {wood screws}, and {screw nails}. See also {Screw bolt}, below. 3. Anything shaped or acting like a screw; esp., a form of wheel for propelling steam vessels. It is placed at the stern, and furnished with blades having helicoidal surfaces to act against the water in the manner of a screw. See {Screw propeller}, below. 4. A steam vesel propelled by a screw instead of wheels; a screw steamer; a propeller. 5. An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint; a niggard. --Thackeray. 6. An instructor who examines with great or unnecessary severity; also, a searching or strict examination of a student by an instructor. [Cant, American Colleges] 7. A small packet of tobacco. [Slang] --Mayhew. 8. An unsound or worn-out horse, useful as a hack, and commonly of good appearance. --Ld. Lytton. 9. (Math.) A straight line in space with which a definite linear magnitude termed the pitch is associated (cf. 5th {Pitch}, 10 (b) ). It is used to express the displacement of a rigid body, which may always be made to consist of a rotation about an axis combined with a translation parallel to that axis. 10. (Zo[94]l.) An amphipod crustacean; as, the skeleton screw ({Caprella}). See {Sand screw}, under {Sand}. {Archimedes screw}, {Compound screw}, {Foot screw}, etc. See under {Archimedes}, {Compound}, {Foot}, etc. {A screw loose}, something out of order, so that work is not done smoothly; as, there is a screw loose somewhere. --H. Martineau. {Endless, [or] perpetual, {screw}, a screw used to give motion to a toothed wheel by the action of its threads between the teeth of the wheel; -- called also a {worm}. {Lag screw}. See under {Lag}. {Micrometer screw}, a screw with fine threads, used for the measurement of very small spaces. {Right and left screw}, a screw having threads upon the opposite ends which wind in opposite directions. {Screw alley}. See {Shaft alley}, under {Shaft}. {Screw bean}. (Bot.) (a) The curious spirally coiled pod of a leguminous tree ({Prosopis pubescens}) growing from Texas to California. It is used for fodder, and ground into meal by the Indians. (b) The tree itself. Its heavy hard wood is used for fuel, for fencing, and for railroad ties. {Screw bolt}, a bolt having a screw thread on its shank, in distinction from a {key bolt}. See 1st {Bolt}, 3. {Screw box}, a device, resembling a die, for cutting the thread on a wooden screw. {Screw dock}. See under {Dock}. {Screw engine}, a marine engine for driving a screw propeller. {Screw gear}. See {Spiral gear}, under {Spiral}. {Screw jack}. Same as {Jackscrew}. {Screw key}, a wrench for turning a screw or nut; a spanner wrench. {Screw machine}. (a) One of a series of machines employed in the manufacture of wood screws. (b) A machine tool resembling a lathe, having a number of cutting tools that can be caused to act on the work successively, for making screws and other turned pieces from metal rods. {Screw pine} (Bot.), any plant of the endogenous genus {Pandanus}, of which there are about fifty species, natives of tropical lands from Africa to Polynesia; -- named from the spiral arrangement of the pineapple-like leaves. {Screw plate}, a device for cutting threads on small screws, consisting of a thin steel plate having a series of perforations with internal screws forming dies. {Screw press}, a press in which pressure is exerted by means of a screw. {Screw propeller}, a screw or spiral bladed wheel, used in the propulsion of steam vessels; also, a steam vessel propelled by a screw. {Screw shell} (Zo[94]l.), a long, slender, spiral gastropod shell, especially of the genus Turritella and allied genera. See {Turritella}. {Screw steamer}, a steamship propelled by a screw. {Screw thread}, the spiral rib which forms a screw. {Screw stone} (Paleon.), the fossil stem of an encrinite. {Screw tree} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Helicteres}, consisting of about thirty species of tropical shrubs, with simple leaves and spirally twisted, five-celled capsules; -- also called {twisted-horn}, and {twisty}. {Screw valve}, a stop valve which is opened or closed by a screw. {Screw worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of an American fly ({Compsomyia macellaria}), allied to the blowflies, which sometimes deposits its eggs in the nostrils, or about wounds, in man and other animals, with fatal results. {Screw wrench}. (a) A wrench for turning a screw. (b) A wrench with an adjustable jaw that is moved by a screw. {To put the} {screw, [or] screws}, {on}, to use pressure upon, as for the purpose of extortion; to coerce. {To put under the} {screw [or] screws}, to subject to pressure; to force. {Wood screw}, a metal screw with a sharp thread of coarse pitch, adapted to holding fast in wood. See Illust. of {Wood screw}, under {Wood}.
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Lager \La"ger\ (l[aum]"g[etil]r), n. Lager beer.
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Lagger \Lag"ger\, n. A laggard.
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Laker \Lak"er\, n. One that is connected with a lake or lakes, as in habitation, toil, etc.: (a) One of the poets of the Lake school. See {Lake poets}, under {Lake}, n. (b) (Zo[94]l.) A fish living in, or taken from, a lake, esp. the namaycush. (c) A lake steamer or canal boat. The bridge tender . . . thought the Cowies [bd]a little mite[b8] longer than that laker. --The Century.
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Laquear \La"que*ar\, n.; pl. {Laquearia}. [L.] (Arch.) A lacunar.
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Laquear \La"que*ar\, n.; pl. {Laquearia}. [L.] (Arch.) A lacunar.
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Laqueary \Laq"ueary\, a. [L. laqueus a noose.] Using a noose, as a gladiator. [Obs. or R.] Retiary and laqueary combatants. --Sir T. Browne.
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Lascar \Las"car\, n. [Per. & Hind. lashkar an army, an inferior artillery man, a cooly, a native sailor.] A native sailor, employed in European vessels; also, a menial employed about arsenals, camps, camps, etc.; a camp follower. [East Indies]
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Lasher \Lash"er\, n. 1. A piece of rope for binding or making fast one thing to another; -- called also {lashing}. 2. A weir in a river. [Eng.] --Halliwell.
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Lasher \Lash"er\, n. One who whips or lashes.
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Laugher \Laugh"er\, n. 1. One who laughs. 2. A variety of the domestic pigeon.
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Lax \Lax\, a. [Compar. {Laxer}; superl. {Laxest}.] [L. laxus Cf. {Laches}, {Languish}, {Lease}, v. t., {Leash}.] 1. Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack; as, a lax bandage; lax fiber. The flesh of that sort of fish being lax and spongy. --Ray. 2. Not strict or stringent; not exact; loose; weak; vague; equivocal. The discipline was lax. --Macaulay. Society at that epoch was lenient, if not lax, in matters of the passions. --J. A. Symonds. The word [bd][91]ternus[b8] itself is sometimes of a lax signification. --Jortin. 3. Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal. Syn: Loose; slack; vague; unconfined; unrestrained; dissolute; licentious.
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Lazar \La"zar\, n. [OF. lazare, fr. Lazarus the beggar. Luke xvi. 20.] A person infected with a filthy or pestilential disease; a leper. --Chaucer. Like loathsome lazars, by the hedges lay. -- Spenser. {Lazar house} a lazaretto; also, a hospital for quarantine.
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Lazy \La"zy\, a. [Compar. {Lazier}; superl. {Laziest}.] [OE. lasie, laesic, of uncertain origin; cf. F. las tired, L. lassus, akin to E. late; or cf. LG. losig, lesig.] 1. Disinclined to action or exertion; averse to labor; idle; shirking work. --Bacon. 2. Inactive; slothful; slow; sluggish; as, a lazy stream. [bd]The night owl's lazy flight.[b8] --Shak. 3. Wicked; vicious. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --B. Jonson.
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Leaguer \Lea"guer\, n. [D. leger camp, bed, couch, lair. See {Lair}, and cf.{Beleaguer}.] 1. The camp of a besieging army; a camp in general. --b. Jonson. 2. A siege or beleaguering. [R.] --Sir W. Scott.
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Leaguer \Lea"guer\, v. t. To besiege; to beleaguer. [Obs.]
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Leaky \Leak"y\, a. [Compar. {Leakier}; superl. {Leakiest}.] 1. Permitting water or other fluid to leak in or out; as, a leaky roof or cask. 2. Apt to disclose secrets; tattling; not close. [Colloq.]
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Leaser \Leas"er\, n. [From 1st {Lease}.] One who leases or gleans. [Obs.] --Swift.
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Leaser \Leas"er\, n. A liar. [Obs.] See {Leasing}.
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Lecher \Lech"er\, n. [OE. lechur, lechour, OF. lecheor, lecheur, gormand, glutton, libertine, parasite, fr. lechier to lick, F. l[82]cher; of Teutonic origin. See {Lick}.] A man given to lewdness; one addicted, in an excessive degree, to the indulgence of sexual desire, or to illicit commerce with women.
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Lecher \Lech"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lechered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lechering}.] To practice lewdness.
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Lechery \Lech"er*y\, n. [OE. lecherie, OF. lecherie. See {Lecher}.] 1. Free indulgence of lust; lewdness. 2. Selfish pleasure; delight. [Obs.] --Massinger.
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Lee \Lee\, a. (Naut.) Of or pertaining to the part or side opposite to that against which the wind blows; -- opposed to {weather}; as, the lee side or lee rail of a vessel. {Lee gauge}. See {Gauge}, n. (Naut.) {Lee shore}, the shore on the lee side of a vessel. {Lee tide}, a tide running in the same direction that the wind blows. {On the lee beam}, directly to the leeward; in a line at right angles to the length of the vessel and to the leeward.
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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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Leger \Leg"er\ (l[ecr]j"[etil]r), n. [See {Ledger}.] 1. Anything that lies in a place; that which, or one who, remains in a place. [Obs.] 2. A minister or ambassador resident at a court or seat of government. [Written also {lieger}, {leiger}.] [Obs.] Sir Edward Carne, the queen's leger at Rome. --Fuller. 3. A ledger.
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Leger \Leg"er\, a. Lying or remaining in a place; hence, resident; as, leger ambassador.
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Leger \Leg"er\, a. [F. l[82]ger, fr. LL. (assumed) leviarius, fr. L. levis light in weight. See {Levity}.] Light; slender; slim; trivial. [Obs. except in special phrases.] --Bacon. {Leger line} (Mus.), a line added above or below the staff to extend its compass; -- called also {added line}.
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]:
Leger \Leg"er\ (l[ecr]j"[etil]r), n. [See {Ledger}.] 1. Anything that lies in a place; that which, or one who, remains in a place. [Obs.] 2. A minister or ambassador resident at a court or seat of government. [Written also {lieger}, {leiger}.] [Obs.] Sir Edward Carne, the queen's leger at Rome. --Fuller. 3. A ledger.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leger \Leg"er\, a. Lying or remaining in a place; hence, resident; as, leger ambassador.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leger \Leg"er\, a. [F. l[82]ger, fr. LL. (assumed) leviarius, fr. L. levis light in weight. See {Levity}.] Light; slender; slim; trivial. [Obs. except in special phrases.] --Bacon. {Leger line} (Mus.), a line added above or below the staff to extend its compass; -- called also {added line}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leger \Leg"er\ (l[ecr]j"[etil]r), n. [See {Ledger}.] 1. Anything that lies in a place; that which, or one who, remains in a place. [Obs.] 2. A minister or ambassador resident at a court or seat of government. [Written also {lieger}, {leiger}.] [Obs.] Sir Edward Carne, the queen's leger at Rome. --Fuller. 3. A ledger.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leiger \Lei"ger\ (l[emac]"j[etil]r), n. [See {Leger}, and {Ledger}.] See {Leger}, n., 2. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leger \Leg"er\ (l[ecr]j"[etil]r), n. [See {Ledger}.] 1. Anything that lies in a place; that which, or one who, remains in a place. [Obs.] 2. A minister or ambassador resident at a court or seat of government. [Written also {lieger}, {leiger}.] [Obs.] Sir Edward Carne, the queen's leger at Rome. --Fuller. 3. A ledger.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leiger \Lei"ger\ (l[emac]"j[etil]r), n. [See {Leger}, and {Ledger}.] See {Leger}, n., 2. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leisure \Lei"sure\ (l[emac]"zh[usl]r; 135), n. [OE. leisere, leiser, OF. leisir, F. loisir, orig., permission, fr. L. licere to be permitted. See {License}.] 1. Freedom from occupation or business; vacant time; time free from employment. The desire of leisure is much more natural than of business and care. --Sir W. Temple. 2. Time at one's command, free from engagement; convenient opportunity; hence, convenience; ease. He sighed, and had no leisure more to say. --Dryden. {At leisure}. (a) Free from occupation; not busy. (b) In a leisurely manner; at a convenient time.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leisure \Lei"sure\, a. Unemployed; as, leisure hours.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lesser \Less"er\ (-[etil]r), a. [This word is formed by adding anew the compar. suffix -er (in which r is from an original s) to less. See {Less}, a.] Less; smaller; inferior. God made . . . the lesser light to rule the night. --Gen. i. 15. Note: Lesser is used for less, now the compar. of little, in certain special instances in which its employment has become established by custom; as, Lesser Asia (i. e., Asia Minor), the lesser light, and some others; also in poetry, for the sake of the meter, and in prose where its use renders the passage more euphonious. The more my prayer, the lesser is my grace. --Shak. The larger here, and there the lesser lambs. --Pope. By the same reason may a man, in the state of nature, punish the lesser breaches of the law. --Locke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lesser \Less"er\, adv. Less. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lessor \Les"sor\ (l[ecr]s"s[ocr]r [or] l[ecr]s*s[ocir]r"), n. [See {Lessee}, {Lease}, v. t.] (Law) One who leases; the person who lets to farm, or gives a lease. --Blackstone.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leyser \Ley"ser\ (l[amac]"z[etil]r), n. Leisure. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Licker \Lick"er\ (l[icr]k"[etil]r), n. [Cf. {Lecher}.] One who, or that which, licks. {Licker in} (Carding Machine), the drum, or cylinder, by which the lap is taken from the feed rollers.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Licour \Lic"our\ (l[icr]k"[ocr]r), n. Liquor. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leger \Leg"er\ (l[ecr]j"[etil]r), n. [See {Ledger}.] 1. Anything that lies in a place; that which, or one who, remains in a place. [Obs.] 2. A minister or ambassador resident at a court or seat of government. [Written also {lieger}, {leiger}.] [Obs.] Sir Edward Carne, the queen's leger at Rome. --Fuller. 3. A ledger.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lieger \Lie"ger\ (l[emac]"j[etil]r), n. [See {Leger}, {Ledger}.] A resident ambassador. [Obs.] See {Leger}. --Denham.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leger \Leg"er\ (l[ecr]j"[etil]r), n. [See {Ledger}.] 1. Anything that lies in a place; that which, or one who, remains in a place. [Obs.] 2. A minister or ambassador resident at a court or seat of government. [Written also {lieger}, {leiger}.] [Obs.] Sir Edward Carne, the queen's leger at Rome. --Fuller. 3. A ledger.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lieger \Lie"ger\ (l[emac]"j[etil]r), n. [See {Leger}, {Ledger}.] A resident ambassador. [Obs.] See {Leger}. --Denham.
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]:
Ligger \Lig"ger\ (l[icr]g"g[etil]r), n. 1. A baited line attached to a float, for night fishing. See {Leger}, a. 2. See {Ledger}, 2.
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]:
Ligger \Lig"ger\ (l[icr]g"g[etil]r), n. 1. A baited line attached to a float, for night fishing. See {Leger}, a. 2. See {Ledger}, 2.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ligure \Lig"ure\ (l[icr]g"[usl]r; 277), n. [L. ligurius, Gr. ligy`rion, liggoy`rion, ligkoy`rion, lygkoy`rion, equiv. to Heb. leshem.] A kind of precious stone. The third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. --Ex. xxviii. 19.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Like \Like\ (l[imac]k), a. [Compar. {Liker} (l[imac]k"[etil]r); superl. {Likest}.] [OE. lik, ilik, gelic, AS. gel[c6]c, fr. pref. ge- + l[c6]c body, and orig. meaning, having the same body, shape, or appearance, and hence, like; akin to OS. gil[c6]k, D. gelijk, G. gleich, OHG. gil[c6]h, Icel. l[c6]kr, gl[c6]kr, Dan. lig, Sw. lik, Goth. galeiks, OS. lik body, D. lijk, G. leiche, Icel. l[c6]k, Sw. lik, Goth. leik. The English adverbial ending-ly is from the same adjective. Cf. {Each}, {Such}, {Which}.] 1. Having the same, or nearly the same, appearance, qualities, or characteristics; resembling; similar to; similar; alike; -- often with in and the particulars of the resemblance; as, they are like each other in features, complexion, and many traits of character. 'T is as like you As cherry is to cherry. --Shak. Like master, like man. --Old Prov. He giveth snow like wool; he scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes. --Ps. cxlvii. 16. Note: To, which formerly often followed like, is now usually omitted. 2. Equal, or nearly equal; as, fields of like extent. More clergymen were impoverished by the late war than ever in the like space before. --Sprat. 3. Having probability; affording probability; probable; likely. Usage: [Likely is more used now.] --Shak. But it is like the jolly world about us will scoff at the paradox of these practices. --South. Many were not easy to be governed, nor like to conform themselves to strict rules. --Clarendon. 4. Inclined toward; disposed to; as, to feel like taking a walk. {Had like} (followed by the infinitive), had nearly; came little short of. Had like to have been my utter overthrow. --Sir W. Raleigh Ramona had like to have said the literal truth, . . . but recollected herself in time. --Mrs. H. H. Jackson. {Like figures} (Geom.), similar figures. Note: Like is used as a suffix, converting nouns into adjectives expressing resemblance to the noun; as, manlike, like a man; childlike, like a child; godlike, like a god, etc. Such compounds are readily formed whenever convenient, and several, as crescentlike, serpentlike, hairlike, etc., are used in this book, although, in some cases, not entered in the vocabulary. Such combinations as bell-like, ball-like, etc., are hyphened.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Liquor \Liq"uor\ (l[icr]k"[etil]r), n. [OE. licour, licur, OF. licur, F. liqueur, fr. L. liquor, fr. liquere to be liquid. See {Liquid}, and cf. {Liqueur}.] 1. Any liquid substance, as water, milk, blood, sap, juice, or the like. 2. Specifically, alcoholic or spirituous fluid, either distilled or fermented, as brandy, wine, whisky, beer, etc. 3. (Pharm.) A solution of a medicinal substance in water; -- distinguished from tincture and aqua. Note: The U. S. Pharmacop[oe]ia includes, in this class of preparations, all aqueous solutions without sugar, in which the substance acted on is wholly soluble in water, excluding those in which the dissolved matter is gaseous or very volatile, as in the aqu[91] or waters. --U. S. Disp. {Labarraque's liquor} (Old Chem.), a solution of an alkaline hypochlorite, as sodium hypochlorite, used in bleaching and as a disinfectant. {Liquor of flints}, [or] {Liquor silicum} (Old Chem.), soluble glass; -- so called because formerly made from powdered flints. See {Soluble glass}, under {Glass}. {Liquor of Libavius}. (Old Chem.) See {Fuming liquor of Libavius}, under {Fuming}. {Liquor sanguinis} (s[acr]n"gw[icr]n*[icr]s) (Physiol.), the blood plasma. {Liquor thief}, a tube for taking samples of liquor from a cask through the bung hole. {To be in liquor}, to be intoxicated.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Liquor \Liq"uor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Liquored} (-[etil]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Liquoring}.] 1. To supply with liquor. [R.] 2. To grease. [Obs.] --Bacon. Liquor fishermen's boots. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Locker \Lock"er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, locks. 2. A drawer, cupboard, compartment, or chest, esp. one in a ship, that may be closed with a lock. {Chain locker} (Naut.), a compartment in the hold of a vessel, for holding the chain cables. {Davy Jones's locker}, [or] {Davy's locker}. See {Davy Jones}. {Shot locker}, a compartment where shot are deposited. --Totten.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lock-weir \Lock"-weir`\, n. A waste weir for a canal, discharging into a lock chamber.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Logger \Log"ger\, n. One engaged in logging. See {Log}, v. i. [U.S.] --Lowell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Looker \Look"er\, n. One who looks. {Looker-on}, a spectator; one that looks on, but has no agency or part in an affair. Did not this fatal war affront thy coast, Yet sattest thou an idle looker-on ? --Fairfax.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Loose \Loose\, a. [Compar. {Looser}; superl. {Loosest}.] [OE. loos, lous, laus, Icel. lauss; akin to OD. loos, D. los, AS. le[a0]s false, deceitful, G. los, loose, Dan. & Sw. l[94]s, Goth. laus, and E. lose. [?] See {Lose}, and cf. {Leasing} falsehood.] 1. Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book. Her hair, nor loose, nor tied in formal plat. --Shak. 2. Free from constraint or obligation; not bound by duty, habit, etc.; -- with from or of. Now I stand Loose of my vow; but who knows Cato's thoughts ? --Addison. 3. Not tight or close; as, a loose garment. 4. Not dense, close, compact, or crowded; as, a cloth of loose texture. With horse and chariots ranked in loose array. --Milton. 5. Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate; as, a loose style, or way of reasoning. The comparison employed . . . must be considered rather as a loose analogy than as an exact scientific explanation. --Whewel. 6. Not strict in matters of morality; not rigid according to some standard of right. The loose morality which he had learned. --Sir W. Scott. 7. Unconnected; rambling. Vario spends whole mornings in running over loose and unconnected pages. --I. Watts. 8. Lax; not costive; having lax bowels. --Locke. 9. Dissolute; unchaste; as, a loose man or woman. Loose ladies in delight. --Spenser. 10. Containing or consisting of obscene or unchaste language; as, a loose epistle. -- Dryden. {At loose ends}, not in order; in confusion; carelessly managed. {Fast and loose}. See under {Fast}. {To break loose}. See under {Break}. {Loose pulley}. (Mach.) See {Fast and loose pulleys}, under {Fast}. {To let loose}, to free from restraint or confinement; to set at liberty.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Loser \Los"er\, n. One who loses. --South.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lucky \Luck"y\, a. [Compar. {Luckier}; superl. {Luckiest}.] 1. Favored by luck; fortunate; meeting with good success or good fortune; -- said of persons; as, a lucky adventurer. [bd] Lucky wight.[b8] --Spenser. 2. Producing, or resulting in, good by chance, or unexpectedly; favorable; auspicious; fortunate; as, a lucky mistake; a lucky cast; a lucky hour. We doubt not of a fair and lucky war. --Shak. Syn: Successful; fortunate; prosperous; auspicious.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lucre \Lu"cre\, n. [F. lucre, L. lucrum.] Gain in money or goods; profit; riches; -- often in an ill sense. The lust of lucre and the dread of death. --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lugger \Lug"ger\, n. (Naut.) A small vessel having two or three masts, and a running bowsprit, and carrying lugsails. See Illustration in Appendix. --Totten.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lugger \Lug"ger\, n. (Zo[94]l.) An Indian falcon ({Falco jugger}), similar to the European lanner and the American prairie falcon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lusorious \Luso"rious\, Lusory \Lu"so*ry\, a. [L. lusorius. See {Illusory}.] Used in play; sportive; playful. [Obs.] --Bp. Sanderson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Luxury \Lux"u*ry\, n.; pl. {Luxuries}. [L. luxuria, fr. luxus: cf. F. luxure.] 1. A free indulgence in costly food, dress, furniture, or anything expensive which gratifies the appetites or tastes. Riches expose a man to pride and luxury. --Spectator. 2. Anything which pleases the senses, and is also costly, or difficult to obtain; an expensive rarity; as, silks, jewels, and rare fruits are luxuries; in some countries ice is a great luxury. He cut the side of a rock for a garden, and, by laying on it earth, furnished out a kind of luxury for a hermit. --Addison. 3. Lechery; lust. [Obs.] --Shak. Luxury is in wine and drunkenness. --Chaucer. 4. Luxuriance; exuberance. [Obs.] --Bacon. Syn: Voluptuousness; epicurism; effeminacy; sensuality; lasciviousness; dainty; delicacy; gratification.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
La Jara, CO (town, FIPS 42055) Location: 37.27440 N, 105.95949 W Population (1990): 725 (299 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 81140 La Jara, NM Zip code(s): 87027
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Lagro, IN (town, FIPS 40896) Location: 40.83828 N, 85.72836 W Population (1990): 496 (188 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 46941
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Lasker, NC (town, FIPS 37000) Location: 36.34973 N, 77.30559 W Population (1990): 139 (76 housing units) Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 27848
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Le Sueur, MN (city, FIPS 36746) Location: 44.46319 N, 93.90614 W Population (1990): 3714 (1519 housing units) Area: 9.4 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56058
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Leshara, NE (village, FIPS 26630) Location: 41.33012 N, 96.42869 W Population (1990): 118 (43 housing units) Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68035
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Luxora, AR (town, FIPS 42170) Location: 35.75767 N, 89.93023 W Population (1990): 1338 (517 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 72358
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
lexer /lek'sr/ n. Common hacker shorthand for `lexical analyzer', the input-tokenizing stage in the parser for a language (the part that breaks it into word-like pieces). "Some C lexers get confused by the old-style compound ops like `=-'."
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
loser n. An unexpectedly bad situation, program, programmer, or person. Someone who habitually loses. (Even winners can lose occasionally.) Someone who knows not and knows not that he knows not. Emphatic forms are `real loser', `total loser', and `complete loser' (but not **`moby loser', which would be a contradiction in terms). See {luser}.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
luser /loo'zr/ n. [common] A {user}; esp. one who is also a {loser}. ({luser} and {loser} are pronounced identically.) This word was coined around 1975 at MIT. Under ITS, when you first walked up to a terminal at MIT and typed Control-Z to get the computer's attention, it printed out some status information, including how many people were already using the computer; it might print "14 users", for example. Someone thought it would be a great joke to patch the system to print "14 losers" instead. There ensued a great controversy, as some of the users didn't particularly want to be called losers to their faces every time they used the computer. For a while several hackers struggled covertly, each changing the message behind the back of the others; any time you logged into the computer it was even money whether it would say "users" or "losers". Finally, someone tried the compromise "lusers", and it stuck. Later one of the ITS machines supported `luser' as a request-for-help command. ITS died the death in mid-1990, except as a museum piece; the usage lives on, however, and the term `luser' is often seen in program comments and on Usenet. = M =
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
laser (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) The type of light source used in a {laser printer}. (2003-05-08)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
lexer {lexical analyser}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
loser An unexpectedly bad situation, program, programmer, or person. Someone who habitually loses. (Even winners can lose occasionally). Someone who knows not and knows not that he knows not. Emphatic forms are "real loser", "total loser", and "complete loser" (but not **"moby loser", which would be a contradiction in terms). See {luser}. [{Jargon File}] (1995-04-19)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
LSR 1. {Label Switching Router}. 2. {Local Shared Resources}. (2002-02-17)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
luser /loo'zr/ A {user}; especially one who is also a {loser}. ({luser} and {loser} are pronounced identically.) This word was coined around 1975 at {MIT}. Under {ITS}, when you first walked up to a terminal at MIT and typed Control-Z to get the computer's attention, it printed out some status information, including how many people were already using the computer; it might print "14 users", for example. Someone thought it would be a great joke to patch the system to print "14 losers" instead. There ensued a great controversy, as some of the users didn't particularly want to be called losers to their faces every time they used the computer. For a while several hackers struggled covertly, each changing the message behind the back of the others; any time you logged into the computer it was even money whether it would say "users" or "losers". Finally, someone tried the compromise "lusers", and it stuck. Later one of the ITS machines supported "luser" as a request-for-help command. ITS died the death in mid-1990, except as a museum piece; the usage lives on, however, and the term "luser" is often seen in program comments. See: also {LART}. Compare: {tourist}, {weenie}. [{Jargon File}] (1998-07-01)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Ligure (Heb. leshem) occurs only in Ex. 28:19 and 39:12, as the name of a stone in the third row on the high priest's breastplate. Some have supposed that this stone was the same as the jacinth (q.v.), others that it was the opal. There is now no mineral bearing this name. The "ligurite" is so named from Liguria in Italy, where it was found.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Lucre from the Lat. lucrum, "gain." 1 Tim. 3:3, "not given to filthy lucre." Some MSS. have not the word so rendered, and the expression has been omitted in the Revised Version.