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English Dictionary: leaning	by the DICT Development Group
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lameness n disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet Synonym(s): lameness, limping, gimp, gimpiness, gameness, claudication an imperfection or defectiveness; "a stylist noted for the lameness of his plots"
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laminectomy n surgical removal of the bony arches on one or more vertebrae
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Lamna nasus n voracious pointed-nose shark of northern Atlantic and Pacific Synonym(s): porbeagle, Lamna nasus
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leaning adj departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal; "the leaning tower of Pisa"; "the headstones were tilted" Synonym(s): atilt, canted, leaning, tilted, tipped n an inclination to do something; "he felt leanings toward frivolity" Synonym(s): leaning, propensity, tendency a natural inclination; "he has a proclivity for exaggeration" Synonym(s): proclivity, propensity, leaning the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical; "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right" Synonym(s): tilt, list, inclination, lean, leaning the act of deviating from a vertical position
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Leaning Tower n a tall round marble campanile in Pisa that is not perpendicular; construction was begun in 1174 Synonym(s): Leaning Tower, Leaning Tower of Pisa
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Leaning Tower of Pisa n a tall round marble campanile in Pisa that is not perpendicular; construction was begun in 1174 Synonym(s): Leaning Tower, Leaning Tower of Pisa
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lemming n any of various short-tailed furry-footed rodents of circumpolar distribution
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lemon cheese n a conserve with a thick consistency; made with lemons and butter and eggs and sugar Synonym(s): lemon curd, lemon cheese
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lemon curd n a conserve with a thick consistency; made with lemons and butter and eggs and sugar Synonym(s): lemon curd, lemon cheese
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lemon extract n a flavoring made from (or imitating) lemons
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lemon geranium n a common garden geranium with lemon-scented foliage [syn: lemon geranium, Pelargonium limoneum]
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lemon grass n an aromatic oil that smells like lemon and is widely used in Asian cooking and in perfumes and medicines Synonym(s): lemongrass, lemon grass, lemongrass oil a tropical grass native to India and Sri Lanka Synonym(s): lemongrass, lemon grass
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lemon grove n a grove of lemon trees
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lemon juice n usually freshly squeezed juice of lemons
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lemon shark n common shallow-water schooling shark of the Atlantic from North Carolina to Brazil and off west Africa; dangerous Synonym(s): lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris
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lemon sole n flesh of American flounder; important in the winter [syn: lemon sole, winter flounder] highly valued almost pure white flesh Synonym(s): lemon sole, English sole popular pale brown food flatfish of the Pacific coast of North America Synonym(s): English sole, lemon sole, Parophrys vitulus small European sole Synonym(s): lemon sole, Solea lascaris European flatfish highly valued as food Synonym(s): lemon sole, Microstomus kitt important American food fish in the winter Synonym(s): winter flounder, blackback flounder, lemon sole, Pseudopleuronectes americanus
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lemon sumac n sweet-scented sumac of eastern America having ternate leaves and yellowish-green flowers in spikes resembling catkins followed by red hairy fruits Synonym(s): fragrant sumac, lemon sumac, Rhus aromatica
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lemon zest n tiny bits of lemon peel
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lemon-scented adj smelling of lemons
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lemon-scented gum n similar to but smaller than the spotted gum and having lemon-scented leaves Synonym(s): lemon-scented gum, Eucalyptus citriodora, Eucalyptus maculata citriodora
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lemongrass n an aromatic oil that smells like lemon and is widely used in Asian cooking and in perfumes and medicines Synonym(s): lemongrass, lemon grass, lemongrass oil a tropical grass native to India and Sri Lanka Synonym(s): lemongrass, lemon grass
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lemongrass oil n an aromatic oil that smells like lemon and is widely used in Asian cooking and in perfumes and medicines Synonym(s): lemongrass, lemon grass, lemongrass oil
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lenience n mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant Synonym(s): lenience, leniency, mildness, lenity a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone; "too much indulgence spoils a child" Synonym(s): indulgence, lenience, leniency lightening a penalty or excusing from a chore by judges or parents or teachers Synonym(s): lenience, leniency
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leniency n mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant Synonym(s): lenience, leniency, mildness, lenity a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone; "too much indulgence spoils a child" Synonym(s): indulgence, lenience, leniency lightening a penalty or excusing from a chore by judges or parents or teachers Synonym(s): lenience, leniency
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Leningrad n a city in the European part of Russia; 2nd largest Russian city; located at the head of the Gulf of Finland; former capital of Russia Synonym(s): St. Petersburg, Leningrad, Peterburg, Petrograd, Saint Petersburg
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Leninism n the political and economic theories of Lenin which provided the guiding doctrine of the Soviet Union; the modification of Marxism by Lenin stressed that imperialism is the highest form of capitalism (which shifts the struggle from developed to underdeveloped countries) Synonym(s): Leninism, Marxism-Leninism
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limning n a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects [syn: delineation, depiction, limning, line drawing]
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line engraving n a print obtained from a line drawing [syn: linecut, {line engraving}] engraving consisting of a block that has been etched or engraved Synonym(s): linecut, line block, line engraving
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line one's pockets v make a lot of money
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lining n a protective covering that protects an inside surface [syn: lining, liner] a piece of cloth that is used as the inside surface of a garment Synonym(s): liner, lining providing something with a surface of a different material Synonym(s): lining, facing the act of attaching an inside lining (to a garment or curtain etc.)
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lion monkey n small South American marmoset with silky fur and long nonprehensile tail Synonym(s): tamarin, lion monkey, lion marmoset, leoncita
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loaning n disposing of money or property with the expectation that the same thing (or an equivalent) will be returned Synonym(s): lending, loaning
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luminesce v be or become luminescent; exhibit luminescence
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luminescence n light not due to incandescence; occurs at low temperatures light from nonthermal sources Synonym(s): luminescence, glow
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luminescent adj emitting light not caused by heat
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luminism n an artistic movement in the United States that was derived from the Hudson River school; active from 1850 to 1870; painted realistic landscapes in a style that pictured atmospheric light and the use of aerial perspective
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luminosity n the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light; "its luminosity is measured relative to that of our sun" Synonym(s): luminosity, brightness, brightness level, luminance, luminousness, light
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luminous adj softly bright or radiant; "a house aglow with lights"; "glowing embers"; "lambent tongues of flame"; "the lucent moon"; "a sky luminous with stars" Synonym(s): aglow(p), lambent, lucent, luminous
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luminous energy n the energy associated with visible light
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luminous flux n the rate of flow of light energy
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luminous flux unit n a measure of luminous flux per unit area
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luminous intensity unit n a measure of luminous intensity [syn: {luminous intensity unit}, candlepower unit]
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luminousness n the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light; "its luminosity is measured relative to that of our sun" Synonym(s): luminosity, brightness, brightness level, luminance, luminousness, light
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lameness \Lame"ness\, n. The condition or quality of being lame; as, the lameness of an excuse or an argument.
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Lamina \Lam"ina\ (l[acr]m"[icr]n[adot]), n.; pl. L. {Lamin[91]} (-n[emac]) E. {Laminas} (-n[adot]z). [L. cf. {Lamella}.] 1. A thin plate or scale; a layer or coat lying over another; -- said of thin plates or platelike substances, as of bone or minerals. 2. (Bot.) The blade of a leaf; the broad, expanded portion of a petal or sepal of a flower. --Gray. 3. (Zo[94]l.) A thin plate or scale; specif., one of the thin, flat processes composing the vane of a feather.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lame \Lame\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lamed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Laming}.] To make lame. If you happen to let child fall and lame it. --Swift.
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Lam \Lam\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lammed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lamming}.] [Icel. lemja to beat, or lama to bruise, both fr. lami, lama, lame. See {Lame}.] To beat soundly; to thrash. [Obs. or Low] --Beau. & Fl.
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Lawmonger \Law"mon`ger\, n. A trader in law; one who practices law as if it were a trade. --Milton.
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Leaning \Lean"ing\, n. The act, or state, of inclining; inclination; tendency; as, a leaning towards Calvinism.
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Lean \Lean\ (l[emac]n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Leaned} (l[emac]nd), sometimes {Leant} (l[ecr]nt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Leaning}.] [OE. lenen, AS. hlinian, hleonian, v. i.; akin to OS. hlin[d3]n, D. leunen, OHG. hlin[c7]n, lin[c7]n, G. lehnen, L. inclinare, Gr. kli`nein, L. clivus hill, slope. [root]40. Cf. {Declivity}, {Climax}, {Incline}, {Ladder}.] 1. To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating; as, she leaned out at the window; a leaning column. [bd]He leant forward.[b8] --Dickens. 2. To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; -- with to, toward, etc. They delight rather to lean to their old customs. --Spenser. 3. To rest or rely, for support, comfort, and the like; -- with on, upon, or against. He leaned not on his fathers but himself. --Tennyson.
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Lemming \Lem"ming\ (l[ecr]m"m[icr]ng), n. [Nor. lemming, lemende; cf. Sw. lemel, Lapp. lummik.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of small arctic rodents of the genera {Myodes} and {Cuniculus}, resembling the meadow mice in form. They are found in both hemispheres. Note: The common Northern European lemming ({Myodes lemmus}) is remarkable for making occasional devastating migrations in enormous numbers from the mountains into the lowlands.
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Lemon \Lem"on\ (l[ecr]m"[ucr]n), n. [F. limon, Per. l[imac]m[umac]n; cf. Ar. laim[umac]n, Sp. limon, It. limone. Cf. {Lime} a fruit.] 1. (Bot.) An oval or roundish fruit resembling the orange, and containing a pulp usually intensely acid. It is produced by a tropical tree of the genus {Citrus}, the common fruit known in commerce being that of the species {C. Limonum} or {C. Medica} (var. Limonum). There are many varieties of the fruit, some of which are sweet. 2. The tree which bears lemons; the lemon tree. {Lemon grass} (Bot.), a fragrant East Indian grass ({Andropogon Sh[d2]nanthus}, and perhaps other allied species), which yields the grass oil used in perfumery. {Lemon sole} (Zo[94]l.), a yellow European sole ({Solea aurantiaca}). {Salts of lemon} (Chem.), a white crystalline substance, inappropriately named, as it consists of an acid potassium oxalate and contains no citric acid, which is the characteristic acid of lemon; -- called also {salts of sorrel}. It is used in removing ink stains. See {Oxalic acid}, under {Oxalic}. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nimble Will, a kind of drop seed. {Muhlenbergia diffsa}. Orchard grass, pasture and hay. {Dactylis glomerata}. Porcupine grass, troublesome to sheep. Northwest. {Stipa spartea}. Quaking grass, ornamental. {Briza media} and {maxima}. Quitch, or Quick, grass, etc., a weed. {Agropyrum repens}. Ray grass. Same as {Rye grass} (below). Redtop, pasture and hay. {Agrostis vulgaris}. Red-topped buffalo grass, forage. Northwest. {Poa tenuifolia}. Reed canary grass, of slight value. {Phalaris arundinacea}. Reed meadow grass, hay. North. {Glyceria aquatica}. Ribbon grass, a striped leaved form of {Reed canary grass}. Rye grass, pasture, hay. {Lolium perenne}, var. Seneca grass, fragrant basket work, etc. North. {Hierochloa borealis}. Sesame grass. Same as {Gama grass} (above). Sheep's fescue, sheep pasture, native in Northern Europe and Asia. {Festuca ovina}. Small reed grass, meadow pasture and hay. North. {Deyeuxia Canadensis}. Spear grass, Same as {Meadow grass} (above). Squirrel-tail grass, troublesome to animals. Seacoast and Northwest. {Hordeum jubatum}. Switch grass, hay, cut young. {Panicum virgatum}. Timothy, cut young, the best of hay. North. {Phleum pratense}. Velvet grass, hay on poor soil. South. {Holcus lanatus}. Vernal grass, pasture, hay, lawn. {Anthoxanthum odoratum}. Wire grass, valuable in pastures. {Poa compressa}. Wood grass, Indian grass, hay. {Chrysopogon nutans}. Note: Many plants are popularly called grasses which are not true grasses botanically considered, such as black grass, goose grass, star grass, etc. {Black grass}, a kind of small rush ({Juncus Gerardi}), growing in salt marshes, used for making salt hay. {Grass of the Andes}, an oat grass, the {Arrhenatherum avenaceum} of Europe. {Grass of Parnassus}, a plant of the genus {Parnassia} growing in wet ground. The European species is {P. palustris}; in the United States there are several species. {Grass bass} (Zo[94]l.), the calico bass. {Grass bird}, the dunlin. {Grass cloth}, a cloth woven from the tough fibers of the grass-cloth plant. {Grass-cloth plant}, a perennial herb of the Nettle family ({B[d2]hmeria nivea [or] Urtica nivea}), which grows in Sumatra, China, and Assam, whose inner bark has fine and strong fibers suited for textile purposes. {Grass finch}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A common American sparrow ({Po[94]c[91]tes gramineus}); -- called also {vesper sparrow} and {bay-winged bunting}. (b) Any Australian finch, of the genus {Po[89]phila}, of which several species are known. {Grass lamb}, a lamb suckled by a dam running on pasture land and giving rich milk. {Grass land}, land kept in grass and not tilled. {Grass moth} (Zo[94]l.), one of many small moths of the genus {Crambus}, found in grass. {Grass oil}, a fragrant essential volatile oil, obtained in India from grasses of the genus {Andropogon}, etc.; -- used in perfumery under the name of {citronella}, {ginger grass oil}, {lemon grass oil}, {essence of verbena} etc. {Grass owl} (Zo[94]l.), a South African owl ({Strix Capensis}). {Grass parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), any of several species of Australian parrots, of the genus {Euphemia}; -- also applied to the zebra parrakeet. {Grass plover} (Zo[94]l.), the upland or field plover. {Grass poly} (Bot.), a species of willowwort ({Lythrum Hyssopifolia}). --Johnson. {Crass quit} (Zo[94]l.), one of several tropical American finches of the genus {Euetheia}. The males have most of the head and chest black and often marked with yellow. {Grass snake}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The common English, or ringed, snake ({Tropidonotus natrix}). (b) The common green snake of the Northern United States. See {Green snake}, under {Green}. {Grass snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa maculata}); -- called also {jacksnipe} in America. {Grass spider} (Zo[94]l.), a common spider ({Agelena n[91]via}), which spins flat webs on grass, conspicuous when covered with dew. {Grass sponge} (Zo[94]l.), an inferior kind of commercial sponge from Florida and the Bahamas. {Grass table}. (Arch.) See {Earth table}, under {Earth}. {Grass vetch} (Bot.), a vetch ({Lathyrus Nissolia}), with narrow grasslike leaves. {Grass widow}. [Cf. Prov. R. an unmarried mother, G. strohwittwe a mock widow, Sw. gr[84]senka a grass widow.] (a) An unmarried woman who is a mother. [Obs.] (b) A woman separated from her husband by abandonment or prolonged absence; a woman living apart from her husband. [Slang.] {Grass wrack} (Bot.) eelgrass. {To bring to grass} (Mining.), to raise, as ore, to the surface of the ground. {To put to grass}, {To put out to grass}, to put out to graze a season, as cattle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lemon \Lem"on\ (l[ecr]m"[ucr]n), n. [F. limon, Per. l[imac]m[umac]n; cf. Ar. laim[umac]n, Sp. limon, It. limone. Cf. {Lime} a fruit.] 1. (Bot.) An oval or roundish fruit resembling the orange, and containing a pulp usually intensely acid. It is produced by a tropical tree of the genus {Citrus}, the common fruit known in commerce being that of the species {C. Limonum} or {C. Medica} (var. Limonum). There are many varieties of the fruit, some of which are sweet. 2. The tree which bears lemons; the lemon tree. {Lemon grass} (Bot.), a fragrant East Indian grass ({Andropogon Sh[d2]nanthus}, and perhaps other allied species), which yields the grass oil used in perfumery. {Lemon sole} (Zo[94]l.), a yellow European sole ({Solea aurantiaca}). {Salts of lemon} (Chem.), a white crystalline substance, inappropriately named, as it consists of an acid potassium oxalate and contains no citric acid, which is the characteristic acid of lemon; -- called also {salts of sorrel}. It is used in removing ink stains. See {Oxalic acid}, under {Oxalic}. [Colloq.]
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Lenience \Le"nience\ (l[emac]"n[icr][eit]ns [or] l[emac]n"y[eit]ns; 106), Leniency \Le"niency\ (l[emac]"n[icr][eit]ns[ycr] [or] l[emac]n"y[eit]n*s[ycr]), n. The quality or state of being lenient; lenity; clemency.
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Lenience \Le"nience\ (l[emac]"n[icr][eit]ns [or] l[emac]n"y[eit]ns; 106), Leniency \Le"niency\ (l[emac]"n[icr][eit]ns[ycr] [or] l[emac]n"y[eit]n*s[ycr]), n. The quality or state of being lenient; lenity; clemency.
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Scolecite \Scol"e*cite\ (? [or] ?; 277), n. [Gr. skw`lhx, -hkos, a worm, earthworm.] (Min.) A zeolitic mineral occuring in delicate radiating groups of white crystals. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime. Called also {lime mesotype}.
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Liminess \Lim"iness\ (l[imac]m"[icr]n[ecr]s), n. The state or quality of being limy.
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Lime \Lime\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Limed} (l[imac]md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Liming}.] [Cf. AS. gel[c6]man to glue or join together. See {Lime} a viscous substance.] 1. To smear with a viscous substance, as birdlime. These twigs, in time, will come to be limed. --L'Estrange. 2. To entangle; to insnare. We had limed ourselves With open eyes, and we must take the chance. --Tennyson. 3. To treat with lime, or oxide or hydrate of calcium; to manure with lime; as, to lime hides for removing the hair; to lime sails in order to whiten them. Land may be improved by draining, marling, and liming. --Sir J. Child. 4. To cement. [bd]Who gave his blood to lime the stones together.[b8] --Shak.
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Limning \Lim"ning\ (l[icr]m"n[icr]ng [or] l[icr]m"[icr]ng), n. The act, process, or art of one who limns; the picture or decoration so produced. Adorned with illumination which we now call limning. --Wood.
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Limn \Limn\ (l[icr]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Limned} (l[icr]md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Limning} (l[icr]m"n[icr]ng [or] l[icr]m"[icr]ng).] [OE. limnen, fr. luminen, for enluminen, F. enluminer to illuminate, to limn, LL. illuminare to paint. [root]122. See {Illuminate}, {Luminous}.] 1. To draw or paint; especially, to represent in an artistic way with pencil or brush. Let a painter carelessly limn out a million of faces, and you shall find them all different. --Sir T. Browne. 2. To illumine, as books or parchments, with ornamental figures, letters, or borders.
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Line \Line\, n. [OE. line, AS. l[c6]ne cable, hawser, prob. from L. linea a linen thread, string, line, fr. linum flax, thread, linen, cable; but the English word was influenced by F. ligne line, from the same L. word linea. See {Linen}.] 1. A linen thread or string; a slender, strong cord; also, a cord of any thickness; a rope; a hawser; as, a fishing line; a line for snaring birds; a clothesline; a towline. Who so layeth lines for to latch fowls. --Piers Plowman. 2. A more or less threadlike mark of pen, pencil, or graver; any long mark; as, a chalk line. 3. The course followed by anything in motion; hence, a road or route; as, the arrow descended in a curved line; the place is remote from lines of travel. 4. Direction; as, the line of sight or vision. 5. A row of letters, words, etc., written or printed; esp., a row of words extending across a page or column. 6. A short letter; a note; as, a line from a friend. 7. (Poet.) A verse, or the words which form a certain number of feet, according to the measure. In the preceding line Ulysses speaks of Nausicaa. --Broome. 8. Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity. He is uncommonly powerful in his own line, but it is not the line of a first-rate man. --Coleridge. 9. (Math.) That which has length, but not breadth or thickness. 10. The exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory; boundary; contour; outline. Eden stretched her line From Auran eastward to the royal towers Of great Seleucia. --Milton. 11. A threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence, characteristic mark. Though on his brow were graven lines austere. --Byron. He tipples palmistry, and dines On all her fortune-telling lines. --Cleveland. 12. Lineament; feature; figure. [bd]The lines of my boy's face.[b8] --Shak. 13. A straight row; a continued series or rank; as, a line of houses, or of soldiers; a line of barriers. Unite thy forces and attack their lines. --Dryden. 14. A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; as, the ascending or descending line; the line of descent; the male line; a line of kings. Of his lineage am I, and his offspring By very line, as of the stock real. --Chaucer. 15. A connected series of public conveyances, and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.; as, a line of stages; an express line. 16. (Geog.) (a) A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map. (b) The equator; -- usually called {the line}, or {equinoctial line}; as, to cross the line. 17. A long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a tapeline. 18. (Script.) (a) A measuring line or cord. He marketh it out with a line. --Is. xliv. 13. (b) That which was measured by a line, as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode. The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. --Ps. xvi. 6. (c) Instruction; doctrine. Their line is gone out through all the earth. --Ps. xix. 4. 19. (Mach.) The proper relative position or adjustment of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working; as, the engine is in line or out of line. 20. The track and roadbed of a railway; railroad. 21. (Mil.) (a) A row of men who are abreast of one another, whether side by side or some distance apart; -- opposed to {column}. (b) The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, etc. 22. (Fort.) (a) A trench or rampart. (b) pl. Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting a front in but one direction to an enemy. 23. pl. (Shipbuilding) Form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections. 24. (Mus.) One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed. 25. (Stock Exchange) A number of shares taken by a jobber. 26. (Trade) A series of various qualities and values of the same general class of articles; as, a full line of hosiery; a line of merinos, etc. --McElrath. 27. The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, or the whole of a system of telegraph wires under one management and name. 28. pl. The reins with which a horse is guided by his driver. [U. S.] 29. A measure of length; one twelfth of an inch. {Hard lines}, hard lot. --C. Kingsley. [See Def. 18.] {Line breeding} (Stockbreeding), breeding by a certain family line of descent, especially in the selection of the dam or mother. {Line conch} (Zo[94]l.), a spiral marine shell ({Fasciolaria distans}), of Florida and the West Indies. It is marked by narrow, dark, revolving lines. {Line engraving}. (a) Engraving in which the effects are produced by lines of different width and closeness, cut with the burin upon copper or similar material; also, a plate so engraved. (b) A picture produced by printing from such an engraving. {Line of battle}. (a) (Mil. Tactics) The position of troops drawn up in their usual order without any determined maneuver. (b) (Naval) The line or arrangement formed by vessels of war in an engagement. {Line of battle ship}. See {Ship of the line}, below. {Line of beauty} (Fine Arts),an abstract line supposed to be beautiful in itself and absolutely; -- differently represented by different authors, often as a kind of elongated S (like the one drawn by Hogarth). {Line of centers}. (Mach.) (a) A line joining two centers, or fulcra, as of wheels or levers. (b) A line which determines a dead center. See {Dead center}, under {Dead}. {Line of dip} (Geol.), a line in the plane of a stratum, or part of a stratum, perpendicular to its intersection with a horizontal plane; the line of greatest inclination of a stratum to the horizon. {Line of fire} (Mil.), the direction of fire. {Line of force} (Physics), any line in a space in which forces are acting, so drawn that at every point of the line its tangent is the direction of the resultant of all the forces. It cuts at right angles every equipotential surface which it meets. Specifically (Magnetism), a line in proximity to a magnet so drawn that any point in it is tangential with the direction of a short compass needle held at that point. --Faraday. {Line of life} (Palmistry), a line on the inside of the hand, curving about the base of the thumb, supposed to indicate, by its form or position, the length of a person's life. {Line of lines}. See {Gunter's line}. {Line of march}. (Mil.) (a) Arrangement of troops for marching. (b) Course or direction taken by an army or body of troops in marching. {Line of operations}, that portion of a theater of war which an army passes over in attaining its object. --H. W. Halleck. {Line of sight} (Firearms), the line which passes through the front and rear sight, at any elevation, when they are sighted at an object. {Line tub} (Naut.), a tub in which the line carried by a whaleboat is coiled. {Mason and Dixon's line}
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Linen draper}, a dealer in linen. {Linen prover}, a small microscope for counting the threads in a given space in linen fabrics. {Linen scroll}, {Linen pattern} (Arch.), an ornament for filling panels, copied from the folds of a piece of stuff symmetrically disposed.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scroll \Scroll\, n. [A dim. of OE. scroue, scrowe (whence E. escrow), OF. escroe, escroue, F. [82]crou entry in the jail book, LL. scroa scroll, probably of Teutonic origin; cf. OD. schroode a strip, shred, slip of paper, akin to E. shred. Cf. {Shred}, {Escrow}.] 1. A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll; a schedule; a list. The heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll. --Isa. xxxiv. 4. Here is the scroll of every man's name. --Shak. 2. (Arch.) An ornament formed of undulations giving off spirals or sprays, usually suggestive of plant form. Roman architectural ornament is largely of some scroll pattern. 3. A mark or flourish added to a person's signature, intended to represent a seal, and in some States allowed as a substitute for a seal. [U.S.] --Burrill. 4. (Geom.) Same as {Skew surface}. See under {Skew}. {Linen scroll} (Arch.) See under {Linen}. {Scroll chuck} (Mach.), an adjustable chuck, applicable to a lathe spindle, for centering and holding work, in which the jaws are adjusted and tightened simultaneously by turning a disk having in its face a spiral groove which is entered by teeth on the backs of the jaws. {Scroll saw}. See under {Saw}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Line \Line\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lined} (l[imac]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lining}.] [See {Line} flax.] 1. To cover the inner surface of; as, to line a cloak with silk or fur; to line a box with paper or tin. The inside lined with rich carnation silk. --W. Browne. 2. To put something in the inside of; to fill; to supply, as a purse with money. The charge amounteth very high for any one man's purse, except lined beyond ordinary, to reach unto. --Carew. Till coffee has her stomach lined. --Swift. 3. To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding anything; to fortify; as, to line works with soldiers. Line and new repair our towns of war With men of courage and with means defendant. --Shak. 4. To impregnate; -- applied to brute animals. --Creech. {Lined gold}, gold foil having a lining of another metal.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lining \Lin"ing\ (l[imac]n"[icr]ng), n. [See {Line} to cover the inside.] 1. The act of one who lines; the act or process of making lines, or of inserting a lining. 2. That which covers the inner surface of anything, as of a garment or a box; also, the contents of anything. The lining of his coffers shall make coats To deck our soldiers. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Linn91an \Linn[91]"an\, Linnean \Linne"an\ (l[icr]n*n[emac]"[ait]n), a. Of or pertaining to Linn[91]us, the celebrated Swedish botanist. {Linn[91]an system} (Bot.), the system in which the classes are founded mainly upon the number of stamens, and the orders upon the pistils; the artificial or sexual system.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Linum \[d8]Li"num\ (l[imac]"n[ucr]m), n. [L., flax.] (Bot.) A genus of herbaceous plants including the flax ({Linum usitatissimum}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Loam \Loam\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Loamed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Loaming}.] To cover, smear, or fill with loam.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Loanin \Loan"in\, Loaning \Loan"ing\, n. [From Scotch loan, E. lawn.] An open space between cultivated fields through which cattle are driven, and where the cows are sometimes milked; also, a lane. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Loan \Loan\, n. t. [imp. & p. p. {Loaned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Loaning}.] To lend; -- sometimes with out. --Kent. By way of location or loaning them out. --J. Langley (1644).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Loanmonger \Loan"mon`ger\, n. A dealer in, or negotiator of, loans. The millions of the loanmonger. --Beaconsfield.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Loneness \Lone"ness\, n. Solitude; seclusion. [Obs.] --Donne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Loom \Loom\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Loomed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Looming}.] [OE. lumen to shine, Icel. ljoma; akin to AS. le[a2]ma light, and E. light; or cf. OF. lumer to shine, L. luminare to illumine, lumen light; akin to E. light. [?] See {Light} not dark.] 1. To appear above the surface either of sea or land, or to appear enlarged, or distorted and indistinct, as a distant object, a ship at sea, or a mountain, esp. from atmospheric influences; as, the ship looms large; the land looms high. Awful she looms, the terror of the main. --H. J. Pye. 2. To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense. On no occasion does he [Paul] loom so high, and shine so gloriously, as in the context. --J. M. Mason.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Looming \Loom"ing\, n. The indistinct and magnified appearance of objects seen in particular states of the atmosphere. See {Mirage}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Lumen \[d8]Lu"men\, n.; pl. L. {Lumina}, E. {Lumens}. [L., light, an opening for light.] 1. (Photom.) (a) A unit of illumination, being the amount of illumination of a unit area of spherical surface, due to a light of unit intensity placed at the center of the sphere. (b) A unit of light flux, being the flux through one square meter of surface the illumination of which is uniform and of unit brightness. 2. (Biol.) An opening, space, or cavity, esp. a tubular cavity; a vacuole.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Luminescence \Lu`mi*nes"cence\, n. [See {Luminescent}.] 1. (Physics) Any emission of light not ascribable directly to incandescence, and therefore occurring at low temperatures, as in phosphorescence and fluorescence or other luminous radiation resulting from vital processes, chemical action, friction, solution, or the influence of light or of ultraviolet or cathode rays, etc. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The faculty or power of voluntarily producing light, as in the firefly and glowworm. (b) The light thus produced; luminosity; phosphorescence.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Luminescent \Lu`mi*nes"cent\, a. [L. luminare to illuminate + -escent.] (Physics) Shining with a light due to any of the various causes which produce luminescence.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thermoluminescence \Ther`molu`mines"cence\, n. (Physics) Luminescence exhibited by a substance on being moderately heated. It is shown esp. by certain substances that have been exposed to the action of light or to the cathode rays. -- {-lu`mi*nes"cent}, a.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Luminescent \Lu`mi*nes"cent\, a. [L. luminare to illuminate + -escent.] (Physics) Shining with a light due to any of the various causes which produce luminescence.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thermoluminescence \Ther`molu`mines"cence\, n. (Physics) Luminescence exhibited by a substance on being moderately heated. It is shown esp. by certain substances that have been exposed to the action of light or to the cathode rays. -- {-lu`mi*nes"cent}, a.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Luminosity \Lu`minos"ity\, n. The quality or state of being luminous; luminousness.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Luminous \Lu"minous\, a. [L. luminosus, fr. lumen light: cf. F. lumineux. See {Luminary}, {Illuminate}.] 1. Shining; emitting or reflecting light; brilliant; bright; as, the is a luminous body; a luminous color. Fire burneth wood, making it . . . luminous. --Bacon. The mountains lift . . . their lofty and luminous heads. --Longfellow. 2. Illuminated; full of light; bright; as, many candles made the room luminous. Up the staircase moved a luminous space in the darkness. --Longfellow. 3. Enlightened; intelligent; also, clear; intelligible; as, a luminous mind. [bd] Luminous eloquence.[b8] --Macaulay. [bd] A luminous statement.[b8] --Brougham. {Luminous paint}, a paint made up with some phosphorescent substance, as sulphide of calcium, which after exposure to a strong light is luminous in the dark for a time. Syn: Lucid; clear; shining; perspicuous. -- {Lu"minously}, adv. -- {Lu"minous*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Luminous \Lu"minous\, a. [L. luminosus, fr. lumen light: cf. F. lumineux. See {Luminary}, {Illuminate}.] 1. Shining; emitting or reflecting light; brilliant; bright; as, the is a luminous body; a luminous color. Fire burneth wood, making it . . . luminous. --Bacon. The mountains lift . . . their lofty and luminous heads. --Longfellow. 2. Illuminated; full of light; bright; as, many candles made the room luminous. Up the staircase moved a luminous space in the darkness. --Longfellow. 3. Enlightened; intelligent; also, clear; intelligible; as, a luminous mind. [bd] Luminous eloquence.[b8] --Macaulay. [bd] A luminous statement.[b8] --Brougham. {Luminous paint}, a paint made up with some phosphorescent substance, as sulphide of calcium, which after exposure to a strong light is luminous in the dark for a time. Syn: Lucid; clear; shining; perspicuous. -- {Lu"minously}, adv. -- {Lu"minous*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Luminous \Lu"minous\, a. [L. luminosus, fr. lumen light: cf. F. lumineux. See {Luminary}, {Illuminate}.] 1. Shining; emitting or reflecting light; brilliant; bright; as, the is a luminous body; a luminous color. Fire burneth wood, making it . . . luminous. --Bacon. The mountains lift . . . their lofty and luminous heads. --Longfellow. 2. Illuminated; full of light; bright; as, many candles made the room luminous. Up the staircase moved a luminous space in the darkness. --Longfellow. 3. Enlightened; intelligent; also, clear; intelligible; as, a luminous mind. [bd] Luminous eloquence.[b8] --Macaulay. [bd] A luminous statement.[b8] --Brougham. {Luminous paint}, a paint made up with some phosphorescent substance, as sulphide of calcium, which after exposure to a strong light is luminous in the dark for a time. Syn: Lucid; clear; shining; perspicuous. -- {Lu"minously}, adv. -- {Lu"minous*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Luminous \Lu"minous\, a. [L. luminosus, fr. lumen light: cf. F. lumineux. See {Luminary}, {Illuminate}.] 1. Shining; emitting or reflecting light; brilliant; bright; as, the is a luminous body; a luminous color. Fire burneth wood, making it . . . luminous. --Bacon. The mountains lift . . . their lofty and luminous heads. --Longfellow. 2. Illuminated; full of light; bright; as, many candles made the room luminous. Up the staircase moved a luminous space in the darkness. --Longfellow. 3. Enlightened; intelligent; also, clear; intelligible; as, a luminous mind. [bd] Luminous eloquence.[b8] --Macaulay. [bd] A luminous statement.[b8] --Brougham. {Luminous paint}, a paint made up with some phosphorescent substance, as sulphide of calcium, which after exposure to a strong light is luminous in the dark for a time. Syn: Lucid; clear; shining; perspicuous. -- {Lu"minously}, adv. -- {Lu"minous*ness}, n.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Lahmansville, WV Zip code(s): 26731
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Lanham-Seabrook, MD (CDP, FIPS 45612) Location: 38.96680 N, 76.84405 W Population (1990): 16792 (6001 housing units) Area: 13.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Leamington, UT (town, FIPS 43880) Location: 39.53104 N, 112.28929 W Population (1990): 253 (80 housing units) Area: 4.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Lemon Grove, CA (city, FIPS 41124) Location: 32.73340 N, 117.03284 W Population (1990): 23984 (8638 housing units) Area: 9.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 91945
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Lemoncove, CA Zip code(s): 93244
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Leominster, MA (city, FIPS 35075) Location: 42.51908 N, 71.77216 W Population (1990): 38145 (15533 housing units) Area: 74.8 sq km (land), 2.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 01453
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Limington, ME Zip code(s): 04049
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Luning, NV Zip code(s): 89420
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Lyman County, SD (county, FIPS 85) Location: 43.90047 N, 99.84973 W Population (1990): 3638 (1523 housing units) Area: 4247.8 sq km (land), 173.8 sq km (water)
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
line noise n. 1. [techspeak] Spurious characters due to electrical noise in a communications link, especially an RS-232 serial connection. Line noise may be induced by poor connections, interference or crosstalk from other circuits, electrical storms, {cosmic rays}, or (notionally) birds crapping on the phone wires. 2. Any chunk of data in a file or elsewhere that looks like the results of line noise in sense 1. 3. Text that is theoretically a readable text or program source but employs syntax so bizarre that it looks like line noise in senses 1 or 2. Yes, there are languages this ugly. The canonical example is {TECO}; it is often claimed that "TECO's input syntax is indistinguishable from line noise." Other non-{WYSIWYG} editors, such as Multics `qed' and Unix `ed', in the hands of a real hacker, also qualify easily, as do deliberately obfuscated languages such as {INTERCAL}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Lan Manager {Microsoft}'s {OS/2}-based {network operating system}. Developed in conjunction with {3Com}, Lan Manager runs as a task under OS/2. Because of this, a {file server} may concurrently be used for other tasks, such as {database} services. It offers good {mulitasking}. (1997-03-19)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Laning and Zierler Possibly the first true working algebraic {compiler}. Written by J.H. Laning Jr and N. Zierler in 1953-1954 to run on {MIT}'s {Whirlwind} computer. [Sammet 1969, pp. 131-132]. [Did the language have a name?] (1994-11-01)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
LIM EMS {Expanded Memory Specification}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
line noise 1. Spurious characters due to electrical {noise} in a communications link, especially an {EIA-232} serial connection. Line noise may be induced by poor connections, interference or {crosstalk} from other circuits, electrical storms, {cosmic rays}, or (notionally) birds crapping on the phone wires. 2. Any chunk of data in a file or elsewhere that looks like the results of electrical line noise. 3. Text that is theoretically a readable text or program source but employs {syntax} so bizarre that it looks like line noise. Yes, there are languages this ugly. The canonical example is {TECO}, whose input syntax is often said to be indistinguishable from line noise. Other non-{WYSIWYG} editors, such as {Multics} "{qed}" and {Unix} "{ed}", in the hands of a real hacker, also qualify easily, as do deliberately {obfuscate}d languages such as {INTERCAL}. [{Jargon File}] (1994-12-22)