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   lead line
         n 1: (nautical) plumb line for determining depth [syn: {lead
               line}, {sounding line}]

English Dictionary: littleness by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Leo the Lion
n
  1. the fifth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about July 23 to August 22
    Synonym(s): Leo, Leo the Lion, Lion
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
let alone
adv
  1. much less; "she can't boil potatoes, let alone cook a meal"
    Synonym(s): let alone, not to mention
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
little hand
n
  1. the shorter hand of a clock that points to the hours [syn: hour hand, little hand]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Little Missouri
n
  1. a river that rises in northeastern Wyoming and flows through Montana and South Dakota to join the Missouri River in North Dakota
    Synonym(s): Little Missouri, Little Missouri River
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Little Missouri River
n
  1. a river that rises in northeastern Wyoming and flows through Montana and South Dakota to join the Missouri River in North Dakota
    Synonym(s): Little Missouri, Little Missouri River
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Little Mo Connolly
n
  1. United States tennis player who was the first woman to win the United States, British, French, and Australian championships in the same year (1953) (1934-1969)
    Synonym(s): Connolly, Maureen Catherine Connolly, Little Mo Connolly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
littleneck
n
  1. a quahog when young and small; usually eaten raw; an important food popular in New York
    Synonym(s): littleneck, littleneck clam
  2. a young quahog
    Synonym(s): littleneck, littleneck clam
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
littleneck clam
n
  1. a quahog when young and small; usually eaten raw; an important food popular in New York
    Synonym(s): littleneck, littleneck clam
  2. a young quahog
    Synonym(s): littleneck, littleneck clam
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
littleness
n
  1. the property of having a relatively small size [syn: smallness, littleness]
    Antonym(s): bigness, largeness
  2. the property of having relatively little strength or vigor; "the smallness of her voice"
    Synonym(s): smallness, littleness
  3. lack of generosity in trifling matters
    Synonym(s): pettiness, littleness, smallness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
load line
n
  1. waterlines to show the level the water should reach when the ship is properly loaded
    Synonym(s): load line, Plimsoll line, Plimsoll mark, Plimsoll
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ladle \La"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ladled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Ladling}.]
      To take up and convey in a ladle; to dip with, or as with, a
      ladle; as, to ladle out soup; to ladle oatmeal into a kettle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lead \Lead\ (l[ecr]d), n. [OE. led, leed, lead, AS. le[a0]d;
      akin to D. lood, MHG. l[omac]t, G. loth plummet, sounding
      lead, small weight, Sw. & Dan. lod. [root]123]
      1. (Chem.) One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic
            metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily
            tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though with
            little tenacity, and is used for tubes, sheets, bullets,
            etc. Its specific gravity is 11.37. It is easily fusible,
            forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of
            solder and type metal. Atomic weight, 206.4. Symbol Pb (L.
            Plumbum). It is chiefly obtained from the mineral galena,
            lead sulphide.
  
      2. An article made of lead or an alloy of lead; as:
            (a) A plummet or mass of lead, used in sounding at sea.
            (b) (Print.) A thin strip of type metal, used to separate
                  lines of type in printing.
            (c) Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs;
                  hence, pl., a roof covered with lead sheets or terne
                  plates.
  
                           I would have the tower two stories, and goodly
                           leads upon the top.                     --Bacon
  
      3. A small cylinder of black lead or plumbago, used in
            pencils.
  
      {Black lead}, graphite or plumbago; -- so called from its
            leadlike appearance and streak. [Colloq.]
  
      {Coasting lead}, a sounding lead intermediate in weight
            between a hand lead and deep-sea lead.
  
      {Deep-sea lead}, the heaviest of sounding leads, used in
            water exceeding a hundred fathoms in depth. --Ham. Nav.
            Encyc.
  
      {Hand lead}, a small lead use for sounding in shallow water.
           
  
      {Krems lead}, {Kremnitz lead} [so called from Krems or
            Kremnitz, in Austria], a pure variety of white lead,
            formed into tablets, and called also {Krems, [or]
            Kremnitz, white}, and {Vienna white}.
  
      {Lead arming}, tallow put in the hollow of a sounding lead.
            See {To arm the lead} (below).
  
      {Lead colic}. See under {Colic}.
  
      {Lead color}, a deep bluish gray color, like tarnished lead.
           
  
      {Lead glance}. (Min.) Same as {Galena}.
  
      {Lead line}
            (a) (Med.) A dark line along the gums produced by a
                  deposit of metallic lead, due to lead poisoning.
            (b) (Naut.) A sounding line.
  
      {Lead mill}, a leaden polishing wheel, used by lapidaries.
  
      {Lead ocher} (Min.), a massive sulphur-yellow oxide of lead.
            Same as {Massicot}.
  
      {Lead pencil}, a pencil of which the marking material is
            graphite (black lead).
  
      {Lead plant} (Bot.), a low leguminous plant, genus {Amorpha}
            ({A. canescens}), found in the Northwestern United States,
            where its presence is supposed to indicate lead ore.
            --Gray.
  
      {Lead tree}.
            (a) (Bot.) A West Indian name for the tropical, leguminous
                  tree, {Leuc[91]na glauca}; -- probably so called from
                  the glaucous color of the foliage.
            (b) (Chem.) Lead crystallized in arborescent forms from a
                  solution of some lead salt, as by suspending a strip
                  of zinc in lead acetate.
  
      {Mock lead}, a miner's term for blende.
  
      {Red lead}, a scarlet, crystalline, granular powder,
            consisting of minium when pure, but commonly containing
            several of the oxides of lead. It is used as a paint or
            cement and also as an ingredient of flint glass.
  
      {Red lead ore} (Min.), crocoite.
  
      {Sugar of lead}, acetate of lead.
  
      {To arm the lead}, to fill the hollow in the bottom of a
            sounding lead with tallow in order to discover the nature
            of the bottom by the substances adhering. --Ham. Nav.
            Encyc.
  
      {To} {cast, [or] heave}, {the lead}, to cast the sounding
            lead for ascertaining the depth of water.
  
      {White lead}, hydrated carbonate of lead, obtained as a
            white, amorphous powder, and much used as an ingredient of
            white paint.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Let-alone \Let"-a*lone"\ (l[ecr]t"[adot]*l[omac]n"), a.
      Letting alone.
  
      {The let-alone} {principle, doctrine, [or] policy}. (Polit.
            Econ.) See {Laissez faire}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tamandu \Ta*man"du\, n. [Sp., from the native name: cf. F.
      tamandua.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A small ant-eater ({Tamandua tetradactyla}) native of the
      tropical parts of South America.
  
      Note: It has five toes on the fore feet, an elongated snout,
               small ears, and short woolly hair. Its tail is stout
               and hairy at the base, tapering, and covered with
               minute scales, and is somewhat prehensile at the end.
               Called also {tamandua}, {little ant-bear},
               {fourmilier}, and {cagouare}. The collared, or striped,
               tamandu ({Tamandua bivittata}) is considered a distinct
               species by some writers, but by others is regarded as
               only a variety.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Little \Lit"tle\, a.
  
      {Little Englander}, an Englishman opposed to territorial
            expansion of the British Empire. See {Antiimperialism},
            above. Hence:
  
      {Little Englandism}.
  
      {Little-neck clam}, [or] {Little neck} (Zo[94]l.), the
            quahog, or round clam.
  
      {Little peach}, a disease of peaches in which the fruit is
            much dwarfed, and the leaves grow small and thin. The
            cause is not known.
  
      {Little Rhod"y}, Rhode Island; -- a nickname alluding to its
            small size. It is the smallest State of the United States.
           
  
      {Little Sisters of the Poor} (R. C. Ch.), an order of women
            who care for old men and women and infirm poor, for whom
            special houses are built. It was established at St.
            Servan, Britany, France, in 1840, by the Abb[82] Le
            Pailleur.
  
      {Little slam} (Bridge Whist), the winning of 12 out of the 13
            tricks. It counts 20 points on the honor score. Living
   picture \Liv"ing pic"ture\
      A tableau in which persons take part; also, specif., such a
      tableau as imitating a work of art.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Little \Lit"tle\, a.
  
      {Little Englander}, an Englishman opposed to territorial
            expansion of the British Empire. See {Antiimperialism},
            above. Hence:
  
      {Little Englandism}.
  
      {Little-neck clam}, [or] {Little neck} (Zo[94]l.), the
            quahog, or round clam.
  
      {Little peach}, a disease of peaches in which the fruit is
            much dwarfed, and the leaves grow small and thin. The
            cause is not known.
  
      {Little Rhod"y}, Rhode Island; -- a nickname alluding to its
            small size. It is the smallest State of the United States.
           
  
      {Little Sisters of the Poor} (R. C. Ch.), an order of women
            who care for old men and women and infirm poor, for whom
            special houses are built. It was established at St.
            Servan, Britany, France, in 1840, by the Abb[82] Le
            Pailleur.
  
      {Little slam} (Bridge Whist), the winning of 12 out of the 13
            tricks. It counts 20 points on the honor score. Living
   picture \Liv"ing pic"ture\
      A tableau in which persons take part; also, specif., such a
      tableau as imitating a work of art.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quaker \Quak"er\, n.
      1. One who quakes.
  
      2. One of a religious sect founded by George {Fox}, of
            Leicestershire, England, about 1650, -- the members of
            which call themselves Friends. They were called Quakers,
            originally, in derision. See {Friend}, n., 4.
  
                     Fox's teaching was primarily a preaching of
                     repentance . . . The trembling among the listening
                     crowd caused or confirmed the name of Quakers given
                     to the body; men and women sometimes fell down and
                     lay struggling as if for life.            --Encyc. Brit.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The nankeen bird.
            (b) The sooty albatross.
            (c) Any grasshopper or locust of the genus ({Edipoda}; --
                  so called from the quaking noise made during flight.
  
      {Quaker buttons}. (Bot.) See {Nux vomica}.
  
      {Quaker gun}, a dummy cannon made of wood or other material;
            -- so called because the sect of Friends, or Quakers, hold
            to the doctrine, of nonresistance.
  
      {Quaker ladies} (Bot.), a low American biennial plant
            ({Houstonia c[91]rulea}), with pretty four-lobed corollas
            which are pale blue with a yellowish center; -- also
            called {bluets}, and {little innocents}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Magpie \Mag"pie\, n. [OE. & Prov. E. magot pie, maggoty pie, fr.
      Mag, Maggot, equiv. to Margaret, and fr. F. Marquerite, and
      common name of the magpie. Marguerite is fr. L. margarita
      pearl, Gr. [?], prob. of Eastern origin. See {Pie} magpie,
      and cf. the analogous names {Tomtit}, and {Jackdaw}.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of numerous species of the genus {Pica} and related
      genera, allied to the jays, but having a long graduated tail.
  
      Note: The common European magpie ({Pica pica}, or {P.
               caudata}) is a black and white noisy and mischievous
               bird. It can be taught to speak. The American magpie
               ({P. Hudsonica}) is very similar. The yellow-belled
               magpie ({P. Nuttalli}) inhabits California. The blue
               magpie ({Cyanopolius Cooki}) inhabits Spain. Other
               allied species are found in Asia. The Tasmanian and
               Australian magpies are crow shrikes, as the white
               magpie ({Gymnorhina organicum}), the black magpie
               ({Strepera fuliginosa}), and the Australian magpie
               ({Cracticus picatus}).
  
      {Magpie lark} (Zo[94]l.), a common Australian bird ({Grallina
            picata}), conspicuously marked with black and white; --
            called also {little magpie}.
  
      {Magpie moth} (Zo[94]l.), a black and white European
            geometrid moth ({Abraxas grossulariata}); the harlequin
            moth. Its larva feeds on currant and gooseberry bushes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Master \Mas"ter\, n. [OE. maistre, maister, OF. maistre, mestre,
      F. ma[8c]tre, fr. L. magister, orig. a double comparative
      from the root of magnus great, akin to Gr. [?]. Cf.
      {Maestro}, {Magister}, {Magistrate}, {Magnitude}, {Major},
      {Mister}, {Mistress}, {Mickle}.]
      1. A male person having another living being so far subject
            to his will, that he can, in the main, control his or its
            actions; -- formerly used with much more extensive
            application than now.
            (a) The employer of a servant.
            (b) The owner of a slave.
            (c) The person to whom an apprentice is articled.
            (d) A sovereign, prince, or feudal noble; a chief, or one
                  exercising similar authority.
            (e) The head of a household.
            (f) The male head of a school or college.
            (g) A male teacher.
            (h) The director of a number of persons performing a
                  ceremony or sharing a feast.
            (i) The owner of a docile brute, -- especially a dog or
                  horse.
            (j) The controller of a familiar spirit or other
                  supernatural being.
  
      2. One who uses, or controls at will, anything inanimate; as,
            to be master of one's time. --Shak.
  
                     Master of a hundred thousand drachms. --Addison.
  
                     We are masters of the sea.                  --Jowett
                                                                              (Thucyd. ).
  
      3. One who has attained great skill in the use or application
            of anything; as, a master of oratorical art.
  
                     Great masters of ridicule.                  --Maccaulay.
  
                     No care is taken to improve young men in their own
                     language, that they may thoroughly understand and be
                     masters of it.                                    --Locke.
  
      4. A title given by courtesy, now commonly pronounced
            m[cc]ster, except when given to boys; -- sometimes written
            {Mister}, but usually abbreviated to Mr.
  
      5. A young gentleman; a lad, or small boy.
  
                     Where there are little masters and misses in a
                     house, they are impediments to the diversions of the
                     servants.                                          --Swift.
  
      6. (Naut.) The commander of a merchant vessel; -- usually
            called captain. Also, a commissioned officer in the navy
            ranking next above ensign and below lieutenant; formerly,
            an officer on a man-of-war who had immediate charge, under
            the commander, of sailing the vessel.
  
      7. A person holding an office of authority among the
            Freemasons, esp. the presiding officer; also, a person
            holding a similar office in other civic societies.
  
      {Little masters}, certain German engravers of the 16th
            century, so called from the extreme smallness of their
            prints.
  
      {Master in chancery}, an officer of courts of equity, who
            acts as an assistant to the chancellor or judge, by
            inquiring into various matters referred to him, and
            reporting thereon to the court.
  
      {Master of arts}, one who takes the second degree at a
            university; also, the degree or title itself, indicated by
            the abbreviation M. A., or A. M.
  
      {Master of the horse}, the third great officer in the British
            court, having the management of the royal stables, etc. In
            ceremonial cavalcades he rides next to the sovereign.
  
      {Master of the rolls}, in England, an officer who has charge
            of the rolls and patents that pass the great seal, and of
            the records of the chancery, and acts as assistant judge
            of the court. --Bouvier. --Wharton.
  
      {Past master}, one who has held the office of master in a
            lodge of Freemasons or in a society similarly organized.
           
  
      {The old masters}, distinguished painters who preceded modern
            painters; especially, the celebrated painters of the 16th
            and 17th centuries.
  
      {To be master of one's self}, to have entire self-control;
            not to be governed by passion.
  
      {To be one's own master}, to be at liberty to act as one
            chooses without dictation from anybody.
  
      Note: Master, signifying chief, principal, masterly,
               superior, thoroughly skilled, etc., is often used
               adjiectively or in compounds; as, master builder or
               master-builder, master chord or master-chord, master
               mason or master-mason, master workman or
               master-workman, master mechanic, master mind, master
               spirit, master passion, etc.
  
                        Throughout the city by the master gate.
                                                                              --Chaucer.
  
      {Master joint} (Geol.), a quarryman's term for the more
            prominent and extended joints traversing a rock mass.
  
      {Master key}, a key adapted to open several locks differing
            somewhat from each other; figuratively, a rule or
            principle of general application in solving difficulties.
           
  
      {Master lode} (Mining), the principal vein of ore.
  
      {Master mariner}, an experienced and skilled seaman who is
            certified to be competent to command a merchant vessel.
  
      {Master sinew} (Far.), a large sinew that surrounds the hough
            of a horse, and divides it from the bone by a hollow
            place, where the windgalls are usually seated.
  
      {Master singer}. See {Mastersinger}.
  
      {Master stroke}, a capital performance; a masterly
            achievement; a consummate action; as, a master stroke of
            policy.
  
      {Master tap} (Mech.), a tap for forming the thread in a screw
            cutting die.
  
      {Master touch}.
            (a) The touch or skill of a master. --Pope.
            (b) Some part of a performance which exhibits very
                  skillful work or treatment. [bd]Some master touches of
                  this admirable piece.[b8] --Tatler.
  
      {Master work}, the most important work accomplished by a
            skilled person, as in architecture, literature, etc.;
            also, a work which shows the skill of a master; a
            masterpiece.
  
      {Master workman}, a man specially skilled in any art,
            handicraft, or trade, or who is an overseer, foreman, or
            employer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Little \Lit"tle\, a.
  
      {Little Englander}, an Englishman opposed to territorial
            expansion of the British Empire. See {Antiimperialism},
            above. Hence:
  
      {Little Englandism}.
  
      {Little-neck clam}, [or] {Little neck} (Zo[94]l.), the
            quahog, or round clam.
  
      {Little peach}, a disease of peaches in which the fruit is
            much dwarfed, and the leaves grow small and thin. The
            cause is not known.
  
      {Little Rhod"y}, Rhode Island; -- a nickname alluding to its
            small size. It is the smallest State of the United States.
           
  
      {Little Sisters of the Poor} (R. C. Ch.), an order of women
            who care for old men and women and infirm poor, for whom
            special houses are built. It was established at St.
            Servan, Britany, France, in 1840, by the Abb[82] Le
            Pailleur.
  
      {Little slam} (Bridge Whist), the winning of 12 out of the 13
            tricks. It counts 20 points on the honor score. Living
   picture \Liv"ing pic"ture\
      A tableau in which persons take part; also, specif., such a
      tableau as imitating a work of art.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
            He sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the
            press, because he was little of stature.      --Luke xix. 3.
  
      2. Short in duration; brief; as, a little sleep.
  
                     Best him enough: after a little time, I'll beat him
                     too.                                                   --Shak.
  
      3. Small in quantity or amount; not much; as, a little food;
            a little air or water.
  
                     Conceited of their little wisdoms, and doting upon
                     their own fancies.                              --Barrow.
  
      4. Small in dignity, power, or importance; not great;
            insignificant; contemptible.
  
                     When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou
                     not made the head of the tribes?         --I Sam. xv.
                                                                              17.
  
      5. Small in force or efficiency; not strong; weak; slight;
            inconsiderable; as, little attention or exertion;little
            effort; little care or diligence.
  
                     By sad experiment I know How little weight my words
                     with thee can find.                           --Milton.
  
      6. Small in extent of views or sympathies; narrow; shallow;
            contracted; mean; illiberal; ungenerous.
  
                     The long-necked geese of the world that are ever
                     hissing dispraise, Because their natures are little.
                                                                              --Tennyson.
  
      {Little chief}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Chief hare}.
  
      {Little finger}, the fourth and smallest finger of the hand.
           
  
      {Little go} (Eng. Universities), a public examination about
            the middle of the course, which as less strict and
            important than the final one; -- called also {smalls}. Cf.
            {Great go}, under {Great}. --Thackeray.
  
      {Little hours} (R. C. Ch.), the offices of prime, tierce,
            sext, and nones. Vespers and compline are sometimes
            included.
  
      {Little ones}, young children.
  
                     The men, and the women, and the little ones. --Deut.
                                                                              ii. 34.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Little \Lit"tle\, a.
  
      {Little Englander}, an Englishman opposed to territorial
            expansion of the British Empire. See {Antiimperialism},
            above. Hence:
  
      {Little Englandism}.
  
      {Little-neck clam}, [or] {Little neck} (Zo[94]l.), the
            quahog, or round clam.
  
      {Little peach}, a disease of peaches in which the fruit is
            much dwarfed, and the leaves grow small and thin. The
            cause is not known.
  
      {Little Rhod"y}, Rhode Island; -- a nickname alluding to its
            small size. It is the smallest State of the United States.
           
  
      {Little Sisters of the Poor} (R. C. Ch.), an order of women
            who care for old men and women and infirm poor, for whom
            special houses are built. It was established at St.
            Servan, Britany, France, in 1840, by the Abb[82] Le
            Pailleur.
  
      {Little slam} (Bridge Whist), the winning of 12 out of the 13
            tricks. It counts 20 points on the honor score. Living
   picture \Liv"ing pic"ture\
      A tableau in which persons take part; also, specif., such a
      tableau as imitating a work of art.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Littleness \Lit"tle*ness\, n.
      The state or quality of being little; as, littleness of size,
      thought, duration, power, etc.
  
      Syn: Smallness; slightness; inconsiderableness; narrowness;
               insignificance; meanness; penuriousness.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Load \Load\, n. [OE. lode load, way; properly the same word as
      lode, but confused with lade, load, v. See {Lade}, {Lead},
      v., {Lode}.]
      1. A burden; that which is laid on or put in anything for
            conveyance; that which is borne or sustained; a weight;
            as, a heavy load.
  
                     He might such a load To town with his ass carry.
                                                                              --Gower.
  
      2. The quantity which can be carried or drawn in some
            specified way; the contents of a cart, barrow, or vessel;
            that which will constitute a cargo; lading.
  
      3. That which burdens, oppresses, or grieves the mind or
            spirits; as, a load of care. [bd] A . . . load of
            guilt.[b8] --Ray. [bd] Our life's a load.[b8] --Dryden.
  
      4. A particular measure for certain articles, being as much
            as may be carried at one time by the conveyance commonly
            used for the article measured; as, a load of wood; a load
            of hay; specifically, five quarters.
  
      5. The charge of a firearm; as, a load of powder.
  
      6. Weight or violence of blows. [Obs.] --Milton.
  
      7. (Mach.) The work done by a steam engine or other prime
            mover when working.
  
      {Load line}, [or] {Load water line} (Naut.), the line on the
            outside of a vessel indicating the depth to which it sinks
            in the water when loaded.
  
      Syn: Burden; lading; weight; cargo. See {Burden}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Loathliness \Loath"li*ness\, n.
      Loathsomeness. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ludlamite \Lud"lam*ite\, n. [Named after Mr. Ludlam, of London.]
      (Min.)
      A mineral occurring in small, green, transparent, monoclinic
      crystals. It is a hydrous phosphate of iron.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Luteolin \Lu"te*o*lin\, n. [From NL. Reseda luteola, fr. L.
      luteolus yellowish, fr. luteus: cf. F. lut[82]oline. See
      {Luteous}.] (Chem.)
      A yellow dyestuff obtained from the foliage of the dyer's
      broom ({Reseda luteola}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Red horse}. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) Any large American red fresh-water sucker, especially
            {Moxostoma macrolepidotum} and allied species.
      (b) See the Note under {Drumfish}.
  
      {Red lead}.
      (Chem) See under {Lead}, and {Minium}.
  
      {Red-lead ore}. (Min.) Same as {Crocoite}.
  
      {Red liquor} (Dyeing), a solution consisting essentially of
            aluminium acetate, used as a mordant in the fixation of
            dyestuffs on vegetable fiber; -- so called because used
            originally for red dyestuffs. Called also {red mordant}.
           
  
      {Red maggot} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the wheat midge.
  
      {Red manganese}. (Min.) Same as {Rhodochrosite}.
  
      {Red man}, one of the American Indians; -- so called from his
            color.
  
      {Red maple} (Bot.), a species of maple ({Acer rubrum}). See
            {Maple}.
  
      {Red mite}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Red spider}, below.
  
      {Red mulberry} (Bot.), an American mulberry of a dark purple
            color ({Morus rubra}).
  
      {Red mullet} (Zo[94]l.), the surmullet. See {Mullet}.
  
      {Red ocher} (Min.), a soft earthy variety of hematite, of a
            reddish color.
  
      {Red perch} (Zo[94]l.), the rosefish.
  
      {Red phosphorus}. (Chem.) See under {Phosphorus}.
  
      {Red pine} (Bot.), an American species of pine ({Pinus
            resinosa}); -- so named from its reddish bark.
  
      {Red precipitate}. See under {Precipitate}.
  
      {Red Republican} (European Politics), originally, one who
            maintained extreme republican doctrines in France, --
            because a red liberty cap was the badge of the party; an
            extreme radical in social reform. [Cant]
  
      {Red ribbon}, the ribbon of the Order of the Bath in England.
           
  
      {Red sanders}. (Bot.) See {Sanders}.
  
      {Red sandstone}. (Geol.) See under {Sandstone}.
  
      {Red scale} (Zo[94]l.), a scale insect ({Aspidiotus
            aurantii}) very injurious to the orange tree in California
            and Australia.
  
      {Red silver} (Min.), an ore of silver, of a ruby-red or
            reddish black color. It includes {proustite}, or light red
            silver, and {pyrargyrite}, or dark red silver.
  
      {Red snapper} (Zo[94]l.), a large fish ({Lutlanus aya [or]
            Blackfordii}) abundant in the Gulf of Mexico and about the
            Florida reefs.
  
      {Red snow}, snow colored by a mocroscopic unicellular alga
            ({Protococcus nivalis}) which produces large patches of
            scarlet on the snows of arctic or mountainous regions.
  
      {Red softening} (Med.) a form of cerebral softening in which
            the affected parts are red, -- a condition due either to
            infarction or inflammation.
  
      {Red spider} (Zo[94]l.), a very small web-spinning mite
            ({Tetranychus telarius}) which infests, and often
            destroys, plants of various kinds, especially those
            cultivated in houses and conservatories. It feeds mostly
            on the under side of the leaves, and causes them to turn
            yellow and die. The adult insects are usually pale red.
            Called also {red mite}.
  
      {Red squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), the chickaree.
  
      {Red tape}, the tape used in public offices for tying up
            documents, etc.; hence, official formality and delay.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lutulence \Lu"tu*lence\, n.
      The state or quality of being lutulent.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lutulent \Lu"tu*lent\, a. [L. lutulentus, fr. lutum mud.]
      Muddy; turbid; thick. [Obs.]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Little Indian, IL
      Zip code(s): 62691

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Little Marais, MN
      Zip code(s): 55614

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Little Marsh, PA
      Zip code(s): 16950

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Little Meadows, PA (borough, FIPS 43928)
      Location: 41.99312 N, 76.13086 W
      Population (1990): 326 (124 housing units)
      Area: 5.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 18830

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Little Mountain, SC (town, FIPS 41965)
      Location: 34.19502 N, 81.41412 W
      Population (1990): 235 (111 housing units)
      Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 29075

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Little Neck, NY
      Zip code(s): 11362, 11363

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   little-endian adj.   Describes a computer architecture in which,
   within a given 16- or 32-bit word, bytes at lower addresses have
   lower significance (the word is stored `little-end-first').   The
   PDP-11 and VAX families of computers and Intel microprocessors and a
   lot of communications and networking hardware are little-endian.
   See {big-endian}, {middle-endian}, {NUXI problem}.   The term is
   sometimes used to describe the ordering of units other than bytes;
   most often, bits within a byte.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   little-endian
  
      A computer architecture in which, within
      a given 16- or 32-bit {word}, bytes at lower addresses have
      lower significance (the word is stored "little-end-first").
      The {PDP-11} and {VAX} families of computers and {Intel}
      {microprocessor}s and a lot of communications and networking
      hardware are little-endian.
  
      The term is sometimes used to describe the ordering of units
      other than bytes; most often, bits within a byte.
  
      Compare {big-endian}, {middle-endian}.   See {NUXI problem}.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
      (1995-08-16)
  
  
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