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   Lake Ladoga
         n 1: a lake in northwestern Russia to the north of St.
               Petersburg; the largest lake in Europe; drains through the
               Neva River into the Gulf of Finland [syn: {Lake Ladoga},
               {Ladoga}]

English Dictionary: local department by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
laugh loudly
v
  1. laugh boisterously
    Synonym(s): guffaw, laugh loudly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
leasehold
n
  1. land or property held under a lease
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
leaseholder
n
  1. a tenant who holds a lease
    Synonym(s): leaseholder, lessee
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legal document
n
  1. (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right
    Synonym(s): legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument
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legal duty
n
  1. acts which the law requires be done or forborne
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legal tender
n
  1. something that can be used as an official medium of payment
    Synonym(s): tender, legal tender, stamp
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
legal transfer
n
  1. the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another
    Synonym(s): delivery, livery, legal transfer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
legality
n
  1. lawfulness by virtue of conformity to a legal statute [ant: illegality]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Leslie Townes Hope
n
  1. United States comedian (born in England) who appeared in films with Bing Crosby (1903-2003)
    Synonym(s): Hope, Bob Hope, Leslie Townes Hope
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
likelihood
n
  1. the probability of a specified outcome [syn: likelihood, likeliness]
    Antonym(s): unlikelihood, unlikeliness
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lisle thread
n
  1. a strong tightly twisted cotton thread (usually made of long-staple cotton)
    Synonym(s): lisle, lisle thread
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local authority
n
  1. an administrative unit of local government
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local department
n
  1. a permanent department created to perform the work of a local government
    Synonym(s): local department, department of local government
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local time
n
  1. the official time in a local region (adjusted for location around the Earth); established by law or custom
    Synonym(s): civil time, standard time, local time
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
locality
n
  1. a surrounding or nearby region; "the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville"; "it is a rugged locality"; "he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood"; "I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods"
    Synonym(s): vicinity, locality, neighborhood, neighbourhood, neck of the woods
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
loss leader
n
  1. a featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers
    Synonym(s): drawing card, loss leader, leader
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Louis Joliet
n
  1. French explorer (with Jacques Marquette) of the upper Mississippi River valley (1645-1700)
    Synonym(s): Jolliet, Louis Jolliet, Joliet, Louis Joliet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Louis Jolliet
n
  1. French explorer (with Jacques Marquette) of the upper Mississippi River valley (1645-1700)
    Synonym(s): Jolliet, Louis Jolliet, Joliet, Louis Joliet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Louis le Hutin
n
  1. king of France (1289-1316) [syn: Louis X, {Louis le Hutin}, Louis the Quarreller]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
low quality
n
  1. an inferior quality
    Synonym(s): inferiority, low quality
    Antonym(s): high quality, superiority
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
low-salt diet
n
  1. a diet that limits the intake of salt (sodium chloride); often used in treating hypertension or edema or certain other disorders
    Synonym(s): low-sodium diet, low-salt diet, salt-free diet
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Jack rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large
            American hares, having very large ears and long legs. The
            California species ({Lepus Californicus}), and that of
            Texas and New Mexico ({L. callotis}), have the tail black
            above, and the ears black at the tip. They do not become
            white in winter. The more northern prairie hare ({L.
            campestris}) has the upper side of the tail white, and in
            winter its fur becomes nearly white.
  
      {Jack rafter} (Arch.), in England, one of the shorter rafters
            used in constructing a hip or valley roof; in the United
            States, any secondary roof timber, as the common rafters
            resting on purlins in a trussed roof; also, one of the
            pieces simulating extended rafters, used under the eaves
            in some styles of building.
  
      {Jack salmon} (Zo[94]l.), the wall-eyed pike, or glasseye.
  
      {Jack sauce}, an impudent fellow. [Colloq. & Obs.]
  
      {Jack shaft} (Mach.), the first intermediate shaft, in a
            factory or mill, which receives power, through belts or
            gearing, from a prime mover, and transmits it, by the same
            means, to other intermediate shafts or to a line shaft.
  
      {Jack sinker} (Knitting Mach.), a thin iron plate operated by
            the jack to depress the loop of thread between two
            needles.
  
      {Jack snipe}. (Zo[94]l.) See in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Jack staff} (Naut.), a staff fixed on the bowsprit cap, upon
            which the jack is hoisted.
  
      {Jack timber} (Arch.), any timber, as a rafter, rib, or
            studding, which, being intercepted, is shorter than the
            others.
  
      {Jack towel}, a towel hung on a roller for common use.
  
      {Jack truss} (Arch.), in a hip roof, a minor truss used where
            the roof has not its full section.
  
      {Jack tree}. (Bot.) See 1st {Jack}, n.
  
      {Jack yard} (Naut.), a short spar to extend a topsail beyond
            the gaff.
  
      {Blue jack}, blue vitriol; sulphate of copper.
  
      {Hydraulic jack}, a jack used for lifting, pulling, or
            forcing, consisting of a compact portable hydrostatic
            press, with its pump and a reservoir containing a supply
            of liquid, as oil.
  
      {Jack-at-a-pinch}.
            (a) One called upon to take the place of another in an
                  emergency.
            (b) An itinerant parson who conducts an occasional
                  service for a fee.
  
      {Jack-at-all-trades}, one who can turn his hand to any kind
            of work.
  
      {Jack-by-the-hedge} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Erysimum}
            ({E. alliaria}, or {Alliaria officinalis}), which grows
            under hedges. It bears a white flower and has a taste not
            unlike garlic. Called also, in England, {sauce-alone}.
            --Eng. Cyc.
  
      {Jack-in-a-box}.
            (a) (Bot.) A tropical tree ({Hernandia sonora}), which
                  bears a drupe that rattles when dry in the inflated
                  calyx.
            (b) A child's toy, consisting of a box, out of which,
                  when the lid is raised, a figure springs.
            (c) (Mech.) An epicyclic train of bevel gears for
                  transmitting rotary motion to two parts in such a
                  manner that their relative rotation may be variable;
                  applied to driving the wheels of tricycles, road
                  locomotives, and to cotton machinery, etc.; an
                  equation box; a jack frame; -- called also
                  {compensating gearing}.
            (d) A large wooden screw turning in a nut attached to the
                  crosspiece of a rude press.
  
      {Jack-in-office}, an insolent fellow in authority. --Wolcott.
  
      {Jack-in-the-bush} (Bot.), a tropical shrub with red fruit
            ({Cordia Cylindrostachya}).
  
      {Jack-in-the-green}, a chimney sweep inclosed in a framework
            of boughs, carried in Mayday processions.
  
      {Jack-in-the-pulpit} (Bot.), the American plant {Aris[91]ma
            triphyllum}, or Indian turnip, in which the upright spadix
            is inclosed.
  
      {Jack-of-the-buttery} (Bot.), the stonecrop ({Sedum acre}).
           
  
      {Jack-of-the-clock}, a figure, usually of a man, on old
            clocks, which struck the time on the bell.
  
      {Jack-on-both-sides}, one who is or tries to be neutral.
  
      {Jack-out-of-office}, one who has been in office and is
            turned out. --Shak.
  
      {Jack the Giant Killer}, the hero of a well-known nursery
            story.
  
      {Jack-with-a-lantern}, {Jack-o'-lantern}.
            (a) An ignis fatuus; a will-o'-the-wisp. [bd][Newspaper
                  speculations] supplying so many more jack-o'-lanterns
                  to the future historian.[b8] --Lowell.
            (b) A lantern made of a pumpkin so prepared as to show in
                  illumination the features of a human face, etc.
  
      {Yellow Jack} (Naut.), the yellow fever; also, the quarantine
            flag. See {Yellow flag}, under {Flag}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      3. A familiar spirit; a witch's attendant. [Obs.]
  
                     A trifling fly, none of your great familiars. --B.
                                                                              Jonson.
  
      4. A parasite. [Obs.] --Massinger.
  
      5. A kind of light carriage for rapid transit, plying for
            hire and usually drawn by one horse. [Eng.]
  
      6. The length of an extended flag from its staff; sometimes,
            the length from the [bd]union[b8] to the extreme end.
  
      7. The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the
            wind blows.
  
      8. (Naut.) That part of a compass on which the points are
            marked; the compass card. --Totten.
  
      9. (Mech.)
            (a) Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a
                  fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of
                  machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the
                  striking part of a clock.
            (b) A heavy wheel, or cross arms with weights at the ends
                  on a revolving axis, to regulate or equalize the
                  motion of machinery by means of its inertia, where the
                  power communicated, or the resistance to be overcome,
                  is variable, as in the steam engine or the coining
                  press. See {Fly wheel} (below).
  
      10. (Knitting Machine) The piece hinged to the needle, which
            holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is
            penetrating another loop; a latch. --Knight.
  
      11. The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a
            spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.
  
      12. (Weaving) A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or
            jerk. --Knight.
  
      13.
            (a) Formerly, the person who took the printed sheets from
                  the press.
            (b) A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power
                  to a power printing press for doing the same work.
  
      14. The outer canvas of a tent with double top, usually drawn
            over the ridgepole, but so extended as to touch the roof
            of the tent at no other place.
  
      15. One of the upper screens of a stage in a theater.
  
      16. The fore flap of a bootee; also, a lap on trousers,
            overcoats, etc., to conceal a row of buttons.
  
      17. (Baseball) A batted ball that flies to a considerable
            distance, usually high in the air; also, the flight of a
            ball so struck; as, it was caught on the fly.
  
      {Black fly}, {Cheese fly}, {Dragon fly, etc.} See under
            {Black}, {Cheese}, etc. -- {Fly agaric} (Bot.), a mushroom
            ({Agaricus muscarius}), having a narcotic juice which, in
            sufficient quantities, is poisonous. -- {Fly block}
            (Naut.), a pulley whose position shifts to suit the
            working of the tackle with which it is connected; -- used
            in the hoisting tackle of yards. -- {Fly board} (Printing
            Press), the board on which printed sheets are deposited by
            the fly. -- {Fly book}, a case in the form of a book for
            anglers' flies. --Kingsley.{Fly cap}, a cap with wings,
            formerly worn by women. -- {Fly drill}, a drill having a
            reciprocating motion controlled by a fly wheel, the
            driving power being applied by the hand through a cord
            winding in reverse directions upon the spindle as it
            rotates backward and forward. --Knight.{Fly fishing}, the
            act or art of angling with a bait of natural or artificial
            flies. --Walton.{Fly flap}, an implement for killing
            flies. -- {Fly governor}, a governor for regulating the
            speed of an engine, etc., by the resistance of vanes
            revolving in the air. -- {Fly honeysuckle} (Bot.), a plant
            of the honeysuckle genus ({Lonicera}), having a bushy stem
            and the flowers in pairs, as {L. ciliata} and {L.
            Xylosteum}. -- {Fly hook}, a fishhook supplied with an
            artificial fly. -- {Fly leaf}, an unprinted leaf at the
            beginning or end of a book, circular, programme, etc. --
      {Fly maggot}, a maggot bred from the egg of a fly. --Ray.
  
      {Fly net}, a screen to exclude insects.
  
      {Fly nut} (Mach.), a nut with wings; a thumb nut; a finger
            nut.
  
      {Fly orchis} (Bot.), a plant ({Ophrys muscifera}), whose
            flowers resemble flies.
  
      {Fly paper}, poisoned or sticky paper for killing flies that
            feed upon or are entangled by it.
  
      {Fly powder}, an arsenical powder used to poison flies.
  
      {Fly press}, a screw press for punching, embossing, etc.,
            operated by hand and having a heavy fly.
  
      {Fly rail}, a bracket which turns out to support the hinged
            leaf of a table.
  
      {Fly rod}, a light fishing rod used in angling with a fly.
  
      {Fly sheet}, a small loose advertising sheet; a handbill.
  
      {Fly snapper} (Zo[94]l.), an American bird ({Phainopepla
            nitens}), allied to the chatterers and shrikes. The male
            is glossy blue-black; the female brownish gray.
  
      {Fly wheel} (Mach.), a heavy wheel attached to machinery to
            equalize the movement (opposing any sudden acceleration by
            its inertia and any retardation by its momentum), and to
            accumulate or give out energy for a variable or
            intermitting resistance. See {Fly}, n., 9.
  
      {On the fly} (Baseball), still in the air; -- said of a
            batted ball caught before touching the ground.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Honeysuckle \Hon"ey*suc`kle\, n. [Cf. AS. hunis[?]ge privet. See
      {Honey}, and {Suck}.] (Bot.)
      One of several species of flowering plants, much admired for
      their beauty, and some for their fragrance.
  
      Note: The honeysuckles are properly species of the genus
               {Lonicera}; as, {L. Caprifolium}, and {L. Japonica},
               the commonly cultivated fragrant kinds; {L.
               Periclymenum}, the fragrant woodbine of England; {L.
               grata}, the American woodbine, and {L. sempervirens},
               the red-flowered trumpet honeysuckle. The European fly
               honeysuckle is {L. Xylosteum}; the American, {L.
               ciliata}. The American Pinxter flower ({Azalea
               nudiflora}) is often called honeysuckle, or false
               honeysuckle. The name {Australian honeysuckle} is
               applied to one or more trees of the genus {Banksia}.
               See {French honeysuckle}, under {French}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Laccolite \Lac"co*lite\, Laccolith \Lac"co*lith\, n. [Gr. [?] a
      cistern + -lite, -lith.] (Geol.)
      A mass of igneous rock intruded between sedimentary beds and
      resulting in a mammiform bulging of the overlying strata. --
      {Lac`co*lit"ic}, a.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Laccolite \Lac"co*lite\, Laccolith \Lac"co*lith\, n. [Gr. [?] a
      cistern + -lite, -lith.] (Geol.)
      A mass of igneous rock intruded between sedimentary beds and
      resulting in a mammiform bulging of the overlying strata. --
      {Lac`co*lit"ic}, a.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Laccolite \Lac"co*lite\, Laccolith \Lac"co*lith\, n. [Gr. [?] a
      cistern + -lite, -lith.] (Geol.)
      A mass of igneous rock intruded between sedimentary beds and
      resulting in a mammiform bulging of the overlying strata. --
      {Lac`co*lit"ic}, a.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lace \Lace\ (l[be]s), n. [OE. las, OF. laz, F. lacs, dim. lacet,
      fr. L. laqueus noose, snare; prob. akin to lacere to entice.
      Cf. {Delight}, {Elicit}, {Lasso}, {Latchet}.]
      1. That which binds or holds, especially by being interwoven;
            a string, cord, or band, usually one passing through
            eyelet or other holes, and used in drawing and holding
            together parts of a garment, of a shoe, of a machine belt,
            etc.
  
                     His hat hung at his back down by a lace. --Chaucer.
  
                     For striving more, the more in laces strong Himself
                     he tied.                                             --Spenser.
  
      2. A snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords; a
            net. [Obs.] --Fairfax.
  
                     Vulcanus had caught thee [Venus] in his lace.
                                                                              --Chaucer.
  
      3. A fabric of fine threads of linen, silk, cotton, etc.,
            often ornamented with figures; a delicate tissue of
            thread, much worn as an ornament of dress.
  
                     Our English dames are much given to the wearing of
                     costlylaces.                                       --Bacon.
  
      4. Spirits added to coffee or some other beverage. [Old
            Slang] --Addison.
  
      {Alencon lace}, a kind of point lace, entirely of needlework,
            first made at Alencon in France, in the 17th century. It
            is very durable and of great beauty and cost.
  
      {Bone lace}, {Brussels lace}, etc. See under {Bone},
            {Brussels}, etc.
  
      {Gold lace}, [or] {Silver lace}, lace having warp threads of
            silk, or silk and cotton, and a weft of silk threads
            covered with gold (or silver), or with gilt.
  
      {Lace leather}, thin, oil-tanned leather suitable for cutting
            into lacings for machine belts.
  
      {Lace lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a large, aquatic, Australian lizard
            ({Hydrosaurus giganteus}), allied to the monitors.
  
      {Lace paper}, paper with an openwork design in imitation of
            lace.
  
      {Lace piece} (Shipbuilding), the main piece of timber which
            supports the beak or head projecting beyond the stem of a
            ship.
  
      {Lace pillow}, [and] {Pillow lace}. See under {Pillow}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Laicality \La"ic*al"i*ty\, n.
      The state or quality of being laic; the state or condition of
      a layman.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lakelet \Lake"let\, n.
      A little lake. --Southey.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lazulite \Laz"u*lite\, n. [From lazuli : cf. F. lazulite, G.
      lazulith.] (Min.)
      A mineral of a light indigo-blue color, occurring in small
      masses, or in monoclinic crystals; blue spar. It is a hydrous
      phosphate of alumina and magnesia.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Leasehold \Lease"hold`\, a.
      Held by lease.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Leasehold \Lease"hold`\, n.
      A tenure by lease; specifically, land held as personalty
      under a lease for years.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Leaseholder \Lease"hold`er\, n.
      A tenant under a lease. -- {Lease"hold`ing}, a. & n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Leaseholder \Lease"hold`er\, n.
      A tenant under a lease. -- {Lease"hold`ing}, a. & n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Legal \Le"gal\ (l[emac]"g[ait]l), a. [L. legalis, fr. lex,
      legis, law; prob. orig., that which lies or is fixed (cf. L.
      lectus bed), and if so akin to E. lie, law: cf. F. l[82]gal.
      Cf. {Lie} to be prostrate, {Loyal}, {Leal}.]
      1. Created by, permitted by, in conformity with, or relating
            to, law; as, a legal obligation; a legal standard or test;
            a legal procedure; a legal claim; a legal trade; anything
            is legal which the laws do not forbid.
  
      2. (Theol.)
            (a) According to the law of works, as distinguished from
                  free grace; or resting on works for salvation.
            (b) According to the old or Mosaic dispensation; in
                  accordance with the law of Moses.
  
      3. (Law) Governed by the rules of law as distinguished from
            the rules of equity; as, legal estate; legal assets.
            --Bouvier. --Burrill.
  
      {Legal cap}. See under {Cap}.
  
      {Legal tender}.
            (a) The act of tendering in the performance of a contract
                  or satisfaction of a claim that which the law
                  prescribes or permits, and at such time and place as
                  the law prescribes or permits.
            (b) That currency, or money, which the law authorizes a
                  debtor to tender and requires a creditor to receive.
                  It differs in different countries.
  
      Syn: Lawful; constitutional; legitimate; licit; authorized.
               See {Lawful}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Legal tender}. See under {Legal}.
  
      {Tender of issue} (Law), a form of words in a pleading, by
            which a party offers to refer the question raised upon it
            to the appropriate mode of decision. --Burrill.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Legality \Le*gal"i*ty\ (l[esl]*g[acr]l"[icr]*t[ycr]), n. [Cf.
      LL. legalitas, F. l[82]galit[82]. Cf. {Loyalty}.]
      1. The state or quality of being legal; conformity to law.
  
      2. (Theol.) A conformity to, and resting upon, the letter of
            the law.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lego-literary \Le"go-lit"er*a*ry\
      (l[emac]"g[osl]-l[icr]t"[etil]r*[asl]*r[ycr]), a. [See
      {Legal}, and {Literary}.]
      Pertaining to the literature of law.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ligulate \Lig"u*late\ (l[icr]g"[usl]*l[asl]t), Ligulated
   \Lig"u*la`ted\ (-l[amac]`t[ecr]d), a. [Cf. F. ligul[82]. See
      {Ligule}, and cf. {Lingulate}.]
      1. (Bot.) Like a bandage, or strap; strap-shaped.
  
      2. Composed of ligules.
  
      {Ligulate flower}, a species of compound flower, the florets
            of which have their corollets flat, spreading out toward
            the end, with the base only tubular.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ligulate \Lig"u*late\ (l[icr]g"[usl]*l[asl]t), Ligulated
   \Lig"u*la`ted\ (-l[amac]`t[ecr]d), a. [Cf. F. ligul[82]. See
      {Ligule}, and cf. {Lingulate}.]
      1. (Bot.) Like a bandage, or strap; strap-shaped.
  
      2. Composed of ligules.
  
      {Ligulate flower}, a species of compound flower, the florets
            of which have their corollets flat, spreading out toward
            the end, with the base only tubular.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ligulate \Lig"u*late\ (l[icr]g"[usl]*l[asl]t), Ligulated
   \Lig"u*la`ted\ (-l[amac]`t[ecr]d), a. [Cf. F. ligul[82]. See
      {Ligule}, and cf. {Lingulate}.]
      1. (Bot.) Like a bandage, or strap; strap-shaped.
  
      2. Composed of ligules.
  
      {Ligulate flower}, a species of compound flower, the florets
            of which have their corollets flat, spreading out toward
            the end, with the base only tubular.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Likelihood \Like"li*hood\ (-l[icr]*h[oocr]d), n. [Likely +
      -hood.]
      1. Appearance; show; sign; expression. [Obs.]
  
                     What of his heart perceive you in his face By any
                     likelihood he showed to-day ?            --Shak.
  
      2. Likeness; resemblance. [Obs.]
  
                     There is no likelihood between pure light and black
                     darkness, or between righteousness and reprobation.
                                                                              --Sir W.
                                                                              Raleigh.
  
      3. Appearance of truth or reality; probability;
            verisimilitude. --Tennyson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lisle \Lisle\ (l[imac]l), n.
      A city of France celebrated for certain manufactures.
  
      {Lisle glove}, a fine summer glove, made of Lisle thread.
  
      {Lisle lace}, a fine handmade lace, made at Lisle.
  
      {Lisle thread}, a hard twisted cotton thread, originally
            produced at Lisle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Local \Lo"cal\, a. [L. localis, fr. locus place: cf. F. local.
      See {Lieu}, {Locus}.]
      Of or pertaining to a particular place, or to a definite
      region or portion of space; restricted to one place or
      region; as, a local custom.
  
               Gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      {Local actions} (Law), actions such as must be brought in a
            particular county, where the cause arises; --
            distinguished from transitory actions.
  
      {Local affection} (Med.), a disease or ailment confined to a
            particular part or organ, and not directly affecting the
            system.
  
      {Local attraction} (Magnetism), an attraction near a compass,
            causing its needle to deviate from its proper direction,
            especially on shipboard.
  
      {Local battery} (Teleg.), the battery which actuates the
            recording instruments of a telegraphic station, as
            distinguished from the battery furnishing a current for
            the line.
  
      {Local circuit} (Teleg.), the circuit of the local battery.
           
  
      {Local color}.
      (a) (Paint.) The color which belongs to an object, and is not
            caused by accidental influences, as of reflection,
            shadow, etc.
      (b) (Literature) Peculiarities of the place and its
            inhabitants where the scene of an action or story is
            laid.
  
      {Local option}, the right or obligation of determining by
            popular vote within certain districts, as in each county,
            city, or town, whether the sale of alcoholic beverages
            within the district shall be allowed.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Locality \Lo*cal"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Localitiees}. [L. localitas:
      cf. F. localit[82].]
      1. The state, or condition, of belonging to a definite place,
            or of being contained within definite limits.
  
                     It is thought that the soul and angels are devoid of
                     quantity and dimension, and that they have nothing
                     to do with grosser locality.               --Glanvill.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Locality \Lo*cal"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Localitiees}. [L. localitas:
      cf. F. localit[82].]
      1. The state, or condition, of belonging to a definite place,
            or of being contained within definite limits.
  
                     It is thought that the soul and angels are devoid of
                     quantity and dimension, and that they have nothing
                     to do with grosser locality.               --Glanvill.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Locellate \Lo*cel"late\, a. [L. locellus a compartment, dim. of
      locus a place.] (Bot.)
      Divided into secondary compartments or cells, as where one
      cavity is separated into several smaller ones.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Loculate \Loc"u*late\, a. [L. loculatus.] (Bot.)
      Divided into compartments.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Log glass} (Naut.), a small sandglass used to time the
            running out of the log line.
  
      {Log line} (Naut.), a line or cord about a hundred and fifty
            fathoms long, fastened to the log-chip. See Note under 2d
            {Log}, n., 2.
  
      {Log perch} (Zo[94]l.), an ethiostomoid fish, or darter
            ({Percina caprodes}); -- called also {hogfish} and
            {rockfish}.
  
      {Log reel} (Naut.), the reel on which the log line is wound.
           
  
      {Log slate}. (Naut.) See {Log board} (above).
  
      {Rough log} (Naut.), a first draught of a record of the
            cruise or voyage.
  
      {Smooth log} (Naut.), a clean copy of the rough log. In the
            case of naval vessels this copy is forwarded to the proper
            officer of the government.
  
      {To heave the log} (Naut.), to cast the log-chip into the
            water; also, the whole process of ascertaining a vessel's
            speed by the log.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lucullite \Lu*cul"lite\, n. [From Lucullus, a Roman consul,
      famous for his great wealth and luxury: cf. F. lucullite.]
      (Min.)
      A variety of black limestone, often polished for ornamental
      purposes.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Laclede, IL
      Zip code(s): 62426
   Laclede, MO (city, FIPS 39566)
      Location: 39.78822 N, 93.16952 W
      Population (1990): 410 (192 housing units)
      Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 64651

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Laclede County, MO (county, FIPS 105)
      Location: 37.65993 N, 92.59473 W
      Population (1990): 27158 (11564 housing units)
      Area: 1983.6 sq km (land), 5.5 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Lake Lotawana, MO (city, FIPS 39980)
      Location: 38.92950 N, 94.25786 W
      Population (1990): 2141 (1123 housing units)
      Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 2.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 64063

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Los Altos, CA (city, FIPS 43280)
      Location: 37.36917 N, 122.09548 W
      Population (1990): 26303 (10107 housing units)
      Area: 16.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 94022, 94024

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Los Altos Hills, CA (town, FIPS 43294)
      Location: 37.36795 N, 122.13933 W
      Population (1990): 7514 (2682 housing units)
      Area: 21.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   locality
  
      1. In sequential architectures programs tend to access data
      that has been accessed recently (temporal locality) or that is
      at an address near recently referenced data (spatial
      locality).   This is the basis for the speed-up obtained with a
      {cache} memory.
  
      2. In a multi-processor architecture with distributed memory
      it takes longer to access the memory attached to a different
      processor.   This overhead increases with the number of
      communicating processors. Thus to efficiently employ many
      processors on a problem we must increase the proportion of
      references which are to local memory.
  
      (1995-02-28)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   LocalTalk
  
      An {Apple Computer} {network} {standard} using
      {Apple Computer}'s own networking hardware.
  
      Compare {EtherTalk}.
  
      (1994-11-29)
  
  
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