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person who rents it, or a district ruled over by deputy; as, a led farm, &c.

He transferred the Markgrafdom to Brandenburg, probably as more central in his wide lands; Salzwedel is henceforth the led Markgrafdom or Marck, and soon falls out of notice in the world. Carlyle. Leda (le'da), n. 1. In classical myth. the mother by Jupiter of Helen, Castor, and Pollux.-2. A small planet or asteroid, between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, discovered by Chacornac, 12th Jan. 1856. Led-captain (led'kap-tän or led'kap-tin), n. An obsequious attendant; a favourite that follows as if led by a string.

They will never want some creditable led-captain to attend them at a minute's warning to operas, plays, &c. Chesterfield.

Ledden, Ledent (led'en), n. [A. Sax. leden, lyden, language, a corruption of Latin.] Language; dialect.

Thereto he was expert in prophecies, And could the ledden of the gods unfold. Spenser. Ledge (lej), n. [From A. Sax. leegan, to lay; Ledge,tv.t. To allege. Chaucer. comp. Sc. leggin, Icel. lögg, the ledge or rim at the bottom of a cask.] 1. A shelf on which articles may be placed; anything which resembles such a shelf.

The lowest ledge or row should be merely of stone. Wotton. 2. A prominent part; a part rising or projecting beyond the rest; a ridge; as, a ledge of rocks.

Pines that plumed the craggy ledge. Tennyson. 3. In arch. a small moulding; also, a string course.-4. In joinery, a piece against which something rests, as the side of a rebate, against which a door or shutter is stopped, or a projecting fillet serving the same purpose as the stop of a door, or the fillet which confines a window-frame in its place.-5. Naut. a small piece of timber placed athwart ships under the deck, between the beams.-6. A bar for fastening a gate. [Provincial.]

Ledgement (lej'ment), n. In arch. (a) a horizontal course of mouldings, as the basemouldings of a building. (b) The development of the surface of any solid on a plane, so that its dimensions may be readily obtained.

Ledger (lej'ér), n. [Ledger may be simply a book that rests on a ledge or shelf; in any case from the same root. Comp. leger, leiger, leidger, formerly an ambassador resident at a foreign court, and so used by Shakspere, and the adjective ledger, leger, resting in a place, whence ledger-bait, which is fixed or made to rest in a certain place when you shall be absent from it,' Walton; and legerbook, a cartulary or register, so called from lying permanently in the place to which it relates.] 1. The principal book of accounts among merchants and others who have to keep an accurate record of money transactions, so arranged as to exhibit on one side all the sums at the debit of the accounts and on the other all those at the credit.

The ledger contains an abstract of all the entries made in the journal classified under the heads of their respective accounts. It is an index to the information contained in the journal, and also a complete abstract of the actual state of all accounts. Pop. Ency. 2. In arch. a flat slab of stone, such as is laid horizontally over a grave; the covering-slab of an altar-tomb. 3. In building, a piece of timber used in forming a scaffolding. Ledgers are fastened to the vertical bars or uprights, and support the putlogs which lie at right angles to the wall, and carry the boards on which the workmen stand. Ledger-book (lej'ér-buk), n. Ledger. Ledger-line (lej'èr-lin), n. 1. In music, a short line added above or below the staff for the reception of a note too high or too low to be placed on the staff.2. A kind of tackle used in fishing for barbel and bream.

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Lee (le), n. [A. Sax. hleó, a shade, a shelter, refuge, asylum; the Icel. hlé (Dan. la, G. lee) coincides, however, more closely with the modern usage of the word; comp. sigla á hlé, to sail to leeward, hlé-borth, G. leebord, lee-board; connected with Goth. hlija, a tent; comp. Sc. lythe, sheltered, or a spot sheltered from the wind, also W. clyd, sheltering, warm.] The quarter toward which the wind blows, as opposed to that from which it proceeds; the shelter caused by an object interposed, and keeping off the wind: almost exclusively a nautical term.Under the lee of (naut.), on that side which is sheltered from the wind; on the side opposite to that against which the wind blows; protected from the wind by; as, under the lee of a ship or of the land.-To lay a ship by the lee, to bring her so that all her sails may lie flat against the masts and shrouds, and the wind come right upon her broadside.

Lee (le), a. Naut. of or pertaining to the part or side towards which the wind blows; opposite to weather; as, the lee side of a vessel-Lee shore, the shore under the lee of a ship, or that toward which the wind blows-Lee tide, a tide running in the same direction as the wind is blowing.

Lee (le), n. [See LEES.] The coarser part of a liquid which settles at the bottom; sediment: mostly used in the plural form, but frequently with a singular sense.

The woman, Henry, shall put off her pride
For thee; my cloaths, my sex, exchang'd for thee,
I'll mingle with the people's wretched lee. Prior.
Leet (le), n. Same as Lea.

Leet (le), v.i. To lie. See LIE.
Lee-board (lē'bōrd), n. A long flat piece of

Dutch Galiot, with Lee-boards.

wood attached to each side of a flat-bottomed vessel (as a Dutch galiot) by a bolt on which it traverses. When close-hauled the one on the lee side is let down, and reaching below the keel, when the ship is listed over by the wind, it prevents her from drifting fast to leeward. Leech (lech), n. [A. Sax. lace, lece, a physician, a leech; Goth. leikeis, lekeis, O.H.G. lahhi, Icel. læknari, læknir, Sw. läkare, a physician; Sw. läka, Dan. laege, Icel lækna, A. Sax lacnian, lacnian, to heal, to cure. Allied to Gael. leighis, to heal.] 1. A physician; a professor of the art of healing. With the hie Godde that is our soulis leeche.' Chaucer. [Antiquated.] Thither came

The king's own leech to look into his hurt.
Tennyson.

2. The common name of several genera of discophorous hermaphrodite blood-sucking worms of the order Suctoria, forming the family Hirudinida. Leeches chiefly inhabit fresh-water ponds, though some live among moist grass, and some are marine. The body is composed of many rings, and is provided with two suckers, one at either extremity. By adhering with these suckers alternately the animal can draw itself backward or forward. Aquatic leeches can also swim with considerable rapidity. The mouth is situated in the middle of the anterior suckers, and is furnished with three small white teeth, serrated along the edges, and provided with muscles powerful enough to enable the animal to inflict its peculiar triradiate wound. The species generally employed for medical purposes belong to the genus Sanguisuga, of which genus there are two species employed in Europe, S. officinalis (the Hungarian or green leech), used in the south of Europe, and S. medicinalis (the brown,

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speckled, or English leech), used in the north of Europe. The latter variety is now rare in this country by reason of the draining of bogs and ponds where it formerly abounded. The horse-leech is Hæmopis sanguisorba, a common native of Britain.

Leech (lech), n. [L. G. leik, Icel. lik, Sw. lik, Dan. lig, leech-line, bolt-rope.] Naut. the border or edge of a sail which is sloping or perpendicular; as, the fore-leech, the afterleech, &c.

Leech (lech), v. t. 1. To treat with medicaments; to heal.

Let those leech his wounds for whose sake he encountered them. Sir W. Scott.

2. To bleed by the use of leeches. Leech (lech), n. Same as Letch. Leech (lech), v. t. See LETCH. Leech-craft (lech'kraft), n. healing.

LEFE

Leert (ler), a. [A. Sax. lær, G. leer, empty.]
1. Empty; as, a leer stomach.' Gifford.-
2. A term applied to a horse without a rider.
But at the first encounter downe he lay,
The horse runs leere away without the man.
Harrington.

3. Uncontrolled: applied to a drunkard.

Laugh on, sir, I'll to bed and sleep, And dream away the vapour of love, if the house And your leer drunkards let me. B. Jonson. 4. Devoid of sense; trifling; frivolous; as, leer words.

Leer (ler), a. [See LARBOARD.] Left.

His hat turned up with a silver clasp on his leer side. B. Fonson. Leer (ler), n. [Perhaps connected with Icel. lerka, to lace tight.] A kind of tape or braid. [Obsolete or local.] The art of Leeringly (ler'ing-li), adv. In a leering manner; with an arch oblique look or smile. Lees (lez), n. [Fr. lie, Walloon lize, L. L. lias, lees, sediment of wine. Origin doubtful. Some suggest the stem of E. lie. ] The grosser parts of any liquor which have settled on the bottom of a vessel; dregs; sediment; as, the lees of wine: properly the plural of lee, but often used as a singular.

We leech-craft learn, but others cure by it. Sir F. Davies. Leechee, Litchi (le-che), n. A Chinese fruit having a sweet sub-acid pulp, the product of a tree, Nephelium Litchi. It is occasionally presented at table in Britain. Leech-line (lech'lin), n. Naut. a rope fastened to the middle of the leeches of the main-sail and fore-sail, serving to truss them up to the yards. Leech-rope (lech'rōp), n. That part of the bolt-rope to which the skirt or border of a sail is sewed.

Leeft (lef), a. Kind; fond; pleasing; willing. See LIEF.

For love of that is to thee most leef. Spenser. Leefange (le'fanj), n. Naut. an iron bar across a ship's deck for the sheet of a foreand-aft sail to slip on during tacking. Lee-gage (le'gāj), n. Naut. a greater distance from the point whence the wind blows than another vessel has.

Leek (lek), n. [A. Sax. leac, an herb in general, and specifically a leek, an onion, garlic; it is the term. seen in hemlock, garlic; L.G. and D. look, Icel. laukr, Sw. lök, Dan. lög, O.H.G. louh, G. lauch, Rus. luk, O. Slav. luků. Root meaning doubtful.] A plant of the genus Allium, the A. Porrum. (See ALLIUM.) It is a well-known culinary vegetable with a bulbous root. The leek has long been the national badge of the Welsh. Leek to the Welsh, to Dutchmen butter's dear. Gay. -To eat the leek, to be compelled to withdraw one's statements; to have to retract one's words. See Shakspere's Henry V. v. 1. Leeket (lek), a. Like.

The true man and the thief are leeke,

For sword doth serve them both at need,
Save one by it doth safety seek,

And th' other of the spoil to speed. Turbervile. Leek-green (lēk'grēn), n. A green colour resembling that of a leek.

Leelane, Leefu'lane (lē'lan, lē'fö-län), adv. [Lee or le, formerly peace, quietness, and lane, that is lone.] All alone; quite solitary. [Scotch.]

Leelang (le'lang), a. Livelong. [Scotch.]

The thresher's weary flingin-tree
The leelang day had tired me.

Burns.

Leelite (lelit), n. [After Dr. Lee, St. John's College, Cambridge, and Gr. lithos, a stone.] A variety of orthoclase felspar occurring at Gryphyttan in Sweden, having a peculiar Lee-lurch (le'lèrch), n. waxy lustre and deep red colour. A sudden and violent roll of a ship to leeward in a high sea. Leer (ler), v.i. [See the noun, and comp. O.D. loeren, to look obliquely. ] To look obliquely; to look archly; to cast a look expressive of some feeling, as contempt, malignity, &c., especially a sly or amorous look. Leering at his neighbour's wife.' Tennyson.

Leer (ler), v. t. 1. To allure with arch or enticing looks.

To gild a face with smiles, and leer a man to ruin. Dryden.

2. To give an oblique glance with. Leering his eye at his father.' Marryat. Leer (ler), n. [A. Sax. hleor, O.E. lere, lire, O.Sax. hlear, Icel. hlýr, face, cheek.] 1. The cheek. Tears trilling down his leers.' Holinshed.-2. Complexion; hue; face.

It pleases him to call you so; but he hath a Rosalind of a better leer than you. Shak.

3. A side glance expressive of malignity, amorousness, or the like; an arch or affected glance or cast of countenance.

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The wine of life is drawn, and the mere lees Is left this vault to brag of. Leest (lez), n. [Fr. laisse, lesse. See LEASH.] A leash by which dogs are held. Lees,t n. [See LEASING.] Falsehood; lying. Withouten lees, without lying; truly. Chaucer.

Leeset (lez), v.t. To lose. See LOSE.

They think not then which side the cause shall leese, Nor how to get the lawyer's fees. B. Fonson. Leeset (lez), v.t. [L. lado, læsum, to hurt.]

To hurt.

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The princes of the people sought to leese him. Wicliff. Leesome (le'sum), a. [Leef or lief, dear, and term. some.] Pleasant; desirable. "The tender heart o' leesome luve.' Burns.-Leesome-lane, dear self alone. [Scotch.] Leet (lēt), n. [A. Sax. laeth, leth, a territorial division, a lathe; Icel. leith, a public assembly.] 1. A kind of court. See COURT-LEET. · 2. The district subject to the jurisdiction of a court-leet.

Leet (lēt), n. [A. Sax. hlet, a lot; Icel. leiti, a share or part.] [Scotch.] 1. One portion; a lot.-2. A list of candidates for any office. -short leet, a list of persons selected from the candidates for any office in order that their claims may be more specially considered in nominating to the office. Leet (let), n. A name for the whiting used in the neighbourhood of Scarborough. Yarrell.

Leet-ale (lēt'al), n. A feast or merry-making at the holding of a court-leet.

Leet-ale, in some parts of England, signifies the dinner at a court-leet of a manor for the jury and customary tenants. T. Warton.

Lee-tide (le'tid), n. A tide running in the same direction that the wind blows. Leet-man (lēt'man), n. One subject to the jurisdiction of a court-leet.

Leeward (le'wérd or lu'wérd), a. Pertaining to the part towards which the wind blows; as, a leeward ship. By change of wind to leeward side.' Swift.-Leeward tide, a tide running in the same direction that the wind blows, and directly contrary to a tide under the lee, which implies a stream in an opposite direction to the wind. Leeward (le'wêrd or lu'wêrd), adv. Toward the lee or that part toward which the wind blows: opposed to windward; as, fall to leeward.

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Leewardly (le'wérd-li or lu'wêrd-li), a. ship is said to be leewardly which, when sailing close-hauled, makes a great deal of leeway. It is opposed to weatherly. Leeway (le'wa), n.

The lateral movement of a ship to the leeward of her course, or the angle formed between the line of the ship's keel and the line which she actually describes through the water; the deviation from her true course which a vessel makes by drifting to leeward. To make up leeway, to make up for time lost; to overtake work which has fallen behind.

Leeze (lez). This word is used only in the phrase leeze me, a phrase implying a strong affection or liking for something, and is supposed to be a contraction for lief is (me), that is, dear is (to me); pleasure comes to me. [Scotch.]

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dear; beloved; sometimes also willing or pleased.

They brought the monk to the lodge door,
Whether he were loath or lefe. Old ballad.

Lefe,t n. One loved or beloved; a friend.
Chaucer.

Left (left), pret. & pp. of leave.

Left (left), a. [Not found in A. Sax.; O.E. lift, luft, O.D. lucht, luft, left; probably allied to A. Sax. lef, O. Sax. lef, weak, infirm; Pol. and Bohem. lewy, left; L. lævus, Gr. laios, left.] Denoting the part opposed to the right of the body; as, the left hand, arm, or side.-The left bank of a river, that which would be on the left hand of a person whose face is turned down stream: always applied to the same bank.

Left (left), n. 1. The side opposite to the right; that part of anything which is on the left side.-2. In politics, that section of a legislative assembly which sits on the left side of the president; the opposition: so used only in speaking of the legislative assemblies of the continent of Europe, and since the opposition is there usually the liberal or advanced party, the left has come to be synonymous with the advanced party. -Over the left, a common colloquial expression indicating negation, doubt of the truth of or disbelief in any statement, or the like: ofted used sarcastically; as, he's a very clever fellow-over the left. Leftet (left), pret. Lifted.

She lefte her percing lance, And towards gan a deadly shafte advance. Spenser. Left-handed (left'hand-ed), a. 1. Having the left hand or arm stronger and more capable of being used with facility than the right; using the left hand and arm with more facility than the right.-2. Characterized by direction or position towards the left hand; moving from right to left.

Whewell.

Herschel found that the right-handed or lefthanded character of the circular polarization corresponded, in all cases, to that of the crystal. 3. Insincere; sinister; malicious. The commendations of this people are not always left-handed and detractive. Landor.

4. Clumsy; awkward; inexpert; unskilful. 5. Unlucky; inauspicious. - Left-handed marriage. See MORGANATIC. Left-handedness (left hand-ed-nes), n. The state or quality of being left-handed; habitual use of the left hand, or rather the ability to use the left hand with more ease and strength than the right; awkwardness; want of sincerity.

Although a squint left-handedness
Be ungracious; yet we cannot want that hand.
Donne.
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Left-handiness (left'hand-i-nes), n.
wardness. [Rare.]

An awkward address, ungraceful attitudes and actions, and a certain left-handiness (if I may use the expression) proclaim low education. Chesterfield.

Left-off (left'of), a. Laid aside; no longer worn; as, left-off clothes. Leftward (left werd), adv. left; on the left hand or side.

Towards the

Rightward and leftward rise the rocks. Southey. Left-witted (left'wit-ed), a. Dull; stupid; foolish. [Rare.]

Lefull,+ a. Lawful. Chaucer.

Leg (leg), n. [A Scandinavian word: Icel. leggr, a leg, a hollow bone, a stem or trunk; Dan. læg, the calf or shin.] 1. The limb of an animal, used in supporting the body and in walking and running; in a narrower sense, that part of the limb from the knee to the foot. Annexed we give a figure showing the bones of the human leg.-2. Anything resembling a leg; as, (a) a long slender support, as the leg of a chair or table; (b) one of the sides of a triangle as opposed to the base.-3. The part of a stocking or other article of dress that covers the leg.-4. A bow or act of obeisance: usually in the phrase to make a leg.

He was a quarter of an hour in his legs and reverences to the company. Sir R. L'Estrange. He that cannot make a leg, put off's cap, kiss his hand, and say nothing, has neither leg, hands, lip, nor

cap.

Shak

5. In cricket, (a) the part of the field that lies to the left of and behind the batsman as he faces the bowler; as, to strike a ball to leg. (b) The fielder who acts in that part of the field.-6. A blackleg; a disreputable sporting character; a betting man.-7. Naut. a small rope put through one of the boltropes of the main or fore sail.-To change the leg, to change the step: said of a horse.—

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A, Femur: 1, Head; 2, Neck; 3. Shaft; 4, Ex ternal condyle; 5, Internal do. B, Patella: 1, Apex of the bone; 2, Surface of articulation with external condyle of the femur; 3, Do. with internal condyle. C. Fibula: 6, Shaft; 9, Lower extremity, the external malleolus; 10, Upper extremity. D, Tibia: 1, Spinous process; 2, Inner tuberosity; 3. Outer do.; 4. Tubercle; 5, Shaft; 7, Internal surface of shaft; the sharp border between 5 and 7 the crest of tibia; 8, Internal malleolus.

running. [Slang.]-To put one's best leg foremost, to take the best means to advance one's cause.-To shake a loose leg, to lead an independent and generally licentious life. [Vulgar slang.]-To have not a leg left, to have not a leg to stand on, to have exhausted all one's strength or resources.-On one's last legs. See under LAST, a.-On one's legs, standing, especially to speak.

Meanwhile the convention had assembled, Mackenzie was on his legs, and was pathetically lamenting the hard condition of the Estates. Macaulay. Legable (leg'a-bl), a. [L. legabilis, from L. lego, to send, to bequeath.] Capable of being bequeathed.

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Legacy (leg'a-si), n. [An irregularly formed word from L. legatum, a legacy, from lego, to bequeath.] 1. A bequest; a particular thing or certain sum of money given by last will or testament. Legacies are of two kinds, general and specific or special. general legacy is that where a certain sum of money or a certain amount of property of any kind is bequeathed in general terms, and this is payable out of the movable estate of the testator. A legacy is said to be special or specific where a particular subject or debt, or a specific part of the testator's estate, is bequeathed to the legatee. Demonstrative legacy, one that partakes somewhat of the nature of both a general and a specific legacy, as a gift of so much money with reference to a particular fund for payment. - Vested legacy. VESTED.- -Lapsed legacy. See LAPSED.Legacy duty, a duty to which legacies, for purposes of revenue, are subject, the rate of which rises according to the remoteness of the relationship of the legatee, and reaches its maximum where he is not related to the testator.-2. Fig. anything bequeathed or handed down by an ancestor or predecessor. Good counsel is the best legacy a father can leave a child. Sir R. L'Estrange. Leaving great legacies of thought. Tennyson. 3.† A business which one has received from another to execute; a commission.

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Chapman.

He came and told his legacy. Legacy-hunter (leg'a-si-hunt-ér), n. One who flatters and courts for legacies.

The legacy-hunter, however degraded by an illcompounded appellation in our barbarous language, was known, as I am told, in ancient Rome, by the sonorous titles of 'captator' and 'hæredipeta.' Johnson. Legacy-hunting (leg'a-si-hunt-ing), n. An eager pursuit of legacies. Legal (le'gal), a. [Fr., from L. legalis, from lex, legis, law.] 1. According to law; in conformity with law; as, a legal standard or test; a legal procedure.-2. Lawful; permitted by law; as, a legal trade; anything is legal which the laws do not forbid.— 3. Pertaining to law; created by law.

The exception must be confined to legal crimes.
Paley.

4. In theol. (a) according to the law of works, as distinguished from free grace. (b) Ac

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cording to the Mosaic dispensation, as distinguished from the Christian.--Legal debts, debts that are recoverable in a court of common law, as a bill of exchange, a bond, a simple contract debt.-Legal estate, an estate in land fully recognized as such in a court of common law. See ESTATE.-Legal fiction. See FICTION.-Legal reversion, in Scots law, the period within which a debtor, whose heritage has been adjudged, is entitled to redeem the subject, that is, to disencumber it of the adjudication by paying the debt adjudged for. SYN. Lawful, constitutional, legitimate, licit, authorized, allowable, permissible.

Legal (legal), n. In Scots law, same as Legal Reversion (which see under the adjective). Legalism (lē'gal-izm), n. Strict adherence to law or prescription; legal doctrine.

Leave, therefore, ... mysticism and symbolism on the one side; cast away with utter scorn geometry and legalism on the other. Ruskin.

Legalist (le'gal-ist), n. A stickler for adherence to law or prescription; specifically, in theol. one who relies for salvation upon the works of the law or on good works. Legality (le-gal'i-ti), n. 1. The state or quality of being legal; lawfulness; conformity to law.

The legality was clear, the morality doubtful. T. Hook. 2. In theol. a reliance on works for salvation; a resting on the mere letter of the law without sufficient regard to its spirit. Legalization (legal-iz-a"shon), n. The act of legalizing. Legalize, Legalise (lē'gal-iz), v.t._pret. & pp. legalized; ppr. legalizing. 1. To make lawful; to render conformable to law, either by previous authorization or by giving the sanction of law to what has already been done; to authorize; to sanction; to justify; as, what can legalize revenge?

But I cannot legalise the judgment for which I plead, nor insist upon it if refused. Ruskin.

In a legal manner; law; in a manner

2. In theol. to interpret or apply in the spirit of the law of works, or the spirit of the Mosaic dispensation. Legally (legal-li), adv. lawfully; according to permitted by law. Legalness (le'gal-nes), n. Same as Legality. Legantine (leg'an-tin), a. A term applied

to certain ecclesiastical laws enacted in national synods under the presidency of legates from the pope in the reign of Henry III. Legatary (leg'a-ta-ri), n. [Fr. légataire, L. legatarius, from lego, to bequeath.] One to whom a legacy is bequeathed; a legatee. [Rare.]

Legate (leg'at), n. [L. legatus, from lego, to send; Fr. légat.] 1. An ambassador.

The legates from the Ætolian prince return; Sad news they bring. Dryden. Especially-2. The pope's ambassador to a foreign prince or state; a cardinal or bishop sent as the pope's representative or commissioner to a sovereign prince. Legates are of three kinds: legates a latere, or counsellors and assistants of his holiness, who possess the highest degree of authority, being sent on the most important missions to foreign courts or to the Roman provinces as governors; legates de latere, next in rank to the former; and legati nati, or legates by office, who enjoy the titular distinction of legate by virtue of their dignity and rank in the church, but have no special mission. See NUNCIO.

Legatee (leg-a-te), n. One to whom a legacy is bequeathed.

Legateship (legʻāt-ship), n. The office of a legate.

Legatine (legʻāt-in), a. 1. Pertaining to a legate. Your power legatine within this kingdom.' Shak.-2. Made by or proceeding from a legate. 'A legatine constitution.' Ayliffe.

Legation (lễ-gā'shon), n. [L. legatio, from lego, to depute, to send as an ambassador.] 1. A sending forth; a commissioning one or more persons to act at a distance for another or for others. The divine legation of Moses. Warburton.-2. The person or persons sent as envoys or ambassadors to a foreign court; an embassy; a diplomatic minister and his suite; as, the legation of the United States at Paris.-3. A district ruled by a papal legate. The pope began his government of Ferrara, now become a legation like Bologna. Brougham. Legato (le-ga'tō). [It., tied.] In music, a term used to signify that the passage over which it is placed is to be played and sung in an even, smooth, gliding manner. Groups

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of notes meant to be played or sung in this manner are often tied or joined by the marks above or below them.

Legator (leg-a-tor'), n.

[L.] A testator; one who bequeaths a legacy. Legatura (leg-a-to'ra), n. [It.] In music, a bind or ligature.

Leg-bail (leg'bal), n. Escape from custody; flight-To give or take leg-bail, to escape from custody or from apprehension and run away. It is also said of one who in any case provides for his safety by flight. [Colloq.] Leget (lej), v.t. 1. To allege.-2. To lighten; to allay.

Legement. In arch. same as Ledgement. Legend (lej'end), n. [Fr. légende, from L. legenda, lit. things to be read, from lego, to read, the term being originally applied to narratives of lives of the saints that had to be read as a religious duty.] 1. A chronicle or register of the lives of saints, formerly read at matins and at the refectories of religious houses. See Golden Legend under GOLDEN.-2. A story generally of a marvellous character told respecting a saint; hence, any remarkable story handed down from early times; a tradition; a non-historical narrative; an incredible unauthentic narrative of any kind.

There are in Rome two sets of antiquities, the Christian and the heathen; the former, though of a fresher date, are so embroiled with fable and legend, that one receives but little satisfaction. Addison.

3. An inscription of any kind, especially the inscription or motto on a shield or coat of arms; specifically, in numismatics, the words round the field of a medal or coin, as distinguished from the inscription which is across it.

The new inscription, Peffer and Snagsby, displacing the time-honoured and not easily to be deciphered legend, Peffer, only. Dickens.

Legend (lej'end), v.t. To tell or narrate, as a legend. [Rare.]

Legendary (lej'end-a-ri), a. Consisting of legends; like a legend; strange; fabulous. Legendary (lej'end-a-ri), n. 1. A book of legends.

Read the Countess of Pembroke's 'Arcadia,'a gal. lant legendary, full of pleasurable accidents. Fames VI.

2. A relater of legends. Leger (lej'ér), n. [Connected with lay, v. t. See LEDGER.] 1. Same as Ledger.-2. Same as Leiger.

Leger (lej'ér), a. Resident; as, a leger ambassador. Written also Leiger.

Leger (lej'ér), a. [Fr. léger, light, nimble; It. leggerio, from a L.L. form leviarius, from levis, light.] Light; slight; unimportant; trivial. Leger performances.' Bacon. [Rare.] Leger-book (lej'ėr-buk), n. 1. Same as Ledger, 1.-2. A cartulary; a register-book of a church or monastery. Legerdemain (lej'er-de-man"), n. [Fr. léger de main, light of hand.] Sleight of hand; a deceptive performance which depends on dexterity of hand; a trick performed with such art and adroitness that the manner or art eludes observation; trickery or deception generally.

To make it ground of accusation against a class of men, that they are not patriotic, is the most vulgar leger demain of sophistry. Macaulay.

Legerdemainist (lej'ér-dē-mān”ist), n. One who practises legerdemain; a juggler; a conjuror.

Legerity (le-géri-ti), n. [Fr. légèreté, from léger, light, nimble. See LEGER.] Lightness; nímbleness. [Rare.] With casted slough and fresh legerity.' Shak. Leger-line (lej'er-lin). Same as Ledger-line. Legget (leg), v.t. [Ó.E. leggen. See LAY.] To lay.

Legge,tv.t. [See ALLAY.] To ease; to alleviate; to allay. Chaucer. Legged (legd), a. 1. Having legs used in composition; as, a two-legged animal; a bandy-legged person.-2. In her. same as Membered.

Legger (leg'èr), n. A man employed in propelling barges through low tunnels on canals, by pushing with his legs against the side walls.

Legget (leg'et), n. A kind of tool used by reed-thatchers. [Local.] Leggiadro (lej-jä'dro) [It.] In music, a direction that the music to which the word is appended is to be performed gaily or briskly.

Leggiadrous (lej-i-ä'drus), a. [It. leggiadro, graceful.] Graceful; pleasing. Beams of leggiadrous courtesy.' Beaumont. Legging, Leggin (legʻing, legʻin), n. [From leg.] A long gaiter; a covering for the leg,

ch, chain; ch, Sc. loch; g, go; j, job;

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usually worn over the trousers and reaching up to the knee or higher.

Leggism (legʻizm), n. The character or practices of a blackleg. Blackwood's Mag. [Slang.]

Leggy (leg'i), a. Long-legged; having legs of a length disproportionate to the rest of the body; run to legs; lanky. Slapper's long-tailed leggy mare.' Thackeray. Leghorn (leghorn), n. 1. A kind of plait for bonnets and hats made from the straw of bearded wheat cut green and bleached: so named from being imported from Leghorn. 2. A hat made of that material. Legibility (le-ji-bil'i-ti), n. Legibleness; the quality or state of being legible.

His (C. Lamb's) badinage on his sister's handwriting was in jest. It was remarkable for its perfect legibility. Talfourd.

Legible (le'ji-bl), a. [L. legibilis, from lego, to read.] 1. That may be read; consisting of letters or figures that may be distinguished by the eye; as, a fair legible manuscript.-2. That may be discovered or understood by apparent marks or indications.

countenances.

People's opinions of themselves are legible in their Jeremy Collier. Legibleness (le'ji-bl-nes), n. The quality or state of being legible.

Legibly (le'ji-bli), adv. In a legible manner; in such a manner as may be read; as, a manuscript legibly written. Legierdemaine, n. See LEGERDEMAIN. Spenser.

Legion (lē'jon), n. [L. legio, from lego, to collect.] 1. In Rom. milit. antiq. a body of infantry consisting of different numbers of men at different periods, from 3000 to above 6000, often with a complement of cavalry. Each legion was divided into ten cohorts, each cohort into three maniples, and each maniple into two centuries.-2. Any military force.

I myself beheld the king Charge at the head of all his Table Round, And all his legions crying Christ and him. Tennyson. 3. A great number.

Where one sin has entered, legions will force their way through the same breach. Rogers. Mark v. 9.

My name is Legion: for we are many.

4. In scientific classification, a term occasionally used to express an assemblage of objects intermediate between an order and a class. Page.-Legion of honour, an honour instituted in France by Napoleon when first consul, as a reward for merit, both civil and military. The order consisted, under the empire, of grand crosses, grand officers, commanders, officers, and legionaries, but has since been so thoroughly remodelled as to have lost much of its original character.

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Legionary (le'jon-a-ri), a. 1. Relating to a legion or to legions.-2. Consisting of a legion or of legions; as, a legionary force.— 3. Containing a great number. Legionary body of error.' Sir T. Browne. Legionary (lē'jon-a-ri), n. One of a legion; Legionry (lē'jon-ri), n. Legions collectively. a Roman soldier belonging to a legion. Pollok. [Rare.]

Legislate (lej'is-lat), v.i. pret. & pp. legislated; ppr. legislating. [L. lex, legis, law, and fero, latum, to give, pass, or enact.] To make or enact a law or laws.

Solon, in legislating for the Athenians, had an idea of a more perfect constitution than he gave them. Bp. Watson. The act of

Legislation (lej-is-la'shon), n. legislating or enacting laws.

But there is nevertheless a science of legislation. Dugald Stewart. Legislative (lej'is-lāt-iv), a. [Fr. législatif. See LEGISLATE.] 1. Giving or enacting laws; having power or authority to enact laws; as, a legislative body.-2. Pertaining to the enacting of laws; suitable to the promulgation of laws.

The poet is a kind of lawgiver, and those qualities Dryden. are proper to the legislative style.

In a

3. Done by enacting; as, a legislative act. Legislatively (lej'is-lat-iv-li), adv. legislative manner. Legislator (lej'is-lät-ér), n. [L.] A lawgiver; one who frames or establishes the laws and polity of a state or kingdom; a member of a national or supreme legislative assembly, as our Houses of Lords or Commons. Legislatorial (lej'is-la-tō"ri-al), a. Relating to a legislature or legislator. Legislatorship (lej'is-lat-er-ship), n. office of a legislator.

The

f. Fr. ton; ng, sing; TH, then; th, thin;

LEGITIMISM

There ought to be a difference made between coming out of pupilage, and leaping into legislatorship. Halifax.

Legislatress, Legislatrix (lej'is-lāt - res, lej'is-lat-riks), n. A woman who makes laws. "The wholesome laws of this legislatress." Shaftesbury.

Legislature (lej'is-lat-ur), n. [Sp. legislatura. See LEGISLATE.] The body of men in a state or kingdom invested with power to make and repeal laws; the supreme power of a state, in this country consisting of the Houses of Lords and Commons with the sovereign.

Legist (lē'jist), n. One skilled in the laws. 'Such bold and eloquent legists as Thaddeus of Suessa.' Milman.

Legitim (lej'it-im), n. [L. legitimus, according to law, legal.] In Scots law, the share of a father's movable property to which on his death his children are entitled. This amounts to one-third where the father has left a widow, and one-half where there is no widow. The legitim cannot be diminished or affected by any testamentary or other deed. By a statute passed in 1881 legitim is also made payable on the mother's movable estate. Called also Bairns' Part of Gear. Legitimacy (lē-jit'i-ma-si), n. The state of being legitimate; specifically, (a) in politics, the accordance of an action or of an institution with the municipal law of the land; in a narrower sense, accordance with the doctrine of divine right. (b) In law, lawfulness of birth: opposed to bastardy. (c) Genuineness: opposed to spuriousness.

The legitimacy or reality of these marine bodies.
Woodward.

(d) Correct logical sequence or deduction;
conformity with correct reasoning; as, the
legitimacy of a conclusion.
Legitimate (lē-jit'i-mát), a. [L.L. legitima-
tus, from legitimare, to legitimate, from L.
legitimus, lawful, from lex, law.] 1. Lawfully
begotten or born; born in wedlock; as, legi-
timate heirs or children.-2. Genuine; real;
proceeding from a pure source; not false or
spurious. 3. In politics, according to law
or established usage; in a narrower sense,
according to the doctrine of divine right.
4. Following by logical or natural sequence;
as, a legitimate result; legitimate arguments
or inferences.-5. Recognized as in accord-
ance with or conforming to a particular rule
or standard.

Tillotson still keeps his place as a legitimate English classic. Macaulay. -Legitimate fertilization (bot.), in dimorphous plants, the fertilization of a female plant of one form by the pollen from a male plant of the other form, as in the case of a long-styled primrose fertilizing a shortstyled one, this union being most fertile. Darwin.

Legitimate (lē-jit'i-māt), v.t. pret. & pp. legitimated; ppr. legitimating. [L. L. legitimo, legitimatum, from L. legitimus, lawful, from lex, legis, law.] 1. To make lawful. To legitimate vice.' Milton. -2. To render legitimate; to communicate the rights of a legitimate child to one that is illegitimate; to invest with the rights of a lawful heir. Legitimately (lē-jit'i-mat-li), adv. In a legitimate manner; lawfully; according to law; genuinely; not falsely.

Difficulties prove a soul legitimately great. Dryden. Legitimateness (lē-jit'i-mat-nes), n. The state or quality of being legitimate; legality; lawfulness; genuineness. Legitimation (le-jit'i-ma"shon), n. [Fr.] 1. The act of making legal or giving anything the recognition of law. The coinage or legitimation of money.' East.-2. The act of rendering legitimate, or of investing an illegitimate child with the rights of one born in wedlock.-3. Lawful birth. [Rare.]

I have disclaim'd Sir Robert and my land;
Legitimation, name, and all is gone:

Then, good my mother, let me know my father.
Shak.

-Letters of legitimation, in Scots law, letters from the sovereign empowering a bastard where he has no lawful children to dispose of his heritage or movables at any time during his life, and to make a testament. These privileges, however, he can now enjoy without letters of legitimation. Legitimatist (lē-jit'i-ma-tist), n. Legitimist. Legitimatize (lē-jit′i-ma-tīz), v.t. legitimate.

Same as

To make

Legitimism (lē-jitim-izm), n. The principles of the legitimists.

w, wig; wh, whig; zh, azure.-See KEY.

LEGITIMIST

Legitimist (lē-jit'i-mist), n. 1. One who supports legitimate authority; one who believes in the sacredness of hereditary monarchical government; a favourer of the doctrine of divine right. Specifically-2. In France, an adherent of the elder branch of the Bourbon family, which was driven from the throne in 1830.

Legitimize (le-jit'i-miz), v.t. pret. & pp. legitimized; ppr. legitimizing. To legitimate. She legitimized the issue of two persons who had exchanged wives. Brougham. Legless (leg'les), a. Having no legs. Leglin (leg'lin), n. [Icel. legill, G. lägel, a small cask; perhaps from L. lagena, a wine jar.] A wooden milk-pail.-Leglin girth or gird, the hoop of a milk-pail. [Scotch.] Leg-lock (leg'lok), n. A lock for the leg. Legnotides (leg-no-tid'e-e), n. pl. [Gr. leg. notos, having a coloured border, and eidos, resemblance.] A tribe of tropical trees or shrubs of the nat. order Rhizoporacem, and sometimes regarded as a distinct order. Lego-literary (le'go-lit"èr-a-ri), a. Pertaining to the literature of law. 'An essay on this lego-literary subject.' Lord Campbell. Leguleiant (lē-gū-lē'yan), n. [L. leguleius, a lawyer, from lex, law.] A lawyer. Milton. Leguleian (le-gu-lē'yan), a. Like a lawyer; legal. In the classical English sense, or in the sense of leguleian barbarism.' De Quincey. [Rare.]

Legume (legum or le-gum'), n. [L. legumen, pulse-said to be from lego, to gather, because gathered by the hand. 1. In bot. a dehiscent pericarp or seed-vessel, of two valves, in which the seeds are fixed to the ventral suture only. In the latter circumstance it differs from a siliqua, in which the seeds are attached to both sutures. In popular use, a legume is called a pod or a cod; as, pea-pod or pease-cod. See LEGUMINOSE.2. pl. The fruit of leguminous plants of the pea kind; pulse.

Legumen (le-gu'men), n. Same as Legume. Legumin, Legumine (le-gu'min), n. A nitrogenous substance resembling casein obtained from pease. Called also Vegetable Casein.

Leguminosæ (le-gu'mi-no"se), n. pl. One of the largest and most important natural orders of plants, including about seven thou

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1, Papilionacea: a, Flower of the pea; s, Standard; w, Wings; k, Keel; b, Stamina, nine connected, one free; c, Legume, seeds fixed to the upper suture in one row. 2, Swartzieæ: a, Flower of Swartzia grandiflora, with its single petal and hypogynous stamens; b, Calyx; c, Legume. 3. Caesalpinie: a, Flower of Poinciana pulcherrima, showing its difform interior upper petal; 6, Calyx; c, Legume. 4. Mimoseze: a, One flower of common sensitive plant (Mimosa pudica), showing its regular corolla; b, Stamina, hypogynous; c, Legume exterior; d, Legume interior; e, Legume of Acacia arabica. A, Curved radicle, as in Papilionacea. B, Straight radicle, as in Swartzieæ and Caesalpinieæ.

sand species, which are dispersed throughout the world. They are trees, shrubs, or herbs, differing widely in habit, with stipulate, alternate (rarely opposite), pinnate, digitately compound or simple leaves, and axil

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lary or terminal one or many flowered peduncles of often showy flowers, which are succeeded by a leguminous fruit. Four sub-orders are recognized: Papilionacea, Swartzier, Casalpinieæ, and Mimoseæ. It contains a great variety of useful and beautiful species, as peas, beans, lentils, clover, lucern, sainfoin, vetches, indigo, logwood, and many other dyeing plants, acacias, senna, tamarinds, &c.

Leguminosite (le-gu'min-ös-it), n. [L. legumen, a pod.] One of a genus of fossil plants apparently pod-bearing. They occur in the tertiary strata.

Leguminous (le-gu'min-us), a. 1. Pertaining to pulse; consisting of pulse.-2. In bot. bearing legumes as seed-vessels; related to plants bearing legumes, as peas. Leiacanthus (li-a-kan'thus), n. [Gr. leios, smooth, and akantha, a spine.] A genus of fossil fishes whose fin spines occur in the muschelkalk.

Leie, tv.t. To lay. Chaucer.
Leigert (lēj'èr), n. A resident ambassador.
See LEDGER and LEGER.

Lord Angelo, having affairs to heaven,
Intends you for his swift ambassador,
Where you shall be an everlasting leiger. Shak.
-Leiger-book, a leger-book.

Leigh (le). [A form of lea, pasture.] A common suffix in English place-names, especially in Devon; as, Chudleigh, Chumleigh, Saterleigh. Written often Lea, Ley. Leiodon (li'o-don), n. [Gr. leios, smooth, and odous, odontos, a tooth.] A fossil marine lizard closely allied to the Mosasaurus, whose teeth have been found in the chalk, especially of Norfolk.

Leiothrix (li'o-thriks), n. [Gr. leios, smooth, and thrix, hair.] A genus of birds known by the name of silky chatterers, family Ampellide, so called from their soft feathers. Leiotrichi (li-ot'ri-ki), n. pl. [Gr. leios, smooth, and thrix, trichos, hair.] Smoothhaired people. One of the two divisions into which Huxley has classified man, characterized by the smoothness of the hair, the other division being Ulotrichi, crisp or woolly haired people. The Leiotrichi comprise the Australioid, Mongoloid, Xanthochroic, and Melanochroic groups. separate entries. Lefotrichous (li-ot'ri-kus), a. Of or belonging to the Leiotrichi or smooth-haired people.

See

Leipoa (li-po'a), n. [Gr. leipo, I leave, and ōon, an egg, from its supposed habits.] A genus of gallinaceous birds. L. ocellata, the only known species, is the native pheasant of the colonists of Western Australia, which in its habits is very like the domestic fowl. It does not sit on its eggs, but leaves them to be hatched by the heat of the sun. Leipothymia, Leipothymy (li-pō-thim'i-a, li-poth'i-mi), n. Fainting; syncope. Leipothymic, Leipothymous (li-po-thim'ik, li-poth'i-mus), a. [Gr. leipothymikosleipo, to leave, to lack, and thymos, soul, life.] Pertaining to or given to swooning; fainting.

Leiser, n. Leisure. Chaucer.

Leister (les'ter), n. [Icel. ljóstr, Sw. ljustra, a leister.] A spear, generally three-pronged and barbed for striking and taking fish; a salmon-spear. A three-taed leister." Burns. [Scotch.]

Leisurable (le'zhür-a-bl), a. Given up to or spent in leisure; not occupied; as, leisurable hours. Sir T. Browne. [Rare.] Leisurably (lē'zhür-a-bli), adv. In a leisurable manner; at leisure; without hurry. 'Leisurably listen.' Barnes. [Rare.] Leisure (lē'zhür), n. [O.E. leisere, leiser, laser, &c., Fr. loisir, from O. Fr. leisir, lesir, loisir, to be allowed, to be lawful, from L. licere, to be permitted or allowed, to be lawful. Comp. pleasure, which is similarly formed.] 1. Freedom from occupation or business; vacant time; time free from employment.

The desire of leisure is much more natural than of business and care. Sir W. Temple.

I shall leave with him that rebuke to be considered at his leisure. Locke.

2. Time which may be appropriated to any specific object; convenient opportunity; hence, convenience; ease.

He sigh'd and had no leisure more to say. Dryden. -At leisure, free from occupation; not engaged. At one's leisure, at one's ease or convenience; as, do it at your leisure. Leisure (lē'zhūr), a. Free from business; idle; vacant; as, leisure time. The leisure hour.' Beattie.

LEMNACEÆ.

Leisured (lē'zhürd), a. Having leisure or much unoccupied time; unemployed.

The court (of Queen Victoria) exhibited to the nation and the world a pattern of personal conduct, in all the points most slippery and dangerous for a wealthy country, with a large leisured class, in a luxurious age. Contemporary Rev.

Leisurely (le'zhür-li), adv. Not in haste or hurry; slowly; at leisure; deliberately.

We descended very leisurely, my friend being careful to count the steps. Addison.

Leisurely (le'zhür-li), a. Done at leisure; not hasty; deliberate; slow; as, a leisurely walk or march.

The bridge is human life: upon a leisurely survey of it, I found that it consisted of threescore and ten entire arches. Addison.

Leite, n. Light.-Thonder-leite, lightning. Chaucer.

Leke,t n. A leek; sometimes used proverbially for a thing of small value. Chaucer. Leket (lek), a. Leaky. Spenser. Leman (lé'man), n. [Contr. from lefman, leveman, A. Sax. leof, loved, and man. See LOVE and LIEF.] A sweetheart of either sex; a gallant or a mistress: usually in a bad sense.

And angry Jove an hideous storme of raine Did pour into his leman's lap so fast. Spenser. Lemanieæ (le-ma'ni-e-e), n. pl. A family of confervoid fresh-water algae, with fronds branched, hollow, and bearing within whorls of wart-like bodies, consisting of tufted Lemet (lēm), n. [A. Sax. leoma, a ray of necklace-shaped filaments. Lemet (lem), v. i. To shine. light.] A ray of light; a gleam. Lemma (lem'ma), n. [Gr. lëmma, from lambano, to receive.] In math. a preliminary or preparatory proposition laid down and demonstrated for the purpose of facilitating or rendering more perspicuous the demonstration of some other proposition or propositions, or the construction of a problem.

Whatever is-so much I conceive to have been a fundamental lemma for Hazlitt-is wrong. De Quincey. Lemman,t n. Same as Leman. Chaucer. Lemming, Leming (lem'ing), n. [Dan. and N.; Sw. lemel.] An English name applied to a group of rodent mammals, very nearly allied to the mouse and rat, and constituting the genus Myodes of some naturalists, Lemmus of others. There are several species, varying in size and colour according to the regions they inhabit. They are found in Norway, Lapland, Siberia, and the northern parts of America. Those of Norway are about the size of a water-rat, while those

Common Lemming (Myodes Lemmus).

of Lapland and Siberia are scarcely larger than a field-mouse. The most noted species is the common or European lemming (M. Lemmus). It is very prolific, and vast hordes periodically migrate towards the Atlantic and the Gulf of Bothnia, destroying all vegetation in their path. Vast numbers of wild animals-bears, wolves, foxes-hang upon them in their march, making them their prey, thus tending to keep their numbers in some degree in check. Such migrations are said to portend a hard winter. Lemmus (lem'us), n. See LEMMING. Lemna (lem'na), n. [Gr. lemna, a waterplant. ] A genus of well known aquatic annuals, belonging to the nat. order Lemnaces or duck-weed tribe. They consist of small or minute floating fronds, with simple roots or rootless, usually propagated by budding, and almost destitute of vascular tissue. The very minute flowers are produced from the edge or the middle of the frond. Four species are natives of Britain, and are known by the common name of Duck-meat, Duck's-meat, or Duck-weed. See DUCK-MEAT.

Lemnacea (lem-na'sē-e), n. pl. A nat. order of monocotyledons. They are floating plants, with lenticular or lobed leaves or fronds, bearing one or two monoecious flowers, in

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