The Imperial Dictionary of the English Language: A Complete Encyclopedic Lexicon, Literary, Scientific, and Technological, Volumen3Blackie & son; New-York, The Century Company, 1883 |
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... origin ; comp . G. lappen , a flap , patch , rag , and W. llab , a strip , llabed , a label ; Gael . leab , a shred . ] 1. A slip of silk , paper , parchment , or other material , containing a name , title , address , or the like , and ...
... origin ; comp . G. lappen , a flap , patch , rag , and W. llab , a strip , llabed , a label ; Gael . leab , a shred . ] 1. A slip of silk , paper , parchment , or other material , containing a name , title , address , or the like , and ...
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... origin as lecher ( which see ) . ] 1. An attending servant ; a runner ; a footboy or footman ; hence , any servile follower . Like a Christian footboy , or a gentleman's lackey . Shak . 4 2. A kind of particoloured caterpillar . See ...
... origin as lecher ( which see ) . ] 1. An attending servant ; a runner ; a footboy or footman ; hence , any servile follower . Like a Christian footboy , or a gentleman's lackey . Shak . 4 2. A kind of particoloured caterpillar . See ...
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... origin . In O.E. ladde is generally used of a man of inferior station . Perhaps modified by influence of ladde , led ( as if one who is led ) , from O.E. lede , a man , A. Sax . leôd , leóda , a man , a countryman ; leôdan , Goth ...
... origin . In O.E. ladde is generally used of a man of inferior station . Perhaps modified by influence of ladde , led ( as if one who is led ) , from O.E. lede , a man , A. Sax . leôd , leóda , a man , a countryman ; leôdan , Goth ...
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... origin would make it a more natural fem- inine to lord , the latter being derived from hlafweard . See LORD . ] 1. A woman of dis- tinction , correlative to lord ; the proper title of any woman whose husband is above the rank of a ...
... origin would make it a more natural fem- inine to lord , the latter being derived from hlafweard . See LORD . ] 1. A woman of dis- tinction , correlative to lord ; the proper title of any woman whose husband is above the rank of a ...
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... origin to G. lanze , D. lans , Dan . lantse . The L. lancea was itself of foreign origin , and by Varro is said to have come from Spain . ] 1. An offensive weapon consist- ing of a long wooden shaft with a sharp- pointed head of steel ...
... origin to G. lanze , D. lans , Dan . lantse . The L. lancea was itself of foreign origin , and by Varro is said to have come from Spain . ] 1. An offensive weapon consist- ing of a long wooden shaft with a sharp- pointed head of steel ...
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