lender

[Eng. lend; -er.] One who lends; especially one who lends money upon interest. "Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend." Shakesp.: Hamlet , i. 3. *lendes, *lendş, s. pl. [LOIN.] The loins. lend-ing, pr. par., a. & s. [LEND.] A. & B. As pr. par . & particip . adj .: (See the verb.) C. As substantive: 1. The act of giving or granting anything, as a loan. 2. That which is lent; a loan. "Mowbray hath received eight you sand nobles, In name of lendings for your highne ' soldiers." Shakesp.: Richard II., i. 1. 3. Outward appurtenances not belonging to the e ence of a thing. "Off, off, you lendings: come, unbutton here." Shakesp.: Lear, iii. 4. *lendş, s . pl . [LENDES.] *lēne (1), a . [LEAN.] lēne, a. (2), & s. [Lat. lenis =smooth.] A. As adjective : Philol.: Smooth; applied to certain mute or explosive consonants, as k , p, t. B. As substantive: 2501 A certain extent or portion of space, as measured in the direction of its longest measurement. "But, ah! thought kills me, that I am not thought, To leap large lengths of miles, when thou art gone." Shakesp.: Sonnet 43. 3. A definite portion of the length of any material thing. "If a centipede the action of the feet continues."- Brit. Quarterly Review, p. 193. be sliced into several lengths, 4. Long continuance or duration. " Length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee." -Prov . iii. 2. 5. Distance. "He had marched to the length of Exeter."- Clarendon : Civil War. 6. Detail, amplification; reach or expansion of anything. II. Technically : 1. Cricket : The point where the ball pitches after delivery by the bowler, desirably at such a distance or length from the batsman as to make forward play risky, while not so far from him as to make back play easy. 2. Racing : The measure of the body running, or driven; as, A horse wins a race by two lengths ; a bicyclist wins by three lengths (that is, of his machine). 3. The at .: Forty lines of a part, whether occurring consecutively or divided. "I've a part of twelve lengths here, which I must be up in to-morrow night."-Dickens: Nicholas Nickle by , ch. xxiii. lenocinium length'-wise, adv. [Eng. length: -wise.] The same as LENGTHWAYS (q. v.). lěngth'-ỹ, a . [ Eng.length ; -y.] Having length; having too great length; long and tedious; drawn out to too great a length; prolix. lē'-ni-en-çỹ, *le-ni-ençe, 8. [Eng. lenien(t); -cy.] The quality or state of being lenient; lenity; mildne , gentlene .