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[A. S. lengdh, from lang = long; cogn. with Dut, lengte, from lang =long: Dan. længde, from lang long; Sw. längd, from lang = long; Icel. lengd, from langr =long.] I. Ordinary Language : 1. The measure or extent of any body from end to end; the longest measure of any object, as dist in guished from depth, thickne , breadth, or width; the measure of the greatest line which can be drawn from one extremity of anything material to the other. tlěngth-ful, a . [ Eng.length ; ful (1).] Of great length; long. "The driver whirls his lengthful thong; The horses fly." Pope: Homer's Iliad , xi. 359. lěngth-1-ly, adv . [English lengthy ; -ly .] In a lengthy manner; at great length or extent.