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len, adj. thin, wanting flesh not fat. —«. flesh without fat —adv Loanly. —«. Lean'ne . [A.S. hlcene Low Ger. leen from Lean, to bend, from want of substance or support.] Leap, lep, vt. to move with springs or bounds: to spring upward or forward to jump to rush with vehemence. vd. to spring or bound over -pr.p. leap'ing; pa.t. leaped' or leapt (lept) pa.p. leaped', rarely leapt-— n. act of leaping: bound: space pa ed by leaping sudden transition. [A.S. hleapati; Ice. klaupa, to spring, Ger. lau/en to run.] leaps over another like a/rog. Leap-frog, lgp'-frog, n, a play in which one boy mOte mOte m50a then. 285 297 Lflap.yqar, leaps year Laara, tojenow; gain lenrnia-n Lea*?*®#, literature. Learn'edne . Learner, yet Learning, ledge Lease, years — Pad. lat er, loose, Leasehold, tract. Leash, hound to Fr. loosely Leasing, leasuttg— Least, beyond or from Leather, animal leather; Leathern, leather. Leathery, Leave, parting leyfa, Furlough. Leave, resign death to pa.p Gr. let Ufa bleiben Leaved, a Leaven, rise general raise leva Leaves, Leavings, Lecher, [Fr. lecchon, lick Lecherous, lust.— Lech'ery. Leotem. fro from L. so Lection,; i^ryw Legal Up' y#f, *. every fourth year whiph manuscript qr bool: a portion SptipUirc r«4 forward or adds one day m February, a in dinne seryief. Itlcctio--l(S qyie4®.e of, to get Lectlonary, lek's hun-ar-i, n, the Cathqjip serr iofiftln power of performing. ftd. to vice-hook, containing lections or pqrtiqns of knowledge to impure by example- [A-S. Scripture. [ip the ancient cfoqrqhes. per. lern?n. Lector, Jek'tor, a reader: a reader of Scnpttire tern'ed, adjj having learning: versed in Lecture, lek'tur, n a discourse an apy subject a skijfyl. atfv. LepmedJy —«• formal reproof.—v.t. to instruct by discourses to instruct authoritatively to reprove- -~V.fr to ltrn'fcr, «. one who learns one who give a lecture or lectures. [See LeptlOh-] in the rudiments of any subject. Lecturer, lek tur-er, n. one who iectHres* one lending, a. what learned, know who instructs by giving set discourses. scholarship skill in languages or science. Lectureship, lek'tiir-ship, v. the office of a fectnrer. les, «. a letting of tenements for a term of Lecturn, lek'turn, Lettern, let'ern, n. Same as the contract for such letung any tenure. Lectern. v.t. to let for a term of years pr.p. leas'irm Led, led, pa.t and pa of Lead, tp shew the way, and pap. leased' fO Fr le er, hr. Ledge, lej, n a shelf op which articles may he to let, leave, relinquish—L laxo, to laid that winch resembles such a shelf: a laxtis loose.] ndge or shelf of rocks a layer a small mouldle.s'hold, adj held by lease or coning [A S. leegan, to lay. See Lay, v.t.} n. a teinjre held by lease. Ledger, er, «. the principal book of accounts lesb, n. a lash or liar by which a hawk or among merchants, in which the entries in a)) the is held: a brace and a half, three, —v other books are laid up or entered. hold by a leash to hind. (O Fr. le e, Ledger-line See Leger-Une. lai e a thong to hold a dog by, a thong held Ledgy, ad; abounding in [edges. —L. lax us, loose Lee, n. the part toward which the wind blows. lez'iug, n falsehood' lies. [A S — ad as in Lee-side, the sheltered side of a leas, false loose, Goth la us. Ice. los ship Lee-shore, the shore opposite to the leelest, adj. (serves as superb of Little',, little sole of a ship. [Lit. a skeltered place A.S, all others: smallest - adv in the smallest hi, ore, shelter, /co hie. Low Gcr. lee cf. Goth. lowest degree. [A.S lest contr. fiom heses Jtltja a tent, prov. E lew, a shelter.] root of Le Leech, Idch, n. a physician: a blood-sucking lcM'cr, n the prepared skin of an worm. v to apply leeches to. [AS face —adj consisting of leather. [AS Icther, Goth. Irkeis, a physician, found also in Celt, Dut. and Ger / dor and Slav, languages let'em, adj. made or consisting of Leek, lek, n a kind of onion tlic national emblem [rough. of Wales. A.S leac. a leek, a plant, which is leM'er-i, adj. resembling lea tin r present also in Char lock, Gar lic, Hem-lock.] l£v, n permi ion liheriy granted formal Leer, ler, u. a sly, sidelong look -v.t. to look of friends, farewell. AS leaf,' Ice. askance to look archly or obliquely. [A.S, to permit conn with Lief, Love, Believe, hlror, face, check Ice. hlyri\