Webster's Dictionary 1913

1567

Let (2)

Let, n. 1. A retarding; hindrance; obstacle; impediment; delay; — common in the phrase without let or hindrance, but elsewhere archaic. Keats.Consider whether your doings be to ...

1568

Let (3)

Let, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Let (Letted (lĕt″tĕd),.); p. pr. & vb. n.Letting.] [OE. leten, læten (past tense lat, let, p. p. laten, leten, lete), AS. lǣtan (past tense lēt, p. p. lǣ...

1569

Let (4)

Let, v. i. 1. To forbear. Bacon.2. To be let or leased; as, the farm lets for $500 a year. See note under Let, v. t.To let on, to tell; to tattle; to divulge something. — To let...

1570

Let-alone

Let″–a‐lone″ (lĕt″ȧ‐lōn″), a. Letting alone.The let-aloneprinciple, doctrine, or policy. (Polit. Econ.) See Laissez faire.

1571

Let-off

Let″–off′ (lĕt″ŏf′; 115), n.(Mach.) A device for letting off, releasing, or giving forth, as the warp from the cylinder of a loom.

1572

Let-up

Let″–up′ (lĕt″ŭp′), n. [See Let to forbear.] Abatement; also, cessation; as, it blew a gale for three days without any let-up.

1573

Letch

Letch (lĕch), v. & n. See Leach.

1574

Letch (2)

Letch, n. [See Lech, Lecher.] Strong desire; passion. (Archaic).Some people have a letch for unmasking impostors, or for avenging the wrongs of others. De Quincey.

1575

Letchy

Letch″y (–y̆), a. See Leachy.

1576

Lete

Lete (lĕt), v. t. To let; to leave.

1577

Leten

Let″en (lĕt″en), obs.p. p. of Lete. Chaucer.

1578

Lethal

Leth″al (lĕth″ăl), n. [Lauric + ether + alcohol.] (Chem.) One of the higher alcohols of the paraffine series obtained from spermaceti as a white crystalline solid. It is so call...

1579

Lethal (2)

Le″thal (lē″thal), a. [L. lethalis, letalis, fr. lethum, letum, death: cf. F. léthal.] Deadly; mortal; fatal. “The lethal blow.” W. Richardson. — Le″thal‐ly, adv.

1580

Lethality

Le‐thal″i‐ty (lē̍‐thăl″ĭ‐ty̆), n. [Cf. F. léthalité.] The quality of being lethal; mortality.

1581

Lethargic

{ Le‐thar″gic (lē̍‐thär″jĭk), Le‐thar″gic‐al (–jĭ‐kal), } a. [L. lethargicus, Gr. ληθαργικόσ: cf. F. léthargique. See Lethargy.] Pertaining to, affected with, or resembling, let...

1582

Lethargize

Leth″ar‐gize (lĕth″ȧr‐jīz), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Lethargized (–jīzd); p. pr. & vb. n.Lethargizing (–jī′zĭng).] To make lethargic.All bitters are poison, and act by stilling, and d...

1583

Lethargy

Leth″ar‐gy (–jy̆), n.; pl.-gies (–jĭz). [F. léthargie, L. lethargia, Gr. ληθαργία, fr. λήθαργοσ forgetful, fr. λήθη forgetfulness. See Lethe.] 1. Morbid drowsiness; continued or...

1584

Lethargy (2)

Leth″ar‐gy, v. t. To lethargize. Shak.

1585

Lethe

Le″the (lē″thē̍ or lēth), n. [See Lethal.] Death. Shak.

1586

Lethe (2)

Le″the (lē″thē̍), n. [L., fr. Gr. λήθη, prop., forgetfulness; akin to λανθάνεσθαι to forget, λανθάνειν to escape notice.] 1. (Class. Myth.) A river of Hades whose waters when dr...

1587

Lethean

Le‐the″an (lē̍‐thē″an), a. [L. Lethaeus, Gr. λήθαιοσ or ληθαι̑οσ.] Of or pertaining to Lethe; resembling in effect the water of Lethe. Milton. Barrow.

1588

Letheed

Le″theed (lē″thēd), a. Caused by Lethe. “ Letheed dullness.” Shak.

1589

Letheon

Le″the‐on (lē″thē̍‐ŏn), n. [NL., fr. Gr. λήθη.] (Med.) Sulphuric ether used as an anæsthetic agent.

1590

Letheonize

Le″the‐on‐ize (–īz), v. t. To subject to the influence of letheon.

1591

Lethiferous

Le‐thif″er‐ous (lē̍‐thĭf″ẽr‐ŭs), a. [L. lethifer, letifer, fr. lethum, letum, death + ferre to bear, to bring: cf. F. léthifère.] Deadly; bringing death or destruction.

1592

Lethy

Le″thy (lē″thy̆), a. Lethean. Marston.

1593

Lette

Let″te (lĕt″te), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Letted.] To let; to hinder. See Let, to hinder. Chaucer.