Webster's Dictionary 1913

1594

Letter

Let″ter (lĕt″tẽr), n. [From Let to permit.] One who lets or permits; one who lets anything for hire.

1595

Letter (2)

Let″ter, n. [From Let to hinder.] One who retards or hinders.

1596

Letter (3)

Let″ter, n. [OE. lettre, F. lettre, OF. letre, fr. L. littera, litera, a letter; pl., an epistle, a writing, literature, fr. linere, litum, to besmear, to spread or rub over; be...

1597

Letter (4)

Let″ter (lĕt″tẽr), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Lettered (–tẽrd); p. pr. & vb. n.Lettering.] To impress with letters; to mark with letters or words; as, a book gilt and lettered.

1598

Letter (5)

Let″ter, n.(Teleg.) A telegram longer than an ordinary message sent at rates lower than the standard message rate in consideration of its being sent and delivered subject to pri...

1599

Lettered

Let″tered (lĕt″tẽrd), a. 1. Literate; educated; versed in literature. “ Are you not lettered?” Shak.The unlettered barbarians willingly accepted the aid of the lettered clergy, ...

1600

Letterer

Let″ter‐er (lĕt″tẽr‐ẽr), n. One who makes, inscribes, or engraves, alphabetical letters.

1601

Lettergram

Let″ter‐gram (?), n. See Letter, above.

1602

Lettering

Let″ter‐ing, n. 1. The act or business of making, or marking with, letters, as by cutting or painting.2. The letters made; as, the lettering of a sign.

1603

Letterless

Let″ter‐less (lĕt″tẽr‐lĕs), a. 1. Not having a letter.2. Illiterate. E. Waterhouse.

1604

Lettern

Let″tern (lĕt″tẽrn), n. See Lecturn.

1605

Letterpress

Let″ter‐press′ (–tẽr‐prĕs′), n. Print; letters and words impressed on paper or other material by types; — often used of the reading matter in distinction from the illustrations....

1606

Letterure

Let″ter‐ure (–ū̍r), n. Letters; literature. “To teach him letterure and courtesy.” Chaucer.

1607

Letterwood

Let″ter‐wood′ (–wo͝od′), n.(Bot.) The beautiful and highly elastic wood of a tree of the genus Brosimum (B. Aubletii), found in Guiana; — so called from black spots in it which ...

1608

Lettic

Let″tic (lĕt″tĭk), a. (a) Of or pertaining to the Letts; Lettish. (b) Of or pertaining to a branch of the Slavic family, subdivided into Lettish, Lithuanian, and Old Prussian. —...

1609

Lettish

Let″tish (lĕt″tĭsh), a. Of or pertaining to the Letts. — n. The language spoken by the Letts. See Lettic.

1610

Lettrure

Let″trure (–trụr), n. See Letterure. Chaucer.

1611

Letts

Letts (lĕts), n. pl.; sing. Lett (lĕt). (Ethnol.) An Indo-European people, allied to the Lithuanians and Old Prussians, and inhabiting a part of the Baltic provinces of Russia.

1612

Lettuce

Let″tuce (lĕt″tĭs), n. [OE. letuce, prob. through Old French from some Late Latin derivative of L. lactuca lettuce, which, according to Varro, is fr. lac, lactis, milk, on accou...

1613

Letuary

Let″u‐a‐ry (lĕt″ū̍‐ā̍‐ry̆), n. Electuary. Chaucer.

1614

Leuc-

Leuc– (lūk–). Same as Leuco-.

1615

Leucadendron

‖Leu′ca‐den″dron (lū′kȧ‐dĕn″drŏn), n. [NL., fr. Gr. λευκόσ white + δένδρον tree.] (Bot.) A genus of evergreen shrubs from the Cape of Good Hope, having handsome foliage. Leucade...

1616

Leucaniline

Leu‐can″i‐line (lū̍‐kăn″ĭ‐lĭn or –lēn), n. [Leuc- + aniline.] (Chem.) A colorless, crystalline, organic base, obtained from rosaniline by reduction, and also from other sources....

1617

Leuchæmia

‖Leu‐chæ″mi‐a (lū̍‐kē″mĭ‐ȧ), n. [NL., fr. Gr. λευκόσ white + αἱ̑μα blood.] (Med.) See Leucocythæmia. — Leu‐chæm″ic (lū̍‐kĕm″ĭk), a. [Written also leukæmia, leukæmic.]

1618

Leucic

{ Leu″cic (lū″sĭk), Leu‐cin″ic (lū̍‐sĭn″ĭk), } a.(Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from leucin, and called also oxycaproic acid.

1619

Leucin

Leu″cin (lū″sĭn), n. [Gr. λευκόσ white.] (Physiol. Chem.) A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance formed in the decomposition of albuminous matter by pancreatic digestion, b...

1620

Leucite

Leu″cite (lū″sīt), n. [Gr. λευκόσ white: cf. F. leucite.]1. (Min.) A mineral having a glassy fracture, occurring in translucent trapezohedral crystals. It is a silicate of alumi...