Webster's Dictionary 1828

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LEATHER-SELLER

LEATH'ER-SELLER,LEATH'ER-WINGED,LEATH'ERN,LEATH'ERY,LEAVE, noun1. Permission; allowance; license; liberty granted by which restraint or illegality is removed.No friend has leave...

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LEATHER-WINGED

LEATH'ER-WINGED,

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LEATHERN

LEATH'ERN,

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LEATHERY

LEATH'ERY,

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LEAVE

LEAVE,n.1. Permission; allowance; license; liberty granted by which restraint or illegality is removed.No friend has leave to bear away the dead.David earnestly asked leave of m...

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LEAVED

LE'AVED, adjective [from leaf; but leafed would be preferable.]1. Furnished with foliage or leaves.2. Having a leaf, or made with leaves or folds; as a two-leaved gate.

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LEAVEN

LEAVEN, noun lev'n. [Latin levo, Eng. to lift.]1. A mass of sour dough, which, mixed with a larger quantity of dough or paste, produces fermentation in it and renders it light. ...

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LEAVENED

LEAVENED, participle passive lev'ened. Taised and made light by fermentation.

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LEAVENING

LEAVENING, participle present tense lev'ening. Making light by fermentation.LEAVENING, noun lev'ening. that which leavens or makes light.

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LEAVENOUS

LEAVENOUS, adjective lev'enous. containing leaven; tainted.

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LEAVER

LE'AVER, noun [from leave.]One who leaves or relinquishes; one who forsakes.

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LEAVES

LEAVES, nounplural of leaf.

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LEAVING

LE'AVING, participle present tense Quitting; withdrawing from; relinquishing; suffering to remain; ceasing; desisting from.

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LEAVINGS

LE'AVINGS, nounplural1. Things left; remnant; relics.The leavings of Pharsalia.2. Refuse; offal.

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LEAVY

LE'AVY, adjective [from leaf.] Full of leaves; covered with leaves. [An improper word; it ought to be leafy.

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LECH

LECH, for lick. obsolete [See Lick.]

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LECHER

LECH'ER, nounA man given to lewdness; one addicted, in an exorbitant degree, to the indulgence of the animal appetite, and an illicit commerce with females.LECH'ER, verb intrans...

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LECHEROUS

LECH'EROUS, adjective1 Addicted to lewdness; prone to indulge lust; lustful; lewd.2. Provoking lust.

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LECHEROUSLY

LECH'EROUSLY, adverb Lustfully; lewdly.

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LECHEROUSNESS

LECH'EROUSNESS, noun Lust, or strong propensity to indulge the sexual appetite.

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LECHERY

LECH'ERY, noun Lewdness; free indulgence of lust; practice of indulging the animal appetite.

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LECTION

LEC'TION, noun [Latin lectio, from lego, to read, Gr.]1. A reading.2. A difference or variety in copies of a manuscript or book.3. A lesson or portion of Scripture read in divin...

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LECTIONARY

LEC'TIONARY, noun The Romish servicebook, containing portions of Scripture.

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LECTURE

LEC'TURE, noun [Latin lectura, from lego, to read.]1. A discourse read or pronounced on any subject; usually, a formal or methodical discourse, intended for instruction; as a le...

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LECTURER

LEC'TURER, noun1. One who reads or pronounces lectures; a professor or an instructor who delivers formal discourses for the instruction of others.2. A preacher in a church, hire...

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LECTURESHIP

LEC'TURESHIP, noun The office of a lecturer.

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LECTURING

LEC'TURING, participle present tense Reading or delivering a discourse; reproving.