Webster's Dictionary 1828

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LETHER-WINGED

LETH'ER-WINGED, adjective Having wings like leather.

704

LETHERN

LETH'ERN, adjective Made of leather; consisting of leather; as a lethern purse; a lethern girdle.

705

LETHERY

LETH'ERY, adjective Resembling leather; tough.

706

LETHIFEROUS

LETHIF'EROUS, adjective [Latin lethum, death, and fero, to bring.]Deadly; mortal; bringing death or destruction.

707

LETTER

LET'TER, noun [from let.]1. One who permits.2. One who retards or hinders.3. One who gives vent; as a blood-letter.LET'TER, noun [Latin litera.]1. A mark or character, written, ...

708

LETTER-CASE

LET'TER-CASE, noun A case or book to put letters in.

709

LETTER-FOUNDER

LET'TER-FOUNDER, noun One who casts letters; a type-founder.

710

LETTER-PRESS

LET'TER-PRESS, noun [letter and press.] Print; letters and words impressed on paper or other material by types.

711

LETTERED

LET'TERED, participle passive Stamped with letters.LET'TERED, adjective1. Literate; educated; versed in literature or science.

712

LETTERING

LET'TERING, participle present tense Impressing or forming letters on; as lettering a book on the cover.

713

LETTERLESS

LET'TERLESS, adjective Illiterate; unlettered; not learned.

714

LETTUCE

LETTUCE, noun let'tis. [Latin lactuca, according to Varro, from lac, milk.]A genus of plants, the Lactuca, of many species, some of which are used as salads.

715

LEUCIN

LEU'CIN,LEU'CINE, noun [Gr. white.] A peculiar white pulverulent substance obtained from beef-fibers, treated with sulphuric acid, and afterwards with alcohol.

716

LEUCINE

LEU'CINE, n. [Gr. white.] A peculiar white pulverulent substance obtained from beef-fibers, treated with sulphuric acid, and afterwards with alcohol.

717

LEUCITE

LEU'CITE, noun [Gr. white.] A stony substance, so called from its whiteness, found among volcanic productions in Italy, in crystals, or in irregular masses; formerly called crys...

718

LEUCO-ETHIOPIC

LEUCO-ETHIOP'IC, adjective [Gr. white, and black.]White and black; designating a white animal of a black species, or the albino.

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LEUCOPHLEGMACY

LEUCOPHLEG'MACY, noun [Gr. white, and phlegm.]A dropsical habit of body, or the commencement of anasarca; paleness, with viscid juices and cold sweats.

720

LEUCOPHLEGMATIC

LEUCOPHLEGMAT'IC, adjective Having a dropsical habit of body with a white bloated skin.

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LEUCOTHIOP

LEUCO'THIOP, noun [See Leuco-ethiopic.] An albino; a white man of a black race.

722

LEUTHRITE

LEU'THRITE, nounA substance that appears to be a recomposed rock, or a loose texture, gritty and harsh to the touch. Its color is a grayish white, tinged here and there with an ...

723

LEVANT

LE'VANT, adjective [Latin levo.]Eastern; denoting the part of the hemisphere where the sun rises.Forth rush the levant and the ponent winds.LEVANT', noun Properly, a country to ...

724

LEVANTINE

LEV'ANTINE, adjective1. Pertaining to the Levant.2. Designating a particular kind of silk cloth.LEV'ANTINE, noun A particular kind of silk cloth.

725

LEVATOR

LEVA'TOR, noun [Latin from levo, to raise.]1. In anatomy, a muscle that serves to raise some part, as the lip or the eyelid.2. A surgical instrument used to raise a depressed pa...

726

LEVE

LEVE, for believe. obsolete

727

LEVEE

LEV'EE, noun [Latin levo.]1. The time of rising.2. The concourse of persons who visit a prince or great personage in the morning.3. A bank or causey, particularly along a river ...

728

LEVEL

LEV'EL, adjective [Eng. sleek. Latin libella, libra, belong to the root.]1. Horizontal; coinciding with the plane of the horizon. To be perfectly level is to be exactly horizont...

729

LEVELED

LEV'ELED, participle passive1. Reduced to a plane; made even.2. Reduced to an equal state, condition or rank.3. Reduced to an equality with something else.4. Elevated or depress...