Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter L - Page 20
Leavings (n. pl.) Things left; remnants; relics.
Leavings (n. pl.) Refuse; offal.
Leavy (a.) Leafy. [Obs.] -- Chapman. Leban
Leban (n.) Alt. of Lebban.
Lebanon (n.) 黎巴嫩，黎巴嫩共和國，位於亞洲西南部地中海東岸，習慣上稱為中東國家。 Lebanon, officially known as the Lebanese Republic[nb 2], is a sovereign state in Western Asia. It is bordered by Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus is west across the Mediterranean Sea. Lebanon's location at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian hinterland facilitated its rich history and shaped a cultural identity of religious and ethnic diversity. [8] At just 10,452 km2 (4,036 sq. mi.), it is the smallest recognized country on the entire mainland Asian continent. [nb 3] [9] [10]
The earliest evidence of civilization in Lebanon dates back more than seven thousand years, predating recorded history. [11] Lebanon was the home of the Canaanites/ Phoenicians and their kingdoms, a maritime culture that flourished for over a thousand years (c. 1550–539 BC). In 64 BC, the region came under the rule of the Roman Empire, and eventually became one of the Empire's leading centers of Christianity. In the Mount Lebanon range a monastic tradition known as the Maronite Church was established. As the Arab Muslims conquered the region, the Maronites held onto their religion and identity. However, a new religious group, the Druze, established themselves in Mount Lebanon as well, generating a religious divide that has lasted for centuries. During the Crusades, the Maronites re-established contact with the Roman Catholic Church and asserted their communion with Rome. The ties they established with the Latins have influenced the region into the modern era.
The region eventually was ruled by the Ottoman Empire from 1516 to 1918. Following the collapse of the empire after World War I, the five provinces that constitute modern Lebanon came under the French Mandate of Lebanon. The French expanded the borders of the Mount Lebanon Governorate, which was mostly populated by Maronites and Druze, to include more Muslims. Lebanon gained independence in 1943, establishing confessionalism, a unique, Consociationalism-type of political system with a power-sharing mechanism based on religious communities. Bechara El Khoury, President of Lebanon during the independence, Riad El-Solh, first Lebanese prime minister and Emir Majid Arslan II, first Lebanese minister of defence, are considered the founders of the modern Republic of Lebanon and are national heroes for having led the country's independence. Foreign troops withdrew completely from Lebanon on 31 December 1946. [12] Lebanon has been a member of the Organisation internationale de la francophonie since 1973.
Despite its small size, [13] the country has developed a well-known culture and has been highly influential in the Arab world. Before the Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990), the country experienced a period of relative calm and renowned prosperity, driven by tourism, agriculture, commerce, and banking. [14] Because of its financial power and diversity in its heyday, Lebanon was referred to as the "Switzerland of the East" during the 1960s,[15] and its capital, Beirut, attracted so many tourists that it was known as "the Paris of the Middle East". [16] At the end of the war, there were extensive efforts to revive the economy and rebuild national infrastructure. [17] In spite of these troubles, Lebanon has the highest Human Development Index and GDP per capita in the Arab world, to the exclusion of the oil-rich economies of the Persian Gulf.
Lebban (n.) Coagulated sour milk diluted with water; -- a common beverage among the Arabs. Also, a fermented liquor made of the same.
Lecama (n.) (Zool.) The hartbeest.
Lecanomancy (n.) Divination practiced with water in a basin, by throwing three stones into it, and invoking the demon whose aid was sought.
Lecanoric (a.) (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid which is obtained from several varieties of lichen ({Lecanora, Roccella, etc.), as a white, crystalline substance, and is called also orsellic acid, diorsellinic acid, lecanorin, etc.
Lecanorin (n.) (Chem.) See Lecanoric.
Lech (v. t.) To lick. [Obs.]
Lech (n. & v. i.) 好色 Same as letch.
Lech (n.) 好色者；行為邪淫者 Man with strong sexual desires [syn: satyr, lecher, lech, letch].
Leche (n.) See water buck, under 3d Buck.
Lecher (n.) A man given to lewdness; one addicted, in an excessive degree, to the indulgence of sexual desire, or to illicit sexual relations with women; also called letch and lech.
Lechered (imp. & p. p.) of Lecher.
Lechering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lecher.
Lecher (v. i.) To practice lewdness.
Lecher (n.) Man with strong sexual desires [syn: satyr, lecher, lech, letch].
Lecherer (n.) See Lecher, n. -- Marston.
Lecherous (a.) Like a lecher; addicted to lewdness; excessively lustful; -- used mostly of men; also, lust-provoking. "A lecherous thing is wine." -- Chaucer. -- Lech"er*ous*ly, adv. -- Lech"er*ous*ness, n.
Lecherous (a.) Given to excessive indulgence in sexual activity; "a lecherous gleam in his eye"; "a lecherous good-for-nothing."
Lechery (n.) Free indulgence of lust; excessive indulgence in sexual relations; -- used mostly of men.
Lechery (n.) Selfish pleasure; delight. [Obs.] -- Massinger.
Lechery (n.) Unrestrained indulgence in sexual activity.
Lecithin (n.) (Physiol. Chem.) A complex, nitrogenous phosphorized substance widely distributed through the animal body, and especially conspicuous in the brain and nerve tissue, in yolk of eggs, and in the white blood corpuscles.
Lecithin (n.) A yellow phospholipid essential for the metabolism of fats; found in egg yolk and in many plant and animal cells; used commercially as an emulsifier.
Lectern (n.) See Lecturn.
Lectern (n.) [Written also lecturn and lettern.] [LL. lectrinum, fr. lectrum; cf. L. legere, lectum, to read.] A choir desk, or reading desk, in some churches, from which the lections, or Scripture lessons, are chanted or read. -- Fairholt.
Lectern (n.) Hence: A reading desk, usually in the form of a stand with a slanted top that holds books or lecture notes at a height convenient for reading by a speaker who is standing. A modern lectern may be of adjustable height, and be fitted with a light to illuminate the material on the desk, and sometimes a microphone or other electrical equipment for use of a speaker.
Lecturn (n.) Same as lectern. [Written also lectern and lettern.] -- Fairholt.
Lectern (n.) Desk or stand with a slanted top used to hold a text at the proper height for a lecturer [syn: lectern, reading desk].
Lecticae (n. pl. ) of Lectica.
Lectica (n.) [L.] (Rom. Antiq.) A kind of litter or portable couch.
Lection (n.) (Eccl.) A lesson or selection, especially of Scripture, read in divine service.
Lection (n.) A reading; a
variation in the text.
We ourselves are offended by the obtrusion of the new
lections into the text. -- De Quincey.
-ries (n. pl. ) of Lectionary.
Lectionary (n.) (Eccl.) A book, or a list, of lections, for reading in divine service.
Lector (n.) (Eccl.) A reader of lections; formerly, a person designated to read lessons to the illiterate.
Lector (n.) Someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church [syn: lector, reader].
Lector (n.) A public lecturer at certain universities [syn: lector, lecturer, reader].
Lectual (a.) (Med.) Confining to the bed; as, a lectual disease.
Lecture (n.) The act of reading; as, the lecture of Holy Scripture. [Obs.]
Lecture (n.) A discourse on any subject; especially, a formal or methodical discourse, intended for instruction; sometimes, a familiar discourse, in contrast with a sermon.
Lecture (n.) A reprimand or formal reproof from one having authority.
Lecture (n.) (Eng. Universities) A rehearsal of a lesson.
Lecture (n.) A talk or speech given to a group of people to teach them about a particular subject.
Lecture (n.) A talk that criticizes someone's behavior in an angry or serious way.
Lecture (n.) A discourse given before an audience or class especially for instruction.
Lecture (n.) A formal reproof.
Lectured (imp. & p. p.) of Lecture.
Lecturing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lecture.
Lecture (v. t.) To read or deliver a lecture to.
Lecture (v. t.) To reprove formally and with authority.
Lecture (v. i.) To deliver a lecture or lectures.
Lecture (n.) A speech that is open to the public; "he attended a lecture on telecommunications" [syn: lecture, public lecture, talk].
Lecture (n.) A lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" [syn: lecture, speech, talking to].
Lecture (n.) Teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class) [syn: lecture, lecturing].
Lecture (v.) Deliver a lecture or talk; "She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?" [syn: lecture, talk].
Lecture (v.) Censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" [syn: call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast].
Lecturer (n.) One who lectures; an assistant preacher.
Lecturer (n.) A public lecturer at certain universities [syn: lector, lecturer, reader].
Lecturer (n.) Someone who lectures professionally.
Lecturer (n.) One with his hand in your pocket, his tongue in your ear and his faith in your patience.
Lectureship (n.) The office of a lecturer.
Lecturn (n.) A choir desk, or reading desk, in some churches, from which the lections, or Scripture lessons, are chanted or read; hence, a reading desk. [Written also lectern and lettern.]
Lecythis (n.) A genus of gigantic trees, chiefly Brazilian, of the order Myrtaceae, having woody capsules opening by an apical lid. Lecythis Zabucajo yields the delicious sapucaia nuts. L. Ollaria produces the monkey-pots, its capsules. Its bark separates into thin sheets, like paper, used by the natives for cigarette wrappers.
Led (imp. & p. p.) of Lead.
Leden (n.) Alt. of Ledden.
Ledden (n.) Language; speech; voice; cry.
Ledge (n.) A shelf on which articles may be laid; also, that which resembles such a shelf in form or use, as a projecting ridge or part, or a molding or edge in joinery.
Ledge (n.) A shelf, ridge, or reef, of rocks.
Ledge (n.) A layer or stratum.
Ledge (n.) A lode; a limited mass of rock bearing valuable mineral.
Ledge (n.) A piece of timber to support the deck, placed athwartship between beams.
Ledge (n.) [ C ] 壁架，橫檔 A narrow shelf that sticks out from a vertical surface.
Ledgement (n.) See Ledgment.
Ledger (n.) A book in which a summary of accounts is laid up or preserved; the final book of record in business transactions, in which all debits and credits from the journal, etc., are placed under appropriate heads.
Ledger (n.) A large flat stone, esp. one laid over a tomb.
Ledger (n.) A horizontal piece of timber secured to the uprights and supporting floor timbers, a staircase, scaffolding, or the like. It differs from an intertie in being intended to carry weight.
Ledgment (n.) A string-course or horizontal suit of moldings, such as the base moldings of a building.
Ledgment (n.) The development of the surface of a body on a plane, so that the dimensions of the different sides may be easily ascertained.
Ledgy (a.) Abounding in ledges; consisting of a ledge or reef; as, a ledgy island.
Lee (v. i.) To lie; to speak falsely.
Lees (n. pl. ) of Lee.
Lee (n.) That which settles at the bottom, as of a cask of liquor (esp. wine); sediment; dregs; -- used now only in the plural.
Lee (n.) A sheltered place; esp., a place protected from the wind by some object; the side sheltered from the wind; shelter; protection; as, the lee of a mountain, an island, or a ship.
Lee (n.) That part of the hemisphere, as one stands on shipboard, toward which the wind blows. See Lee, a.
Lee (a.) Of or pertaining to the part or side opposite to that against which the wind blows; -- opposed to weather; as, the lee side or lee rail of a vessel.
Leeboard (n.) A board, or frame of planks, lowered over the side of a vessel to lessen her leeway when closehauled, by giving her greater draught.
Leech (n.) See 2d Leach.
Leech (v. t.) See Leach, v. t.
Leech (n.) The border or edge at the side of a sail.
Leech (n.) A physician or surgeon; a professor of the art of healing.
Leech (n.) Any one of numerous genera and species of annulose worms, belonging to the order Hirudinea, or Bdelloidea, esp. those species used in medicine, as Hirudo medicinalis of Europe, and allied species.
Leech (n.) A glass tube of peculiar construction, adapted for drawing blood from a scarified part by means of a vacuum.
Leeched (imp. & p. p.) of Leech.
Leeching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Leech.
Leech (v. t.) To treat as a surgeon; to doctor; as, to leech wounds.
Leech (v. t.) To bleed by the use of leeches.
Leechcraft (n.) The art of healing; skill of a physician.
Leed (n.) Alt. of Leede.
Leede (n.) A caldron; a copper kettle.
Leef (a. & adv.) See Lief.
Leek (n.) A plant of the genus Allium (A. Porrum), having broadly linear succulent leaves rising from a loose oblong cylindrical bulb. The flavor is stronger than that of the common onion.
Leeme (v. & n.) See Leme.
Leep (strong imp.) Leaped.
Leer (v. t.) To learn.
Leer (a.) Empty; destitute; wanting.
Leer (a.) Empty of contents.
Leer (a.) Destitute of a rider; and hence, led, not ridden; as, a leer horse.
Leer (a.) Wanting sense or seriousness; trifling; trivolous; as, leer words.
Leer (n.) An oven in which glassware is annealed.
Leer (n.) The cheek.
Leer (n.) Complexion; aspect; appearance.
Leer (n.) A distorted expression of the face, or an indirect glance of the eye, conveying a sinister or immodest suggestion.
Leered (imp. & p. p.) of Leer.
Leering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Leer.
Leer (v. i.) To look with a leer; to look askance with a suggestive expression, as of hatred, contempt, lust, etc. ; to cast a sidelong lustful or malign look.
Leer (v. t.) To entice with a leer, or leers; as, to leer a man to ruin.
Leere (n.) Tape or braid; an ornament.
Leeringly (adv.) In a leering manner.
Lees (n. pl.) Dregs. See 2d Lee.
Lees (n.) A leash.
Leese (v. t.) To lose.
Leese (v. t.) To hurt.