Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter L - Page 27
Leveret (n.) (Zool.) A hare in the first year of its age.
Leveret (n.) A young hare especially one in its first year.
Leverock (n.) A lark. [Scot.]
Leverwood (n.) (Bot.) The American hop hornbeam ({Ostrya Virginica), a small tree with very tough wood.
Levesel (n.) A leafy shelter; a place covered with foliage. [Obs.]
Behind the mill, under a levesel. -- Chaucer.
Levet (n.) A trumpet call for rousing soldiers; a reveille. [Obs.] -- Hudibras.
Leviable (a.) Fit to be levied; capable of being assessed and collected; as, sums leviable by course of law. -- Bacon.
Leviathan (n.) 海中怪獸；巨物 An aquatic animal, described in the book of Job, ch. xli., and mentioned in other passages of Scripture.
Note: It is not certainly known what animal is intended, whether the crocodile, the whale, or some sort of serpent.
Leviathan (n.) The whale, or a great whale. -- Milton.
Leviathan (n.) The largest or most massive thing of its kind; "it was a leviathan among redwoods"; "they were assigned the leviathan of textbooks."
Leviathan (n.) Monstrous sea creature symbolizing evil in the Old Testament.
Leviathan (n.) A transliterated Hebrew word (livyathan), meaning "twisted," "coiled." In Job 3:8, Revised Version, and marg. of Authorized Version, it denotes the dragon which, according to Eastern tradition, is an enemy of light; in 41:1 the crocodile is meant; in Ps. 104:26 it "denotes any large animal that moves by writhing or wriggling the body, the whale, the monsters of the deep." This word is also used figuratively for a cruel enemy, as some think "the Egyptian host, crushed by the divine power, and cast on the shores of the Red Sea" (Ps. 74:14). As used in Isa. 27:1, "leviathan the piercing [R.V. 'swift'] serpent, even leviathan that crooked [R.V. marg. 'winding'] serpent," the word may probably denote the two empires, the Assyrian and the Babylonian.
Leviathan (n.) An enormous aquatic animal mentioned by Job. Some suppose it to have been the whale, but that distinguished ichthyologer, Dr. Jordan, of Stanford University, maintains with considerable heat that it was a species of gigantic Tadpole (_Thaddeus Polandensis_) or Polliwig -- _Maria pseudo-hirsuta_. For an exhaustive description and history of the Tadpole consult the famous monograph of Jane Potter, _Thaddeus of Warsaw_.
Levier (n.) One who levies. -- Cartwright.
Levigable (a.) Capable of being levigated.
Levigate (a.) Made smooth, as if polished.
Levigate (a.) Made less harsh or burdensome; alleviated. [Obs.] -- Sir T. Elyot.
Levigated (imp. & p. p.) of Levigate.
Levigating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Levigate.
Levigate (v. t.) To make smooth in various senses:
Levigate (v. t.) To free from grit; to reduce to an impalpable powder or paste.
Levigate (v. t.) To mix thoroughly, as liquids or semiliquids.
Levigate (v. t.) To polish.
Levigate (v. t.) To make smooth in action. " When use hath levigated the organs." -- Barrow.
Levigate (v. t.) Technically, to make smooth by rubbing in a moist condition between hard surfaces, as in grinding pigments.
Levigate (v. t.) Levigated , Leigating , Levigation(n.), Polish, smooth.
Levigate (v. t.) To grind to a fine smooth powder while in moist condition.
Levigate (v. t.) To separate (fine powder) from coarser material by suspending in a liquid.
Levigate (v. t.) To grind to a fine smooth powder while in moist condition <by first levigating the zinc oxide with a small amount of glycerin a smooth paste is obtained Art of Compounding>.
Levigation (n.) The act or operation of levigating.
Levin (n.) Lightning. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Levin brand, A thunderbolt. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Leviner (n.) (Zool.) A swift hound.
Levir (n.) [L.] A husband's brother; -- used in reference to levirate marriages. Levirate
Levirate (a.) Alt. of Leviratical.
Leviratical (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in accordance with, a law of the ancient Israelites and other tribes and races, according to which a woman, whose husband died without issue, was married to the husband's brother.
The firstborn son of a leviratical marriage was reckoned and registered as the son of the deceased brother. -- Alford.
Levirate (n.) The biblical institution whereby a man must marry the widow of his childless brother in order to maintain the brother's line.
Leviration (n.) Levirate marriage or marriages. -- Kitto.
Levirostres (n. pl.) (Zool.) A group of birds, including the hornbills, kingfishers, and related forms.
Levitate (v. i.) To rise, or tend to rise, as if lighter than the surrounding medium; to become buoyant; -- opposed to gravitate. -- Sir. J. Herschel.
Levitate (v. t.) (Spiritualism) To make buoyant; to cause to float in the air; as, to levitate a table. [Cant]
Levitate (v.) Cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity; "The magician levitated the woman."
Levitate (v.) Be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity; "The guru claimed that he could levitate" [syn: levitate, hover].
Levitation (n.) Lightness; buoyancy; act of making light. -- Paley.
Levitation (n.) The act or process of making buoyant.
Levitation (n.) The phenomenon of a person or thing rising into the air by apparently supernatural means.
Levitation (n.) Movement upward in virtue of lightness [ant: gravitation].
Levitation (n.) The act of raising (a body) from the ground by presumably spiritualistic means.
Levite (n.) (Bib. Hist.) One of the tribe or family of Levi; a descendant of Levi; esp., one subordinate to the priests (who were of the same tribe) and employed in various duties connected with the tabernacle first, and afterward the temple, such as the care of the building, bringing of wood and other necessaries for the sacrifices, the music of the services, etc.
Levite (n.) A priest; -- so called in contempt or ridicule.
Levite (n.) A member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi (especially the branch that provided male assistants to the temple priests).
Levite, () A descendant of the tribe of Levi (Ex. 6:25; Lev. 25:32; Num. 35:2; Josh. 21:3, 41). This name is, however, generally used as the title of that portion of the tribe which was set apart for the subordinate offices of the sanctuary service (1 Kings 8:4; Ezra 2:70), as assistants to the priests.
When the Israelites left Egypt, the ancient manner of worship was still observed by them, the eldest son of each house inheriting the priest's office. At Sinai the first change in this ancient practice was made. A hereditary priesthood in the family of Aaron was then instituted (Ex. 28:1). But it was not till that terrible scene in connection with the sin of the golden calf that the tribe of Levi stood apart and began to occupy a distinct position (Ex. 32). The religious primogeniture was then conferred on this tribe, which henceforth was devoted to the service of the sanctuary (Num. 3:11-13). They were selected for this purpose because of their zeal for the glory of God (Ex. 32:26), and because, as the tribe to which Moses and Aaron belonged, they would naturally stand by the lawgiver in his work.
The Levitical order consisted of all the descendants of Levi's three sons, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari; whilst Aaron, Amram's son (Amram, son of Kohat), and his issue constituted the priestly order.
The age and qualification for Levitical service are specified in Num. 4:3, 23, 30, 39, 43, 47. They were not included among the armies of Israel (Num. 1:47; 2:33; 26:62), but were reckoned by themselves. They were the special guardians of the tabernacle (Num. 1:51; 18:22-24). The Gershonites pitched their tents on the west of the tabernacle (3:23), the Kohathites on the south (3:29), the Merarites on the north (3:35), and the priests on the east (3:38). It was their duty to move the tent and carry the parts of the sacred structure from place to place. They were given to Aaron and his sons the priests to wait upon them and do work for them at the sanctuary services (Num. 8:19; 18:2-6).
As being wholly consecrated to the service of the Lord, they had no territorial possessions. Jehovah was their inheritance (Num. 18:20; 26:62; Deut. 10:9; 18:1, 2), and for their support it was ordained that they should receive from the other tribes the tithes of the produce of the land. Forty-eight cities also were assigned to them, thirteen of which were for the priests "to dwell in", i.e., along with their other inhabitants. Along with their dwellings they had "suburbs", i.e., "commons", for their herds and flocks, and also fields and vineyards (Num. 35:2-5). Nine of these cities were in Judah, three in Naphtali, and four in each of the other tribes (Josh. 21). Six of the Levitical cities were set apart as "cities of refuge" (q.v.). Thus the Levites were scattered among the tribes to keep alive among them the knowledge and service of God. (See PRIEST.)
Levitical (a.) Of or pertaining to a Levite or the Levites.
Levitical (a.) Priestly. " Levitical questions." -- Milton.
Levitical (a.) Of or pertaining to, or designating, the law contained in the book of Leviticus. -- Ayliffe.
Levitical degrees, Degrees of relationship named in Leviticus, within which marriage is forbidden.
Levitical (a.) Of or relating to the book of Leviticus in the Bible.
Levitically (adv.) After the manner of the Levites; in accordance with the levitical law.
Leviticus (n.) （聖經）肋未記（聖經舊約） The third canonical book of the Old Testament, containing the laws and regulations relating to the priests and Levites among the Hebrews, or the body of the ceremonial law.
Leviticus (n.) The third book of the Old Testament; contains Levitical law and ritual precedents [syn: Leviticus, Book of Leviticus].
Leviticus, () The third book of the Pentateuch; so called in the Vulgate, after the LXX., because it treats chiefly of the Levitical service.
In the first section of the book (1-17), which exhibits the worship itself, there is, (1.) A series of laws (1-7) regarding sacrifices, burnt-offerings, meat-offerings, and thank-offerings (1-3), sin-offerings and trespass-offerings (4; 5), followed by the law of the priestly duties in connection with the offering of sacrifices (6; 7). (2.) An historical section (8-10), giving an account of the consecration of Aaron and his sons (8); Aaron's first offering for himself and the people (9); Nadab and Abihu's presumption in offering "strange fire before Jehovah," and their punishment (10). (3.) Laws concerning purity, and the sacrifices and ordinances for putting away impurity (11-16). An interesting fact may be noted here. Canon Tristram, speaking of the remarkable discoveries regarding the flora and fauna of the Holy Land by the Palestine Exploration officers, makes the following statement:, "Take these two catalogues of the clean and unclean animals in the books of Leviticus [11] and Deuteronomy [14]. There are eleven in Deuteronomy which do not occur in Leviticus, and these are nearly all animals and birds which are not found in Egypt or the Holy Land, but which are numerous in the Arabian desert. They are not named in Leviticus a few weeks after the departure from Egypt; but after the people were thirty-nine years in the desert they are named, a strong proof that the list in Deuteronomy was written at the end of the journey, and the list in Leviticus at the beginning. It fixes the writing of that catalogue to one time and period only, viz., that when the children of Israel were familiar with the fauna and the flora of the desert" (Palest. Expl. Quart., Jan. 1887). (4.) Laws marking the separation between Israel and the heathen (17-20). (5.) Laws about the personal purity of the priests, and their eating of the holy things (20; 21); about the offerings of Israel, that they were to be without blemish (22:17-33); and about the due celebration of the great festivals (23; 25). (6.) Then follow promises and warnings to the people regarding obedience to these commandments, closing with a section on vows.
The various ordinances contained in this book were all delivered in the space of a month (comp. Ex. 40:17; Num. 1:1), the first month of the second year after the Exodus. It is the third book of Moses.
No book contains more of the very words of God. He is almost throughout the whole of it the direct speaker. This book is a prophecy of things to come, a shadow whereof the substance is Christ and his kingdom. The principles on which it is to be interpreted are laid down in the Epistle to the Hebrews. It contains in its complicated ceremonial the gospel of the grace of God.
Levity (n.) The quality of weighing less than something else of equal bulk; relative lightness, especially as shown by rising through, or floating upon, a contiguous substance; buoyancy; -- opposed to gravity.
He gave the form of levity to that which ascended; to that which descended, the form of gravity. -- Sir. W. Raleigh.
This bubble by reason of its comparative levity to the fluidity that incloses it, would ascend to the top. -- Bentley.
Levity (n.) Lack of gravity and earnestness in deportment or character; trifling gayety; frivolity; sportiveness; vanity. " A spirit of levity and libertinism." -- Atterbury.
He never employed his omnipotence out of levity. -- Calamy.
Levity (n.) Lack of steadiness or constancy; disposition to change; fickleness; volatility.
The levity that is fatigued and disgusted with everything of which it is in possession. -- Burke.
Syn: Inconstancy; thoughtlessness; unsteadiness; inconsideration; volatility; flightiness.
Usage: Levity, Volatility, Flightiness. All these words relate to outward conduct. Levity springs from a lightness of mind which produces a disregard of the proprieties of time and place.Volatility is a degree of levity which causes the thoughts to fly from one object to another, without resting on any for a moment. Flightiness is volatility carried to an extreme which often betrays its subject into gross impropriety or weakness. Levity of deportment, of conduct, of remark; volatility of temper, of spirits; flightiness of mind or disposition.
Levity (n.) Feeling an inappropriate lack of seriousness [ant: gravity, solemnity].
Levity (n.) A manner lacking seriousness.
Levo- (pref.) A prefix from L. laevus , meaning:
Levo- () Pertaining to, or toward, the left; as, levorotatory.
Levo- () (Chem. & Opt.) Turning the plane of polarized light to the left; as, levotartaric acid; levoracemic acid; levogyratory crystals, etc. [Written also l[ae]vo-.]
Levogyrate (a.) (Chem., Physics, Biochem.) Turning or twisting the plane of polarization towards the left, as levulose, levotartaric acid, etc. levorotatory. [Written also l[ae]vogyrate.]
Levorotatory (a.) (Chem. & Physics) Turning or rotating the plane of polarization of light towards the left; -- applied to crystals and compounds exhibiting optical activity, such as levulose, left-handed quartz crystals, etc. Opposite of dextrorotatory. [Written also l[ae]vorotatory.].
Levorotatory (a.) Rotating to the left [syn: levorotary, levorotatory, left-handed].
Levulin (n.) (Chem.) A substance resembling dextrin, obtained from the bulbs of the dahlia, the artichoke, and other sources, as a colorless, spongy, amorphous material. It is so called because by decomposition it yields levulose. [Written also l[ae]vulin.]
Levulinic (a.) (Chem.) Pertaining to, or denoting, an acid (called also acetyl-propionic acid), C5H8O3, obtained by the action of dilute acids on various sugars (as levulose). [Written also laevulinic.]
Levulosan (n.) (Chem.) An unfermentable carbohydrate obtained by gently heating levulose.
Levulose (n.) (Chem.) A sirupy variety of sugar, rarely obtained crystallized, occurring widely in honey, ripe fruits, etc., and hence called also fruit sugar; also called fructose. Chemical formula: C6H12O6. It is called levulose, because it rotates the plane of polarization of light to the left, in contrast to dextrose, the other product of the hydrolysis of sucrose. [Written also laevulose.]
Note: It is obtained, together with an equal quantity of dextrose, by the inversion of ordinary cane or beet sugar, and hence, as being an ingredient of invert sugar, is often so called. It is fermentable, nearly as sweet as cane sugar, and is metameric with dextrose. Cf. Dextrose.
Levulose (n.) A simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits [syn: fructose, fruit sugar, levulose, laevulose].
Levy (v. i.) To seize property, real or personal, or subject it to the operation of an execution; to make a levy; as, to levy on property; the usual mode of levying, in England, is by seizing the goods.
To levy on goods and chattels, to take into custody or seize specific property in satisfaction of a writ. Levyne
Levy (n.) The act of levying or collecting by authority; as, the levy of troops, taxes, etc.
A levy of all the men left under sixty. -- Thirlwall.
Levy (n.) That which is levied, as an army, force, tribute, etc. "
The Irish levies." -- Macaulay.
Levy (n.) (Law) The taking or seizure of property on executions to satisfy judgments, or on warrants for the collection of taxes; a collecting by execution.
Levy in mass [F. lev['e]e en masse], A requisition of all able-bodied men for military service.
Levied (imp. & p. p.) of Levy.
Levying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Levy.
Levy (v. t.) To raise, as a siege. [Obs.] -- Holland.
Levy (v. t.) To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription, etc.
Augustine . . . inflamed Ethelbert, king of Kent, to levy his power, and to war against them. -- Fuller.
Levy (v. t.) To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority; as, to levy taxes, toll, tribute, or contributions.
If they do this . . . my ransom, then, Will soon be levied. -- Shak.
Levy (v. t.) (Law) To gather or exact; as, to levy money.
Levy (v. t.) (Law) To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up; as, to levy a mill, dike, ditch, a nuisance, etc.
Levy (v. t.) (Law) To take or seize on execution; to collect by execution.
To levy a fine, To commence and carry on a suit for assuring the title to lands or tenements. -- Blackstone.
To levy war, To make or begin war; to take arms for attack; to attack.
Levies (n. pl. ) of Levy.
Levy (n.) A name formerly given in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia to the Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar (or 121/2 cents), valued at eleven pence when the dollar was rated at 7s. 6d.
Levy (n.) A charge imposed and collected.
Levy (n.) The act of drafting into military service [syn: levy, levy en masse].
Levy (v.) Impose and collect; "levy a fine" [syn: levy, impose].
Levy (v.) Cause to assemble or enlist in the military; "raise an army"; "recruit new soldiers" [syn: recruit, levy, raise].
Levy, () (1 Kings 4:6, R.V.; 5:13), forced service. The service of tributaries was often thus exacted by kings. Solomon raised a "great levy" of 30,000 men, about two per cent. of the population, to work for him by courses on Lebanon. Adoram (12:18) presided over this forced labour service (Ger. Frohndienst; Fr. corvee).
Levy, () practice. A seizure (q.v.) the raising of the money for which an execution has been issued.
Levy, () In order to make a valid levy on personal property, the sheriff must have it within his power and control, or at least within his view, and if, having it so, he makes a levy upon it, it will be good if followed up afterwards within a reasonable time, by his taking possession in such manner as to apprize everybody of the fact of its having been taken into execution. 3 Rawle R. 405-6; 1 Whart. 377; 2 S. & R. 142; 1 Wash C. C. R. 29; 6 Watts, 468; 1 Whart. 116. The usual mode of making levy upon real estate, is to describe the land which has been seised under the execution, by metes and bounds, as in a deed of conveyance. 3 Bouv. Inst. n. 3391.
Levy, () It is a general rule, that when a sufficient levy has been made, the officer cannot make a second. 12 John. R. 208; 8 Cowen, R. 192.
Levy -- U.S. County in Florida
Population (2000): 34450
Housing Units (2000): 16570
Land area (2000): 1118.379664 sq. miles (2896.589908 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 293.940133 sq. miles (761.301417 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1412.319797 sq. miles (3657.891325 sq. km)
Located within: Florida (FL), FIPS 12
Location: 29.330144 N, 82.707810 W
Headwords:
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Levy, FL
Levy County
Levy County, FL
Levyne (n.) Alt. of Levynite.
Levynite (n.) (Min.) A whitish, reddish, or yellowish, transparent or translucent mineral, allied to chabazite.
Lew (a.) Lukewarm; tepid. [Obs.] -- Wyclif.
Lewd (a.) 好色的，淫蕩的，猥褻的；【廢】粗俗的，無知的；無原則的；邪惡的 Not clerical; laic; laical; hence, unlearned; simple.
For if a priest be foul, on whom we trust, No wonder is a lewed man to rust. -- Chaucer.
So these great clerks their little wisdom show To mock the lewd, as learn'd in this as they. -- Sir. J. Davies.
Lewd (a.) Belonging to the lower classes, or the rabble; idle and lawless; bad; vicious. [Archaic] -- Chaucer.
But the Jews, which believed not, . . . took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, . . . and assaulted the house of Jason. -- Acts xvii. 5.
Too lewd to work, and ready for any kind of mischief. -- Southey.
Lewd (a.) Given to the promiscuous indulgence of lust; dissolute; lustful; libidinous. -- Dryden.
Lewd (a.) Suiting, or proceeding from, lustfulness; involving unlawful sexual desire; as, lewd thoughts, conduct, or language.
Syn: Lustful; libidinous; licentious; profligate; dissolute; sensual; unchaste; impure; lascivious; lecherous; rakish; debauched. -- {Lewd"ly}, adv. -- {Lewd"ness}, n.
Lewd (a.) Suggestive of or tending to moral looseness; "lewd whisperings of a dirty old man"; "an indecent gesture"; "obscene telephone calls"; "salacious limericks" [syn: {lewd}, {obscene}, {raunchy}, {salacious}].
Lewd (a.) Driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires; "libidinous orgies" [syn: {lascivious}, {lewd}, {libidinous}, {lustful}].
Compare: Incestuous
Incestuous (a.) 亂倫的 Involing incest.
// The film is about Auteil's incestuous love for his sister.
Incestuous (a.) (Disapproving) 小集團的；排外的 Involving only a close or limited group of people, who do not communicate or do business with people outside the group.
// Journalists and politicians often have a rather incestuous relationship.
Lewd (a.) (Disapproving) (Of behaviour, speech, dress, etc.) Sexual in an obvious and rude way.
// Ignore him - he's being lewd.
// A lewd suggestion.
Compare: Lascivious
Lascivious (a.) (Formal) (D isapproving) 淫蕩的，好色的 Expressing a trong desire for sexual activity.
// A lascivious smile.
Compare: Libidinous
Libidinous (a.) (Formal) 性慾強烈的，好色的 Having or showing strong sexual desires.
Lewdster (n.) (pl - s) A lewd person. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Lewis (n.) Alt. of Lewisson.
Lewisson (n.) An iron dovetailed tenon, made in sections, which can be fitted into a dovetail mortise; -- used in hoisting large stones, etc.
Lewisson (n.) A kind of shears used in cropping woolen cloth.
Lewis hole, A hole wider at the bottom than at the mouth, into which a lewis is fitted. -- De Foe.
Lewis (n.) United States rock star singer and pianist (born in 1935) [syn: Lewis, Jerry Lee Lewis].
Lewis (n.) United States athlete who won gold medals at the Olympics for his skill in sprinting and jumping (born in 1961) [syn: Lewis, Carl Lewis, Frederick Carleton Lewis].
Lewis (n.) United States explorer and soldier who lead led an expedition from St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River (1774-1809) [syn: Lewis, Meriwether Lewis].
Lewis (n.) United States labor leader who was president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1920 to 1960 and president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations from 1935 to 1940 (1880-1969) [syn: Lewis, John L. Lewis, John Llewelly Lewis].
Lewis (n.) United States novelist who satirized middle-class America in his novel Main Street (1885-1951) [syn: Lewis, Sinclair Lewis, Harry Sinclair Lewis].
Lewis (n.) English critic and novelist; author of theological works and of books for children (1898-1963) [syn: Lewis, C. S. Lewis, Clive Staples Lewis].
Lewis -- U.S. County in Kentucky
Population (2000): 14092
Housing Units (2000): 6173
Land area (2000): 484.488174 sq. miles (1254.818557 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 11.211384 sq. miles (29.037349 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 495.699558 sq. miles (1283.855906 sq. km)
Located within: Kentucky (KY), FIPS 21
Location: 38.544909 N, 83.340234 W
Headwords:
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Lewis, KY
Lewis County
Lewis County, KY
Lewis -- U.S. County in Idaho
Population (2000): 3747
Housing Units (2000): 1795
Land area (2000): 479.042935 sq. miles (1240.715453 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.765967 sq. miles (1.983845 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 479.808902 sq. miles (1242.699298 sq. km)
Located within: Idaho (ID), FIPS 16
Location: 46.233719 N, 116.379388 W
Headwords:
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Lewis, ID
Lewis County
Lewis County, ID
Lewis -- U.S. County in Missouri
Population (2000): 10494
Housing Units (2000): 4602
Land area (2000): 505.007239 sq. miles (1307.962688 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 5.845667 sq. miles (15.140208 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 510.852906 sq. miles (1323.102896 sq. km)
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 40.085720 N, 91.675261 W
Headwords:
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Lewis, MO
Lewis County
Lewis County, MO
Lewis -- U.S. County in New York
Population (2000): 26944
Housing Units (2000): 15134
Land area (2000): 1275.423371 sq. miles (3303.331225 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 14.467496 sq. miles (37.470642 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1289.890867 sq. miles (3340.801867 sq. km)
Located within: New York (NY), FIPS 36
Location: 43.766211 N, 75.450668 W
Headwords:
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Lewis, NY
Lewis County
Lewis County, NY
Lewis -- U.S. County in Tennessee
Population (2000): 11367
Housing Units (2000): 4821
Land area (2000): 282.093961 sq. miles (730.619975 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.382643 sq. miles (0.991041 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 282.476604 sq. miles (731.611016 sq. km)
Located within: Tennessee (TN), FIPS 47
Location: 35.534193 N, 87.515191 W
Headwords:
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Lewis, TN
Lewis County
Lewis County, TN
Lewis -- U.S. County in Washington
Population (2000): 68600
Housing Units (2000): 29585
Land area (2000): 2407.637208 sq. miles (6235.751476 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 28.627642 sq. miles (74.145249 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2436.264850 sq. miles (6309.896725 sq. km)
Located within: Washington (WA), FIPS 53
Location: 46.595802 N, 122.676792 W
Headwords:
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Lewis, WA
Lewis County
Lewis County, WA
Lewis -- U.S. County in West Virginia
Population (2000): 16919
Housing Units (2000): 7944
Land area (2000): 382.141616 sq. miles (989.742200 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 7.609903 sq. miles (19.709558 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 389.751519 sq. miles (1009.451758 sq. km)
Located within: West Virginia (WV), FIPS 54
Location: 39.015135 N, 80.482883 W
Headwords:
Lewis
Lewis, WV
Lewis County
Lewis County, WV
Lewis, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
Population (2000): 438
Housing Units (2000): 196
Land area (2000): 0.500017 sq. miles (1.295038 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.500017 sq. miles (1.295038 sq. km)
FIPS code: 44805
Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location: 41.305277 N, 95.084514 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 51544
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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Lewis
Lewis, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
Population (2000): 486
Housing Units (2000): 226
Land area (2000): 0.319096 sq. miles (0.826455 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.319096 sq. miles (0.826455 sq. km)
FIPS code: 39725
Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location: 37.937014 N, 99.254728 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 67552
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Lewis, KS
Lewis
Lewotobi (n.) 勒沃托比火山；位於印尼的火山 Lewotobi is a twin volcano located in the southeastern part of the island of Flores, Indonesia. It is composed of the Lewotobi Lakilaki (Male Lewotobi) and Lewotobi Perempuan (Female Lewotobi) stratovolcanoes.
Older forms of its name include Lobetabi, [1] Lovotivo [1] and Loby Toby. [2]
Leges (n. pl. ) of Lex.
Lex (n.) 【拉】【律】法，法律 Law; as, lex talionis, the law of retaliation; lex terrae, the law of the land; lex fori, the law of the forum or court; lex loci, the law of the place; lex mercatoria, the law or custom of merchants.
Lexical (a.) 語彙的；語詞的；詞典的；詞典編纂的 Of or pertaining to a lexicon, to lexicography, or words; according or conforming to a lexicon. -- Lex"ic*al*ly, adv.
Lexical (a.) Of or relating to words; "lexical decision task."
Lexical (a.) Of or relating to dictionaries.
Lexicographer (n.) 詞典編纂者 The author or compiler of a lexicon or dictionary.
Every other author may aspire to praise; the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach; and even this negative recompense has been yet granted to very few. -- Johnson. Lexicographic
Lexicographer (n.) A compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language [syn: lexicographer, lexicologist].
Lexicographic (a.) Alt. of Lexicographical.
Lexicographical (a.) 辭彙編纂的 Of or pertaining to, or according to, lexicography. -- Lex`i*co*graph"ic*al*ly, adv.
Lexicographic (a.) Of or relating to lexicography [syn: lexicographic, lexicographical].
Lexicographist (n.) 詞彙學家A lexicographer. [R.] -- Southey.
Lexicography (n.) 詞典學 The art, process, or occupation of making a lexicon or dictionary; the principles which are applied in making dictionaries.
Lexicologist (n.) One versed in lexicology.
Lexicology (n.) 辭彙學 The science of the derivation and signification of words; that branch of learning which treats of the signification and application of words.
Lexicon (n.) 詞典；語彙；詞素 A vocabulary, or book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language or of a considerable number of them, with the definition of each; a dictionary; especially, a dictionary of the Greek, Hebrew, or Latin language.
Lexiconist (n.) A writer of a lexicon. [R.]
Lexigraphic (a.) Of or pertaining to lexigraphy.
Lexigraphy (n.) The art or practice of defining words; definition of words.
Lexiphanic (a.) Using, or interlarded with, pretentious words; bombastic; as, a lexiphanic writer or speaker; lexiphanic writing.
Lexiphanicism (n.) The use of pretentious words, language, or style.
Lexipharmic (a.) See Alexipharmic.
Ley (v. t. & i.) To lay; to wager. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Ley (n.) Law. -- Abbott.
Ley (n.) [Obs.] See Lye.
Ley (n.) Grass or meadow land; a lea.
Ley (a.) Fallow; unseeded. [Obs.] -- Beau. & Fl. Leyden jar
Lye (n.) A strong caustic alkaline solution of potassium salts, obtained by leaching wood ashes. It is much used in making soap, etc.
Lye (n.) (Chem.) Sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide, or a concentrated aqueous solution of either compound.
Ley (n.) A field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock [syn: pasture, pastureland, grazing land, lea, ley].
LEY. () This word is old French, a corruption of loi, and signifies law; for example, Termes de la Ley, Terms of the Law. In another, and an old technical sense, ley signifies an oath, or the oath with compurgators; as, il tend sa ley aiu pleyntiffe. Brit. c. 27.
Jar (n.) A deep, broad-mouthed vessel of earthenware or glass, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes; as, a jar of honey; a rose jar. -- Dryden.
Jar (n.) The measure of what is contained in a jar; as, a jar of oil; a jar of preserves.
Bell jar, Leyden jar. See in the Vocabulary.
Leyden jar () Alt. of Leyden phial.
Leyden phial () (Elec.) A glass jar or bottle used to accumulate electricity. It is coated with tin foil, within and without, nearly to its top, and is surmounted by a brass knob which communicates with the inner coating, for the purpose of charging it with electricity. It is so named from having been invented in Leyden, Holland.
Leyden jar (n.) An electrostatic capacitor of historical interest [syn: Leiden jar, Leyden jar].