Part 6422

<hw>La"zy*bones`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A lazy person.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<h1>Lazzaroni</h1> <Xpage=837>

<hw>Laz`za*ro"ni</hw> <tt>(?; It. <?/)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[It. <ets>lazzarone</ets>, pl. <ets>lazzaroni</ets>.]</ety> <def>The homeless idlers of Naples who live by chance work or begging; -- so called from the Hospital of St. Lazarus, which serves as their refuge.</def> <altsp>[Written also, but improperly, <asp>lazaroni</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Lea</h1> <Xpage=837>

<hw>Lea</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Lay</er>, <er>n</er>. (that which is laid), 4.]</ety> <fld>(Textile Manuf.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A measure of yarn; for linen, 300 yards; for cotton, 120 yards; a lay.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A set of warp threads carried by a loop of the heddle.</def>

<h1>Lea</h1> <Xpage=837>

<hw>Lea</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>ley</ets>, <ets>lay</ets>, As. <ets>le\'a0h</ets>, <ets>le\'a0</ets>; akin to Prov. G. <ets>lon</ets> bog, morass, grove, and perh. to L. <ets>lucus</ets> grove, E. <ets>light</ets>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>A meadow or sward land; a grassy field.</def> "Plow-torn <i>leas</i>."

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the <b>lea</b>. <i>Gray.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Leach</h1> <Xpage=837>

<hw>Leach</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>See 3d <er>Leech</er>.</def>

<h1>Leach</h1> <Xpage=837>

<hw>Leach</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <altsp>[Written also <asp>letch</asp>.]</altsp> <ety>[Cf. As. <ets>le\'a0h</ets> lye, G. <ets>lauge</ets>. See <er>Lye</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.</def>

<cs><col>Leach tub</col>, <cd>a wooden tub in which ashes are leached.</cd></cs>

<h1>Leach</h1> <Xpage=837>

<hw>Leach</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Leached</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Leaching</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Written also <ets>leech</ets> and <ets>letch</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To remove the soluble constituents from by subjecting to the action of percolating water or other liquid; <as>as, to <ex>leach</ex> ashes or coffee</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To dissolve out; -- often used with <i>out</i>; <as>as, to <ex>leach</ex> out alkali from ashes</as>.</def>

<h1>Leach</h1> <Xpage=837>

<hw>Leach</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To part with soluble constituents by percolation.</def>

<h1>Leach</h1> <Xpage=837>

<hw>Leach</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Leech</er>, a physician.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Leachy</h1> <Xpage=837>

<hw>Leach"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Permitting liquids to pass by percolation; not capable of retaining water; porous; pervious; -- said of gravelly or sandy soils, and the like.</def>

<h1>Lead</h1> <Xpage=837>

<hw>Lead</hw> <tt>(l&ecr;d)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>led</ets>, <ets>leed</ets>, <ets>lead</ets>, AS. <ets>le\'a0d</ets>; akin to D. <ets>lood</ets>, MHG. <ets>l&omac;t</ets>, G. <ets>loth</ets> plummet, sounding lead, small weight, Sw. & Dan. <ets>lod</ets>. &root;123]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity, and is used for tubes, sheets, bullets, etc. Its specific gravity is 11.37. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic weight, 206.4. Symbol Pb (L. <i>Plumbum</i>). It is chiefly obtained from the mineral galena, lead sulphide.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An article made of lead or an alloy of lead</def>; as: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A plummet or mass of lead, used in sounding at sea.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Print.)</fld> <def>A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs; hence, <pluf>pl.</pluf>, a roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.</def>

<blockquote>I would have the tower two stories, and goodly <b>leads</b> upon the top. <i>Bacon</i></blockquote>