Part 6442

<h1>Lectureship</h1> <Xpage=840>

<hw>Lec"ture*ship</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The office of a lecturer.</def>

<h1>Lecturn</h1> <Xpage=840>

<hw>Lec"turn</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>lectrinum</ets>, fr. <ets>lectrum</ets>; cf. L. <ets>legere</ets>, <ets>lectum</ets>, to read.]</ety> <def>A choir desk, or reading desk, in some churches, from which the lections, or Scripture lessons, are chanted or read; hence, a reading desk. <altsp>[Written also <asp>lectern</asp> and <asp>lettern</asp>]</altsp>.</def>

<i>Fairholt.</i>

<h1>Lecythis</h1> <Xpage=840>

<hw>Lec"y*this</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. 3 an oil flask.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of gigantic trees, chiefly Brazilian, of the order <spn>Myrtace\'91</spn>, having woody capsules opening by an apical lid. <spn>Lecythis Zabucajo</spn> yields the delicious sapucaia nuts. <spn>L. Ollaria</spn> produces the monkey-pots, its capsules. Its bark separates into thin sheets, like paper, used by the natives for cigarette wrappers.</def>

<h1>Led</h1> <Xpage=840>

<hw>Led</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <def>of <er>Lead</er>.</def>

<cs><col>Led captain</col>. <cd>An obsequious follower or attendant. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <i>Swift</i>.</cd> -- <col>Led horse</col>, <cd>a sumpter horse, or a spare horse, that is led along.</cd></cs>

<h1>Leden, Ledden</h1> <Xpage=840>

<hw><hw>Led"en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Led"den</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>l<?/den</ets>, <ets>l<?/den</ets>, language, speech. Cf. <er>Leod</er>.]</ety> <def>Language; speech; voice; cry.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer. Spenser.</i>

<h1>Ledge</h1> <Xpage=840>

<hw>Ledge</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Akin to AS. <ets>licgan</ets> to lie, Icel. <ets>liggja</ets>; cf. Icel. <ets>l\'94gg</ets> the ledge or rim at the bottom of a cask. See <er>Lie</er> to be prostrate.]</ety> <altsp>[Formerly written <asp>lidge</asp>.]</altsp> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A shelf, ridge, or reef, of rocks.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A layer or stratum.</def>

<blockquote>The lowest <b>ledge</b> or row should be of stone. <i>Sir H. Wotton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>A lode; a limited mass of rock bearing valuable mineral.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Shipbuilding)</fld> <def>A piece of timber to support the deck, placed athwartship between beams.</def>

<h1>Ledgement</h1> <Xpage=840>

<hw>Ledge"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Ledgment</er>.</def>

<h1>Ledger</h1> <Xpage=840>

<hw>Ledg"er</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Akin to D. <ets>legger</ets> layer, daybook (fr. <ets>leggen</ets> to lay, <ets>liggen</ets> to lie), E. <ets>ledge</ets>, <ets>lie</ets>. See <er>Lie</er> to be prostrate.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>leger</asp>.]</altsp>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A large flat stone, esp. one laid over a tomb. <i>Oxf. Gloss.</i></def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A horizontal piece of timber secured to the uprights and supporting floor timbers, a staircase, scaffolding, or the like. It differs from an <i>intertie</i> in being intended to carry weight.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>ligger</asp>.]</altsp>

<cs><col>Ledger bait</col>, <cd>fishing bait attached to a floating line fastened to the bank of a stream, pond, etc. <i>Walton</i>. <i>J. H. Walsh</i>.</cd> -- <col>Ledger line</col>. <cd>See <cref>Leger line</cref>, under 3d <er>Leger</er>, <tt>a.</tt></cd> -- <col>Ledger wall</col> <fld>(Mining)</fld>, <cd>the wall under a vein; the foot wall. <i>Raymond</i>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Ledgment</h1> <Xpage=840>

<hw>Ledg"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A string-course or horizontal suit of moldings, such as the base moldings of a building. <i>Oxf. Gloss.</i></def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def> The development of the surface of a body on a plane, so that the dimensions of the different sides may be easily ascertained.</def> <i>Gwilt</i>. <altsp>[Written also <asp>ledgement</asp>, <asp>legement</asp>, and <asp>ligement</asp>.]</altsp>