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<p><b>2.</b> <def>Illiterate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>E. Waterhouse.</i>

<h1>Lettern</h1> <Xpage=845>

<hw>Let"tern</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Lecturn</er>.</def>

<h1>Letterpress</h1> <Xpage=845>

<hw>Let"ter*press"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Print; letters and words impressed on paper or other material by types; -- often used of the reading matter in distinction from the illustrations.</def>

<blockquote>Letterpress printing, printing directly from type, in distinction from printing from plates.

<h1>Letterure</h1> <Xpage=845>

<hw>Let"ter*ure</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Letters; literature.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "To teach him <i>letterure</i> and courtesy."

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Letterwood</h1> <Xpage=845>

<hw>Let"ter*wood`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The beautiful and highly elastic wood of a tree of the genus <spn>Brosimum</spn> (<spn>B. Aubletii</spn>), found in Guiana; -- so called from black spots in it which bear some resemblance to hieroglyphics; also called <altname>snakewood</altname>, and <altname>leopardwood</altname>. It is much used for bows and for walking sticks.</def>

<h1>Lettic</h1> <Xpage=845>

<hw>Let"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Of or pertaining to the Letts; Lettish</def>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Of or pertaining to a branch of the Slavic family, subdivided into Lettish, Lithuanian, and Old Prussian.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The language of the Letts; Lettish.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The language of the Lettic race, including Lettish, Lithuanian, and Old Prussian.</def></def2>

<h1>Lettish</h1> <Xpage=845>

<hw>Let"tish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to the Letts.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>The language spoken by the Letts. See <er>Lettic</er>.</def></def2>

<h1>Lettrure</h1> <Xpage=845>

<hw>Let"trure</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Letterure</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Letts</h1> <Xpage=845>

<hw>Letts</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt>; <sing>sing. <singw>Lett</singw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></sing>. <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld> <def>An Indo-European people, allied to the Lithuanians and Old Prussians, and inhabiting a part of the Baltic provinces of Russia.</def>

<h1>Lettuce</h1> <Xpage=845>

<hw>Let"tuce</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>letuce</ets>, prob. through Old French from some Late Latin derivative of L. <ets>lactuca</ets> lettuce, which, according to Varro, is fr. <ets>lac</ets>, <ets>lactis</ets>, milk, on account of the milky white juice which flows from it when it is cut: cf. F. <ets>laitue</ets>. Cf. <er>Lacteal</er>, <er>Lactucic</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A composite plant of the genus <spn>Lactuca</spn> (<spn>L. sativa</spn>), the leaves of which are used as salad. Plants of this genus yield a milky juice, from which lactucarium is obtained. The commonest wild lettuce of the United States is <i>L. Canadensis</i>.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Hare's lettuce</col>, <col>Lamb's lettuce</col></mcol>. <cd>See under <er>Hare</er>, and <er>Lamb</er>.</cd> -- <col>Lettuce opium</col>. <cd>See <er>Lactucarium</er>.</cd> -- <col>Sea lettuce</col>, <cd>certain papery green seaweeds of the genus <spn>Ulva</spn>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Letuary</h1> <Xpage=845>

<hw>Let"u*a*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Electuary.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Letup</h1> <Xpage=845>