Part 6495

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Lewis, Lewisson</h1> <Xpage=847>

<hw><hw>Lew"is</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Lew"is*son</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An iron dovetailed tenon, made in sections, which can be fitted into a dovetail mortise; -- used in hoisting large stones, etc.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A kind of shears used in cropping woolen cloth.</def>

<cs><col>Lewis hole</col>, <cd>a hole wider at the bottom than at the mouth, into which a <i>lewis<i> is fitted.</cd></cs>

<i>De Foe.</i>

<-- Lewis acid (Chem) A compound without dissociable hydrogen which acts as an acid (bonding with Lewis bases) in chemical reaction. -->

<h1>Lex</h1> <Xpage=847>

<hw>Lex</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Leges</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. See <er>Legal</er>.]</ety> <def>Law; <as>as, <ex>lex talionis</ex>, the law of retaliation; <ex>lex terr\'91</ex>, the law of the land; <ex>lex fori</ex>, the law of the forum or court; <ex>lex loci</ex>, the law of the place; <ex>lex mercatoria</ex>, the law or custom of merchants.</as></def>

<h1>Lexical</h1> <Xpage=847>

<hw>Lex"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to a lexicon, to lexicography, or words; according or conforming to a lexicon.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Lex"ic*al*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Lexicographer</h1> <Xpage=847>

<hw>Lex`i*cog"ra*pher</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/; dictionary + <?/ to write: cf. F. <ets>lexicographe</ets>. See <er>Lexicon</er>.]</ety> <def>The author or compiler of a lexicon or dictionary.</def>

<blockquote>Every other author may aspire to praise; the <b>lexicographer</b> can only hope to escape reproach; and even this negative recompense has been yet granted to very few. <i>Johnson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Lexicographic, Lexicographical</h1> <Xpage=847>

<hw><hw>Lex`i*co*graph"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Lex`i*co*graph"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lexicographi</ets>que.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to, or according to, lexicography.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Lex`i*co*graph"ic*al*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Lexicographist</h1> <Xpage=847>

<hw>Lex`i*cog"ra*phist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A lexicographer.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Southey.</i>

<h1>Lexicography</h1> <Xpage=847>

<hw>Lex`i*cog"ra*phy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lexicographie</ets>.]</ety> <def>The art, process, or occupation of making a lexicon or dictionary; the principles which are applied in making dictionaries.</def>

<h1>Lexicologist</h1> <Xpage=847>

<hw>Lex`i*col"o*gist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One versed in lexicology.</def>

<h1>Lexicology</h1> <Xpage=847>

<hw>Lex`i*col"o*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ lexicon + <ets>-logy</ets>: cf. F. <ets>lexicologie</ets>.]</ety> <def>The science of the derivation and signification of words; that branch of learning which treats of the signification and application of words.</def>

<h1>Lexicon</h1> <Xpage=847>

<hw>Lex"i*con</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ (sc.<?/), neut. of <?/ of or belonging to words, fr. <?/ a speaking, speech, a way of speaking, a single word or phrase, fr. <?/ to say, to speak. See <er>Legend</er>.]</ety> <def>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.</def> <-- also, a dictionary for use in computational linguistics -->

<h1>Lexiconist</h1> <Xpage=847>