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<hw>Lex"i*con*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A writer of a lexicon.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Lexigraphic</h1> <Xpage=847>

<hw>Lex`i*graph"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lexigraphique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to lexigraphy.</def>

<h1>Lexigraphy</h1> <Xpage=847>

<hw>Lex*ig"ra*phy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ word + <ets>-graphy</ets>: cf. F. <ets>lexigraphie</ets>.]</ety> <def>The art or practice of defining words; definition of words.</def>

<h1>Lexiphanic</h1> <Xpage=847>

<hw>Lex`i*phan"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ a phrase monger; <?/ speech + <?/ to show.]</ety> <def>Using, or interlarded with, pretentious words; bombastic; <as>as, a <ex>lexiphanic</ex> writer or speaker; <ex>lexiphanic</ex> writing.</as></def>

<h1>Lexiphanicism</h1> <Xpage=847>

<hw>Lex`i*phan"i*cism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The use of pretentious words, language, or style.</def>

<h1>Lexipharmic</h1> <Xpage=847>

<hw>Lex`i*phar"mic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>Alexipharmic</er>.</def>

<h1>Ley</h1> <Xpage=847>

<hw>Ley</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt><def>, & <i>i</i>. To lay; to wager.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Ley</h1> <Xpage=847>

<hw>Ley</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF.]</ety> <def>Law.</def>

<i>Abbott.</i>

<h1>Ley</h1> <Xpage=847>

<hw>Ley</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <def>See <er>Lye</er>.</def>

<h1>Ley</h1> <Xpage=847>

<hw>Ley</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Grass or meadow land; a lea.</def>

<h1>Ley</h1> <Xpage=847>

<hw>Ley</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Fallow; unseeded.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Beau. & Fl.</i>

<h1>Leyden jar, Leyden phial</h1> <Xpage=847>

<hw><hw>Ley"den jar"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ley"den phi"al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <fld>(Elec.)</fld> <def>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 <i>Leyden</i>, Holland.</def>

<h1>Leyser</h1> <Xpage=847>

<hw>Ley"ser</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Leisure.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>