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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Lēngth'ful, a. p. 764Of great length in measure; long. [Obs.] Pope.Length'i-ly, adv. p. 764In a lengthy manner; at great length or extent.Lēngth'i-ness, n. p. 764The state of being lengthy; prolixity.Lēngth'wāys or Lēngth'wīse, adv. p. 764In the direction of the length; in a longitudinal direction.Lēngth'y, a. p. 764Having length; immoderately long; prolix; not short; not brief;—said chiefly of discourses, writings, and the like; as, a lengthy sermon; a lengthy dissertation; a lengthy detail. “Lengthy periods.”…Lē'ni-ence or Lē'ni-en-cy, n. p. 764Lenity; clemency.Lē'ni-ent, a. p. 764Relaxing; emollient. Oils relax the fibers, are lenient, balsamic. Arbuthnot. 2. Softening; mitigating; assuasive; — sometimes followed by of. “Lenient of grief.” Milton. Time, that on all things…Lē'ni-ent, n. p. 764(Med.) That which softens or assuages; an emollient.Lē'ni-ent-ly, adv. p. 764In a lenient manner; mitigatingly; assuagingly.Lēn'i-fy, v. t. p. 764To assuage; to soften; to mitigate; to alleviate. [Obs.] Bacon. Dryden.Lēn'i-ment, n. p. 764An assuasive. [Obs.]Lēn'i-tīve, a. p. 764Having the quality of softening or mitigating, as pain or acrimony; assuasive; emollient.Lēn'i-tive, n. p. 764(Med.) (a.) A medicine or application that has the quality of easing pain; that which softens or mitigates. (b.) A mild purgative; a laxative. 2. That which tends to allay passion or excitement; a…Lēn’i-tūde, n. p. 764The quality or habit of being lenient; lenity. [Obs.] Blount.Lĕn'i-ty, n. p. 764Mildness of temper; gentleness of treatment; softness; tenderness; — opposed to severity and rigor. His exceeding lenity disposes us to be somewhat severe. Macaulay. Syn.—Gentleness; kindness…Lēn'nock, a. p. 764Slender; pliable. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.Le-nŏc'i-nant, a. p. 764Given to lewdness. [Obs.] More.Lēns, n. p. 764(Opt.) A piece of glass, or other transparent substance, ground with two opposite regular surfaces, either both curved, or one curved and the other plane, and commonly used, either singly or…Lēnt, n. p. 764(Eccl.) A fast of forty days, beginning with Ash-Wednesday and continuing till Easter, observed by many Christian churches as commemorative of the fast of our Savior.Lēnt, n. p. 764That which is loaned; a loan. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.Lēnt, a. p. 764Slow; mild; as, lenter heats. [Obs.] B. Jonson. 2. (Mus.) See LENTE.Len-tăn'do p. 764(Mus.) Slackening; retarding; — a direction to the performer to play the notes over which it is written with increasing slowness; — the same as ALLENTANDO. Moore.Lēn'te p. 764(Mus.) Slowly; — a direction to the singer or player to perform the passage, over which it is written, slowly. [Written also lento.]Lën’te-ment, adv. p. 765(Mus.) Slowly;—a direction to perform in slow time the movement to which it is prefixed. Moore.Lënt'en, a. p. 765Pertaining to lent; used in lent; hence, spare; plain; not abundant or showy. “Lenten entertainment.” Shak. Who can read In thy pale face, dead eye, and lenten suit, The liberty thy ever-giving hand…Lĕn’ti-cel, n. p. 765(Bot.) The same as LENTICELLE.Lēn'ti-celle, n. p. 765(Bot.) (a.) One of the small, oval, rounded spots upon the stem or branch of a plant, from which roots issue, either in the air, or more commonly when the stem or branch is covered with water or…Len-tĭc'u-lă, n. p. 765(Opt.) A lens of small size. 2. (Bot.) A small tubercle or spot on the stem of a plant; also, a small gland on the under side of a leaf; a lenticelle. 3. (Med.) A kind of eruption upon the skin…Len-tĭc'ū-lar, a. p. 765Resembling a lentil in size or form. 2. Having the form of a double-convex lens; lentiform. Lenticular glands (Anat.), mucous follicles having the shape of a lentil, observed especially toward the…Len-tĭc'ū-lar-ly, adv. p. 765In the manner of a lens; with a curve.Lĕn'ti-fōrm, a. p. 765Of the form of a double-convex lens; lenticular.Len-tig'i-nous, a. p. 765Pertaining to lentigo; freckly; scurfy; furfuraceous.Len-tī′go, n. p. 765(Med.) A freckly eruption on the skin.Lĕn'til, n. p. 765(Bot.) A leguminous weed of the genus Ervum (F. lens), of small size, common in the fields in Europe, and its seed, which is used for food on the continent. ☞ The lentil of the Scriptures was…Lĕnt'in-er, n. p. 765Lĕnt'ner p. 765a hawk taken in Lent. [Obs.]Len-tis'cus or Lēn'tisk, n. p. 765(Bot.) A tree; the mastich. See MASTICH.Lĕn'ti-tūde, n. p. 765Slowness. [Obs.]Lĕn'to p. 765See LENTE.Lĕn'tor, n. p. 765<br>1. Tenacity; viscousness; viscidity, as of fluids.<br>2. Slowness; delay; sluggishness. Arbuthnot.Lĕnʹtoüs, a. p. 765Viscid; viscous; tenacious. “Spawn of a lentous and transparent body.” Browne.L’en-voy, n. p. 765One or more detached verses at the end of a piece, serving to convey the moral, or to address the poem to a particular person;—originally employed in old French poetry. 2. A conclusion; result. Long…Lĕn’zin-ite, n. p. 765(Min.) A mineral of a clear brown color, consisting of the hydrous silicate of alumina. Dana.Lē'o, n. p. 765(Astron.) The Lion, the fifth sign of the zodiac.Lē'od, n. p. 765People; a nation. Gibson.Lē'onçed, a. p. 765See LIONCED.Lē'o-nēse', n. p. 765(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Leon, in Spain; in the plural, the people of Leon.Lē'o-nēse', a. p. 765(Geog.) Of, or pertaining to, Leon, or to the inhabitants of Leon.Lē'on-hārd'ite, n. p. 765(Min.) A mineral, usually white, and of a pearly or vitreous luster, consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of alumina and lime. Dana.Lē'o-nīne, a. p. 765Belonging to, or resembling, a lion; as, leonine fierceness or rapacity. Leonine verse, a kind of verse, the end of which rhymes with the middle;—so named from Leo, or Leoninus, a Benedictine and…Lē'o-nīne-ly, adv. p. 765In the manner of a lion.Le-ōn'-to-dōn, n. p. 765(Bot.) A genus of low, stemless, perennial plants, with toothed leaves and yellow flowers; a kind of dandelion. Gray.Lēop'ard, n. p. 765(Zool.) A carnivorous digitigrade mammal of the genus Felis (F. leopardus). It is of a yellow or fawn color, with rose-like clusters of black spots along the back and sides, and has a white belly. It…Lēop'ard's-bāne, n. p. 765(Bot.) A plant of the genus Arnica (A. montana). See ARNICA.Lēp'a-dite, n. p. 765(Zool.) One of an order of cirripeds, having a long, flexible, contractile stem fixed by its base to some solid body, and supporting at its extremity the principal parts of the animal inclosed in a…Lēp'a-do-găs'ter, n. p. 765(Ichth.) A genus of fishes having the ventral fins expanded and curved forward, so as to form the boundary of an adhesive disk beneath the throat, and the body smooth and without scales. Brande.Lēp'al, n. p. 765(Bot.) A sterile, transformed stamen. Gray.Lē'pas, n. p. 765(Zoöl.) A genus of multivalve shells of the lepadites; the barnacle.Lĕp'er, n. p. 765A person affected with leprosy.Lēp'ered, a. p. 765Affected or tainted with leprosy.