leer

leer (2), s. [Prob. from lee to lie.] The annealing chamber or arch of a glass manufactory. It is sometimes a simple oven, or it may be a long chamber through which the ware is pushed in trays, the period of passage being sufficient for the annealing operation.

*leër (3), s. [Etym. doubtful; cf. Icel. lerka=to lace.] A kind of braid or tape.

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lee-way, s. [Eng. lee and way.]

Naut.: The deviation or loss from her true course

which a ship makes by drifting to leeward; the lateral movement or drift of a ship to leeward.

To make up leeway: To overtake work which has got behindhand; to make up for lost time. *lēfe, *leêfe, a. & s. [A. S. leóf.] [LIEF.] A. As adj.: Dear, beloved, pleased, willing, "Ne never had I thing so lefe, ne lever, As him, God wot, he never shal no mo." Chaucer: C. Т., 10,886.

1. Empty.

2. Without a rider.

3. Loose, dissolute, uncontrolled.

4. Devoid of sense, empty, frivolous; as, leer words.

*leër (2), a. [LARBOARD.] Left.

leer -ing, pr. par., a. & s. [LEER, v.]

verb.)

C. As subst.: The act of looking with a leer; a leer.

leër-Ing-ly, adv. [Eng. leering; -ly.] In a fecring manner; with a leer.

leer-si-a, s. [Named after J. D. Leers, a German botanist.]

Bot.: A genus of grasses, tribe Oryzea. The flowers are on panicled, much-compressed spikelets, with awnless glumes, and one to six stamens. Ten species are known. Leersia oryzoides, a grass with

an effuse panicle and three stamens, is wild in watery places in temperate climates. leer, a. [Eng. leer (v.); -y.] Cunning, sly. (Slang.)

lees (1), s. [Fr. lie=dregs; Low Lat. lia, a word of doubtful origin. The word is properly a plural from lee (2), s., but is frequently used as a singular noun.] The dregs, sediment, or grosser parts of any liquor which settle to the bottom; spec., the dregs or sediment of wine.

"The wine of life is drawn, and the mere lees Is left this vault to brag of." Shakesp.: Macbeth, ii. 3. leeş (2), s. [Fr. laisse, lesse.] A leash (q. v.). *lees (3), s. [A. S. leás=false.] [LEASING.] A

lie, a falsehood.

*leêşe (1), v. t.

[LEASE (2), v.]

leet-man, s. One who is subject to the jurisdiction of a court-lect.

*leet (2), s. [A. S. hlet a lot; Icel. leiti=a share, a part.]

1. A portion; a lot.

2. A list of candidates for any office.

Short-leet: A list of persons selected from the leet or list of candidates for any office, in order that their claims may be more carefully or specially examined. (Scot.)

leet (3), s. [Etym, doubtful.] A name for the whiting in the neighborhood of Scarborough, England.

lee-ward (lee as lû), a., adv. & s. [Eng. lee (1), S.; ard. Allied to O. Dut. lywaard; Dut. lijwarts.]

A. As adj.: On or pertaining to the lee side, or part toward which the wind blows.

"By change of wind to leeward side."

Swift: On the Union.

B. As adv. Toward the lee side, or that part toward which the wind blows; the opposite to windward.

C. As subst. The lee side, or that part toward which the wind blows.

leeward-tide, s.

A. As adjective:

1. Expressing or denoting the side opposite to the right; as, the left hand, the left side.

"In the rigt syd two and in the lift syde on." Robert of Gloucester, p. 22. 2. Situated or being on one's left hand or side. B. As substantive:

1. Ord. Lang: That side which is opposite to the right; that which is on the left side; as, He stood on my left. 2. Politics: That party which sits on the left side of the presiding officer of a legislative body; the opposition; among the legislative assemblies of Europe used to denote the advanced or radical party.

(1) Over the left: A slang or colloquial expression, used ironically or sarcastically to denote disbelief in or negation of a statement; as, I believe you, over the left. (2) The left bank of a river: The bank which is on the left hand of a person looking down the stream. left-hand, a. & s.

leg

*le-full, a. [LAWFUL.]

leg, 8. [Icel. leggr=a leg, a hollow bone, a stem of a tree, a shaft of a spear; cogn. with Dan. læg=the calf of the leg; Sw. lägg=the calf or bone of the leg.]

I. Ordinary Language: 1. Literally:

(1) One of the limbs of man and other animals used for walking or running; in a more limited sense, same as II. 1. "I with pleasure see Man strutting on two legs and aping me." Dryden: Cock and Foz, 460.

(2) Anything resembling a leg; as(a) A support of a chair or table. (b) One limb of a compass. They are called pencil, pen, wheel, extension, reversible, point legs, &c., according to the purpose for which they are adapted. the base. *(c) One of the sides of a triangle, as opposed to

(3) That portion of a stocking, trousers, &c., which covers the leg.

#2 Figuratively:

(1) An obeisance; an act of reverence; a bow. (Corbet: To Lord Mordant.)

(2) A blackleg; a low, swindling betting-man. II. Technically:

1. Anat. (pl.): The lower limbs or extremities of the body. Each of these consists of two bones, the tibia or shinbone and the fibula or peroneal bone alongside of the tibia. The two are connected at their upper and lower extremities by synovial articulations, and have their shafts united by an interosseous membrane.

2. Cricket:

(1) That part of the field which lies to the back and left side of a right-handed batsman, as he stands to receive the ball from the bowler. (2) The fieldsman who stands in the part of the ground described in (1), short leg, square leg, or long leg, according to his distance from and rela tive position to the wicket.

3. Elevator: The movable dependent case containing the lower end of the belt of iron buckets of 4. Naut.: A small rope put through one of the bolt-ropes of the main or fore sail.

1. Literally:

1. Having more power in or capability of using the left hand than the right.

"Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men left-handed."-Judjes xx. 16.

1. To change the legs: Manége: To change step.

2. To fall on one's legs: To be fortunate or successful; to escape fortunately out of some difficuity. 3. To feel one's legs: To begin to walk; said of children.

4. To give a leg to; To give one a leg up: To assist, to help especially in mounting a horse.

5. To have the legs of one: To be faster in running. (Slang.)

6. To make a leg: To make a bow or obeisance]

II. Figuratively:

1. Awkward, clumsy, inexpert; as, He is a very left-handed workman.

2. Stupid, awkward; as, a left-handed arrange

ment.

3. Insincere, malicious, sinister; as, a left-handed compliment.

*4. Unlucky, sinister, inauspicious.

"That would not be put off with left-handed cries.”— Ben Jonson: Silent Woman, iii. 2.

Left-handed marriage: [MORGANATIC.] Left-handed screw: A screw whose threads advance" against the sun,' that is, from right to left.

This is the opposite to the common, or right-handed screw, which is operated by turning it in the direc

tion of the hands of a watch.

left-handedness, s.

"So in they come--each makes his leg, And flings his head before."

Cowper: The Yearly Distress.

7. To put one's best leg foremost: To exert one's self to the utmost.

8. To shake a loose leg: To live a loose, licentious life. (Slang.)

9. To have not a leg left, To have not a leg to stand on: To be at the end of one's resources or strength. 10. To be on one's last legs: To be in an extreme stage of exhaustion; to be on the verge of financial

ruin.

11. To get on one's legs: To rise to speak. 12. On one's legs: Standing, ready to speak. 13. To stand on one's own legs: To support one's self; to depend on one's self.

leg-and-foot guard, s. Manege:

1. A pad or strap to protect a horse's feet or legs. They are used

(1) To prevent the cutting of the fetlock or foot by interfering. [INTERFERE, T., II. 1.]

(2) To prevent the cutting of the knees in kneeling or falling forward on to the knees.

(3) To prevent the abrasion of the hide by hopples.

2. A lined sleeve, as a hopple-ring, to prevent abrasion of the fetlock. [HOPPLE.]

3. A stout piece of leather, strengthened by a longitudinal iron plate. It is strapped to the right leg of an artillery-driver, to prevent injury from the pole of the carriage.

leg-bail, s. Escape from custody.

To give leg-bail: To run away.

"I wud gie them leg-bail to a certainty.”—Scott: Auth quary, ch. xxxix.

leg-lock, s. A lock or shackle for the leg. *lĕg, v. i. [LEG, 8.] To bow; to make a leg. "He'll kiss his hand, and leg it." Shirley: Bird in a Cage, v. 1

legable

*leg-a-ble, a. [Lat. legabilis; from lego-to bequeath, to appoint.] Capable of being bequeathed as a legacy.

lĕg-a-ç, *lěg-a-çiě, s. [Formed as if from a Lat. legatia, from legatum a legacy; neut. sing. of legatus, pa. par. of lego-to bequeath; O. Fr. legat.] I. Ordinary Language:

1. Literally:

"That whole tale of all my legacy and message wherefore I am sent into the world."-Tyndall: Works, p. 459.

(2) In the same sense as II.

"Bequeathing it as a rich legacy
Unto their issue.'

Shakesp. Julius Cæsar, iii. 2.

2. Fig. Anything which is handed or passed down from an ancestor or predecessor.

II. Law: (See extract.)

"A legacy is a bequest or gift of goods and chattels by testament, and the person to whom it was given is styled the legatee. This bequest transfers an inchoate property to the legatee; but the right is not perfect without the

legged

I. Ordinary Language:

legacy of £100, or a specific one of a piece of plate, I cannot in either case take it without the consent of the executor. For in him all the chattels are vested, and it is his business first of all to see whether there is a sufficient fund left to pay the debts of the testator: the rule of equity being, that a man must be just before he is permitted to be generous. And in case of a deficiency of assets, all the general legacies must abate proportionably, in order to pay the debts; but a specific legacy, of a piece of plate, a horse, or the like, is not to abate at all, or allow anything by way of abatement, unless there be not sufficient without it. Upon the same principle, if the legatees have been paid their legacies, they are afterwards bound to refund a rateable part, in case debts come in more than sufficient to exhaust the residuum after the legacies paid."-Blackstone: Comment., bk. ii., ch. 8.

(1) A demonstrative legacy: Alegacy partaking in part of the nature of both a general and specific legacy; as a sum of money left with reference to a particular fund for payment.

(2) Lapsed legacy: [LAPSED.]

(3) Legacy-duty: A duty on legacies payable to the crown, at rates which increase in proportion to the remoteness of kin of the legatee from the tes(Eng.)

B. As subst.:

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1. To make lawful; to render conformable to or in doing of an act or by sanctioning what has been done.

2. To justify; to excuse.

tII. Theol.: To interpret in a legal spirit. lé -gal-ly, adv. [Eng. legal; -ly.] In a legal or lawful manner; according to law; lawfully; without breaking the law.

tle-gal-ness, s. [Eng. legal; -ness.] The quality or state of being legal; legality. *lě ́-an-tine, a. [Prob. a misprint for LEGATINE (q.v.).]

*lĕg-a-tar-y, 8. [Fr. légataire; Ital. & Sp. legatario, from Lat. legatarius, from legatus, pa. par. of lego-to appoint; to bequeath.] One to whom a legacy has been left; a legatee.

leg-ate, *leg-at, s. [Fr. légat, from Lat. legatus =a legate; a deputy, prop. pa. par. of lego-to appoint; to send, from lex (genit. legis) = law; Sp. & Port. legado; It. legato.]

1. An ambassador.

2. Specif. An ambassador (a cardinal or bishop) sent by the Pope to the court of a foreign prince or state. Of these legates there are three degrees, the first and highest being styled legates a latere, who are members of the Pope's council, and are invested with the highest authority, and are sent only on missions of the greatest importance, or as governors of a Roman province; secondly legates de latere, who are intrusted with missions of less gravity; and thirdly, legati nati, consisting of those prelates who hold the title in virtue of their office and dignity in the church, but are not dispatched on missions. [NUNCIO.]

*3. A messenger of any kind.

lĕg-a-tee', s. [Lat. legatus, pa. par. of lego=to appoint; to bequeath; suff. -ee.] One to whom a legacy is bequeathed.

leg-ate-ship, s. [Eng. legate; -ship.] The office, rank, or position of a legate. leg-a-tine, a. [Eng. legat(e); -ine.] Of or pertaining to a legate.

Legatine Constitutions, s. pl.

Ch. Hist. Ecclesiastical laws enacted in national synods held under Cardinals Otho and Othobon, legates from Pope Gregory IX. and Pope Clement IV., in the reign of Henry III., about 1230 and 1268. (Shipley.)

lĕ-gå-tion, *le-ga-ty-on, s. [Fr. légation, from Lat. legationem, accus. of legatio, from legatus, pa. par. of lego-to appoint; Sp. legacion; Ital. legazione.]

*1. The act of sending forth or commissioning as an agent or delegate for another.

2. The ambassador or envoy sent to any foreign court on a mission, together with his assistants; as, the legation of the United States.

3. The official residence of a political envoy. 4. A district under the jurisdiction of a papal legate.

lĕg-a-tis-si-mō, adv. [Ital.]

Music: Exceedingly, smooth, close, and nected.

lě-ga-tō, adv. [Ital.]

con

Music: Bound, close, connected. A piece of music so marked is intended to be sung or played in an even, smooth, and gliding manner. It is opposed to staccato (q. v.). The notes intended to be played legato are frequently tied or joined by the signs above or below them. *leg-a-tor', 8. [Lat., from legatus, pa. par. of lego to appoint, to bequeath.] A testator; one who bequeaths a legacy.

B. As substantive:

1. A book of legends.

2. A narrator of legends.

*lĕg-end-ist, s. [Eng. legend; -ist.] A writer of legends.

"This was decidedly an invention of the legendist."Southey: Letters, iv. 312.

*lĕg'-er, s. & a. [LEDGER, LEIGER.] *leger-book, 8.

1. A cartulary or register of a religious house. 2. A ledger.

*lěg-er, a. [Fr., from a Low Lat. leviarius, from Lat. leris light.] Light, unimportant, slight. [LEDGER (2).]

léger-line, s. [LEDGER-LINE.] leger-line, ledger-line (2), s.

Music: One of a number of short lines drawn

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above or below the ordinary stave at the relative distances at which the whole lines would be placed. On and between these lines, notes belonging to passages beyond the extent of the stave are placed. The use of leger lines is comparatively modern in musical notation, for it was anciently supposed that the stave, with a certain clef prefixed, was sufficient for the compass of the voice or instrument using such clef. When the compass was extended, the clef was shifted so that the music might be still expressed within the limits of a stave. (Stainer & Barrett.)

lĕg-ĕr-dě-main', *leg-ier-de-mayne, *leygier-de-maine, s. [0. Fr. legier de main light of hand: léger light, and main-hand.] Sleight of hand; dexterity in deceiving the eye by the quickness or nimbleness of the hand; a trick performed so dexterously and adroitly as to elude discovery by the spectators; trickery, juggling; a juggle.

lěg-er-dě-main-ist, s. [Eng. legerdemain; -ist.] One who practices or is skilled in legerdemain; a juggler, a conjuror.

+lĕ-gĕr-I-ty, s. [0. Fr. legierete; Fr. légèreté, from léger-light.] Lightness, swiftness, nimble

ness.

*legge (1), *leg-gen(1), v. t. [A. S. lecgan.] To lay, to place.

*legge (2), *leg-gen (2), v. t. [LAY.] To allay, to case.

legged, a. [Eng. leg; ed.]

1. Ord. Lang.: Having legs, generally in composition, as two-legged, four-legged, &c. 2. Her.: The same as MEMBERED (q. v.).

expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. shus. bel, del. -ble, -dle, &c.

legger

leg'-ger, s. [Eng. leg; -er.] A term applied to a man who propels a canal boat or barge through a low tunnel or bridge by pushing with his legs against the sides or roof.

leg'-gět, s. [Perhaps from legge to lay.] A kind of tool used by reed-thatchers.

lĕg-gi-a-drō, adv. [Ital.]

Music: A direction that the passage to which the word is appended is to be played briskly or gayly. *lĕg-gi-ā-droŭs, adj. [Ital. leggiadro brisk, handsome.] Light, graceful.

=

leg-ging, lěg'-gin, s. [Eng. leg; -ing.] A gaiter; a covering of leather, canvas, &c., worn over the trousers, and reaching close up to the knees.

*lĕg'-gişm, s. [Eng. leg, s.; -ism.] The character, practices, or manners of a blackleg. lěg'-gy, a. [Eng. leg, s.; -y.]

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2. Consisting of one or more legions; as, a legion ary force.

II. Fig.: Consisting of or containing an indefinitely large number or quantity; extremely large or great.

B. As substantive:

leg-horn, s. [See def.]

1. A kind of plait of the straw of bearded wheat cut green and bleached, and used for bonnets and hats. It derives its name from being imporced from Leghorn.

2. A hat made of the plait described in 1. The kind of wheat in question is about eighteen inches high It is grown on poor sandy soil on the banks of the Arno, between Leghorn and Florence, expressly for manufacture into hats. It is pulled green and blanched like flax on the gravelly bed of the river. (Loudon, &c.)

lĕg-1-bil-i-ty, s. [English legible; -ity.] The quality or state of being legible.

lěģ-I-ble, a. [O. Fr., from Lat. legibilis, from lego to read; Sp. legible; Ital. leggibile.]

1. That may be read; capable of being read easily; easy to be read or deciphered.

2. That may be discovered or understood from evident marks or characteristics; apparent. plain, evident.

lěg-1-ble-ness, s. [Eng. legible; -ness.] The quality or state of being legible; legibility.

lěģ ́-I-bly, adv. [Eng. legib (le); -ly.], In a legible manner; so as to be legible or easily read or deciphered; plainly.

*leg-ier-de-maine, s. [LEGERDEMAIN.] le-gif-ic, s. [From Lat. lex (gen. legis) = law, and fio to make.] Pertaining to the enactment of laws.

le-gion, leg-ioun, s. [Fr. légion, from Lat. legionem, accus. of legio, from lego-to collect; Sp. legion; Ital. legione.]

1. Roman Antiq: A division of the Roman army, consisting of a number of men varying at different periods from 2,000 to 6,000. Originally the legion was divided into fifteen companies (manipuli) [MANIPLE], each of which contained sixty rank and file, two officers-called centurions-and one standard-bearer (vexillarius). Afterward it was divided into ten cohorts, each cohort into three companies (manipuli), and each company into two centuries. "The legion, as established by Romulus, contained 3,000 foot-soldiers. From the expulsion of the Tarquins until the beginning of the second Punic war, the number varied from 4,000 to 4,200, although, on emergencies, the strength was raised to 5,000, and even 5,200. From the beginning of the second Punic war until the age of Marius (B. C. 100), the number varied from 4,200 to 5,200,

seldom falling below 5,000, and, in some cases, rising as high as 6,000. From B. C. 100 until the downfall of the empire, the number varied from 5,000 to 6,200. From the accession of Augustus until the time of Hadrian, 6,000 seems to have been regarded as the regular complement.' -Ramsay: Roman Antiquities.

2. Nat. Science: A term sometimes used for what is more generally called a sub-class.

(1) Legion of Honor: A French order of merit founded by Napoleon I., when first consul, as a reward for services or merit, civil or military. It consisted of verious grades, as grand crosses, grand officers, commanders, officers, and legionaries. The constitution of the order has been often remodeled since it was established.

(2) Thundering legion: [THUNDERING.]

lē -ġion-ar-, a. & s. [Latin legionarius, from legio a legion (q. v.); Fr. légionnaire; Ital. & Sp. legionario.]

A. As adjective:

I. Literally:

leg-Is-late, v. i. [Formed from the noun legislator (q. v.).] To make or enact a law or laws. lěg-is-la-tion, s. [Eng. legislat(e); suff. -ion.] The act of making or enacting laws. leg-is-la-tive, a. & s. [Eng. legislat(e); -ive; Fr. législatif.]

A. As adjective:

having the power to legislate. 1. Making, giving, or enacting laws; lawgiving;

"The supreme legislative power of England was lodged in the king and great council."-Hume: Hist. of England, vol. ii., app. 2. 2. Done, produced, or enacted by legislation. "The grievances which required a legislative remedy." -Macaulay: Hist. Eng., ch. xiii.

3. Pertaining to legislation, or the enactment of laws; suitable to legislation.

B. As subst.: The power or right of legislation; the body in which is vested the power or right of enacting laws; the legislature.

leg-Is-la-tive-ly, adv. [Eng. legislative; -ly.] In a legislative manner; by legislation.

leg-Is-lat-ōr, s. [Lat., from lex (genit. legis) a law, and lator=a proposer of a law, lit.-one who bears or carries, from latum, sup. of fero to bear; Fr. législateur; Sp. legislador: Ital. legislatore.] A lawgiver; one who enacts or makes laws for any state or kingdom; a member of a national supreme legislative assembly.

flĕg-is-la-tör'-I-al, a. [Eng. legislator; -ial.] Of or pertaining to a legislator or legislature. leg-is-lat-or-ship, s. [Eng. legislator; -ship.] The office or position of a legislator. leg-is-la-tress, s. [Eng. legislator: fem. suff. ess.] A female legislator; a woman who makes laws.

"See what that country of the mind will produce, when by the wholesome laws of this legislatress it has obtained its liberty."-Shaftesbury: Morals, pt. iv., § 2.

leg-is-la-trix, s. [Eng. legisla (te); Latin fem. suff. -trix.] A legislatress.

leg-is-la-ture, s. [Fr. ; Ital. & Sp. legislatura.] The body of men in any state or kingdom in whom is vested the power or right to legislate or enact, alter, repeal, or suspend laws for the polity of such state or kingdom; the supreme power of a state. leg-Ist, leg-yst, s. [Low Lat. legista, from Lat. lex (genit. legis)-a law; Fr. légiste; Ital. & Sp. legista.] One learned or skilled in the law; a lawyer.

"Sir,' quoth I, 'I know not the law.' 'Yes, marry do you,' quoth he, and laughed. Nay, in good faith, quoth 1, I am no legist.'"-Wyatt to Cromwell, April 12, 1540. leg-I-tim, s. [Lat. legitimus according to law; lex (genit. legis)=law.]

Scots Law: That part of a father's movable property to which his children are entitled on his death. It amounts to one-half in cases where the father has left no widow, and to one-third when there is a widow. Legitim cannot be affected or diminished by any testamentary or other deed. Legitim is now tim is also called Bairns' Part of Gear. payable also on a mother's movable estate. Legi

lĕ-git-i-ma-ç, s. [Eng. legitima(te); -cy; Fr. légitimité; Sp. legitimidad; Ital. legittimità.] [LEGITIMATE, a.].

1. The quality or state of being legitimate or in conformity with the law; lawfulness; opposed to illegality.

2. The quality or state of being legitimate; law fulness of birth; opposed to bastardy or illegiti

macy.

3. Genuineness; opposed to spuriousness. "The legitimacy or reality of these marine bodies vindicated, I now inquire by what means they were hurried out of the ocean."-Woodward: On Fossils.

4. Conformity with correct reasoning; correctness of a syllogism.

legitimist

lě-git-I-mate, a. [Low Lat. legitimatus,ra par. of legitimo to declare to be lawful, from Lat legitimus legitimate, from lex (genit, legis)=law Fr. légitime; Sp. & Port. legitimo; Ital. legittimo 1. Lawful; in conformity with the laws of a ec: o try; legal; according to law or established usage, allowed or permitted by law.

2. Lawfully begotten; born in wedlock.

"By the canon law they [those born before wedlock] were legitimate." -Hume: Hist. Eng.; Henry III. (an. 1272) *3. Genuine, real; not false or spurious. "They [the Apocrypha] were not received as legitimate and leafull."-Esdras (1551) (Pref.).

4. Founded on good grounds or reasons; not reprehensible or to be objected to; reasonable, natural. "The conflict between these apprehensions, both of which were perfectly legitimate."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng.. ch. ii.

5. In accordance with correct reasoning; following by logical sequence.

"Established by legitimate reasoning."-Herschel: Astronomy (1858), § 11.

*6. Conforming to or reaching a particular standard or rule.

legitimate-drama, s. A drama, tragic or comic, of the regular standard type, keeping to the dra matic unities of time and place, and distinct from such lighter stage plays as extravaganzas, burlesques, or farcical comedy.

legitimate-fertilization, legitimate-union, & Bot.: Fertilization or union in dimorphic or trimorphic plants, produced by pollen taken from the anther of a stamen not corresponding in height with the pistil. The result varies. Sometimes there is absolute sterility, sometimes absolute fertility, with every intermediate grade.

lĕ-git'-I-māte, v. t. [Fr. légitimer.] [LEGITIMATE, a.]

1. To make lawful; to sanction as lawful. "It would be impossible for any enterprise to be lawit."-Decay of Piety.

ful, if that which should legitimate it is subsequent to

who is illegitimate the rights and privileges of one 2. To declare or render legitimate; to give to one legitimately born.

"The act that legitimated the queen."-Burnet: Hist. Reform. (an. 1553.)

lĕ-git-i-mate-lỹ, adv. [Eng. legitimate; -ly.] 1. In a legitimate or lawful manner; in conformity with the law; lawfully, legally.

2. In wedlock; as, one legitimately born. *3. Genuinely; not spuriously. lĕ-git-i-mate-ness, s. [Eng. legitimate; -ness.) The quality or state of being legitimate; legality; lawfulness; legitimacy.

"Asserting the legitimateness of his ordination."Barrow: Of the Pope's Supremacy.

*lě-git-i-mā'-tion, s. [Fr., from Lat. legitimatus. pa. par. of legitimo to legitimate (q. v.); Sp. legitimacion; Ital. legitimazione.]

1. The act of making lawful, legal, or legitimate; the act of giving anything the sanction of law.

2. The act of rendering or declaring legitimate; the act of giving to one born illegitimate the rights and privileges of a legitimate child. 3. Legitimacy; lawful birth.

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"I have disclaimed my land. Legitimation, name, and all is gone." Shakesp.: King John L ¶ Legitimation by subsequent marriage: Law: A provision made by Canon Law and by the Civil Law of Protestant and Catholic_countries, and by statute in some states of the Union, that the marriage of the father and mother of illegitimate children should confer on such off. spring the status of children born in wedlock. The only condition is, that at the time of the concep tion or birth of such offspring both parties should have been free to marry. By the Constitutions of Merton (A. D. 1236) it was decided that no such provision existed in the Common Law of England. lĕ-git-I-ma-tist, s. [English legitimat(e); -ist.} The same as LEGITIMIST (q. v.). lě-git-I-ma-tize, v. t. [Eng. legitimat (e); -ize.) To make legitimate; to legitimate.

mate (q. v.).] Legitimate. *leg -I-time, a. [Fr., from Lat. legitimus-legiti

lĕ-git-i-mişm, s. [Eng. legitim(e); -izm.] The principles or views advocated by the legitimists.

lě-git-i-mist, s. [Fr. légitimiste, from Latin legitimus legitimate (q. v.).]

1. Gen. One who advocates and supports legitimate authority; one who supports the doctrine of hereditary monarchical government and divine right.

2. Spec.: An adherent or supporter of the elder branch of the Bourbon family, driven from the throne of France in 1830.

fate, făt, färe,

amidst, what, fâll,

marîne; gō, pot,

legitimize

lĕ-git-I-mize, v. t.

[English legitim (e); -ize.] To make or render legitimate; to legitimate. leg-less, a. [Eng. leg: -less.] Destitute of or having no legs; without legs.

leg-lin, s. [Icel. legill; cf. Ger. lägel a small cask; Lat. lagena a wine-jar.] A wooden milkpail. (Scotch.)

leglin-girth, s. The hoop of a leglin or milkpail. (Scott: Fortunes of Nigel, ch. xxii.) lĕg-no-tid -ě æ, s. pl. [Mod. Lat. legnot(is); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -ideœ.]

Exogens. It consists of trees or shrubs, with op: Bot.: A doubtful order or a tribe of Perigynous posite, nearly entire leaves, with interpetiolar stipules; axillary solitary or clustered flowers; a four to five-cleft campanulato calyx; four to five fringed petals; twice or three times as many stamens; a superior three to five-celled ovary, and berried or capsular fruit. The order is akin to the Loganiaces and the Rhizophoracea (q. v.). Known genera two; species seven. Called also Cassipourer, from Cassipoura, of which Legnotis is a synonym. (Lindley.) They are now generally considered a tribe of Rhizophoracea.

leg-no-tis, s. [Greek legnōtos=with a colored border.] Bot. The typical genus of the order Legnotides (q. v.).

lē gō, pref. [Lat. lex (genit. legis)=law.] Pertaining to or connected with the law.

lego-literary, a. Pertaining to the literature

of the law.

*lĕg -some, a. [Eng. leg; -some.] Portaining to legs; leggy.

lĕ-guan' (u as w), s. [Brazil. leguana.] Zool. The same as IGUANA (q. v.). *lě-gū -lĕ-ian (1 as y), s. & a. [Lat. leguleiusa lawyer, from lex (genit. legis)=law.] A. As subst.: A lawyer. (Milman.) B. As adj.: Like a lawyer; legal. (De Quincey.) lĕg -ume, lě-gū me, lĕg'-u-měn, s. [Latin pulse, any leguminous plant.]

Bot.: A one-celled one or many-seeded two-valved superior fruit, generally dehiscent by a suture along both its face and back, and bearing its seeds on either margin of the ventral suture. In Astragalus two spurious cells are formed by the projection inward of either the dorsal or ventral suture, which forms a kind of dissepiment, and in Cassia a great

number of phragmata," or transverse diaphragms, are formed by projections of the placenta. In Cathartocarpus, &c., the legume is indehiscent, but the line along which dehiscence would normally be is indicated by the presence of sutures. The "legumen" is placed by Lindley in his class of fruits called Apocarpi. It differs from the follicle only in dehiscing by two valves. [LEGUMINOSE, LOMENT, REPLUM.]

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lēh -man-ite (1), lĕm'-an-ite, s. [Named after Lake Leman, or old spelling, Lehman; suff. -ite (Min.).],

Min.: The same as ZOISITE (q. v.).

lemanea

lei-o-tri-cha-næ, s. pl. [Mod. Lat. leiothrix, genit. leiotrich (08); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -ana.] Ornith. Silky or Long-legged Chatterers. According to Swainson, a sub-family of Ampelida.

Min.: The same as CROCOITE (q. v.). lêhr-bach-ite, s. [Named after one of the places where found, Lehrbach; suff. -ite (Min.).] gravity 7.804 to 7.876. Color, lead and steel-gray, Min.: A massive, granular mineral, with specific iron-black; brittle. Composition: Selenide of lead HgSe. From Lehrbach and Tilkerode, Harz. and mercury, represented by the formula PbSe with lē-hunt-ite, s. [Named after Capt. Lehunt, by Thomson; suff. -ite (Min.).] Min.: Natrolite (q. v.), from Glenarm, County Antrim.

lei-a-căn-thus, s. [Mod. Lat., from Gr. leios= smooth, and akantha a spine.] founded on Palæontol.: A genus of plagiostomous fishes, triassic Paleontology, ed. 1861, p. 125.) ichthyodorulites. (Owen: (z as tz), a. & s. [For etym. see def.] *Leib-ni-tian, Leib-nitz -I-an, Leib-niz ́-I-an

-ism.]

A. As adj.: Belonging to, characteristic of, or in any way connected with the teaching of Gottfried Wilhelm y. Leibniz (usually written Leibnitz, to preserve the German pronunciation), born at Leipzig, June 21, 1646, died at Hanover, Nov. 14, 1716. B. As subst. One who accepts the teaching of Leibnitz; a follower of Leibnitz. Leib-nitz-I-an-işm, s. [English Leibnitzian; Phil.: A system of philosophy founded on the three great principles laid down by Leibnitz: (1) The Law of Continuity-that everything in this world is connected; that there are no gaps and chasms that cannot be bridged over. (Passages in celebrated Essay-led the author of the History of the Nouveaux Essais (iv. 16)-a reply to Locke's Pantheism, ii. 211, to say that Leibnitz was "as consistent an Evolutionist as Herbert Spencer himself"); (2) the conception of the Monad; and (3) the idea of Preestablished Harmony. [HARMONY, 7] From this last principle naturally followed the teaching that this world is the best of all possible worlds, so mercilessly ridiculed by Voltaire in Candide. [MONAD, OPTIMISM, WOLFFIANISM.] to, connected with, or characteristic of the teaching Leib-nitz ō-, pref. [LEIBNITZIAN.] Belonging of Leibnitz. [LEIBNITZIANISM.]

Leibnitzo-Wolfian, Leibnitz-Wolffian, Leibniz-Wolffian, a. (See extract.)

legumen-lomentaceum, 8. [LOMENT.]

Chem.: [VEGETABLE CASEIN.]

lĕ gu-min-ō-sæ, s. pl. [Fem. pl. of Mod. Latin leguminosus leguminous.]

Bot.: Leguminous plants; an order of Perigynous Exogens, alliance Rosales. It consists of herbs, shrubs, or trees, with alternate, generally compound leaves, occasionally dotted; the petiole tumid at the base, with two stipules at the base of the petiole, and two at the base of each leaflet; the pedicels usually articulated; calyx five-parted, inferior, the odd segment anterior; petals five, or by abortion four, three, two, one, or none; stamens definite or indefinite, diadelphous, more rarely monadelphous or polyadelphous; pistil one-celled, generally of one carpel; fruit a legume, or more rarely a drupe; seeds one or more, attached to the upper suture. Known genera 297, species 4,700, diffused, though not equally, all over the globe. It is divided into three sub-orders, Papilionaceae, Caesalpinica, and Mimoseæ.

lĕ-gu-min-ō-sï'-tēş, s. [Modern Latin leguminos(us); suff. -ites (Palæont.).] Palæobotany:

1. A genus of fossil Leguminose founded by Mr. Bowerbank, F. R. S., on seeds from the London Clay. He describes eighteen species. They may not be closely akin to each other, but scattered over the leguminous order. (Bowerbank: Fossils of the London Clay.)

2. A genus of fossil leaves, believed to belong to the order Leguminosa. They are from the Cretaceous rocks.

lĕ-gū -min-oŭs, a. [Mod. Latin leguminosus, from legumen (q. v.).] Having its fruit in the form of a legume (q. v.).

Philadelphia; suff. -ite. (Min.).] lei dy ite, s. [Named after Dr. J. Leidy, of

Min.: A mineral occurring in wart-like encrustations consisting of fine scales, also stalactitic. Hardness, 1 to 2; luster, resinous; color, grassblue or olive-green; streak, white. Composition: A hydrated silicate of alumina, protoxide of iron, magnesia, and lime. Found with grossular garnet, zoisite, and quartz, at Leiperville, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania.

lei-o căm-pa, s. [Pref. leio-, and Gr. kampe a caterpillar.]

dicta is the Swallow Prominent Moth, whitish, Entom.: A genus of Notodontidae. Leiocampa with dark-brown markings. The expansion of the wings is about two inches. The larva feeds on poplars and willows in September.

lei -ō-don, s. [Pref. leio-, and Gr. odous (genit. odontos) = a tooth.]

Palæont.: A genus of Mosasaurous Reptiles from the Cretaceous rocks.

leguminous-plants, s. pl.

boil, boy; pout, jowl; cat, çell,

"In attempting to classify these persistent modifica ists, the first circumstance that attracts one's attention is the broad contrast between the people with straight and wavy hair, and those with crisp, woolly, or tufted hair. Bory de St. Vincent, noting this fundamental distinction, divided mankind accordingly into the two primary groups of Leiotrichi and Ulotrichi-terms which are open to criticism, but which I adopt because they have been used. It is better for science to accept a faulty name which has the merit of existence than to burthen it with a faultless newly-invented one."-Huxley: Critiques and Addresses (1873), p. 150.

tions [of the human race] after the manner of natural

lei-ot-ri-chous, adj. [LEIOTRICHI.] Having smooth hair; belonging to or characteristic of the Leiotrichi or smooth-haired people.

lei-pō-a, s. [Native name, or from Gr. leipō= to leave, and oa, pl. of oon an egg.]

Ornithol.: A genus of Megapodidae, sub-family the native pheasant of Australia. It deposits its Megapodine (Mound Birds). Leipoa ocellata is by sand. They are sought for eagerly by the natives eggs in mounds formed by vegetable matter covered for food.

lei-po-thym'-I-a, li-pċ-thỹm'-I-a, s. [Gr. leipō the suspension of feeling or sensation.] =(to leave), and thymos=the soul. So called from Path.: A fainting fit, a swoon.

lei po thym -ic, lei-poth-ym-oŭs, a. [Mod. Lat. leipothym(ia); Eng. suff. -ic, -ous.] Pathology:

1. Of or belonging to a fainting fit. 2. Subject to fainting fits.

leis-ter, s. [Icel. ljóstr; Sw. ljustra.] A threepronged spear for striking fish. (Scotch.)

*leis-ur-a-ble (leis as lězh or lēzh), a. [Eng. leisur(e); -able.]

1. That may or can be done at leisure; not hurried; leisurely. 2. Not occupied; idle.

lezh), adv. [Eng. leisurable): -ly.] In a leisurely *leis -ur-a-bly, *leas-ûr-a-bly (leis as lězh or manner; at leisure; not hurriedly.

leisure (leis as lězh or lezh), *leiser, *leisere, *leysure, s. & a. [O. Fr. leisir, properly the infin, of a verb-to be lawful, from Lat. licet it is permitted; Fr. loisir.]

A. As substantive:

1. Freedom from business, occupation, or hurry; power or liberty to spend time according to one's choice.

"As our bodies waxe and gather strength by leysure."

Savile: Tacitus; Agricola, p. 184.

2. Vacant or unoccupied time; time free from occupation or employment.

"I may have leave and leisure to make love to her." Shakesp.: Taming of the Shrew, i. 2.

3. A convenient opportunity; convenience, ease. "Pay them at thy leisure."

Shakesp.: Venus and Adonis, 518. B. As adj.: Free from business, occupation, or hurry; unoccupied, idle; as, leisure hours.

(1) At leisure: Free from business or occupation; disengaged.

(2) At one's leisure: At one's ease; without hurry. leis-ured (leis as lězh or lezh), a. [Eng. leis ur(e); ed.] Having leisure or unoccupied time; at leisure.

leisure-ly (leis as lezh or lēzh), adj. & adv. [Eng. leisure; -ly.]

A. As adj.: Free from or without hurry or haste; gentle, slow, deliberate. B. As adv.: In a leisurely manner; without hurry or haste; deliberately.

#leite, s. [LIGHT, 8.] *lēke (1), s. [LEEK.] *lēke (2), s. [LEAK, 8.] *lēke, a. [LEAK, a.] *lell, v. t. [LOLL.]

lemanidæ

lĕ-mō-ni-ǎs, s. [Gr. leimōnias a water nymph.] Bot.: A family of Green-spored Algæ, or Confervoids. It consists of blue-colored fresh-water Algae, filamentous, inarticulate, compound cellular, car tilagineo-coriaceous substance. The fronds are branched, hollow, having within them whorls of wart-like bodies, finally breaking up into elliptic spores. (Griffith & Henfrey.) Lindley makes the Lemanida a tribe or family of Fuces, and defines them as having a hollow frond wholly converted into a receptacle. Only known genus, Lemanea (q. v.).

lěm-bi-dæ, s. pl. [Mod. Latin lemb(us); Latin fem. pl. adj. suff. -ide.]

Zool. A family of Infusoria, order Ciliata. It consists of long, vermiform animalcules, having a long, crest-like ciliated border to the lower part of the body. They swim vigorously.

lĕm'-bus, s. [Latin lembus, from Gr. lembos a small, fast-sailing vessel with a sharp prow; a pinnace.]

Zool. The typical genus of the family Lembida. Typical species, Lembus velifer.

*lēme, s. [A. S. leóma.] A gleam, a ray of light, a flash.

*lēme, v. i. [A. S. leóman.] To gleam, to shine. lěm -ma, s. [Latin, from Greek lemma a thing taken; in logic, a premise taken for granted; eilemmai, perf. pass. of lambano to take; Fr. lemme.]

Math.: An auxiliary proposition, demonstrated on account of its immediate application to some other proposition. The conclusion of the lemma becomes requisite to the demonstration of the main proposition, and, rather than encumber that proposition, a separate demonstration is introduced. The idea of a lemma is, that it is introduced out of its natural place, and this serves to distinguish it from ordinary propositions which, entering in their proper places, are of more or less use in demonstrating subsequent ones.

*lĕm'-man, s. [LEMAN.]

lěm -ming, lĕm'-ing, s. [The Norwegian name.] 1. Zoology:

(1) Sing.: Myodes lemmus, a rodent of the family Muridae; habitat, the mountainous regions of Sweden and Norway. Dark brownish-black, mixed irregularly with tawny on the back, fading into yellowish-white on the abdomen. Length about six inches, the tail being only half an inch. The Lemming is remarkable for migrating at certain periods, generally at the approach of winter, in immense multitudes, in a straight line, apparently in obedience to some blind mechanical impulse. They move onward in parallel columns, and nothing will induce them to deviate from the straight line, the migration always terminating in the sea, and ending in the drowning of all that have survived the journey. (Nicholson: Zoology.)

(2) Pl.: The genus Myodes (q. v.).

2. Paleont.: The lemmings are represented by one species in Post-Tertiary deposits occurring after the Glacial Period, and being contemporary with paleolithic man. (Nicholson: Palæontology.) lěm -na, s. [Gr. lemna=a water-plant, Lemna palustris.]

Bot.: A genus of Pistiace (Lemnads or Duckweeds). The spathe membranaceous, urceolate, the vegetative system replaced by a minute floating stem with dependent rootlets. Flowers two, monocious, imperfect. [DUCKWEED.]

lĕm-nā -çĕ-æ, s. pl. [Lat. lemn (a); fem. pl. adj. sutf. -aceœ.]

Bot. The same as PISTIACEE. (Lindley.) Sir Joseph Hooker prefers the name Lemnaceae. [LEMNADS, PISTIACEÆ.]

lĕm ́-nădş, s. pl. [Lat. lemn (a); Eng. pl. suff. -ads.]

Bot. The name given by Lindley to the order Pistiaceæ, or Lemnacea (q. v.).

Lěm -ni-an, a. [Lat. Lemnius, from Lemnus: Gr. Lemnos, an island in the Egean Sea.] Of or pertaining to Lemnos.

Lemnian-earth, s.

1. Bot.: The dried and powdered pulp investing the seeds in the fruit of Adansonia digitata, the Baobab tree (q. v.).

2. Min.: The same as SPHRAGIDITE (q. v.). Lemnian-ruddle, s. A kind of ruddle or red chalk dug up in Lemnos, and used by artificers for coloring.

lěm-nis-că -ta, lĕm-nis -cate, s. [Lat. lemniscatus adorned with ribbons; lemniscus a ribbon.] Geom.: The name given to a curve of the fourth degree, having the form of the figure 8 (CO), both parts being symmetrical, and generated by the point to which a tangent to an equilateral hyperbola meets the perpendicular on it drawn from the

center.

fate, făt, färe, amidst, what, fâll,

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lěm-nis-cus, s. [Lat. a ribbon.]

*I. Ord. Lang.: A fillet or ribbon of various colored wools, hanging from the back of the headdress, or crown diadem, &c. It was frequently attached to crowns and other prizes as a mark of greater distinction. It was originally made of the rind of trees, but in process of time came to be made of more costly materials, and at last even of silver or gold.

II. Technically:

1. Anat.: A fillet; a bundle of fibers on each side of the peduncular fibers of the cerebrum. 2. Zool. One of the minute riband-shaped appendages in the generative pores in Entozoa. lē-mô-dip ́-ō-dēş, lē-mô-dip'-ō-da, s. pl. [LæMODIPODA.]

lěm'-on, *lem-mon, s. & a. [Fr. limon, from Persian limún, limúná a lemon, a citron; Turk. limún; Arab. laimún.]

II. Bot., Hist., & Comm.: The fruit of Citrus limonum, or the tree on which it grows. The petiole is not winged. The fruit resembles that of the citron, but is longer, more irregular, less knobbed at the extremity, and the skin is thinner. There are many varieties. Lemons are largely imported into this country from the tropics and subtropics. The Java lemon is Citrus javanica; the Median lemon, C. medica; the Pearl lemon, C. margarita; the Sweet lemon, C. lumia; the Water lemon, Passiflora maliformis, and the Wild lemon, Podophyllum peltatum. (Treas. of Bot.)

"Bear me, Pomona! to thy citron groves;
To where the lemon and the piercing lime...
Their lighter glories blend."
Thomson: Summer, 664.

B. As adjective:

1. Belonging or pertaining to the lemon; impreg nated with lemon.

2. Of the color of a lemon; pale-yellowish. Oil of lemons, Essential oil of lemon: Chem., Pharm., &c.: The oil expressed or distilled from fresh lemon peel. It is imported chiefly from Sicily. It is sometimes used in microscopic examination of pollen, &c., placed in it to render them more transparent. It is better for the purpose than oil of turpentine, being less volatile and less disagreeable.

lemon-colored, a.

lemuroidea

lě-măn-1-de, lě-mãn'-Y-ě-æ, s.p?. [LE::*EA Entom.: The typical genus of the sub-family Lemoniing. of which the Papilio lemonius of Linnæus, an Indian butterfly with dentated wings, gray with yellow points and an ocellus, is the type. Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -inc.] lě-mô-ni-i-n, s. [Mod. Lat., &c.. lemoni(as);

Entom.: A sub-family of Erycinidae. There are only three branches to the sub-costal nervures; the sub-costal and discoidal nervures are completely distinct.

lē -mur (pl. lē ́-mûrş, lĕm'-u-rēş), s. [Lat.=a ghost, a specter.]

1. Compar. Religioms (pl.) (of the form lemures): Specters or spirits of the dead. Some Latin writers used this word as the common term for all the spirits of the dead (Ovid: Fast. v. 483), and divided the Lemures into two classes: The good, who be came Lares (q. v.), and the wicked, who became Larve. But the commonly received opinion seems to have been that the Lemures and the Larvæ were identical (August.: De Civ. Dei, ix. 11), and they were said to wander about at night as specters (Hor.: Epist. ii. 2, 209), and to torment and frighten the living (Pers.: Sat. v. 185). To propitiate them and to purify the house, certain ceremonies were annually performed on the nights of May 9th, 11th, and 13th. (In the example the word is a dissyllable.) (See Ovid: Fast. v. 419-44.)

"The Lars and Lemures moan with midnight plaint." Milton: Ode on the Nativity. 2. Zoology:

Lemurinæ (q. v.). Habitat, Madagascar and the (1) Sing. The typical genus of the sub-family adjacent islands. It contains many species, the most important of which are described under their popular names. Generic characteristics: Long snout, small flat skull, long body, with narrow flanks. Hind limbs rather longer than the fore, long furry tail, hands and feet short, with a broad great toe; ears tufted or hairy, and moderate in length. In some kinds the head is surrounded by a ruff of fur; the color varies even in individuals of the same species. The true Lemurs are diurnal arboreal animals, principally frugivorous, but feeding occasionally on birds' eggs, and even small birds.

(2) Pl. (of the form lemurs): Loosely employed as the English equivalent of Lemuroidea (q. v.).

lē-mur-a-vi-dæ, s. pl. [Mod. Lat. lemurav(us); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -ida.]

Palæont.: A family of fossil mammals, apparently connecting the Lemuroids and the Platyrhines. It was founded by Prof. Marsh on remains in deposits of Eocene age in this country.

a grandfather, an ancestor.] lē mûr-a-vŭs, s. [Lat. lemur (q. v.), and avus

Palæont.: The typical genus of the family Lemuravidæ (q. v.). There were forty-four teeth.

Bot.: Andropogon (Cymbopogon) schonanthus. So called from its agreeable smell. The taste is warm, bitterish, and not unpleasant. Formerly it was brought over from Turkey, in bundles about a foot long, and sold as a stomachic and deobstruent. Now but rarely used.

lemon-juice, s. The juice of the lemon. It is used as an anti-scorbutic, but has been to a great extent superseded by lime-juice. It is rather opaque, and of an extremely sour taste, owing to the presence of citric and malic acids.

lemon-kali, 8. An effervescing drink, prepared by mixing lemon-juice with dissolved bicarbonate of potash.

which, when dried, preserved, and candied, is used lemon-peel, s. The peel or rind of the lemon, in desserts and as a flavoring material by cooks. It

is an aromatic stomachic. lemon-sole, s.

yellowish or lemon color, marbled with brown and Ichthy.: Solea aurantiaca; distinguished by its speckled with black. It ranges southward as far as Portugal.

lemon-squash, s. [SQUASH (1), 8., T.] lemon-tree, s. [LEMON.]

lemon-yellow, s. The color of the lemon, a pale yellow.

lěm-on-ade, s. [Fr. limonade, from limon-a lemon; Sp. limonada.]

1. A drink prepared by mixing lemon-juice with water and sweetening it.

2. An effervescing drink, consisting of water and sugar, flavored with the essence of lemons.

lē mū ́-rēş, s. pl. [Lat.=specters, ghosts.] The lě-mür'-I-dæ, s. pl. [Lat., &c., lemur; fem. pl. adj. sutt. -ida.]

Zool.: One of the families of the sub-order Lemuroidea (q. v.). It contains four sub-families: Indrisin, Lemurine, Nycticebinæ, and Galagininæ.

lěm-u-ri-næ, s. pl. [Lat., &c., lemur; fem. pl. adj. suff. -inæ.]

Zool. The typical sub-family of the Lemurida. It contains the typical genus Lemur (q. v.), Hapalemur, and Lepilemur.

lěm -u-rine, a. [Eng., &c., lemur; -ine.] Belonging to, characteristic of, or resembling the lemurs. [LEMUR, LEMUROIDEA.]

lěm -u-roid, a. & 8. [LEMUROIDEA.]

A. As adj.: Resembling or characteristic of the genus Lemur or the sub-order Lemuroidea. B. As substantive:

1. Sing. Any individual of the sub-order Lemuroidea. 2. Pl.: The sub-order Lemuroidea (q. v.). lĕm-u-rồi -dě-a, s. pl. [Mod. Lat., from Lat., &c., lemur (q. v.), and Gr. eidos-resemblance.]

1. Zool.: Half-Apes Prosimiæ, Milne-Edwards, Gervais, Grandidier, and Gratiolet proposed to raise them to a distinct order on the ground of their makes them a sub-order of Primates (referring the placentation and cerebral characteristics. Mivart Apes and Man to another sub-order Anthropoidea). It contains the true lemurs [LEMUR] and the lemuroid animals, distributed in three families: Lemurida, Tarsiide, and Cheiromyidae. Their geothe races of woolly-haired men. The Lemuroids are graphical distribution roughly accords with that of frugivorous or insectivorous, and nocturnal. All destitute of cheek pouch, ischial callosities, and prehensile tail. The facial angle is much more acute than in the apes. (For distinctly anatomical peculiarities of the Lemuroidea, see Proc. Zool. Soc. (1873), 484 510.)

2. Palæont.: [LEMURAVUS.] pine, pit, sïre, sir,

marine; gō, pot,