Part 60 (1/2)

LA'TERALLY, _ad._ by the side

LA't.i.tUDE, _s._ latent diffusion; a certain degree reckoned from the Equator

LA'TTER, _a._ lately done or past; mentioned last of two

LA'VA, _s._ molten substance projected from volcanoes

LE'AFLET, _s._ a small leaf

LE'GION, _s._ a body of Roman soldiers, consisting of about five thousand; military force; a great number

LE'NITY, _s._ mildness; gentleness

LENS, _s._ a gla.s.s spherically convex on both sides

LEVA'NT, _s._ east, particularly those coasts of the Mediterranean east of Italy

LEVI'ATHAN, _s._ a water-animal mentioned in the Book of Job

LI'ABLE, _a._ subject; not exempt

LI'BERAL, _a._ not mean; generous; bountiful

LI'BERATE, _v.a._ free from confinement

LI'BERTY, _s._ freedom, as opposed to slavery; privilege; permission

LICE'NTIOUSNESS, _s._ boundless liberty; contempt of just restraint

LI'CHEN, _s._ moss

LIEUTE'NANT, _s._ a deputy; in war, one who holds the next rank to a superior of any denomination

LI'GHTHOUSE, _s._ a house built either upon a rock or some other place of danger, with a light, in order to warn s.h.i.+ps of danger

LI'NEAR, _a._ composed of lines; having the form of lines

LI'QUID, _a._ not solid; fluid; soft; clear

LI'QUOR, _s._ anything liquid; strong drink, in familiar language

LI'STEN, _v.a._ hear; attend

LI'TERALLY, _ad._ with close adherence to words

LI'TERARY, _a._ respecting letters; regarding learning

LI'TERATURE, _s._ learning; skill in letters