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The border or edge at the side of a sail. [Written also leach.] Leech line, a line attached to the leech ropes of sails, passing up through blocks on the yards, to haul the leeches by. Totten. -- Leech rope, that part of the boltrope to which the side of a sail is sewed.

A suborder of primates, including the lemurs, the aye-aye, and allied species. [Written also Lemuroida.]

A suborder of copepod Crustacea, including a large number of remarkable forms, mostly parasitic on fishes. The young, however, are active and swim freely. See Illustration in Appendix.

One of the tribe or family of Levi; a descendant of Levi; esp., one subordinate to the priests (who were of the same tribe) and employed in various duties connected with the tabernacle first, and afterward the temple, such as the care of the building, bringing of wood and other necessaries for the sacrifices, the music…

ace of the moon in its elliptic orbit, causes small portions near the eastern and western borders alternately to appear and disappear each month.

which are very slender and relatively thick- walled, and occasionally are furnished with bordered pits. Goodale.

The body of lieutenants or subordinates. [Obs.] The list of the lieutenancy of our metropolis. Felton.

Bearing only ligulate flowers; -- said of a large suborder of composite plants, such as the dandelion, hawkweed, etc.

A border or edge, in certain special uses.

Bordered, as when one color is surrounded by an edging of another.

A border or margin; as, the limbus of the cornea. Etym: Jamaican E limba to bend, fr. E. limber (1950)]. Often performed at celebrations, such as weddings. (1950-1996)

With slightly overlapping borders; -- said of a suture.

That which terminates, circumscribes, restrains, or confines; the bound, border, or edge; the utmost extent; as, the limit of a walk, of a town, of a country; the limits of human knowledge or endeavor. As eager of the chase, the maid Beyond the forest's verdant limits strayed. Pope.

That which serves to limit; a boundary; border land. [Obs.] Fuller.

To illumine, as books or parchments, with ornamental figures, letters, or borders.

A strip forming the woven border or selvedge of cloth, particularly of broadcloth, and serving to strengthen it; hence, a strip of cloth; a fillet. " Gartered with a red and blue list. "

A suborder of edentates, covered with bony plates, including the armadillos.

tes some also are supreme, in whom the sovereign power of the state resides; others are subordinate. Blackstone.

A territorial border or frontier; a region adjacent to a boundary line; a confine; -- used chiefly in the plural, and in English history applied especially to the border land on the frontiers between England and Scotland, and England and Wales. Geneva is situated in the marches of several dominions -- France, Savoy, an…

The lord or officer who defended the marches or borders of a territory.