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One of two or more pieces of bone or wood held loosely between the fingers, and struck together by moving the hand; -- called also clapper. Halliwell.

A tenure of lands held by knights on condition of performing military service. See Chivalry, n., 4.

(Feud. Law) The military service by rendering which a knight held his lands; also, the tenure of lands held on condition of performing military service.

The most popular of the Hindoo divinities, usually held to be the eighth incarnation of the god Vishnu.

The territory held by a landgrave.

A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare. [Obs.]

ngine lathe. -- Throw lathe, a small lathe worked by one hand, while the cutting tool is held in the other.

. -- Law Latin. See under Latin. -- Law lords, peers in the British Parliament who have held high judicial office, or have been noted in the legal profession. -- Law merchant, or Commercial law, a system of rules by which trade and commerce are regulated; -- deduced from the custom of merchants, and regulated by jud…

A dog held by a leam.

Held by lease.

; the district within the jurisdiction of a court- leet; the day on which a court-leet is held. Shak.

t clergyman; a corpse gate. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. -- Lich wake, the wake, or watching, held over a corpse before burial. [Prov Eng.] Chaucer. -- Lich wall, the wall of a churchyard or burying ground. -- Lich way, the path by which the dead are carried to the grave. [Prov. Eng.]

Land held by a life estate.

r natural gravity . . . insomuch that I could not guess which was light or heavy whilst I held them in my hand. Addison.

so drawn that any point in it is tangential with the direction of a short compass needle held at that point. Faraday. -- Line of life (Palmistry), a line on the inside of the hand, curving about the base of the thumb, supposed to indicate, by its form or position, the length of a person's life. -- Line of lines. See…

One of whom a fee or estate is held; the male owner of feudal land; as, the lord of the soil; the lord of the manor.

Parted with; no longer held or possessed; as, a lost limb; lost honor.

The leather loop or ear by which a shaft is held up.

The doctrines taught by Luther or held by the Lutheran Church.

A dog held in a leam; a bloodhound; a limehound. [Obs.] Shak.