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A choir desk, or reading desk, in some churches, from which the lections, or Scripture lessons, are chanted or read; hence, a reading desk. [Written also lectern and lettern]. Fairholt.

An inscription, motto, or title, esp. one surrounding the field in a medal or coin, or placed upon an heraldic shield or beneath an engraving or illustration. Golden legend. See under Golden.

red; distinct to the eye; plain; - - used of writing or printing; as, a fair, legible manuscript. The stone with moss and lichens so overspread, Nothing is legible but the name alone. Longfellow.

nuine; not false, counterfeit, or spurious; as, legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate inscriptions.

A portion of Scripture read in divine service for instruction; as, here endeth the first lesson.

ticulation of the human organs of speech; a first element of written language. And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew. Luke xxiii. 38.

quatic animal, described in the book of Job, ch. xli., and mentioned on other passages of Scripture.

To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription. etc. Augustine . . . inflamed Ethelbert, king of Kent, to levy his power, and to war against them. Fuller.

Privilege; exemption; franchise; immunity enjoyed by prescription or by grant; as, the liberties of the commercial cities of Europe. His majesty gave not an entire county to any; much less did he grant . . . any extraordinary liberties. Sir J. Davies.

One who copies manuscript books. [Obs.] Broome.

A description of lichens; the science which illustrates the natural history of lichens.

The living or actual form, person, thing, or state; as, a picture or a description from, the life.

e a lip, to drop the under lip in sullenness or contempt. Shak. -- To shoot out the lip (Script.), to show contempt by protruding the lip.

cording to the strict meaning of the words; -- opposed to spiritualize; as, to literalize Scripture.

The science treating of liturgical matters; a treatise on, or description of, liturgies. Shipley.

. Sir I. Newton. His faith must be not only living, but lively too. South. Lively stones (Script.), saints, as being quickened by the Spirit, and active in holiness.

the boundaries, or identifying the place or site of, a piece of land, according to the description given in an entry, plan, map, etc. Burrill. Bouvier.

Lombardic alphabet, the ancient alphabet derived from the Roman, and employed in the manuscript of Italy. -- Lombardic architecture, the debased Roman style of architecture as found in parts of Northern Italy. F. G. Lee. Lombardy poplar. (Bot.) See Poplar.

To indulge with unrestrained delight and freedom; as, to luxuriate in description.

A description of the lymphatic vessels, their origin and uses.