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To supply with a king; to make a king of; to raise to royalty. [R.] Shak. Those traitorous captains of Israel who kinged themselves by slaying their masters and reigning in their stead. South.

To raise money by "kites;" as, kiting transactions. See Kite,

; hence, chivalry. "O shame to knighthood." Shak. If you needs must write, write Cæsar's praise; You 'll gain at least a knighthood, or the bays. Pope.

Glory; fame; renown; praise. W. H. Russel.

Mourned for; bewailed. This humble praise,lamented shade ! receive. Pope.

A key used to raise, or throw back, the latch of a door, esp. a night latch.

High commendation; praise; honor; exaltation; glory. "Laud be to God." Shak. So do well and thou shalt have laud of the same. Tyndals.

Laudableness; praiseworthiness.

Worthy of being lauded; praiseworthy; commendable; as, laudable motives; laudable actions; laudable ambition.

The quality of being laudable; praiseworthiness; commendableness.

The act of lauding; praise; high commendation.

Of or pertaining praise, or to the expression of praise; as, laudatory verses; the laudatory powers of Dryden. Sir J. Stephen.

Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal; as, lavish of money; lavish of praise.

hich feeds upon the apple tree. -- Leaf sight, a hinges sight on a firearm, which can be raised or folded down. -- Leaf trace (Bot.), one or more fibrovascular bundles, which may be traced down an endogenous stem from the base of a leaf. -- Leaf tier (Zoöl.), a tortricid moth whose larva makes a nest by fastening th…

To raise; to levy. [Obs.] An army strong she leaved. Spenser.

align Eyed them askance. Milton. She gives the leer of invitation. Shak. Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer. Pope.

A muscle that serves to raise some part, as the lip or the eyelid.

wer. And their proud structures level with the ground. Sandys. He levels mountains and he raises plains. Dryden.

To raise, as a siege. [Obs.] Holland.

The author or compiler of a lexicon or dictionary. Every other author may aspire to praise; the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach; and even this negative recompense has been yet granted to very few. Johnson.