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Affected or tainted with leprosy.

Learned. [Obs.] " Lewed man or lered." Chaucer.

Literate; educated; versed in literature. " Are you not lettered" Shak. The unlettered barbarians willingly accepted the aid of the lettered clergy, still chiefly of Roman birth, to reduce to writing the institutes of their forefathers. Milman.

Dexterous in taking and conveying away; thievish; pilfering; addicted to petty thefts. Fuller.

White-livered; cowardly.

Having a color like liver; dark reddish brown.

Having (such) a liver; used in composition; as, white-livered.

Having ears which lop or hang down.

Bred, or like one bred, in a low condition of life; characteristic or indicative of such breeding; rude; impolite; vulgar; as, a lowbred fellow; a lowbred remark.

, of carrying and conducting one's self. Give her princely training, that she may be Mannered as she is born. Shak.

Homage or service rendered to a superior, as to a lord; vassalage. [Obs. or Scots Law] Jamieson.

a standard; hence, equal; uniform; graduated; limited; moderated; as, he walked with measured steps; he expressed himself in no measured terms. -- Meas"ured*ly, adv.

Having limbs; -- chiefly used in composition.

White-livered; cowardly; timorous.

Unfortunate. [Obs.]

A miscreant, or believer in a false religious doctrine. [Obs.] Holinshed.

Wrong credulity or belief; misbelief. Bp. Hall.

Thick, like mother; viscid. They oint their naked limbs with mothered oil. Dryden.

g (such) a nature, temper, or disposition; disposed; -- used in composition; as, good-natured, ill-natured, etc.

Imbued with nectar; mingled with nectar; abounding with nectar. Milton.