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e. 1 Tim. ii. 2. Nor thou with shadowed hint confuse A life that leads melodious days. Tennyson. You remember . . . the life he used to lead his wife and daughter. Dickens.

Faithful; loyal; true. All men true and leal, all women pure. Tennyson. Land of the leal, the place of the faithful; heaven.

and the like; -- with on, upon, or against. He leaned not on his fathers but himself. Tennyson.

pt my chamber a leash of days. B. Jonson. Then were I wealthier than a leash of kings. Tennyson.

r him as a'comes by. Shak. The priest, above his book, Leering at his neighbor's wife. Tennyson.

way. 2. Thess. ii. 7. Mine ancient wound is hardly whole, And lets me from the saddle. Tennyson.

he intention of the lawgiver. Jer. Taylor. I broke the letter of it to keep the sense. Tennyson.

Belonging to, or covered with, lichens. Tennyson.

e lids, as the eyes; hence, sleepless; watchful. A lidless watcher of the public weal. Tennyson.

try.] "My liefe mother." Chaucer. "My liefest liege." Shak. As thou art lief and dear. Tennyson.

looked as grand as doomsday and as grave; And he, he reverenced his liege lady there. Tennyson.

Lasting or continuing through life. Tennyson.

le; as, the lights of the age or of antiquity. Joan of Are, A light of ancient France. Tennyson.

ving a light, springy step; nimble in running or dancing; active; as, light-foot Iris. Tennyson.

might not lightly sail. R. of Brunne. Watch what thou seest and lightly bring me word. Tennyson.

Appearance of truth or reality; probability; verisimilitude. Tennyson.

rich in sentiment, With scraps of thundrous epic lilted out By violet-hooded doctors. Tennyson.

angle; to insnare. We had limed ourselves With open eyes, and we must take the chance. Tennyson.

See Linnet. Tennyson.

Limber; supple; flexible; lithe; lithesome. Straight, but as lissome as a hazel wand. Tennyson.