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. [Obs.] As easy mayest thou the intrenchant air With thy keen sword impress, as make me bleed. Shak.

A kind of full sleeveless cape, fitting closely about the neck.

Allurement; enticement. [R.] She gives the leer of invitation. Shak.

pe; to attract. To inveigle and invite the unwary sense. Milton. Shady groves, that easy sleep invite. Dryden. There no delusive hope invites despair. Cowper.

Not to be broken; holding or binding fast; tenacious. "Him death's iron sleep oppressed." Philips.

A method of moving a fleet from one formation to another, the direction usually being changed eight points (90º), by means of paths of equal length for each ship. It is prohibited in the United States navy.

gone a long journey. Prov. vii. 19. We must all have the same journey's end. Bp. Stillingfleet.

Pertaining to, or having the character of, a jubilee. [R.] Bp. Hall.

A South European herb, with cymes of small red blossoms (Centranthus ruber). (b) The houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum); -- so called from its massive inflorescence, like the sculptured beard of Jove. Prior. (c) the cloverlike Anthyllis Barba-Jovis. -- Jupiter's staff (Bot.), the common mullein; -- so called from its lo…

A sleeveless jacket worn over the armor in the 14th century. It fitted closely, and descended below the hips. Dryden.

Formerly, a close coat or waistcoat with sleeves.

ensil for roasting meat; as, a tin kitchen. Kitchen garden. See under Garden. -- Kitchen lee, dirty soapsuds. [Obs.] " A brazen tub of kitchen lee." Ford. -- Kitchen stuff, fat collected from pots and pans. Donne.

peak of myself. John vii. 17. The peasant folklore of Europe still knows of willows that bleed and weep and speak when hewn. Tylor.

oarse, heavy work, not requiring skill also, set apart for labor; as, laboring days. The sleep of a laboring man is sweet. eccl. v. 12.

intricate or involved form, or having a very complicated nature. The serpent . . . fast sleeping soon he found, In labyrinth of many a round self-rolled. Milton. The labyrinth of the mind. Tennyson.

Miserable; pitiful; paltry; -- in a contemptuous or Bp. Stillingfleet. -- Lam"en*ta*ble*ness, n. -- Lam"en*ta*bly, adv.

hrow, as a lance; to let fly; to launch. See Whose arm can lanch the surer bolt. Dryden & Lee.

-- Land ice, a field of ice adhering to the coast, in distinction from a floe. -- Land leech (Zoöl.), any one of several species of blood-sucking leeches, which, in moist, tropical regions, live on land, and are often troublesome to man and beast. -- Land measure, the system of measurement used in determining the a…

To lay together one over another, as fleeces or slivers for further working. To lap boards, shingles, etc., to lay one partly over another. -- To lap timbers, to unite them in such a way as to preserve the same breadth and depth throughout, as by scarfing. Weale.

lue by iodine and sulphuric acid, occurring mainly as an abnormal infiltration into the spleen, liver, etc.