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ation; glory. "Laud be to God." Shak. So do well and thou shalt have laud of the same. Tyndals.

iven rise or fall of temperature; -- sometimes less correctly styled Gay Lussac's law, or Dalton's law. -- Law of nations. See International law, under International. -- Law of nature. (a) A broad generalization expressive of the constant action, or effect, of natural conditions; as, death is a law of nature; self-de…

A coarse American composite weed (Polymnia Uvedalia).

a ship. We lurked under lee. Morte d'Arthure. Desiring me to take shelter in his lee. Tyndall.

dying legacy, and the like. My legacy and message wherefore I am sent into the world. Tyndale. He came and told his legacy. Chapman. Legacy duty, a tax paid to government on legacies. Wharton. -- Legacy hunter, one who flatters and courts any one for the sake of a legacy.

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.

; a rake; a debauchee. Like a puffed and reckless libertine, Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads. Shak.

ender and relatively thick- walled, and occasionally are furnished with bordered pits. Goodale.

serving an independent sovereign or master; bound by a feudal tenure; obliged to be faithful and loyal to a superior, as a vassal to his lord; faithful; loyal; as, a liege man; a liege subject.

. And thou shalt make hooks of gold, and two chains of fine gold; linkwork and wreathed. Udall.

t solid. Yes, though he go upon the plane and liquid water which will receive no step. Tyndale.

A hydrated arseniate of copper, occurring in obtuse pyramidal crystals of a sky-blue or verdigris-green color.

ords unto them according as the babes and children of that age might sound them again. Tyndale.

of a phrase. It hath but one simple literal sense whose light the owls can not abide. Tyndale .

The uniform clothing issued by feudal superiors to their retainers and serving as a badge when in military service.

One of whom a fee or estate is held; the male owner of feudal land; as, the lord of the soil; the lord of the manor.

In a manner to please, or to excite love. [Obs. or R.] Tyndale.

A lazy fellow; a lubber. [Obs.] T. Kendall.

ranga Indica) that grows in the East Indies. It is used in taking impressions of coins, medallions, etc., and sometimes as a medicine. Balfour (Cyc. of India).

Amygdaloid.