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On or towards the port or left side; -- said of the helm.

object of attainment. In consequence of the resignations . . . the way to greatness was left clear to a new set of aspirants. Macaulay.

Behind a ship; in the rear. "A gale of wind right astern." De Foe. "Left this strait astern." Drake. To bake astern, to go stern foremost. -- To be astern of the reckoning, to be behind the position given by the reckoning. -- To drop astern, to fall or be left behind. -- To go astern, to go backward, as from the act…

Less often, the mass of archoplasm left by the aster in the resting cell.

A changeling or elf child, -- that is, one left by fairies; a deformed or foolish child; a simpleton; an oaf. [Obs.] Drayton.

of security or defense. [Poetic] Into the castle's tower, The only Aventine that now is left him. Beau. & Fl.

an the common avocations of women. Richardson. In a few hours, above thirty thousand men left his standard, and returned to their ordinary avocations. Macaulay. An irregularity and instability of purpose, which makes them choose the wandering avocations of a shepherd, rather than the more fixed pursuits of agriculture.…

In an unlucky (left-handed) or perverse manner. [Obs.] Holland.

e place or person from which something is taken or derived; as, to go back for something left behind; to go back to one's native place; to put a book back after reading it.

A kind of handwriting in which the downward slope of the letters is from left to right.

Turned back, or inclining to the left; as, a backhanded letters.

A rebate or chase in masonry left to receive a permanent slab or other filling.

A ridge of land left unplowed between furrows, or at the end of a field; a piece missed by the plow slipping aside. Bad plowmen made balks of such ground. Fuller.

ructed altogether of small timber. -- Balloon net, a variety of woven lace in which the weft threads are twisted in a peculiar manner around the warp.

r belt formerly worn by soldiers over the right shoulder and across the breast under the left arm. Originally it was used for supporting the musket and twelve cases for charges, but later only as a cartridge belt.

is employed to test the purity of gold, the amount of alloy being indicated by the color left on the stone when rubbed by the metal.

evel of wave action, whether actually raised by elevation of the coast, as in Norway, or left by the receding waters, as in many lake and river regions.

Left after the departure of, whether this be by removing to a distance or by death. A small part of what he left behind him. Pope.

To leave or to be left. [Obs.] May.

That which is left by will, esp. personal property; a legacy; also, a gift.