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That which lies or is laid or is conceived of as having been laid or placed in its position; a row; a stratum; a layer; as, a lay of stone or wood. Addison. A viol should have a lay of wire strings below. Bacon.

h white color, consisting of the sulphate and carbonate of lead; -- so called from having been first found at Leadhills, Scotland.

r quality, of being legitimate, or in conformity with law; hence, the condition of having been lawfully begotten, or born in wedlock. The doctrine of Divine Right, which has now come back to us, like a thief from transportation, under the alias of Legitimacy. Macaulay.

the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach; and even this negative recompense has been yet granted to very few. Johnson.

nner coating, for the purpose of charging it with electricity. It is so named from having been invented in Leyden, Holland.

The party against whom a libel has been filed; -- corresponding to defendant in a common law action.

The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman. A liege lord seems to have been a lord of a free band; and his lieges, though serving under him, were privileged men, free from all other obligations, their name being due to their freedom, not to their service. Skeat.

ad; -- used only in the phrase in lieu of, that is, instead of. The plan of extortion had been adopted in lieu of the scheme of confiscation. Burke.

Had like (followed by the infinitive), had nearly; came little short of. Had like to have been my utter overthrow. Sir W. Raleigh Ramona had like to have said the literal truth, . . . but recollected herself in time. Mrs. H. H. Jackson. Like figures (Geom.), similar figures.

sulphur. In this condition it is used for many of the purposes to which India rubber has been applied.

ing to the regular literator or black-letter " bibliomane," simply because they have once been interesting. De Quincey.

ects under microscopical examination. P. H. Gosse. -- Live feathers, feathers which have been plucked from the living bird, and are therefore stronger and more elastic. -- Live gang. (Sawing) See under Gang. -- Live grass (Bot.), a grass of the genus Eragrostis. -- Live load (Engin.), a suddenly applied load; a var…

money of account, afterward a silver coin equal to 20 sous. It is not now in use, having been superseded by the franc.

ed or molded mass, as of bread, sugar, or cake. Bacon. Loaf sugar, refined sugar that has been formed into a conical loaf in a mold.

ica, whose leaves contain a poisonous white viscid juice, of an acrid taste. It has often been used in medicine as an emetic, expectorant, etc. L. cardinalis is the cardinal flower, remarkable for the deep and vivid red color of its flowers.

ing. Milton. Detector lock, a lock containing a contrivance for showing whether it as has been tampered with. -- Lock bay (Canals), the body of water in a lock chamber. -- Lock chamber, the inclosed space between the gates of a canal lock. -- Lock nut. See Check nut, under Check. -- Lock plate, a plate to which the…

A bulky piece of wood which has not been shaped by hewing or sawing.

rds. The discussion concerning the meaning of the word " justification" . . . has largely been a mere logomachy. L. Abbott.

A mirror made of glass on which has been placed a backing of some reflecting substance, as quicksilver. There is none so homely but loves a looking-glass. South.

A tree, the top of which has been lopped off. [Eng.]