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ailing arbutus. -- New Zealand laurel, Laurelia Novæ Zelandiæ. -- Portugal laurel, the Prunus Lusitanica. -- Rose laurel, the oleander. See Oleander. -- Sheep laurel, a poisonous shrub, Kalmia angustifolia, smaller than the mountain laurel, and with smaller and redder flowers. -- Spurge laurel, Daphne Laureola. -…

a leak, to open or crack so as to let in water; to begin to let in water; as, the ship sprung a leak.

uge, n. (Naut.) -- Lee shore, the shore on the lee side of a vessel. -- Lee tide, a tide running in the same direction that the wind blows. -- On the lee beam, directly to the leeward; in a line at right angles to the length of the vessel and to the leeward.

A limb or member of an animal used for supporting the body, and in running, climbing, and swimming; esp., that part of the limb between the knee and foot.

a prisoner. (b) To extend or loosen, as the folds of a garment; to enlarge; to suffer to run out, as a cord. (c) To lease; to give out for performance by contract, as a job. (d) To divulge. -- To let slide, to let go; to cease to care for. [Colloq.] " Let the world slide." Shak.

A river of Hades whose waters when drunk caused forgetfulness of the past.

To run away from one's debts; to decamp. [Colloq. Eng.] Thackeray.

lecherous; lustful. Robert of Brunne. -- Lick"er*ish*ly, adv. -- Lick"er*ish*ness, n.

covers the opening of a vessel or box, etc. ; a movable cover; as, the lid of a chest or trunk.

are best friends, best masters . . . but not always best subjects, for they are light to run away. Bacon.

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

Lively in walking or running; brisk; light-footed.

Swiftly; nimbly; with agility. So mikle was that barge, it might not lightly sail. R. of Brunne. Watch what thou seest and lightly bring me word. Tennyson.

at of; in a manner similar to; as, do not act like him. He maketh them to stagger like a drunken man. Job xii. 25.

A part of a tree which extends from the trunk and separates into branches and twigs; a large branch.

iled. -- Mason and Dixon's line, the boundary line between Pennsylvania and Maryland, as run before the Revolution (1764-1767) by two English astronomers named Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon. In an extended sense, the line between the free and the slave States. -- On the line, on a level with the eye of the spectat…

ring or ascending line of parentage. Both the lineage and the certain sire From which I sprung, from me are hidden yet. Spenser.

mbric, shirting, sheeting, towels, tablecloths, etc. "In linen white as milk." Robert of Brunne.

Issuing continually from the earth; running; flowing; as, a living spring; -- opposed to stagnant.

Anything that fastens; specifically, a fastening, as for a door, a lid, a trunk, a drawer, and the like, in which a bolt is moved by a key so as to hold or to release the thing fastened.