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violent hands on one's self, to injure one's self; specif., to commit suicide. -- To lay heads together, to consult. -- To lay hold of, or To lay hold on, to seize; to catch. -- To lay in, to store; to provide. -- To lay it on, to apply without stint. Shak. -- To lay on, to apply with force; to inflict; as, to lay…

ons, in which all debits and credits from the journal, etc., are placed under appropriate heads. [Written also leger.]

es and other marine animals. Some species penetrate the skin and flesh with the elongated head, and feed on the viscera. See Illust. in Appendix.

Well balanced; even; just; steady; impartial; as, a level head; a level understanding. [Colloq.] " A level consideration." Shak.

ich was given to a slave at his manumission. (b) A limp, close-fitting cap with which the head of representations of the goddess of liberty is often decked. It is sometimes represented on a spear or a liberty pole. -- Liberty of the press, freedom to print and publish without official supervision. Liberty party, the p…

A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below; -- used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.

To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off. [Obs.] From his head the heavy burgonet did light. Spenser.

Disordered in the head; dilirious. Walpole.

ot.), a plant of the genus Hyacinthus. -- Lily iron, a kind of harpoon with a detachable head of peculiar shape, used in capturing swordfish. -- Lily of the valley (Bot.), a low perennial herb (Convallaria majalis), having a raceme of nodding, fragrant, white flowers. -- Lily pad, the large floating leaf of the wate…

umage, is chestnut brown above, with the breast more or less crimson. The feathers of its head are grayish brown, tipped with crimson. Called also gray linnet, red linnet, rose linnet, brown linnet, lintie, lintwhite, gorse thatcher, linnet finch, and greater redpoll. The American redpoll linnet (Acanthis linaria) ofte…

Adorned with lions heads; having arms terminating in lions' heads; -- said of a cross. [Written also leonced.]

gnificant; contemptible. When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes I Sam. xv. 17.

To let fall heavily or lazily. And their poor jades Lob down their heads. Shak. To lob a ball (Lawn Tennis), to strike a ball so as to send it up into the air.

The chamber of an abbot, prior, or head of a college.

Lifted high up; having great height; towering; high. See lofty Lebanon his head advance. Pope.

A blockhead; a dunce; a numskull. Shak. Milton.

Having unusual foresight or sagacity. -- Long"-head`ed*ness, n.

in changing her course; -- probably a large paddle put over the lee bow to help bring her head nearer to the wind.

To let hang down; as, to lop the head.

to lose courage; to become timid. "The mutineers lost heart." Macaulay. -- To lose one's head, to be thrown off one's balance; to lose the use of one's good sense or judgment. In the excitement of such a discovery, many scholars lost their heads. Whitney. -- To lose one's self. (a) To forget or mistake the bearing of…