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g. [Obs.] He that will give a cap and make a leg in thanks for a favor he never received. Fuller.

ends; a tale or parrative. Read the Countess of Pembroke's "Arcadia," a gallant legendary full of pleasurable accidents. James I.

nment. [Written also lieger, leiger.] [Obs.] Sir Edward Carne, the queen's leger at Rome. Fuller.

nce.[Obs.] He had marched to the length of Exeter. Clarendon. At length. (a) At or in the full extent; without abbreviation; as, let the name be inserted at length. (b) At the end or conclusion; after a long period. See Syn. of At last, under Last. -- At arm's length. See under Arm.

stine . . . inflamed Ethelbert, king of Kent, to levy his power, and to war against them. Fuller.

th into some public or open place within the liberty of the city, and there . . . burned. Fuller.

ng; agreeable; acceptable; preferable. [Obs.] See Lief, adv., and Had as lief, under Had. Full lief me were this counsel for to hide. Chaucer. Death me liefer were than such despite. Spenser.

Full; perfect; complete; pure. Burrill. Liege homage (Feudal Custom), that homage of one sovereign or prince to another which acknowledged an obligation of fealty and services. -- Liege poustie Etym: [L. legitima potestas] (Scots Law), perfect, i. e., legal, power; specif., having health requisite to do legal acts. -…

The system of animal nature; animals in general, or considered collectively. Full nature swarms with life. Thomson.

Full of vitality. Spenser.

Of full size; of the natural size.

Dexterous in taking and conveying away; thievish; pilfering; addicted to petty thefts. Fuller.

Full of light; bright. [R.] "Lightful presence." Marston.

Not having a full complement of men; as, a vessel light-handed.

n; as, large-limbed; short-limbed. Innumerous living creatures, perfect forms, Limbed and full grown. Milton.

That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent. The dateless limit of thy dear exile. Shak. The limit of your lives is out. Shak.

That which serves to limit; a boundary; border land. [Obs.] Fuller.

A series of various qualities and values of the same general class of articles; as, a full line of hosiery; a line of merinos, etc. McElrath.

A linctus. [Obs.] Fuller.

, Acanthis, and allied genera, esp. the common European species (L. cannabina), which, in full summer plumage, 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…