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See water buck, under 3d Buck.

A man given to lewdness; one addicted, in an excessive degree, to the indulgence of sexual desire, or to illicit commerce with women.

See Lecher, n. Marston.

Like a lecher; addicted to lewdness; lustful; also, lust- provoking. "A lecherous thing is wine." Chaucer. -- Lech"er*ous*ly, adv. -- Lech"er*ous*ness, n.

Free indulgence of lust; lewdness.

See Calash.

Charged with another bearing of the same figure, and of the color of the field, so large that only a narrow border of the first bearing remains visible; -- said of any heraldic bearing. Compare Voided.

A simple fieldwork, consisting of two faces forming a salient angle pointing outward and open at the gorge.

See Knowl, edge. We consider and knowleche that we have offended. Chaucer.

A kind of rawhide consisting of hide, esp. of the buffalo, which has been soaked in crude wood-ash lye to remove the hairs, and then dried.

Having sexual lust; libidinous; lustful; lecherous; salacious. Johnson.

Lustful; lewd; lecherous. Shak.

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

Lasciviousness; propensity to lewdness; lewdness; lechery; incontinency. Sir T. Herbert. As if wantonness and lubricity were essential to that poem. Dryden.

Lechery; lust. [Obs.] Shak. Luxury is in wine and drunkenness. Chaucer.

A lecher; a lewd person. [Obs.] Dryden.

Any plant of the genus Lechea, low North American herbs with branching stems, and very small and abundant leaves and flowers.

A tub or vessel in which meat is corned or salted. (b) A heated tub in which an infected lecher was placed for cure. [Obs.] Shak.

Lecherous; lustful; lewd. [Obs.] Shak.

Having a propensity to venery; lustful; lecherous. Dryden. -- Sa*la"cious*ly, dv. -- Sa*la"cious*ness, n.