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of Lead. Led captain. An obsequious follower or attendant. [Obs.] Swift. -- Led horse, a sumpter horse, or a spare horse, that is led along.

Language; speech; voice; cry. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.

A layer or stratum. The lowest ledge or row should be of stone. Sir H. Wotton.

See Ledgment.

ke. It differs from an intertie in being intended to carry weight. [Written also ligger.] Ledger bait, fishing bait attached to a floating line fastened to the bank of a stream, pond, etc. Walton. J. H. Walsh. -- Ledger line. See Leger line, under 3d Leger, a. -- Ledger wall (Mining), the wall under a vein; the foot…

hat the dimensions of the different sides may be easily ascertained. Gwilt. [Written also ledgement, legement, and ligement.]

Abounding in ledges; consisting of a ledge or reef; as, a ledgy island.

The largest hammer used by smiths. Weale.

To of or admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in; as, to acknowledge the being of a God. I acknowledge my transgressions. Ps. li. 3. For ends generally acknowledged to be good. Macaulay.

Confessedly.

One who acknowledges.

The act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning; confession. "An acknowledgment of fault." Froude.

A plant which has no cotyledons, as the dodder and all flowerless plants.

Having no seed lobes, as the dodder; also applied to plants which have no true seeds, as ferns, mosses, etc.

Having acute angles; as, an acute-angled triangle, a triangle with every one of its angles less than a right angle.

Furnished with an aisle or aisles.

See Allege. [Obs.]

Having an angle or angles; -- used in compounds; as, right- angled, many-angled, etc. The thrice three-angled beechnut shell. Bp. Hall.

Having ankles; -- used in composition; as, well-ankled. Beau. & Fl.

Having an aril.