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Place; room; stead; -- used only in the phrase in lieu of, that is, instead of. The plan of extortion had been adopted in lieu of the scheme of confiscation. Burke.

The office, rank, or commission, of a lieutenant.

, another in the performance of any duty. The lawful magistrate, who is the vicegerent or lieutenant of God. Abp. Bramhall.

. An army officer in rank next below a general and next above a major general.

See Lieutenancy. [Obs.]

Same as Lieutenancy, 1.

The territory without the walls, but within the legal limits, of a town or city. Brande & C.

A treatise upon fish or the art of fishing; ichthyology.

Environment.

See Purlieu.

t to the former owners their rights. Then as a tiger, who by chance hath spied In some purlieu two gentle fawns at play. Milton.

An inferior or second lieutenant; in the British service, a commissioned officer of the lowest rank.

of delicious flavor; -- more properly called White Doyenné. [Written also virgaloo, vergalieu, vergaloo, etc.]

ax. It produces a ridiculous effect. Example: Next comes Dalhousie, the great god of war, Lieutenant-colonel to the Earl ANTICLINAL An`ti*cli"nal, a. Etym: [Pref. anti- + Gr.

A quantity of oats paid by a tenant to a landlord in lieu of rent. Jacob.

Money paid by a tenant in lieu of the service of average.

ressed according to the binary scale, or in which two figures only, 0 and 1, are used, in lieu of ten; the cipher multiplying everything by two, as in common arithmetic by ten. Thus, 1 is one; 10 is two; 11 is three; 100 is four, etc. Davies & Peck. -- Binary compound (Chem.), a compound of two elements, or of an elem…

Stocking hose, or spatterdashes, in lieu of boots. Shak.

A tribute which tenants paid to their lord, in lieu of bran, which they were obliged to furnish for his hounds.

Full butt, headfirst with full force. [Colloq.] "The corporal . . . ran full butt at the lieutenant." Marryat.