Lec"ture, v. i. To deliver a lecture or lectures.
Lec"tur*er (-r), n. One who lectures; an assistant preacher.
Lec"ture*ship, n. The office of a lecturer.
Lec"turn (lk"trn), n. [LL. lectrinum, fr. lectrum; cf. L. legere,
lectum, to read.] A choir desk, or reading desk, in some churches, from
which the lections, or Scripture lessons, are chanted or read; hence, a
reading desk. [Written also lectern and lettern.] Fairholt.
||Lec"y*this (ls"*ths), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 3 an oil flask.] (Bot.) A
||genus of gigantic trees, chiefly Brazilian, of the order Myrtaceæ,
||having woody capsules opening by an apical lid. Lecythis Zabucajo
||yields the delicious sapucaia nuts. L. Ollaria produces the
||monkey-pots, its capsules. Its bark separates into thin sheets, like
||paper, used by the natives for cigarette wrappers.
||
Led (ld), imp. & p. p. of Lead.
Led captain. An obsequious follower or attendant. [Obs.] Swift. -- Led
horse, a sumpter horse, or a spare horse, that is led along.
{ Led"en (ld"'n), Led"den (-d'n) } n. [AS. lden, lden, language,
speech. Cf. Leod.] Language; speech; voice; cry. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Spenser.
Ledge (lj), n. [Akin to AS. licgan to lie, Icel. liggja; cf. Icel. lögg
the ledge or rim at the bottom of a cask. See Lie to be prostrate.]
[Formerly written lidge.] 1. A shelf on which articles may be laid;
also, that which resembles such a shelf in form or use, as a projecting
ridge or part, or a molding or edge in joinery.