Lends (lndz), n. pl. [AS. lend, lenden; akin to D. & G. lende, OHG.
lenti, Icel. lend, and perh to E. loin.] Loins. [Obs.] Wyclif.
Lene (ln), v. t. [See Lend.] To lend; to grant; to permit. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Le"ne (l"n), a. [L. lenis smooth.] (Phonetics) (a) Smooth; as, the lene
breathing. (b) Applied to certain mute consonants, as p, k, and t (or
Gr. π, κ, τ). W. E. Jelf.
Le"ne, n. (Phonetics) (a) The smooth breathing (spiritus lenis). (b)
Any one of the lene consonants, as p, k, or t (or Gr. π, κ,
τ). W. E. Jelf.
{ Leng"er (lng"r), Leng"est }, a. Longer; longest; -- obsolete compar.
and superl. of long. Chaucer.
Length (lngth), n. [OE. lengthe, AS. lengð, fr. lang, long, long; akin
to D. lengte, Dan. længde, Sw. längd, Icel. lengd. See Long, a. ] 1.
The longest, or longer, dimension of any object, in distinction from
breadth or width; extent of anything from end to end; the longest line
which can be drawn through a body, parallel to its sides; as, the
length of a church, or of a ship; the length of a rope or line.
2. A portion of space or of time considered as measured by its length;
-- often in the plural.
Large lengths of seas and shores.
Shak.
The future but a length behind the past.
Dryden.
3. The quality or state of being long, in space or time; extent;
duration; as, some sea birds are remarkable for the length of their
wings; he was tired by the length of the sermon, and the length of his
walk.
4. A single piece or subdivision of a series, or of a number of long
pieces which may be connected together; as, a length of pipe; a length
of fence.
5. Detail or amplification; unfolding; continuance as, to pursue a
subject to a great length.
May Heaven, great monarch, still augment your bliss With length of
days, and every day like this.
Dryden.