He had marched to the length of Exeter.
Clarendon.
At length. (a) At or in the full extent; without abbreviation; as, let
the name be inserted at length. (b) At the end or conclusion; after a
long period. See Syn. of At last, under Last. -- At arm's length. See
under Arm.
Length, v. t. To lengthen. [Obs.] Shak.
Length"en (-'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lengthened (-'nd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Lengthening (-'n*ng).] To extent in length; to make longer in extent or
duration; as, to lengthen a line or a road; to lengthen life; --
sometimes followed by out.
What if I please to lengthen out his date.
Dryden.
Length"en, v. i. To become longer. Locke.
Length"ful (-fl), a. Long. [Obs.] Pope.
Length"i*ly (-*l), adv. In a lengthy manner; at great length or extent.
Length"i*ness, n. The state or quality of being lengthy; prolixity.
{ Length"ways` (-wz`), Length"wise` (- wz`), } adv. In the direction of
the length; in a longitudinal direction.
Length"y (-), a. [Compar. Lengthier (-*r); superl. Lengthiest.] Having
length; rather long or too long; prolix; not brief; -- said chiefly of
discourses, writings, and the like. "Lengthy periods." Washington.
"Some lengthy additions." Byron. "These would be details too lengthy."
Jefferson. "To cut short lengthy explanations." Trench.
{ Le"ni*ence (l"n*ens or ln"yens; 106), Le"ni*en*cy (l"n*en*s or
ln"yen*s), } n. The quality or state of being lenient; lenity;
clemency.
Le"ni*ent (l"n*ent or ln"yent), a. [L. leniens, - entis, p. pr. of
lenire to soften, fr. lenis soft, mild. Cf. Lithe.]
1. Relaxing; emollient; softening; assuasive; -- sometimes followed by
of. "Lenient of grief." Milton.
Of relax the fibers, are lenient, balsamic.
Arbuthnot.
Time, that on all things lays his lenient hand.
Pope.
2. Mild; clement; merciful; not rigorous or severe; as, a lenient
disposition; a lenient judge or sentence.
Le"ni*ent, n. (Med.) A lenitive; an emollient.
Le"ni*ent*ly, adv. In a lenient manner.
Len"i*fy (ln"*f), v. t. [L. lenis soft, mild + -fy: cf. F. lénifier.]
To assuage; to soften; to mitigate; to alleviate. Bacon. Dryden.
Len"i*ment (-ment), n. [L. lenimentum: cf. OF. leniment. See Lenient.]
An assuasive. [Obs.]
Len"i*tive (-tv), a. [Cf. F. lénitif. See Lenient.] Having the quality
of softening or mitigating, as pain or acrimony; assuasive; emollient.
Len"i*tive, n. [Cf. F. lénitif.] 1. (Med.) (a) A medicine or
application that has the quality of easing pain or protecting from the
action of irritants. (b) A mild purgative; a laxative.
2. That which softens or mitigates; that which tends to allay passion,
excitement, or pain; a palliative.
There is one sweet lenitive at least for evils, which Nature holds
out; so I took it kindly at her hands, and fell asleep.
Sterne.
Len"i*tive*ness, n. The quality of being lenitive.
Len"i*tude (-td), n. [L. lenitudo.] The quality or habit of being
lenient; lenity. [Obs.] Blount.
Len"i*ty (-t), n. [L. lenitas, fr. lenis soft, mild: cf. OF. lenité.
See Lenient.] The state or quality of being lenient; mildness of temper
or disposition; gentleness of treatment; softness; tenderness;
clemency; -- opposed to severity and rigor.
His exceeding lenity disposes us to be somewhat too severe.
Macaulay.
Syn. -- Gentleness; kindness; tenderness; softness; humanity; clemency;
mercy.
Len`ni-Len*a"pe (ln`n- ln*ä"p), n. pl. (Ethnol.) A general name for a
group of Algonquin tribes which formerly occupied the coast region of
North America from Connecticut to Virginia. They included the Mohicans,
Delawares, Shawnees, and several other tribes.
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Le"no (l"n), n. [Cf. It. leno weak, flexible.] A light open cotton
fabric used for window curtains.
Le*noc"i*nant (l*ns"*nant), a. [L. lenocinans, p. pr. of lenocinari to
pander, cajole; akin to leno pimp.] Given to lewdness. [Obs.]
Lens (lnz), n.; pl. Lenses (-z). [L. lens a lentil. So named from the
resemblance in shape of a double convex lens to the seed of a lentil.
Cf. Lentil.] (Opt.) A piece of glass, or other transparent substance,
ground with two opposite regular surfaces, either both curved, or one
curved and the other plane, and commonly used, either singly or
combined, in optical instruments, for changing the direction of rays of
light, and thus magnifying objects, or otherwise modifying vision. In
practice, the curved surfaces are usually spherical, though rarely
cylindrical, or of some other figure.