||Len`ta*men"te (ln`t*mn"t; E. ln`t*mn"t), adv. [It.] (Mus.) Slowly; in
||slow time.
||
||Len*tan"do (ln*tän"d; E. ln*tn"d), a. [It., p. pr. of lentare to make
||slow. See Lent, a.] (Mus.) Slackening; retarding. Same as
||Rallentando.
||
Lent"en (lnt"'n), n. Lent. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
Lent"en, a. [From OE. lenten lent. See Lent, n. ] 1. Of or pertaining
to the fast called Lent; used in, or suitable to, Lent; as, the Lenten
season.
She quenched her fury at the flood, And with a Lenten salad cooled
her blood.
Dryden.
2. Spare; meager; plain; somber; unostentatious; not abundant or showy.
"Lenten entertainment." " Lenten answer." Shak. " Lenten suit." Beau. &
Fl.
Lenten color, black or violet. F. G. Lee.
Lent"en*tide` (-td`), n. The season of Lenten or Lent.
Len"ti*cel (ln"t*sl), n. [F. lenticelle, dim. fr. L. lens, lentis, a
lentil. Cf. Lentil.] (Bot.) (a) One of the small, oval, rounded spots
upon the stem or branch of a plant, from which the underlying tissues
may protrude or roots may issue, either in the air, or more commonly
when the stem or branch is covered with water or earth. (b) A small,
lens-shaped gland on the under side of some leaves.
Len`ti*cel"late (ln`t*sl"lt), a. (Bot.) Producing lenticels; dotted
with lenticels.
Len`ti*celle" (ln`t*sl"), n. [F.] (Bot.) Lenticel.
||Len*tic"u*la (ln*tk"*l), n.; pl. E. Lenticulas (- lz), L. Lenticulæ
||(-l). [L. See Lenticel.] 1. (Med.) A kind of eruption upon the skin;
||lentigo; freckle.
||
2. (Opt.) A lens of small size.