Len*tic"u*lar (-lr), a. [L. lenticularis: cf. F. lenticulaire. See
Lenticel.] Resembling a lentil in size or form; having the form of a
double-convex lens.
Len*tic"u*lar*ly, adv. In the manner of a lens; with a curve.
Len"ti*form (ln"t*fôrm), a. [L. lens, lentis, lentil + - form: cf. F.
lentiforme.] Lenticular.
Len*tig"i*nose` (ln*tj"*ns`), a. [See Lentiginous.] (Bot.) Bearing
numerous dots resembling freckles.
Len*tig"i*nous (-ns), a. [L. lentiginosus. See Lentigo.] Of or
pertaining to lentigo; freckly; scurfy; furfuraceous.
||Len*ti"go (ln*t"g), n. [L., fr. lens, lentis, lentil.] (Med.) A
||freckly eruption on the skin; freckles.
||
Len"til (ln"tl), n. [F. lentille, fr. L. lenticula, dim. of lens,
lentis, lentil. Cf. Lens.] (Bot.) A leguminous plant of the genus Ervum
(Ervum Lens), of small size, common in the fields in Europe. Also, its
seed, which is used for food on the continent.
The lentil of the Scriptures probably included several other vetchlike
plants.
Lentil shell (Zoöl.), a small bivalve shell of the genus Ervillia,
family Tellinidæ.
{ Len*tis"cus (ln*ts"ks), Len"tisk (ln"tsk), } n. [L. lentiscus,
lentiscum: cf. F. lentisque.] (Bot.) A tree; the mastic. See Mastic.
Len"ti*tude (ln"t*td), n. [L. lentitudo, fr. lentus slow: cf. OF.
lentitude. See Lent, a.] Slowness; sluggishness. [Obs.]
||Len"to (ln"t; E. ln"t), a. & adv. [It.] (Mus.) Slow; in slow time;
||slowly; -- rarely written lente.
||
Len"toid (ln"toid), a. [Lens + -oid.] Having the form of a lens; lens-
shaped.
||Len"tor (-tr), n. [L., fr. lentus pliant, tough, slow. See Lent, a.]
||1. Tenacity; viscidity, as of fluids.
||
2. Slowness; delay; sluggishness. Arbuthnot.
Len"tous (-ts), a. [L. lentus. See Lentor.] Viscid; viscous; tenacious.
Spawn of a lentous and transparent body.
Sir T. Browne.
||L'en`voi", or L'en`voy" (län`vwä"), n. [F. le the + envoi a sending.
||See Envoy.] 1. One or more detached verses at the end of a literary
||composition, serving to convey the moral, or to address the poem to a
||particular person; -- orig. employed in old French poetry. Shak.
||
2. A conclusion; a result. Massinger.
||Le"o (l"), n. [L. See Lion.] (Astron.) 1. The Lion, the fifth sign of
||the zodiac, marked thus [] in almanacs.
||
2. A northern constellation east of Cancer, containing the bright star
Regulus at the end of the handle of the Sickle.
Leo Minor, a small constellation between Leo and the Great Bear.
Le"od (l"d), n. [AS. leód people, nation, man, chief; akin to OS. liud,
OHG. liut, pl. liuti, G. leute, pl., fr. AS. leódan to grow, akin to
Goth. liudan, OS. liodan, OHG. liotan to grow; cf. Skr. ruh.
√123.] People; a nation; a man. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. Bp. Gibson.
Le"on (l"n), n. A lion. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Le"onced (l"nst), a. (Her.) See Lionced.
Le`o*nese" (l`*nz" or - ns"), a. Of or pertaining to Leon, in Spain. --
n. sing. & pl. A native or natives of Leon.
Le"o*nid (l"*nd), n. [From Leo: cf. F. léonides, pl.] (Astron.) One of
the shooting stars which constitute the star shower that recurs near
the fourteenth of November at intervals of about thirty-three years; --
so called because these shooting stars appear on the heavens to move in
lines directed from the constellation Leo.
Le"o*nine (l"*nn), a. [L. leoninus, fr. leo, leonis, lion: cf. F.
léonin. See Lion.] Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the lion; as, a
leonine look; leonine rapacity. -- Le"o*nine*ly, adv.
Leonine verse, a kind of verse, in which the end of the line rhymes
with the middle; -- so named from Leo, or Leoninus, a Benedictine and
canon of Paris in the twelfth century, who wrote largely in this
measure, though he was not the inventor. The following line is an
example:
Gloria factorum temere conceditur horum.
Le*on"to*don (l*n"t*dn), n. [Gr. le`wn, le`ontos, lion + 'odoy`s,
'odo`ntos, tooth. Cf. Lion's- tooth, Dandelion.] (Bot.) A genus of
liguliflorous composite plants, including the fall dandelion (L.
autumnale), and formerly the true dandelion; -- called also lion's
tooth.
Leop"ard (lp"rd), n. [OE. leopart, leparde, lebarde, libbard, OF.
leopard, liepart, F. léopard, L. leopardus, fr. Gr. leo`pardos; le`wn
lion + pa`rdos pard. See Lion, and Pard.] (Zoöl.) A large, savage,
carnivorous mammal (Felis leopardus). It is of a yellow or fawn color,
with rings or roselike clusters of black spots along the back and
sides. It is found in Southern Asia and Africa. By some the panther
(Felis pardus) is regarded as a variety of leopard.
Hunting leopard. See Cheetah. -- Leopard cat (Zoöl.) any one of several
species or varieties of small, spotted cats found in Africa, Southern
Asia, and the East Indies; esp., Felis Bengalensis. -- Leopard marmot.
See Gopher, 2.
Leop"ard's bane` (lp"rdz bn`). (Bot.) A name of several harmless
plants, as Arnica montana, Senecio Doronicum, and Paris quadrifolia.
Leop"ard*wood`, n. (Bot.) See Letterwood.
Lep (lp), obs. strong imp. of Leap. Leaped. Chaucer.
Lep"a*dite (-*dt), n. [L. lepas, lepadis, limpet, Gr. lepa`s,
lepa`dos.] (Zoöl.) Same as Lepadoid.
Lep"a*doid (-*doid), n. [Lepas + -oid.] (Zoöl.) A stalked barnacle of
the genus Lepas, or family Lepadidæ; a goose barnacle. Also used
adjectively.
Lep"al (lp"al), n. [Gr. lepi`s a scale: cf. F. lépale.] (Bot.) A
sterile transformed stamen.
||Le"pas (l"ps), n. [L., a limpet, fr. Gr. lepa`s.] (Zoöl.) Any one of
||various species of Lepas, a genus of pedunculated barnacles found
||attached to floating timber, bottoms of ships, Gulf weed, etc.; --
||called also goose barnacle. See Barnacle.
||
Lep"er (lp"r), n. [OE. lepre leprosy, F. lèpre, L. leprae, lepra, fr.
Gr. le`pra, fr. lepro`s scaly, fr. le`pos scale, le`pein to peel.] A
person affected with leprosy.
Lep"ered (-rd), a. Affected or tainted with leprosy.
Lep"er*ize (lp"r*z), v. t. To affect with leprosy.
Lep"er*ous (-r*s), a. Leprous; infectious; corrupting; poisonous. "The
leperous distillment." Shak.