Lewis hole, a hole wider at the bottom than at the mouth, into which a
lewis is fitted. De Foe.
||Lex (lks), n.; pl. Leges (l"jz). [L. See Legal.] Law; as, lex
||talionis, the law of retaliation; lex terræ, the law of the land; lex
||fori, the law of the forum or court; lex loci, the law of the place;
||lex mercatoria, the law or custom of merchants.
||
Lex"ic*al (-*kal), a. Of or pertaining to a lexicon, to lexicography,
or words; according or conforming to a lexicon. -- Lex"ic*al*ly, adv.
Lex`i*cog"ra*pher (- *kg"r*fr), n. [Gr. lexikogra`fos; lexiko`n
dictionary + gra`fein to write: cf. F. lexicographe. See Lexicon.] The
author or compiler of a lexicon or dictionary.
Every other author may aspire to praise; the lexicographer can only
hope to escape reproach; and even this negative recompense has been
yet granted to very few.
Johnson.
{ Lex`i*co*graph"ic (-k*grf"k), Lex`i*co*graph"ic*al (-*kal), } a. [Cf.
F. lexicographique.] Of or pertaining to, or according to,
lexicography. -- Lex`i*co*graph"ic*al*ly, adv.
Lex`i*cog"ra*phist (-kg"r*fst), n. A lexicographer. [R.] Southey.
Lex`i*cog"ra*phy (-f), n. [Cf. F. lexicographie.] The art, process, or
occupation of making a lexicon or dictionary; the principles which are
applied in making dictionaries.
Lex`i*col"o*gist (-kl"*jst), n. One versed in lexicology.
Lex`i*col"o*gy (-j), n. [Gr. lexiko`n lexicon + -logy: cf. F.
lexicologie.] The science of the derivation and signification of words;
that branch of learning which treats of the signification and
application of words.
Lex"i*con (lks"*kn), n. [Gr. lexiko`n (sc. bibli`on), neut. of lexiko`s
of or belonging to words, fr. le`xis a speaking, speech, a way of
speaking, a single word or phrase, fr. le`gein to say, to speak. See
Legend.] A vocabulary, or book containing an alphabetical arrangement
of the words in a language or of a considerable number of them, with
the definition of each; a dictionary; especially, a dictionary of the
Greek, Hebrew, or Latin language.