Lex`i*graph"ic (-grf"k), a. [Cf. F. lexigraphique.] Of or pertaining to
lexigraphy.
Lex*ig"ra*phy (lks*g"r*f), n. [Gr. le`xis word + -graphy: cf. F.
lexigraphie.] The art or practice of defining words; definition of
words.
Lex`i*phan"ic (lks`*fn"k), a. [Gr. lexifa`nis a phrase monger; le`xis
speech + fai`nein to show.] Using, or interlarded with, pretentious
words; bombastic; as, a lexiphanic writer or speaker; lexiphanic
writing.
Lex`i*phan"i*cism (-*sz'm), n. The use of pretentious words, language,
or style.
Lex`i*phar"mic (-fär"mk), a. See Alexipharmic.
Ley (l), v. t. & i. To lay; to wager. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Ley, n. [OF.] Law. Abbott.
Ley (l), n. [Obs.] See Lye.
Ley (l), n. Grass or meadow land; a lea.
Ley, a. Fallow; unseeded. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
{ Ley"den jar" (l"d'n jär"; 277). Ley"den phi"al (f"al).} (Elec.) A
glass jar or bottle used to accumulate electricity. It is coated with
tin foil, within and without, nearly to its top, and is surmounted by a
brass knob which communicates with the inner coating, for the purpose
of charging it with electricity. It is so named from having been
invented in Leyden, Holland.
Ley"ser (l"zr), n. Leisure. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Leze` maj"es*ty (lz` mj"s*t). [F. lese-majesté, fr. L. laesus, fem.
laesa, injured (see Lesion) + majestas majesty; that is, crimen laesae
majestatis.] [Written also lese majesty.] (Law) Any crime committed
against the sovereign power.
Lher"zo*lite (lr"z*lt), n. [From Lherz, a place in the Pyrenees +
-lite.] (Min.) An igneous rock consisting largely of chrysolite, with
pyroxene and picotite (a variety of spinel containing chromium).
Li (l), n. 1. A Chinese measure of distance, being a little more than
one third of a mile.