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LES'SON, n. les'n. [L. lectio, from lego, to read.] 1. Any thing read or recited...
LESS'ER, a. [This word is a corruption; but too well established to be discarded...
LESS'ENING, ppr. Reducing in bulk, amount or degree; degrading.
LESS'ENED, pp. Made smaller; diminished.
LESS'EN, v.t. les'n. [from less.] 1. To make less; to diminish; to reduce in bul...
LESSEE', n. [from lease.] The person to whom a lease is given, or who takes an e...
LESS, for unless. [Not in use.] LESS , A terminating syllable of many nouns and ...
LE'SION, n. le'zhun. [L. lasio, from lado, to hurt.] A hurting; hurt; wound; inj...
LERE, n. Learning; lesson; lore. Obs. LERE , v.t. To learn; to teach. Obs.
LEP'ROUSLY, adv. In an infectious degree.
LEP'ROUS, a. [See Leper .] Infected with leprosy; covered with white scales. His...
LEP'ROSY, n. [See Leper .] A foul cutaneous disease, appearing in dry, white, th...
LEPROS'ITY, n. Squamousness. [Little used.]
LEP'ORINE, a. [L. leporinus, from lepus, a hare.] Pertaining to a hare; having t...
LEPIDOP'TERAL, a. Belonging to the order of Lepidopters.
LEP'IDOPTER, LEPIDOP'TERA, n. [Gr. a scale, and a wing.] The Lepidopteras are an...