• LENCH
n. 1606 Sc. obs. – a leap, a spring
• LEND
n. 1. a1300 obs. – a hiding-place, a refuge
n. 2. 1575 UK – a loan
vb. 1. a1100 obs. – to arrive, to come
vb. 2. a1200 obs. – to cause to come, to bring, to place
vb. 3. a1300 obs. – to tarry, to remain, to stay; to dwell, to abide
vb. 4. a1375 obs. – to go, to depart
vb. 5. c1460 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – to give a blow
vb. 6. 1931 Amer. dial. – to borrow
• LEND A DEAF EAR
vb. c1375 obs. – to refuse to listen
• LENDS
n. c975 obs. – the loins; also, the buttocks
• LEND THE LOAN OF
vb. 1911 Amer. dial. – to lend
• LENEND
n. a1000 obs. – a lender, a usurer
• LENG
adv. c1000 obs. – longer
vb. 1. a1000 obs. – to lengthen, to prolong; to delay
vb. 2. a1300 obs. – to linger, to tarry, to remain, to abide, to dwell
• LENGE
adv. c1000 obs. – longer
• LENGER
adj. c900 obs. – longer
adv. 1. c1200 obs. – longer
adv. 2. c1425 obs. rare – farther
• LENGH
n. c888 – length of time or space
• LENGTH
n. 2002 NZ sl. – the penis, esp. when erect
vb. a1300 obs. – to lengthen, to prolong
• A LENGTH
n. 1968 sl. – female sexual gratification
• LENGTHENMENT
n. 1814 rare – the fact of being lengthened
• LENGTHFUL
adj. c1611 poetic usage, rare – of great length, long
• LENGTHING
n. 1. c1375 obs. – lengthening in duration, prolonging
n. 2. c1450 obs. – making long or longer
• LENGTHWAY
n. 1691 obs. – the direction of the length of something
• LENIATE
vb. 1622 obs. – to render mild or soft; to soften, to soothe, to make calm
• LENIFY
vb. 1. 1568 rare – to assuage or sooth pain, suffering, etc.
vb. 2. 1574 obs. – to alleviate, to mitigate
• LENIMENT
n. 1623 obs. rare – an assuaging, appeasing
• LENITION
n. 1541 obs. rare – an assuaging, a mitigation, alleviation
• LENITIVE
adj. 1620 obs. – of persons, their dispositions, etc.: displaying lenience, gentle, lenient
• LENITUDE
n. 1627 obs. – gentleness, mildness
• LENITY
n. 1548 – mildness, gentleness, mercifulness in disposition or behaviour
• LENNERLIE
adj. 1948 Sc. – lonely, alone, reserved in manner
► LENNO n. a baby, a child → 1714 Sc.
• LENNOCHMORE
n. 1820 Sc. – a son
• LENNOW
adj. 1589 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – flabby, flaccid, limp
• LENOCINANT
adj. 1664 obs. – enticing to evil, leading astray, seducing
• LENOCINATE
vb. 1609 obs. rare – to wheedle
• LENOCINATING
adj. 1609 obs. rare – wheedling
• LENOCINY
n. 1657 obs. rare – an enticing medicine
• LENONIAN
adj. 1656 obs. rare – belonging to a bawd
• LENSE
vb. a1000 obs. – to make thin or lean; to become thin or lean
• LENSING
n. c1175 obs. – a making thin or slim; a wearing away of flesh by fasting
• LENT
adj. a1400 obs. – slow, sluggish; esp. said of a fire, a fever
n. 1. c1275 obs. – the season of spring
n. 2. 1382 obs. – lentils
n. 3. a1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – the act of lending; loan
n. 4. c1435 obs. – slowness, delay
n. 5. 1920 Amer. dial. – a greenhorn
vb. 1658 obs. – to lean
• LENTED
adj. 1594 obs. rare – that shows traces of Lent or fasting; emaciated
• LENTEN
adj. 1. c1020 obs. – pert. to Lent
adj. 2. 1577-87 obs. – such as is appropriate to Lent; hence of provisions, diet, etc.: such as may be used in Lent, meagre; of clothing, expression of countenance, etc.: mournful-looking, dismal
n. 1. c1000 obs. – spring
n. 2. a1023 obs. – Lent
• LENTEN-CHAPS
n. 1622 obs. – a term of contempt for a person with lean visage
• LENTEN-FACED
adj. 1604 – lean and dismal of countenance
• LENTEN FIG
n. Bk1908 Eng. dial. – a raisin
• LENTEN-KAIL
n. 1805 Sc. – broth made without meat
• LENTEN LILY
n. 1896 rare – the yellow daffodil, Narcissus Pseudo-narcissus
• LENTEN MAN
n. 1698 nonce word – an observer of Lent
• LENTEN PIE
n. 1592 – a pie containing no meat
• LENTEN STUFF
n. a1548 obs. – provisions suitable for Lent
• LENTIGINOUS
adj. 1597 – full of freckles
• LENTIGO
n. c1400 – a freckle or pimple
• LENTILS
n. 1558-68 obs. – freckles or spots on the skin
• LENTIL SOUP
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – nonsense
• LENTITUDE
n. 1623 – slowness, sluggishness, tardiness
• LENTITUDINOUS
adj. 1801 rare – slow, tardy, sluggish
• LENT-LILY
adj. 1796 – of the colour of the yellow daffodil, yellow
n. 1796 – the yellow daffodil, Narcissus Pseudo-narcissus
• LENTLY
adv. 1654-66 obs. rare – slowly
• LENTOR
n. a1763 – slowness, tardiness, sluggishness
• LENTOUS
adj. 1646 nonce word – clammy, viscid
• LENTRINWARE
n. 1435 Sc. obs. – skins of lambs that have died soon after being dropped
• LENYE
adj. 1513 Sc. obs. – thin, slender
• LEONELL
adj. 1625-6 obs. rare – of or resembling that of a lion
• LEONIC
adj. a1658 obs. rare – pert. to the constellation Leo
• LEONINE
adj. c1386 – resembling a lion; lion-like
• LENTY
adj. 1. 1920 Amer. dial. – inexperienced, green
adj. 2. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – boorish; rustic
• LEOPARD CAT
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – a cat with fur of mixed colours
• LEOPARDINE
adj. 1641 obs. rare – characteristic of a leopard
• LEOPARDLING
n. 1861 rare – a young leopard
• LEOTH
n. c1050 obs. – a song
• LEOTH-SCOP
n. c1205 obs. – a poet
• LEPER
n. 1. c1250 obs. – leprosy
n. 2. 1825 – an outcast
n. 3. 1857 Sc. – a leopard
• LEPERED
adj. 1. 1598 obs. – affected with leprosy
adj. 2. 1598 obs. – foully infected
• LEPERHEAD
n. 1398 obs. – leprosy
• LEPERHOOD
n. 1493 obs. – leprosy
• LEPERY
adj. 1558-68 obs. rare – leprous
• LEPI
adj. a1300 obs. – single, one
► LEPID adj. 1. pleasant in speech or behaviour, jocose, facetious, amusing, witty → 1619
adj. 2. charming, elegant → 1660
• LEPIDITY
n. 1647 obs. – facetiousness, wit, a jest, a joke
• LEPIDLY
adv. 1650 – in a jesting manner
• LEPIDOPTERIST
n. 1826 – one who studies butterflies and moths
• LEPORICIDE
n. 1788 nonce word – a killer of hares
• LEPORIDE
n. 1880 – an alleged ‘cross’ between a hare and a rabbit
• LEPORINE
adj. 1656 – pert. to a hare
n. 1862 – an alleged ‘cross’ between a hare and a rabbit
• LEPP
n. 1908 Sc. – a piece or fragment of something, a shred, a rag, a tatter; any broken-down or worn-out article
vb. 1908 Sc. – to move about slowly, sluggishly, or aimlessly; to saunter; to hang around
• LEPPIE; LEPPY
n. 1924 Amer. dial. – an orphan calf, lamb, or foal
• LEPRESS
n. 1541 obs. – a female leper
• LEPROLOGIST
n. 1900 rare – a medical expert in leprous diseases
• LEPRON; LEPRONE
n. 1501 Sc. obs. – a young rabbit or hare
• LEPROSED
adj. 1550 obs. – made leprous
• LEPROSIED
adj. 1709 rare – tainted with leprosy
• LEPROSITY
n. 1555 obs. – leprous quality or condition, leprosy
• LEPROSY
n. 1. 1598 – foulness, filth
n. 2. 1834 rare – a leper-house
• LEPROUS
adj. 1598 – foul, filthy
n. c1250 obs. – a leper
• LEPROUSED
adj. 1550 obs. – made leprous
• LEPRY
n. 1. 1430-40 obs. – leprosy
n. 2. 1526 obs. – foulness, filth
• LEPTOLOGY
n. 1681 obs. – a description of mean and sordid things
• LERB
n. 1915 Sc. – a lock, as much as can be taken up by the tongue; a mouthful of some liquid or semi-liquid, as jam
vb. 1825 Sc. – to lap with the tongue; to slobber in drinking
• LERE
adj. 1629 obs. – looking askance; oblique, indirect; sly, underhand
vb. 1. c900 obs. – to teach; to give instruction to a person
vb. 2. a1300 obs. – to acquire knowledge; to be informed
vb. 3. a1300 obs. – to inform
vb. 4. c1320 obs. – to show the way, to lead, to guide
• LERED
adj. c1154 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – learned
• LERER
n. 1. a1300 obs. – a teacher
n. 2. c1440 obs. rare – a learner; a disciple
• LERICOMPOOP
n. 16C Brit. colloq. – a buffoon; an oaf
vb. 19C Brit. sl. – to coit
• LERING
n. 1. a1300 obs. – instruction, teaching
n. 2. 1340 obs. – learning, scholarly knowledge
• LERM
vb. c1530 obs. rare – to weep
• LERRICOMPOOP
vb. Bk1903 sl. – to possess carnally
• LERRIPUP
vb. 19C Brit. sl. – to coit
• LERRUPY
n. 1967 Amer. dial. – food prepared for a dog
• LES
n. 1929 sl.. chiefly derogatory – a lesbian
• LESAR
n. c1380 obs. – a destroyer
• LESBIAN
adj. 1. 17C obs. – pliant and accommodating; has no negative connotations, but often misunderstood during the 17th to 18th centuries when the word was used in this sense
adj. 2. L19 – pert. to a female homosexual
n. L19 – a woman who is emotionally or sexually and emotionally devoted to members of her own sex; a female homosexual
• LESBIE
n. 1940 sl., chiefly derogatory – a lesbian
• LESBINE
n. M20 US sl. – a lesbian
• LESBO
n. 1940 sl., chiefly derogatory – a lesbian
• LESBYTERIAN
n. M20 US homosexual sl. – a jocular nickname for a lesbian
• LESED
adj. a1600 Sc. – damaged, injured
• LESE-MAJESTY
n. 1536 – any offense against the sovereign authority; treason
• LESER
n. c1380 obs. – a destroyer
• LESIE
n. 1929 sl., chiefly derogatory – a lesbian
• LESING
n. 14C arch. – a falsehood, a lie
LESLIE
n. E20 Aust. sl. – a lesbian
• LESNESS
n. c950 obs. – absolution, redemption, forgiveness of sins
• LESO
n. 1945 Aust. sl., chiefly derogatory – a lesbian
• LESS
vb. 1. a1225 obs. – to become less, to decrease
vb. 2. a1300 obs. – to make less, to lessen, to diminish
vb. 3. c1375 obs. – to lower in position or station; to humble, to degrade
• LESS AGE
n. 1524 Sc. obs. – minority
• LESSEN
adj. 1975 Amer. dial. – smaller of
conj. 1. 1887 Amer. dial. – unless
conj. 2. 1899 Amer. dial. – lest, for fear that
prep. 1905 Amer. dial. – except
vb. a1654 obs. – to lower the dignity, position, or character of; to humble; to degrade, to demean
• LESSENING
adj. 1674 obs. – disparaging, degrading, lowering
n. 1428 obs. – a degradation, disparagement
• LESSER HALF
n. 1. 1965 Amer. sl. – one’s husband
n. 2. 1965 Amer. sl. – one’s wife
• LESSES
n. a1400 hunting usage obs. – the dung of a ‘ravenous’ animal, as a wild boar, wolf, or bear
• LESSEST
adj. a1400 hunting usage obs. – least
• LESSIE
n. 1929 sl., chiefly derogatory – a lesbian
• LESSING
n. c1340 obs. – lessening, diminution; abatement
• LESSNESS
n. 1635 rare – the quality of being less; inferiority, baseness
• LESSON
n. 1. c1330 obs. – subject of discourse
n. 2. c1340 obs. – a public reading; a lecture; also, a course of lectures
n. 3. 1382 obs. – the act of reading
vb. 1555 – to give a lesson or lessons to, to instruct, to teach; to admonish, to rebuke, to reprove
• LESSON IN ANATOMY
n. Bk1942 Amer. college sl. – an attractive girl
• LESSONING
n. 1583 – instruction, admonition
• LESS THAN NO TIME
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a short time; a moment
• LESTRIGON
n. 1591 obs. – an inhuman monster, a cannibal; a bloodthirsty person
• LESTRIGONIAN
n. a1887 – an inhuman monster, a cannibal; a bloodthirsty person
• LESTY
adj. 1423 Sc. obs. rare – skilful, sagacious
• LESURE
n. c1420 obs. – hurt, injury, wound
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