Vocabulary : Ledger to Leeching
Ledger : A book in which a summary of accounts is laid up or preserved; the final book of record in business transactions, in which all debits and credits from the journal, etc., are placed under appropriate heads. ;; A large flat stone, esp. one laid over a tomb. ;; A horizontal piece of timber secured to the uprights and supporting floor timbers, a staircase, scaffolding, or the like. It differs from an intertie in being intended to carry weight.Ledgment : A string-course or horizontal suit of moldings, such as the base moldings of a building. ;; The development of the surface of a body on a plane, so that the dimensions of the different sides may be easily ascertained.
Ledgy : Abounding in ledges; consisting of a ledge or reef; as, a ledgy island.
Lee : To lie; to speak falsely. ;; That which settles at the bottom, as of a cask of liquor (esp. wine); sediment; dregs; -- used now only in the plural. ;; A sheltered place; esp., a place protected from the wind by some object; the side sheltered from the wind; shelter; protection; as, the lee of a mountain, an island, or a ship. ;; That part of the hemisphere, as one stands on shipboard, toward which the wind blows. See Lee, a. ;; Of or pertaining to the part or side opposite to that against which the wind blows; -- opposed to weather; as, the lee side or lee rail of a vessel.
Leeangle : Alt. of Liangle
