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See the artid~s I3ILL, STATUT E, .od PAkLlAo
MUNT,
LESIlOS, or ~rR1'EL I S. ~n intnd of Ihe Archipclago,
lixt), mib oorth well of SlIIyrn.l. Irs chi.f towa i,
e,nro.
LESCAR.. a city aod U;nIOI)'S :~e of fraoce, forty miles
e.ltl of Bayooo:.
LESeARD, • borough·lolVo of Corow.I, rrfleco miles
\Vell of Lauocclloo, which tIVO members tO p~r·
liameor.
LESSINES, a 1011'n of the Aullri.o NctherlaoGs, four o
teeo miles oorth of Moos.
LESSONS, among eecltliallical writer!, portioos of rhe
Holy Seriprures, read io Chriai,lo chulches, at the
time of divioe lervlc•.
LESTW ITHIEL, aborough.towo ofCorowal. rweory·
thrce 1lliles fouth·wdl of Lanncefloo, whieh feods t~·o
members lO parliament.
LETHARGY, io medic: ne. SeeMEDlcrNE.
LETHE, io th~ aocieot myrhol()gy, oo~ of Ihe rivers of
.hell, lignifyiog oblivioo or forgelfulnefs ; irs watm
hJviog, aeeordiog to poetie.1 f,tlioo, Ihe peculiar qUd o
lity of ollkiog thofe who draok' of them forg~t every
thiog th.t was paa.
LETRlM, or LEtTRIM, a couoty of lrelaod, io the
provioce of Coooallght; bouoded by Ferm.oagh 00
the oorth, by Cavao 00 the eafl, by Rofeommoo 00
the fOllth, aod hy Sligo 00 the we(l.
L E.TrER, a (hméler ufed to exprefs ooe of thefimple
fonods of the voiee: aod as the dill"mot limpie fouons
are exprelfed by dill"ereot leuers, thefe, by btiog d,fi'e o
reody eompouoded, become the vifible figo, or charac·
Uf! of all the modulatioos .oel mixtures offouods ufed
tO exprefs our ideas io a regular laoguage.
LETTE R o/ allml(y, io law, is a writiog b), which ooe
perfoo authorifes aoother tO do fome la\V(ul atl io his
Ilead; as, to givc fcifio of laods, to receive debts, .fue
a rhird perfoo, &c.
The oatUre of this io(l,umeor is to traosfer to the
perfoo to whom it is giveo, the whole power of rhe
m,kcr, to eoable him lO accomplinl rhe atl io'rended
lObe perfurmed. lt is either geoeral or fpecial ; aon
fomelimes it is mide revoroble, whieh is wheo abare
~uth'lrily is ollly giveo; aod fometimes it is irrevoc~ble,
"whcre dehls, ee. are aOigocd from ooe perCoo ro
aonUler. Ir is geomlly held, rl,at the power graored
tO the ottorney mu(l be aritlly purfued; aod that
"here it is maele to three perfoos, twO caonor exe·
U IIC ir. lo mon cafes, the power giveo by a letter
of attoroe)' determines upoo the death of rhe perfoo
who I:ave it. No leuer of attoroey made by aoy fea·
man, &c. in aoy fhip of war, nr haviog lettcrs of
marque, or by ' rheir cxeclltors, &c. io order ro im·
FO\\" aoy perflln to receive aoy fhare of p,izes, or
bouotyomooey, fh.ell be valid, uolcfs rhe f. mebe made
revocoble, aOlI for rhe Ilfe of fnch bOlen, aod be
fi gn.,d aod cxceured beCore, aod atlellen by, the captaio
aod ooc olher 01' rhe fi~oing oflicers of the ntip, or the
m.l'or or chicf ll11ginw. of fome corroratioo.
~ET TER o/ 1/101(, cr lIJtzr qu(J a !euu gr:.ntcd la one
L E V
of dH: !d'lg';i íuLjcéls. uRder che p,i~y fcai, ímpo'.llcr,
iog hiOl to make reprifals lor what was fonnerly
takco from him by the (ubjetls of aoolher Itate Con·
trilry tO rhe 1". of mart. See tite .n.cle MAR<lVf.
LETTERS·PATENT, are wririogs fealed wirh rhe ~reJ(
feal; fo callcd, blcaufe they are apeo . Wilh the feal al"·
li~~d to thom. 'Chefe are graotcd ro Juthorife a ma~
tono 0< eojoy wh" of himfelf he eould OOt do.
LETTUCE, io ho"oy. See LACTUCA.
LEVANT, a nallle glveo to the can pan of the Medi:
lerraocao fea, bouoded by Natoli. or thelelfer Afia 00
the oonh, by Syria aod r alellioe 00 the eafl, by E·
~ypt aocl BMca 00 the fouth, aod by the inaod of
C.lodia aod tbe oth:r part of the Mediterraoean 00
lhe wen.
LEVATOR, io anaromy, a name giveo 10 fe.eral
mufcles. Sa ANATOMY, Pan Ir.
LEUCADENDRON, io boraoy, a genus of Ihe tetrao·
dria mooogyoia The flofculi have tWO petals,
one of them ueiog divided iota fegmeots; rhe recep·
t.lele is fomell'hat hairy; it has 00 proper calix; and
the aothera: are joioed together. TI>ere are 15 fpe,
cies, oooe of them oa¡ives of Britain.
LEUeOIUM, the GRE AT SNOWoDROP, io bOlaoy, a
genus of the hexandria mooogyoia elafs. The coroll.
is bdlofhaped, ao.d di.ided ioto fix fegmeots; aod the
aigma is fimple. There are tbree fpecies, oone of tbem
oari,es of Britaio.
LEUCOMA, io furgery, a di(lemper of the eye, other,
wife ealled albugo. See ALBUGO aod MEDICINE.
LEUCOPHLEGMATlA, in medicioe, akiod ofdropCy,
orherwife talled aoafarca. See ANASARCA aod ME·
DICINE.
LEVEL, ao ioarumeot whmwith to draw a line par~.
le! to the horizoo, by meaos of which the true leve!.
Or the differeoce of afeent or defeeot betweeo feceral
places. may be [ound for cooveyiog water, dr.ining
feos. 6c.
There are feveral ionrumeots of different cootri·
vaoCe aoti maller, ioveOled for rhe perf<tlioooflevel·
liog all of whieh , for rhe praétice, may be redueed
to thofe that follow
Ai, LEVEL. that which fhews the lioe of level by.meaos
of a bubble or a.r ioclofed with 'fome liquor io a glaf,.
tube o( an indetermioa\e I<ngth and thlCkoefs, whofe
two eods are hermetically fealed: Wheo rhe bubble
fixes ilfelf at a cenaio mark, made cxatlly io rhe
oriddle of the lube, the plane or ruler "hereio it is
6xed is lel'el. \Vheo it is not leve!. the bubble ",ill
rife to ooe cod. This glJs tube may be fet io ano·
ther of brafs, Imiog ao apenureio the middle, whence
the buble of air may be obferved. Tireliquor where–
\Vith the ruue is filled, is tart~r, oc aqua leeun·
da; thofe oot beiog liable tn frteu as COOlolOO Wdlcr,
oor to rarefaétioo and (,o, as fpirit of \\ ine
iso There is ooe of rh& ioOruOlco,s ",ith fi ghts,
bcing an improvemcnt upoo Ihar laa d,fcribed, whieh,
by the addilioo of more appararns, hecomes more C"OI·
oroJious aoJ cxat!. Ir coofiOs oC .0 air 1" 'eI, (rce
I'lm ClV. fi~. l.) nO ,. aboU! ci~11t inches loo~. ,od
fCl'cn or eif,ht lioe! iD diaOlerer, fn io a brafHu~'e.
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