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Glossary of Latin Words.
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  • leones:—false coin prohibited by Edw. I.
  • lepa:—a lip, or lepe, a basket holding about two-thirds of a bushel.
  • lepidare:—to speak fair.
  • leporarius:—a greyhound.
  • leporium:—a hare-warren.
  • leprosaria:—a lazarhouse.
  • lesca:—a slice.
  • lescare:—to slice.
  • lesia:—a leash.
  • lessa:—a legacy; a lease.
  • lessia:—a leash.
  • lesta, lestum:—a last; a lathe. See lasta.
  • lestagium:—toll paid at a port on landing goods; or at a market or fair for licence to remove goods.
  • lestum:—a lathe, a division of a county.
  • lesura:—a leasowe, a pasture.
  • leta:—a court-leet.
  • letania:—a litany.
  • leuca:—a league, 1,500 paces, or 480 perches; sometimes used for a mile, and other distances; a covenant.
  • leucata:—a league; banlieue.
  • leuga. See leuca.
  • leugata. See leucata.
  • leugator:—a scout or forager (?).
  • levabilis:—leviable.
  • levanum:—leavened bread.
  • levare:—to collect, to levy; to remove; to carry hay; to make hay.
  • levare mercatum:—to hold a market.
  • levator:—a lever.
  • levellus:—level.
  • leverarius:—a harrier.
  • leverio, breve de:—writ of relief.
  • levescere:—to become light.
  • levia:—a span.
  • levinarius:—a lymehound, " a leviner."
  • levita:—a deacon.
  • lex:—sometimes used for ordeal.
  • lezura:—a leasowe, a pasture.
  • liardus:—dapple grey.
  • libellare:—to put in writing; to convey by charter.
  • libelli supplicum, magister:—Master of Requests.
  • libellus:—a declaration; a libel; a charter.
  • liber lapis:—freestone.
  • libera:—delivery of a portion of grass or corn to a tenant who has been engaged in cutting it.
  • liberare:—to deliver.
  • liberata:—a gift; livery. The word " clothing" was used for the liverymen of a City Company as late as the Stuart period.
  • liberate:—a writ ordering a payment to be made, commencing with this word.
  • liberatio. See liberata.
  • liberatura. See liberata.
  • libertare:—to set free.
  • libertatio:—freedom.