- Doctor, doctor! I"ve had a sore stomach ever since I ate three crabs last week.
- Did they smell bad when you took them out of their shells?
- What do you mean "took them out of their shells"?
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LESSER adj. (usu. Attrib.) Not so great as the other(s) (lesser evil; lesser mortals).
LESSON n. - spell of teaching. - (in pl.; foll. By in) systematic instruction. - thing learnt by a pupil. - experience that serves to warn or encourage (let that be a lesson). - passage from the bible read aloud during a church service. [french leçon from latin lego lect-]
LESSOR n. Person who lets a property by lease. [anglo-french: related to *lease]
LETHAL adj. Causing or sufficient to cause death. lethally adv. [latin letum death]
LETOUT n. Colloq. Opportunity to escape a commitment etc.
LETTER of credit n. Letter from a bank authorizing the bearer to draw money from another bank. - —n. - character representing one or more of the sounds used in speech. - a written or printed message, usu. Sent in an envelope by post. B (in pl.) Addressed legal or formal document. - precise terms of a statement, the strict verbal interpretation (letter of the law). - (in pl.) A literature. B acquaintance with books, erudition. —v. - inscribe letters on. - classify with letters. to the letter with adherence to every detail. [french from latin littera]
LEVANT n. (prec. By the) archaic eastern mediterranean countries. [french, = point of sunrise, from latin levo lift]
LEVITY n. Lack of serious thought, frivolity. [latin levis light]
LEYDEN jar n. Early capacitor consisting of a glass jar with layers of metal foil on the outside and inside. [leyden (now leiden) in holland]
LIABLE predic. Adj. - legally bound. - (foll. By to) subject to. - (foll. By to + infin.) Under an obligation. - (foll. By to) exposed or open to (something undesirable). - (foll. By to + infin.) Apt, likely (it is liable to rain). - (foll. By for) answerable. [french lier bind, from latin ligo]
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Every night, wasps bite into the stem of a plant, lock their mandibles (jaws) into position, stretch out at right angles to the stem, and, with legs dangling, fall asleep.