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Leger
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Lé·ger 
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| 1. | A·lex·is Saint-Lé·ger
Audio Help [a-lek-see san-ley-zhey] Pronunciation Key. St.-John Perse. |
| 2. | Fer·nand
Audio Help [fer-nahn] Pronunciation Key, 1881–1955, French artist. |
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| Lé·ger
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French poet and diplomat whose works include Anabase (1924) and Chronique (1960). He won the 1960 Nobel Prize for literature. |
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| Léger, Fernand 1881-1955.
French artist. An early cubist who worked in bright flat colors, Léger incorporated industrial and mechanical images into his work. |
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| leger | |
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| 1. | a record in which commercial accounts are recorded; "they got a subpoena to examine our books" [syn: ledger] |
| 2. | French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955) |
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leger
Ledg"er\(l[e^]j"[~e]r), n. [Akin to D. legger layer, daybook (fr. leggen to lay, liggen to lie), E. ledge, lie. See Lie to be prostrate.]1. 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. [Written also leger.] 2. (Arch.) (a) A large flat stone, esp. one laid over a tomb. --Oxf. Gloss. (b) 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. [Written also ligger.] Ledger bait, fishing bait attached to a floating line fastened to the bank of a stream, pond, etc. --Walton. --J. H. Walsh. Ledger blade,a stationary shearing blade in a machine for shearing the nap of cloth. Ledger line. See Leger line, under 3d Leger, a. Ledger wall (Mining), the wall under a vein; the foot wall. --Raymond.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Leger
Ledg"er\(l[e^]j"[~e]r), n. [Akin to D. legger layer, daybook (fr. leggen to lay, liggen to lie), E. ledge, lie. See Lie to be prostrate.]1. 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. [Written also leger.] 2. (Arch.) (a) A large flat stone, esp. one laid over a tomb. --Oxf. Gloss. (b) 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. [Written also ligger.] Ledger bait, fishing bait attached to a floating line fastened to the bank of a stream, pond, etc. --Walton. --J. H. Walsh. Ledger blade,a stationary shearing blade in a machine for shearing the nap of cloth. Ledger line. See Leger line, under 3d Leger, a. Ledger wall (Mining), the wall under a vein; the foot wall. --Raymond.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Leger
Leg"er\ (l[e^]j"[~e]r), n. [See Ledger.]1. Anything that lies in a place; that which, or one who, remains in a place. [Obs.] 2. A minister or ambassador resident at a court or seat of government. [Written also lieger, leiger.] [Obs.] Sir Edward Carne, the queen's leger at Rome. --Fuller. 3. A ledger.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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