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–noun Angling.
ledger (def. 4).
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Lé·ger    Audio Help   [ley-zhey] Pronunciation Key
–noun
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    Audio Help   (lā-zhā')  Pronunciation Key 
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

noun
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.
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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.
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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.
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