Lemuria 
Lemuria'-' (if'-mu'ri-jj), //. />i. [NL., neut. pi., 
< LCHI /, q. v.J In some edition* of Cuvier'a 
system, n subdivision of the Cliin>iH><lii (wliicli 
comprised Illinium ami V""'""""''") '>}' which 
the lemurs, including ('liii-onius. are distin- 
guished collectively from monkeys and man. 
With wirnii little attention, the division corresponds to 
tin- nn'ili-rn suborder /Viwtmue of the order Primates; 
but the term Lemuria l scarcely In uso in this sense. 
. / / . . 
Lemurian (le-mii'ri-au), <i. and H. [< Lemuria 1 
+ -tin.] I. . Of oif pertaining to the region 
liemuria. 
II. . One of the by pothetical human inhabi- 
tants of Lemuria, or a person supposed to have 
lived when the supposed Lemuria was au exten- 
sive continent. Compare Atlantean,2. 
Lemuridie (le-mu'ri-de), n. pi. [NL., < Lemur 
+ -!</;.] A 'family of I'rotrimia; or Lemuroidea 
formed by the exclusion of the Tarswteand the 
l)aubentonii(Ue ; the lemurs proper. The teeth 
are of three kinds, and the incisors are not gliriform. There 
are pectoral as well as inguinal mamma. The fibula is dis- 
tinct from the tibia, and the bony orbits of the eyes are 
open behind. The claws of the hind feet are like flattened 
nails, excepting that of the second toe. These animals are 
specially characteristic of Madagascar, but many also in- 
habit Africa, some India and islands further eastward. 
They are arborlcole and qnadi umanous, and many of them 
might be described as fox-like or cat-like monkeys; but 
their forms are very diverse. Their size ranges from that 
of a cat to that of a mouse. The family is divided into 
four subfamilies, Indrittntt, Lemurince, A'ycticebina, and 
Galattiiuiuz. 
Lemurina (lem-u-ri'ne), n. pi. [NL., < LI-HI n i- 
+ -H<t.] The typical subfamily of Lemuridai; 
lemurs strictly so called. They have more than 30 
teeth, usually 80; the tarsus moderate ; hind limbs longer 
than the fore ; the tail at least two thirds as long as the body ; 
the ears moderate, with distinct tragus and antitragus, and 
the anterior portion of the helix folded over; and the spi- 
nous processes of the last dorsal and lumbar vertebrae pro- 
clivous. The leading genera are Lemur, Uapalemur, Le 
pilemur, and Chirngaleus. 
lemurine (lein'u-rin), a. and . [< lemur + 
-</>. | Same as lemuroid, 
lemuroid (lem'u-roid), . and n. [< lemur + 
-oi'd.] I. a. Pertaining to the lemurs or Pro- 
simia:, or having their characters; lemurine; 
prosimian. 
II. n. One of the Prosimia:; one of the Le- 
iHuridee; a lemur. 
Lemuroidea 
Lemur + -oidea. . 
ans, or lemurs at large, a suborder of Prima- 
tes, distinguished from Anthropoidea; the strep- 
sirrhine quadrumanous mammals. The Lemu- 
roidea are the lower series of Primates, having the cere- 
brum much less developed, leaving the cerebellum much 
uncovered ; the teats variable, not confined to the breast ; 
the uterus blcornuate ; and the clitoris perforated by the 
urethra. The lacrymal foramen of the skull is outside the 
orbit of the eye, and the orbit is open behind. The ears 
are pointed, with indistinct lobules or none. There are 
three families, Lemwridas, Tarsiid/K, and Dattbentoniida 
(or Chiromyidts). 
2. A superfamily of Prosimite, containing the 
families Lemuridas and TaraiMte, together con- 
trasted with the Danbentonioidea, 
Ien 1 t, v. Au older and dialectal form of lend 1 . 
len'^ti v. A dialectal form of lain 3 . 
lenat (le'nS,), . [L., a procuress (cf. leno, a 
procurer), '<; lenire, persuade, render mild, < le- 
nis, smooth, mild: see lenity.} A procuress: as, 
"my lean lena," Webster. 
Lenaia (le-nl'a), n. pi. [< Or. \fnnua (sc. lep&), 
neut. pi. of 'Ar/vaiof, pertaining to the wine-press 
(an epithet of Dionysus, or Bacchus), < fa/v6f, a 
wine-vat, wine-press.] In Gr. antiq., an Athe- 
nian festival in honor of Dionysus (Bacchus), 
celebrated in the ancient temple of that god, 
called the Lenaion, to the south of the Acropolis. 
It was the second of the series of Dionysiac festivals, and 
took place during the month of Oamelion (part of January 
and February) ; it was the occasion of a procession, and 
of dramatic contests in both tragedy and comedy. See Bac- 
cltiui and Dioni/sia. 
lencheon (len'chon), n. [Perhaps a corrup- 
tion of ledging.'] In mining, a kind of shelf in 
a shaft. Halliioell. [Prov. Eng.] 
lend 1 (lend), v,; pret. and pp. lent, ppr. lending. 
[With excrescent -d, as also in sound 5 , round 1 , 
etc.; prop, lene, or as dial, len, < ME. burn, 
leenen (pret. lende, pp. lem-d, lend, lint, ilt'tiet, 
i/lt-nt), < AS. laintin (= OFries. lena, lenia = D. 
k'eiten = MLG. lenrn, Icln tun, leinen = OHG. 
Iflniiiiiii, MIKi. li-liiiiiii. (I. liliiini = led. lima 
ss Dan. tonne = 8w. lAiia, lend, make a loan), < 
II'IH, lien, a loan: see limn 1 .'] I. triiim. If. In 
a fjeneral sense, to give; grant. 
Matheu maketh ineiielun "f a man thatlenfe 
Has si'luur to thru munriv TIH-M :unl menyiigi' that thei 
sboMe 
t'hatfarc and choeue ther-with In chele and in hete. 
/',. , . I'l.m-nwil (O. IX. ML 
3407 
To hys lorde he can meene, 
Ami preyed liym that he wolde hym letne 
U i mil, armowre, and stede. 
MS. Cantab. Ff. il. :*, f. 75. (HalliweU.) 
Ihesu, that mo lone ]m*l lende, 
In-lit thi loue thou me bringe, 
Take to thee al iiiyn entente. 
I/ '<,,* to firyin, etc. (E. E. T. S.), p. 23. 
If God have lent a man any manners, he may easily put 
It off at court. Xhnk., All's Well, U. 2. S. 
2. To give the use of without compensation ; 
grant or give (anything) in expectation of a re- 
turn of the same, or of the like in equal quan- 
tity or amount: as, to lend a book, a loaf of 
bread, or a sum of money. 
Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt 
surely lend him sufficient for his need. Deut. XT. 8. 
Book of Riddles I why, did you not lend It to Alice Short- 
cake upon All-hallowmas last ? 
length 
lending n'n'dinnS . [Verbal n. of /</!, r.J 
1. The act of nmkinif a loan: as, the taiilnni of 
. 
(lem-u-roi'de-a), n. pi. [NL., < 
dea.] 1. The lemuroids, prosimi- 
1. Tin- act of making a loan: as, the i 
money. 2. That which U lent or furnished; 
something not one's own ; a borrowed article. 
Olf off, you lendinys! come, unbutton here. 
Shale., Lear, 111. 4. MX 
Thou lost a good wife, thou lost a trew friend, ha ! 
Two of the rarest lendinyi of the heavens. 
Mantvn, Antonio and Melllda, II., IT. 5. 
lene't, P. A Middle English form of /<'. 
lene-t, A Middle English form of lean*. 
lene"t, <' A Middle English form of lend 1 . 
Than moot another paye for oure cost, 
Or leite us gold. Chaucer, Shlpman's Tale, 1. 19. 
lene 4 (le'ne), a. and n. [< L. lent*, neut. lent, 
smooth: see lenity.] I. a. In philol. , smooth ; 
surd and non-aspirate, as k, p, or t. 
II. n. A smooth mute or non-aspirate surd, 
3. To give the use of for a consideration ; let lenert, ft. An obsolete variant of lender. 
or grant for hire ; yield up on condition of re- leng ' t, adv. An obsolete comparative of long 1 . 
turn of the same or an equivalent, and payment leng'-'t', Ienge 1 t, '' [ME., < AS. lengan (= D. len- 
for its use : as, to lend money on interest 
Thou shalt not . . . lend him thy victuals for Increase. 
Lev. xxv. 37. 
Lent privately to my Lady Newcut upon her gilt cast- 
ing bottle, . . . flfty-flve shillings. 
Middleton, Your Five Gallants, L 1. 
4. To give for a particular occasion or pur- 
pose ; grant or yield temporarily or specifical- 
ly ; afford ; accommodate (with or to) : as, to 
lend one's ear to an appeal; to lend assistance: 
often used reflexively : as, to lend one's self to 
a project. 
.,..*, lengthen, = MLG. lengen, lengthen, post- 
pone, = OHG. lengjan, lengan, MHG. lengen, Q. 
Uingen, lengthen, = Icel. lengja, lengthen, pro- 
long, = Dan. lamges, refl., grow longer), pro- 
long, put off, < tang, long: see long 1 , length, lin- 
ger!] I. trans. To lengthen ; prolong. 
El. intrans. To linger, dwell, rest, or remain. 
Ijrnyf at home pur charyte\ 
Leve soon, y prey the. 
MS. Cantab. Ff. it 38, f. 150. (BaUiwett.) 
Listen a little, & lemj here a while : 
Let vs karpe of thies kynges or we cayre ferre. 
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your e^ SSf^STf 
Shot., i. C., lii. 2. 78. lenge 2 *,, n. A Middle English form of hny 1 . 
A little onward tend thy guiding hand lengert, <<<' A Middle English comparative 
To these dark steps. Milton, S. A., L 1. otlony 1 . 
The facility with which the hair lends itself to various length (length), n. [< ME. lengthe, sometimes 
methods of treatment. _...._. .. . lenthe, < AS. length (= D. lengte = Icel. lengd 
= Dan. Icenyde = Sw. lanyd), length ; with for- 
mative -th (cf. lengu, length), < long, long: 
IT. B. Flower, Fashion in Deformity, p. 7. 
5. To furnish, impart, or communicate; con- 
fer; add: as, "distance lends enchantment to 
the view." 
Lo I where the heath, with withering brake grown o'er, 
Lends the light turf that warms the neighboring poor. 
Crabbe, Works, I. 5. 
And round the roofs a gilded gallery 
That lent broad verge to distant lands. 
Tennyson, Palace of Art. 
Truth is for other worlds, and hope for this ; 
The cheating future lends the present's bliss. 
0. W. Holmes, The Old Prayer. 
To lend a hand. See hand. 
II. intrans. To make a loan or loans. 
Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto 
thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury. 
Dent, xxiii. 20. 
I neither lend nor borrow 
By taking nor by giving of excess. 
SAo*., M. of V., i. 3. 62. 
.] A loan: as. will 
lend 1 (lend), n. [< IKHU-, i/.j ^v iuu. no. nui as a bar or metal, u 
you give me the lend of your spade f [Colloq.] standard is correct. 
For the lend of the ass you might give me the milL ' 
The Crafty Miller (old ballad). ' 
lend' 2 t (lend), v. i. [ME. lenden, < AS. lendan, 
land: see land 1 , v.] To land; arrive; dwell; 
stay; remain. 
They put up pavilyons round, 
And lenilul there that night. 
Quoted in Religious Pieces (E. E T. S.), Gloss., p. 100. 
Here is full faire dwellyng for vs, 
see 
... .. 1. The property of being long or ex- 
tended in a single direction; also, that which 
is long. 
A needless Alexandrine ends the song, 
That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow lenfrth along. 
Pope, Essay on Criticism, L 157. 
2. Distance along a line, as measured, for ex- 
ample, upon the circumference of a wheel that 
rolls over it: as, the length of a road, a river, or 
the arc of a curve. 
When thei aprocbed nygh thei lete renne and smjrte 
to-geder so harde that ye niyght here the strokes half a 
myle of length. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), U. 161. 
Our Lady streete Is very faire, being of a great length, 
though not so broad as our Cheapside in London. 
Caryat, Crudities, I. 30. 
Every measuring instrument is liable to change Its length 
with temperature. It Is therefore necessary, In denning 
a length by reference to a concrete material standard, such 
as a bar of metal, to state the temperature at which the 
A lykand place in for to lende. 
i'ork Plays, p. 190. 
Everett, Units and Phys. Const., p. 17. 
3. The magnitude of the greatest principal 
axis of a body or figure ; one of the dimensions 
of a body, the others being breadth and thick- 
ness. See dimension, I. Thus, the length of a stick 
of timber is not its longest measurement, between opposite 
angles, but is the shortest distance between the ends. 
Every body has three principal axes, which are capable of 
being determined with mathematical precision; and in 
most cases we can see what they are near enough for prac- 
tical purposes. The distance between the extremities of 
the longest of these three axes is the length of the body. 
& cleymed him for ther chefe of West and of Est. 
Of North & of South in length A In brede. 
Hob. of Brvnne. p. 19. 
Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and In 
the breadth of it. Gen. xui. 17. 
So stretch'd oat huge in length the Arch-fiend lay. 
Milton, P. L., L 209. 
Iend 3 t, A Middle English form of land*. 
lendable (len'da-bl), o. [< lend 1 + -able.] Ca- 
pable of being lent. 
lende 1 * (lend), n. | M 10., usually in pi. lendes, 
Icendes, lyndes, < AS. lendenu, leendinu, pi. (in 
comp. lenden-, rarely lende-), = OS. lendi = 
OFnes. lenden = D. lendetien, pi., = MLG. lende 4. Reach; power of reaching; extent of range: 
=OHG. lenti, lendi, MHG. G. lende, loin, haunch, no tho >,<iinth f nna'a viainn nr of a. view. 
= Icel. lend = Dan. tend = Sw. land, loin. Cf . 
L. lumbus, loin, > ult. E. loin: see loin, lumbar.'] 
A loin : usually in the plural. 
A barmclooth eek as whit as morne milk 
Upon hir lendes, ful of many a gore. 
Chaucer, Miller's Tale, L 57. 
lende' 2 t, < A Middle English form of land 1 . 
lender (len'der),n. [<MKkn<iare(with unorig. 
</ as in the verb lendi), earlier letter, lenere. 
as, the length of one's vision or of a view. 
Within my sword's length set him ; if he 'scape, 
Heaven forgive him too ! Shale., Macbeth, Iv. 3. 2S4. 
She . . . holds them dangling at arm's length in scorn. 
Coirper, Truth, 1.164. 
5. Extent of or in time; duration; continu- 
ance: as, the length of a day or a year, or of 
life; the length of a battle or a performance; a 
discourse of tedious length. 
Be asked life of thee, and thou gavest It him, even length 
keiiere, < AS. Icenere, a lender (= OFries. Itner of days for ever and ever. PS. xxi. 4. 
= D. leener = MLG. lener = OHG. lehenari, leh- Now length of fame (our second life) Is lost 
wttri. MHG. lehrnmre, lehntere, G. lehener, a lend- 
er, a person holding a fief, = Dan. laaner = Sw. 
/(mare, a lender), < teitan, lend: see It'iid 1 . i-.] 
One who lends; especially, one who makes a 
trade of putting money to interest : opposed to 
The borrower is servant to the lender. Prov. xxii. 7. 
Pope, Essay on Criticism, p. 480. 
6. In orthoepy and prosody: (a) The time oc- 
cupied in uttering a vowel or syllable; quan- 
tity. (6) The quality of a vowel as long or 
short, according to the conventional distinction 
of long and short in EiiKli*h pronunciation. 
(c) The quality of a syllable as metrically ac- 
