lenticular 
lenticular (len-tik'u-lar), a. [= F. lenticulnire. 
= Pr. Sp. Pg. lenticular = It. leuticolare, < L. 
leuticularis, lentil-shaped, < lenticula, a lentil : 
see lenticule, lentil.] 1. Resembling a lentil 
in size or form. 2. Having the form of a 
double-convex lens, as some seeds Lenticular 
bone. Same as lenticulare. Lenticular fevert, fever 
attended with an eruption of small pimples. Lenticu- 
lar ganglion. See ganglion. Lenticular gland. Same 
as leiMca, 2. Lenticular mark or space, in mtom., one 
having the outline of a double-convex lens as seen from 
the side, bounded by two convexly curved lines which 
meet in two points. Lenticular nucleus, the lower of 
the two gray nuclei of the corpus striatum. It is some- 
what conical in shape, with base outward toward the in- 
sula. It is divided into three parts by medullary layers 
parallel to the base. The outermost segment is called the 
putanten, the two inner the globm pallidus; the inner- 
most is more or less indistinctly divided into two. The 
lenticular nucleus is separated from the caudate nucleus 
and from the optic thalamus by the internal capsule. 
Lenticular process of the incus of a mammal. See 
incus (a). 
lenticulare (len-tik-u-la're), .; pi. lenticularia 
(-ri-a). [NL., neut. of L. lenticularis, lenticular : 
see lenticular.] A bone of the carpus of some 
reptiles, as crocodiles. It is an oval ossicle situated 
between the ulnar proximal carpal bone and the second to 
fifth metacarpals, supporting the third to fifth of these en- 
tirely. Huxley, Auat Vert, p. 220. 
lenticularly (len-tik'u-lar-li), adv. In a len- 
ticular manner; like a lens; with a curve. 
lenticule (len'ti-kul), n. [< F. lenticule, a., len- 
til-shaped (as a noun, duckweed), = Sp. lenti- 
cula, < L. lenticula, a lentil : see lentil.'] Same 
as lenticula. 
lenticulite (len-tik'u-lit), n. [< L. lenticula, 
lentil, + -ite 2 .] In geol., a fossil of lenticular 
shape. 
lentlCUlostriate (len-tik"u-16-stri'at), a. [< 
L. lenticula, lentil, + NL. striatus, furrowed: 
see striate.] Pertaining to the lenticular por- 
tion of the corpus striatum of the brain. Spe- 
cifically applied to one of the anterolateral nutritive ar- 
teries from the middle cerebral or Sylvian artery, which 
from the frequency with which it bleeds is called by Char- 
cot the "artery of cerebral hemorrhage." 
lentiform (len'ti-form), a. [= F. It. tentiforme, 
< L. lens (lent-), a lentil, + forma, form.] 
Having the form of a lens; lenticular: as, the 
lentiform nucleus of the striate body of the 
brain. 
lentigerous (len-tij'e-ms), a. [< NL. len(t-)s, 
a lens, + L. gerere, carry, bear.] Provided 
with a crystalline lens, as an eye: applied to 
the eyes of some mollusks, as cephalopods, in 
distinction from punctigerous. 
lentigines, n. Plural of lentigo, 1. 
lentiginose (len-tvj'i-nos), a. [< LL. lentigi- 
nosus, freckled: see lentiginous.] In bot. and 
zool., covered with minute dots as if dusted or 
freckled; speckled. 
lentiginous (len-tij'i-nus), a. [= F. lentigineux 
= It. lentigginoso, < LL. lentiginosus, freckled, < 
L. lentigo (-i-), a freckly eruption, freckles : see 
lentigo.] Same as lentiginose. 
ientigo (len-ti'go), . [NL., < L. lentigo, a lentil- 
shaped spot, a freckly eruption, < lens (lent-), a 
lentil: see lentil.] 1. PI. lentigines (len-tij'i- 
nez). In med., a freckle ; abstractly, a freckly 
condition; the presence of freckles. 2. [cap.] 
In zool., a genus of mollusks. 
lentil (len'til), . [< ME. lentil, < OF. lentille, 
F. lentille = Sp. lenteja = Pg. lentilha = It. len- 
ticchia, < L. lenticula, a lentil, < lens (lent-), a 
lentil: see lens. Cf. lenticula, lenticule.] 1. The 
annual leguminous plant Lens esculenta, or its 
seeds. Its native country is unknown; but it is now 
widely cultivated in the Mediterranean region and the 
Orient, having been in use in Egypt and the East from a 
high antiquity. The small flattened seeds furnish a nu- 
tritious food, similar to peas and beans, and are cooked 
whole or split or ground into meal. The leafy stems of the 
lentil serve as fodder, and when in blossom the plant is 
a good source of honey. 
2f. pi. Freckles; lentigo. 
The root brought into a liniment cureth the lentils or 
red spots. Holland, tr. of Pliny, xxii. 21. 
3. In apparatus for rectifying alcohol, one of 
the lentil-shaped bulbs (of which there are gen- 
erally two, but may be more) placed in the con- 
denser between the coil and the pipe leading 
from the column of the still. See still and recti- 
fication.- Water-lentils, the duckweed Lemna minor. 
[Proy. Eng.] 
lentil-shell (len'til-shel), n. A shell of the ge- 
nus Ervillia. 
lentinert, . See lentner. 
lentiscus (len-tis'kus), . ; pl.lentisci (-si). [L., 
the mastic-tree.] Same as lentisk. 
lentisk (len'tisk), . [Also lentisc; < ME. len- 
tiske = F. lentisqne = Pr. lentisc = Sp. P^. Irti- 
tiscu = It. lentischio, < L. lentiscua, also lentits- 
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cum, the mastic-tree.] The mastic-tree, Pista- 
cia Lentiscus. See mastic-tree and Pistacia. 
In this tract all the heathes or com'ons are cover'd with 
rosemary, lavender, leniiscs, and the like sweet shrnbes. 
Evelyn, Diary, Sept. 30, 1844. 
lentitudet (len'ti-tud), n. [< OF. lentitude = 
Sp. lentitud, (. L. lentitudo, slowness, < lentus, 
slow, tenacious: see lent 3 , a.] Slowness. Bai- 
ley, 1731. 
Lent-lily (lent'lil''i), n. The daffodil: so named 
from its time of flowering. Also called Lent- 
rose. [Prov. Eng.] 
A silk pavilion, gay with gold 
In streaks and rays, and all Lent-lily in hue, 
Save that the dome was purple. 
Tennyson, Gareth and Lynette. 
Lent-lovert, A cold lover; a lenten lover. 
See lenten 1 -, a., 3. 
These dolent, contemplative Lent-lovers. 
Urquhart, tr. of Kabelais, ii. 21. (Davits.) 
lentnert, lentinert (lent'ner, len'ti-ner), n. [< 
lenten + -er 1 : "so called because taken during 
that season "(?).] A kind of hawk. 
If I should enlarge my discourse to the observation of 
the . . . Haggard, and the two sorts of Lentners, ... it 
would be much . . . pleasure to me. 
I. Walton, Complete Angler, i. 1. 
lento (len'to), a. [It., slow: see lent 3 , a.] In 
music, at a slow tempo. Also lent. 
lentoid (len'toid), a. [< L. len(t-)s, a lentil (see 
lens), + Gr. <iof, form.] Having the form of 
a lentil or a double-convex lens ; lens-shaped. 
When Assyria and Phoenicia took the place of Babylonia 
... as civilizing powers, the cylinder made way for the 
lentoid or cone-like seal. 
A. H. Sayce, Pref. to Schliemann's Troja, p. xx. 
lentont, n. A Middle English form of lenten 1 . 
lentor, lentour (len'tpr), . [= F. lenteur = 
Sp. Pg. lentor = It. lentore, < L. lentor, flexibil- 
ity, pliancy, < lentus, pliant, tenacious, also 
slow, sluggish: see lent 3 , a.] 1. Tenacity; 
viscousness ; viscidity, as of fluids. 
Some bodies have a kinde of lentour, and are of a more 
depertible nature than others. Bacon, Nat. Hist., 857. 
By reason of their clamminess and lentor they [arbores- 
cent hollyhocks] are banished from our sallet. 
Evelyn, Acetaria. 
2f. Slowness; delay; sluggishness. 
The lentor of eruptions not inflammatory points to an 
acid cause. Arbuthnot, Aliments. 
lentoust (len'tus), a. [< L. lentus, pliant, tena- 
cious, viscous, slow : see lent 3 , a.] viscid; vis- 
cous; tenacious. 
In this [a frog's] spawn of a lentous and transparent body 
are to be discerned many specks. 
Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., iii. 13. 
Lent-rose (lent'roz), . Same as Lent-lily. 
[Prov. Eng.] 
lent-seedt (lent'sed), . [ME. lenteseed, linte- 
seed; < lenfl- + seed.] Seeds sown in spring. 
Lynne-seed and lik-seed and lente-seedes alle 
Aren nouht so worthy as whete. 
Piers Plowman (C), xlii. 190. 
lenyoyt, 1'envoy, 1'envoi (len-voi'; F. pron. 
lon-vwo'), n. [< OF. I 'envoy, I 'envoi: le, the; 
envoi, a sending: see envoy 1 .] 1. A sort of 
postscript appended to a literary composition. 
See envoy 1 . 
Pag. Is not lenuoy a salue? 
Ar. No, Page, it is an epilogue or discourse, to make 
plaine 
Some obscure precedence that hath tofore bin faiue. 
Shak., L. L. L., iii. 1. 82 (folio 1628). 
2f. A conclusion; a result. See envoy 1 . 
Lenzites(len-zi'tez),. [NL.(EliasFries,1813).] 
A genus of fungi of the order Agaricini. The 
pileus is sessile, dimidiate in form, and woody or coria- 
ceous ; the gills are also coriaceous ; and the ! i aunt is floe- 
cose. The plants are found growing on stumps, etc., and 
are most abundant in the tropics, where they become 
woody. 
lenzitoid (len-zl'toid), a. [< Lensites + -aid.] 
Resembling in form or structure a fungus of 
the genus Lenzites. 
Lenz s law. See law 1 . 
Leo (le'6), n. [L., a lion; a constellation: see 
lion. ] 1 . In astron. , an ancient zodiacal constel- 
lation, the Lion, containing Regulus, a star of 
magnitude 1-J, and two stars of the second mag- 
nitude. It is easily found, for the pointers of the Great 
Bear point southerly to its brightest star, distant about 45 
degrees from the southernmost of them. Four stars in the 
body of Leo form a characteristic trapezium, and those 
about the neck and mane make a sickle. It is the fifth 
sign of the zodiac, its symbol as such being n , showing the 
lion's mane. See cut in next column. 
2. In zool., the technical specific name [7. c.] of 
the lion, Felis leo, sometimes taken as a generic 
name [cay*.], when the animal is called Leo 
flfricanUH Leo Minor, a constellation between Leo 
and the Great Bear, first introduced in 1UUO by Hevelius. 
leonine 
The Constellation Leo. 
leodt, " A Middle English form of lede 3 . 
leoft, . A Middle English form of lief. 
leohtt, a. and . A Middle English form of 
light 1 . 
leont, n. A Middle English form of lion. 
Leonardesque (le-o-nar-desk'), a. and n. [< 
Leonardo (see def.) + -esque.] I. a. In art, in 
the manner of Leonardo or Lionardo da Vinci, 
an illustrious Florentine artist, engineer, and 
man of letters (1452-1519). 
II. n. A disciple or an imitator of Leonardo 
da Vinci; sometimes, a picture of the school of 
Leonardo. 
Also Lionardcsque. 
leonced, a. See lionced. 
leoncito (le-on-si'to), n. [A dim. (not in Sp. 
use) of Sp. lean, a lion: see lion.] The lion- 
monkey of Humboldt, a kind of tamarin or 
marmoset, Midas leoninus. 
Lepnese (le-o-neV or -nez'), a. and n. [< Sp. Leo- 
nes, of Leon, < Ledn, Leon : see def.] I. a. Of 
or pertaining to the city, province, or ancient 
kingdom of Leon in Spain, or its inhabitants. 
II. n. sing, and pi. A native or an inhabi- 
tant, or natives or inhabitants, of the province 
or city of Leon in Spain. 
leonhardite (le-on-har'dit), n. [Named after 
Prof. K. C. von Leonhard of Heidelberg (1779- 
1862).] A mineral closely related to Taumon- 
tite, and probably a variety of it, differing only 
in having lost part of its water. 
Leonia (le-6'ni-a), n. [NL. (Ruiz and Pavon, 
1799), named after D. Francisco Leon, who pro- 
moted the publication of Ruiz and Pavon's 
"Flora Peruviana et Chilensis."] A genus of 
South American trees, belonging to the order 
Violariece and tribe Alsodeiece, it is distinguished 
from Alsodeia, the type of the tribe, by having the five 
petals partly connected, the connective of the stamens not 
produced, and an indehiscent fruit. There are two species, 
natives of Brazil and Peru. One, L. ylycycarpa, produces 
a fruit that is eaten by the Peruvians, who call the tree the 
achocoft. This genus was formerly placed in the order 
Myrsineae (Myrginacece), ar.d later made by De Candolle to 
constitute an order (Leoniacece) by itself. 
Leoniaceae (le-o-ni-a'se-e), n. pi. [NL. (Al- 
phonse de Candolle, 1844), < Leonia + -aeete.] 
An order of plants, containing only the anoma- 
lous genus Leonia, now referred to the riolariece. 
Leonid (le'o-nid), n. One of the Leonides. 
Leonides (If-on'i-dez), n. pi. [NL., < L. leo(n-), 
a lion, the constellation Leo (see lion), + -ides, 
pi. suffix: see -id! 2 , 1.] A name given to the 
group of meteors observed in the month of No- 
vember each year, but occurring with extreme 
profusion about three times in a century: so 
called because they seem to radiate from the 
constellation Leo. 
leonine (le'o-nin or -nin), a. and .. [< ME. 
leonin. < OF. leonin, F. leonin = Sp. Pg. It. leo- 
nino, < L. leoninus, belonging to a lion, ML. also 
belonging to a person named Leo or Leonim or 
Leoninus (in which sense it is generally sup- 
posed to be used as applied to a form of verse 
(versus leoninus, OF. vers leonins, also leoni- 
nime, lionime, f. sing.), the person in this case 
being identified with Leo or Leonius or Leoni- 
nus, a canon of the Order of St. Benedict in 
Paris in the 12th century, or with other persons 
who are supposed to have invented or used this 
form of verse ; but the adj. so applied is prob. 
to be taken literally), < leo(n-), a lion: see linn.] 
1. a. 1. Pertaining to or resembling a lion; 
lion-like: as, leonine fierceness or rapacity. 
So was he f ul of leonyn corage. 
Chaucer, Monk's Tale, 1. 656. 
We almost see his [Landor's] leunine face and lifted 
brow. .s'/ei/man, Viet. Poets, p. 57. 
2. In iros., consisting of metrical Latin hex- 
ameters or elegiacs (alternate hexameters and 
pentameters), in which the final word rimes 
