The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Section I, J, K, and L

Book learning. See under Book.

Syn. -- Literature; erudition; lore; scholarship; science; letters. See Literature.

Leas"a*ble (?), a. [From 2d Lease.] Such as can be leased.

Lease (?), v. i. [AS. lesan to gather; akin to D. lezen to gather, read, G. lesen, Goth. lisan to gather; cf. Lith lesti to peck.] To gather what harvesters have left behind; to glean. [Obs.] Dr...