lé, n.m., breadth (of linen); tow-path.
lèche, n.f., thin slice. — cul; toady, lick-spittle.
léché, -e, part., licked. Tableau —; (paint.) labored picture.
à lèche-doigts, adv., (l.u.) in small quantities, niggardly, meanly, sparingly, just enough to taste.
lèchefrite (lèsh-frit), n.f., dripping-pan.
lécher, v.a., to lick, to lick up; (paint.) to labor, to polish, to elaborate, to overdo.
se lécher, v.r., to lick one’s self. S’en — les doigts; to lick one’s chops over it.
lécheu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., gormandizer; sponger.
leçon, n.f., lesson; lecture; reading. Vraie —; true reading (of a text). —s publiques; public lectures. Il a pris des —s d’un tel; he took lessons from such a one. Faire la — à quelqu’un; to give any one his cue, to lecture any one, to coach up any one.
lect-eur, n.m., -rice, n.f., reader, (old) lecturer, professor. — bénévole; gentle reader.