LECTURER
Lec"tur*er, n.
Defn: One who lectures; an assistant preacher.
LECTURESHIP
Lec"ture*ship, n.
Defn: The office of a lecturer.
LECTURN Lec"turn, n. Etym: [LL. lectrinum, fr. lectrum; cf. L. legere, lectum, to read.]
Defn: A choir desk, or reading desk, in some churches, from which the lections, or Scripture lessons, are chanted or read; hence, a reading desk. [Written also lectern and lettern]. Fairholt.
LECYTHIS
Lec"y*this, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. 3 an oil flask.] (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of gigantic trees, chiefly Brazilian, of the order Myrtaceæ, having woody capsules opening by an apical lid. Lecythis Zabucajo yields the delicious sapucaia nuts. L. Ollaria produces the monkey-pots, its capsules. Its bark separates into thin sheets, like paper, used by the natives for cigarette wrappers.
LED
Led, imp. & p. p.
Defn: of Lead. Led captain. An obsequious follower or attendant.
[Obs.] Swift.
— Led horse, a sumpter horse, or a spare horse, that is led along.