LEDGEMENT
Ledge"ment, n.
Defn: See Ledgment.
LEDGER Ledg"er, n. Etym: [Akin to D. legger layer, daybook (fr. leggen to lay, liggen to lie), E. ledge, lie. See Lie to be prostrate.]
1. A book in which a summary of accounts is laid up or preserved; the final book of record in business transactions, in which all debits and credits from the journal, etc., are placed under appropriate heads. [Written also leger.]
2. (Arch.) (a) A large flat stone, esp. one laid over a tomb. Oxf. Gloss. (b) A horizontal piece of timber secured to the uprights and supporting floor timbers, a staircase, scaffolding, or the like. It differs from an intertie in being intended to carry weight. [Written also ligger.] Ledger bait, fishing bait attached to a floating line fastened to the bank of a stream, pond, etc. Walton. J. H. Walsh. — Ledger line. See Leger line, under 3d Leger, a. — Ledger wall (Mining), the wall under a vein; the foot wall. Raymond.
LEDGMENT Ledg"ment, n. (Arch.) (a) A string-course or horizontal suit of moldings, such as the base moldings of a building. Oxf. Gloss. (b) The development of the surface of a body on a plane, so that the dimensions of the different sides may be easily ascertained. Gwilt. [Written also ledgement, legement, and ligement.]
LEDGY
Ledg"y, a.
Defn: Abounding in ledges; consisting of a ledge or reef; as, a ledgy island.
LEE
Lee, v
Defn: , i, To lie; to speak falsely. [Obs.] Chaucer.