leger

leger
    n 1: a record in which commercial accounts are recorded; "they
         got a subpoena to examine our books" [syn: {ledger},
         {leger}, {account book}, {book of account}, {book}]
    2: French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955) [syn:
       {Leger}, {Fernand Leger}]
    

Ledger \Ledg"er\(l[e^]j"[~e]r), n. [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}.]
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   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}.]
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   {Ledger bait}, fishing bait attached to a floating line
      fastened to the bank of a stream, pond, etc. --Walton.
      --J. H. Walsh.

   {Ledger blade},a stationary shearing blade in a machine for
      shearing the nap of cloth.

   {Ledger line}. See {Leger line}, under 3d {Leger}, a.

   {Ledger wall} (Mining), the wall under a vein; the foot wall.
      --Raymond.
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Leger \Leg"er\, a. [F. l['e]ger, fr. LL. (assumed) leviarius,
   fr. L. levis light in weight. See {Levity}.]
   Light; slender; slim; trivial. [Obs. except in special
   phrases.] --Bacon.
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   {Leger line} (Mus.), a line added above or below the staff to
      extend its compass; -- called also {added line}.
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Leger \Leg"er\ (l[e^]j"[~e]r), n. [See {Ledger}.]
   1. Anything that lies in a place; that which, or one who,
      remains in a place. [Obs.]
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   2. A minister or ambassador resident at a court or seat of
      government. [Written also {lieger}, {leiger}.] [Obs.]
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            Sir Edward Carne, the queen's leger at Rome.
                                                  --Fuller.
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   3. A ledger.
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Leger \Leg"er\, a.
   Lying or remaining in a place; hence, resident; as, leger
   ambassador.
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