L
[ɛl]
Definition
(-) As a numeral, L stands for fifty in the English, as in the Latin language.
(n.) An extension at right angles to the length of a main building, giving to the ground plan a form resembling the letter L; sometimes less properly applied to a narrower, or lower, extension in the direction of the length of the main building; a wing.
(n.) A short right-angled pipe fitting, used in connecting two pipes at right angles.
Edited by Joanne
Examples
- My Inglese frend tell to me afterwards dat Inglant is most célébere fore her agriculture! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- En resume, L'OBSERVATION des animaux sauvages demontre deja la variabilite LIMITEE des especes. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Best brands Georgian, none in market; second quality, 1851, L180. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- On it was scribbled in pencil: L10 reward. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Tell the old gen'l'm'n not to put himself in a perspiration. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Britain, at the expense of three millions, has killed one hundred and fifty Yankees this campaign, which is 20,000_l. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Au banquet de la vie à peine commencé, Un instant seulement mes lèvres ont pressé La coupe en mes mains encore pleine. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Well,' said Sam, 'of all the cool boys ever I set my eyes on, this here young gen'l'm'n is the coolest. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Oui; j'ai la flamme à l'?me, et je dois l'avoir! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It has been pretended [L'Art de penser. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- It had better be done by somebody else, Dan'l,' said Mrs. Gummidge. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- St. Pierreelle a l'air d'une vieille coquette qui fait l'ingénue. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- When one talks into a receiver, _L_, the voice throws into vibration a sensitive iron plate standing before an electromagnet. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- I've had a h--l of a night! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Best brands Circassians, crop of 1850, L200; 1852, L250; 1854, L300. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I say, Sol, said the woman, is that ar man going to tote them bar'ls over tonight? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He would have exiled fifty Madame de Sta?ls, if, they had annoyed, offended, outrivalled, or opposed him. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Mother's bar'ls is like dat ar widder's, Mas'r George was reading 'bout, in de good book,--dey never fails, said Mose, aside to Peter. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Well, ole man, said Aunt Chloe, you'll have to tote in them ar bar'ls. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Typist: Richard