Vocabulary : Lettern to Lettuce

Lettern : See Lecturn.
Letterpress : Print; letters and words impressed on paper or other material by types; -- often used of the reading matter in distinction from the illustrations.
Letterure : Letters; literature.
Letterwood : The beautiful and highly elastic wood of a tree of the genus Brosimum (B. Aubletii), found in Guiana; -- so called from black spots in it which bear some resemblance to hieroglyphics; also called snakewood, and leopardwood. It is much used for bows and for walking sticks.
Lettic : Of or pertaining to the Letts; Lettish. ;; Of or pertaining to a branch of the Slavic family, subdivided into Lettish, Lithuanian, and Old Prussian. ;; The language of the Letts; Lettish. ;; The language of the Lettic race, including Lettish, Lithuanian, and Old Prussian.

Letting : of Let
Lettish : Of or pertaining to the Letts. ;; The language spoken by the Letts. See Lettic.
Lettrure : See Letterure.
Letts : An Indo-European people, allied to the Lithuanians and Old Prussians, and inhabiting a part of the Baltic provinces of Russia.
Lettuce : A composite plant of the genus Lactuca (L. sativa), the leaves of which are used as salad. Plants of this genus yield a milky juice, from which lactucarium is obtained. The commonest wild lettuce of the United States is L. Canadensis.

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