‖n. [ F. calèche. ] See Calash. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖a. [ F. cléché. ] (Her.) Charged with another bearing of the same figure, and of the color of the field, so large that only a narrow border of the first bearing remains visible; -- said of any heraldic bearing. Compare Voided. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ F. flèche, prop., an arrow. ] (Fort.) A simple fieldwork, consisting of two faces forming a salient angle pointing outward and open at the gorge. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. & v. [ Obs. ] See Knowledge. [ 1913 Webster ]
We consider and knowleche that we have offended. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See
n. [ OE. lechur, lechour, OF. lecheor, lecheur, gormand, glutton, libertine, parasite, fr. lechier to lick, F. lécher; of Teutonic origin. See Lick. ] A man given to lewdness; one addicted, in an excessive degree, to the indulgence of sexual desire, or to illicit sexual relations with women; also called
v. i.
n. See Lecher, n. Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Like a lecher; addicted to lewdness; excessively lustful; -- used mostly of men;
n. an inclination to excessive indulgence in sexual activity; habitually developing a strong sexual arousal.
n. [ OE. lecherie, OF. lecherie. See Lecher. ]
n. [ Prob. through Canadian F. fr. Amer. Indian. ] A kind of rawhide consisting of hide, esp. of the buffalo, which has been soaked in crude wood-ash lye to remove the hairs, and then dried. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]