Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: least – legacy
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least, adj. [OE læst, læsest; see less. adj.]
Smallest; slightest; most insignificant.
least, adv. [see least, adj.]
- In the smallest amount; according to the lowest degree.
- Phrase. “At Least”: [adverbial phrase] if nothing else; with regard to minimal expectations.
least, n. [see least, adj.]
Poorest person; most insignificant being; one of lowliest station; someone in the worst condition (see Matthew 11:11).
leave, n. [OE léaf.]
Permission; allowance.
leave (-s, leaving, left), v. [OE læfan.]
- Gone; departed; [possibly antithesis between “left” and “gone”] remaining.
- Deposit; put in place; give and not take back again.
- Allow to remain; do not take; do not remove.
- Withdraw; depart from.
- Deposit; have remaining; at departure or removal, as a trace or consequence.
- Allow to remain; permit without interposition.
ledge (-s), n. [ME legge.]
Raised place; projecting edge.
leech, n. [OE læce.]
Aquatic blood-sucking worm; small creature formerly used to extract blood from a sick person.
left, adj. [OE left.]
Phrase. “left hand”: sinistral side of; opposite to the right side of the body; (see Matthew 25:32-33).
left, v. [see leave, v.]
legacy (legacies), n. [OFr legacie, the district of a delegate.]
Heritage; inheritance; valuable bequest; gift provided to another by will at the time of death.