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Definition of Leyden
1. Noun. A city in the western Netherlands; residence of the Pilgrim Fathers for 11 years before they sailed for America in 1620.
Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center
Group relationships: Holland, Kingdom Of The Netherlands, Nederland, Netherlands, The Netherlands
Medical Definition of Leyden
1. Ernst V. Von, German physician, 1832-1910. See: Leyden's ataxia, Leyden's crystals, Leyden's neuritis, Leyden-Mobius muscular dystrophy. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leyden
Literary usage of Leyden
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1901)
"Leyden was in the loth century famous all over Europe for its manufactured ...
Leyden is the seat of a school of navigation, in 1650 the population numbered ..."
2. The Works of Tennyson by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Hallam Tennyson Tennyson (1905)
"The waters, however, spread but slowly, and hope began to sink in the hearts of
the brave defenders of Leyden. At this critical moment, too, ..."
3. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"The waters, however, spread but slowly, and hope began to sink in the hearts of
the brave defenders of Leyden. At this critical moment, too, ..."
4. A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by James Clerk Maxwell (1881)
"Both the secondary pile and the Leyden jar are capable of being charged ...
This is called the residual discharge, and is a phenomenon of the Leyden jar as ..."
5. A History of Classical Scholarship by John Edwin Sandys (1908)
"The barge was steered by Neptune, who had lately let loose the waters of the
Ocean on the troops of Spain, and had thus relieved the siege of Leyden. ..."
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