Definition of Legge

1. v. t. To lay.

2. v. t. To lighten; to allay.

Definition of Legge

1. the dregs of the people [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Legge

legendries
legendry
legends
leger line
leger lines
legerdemain
legerdemainist
legerdemainists
legerdemains
legering
legerings
legerities
legerity
legers
leges
legge (current term)
legged
leggedness
legger
leggers
legges
leggie
leggier
leggiero
leggies
leggiest
leggily
leggin
legginess
legginesses

Literary usage of Legge

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Who's who by Henry Robert Addison, Charles Henry Oakes, William John Lawson, Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen (1897)
"legge, Lady Charlotte AG, d. of 4th Earl of Dartmouth; b. ... legge, Maj. Hon. Henry Charles, 2nd s. of 5th Earl of Dartmouth ; Major Coldstream Guards, ..."

2. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1764)
"... legge. 410. I s. Almon. The account of Mr. legge's character, is a poor account, indeed; it is the daubing of panegyric, laid on with a very c«arfe ..."

3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, George Mifflin Wharton (1845)
"... for value received ; and that it was indorsed by A. legge, the payee, to Wm. legge, the plaintiff, and afterwards presented to Wyatt for acceptance, ..."

4. Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Third by Horace Walpole (1845)
"An old friend visiting him the day before he died, legge said to him, ... legge ought to have known how little Pitt would regard the death-bed admonition of ..."

5. Il Nuovo cimento by Società italiana di fisica (1866)
"ESPERIENZE PER DETERMINARE LA legge DI OSCILLAZIONE DI UN CORPO ELASTICO; DI RICCARDO FELICI. 1. Descriveremo qui alcune esperienze che hanno lo scopo ..."

6. Report of the Proceedings by Church congress (1896)
"Mrs. A. legge in the Chair. (1) WOMEN AS POOR LAW GUARDIANS. ... Mrs. A. legge. WE must do our best this afternoon to justify the existence of our Women's ..."

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