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Rh *leones:—false coin prohibited by Edw. I.
 * lepa:—a lip, or lepe, a basket holding about two-thirds of a bushel.
 * lepidare:—to speak fair.
 * leporarius:—a greyhound.
 * leporium:—a hare-warren.
 * leprosaria:—a lazarhouse.
 * lesca:—a slice.
 * lescare:—to slice.
 * lesia:—a leash.
 * lessa:—a legacy; a lease.
 * lessia:—a leash.
 * lesta, lestum:—a last; a lathe. See lasta.
 * lestagium:—toll paid at a port on landing goods; or at a market or fair for licence to remove goods.
 * lestum:—a lathe, a division of a county.
 * lesura:—a leasowe, a pasture.
 * leta:—a court-leet.
 * letania:—a litany.
 * leuca:—a league, 1,500 paces, or 480 perches; sometimes used for a mile, and other distances; a covenant.
 * leucata:—a league; banlieue.
 * leuga. See leuca.
 * leugata. See leucata.
 * leugator:—a scout or forager (?).
 * levabilis:—leviable.
 * levanum:—leavened bread.
 * levare:—to collect, to levy; to remove; to carry hay; to make hay.
 * levare mercatum:—to hold a market.
 * levator:—a lever.
 * levellus:—level.
 * leverarius:—a harrier.
 * leverio, breve de:—writ of relief.
 * levescere:—to become light.
 * levia:—a span.
 * levinarius:—a lymehound, " a leviner."


 * levita:—a deacon.
 * lex:—sometimes used for ordeal.
 * lezura:—a leasowe, a pasture.
 * liardus:—dapple grey.
 * libellare:—to put in writing; to convey by charter.
 * libelli supplicum, magister:—Master of Requests.
 * libellus:—a declaration; a libel; a charter.
 * liber lapis:—freestone.
 * libera:—delivery of a portion of grass or corn to a tenant who has been engaged in cutting it.
 * liberare:—to deliver.
 * liberata:—a gift; livery. The word " clothing" was used for the liverymen of a City Company as late as the Stuart period.
 * liberate:—a writ ordering a payment to be made, commencing with this word.
 * liberatio. See liberata.
 * liberatura. See liberata.
 * libertare:—to set free.
 * libertatio:—freedom.