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Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Index Guide

lease property 270, 780 lending 787 grant a – 771 – and release 783 take a new – of life 654 leasehold 780 leash tie 43 three 92 hold in – 751 least – in quantity 34in size 193 at the – 32 leather skin 223 tough 327 beat 972 – or prunello 643 nothing like – 481 leave remainder 40 part company 44 relinquish 624 permission 760 bequeath 784 French – 623 give me – to say 535 – alone inaction 681 freedom 748 permit 760 – a loophole 705 – an inference 526 – a place 293 – in the lurch pass 303 decisive 545 – it to one 760 – no trace disappear 449 obliterate 552 – off cease 142 desuetude 614 relinquish 624 disuse 678 – out 55 – out of one’s calculation 460 – the beaten track 83 – to chance 621 – to oneself 748 – undecided 609a – undone 730 – void regret 833 – word 527 take – depart 293 freedom 748 leaven component 56 cause 153 lighten 320 qualify 469 deterioration 659 bane 663 leavings remainder 40 useless 645 lecher 962 lechery 961 lectern 1000 lection special 79 interpretation 522 lectionary 998 lecture teach 537 speak 582 dissertation 595 censure 932 sermon 998 – room 542 lecturer teacher 540 speaker 582 preacher 996 lectureship 542 led – captain follower 746 servile 886 favorite 899 – by the nose 749 ledge height 206 horizontal 213 shelf 215 projection 250 ledger list 86 record 551 accounts 811 lee front 234 side 236 leech remedy 662 physician 695 Lee Enfield rifle 727 leef 829 leek 401 eat the – recant 607 submit 725 Lee-Metford rifle 727 leer stare 441 dumb show 550 leery 702 lees 321, 653 lee shore danger 665, 667 leet, court – 966 lee wall 666 leeward 236 leeway tardy 133 space 180 navigation 267 progression 282 shortcoming 304 left residuary 40 sinistral 239 – alone 748 – bower 840 – in the lurch 732 – to shift for oneself 893 over the – 545 pay over the – shoulder 808 left-handed clumsy 699 – compliment 932 – marriage 903 leg support 215 walker 266 food 298 thief 792 best – foremost 686 fast as -s will carry 274 keep on one’s -s 654 last -s spoiled 659 fatigue 688 – bail 623 light on one’s -s 734 make a – 894 not a – to stand on illogical 477 confuted 479 failure 732 off one’s -s propulsion 284 on one’s -s upright 212 elevation 307 speaking 582 in health 654 active 682 free 748 set on one’s -s 660 legacy transference 270 property 780 gift 784 legadero 45 legal permitted 760 legitimate 924 relating to law 963 – adviser 968 – estate 780 – pledge 535 legality 963 legalize 963 legate 534 legatee transferee 270 possessor 779 receiver 785 legation 755 legato 415 legend record 551 description 594 legendary imaginary 515 mythical 979 legerdemain change 146 trick 545 (cunning 702) leggings 225 leghorn 225 legible 518 – hand 590 legion multitude 102 army 726 legionary 726 legislation government 693 legality 963 legislative – assembly 696 legislator 694 legislature 72, 693 legist 968 legitimate true 494 permitted 760 right 922 due 924 legal 963 legume 298, 367 legumin 321 leguminous 365, 367 Leibnitzianism 451 leiodermatous 255 leisure spare time 685 (opportunity 134) at one’s – late 133 leisurely slowly 275 leman 897 lemma 476 lemon fruit 298 sour 397 color 436 – pie 298 lemures 980 lend 787 – a hand 680 – aid 707 – countenance 707 – oneself to assent 488 coöperate 709 – on security 789 – wings to 707 lender creditor 805 lending 787 – library 593 length 200 at – in time 133 full – portrait 556 go all -s resolution 604 activity 682 exertion 686 go great -s 549 – and breadth of 50 – and breadth of the land space 180 publication 531 – of time 110 lengthen increase 35 make long 200 – out diuturnity 110 late 133 lengthwise 200, 251 lengthy long 200 diffuse 573 lenient moderate 174 mild 740 compassionate 914 lenify 174 lenitive moderating 174 lubricant 332 qualification 469 remedy 662 relieving 834 lenity 740 lens 445 lens-shaped 245 Lent fasting 956 rite 998 lenten 956 lenticular curved 245 convex 250 lentiginous 330, 653 lentor slowness 275 spissitude 352 inactivity 683 (inertness 172) lentous 352 leonine verses 597 leopard variegated 440 -’s spots unchanging 150 leper outcast 892 lepidote 330 Leprechaun 979 leprosy 655 lerret 273