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ligger |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ledger \Ledg"er\(l[e^]j"[~e]r), n. [Akin to D. legger layer, daybook (fr. leggen to lay, liggen to lie), E. ledge, lie. See {Lie} to be prostrate.] 1. A book in which a summary of accounts is laid up or preserved; the final book of record in business transactions, in which all debits and credits from the journal, etc., are placed under appropriate heads. [Written also {leger}.] 2. (Arch.) a A large flat stone, esp. one laid over a tomb. --Oxf. Gloss. b A horizontal piece of timber secured to the uprights and supporting floor timbers, a staircase, scaffolding, or the like It differs from an intertie in being intended to carry weight. [Written also {ligger}.] {Ledger bait}, fishing bait attached to a floating line fastened to the bank of a stream, pond, etc --Walton. --J. H. Walsh. {Ledger blade},a stationary shearing blade in a machine for shearing the nap of cloth. {Ledger line}. See {Leger line}, under 3d {Leger}, a. {Ledger wall} (Mining), the wall under a vein; the foot wall. --Raymond. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ligger \Lig"ger\ (l[i^]g"g[~e]r), n. 1. A baited line attached to a float, for night fishing. See {Leger}, a. 2. See {Ledger}, 2.
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