Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The horizontal timber of a scaffolding; a ledger.
- n. A nether millstone.
- n. A plank placed across a ditch as a pathway.
- n. A coverlet for a bed.
- n. A line with a float and bait used for catching pike.
- n. A spent salmon; a kipper or kelt.
Wiktionary
- n. The horizontal timber of a scaffolding; a ledger.
- n. A nether millstone.
- n. slang A freeloader or hanger-on, especially in the music industry.
- n. A baited line attached to a float, for night fishing.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A baited line attached to a float, for night fishing. See leger, a.
- n. See Ledger, 2.
Etymologies
- From Middle English *liggere, variant of Middle English *liȝere (“lier”), equivalent to lie + -er, or lig + -er. See ledger. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Det förebildliga ligger i en skenbar David-Goliat-kamp och resultatet i en drömd odefinierbar seger.”
“Området hvor landsbyen ligger, er ikke tilgjengelig på vanlig måte, men takket være kontakter i Hizbollah, kunne far og sønn komme seg inn.”
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
“Værdien ligger hos aggregatoren | Digitale medier, håb & falliterklæringer says:”
“Always working with the same billhook, Keith bevelled off the ends of each ligger to make a join.”
“The dopey looking 32 year old Labour maggot has little to fall back on but the life of a ligger.”
“Dette summerer seg til 3,4 millioner kroner i året i profitt for Nolan eller, gitt at alle skribentene produserer like mye som ham en drøy antagelse, men det gir oss en ide om hvor taket ligger, 600 mill i året for hele selskapet.”
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“So I begged a place to sleep for the night and carried on in my role as ligger.”
“Hvis de ligger her, og jeg bare har rotet meg litt bort, hadde det vært supert om du kunne sende en link til charlottelunde@hotmail.com”
“Priset ligger pÃ¥ cirka 800 kronor, dÃ¥ ingÃ¥r även ett heeadset.”
“Good to hear that Tory GLA nincompoop, inveterate taxi hirer, ligger and police informant Brian Coleman has become a strange bedfellow of George Galloway in slagging off Crossrail.”
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Finnegan
...from swerve of shore to bend of bay,...all's fair in vannesy...and in Finnegans Wake.
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