libel
libel: n. & v. --n.
1 Law a a published false statement damaging to a person's reputation (cf. SLANDER). b the act of publishing this.
2 a a false and defamatory written statement. b (foll. by on) a thing that brings discredit by misrepresentation etc. (the portrait is a libel on him; the book is a libel on human nature).
3 a (in civil and ecclesiastical law) the plaintiff's written declaration. b Sc. Law a statement of the grounds of a charge.
4 (in full public libel) Law the publication of a libel that also involves the criminal law. --v.tr. (libelled, libelling; US libeled, libeling.
1 defame by libellous statements.
2 accuse falsely and maliciously.
3 Law publish a libel against.
4 (in ecclesiastical law) bring a suit against. øcriminal libel Law a deliberate defamatory statement in a permanent form. øølibeller n. [ME f. OF f. L libellus dimin. of liber book]

liber
liber: n. bast. [L, = bark]

libyan
Libyan: adj. & n. --adj.
1 of or relating to modern Libya in N. Africa.
2 of ancient N. Africa west of Egypt.
3 of or relating to the Berber group of languages. --n.
1 a a native or national of modern Libya. b a person of Libyan descent.
2 an ancient language of the Berber group.

large
large: adj. & n. --adj.
1 of considerable or relatively great size or extent.
2 of the larger kind (the large intestine).
3 of wide range; comprehensive.
4 pursuing an activity on a large scale (large farmer). --n. (at large.
1 at liberty.
2 as a body or whole (popular with the people at large).
3 (of a narration etc.) at full length and with all details.
4 without a specific target (scatters insults at large).
5 US representing a whole area and not merely a part of it (congressman at large). øin large on a large scale. large as life see LIFE . large-minded liberal; not narrow-minded. larger than life see LIFE . large-scale made or occurring on a large scale or in large amounts. øølargeness n. largish adj. [ME f. OF f. fem. of L largus copious]

lacunal
lacunar
lynch
lynch: v.tr. (of a body of people) put (a person) to death for an alleged offence without a legal trial. ølynch law the procedure of a self-constituted illegal court that punishes or executes. øølyncher n. lynching n. [Lynch's law, after Capt. W. Lynch of Virginia c.1780]