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Webster 1913 Edition
Ledger
Ledg′er
(lĕj′ẽr)
, Noun.
[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
. – Ledger wall
(Mining)
, the wall under a vein; the foot wall.
Raymond.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ledger
LEDG'ER
,Noun.