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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
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.]
[1913 Webster]
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.]
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
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 English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
ledger wall
n.
(lb en mining) The wall under a vein; the
footwall<ref>(R:Raymond Glossary)</ref>.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
ledger wall
n.
(lb en mining) The wall under a vein; the
footwall<ref>(R:Raymond Glossary)</ref>.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
ledger wall
n.
(lb en mining) The wall under a vein; the
footwall<ref>(R:Raymond Glossary)</ref>.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
ledger wall
n.
(lb en mining) The wall under a vein; the
footwall<ref>(R:Raymond Glossary)</ref>.
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
ledger wall /lˈɛdʒə wˈɔːl/
Liegendes [geol.]
Synonyms: subjacent bed, underlying bed, underlying substratum, lying wall, bottom wall, underwall, footwall, floor
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