Definition of left

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Left (a.) Of or pertaining to that side of the body in man on which the muscular action of the limbs is usually weaker than on the other side; -- opposed to right, when used in reference to a part of the body; as, the left hand, or arm; the left ear. Also said of the corresponding side of the lower animals..

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Right :: Right (a.) The right side; the side opposite to the left.
But :: But (v. t.) A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field.
Antichlor :: Antichlor (n.) Any substance (but especially sodium hyposulphite) used in removing the excess of chlorine left in paper pulp or stuffs after bleaching.
Bilateral :: Bilateral (a.) Of or pertaining to the two sides of a central area or organ, or of a central axis; as, bilateral symmetry in animals, where there is a similarity of parts on the right and left sides of the body..
Bossage :: Bossage (n.) A stone in a building, left rough and projecting, to be afterward carved into shape..
Lease :: Lease (v. i.) To gather what harvesters have left behind; to glean.
Side :: Side (n.) The right or left part of the wall or trunk of the body; as, a pain in the side..
Beleft :: Beleft (imp. & p. p.) of Beleav.
Scent :: Scent (n.) Specifically, the odor left by an animal on the ground in passing over it; as, dogs find or lose the scent; hence, course of pursuit; track of discovery..
Waver :: Waver (v.) A sapling left standing in a fallen wood.
Right-handed :: Right-handed (a.) Having the whorls rising from left to right; dextral; -- said of spiral shells. See Illust. of Scalaria.
Seam :: Seam (n.) A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix.
Sequela :: Sequela (n.) A morbid phenomenon left as the result of a disease; a disease resulting from another.
Gauche :: Gauche (n.) Left handed; hence, awkward; clumsy..
Lurch :: Lurch (n.) A double score in cribbage for the winner when his adversary has been left in the lurch.
Flank :: Flank (n.) The side of an army, or of any division of an army, as of a brigade, regiment, or battalion; the extreme right or left; as, to attack an enemy in flank is to attack him on the side..
Pedatifid :: Pedatifid (a.) Cleft in a pedate manner, but having the lobes distinctly connected at the base; -- said of a leaf..
Dexter :: Dexter (a.) Pertaining to, or situated on, the right hand; right, as opposed to sinister, or left..
Amerce :: Amerce (v. t.) To punish by a pecuniary penalty, the amount of which is not fixed by law, but left to the discretion of the court; as, the amerced the criminal in the sum on the hundred dollars..
Track :: Track (n.) A mark left by something that has passed along; as, the track, or wake, of a ship; the track of a meteor; the track of a sled or a wheel..
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