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Light handed

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droplight

An electric or gas light suspended from the ceiling by a flexible cord or tube allowing artificial light to be brought down from … desk a pendant also an electric light bulb in a small holder which can be held in the hand or hung from a hook and attached to a long electric cord allowing light to be brought close

Pat

To strike gently with the fingers or hand to stroke lightly to tap as to pat a dog … To strike gently with the fingers or hand to stroke lightly to tap as to pat a dog

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Dulcimer

An instrument having stretched metallic wires which are beaten with two light hammers held in the hands of the performer … An instrument having stretched metallic wires which are beaten with two light hammers held in the hands of the performer

Javelin

A sort of light spear to be thrown or cast by the hand anciently a weapon of war used by horsemen and … A sort of light spear to be thrown or cast by the hand anciently a weapon of war used by horsemen and foot soldiers now used chiefly in hunting the wild

Lampadrome

A race run by young men with lighted torches in their hands He who reached the goal first with his torch unextinguished gained the prize … A race run by young men with lighted torches in their hands He who reached the goal first with his torch unextinguished gained the prize

Levorotation

outgoing right handed screw counter clockwise rotation applied chiefly to the turning of the plane of polarization of light

Levorotatory

Turning or rotating the plane of polarization of light towards the left applied to crystals and compounds exhibiting optical activity such as levulose left handed quartz crystals

Sling

strap with two strings fastened to its ends or with a string fastened to one end and a light stick to the other The missile being lodged in a hole in the strap the ends of the … missile being lodged in a hole in the strap the ends of the string are taken in the hand and the whole whirled rapidly round until by loosing one end the missile is let fly with centrifugal

Executor

concerned to inquire for what purpose the money is required. Even if a later will subsequently comes to light appointing a different person executor, the acts of the former executor so long as his title existed are … O' Grady v. Wilmot, (1916) 2 AC 231, for the previous law), that may have come to his hands money to the extent of all funeral and testamentary expenses and debts legally paid by him out of

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