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Labourer
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One who labours, one who does heavy work requiring little skill. |
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Lacquer
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A varnish made of lac and alcohol. |
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Ladder
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A contrivance generally portable with rungs between two supports, for going up and down: anything by which one ascents. |
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Lancet
Window
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Thin, pointed window typical of the Early English style of Gothic. |
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Landscape
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Portion of land that the eye can comprehend in a single view. |
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Lantern
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Tower with a window on top of a dome. |
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Latrine
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A privy. |
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Lease
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A contract letting a house, farm, for a term, period of time for which contract is made. |
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Ledge
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A self like projection, supported in any manner in whatsoever except by means of vertical supports within a room itself but not having projection wider than 0.9 mt. And at a minimum clear height of 2.2 mt. from the floor. |
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Load
bearing
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Weight distributing and supporting. |
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Loft
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An intermediary space created by the introduction of a slab between floor and ceiling of the room, a passage or wherever it is provided with a maximum clear height of 1.5 mt for storage purposes only. |
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Loggia
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Gallery open or with a colonnade along one side. |