a flat stone--in topography, found in the forms of _lick_ and _leck_, cognate with the Lat. _lapis_ and Grk. _lithos_; _e.g._ Lackeen, Licken (the little stone); Slieve-league (the mountain of the flagstone); Lickmollasy (St. Molasse’s flagstone); Bel-leek, Irish _Bel-leice_ (the ford of the flagstone), near Ballyshannon; Lackagh (full of flagstones); Lickfinn (white flagstone); Duleek, anc. _Doimhliag_ (the stone house or church); Auchinleck (the field of the stone), in Ayrshire; Harlech, in Merioneth; Ar-llech (on the rock, the place being situated on a craggy eminence); Llananl-lech--_v._ LLAN; Llech-trufin, probably originally Llech-treffen (the rock of the look-out, or _twrfine_); Llanml-lech (the church among many stones); Tre-llech (stone dwelling); Llech-rhyd (the ford of the flat stone); Leck, Lech, Leckbeck (the stony rivers); Leckfield (the field on the R. Leck); Leckwith, in Wales, for Lechwedd (a slope). [Sidenote: LEAMHAN (Gadhelic),] the elm-tree; _e.g._ the Laune, a river at Killarney, and the Leven, in Scotland (the elm-tree stream); Lennox or Levenach (the district of the R. Leven), the ancient name of Dumbartonshire; Lislevane (the fort of the elm-tree), in Ireland. According to Mr. Skene, the Rivers Leven in Dumbartonshire and in Fife have given their names to Loch Lomond and Loch Leven, while in each county there is a corresponding mountain called Lomond. [Sidenote: LEARG (Gadhelic),] the slope of a hill; _e.g._ Largy, in Ireland; Lairg, a parish in Sutherlandshire; Largs, in Ayrshire, and Largo, in Fife, from this word; Largan (the little hill-slope); Largynagreana (the sunny hill-slope); Larganreagh (gray hill-slope), in Ireland. [Sidenote: LEBEN (Ger.),] a possession, an inheritance. Forsteman thinks this word is derived from the Old Ger. _laiban_ (to leave or bequeath), cognate with the Grk. _leipa_, and not from _leben_ (to live); _e.g._ Leibnitz, anc. _Dud-leipen_ (the inheritance of Dudo); Ottersleben (of Otho); Ritzleben (of Richard); Germersleben (of Germer); Osharsleben (of Ausgar); Sandersleben (of Sander); Hadersleben (of Hada). [Sidenote: LEGIO (Lat.),] a Roman legion; _e.g._ Caerleon, on the Usk, anc. _Isca-Legionis_; Leicester, _Legionis-castra_ (the camp of the legion); Leon, in Spain, anc. _Legio_, being the station of the seventh Roman legion; Lexdon, anc. _Legionis-dunum_ (the fort of the legion); Megiddo, in Palestine, now Ledjun, anc. _Castra-legionis_ (the camp of the legion). [Sidenote: LEHM (Ger.), LAAM (A.S.), LEEM (Dutch),] clay, mud; _e.g._ the Leam (the muddy river); Leamington (the town on the R. Leam); Lehmhurst (the clayey wood); Lambourn (muddy brook); Leemkothen (the mud huts). [Sidenote: LEITER (Gadhelic),]