Ledg·er n.
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.
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Leg·er, a. Light; slender; slim; trivial. [Obs. except in special phrases.]
Leger line Mus., a line added above or below the staff to extend its compass; -- called also added line.
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leger line
n : a short line; a notation for extending the range above or
below the staff [syn: ledger line]