ledger bait

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ledger bait - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ledger \Ledg"er\(l[e^]j"[~e]r), n. [Akin to D. legger layer,
     daybook (fr. leggen to lay, liggen to lie), E. ledge, lie.
     See Lie to be prostrate.]
     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.]
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     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.]
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     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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