Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The horizontal timber of a scaffolding; a ledger.
  • noun A nether millstone.
  • noun A plank placed across a ditch as a pathway.
  • noun A coverlet for a bed.
  • noun A line with a float and bait used for catching pike.
  • noun A spent salmon; a kipper or kelt.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A baited line attached to a float, for night fishing. See leger, a.
  • noun See Ledger, 2.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The horizontal timber of a scaffolding; a ledger.
  • noun A nether millstone.
  • noun slang A freeloader or hanger-on, especially in the music industry.
  • noun A baited line attached to a float, for night fishing.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From Middle English *liggere, variant of Middle English *liȝere (“lier”), equivalent to lie +‎ -er, or lig +‎ -er. See ledger.

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Examples

  • Det förebildliga ligger i en skenbar David-Goliat-kamp och resultatet i en drömd odefinierbar seger.

    Peter Weiss - 4 David McDuff 2010

  • Området hvor landsbyen ligger, er ikke tilgjengelig på vanlig måte, men takket være kontakter i Hizbollah, kunne far og sønn komme seg inn.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • Always working with the same billhook, Keith bevelled off the ends of each ligger to make a join.

    Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

  • Always working with the same billhook, Keith bevelled off the ends of each ligger to make a join.

    Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

  • Dette summerer seg til 3,4 millioner kroner i året i profitt for Nolan eller, gitt at alle skribentene produserer like mye som ham en drøy antagelse, men det gir oss en ide om hvor taket ligger, 600 mill i året for hele selskapet.

    Gawker and The Washington Post: A case study in fair use » Nieman Journalism Lab 2009

  • The dopey looking 32 year old Labour maggot has little to fall back on but the life of a ligger.

    Archive 2007-12-09 Newmania 2007

  • Værdien ligger hos aggregatoren | Digitale medier, håb & falliterklæringer says:

    Content farms v. curating farmers « BuzzMachine 2009

  • The dopey looking 32 year old Labour maggot has little to fall back on but the life of a ligger.

    A Shiver With No Spine Newmania 2007

  • So I begged a place to sleep for the night and carried on in my role as ligger.

    Weekend Wastrelry Hal Duncan 2006

  • So I begged a place to sleep for the night and carried on in my role as ligger.

    Archive 2006-07-01 Hal Duncan 2006

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