See also:

• LADDER (0. Eng. hlaeder; of Teutonic origin, cf. Dutch leer, Ger. Leiter; the ultimate origin is in the root seen in " lean," Or. KNiµat)

LADDER (0. Eng. hlaeder; of See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic origin, cf. Dutch See also:

• LEER

leer, Ger. Leiter; the ultimate origin is in the See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root seen in " lean," Or. KNiµat)  , a set of steps or " rungs " between two supportsto enable one to get up and down; usually made of See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood and sometimes of See also:

• METAL
• METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)

metal or rope . Ladders are generally movable, and differ from a See also:

• STAIRCASE

staircase also in having only treads and no " risers." The See also:

• TERM

term " See also:

• JACOB
• JACOB, JOHN (1812-1858)

Jacob's See also:

• LADDER, (0. Eng. hlaeder; of Teutonic origin, cf. Dutch leer, Ger. Leiter; the ultimate origin is in the root seen in " lean," Or. KNiµat)

ladder," taken from the See also:

• DREAM (from a root dreug, connected with Germ. trugen, to deceive)

dream of Jacob in the See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible, is applied to a rope ladder with wooden steps used at See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea to go aloft, and to a See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

garden plant of the genus Polemonium on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the ladder-like formation of the leaves .