·noun A small balance.
II. Li bella ·noun A level, or leveling instrument.
·noun A Chinese copper coin; a cash. ·see <<Cash>>. II. Li ·noun A Chinese measure of distance, bei...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A name used by old seamen for the cross-staff. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·add. ·noun The higher literary idiom of Chinese, that of the canonical books and of all composition...
·add. ·- The board or department of foreign affairs in the Chinese government. ·see <<Yamen>>. ...