one who lets or permits; one who lets anything for hire.-one who retards or hinders.-a mark or character used as the representative of a sound, or of an articulation of the human organs of speech; a first element of written language.-a written or printed communication; a message expressed in intelligible characters on something adapted to conveyance, as paper, parchment, etc.; an epistle.-a writing; an inscription.-verbal expression; literal statement or meaning; exact signification or requirement.-a single type; type, collectively; a style of type.-learning; erudition; as, a man of letters.-a letter; an epistle.-to impress with letters; to mark with letters or words; as, a book gilt and lettered.