Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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}.]

   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}.]

   {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.