Obs. Also 4 lettere, -our, 4–6 lettar(e. [f. LET v.2 + -ER1.] One who lets or hinders.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 16888. Yond traitur, yond letter of vr lai.
1362. Langl., P. Pl., A. I. 67. He is a lettere of loue.
1387–8. T. Usk, Test. Love, I. iii. (Skeat), l. 126. For soche lettours, it is harde any soche iewell to winne.
1434. Misyn, Mending Life, 107. Violence he doys to all his lettars.
1494. Fabyan, Chron., VII. ccxlii. 283. The letter of this iourney … was Rycharde duke of Guyon.
1523. Act 14 & 15 Hen. VIII., c. 1. If any clothmaker … be letted … than the letter … to … forfait … xiid.
1563. Abp. Parker, Articles, Whether your Persons, Vicars and Curates be … letters of good religion.
1616. J. Davies, Complim. Verses, in Capt. Smith’s Descr. New Eng. Thy Letters are as Letters in thy praise.
