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<p><centered><point26>L.</point26></centered><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>L</ent><br/
<hw>L</hw> <pr>(<ecr/l)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>L is the twelfth letter of the English alphabet, and a vocal consonant. It is usually called a <xex>semivowel</xex> or <xex>liquid</xex>. Its form and value are from the Greek, through the Latin, the form of the Greek letter being from the Ph<oe/nician, and the ultimate origin prob. Egyptian. Etymologically, it is most closely related to <xex>r</xex> and <xex>u</xex>; as in pi<xex>l</xex>grim, pe<xex>r</xex>egrine, co<xex>u</xex>ch (fr. co<xex>ll</xex>ocare), a<xex>u</xex>bura (fr. LL. a<xex>l</xex>burnus).</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note>    At the end of monosyllables containing a single vowel, it is often doubled, as in <xex>fall</xex>, <xex>full</xex>, <xex>bell</xex>; but not after digraphs, as in <xex>foul</xex>, <xex>fool</xex>, <xex>prowl</xex>, <xex>growl</xex>, <xex>foal</xex>. In English words, the terminating syllable <xex>le</xex> is unaccented, the <xex>e</xex> is silent, and <xex>l</xex> is preceded by a voice glide, as in <xex>able</xex>, <xex>eagle</xex>, pronounced <pr><amac/"b'l</pr>, <pr><emac/"g'l</pr>.
    See <it>Guide to Pronunciation</it>, <sect/241.</note><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>As a numeral, L stands for fifty in the English, as in the Latin language.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>For 50 the Romans used the Chalcidian <it>chi</it>, <?/, which assumed the less difficult lapidary type, <?/, and was then easily assimilated to L.</q> <rj><qau>I. Taylor (The Alphabet).</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>L</ent><br/
<hw>L</hw> <pr>(<ecr/l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An extension at right angles to the length of a main building, giving to the ground plan a form resembling the letter <boxtype>L</boxtype>; sometimes less properly applied to a narrower, or lower, extension in the direction of the length of the main building; a wing.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>ell</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>A short right-angled pipe fitting, used in connecting two pipes at right angles.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>ell</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>L</ent><br/
<hw>L</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having the general shape of the (capital) letter <universbold>L</universbold>; <as>as, an <universbold>L</universbold> beam, or <universbold>L</universbold>-beam</as>.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>Elevated; -- a symbol for <altname>el.</altname> as an abbreviation of <xex>elevated</xex> in  <xex>elevated road</xex> or  <xex>railroad</xex>.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos>  <def>An elevated road; <as>as, to ride on the <ex>L</ex></as>.</def> <mark>[Colloq., U. S.]</mark></def2><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>La</ent><br/
<hw>La</hw> <pr>(l<aum/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A syllable applied to the sixth tone of the scale in music in solmization.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The tone A; -- so called among the French and Italians.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>La</ent><br/
<hw>La</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>interj.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Lo</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Look; see; behold; -- sometimes followed by <xex>you</xex>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An exclamation of surprise; -- commonly followed by <xex>me</xex>; <as>as, <ex>La</ex> me!</as></def> <mark>[Low]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>laager</ent><br/
<hw>laa"ger</hw> <pr>(l<add/"g<etil/r <it>or</it> l<aum/"g<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[D., also <ets>leger</ets>. Cf. 2d <er>Leaguer</er>, <er>Lair</er>.]</ety> <def>A camp, especially one surrounded by a circular formation of travelers' wagons for temporary defense.</def> <mark>[South Africa]</mark><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lager.</syn><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><q>Wagons . . . can be readily formed into a <qex>laager</qex>, a camp, by being drawn into a circle, with the oxen placed inside and so kept safe from the attacks of wild beasts.</q>  <rj><qau>James Bryce.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Laager</ent><br/
<hw>Laa"ger</hw>, <pos>v. t. & i.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Laager</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <def>To form into, or camp in, a laager, or protected camp.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Laas</ent><br/
<hw>Laas</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A lace. See <er>Lace</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lab</ent><br/
<hw>Lab</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[Cf. OD. <ets>labben</ets> to babble.]</ety> <def>To prate; to gossip; to babble; to blab.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>lab</ent><br/
<hw>lab</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A telltale; a prater; a blabber.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <ldquo/I am no <xex>lab</xex>.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <ety>[By truncation of <ets>laboratory</ets>.]</ety> <def>Laboratory.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>lab</ent><br/
<hw>lab</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to a laboratory; <as>as, a <ex>lab</ex> bench</as>.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Labadist</ent><br/
<hw>Lab"a*dist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>A follower of <person>Jean de <etsep>Labadie</etsep></person>, a religious teacher of the 17th century, who left the Roman Catholic Church and taught a kind of mysticism, and the obligation of community of property among Christians.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Labarraque's solution</ent><br/
<hw>La`bar`raque's" so*lu"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <persfn><etsep>Labarraque</etsep></persfn>, a Parisian apothecary.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>An aqueous solution of sodium hypochlorite, extensively used as a disinfectant.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note>Sodium hypochlorite is the same compound used in the commercial trademarked bleach Clorox(TM).  It has both disinfectant and bleaching activity.</note><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Labarum</ent><br/
||<hw>Lab"a*rum</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Labara</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>The standard adopted by the Emperor Constantine after his conversion to Christianity. It is described as a pike bearing a silk banner hanging from a crosspiece, and surmounted by a golden crown. It bore a monogram of the first two letters (<CHI/<RHO/) (which appear like the English letters X and P), of the name of Christ in its Greek form. Later, the name was given to various modifications of this standard.</def>
<-- Illustration of monogram, an X (Greek CHI) superimposed on a lengthened P (Greek RHO) --><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Labdanum</ent><br/
<hw>Lab"da*num</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Ladanum</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Labefaction</ent><br/
<hw>Lab`e*fac"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Labefy</er>.]</ety> <def>The act of labefying or making weak; the state of being weakened; decay; ruin.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>There is in it such a <qex>labefaction</qex> of all principles as may be injurious to morality.</q> <rj><qau>Johnson.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Labefy</ent><br/
<hw>Lab"e*fy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>labefacere</ets>; <ets>labare</ets> to totter + <ets>facere</ets> to make.]</ety> <def>To weaken or impair.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Label</ent><br/
<hw>La"bel</hw> <pr>(l<amac/"b<ecr/l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>label</ets> sort of ribbon or fringe, label in heraldry, F. <ets>lambeau</ets> shred, strip, rag; of uncertain origin; cf. L. <ets>labellum</ets>, dim. of <ets>labrum</ets> lip, edge, margin, G. <ets>lappen</ets> flap, patch, rag, tatter (cf. <er>Lap</er> of a dress), W. <ets>llab</ets>, <ets>llabed</ets>, label, flap, Gael. <ets>leab</ets>, <ets>leob</ets>, slice, shred, hanging lip.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A tassel.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Huloet.</au>  <au>Fuller.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A slip of silk, paper, parchment, etc., affixed to anything, and indicating, usually by an inscription, the contents, ownership, destination, etc.; <as>as, the <ex>label</ex> of a bottle or a package</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A slip of ribbon, parchment, etc., attached to a document to hold the appended seal; also, the seal.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A writing annexed by way of addition, as a codicil added to a will.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>A barrulet, or, rarely, a bendlet, with pendants, or points, usually three, especially used as a mark of cadency to distinguish an eldest or only son while his father is still living.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>A brass rule with sights, formerly used, in connection with a circumferentor, to take altitudes.</def>  <rj><au>Knight.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>7.</sn> <fld>(Gothic Arch.)</fld> <def>The name now generally given to the projecting molding by the sides, and over the tops, of openings in medi<ae/val architecture.  It always has a square form, as in the illustration.</def>  <rj><au>Arch. Pub. Soc.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>In medi<ae/val art, the representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription.</def>  <rj><au>Fairholt.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Label</ent><br/
<hw>La"bel</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Labeled</conjf> <pr>(l<amac/"b<ecr/ld)</pr> or <conjf>Labelled</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Labeling</conjf> or <conjf>Labelling</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To affix a label to; to mark with a name, etc.; <as>as, to <ex>label</ex> a bottle or a package</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To affix in or on a label.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Labeler</ent><br/
<hw>La"bel*er</hw> <pr>(l<amac/"b<ecr/l*<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who labels.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>labeller</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Labellum</ent><br/
||<hw>La*bel"lum</hw> <pr>(l<adot/*b<ecr/l"l<ucr/m)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> L. <plw>Labella</plw> <pr>(l<adot/*b<ecr/l"l<adot/)</pr>, E. <plw>Labellums</plw> <pr>(l<adot/*b<ecr/l"l<ucr/mz)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., dim. of <ets>labrum</ets> lip.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The lower or apparently anterior petal of an orchidaceous flower, often of a very curious shape.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A small appendage beneath the upper lip or labrum of certain insects.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Labent</ent><br/
<hw>La"bent</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>labens</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>labi</ets> to slide, glide.]</ety> <def>Slipping; sliding; gliding.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Labia</ent><br/
||<hw>La"bi*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <def>See <er>Labium</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Labial</ent><br/
<hw>La"bi*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[LL. <ets>labialis</ets>, fr. L. <ets>labium</ets> lip: cf. F. <ets>labial</ets>. See <er>Lip</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the lips or labia; <as>as, <ex>labial</ex> veins</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Furnished with lips; <as>as, a <ex>labial</ex> organ pipe</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Phonetics)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Articulated, as a consonant, mainly by the lips, as b, p, m, w.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the lip opening, as <oomac/ (f<oomac/d), <omac/ (<omac/ld), etc., and as <it>eu</it> and <it>u</it> in French, and <it><oum/</it>, <it><uum/</it> in German. See Guide to Pronunciation, <sect/<sect/ 11, 178.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the labium; <as>as, the <ex>labial</ex> palpi of insects</as>. See <er>Labium</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Labial</ent><br/
<hw>La"bi*al</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Phonetics)</fld> <def>A letter or character representing an articulation or sound formed or uttered chiefly with the lips, as <stype>b</stype>, <stype>p</stype>, <stype>w</stype>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>An organ pipe that is furnished with lips; a flue pipe.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>One of the scales which border the mouth of a fish or reptile.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Labialism</ent><br/
<hw>La"bi*al*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Phonetics)</fld> <def>The quality of being labial; <as>as, the <ex>labialism</ex> of an articulation</as>; conversion into a labial, as of a sound which is different in another language.</def>  <rj><au>J. Peile.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Labialization</ent><br/
<hw>La`bi*al*i*za"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Phonetics)</fld> <def>The modification of an articulation by contraction of the lip opening.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Labialize</ent><br/
<hw>La"bi*al*ize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <fld>(Phonetics)</fld> <def>To modify by contraction of the lip opening.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Labially</ent><br/
<hw>La"bi*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a labial manner; with, or by means of, the lips.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Labiate</ent><br/
<hw>La"bi*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To labialize.</def>  <rj><au>Brewer.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Labiate</ent><br/
<hw>La"bi*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[NL. <ets>labiatus</ets>, fr. L. <ets>labium</ets> lip.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Having the limb of a tubular corolla or calyx divided into two unequal parts, one projecting over the other like the lips of a mouth, as in the snapdragon, sage, and catnip.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Belonging to a natural order of plants (<ord>Labiat<ae/</ord>), of which the mint, sage, and catnip are examples. They are mostly aromatic herbs.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Labiate</ent><br/
<hw>La"bi*ate</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant of the order <ord>Labiat<ae/</ord>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Labiated</ent><br/
<hw>La"bi*a`ted</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Labiate</er>, <pos>a.</pos> <sd>(a)</sd>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Labiatifloral</ent><br/
<ent>Labiatifloral</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>La`bi*a`ti*flo"ral</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>La`bi*a`ti*flo"ral</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Labiate</ets> + L. <ets>flos</ets>, <ets>floris</ets>, flower.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having labiate flowers, as the snapdragon.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Labidometer</ent><br/
<hw>Lab`i*dom"e*ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>labi`s</grk>, <grk>-i`dos</grk>, a forceps + <ets>meter</ets>:  cf. F. <ets>labidometre</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A forceps with a measuring attachment for ascertaining the size of the fetal head.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Labile</ent><br/
<hw>La"bile</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>labilis</ets> apt to slip, fr. <ets>labi</ets> to slip.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Cheyne.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Liable or likely to change.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Easily decomposed or inactivated when subjected to heat, radiation, or mildly acidic or alkaline conditions; -- of chemical compounds; <as>as, enzymes from thermophilic organisms are not as <ex>labile</ex> as those from mesophiles</as>.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lability</ent><br/
<hw>La*bil"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Liability to lapse, err, or apostatize.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>  <rj><au>Coleridge.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The property of changing readily.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>The property of being labile{3}; -- of chemical compounds; <as>as, the <ex>lability</ex> of some natural products makes them difficult to isolate and identify</as>.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Labimeter</ent><br/
<hw>La*bim"e*ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>labimetre</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>See <er>Labidometer</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Labiodental</ent><br/
<hw>La`bi*o*den"tal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Labium</ets> + <ets>dental</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Phonetics)</fld> <def>Formed or pronounced by the cooperation of the lips and teeth, as <xex>f</xex> and <xex>v</xex>.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>A labiodental sound or letter.</def></def2><br/
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<p><ent>Labionasal</ent><br/
<hw>La`bi*o*na"sal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Labium</ets> + <ets>nasal</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Phonetics)</fld> <def>Formed by the lips and the nose.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>A labionasal sound or letter.</def></def2><br/
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<p><ent>Labioplasty</ent><br/
<hw>La"bi*o*plas`ty</hw> <pr>(l<amac/"b<icr/*<osl/*pl<acr/s`t<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>  <ety>[<ets>Labium</ets> + <ets>-plasty</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>A plastic operation for making a new lip, or for replacing a lost tissue of a lip.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Labiose</ent><br/
<hw>La"bi*ose`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Labium</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having the appearance of being labiate; -- said of certain polypetalous corollas.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Labipalp</ent><br/
<hw>La"bi*palp</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A labial palp.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Labipalpus</ent><br/
||<hw>La`bi*pal"pus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Labipalpi</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[NL. See <er>Labium</er>, and <er>Palpus</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>One of the labial palpi of an insect. See <xex>Illust.</xex> under <er>Labium</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Labium</ent><br/
||<hw>La"bi*um</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> L. <plw>Labia</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>, E. <plw>Labiums</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A lip, or liplike organ.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The lip of an organ pipe.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The folds of integument at the opening of the vulva.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The organ of insects which covers the mouth beneath, and serves as an under lip. It consists of the second pair of maxill<ae/, usually closely united in the middle line, but bearing a pair of palpi in most insects. It often consists of a thin anterior part (<part>ligula</part> or <part>palpiger</part>) and a firmer posterior plate (<part>mentum</part>).</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Inner margin of the aperture of a shell.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lablab</ent><br/
<hw>Lab"lab</hw> <pr>(l<acr/b"l<acr/b)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>an East Indian name for several twining leguminous plants related to the bean, but commonly applied to the hyacinth bean (<spn>Dolichos Lablab</spn>).</def><br/
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<p><ent>Labor</ent><br/
<hw>La"bor</hw> <pr>(l<amac/"b<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>labour</ets>, OF. <ets>labour</ets>, <ets>laber</ets>, <ets>labur</ets>, F. <ets>labeur</ets>, L. <ets>labor</ets>; cf. Gr. <grk>lamba`nein</grk> to take, Skr. <ets>labh</ets> to get, seize.]</ety> <altsp>[Written also <asp>labour</asp>.]</altsp> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Physical toil or bodily exertion, especially when fatiguing, irksome, or unavoidable, in distinction from sportive exercise; hard, muscular effort directed to some useful end, as agriculture, manufactures, and like; servile toil; exertion; work.</def><br/
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<p><q>God hath set<br/
<qex>Labor</qex> and rest, as day and night, to men<br/
Successive.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Intellectual exertion; mental effort; <as>as, the <ex>labor</ex> of compiling a history</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>That which requires hard work for its accomplishment; that which demands effort.</def><br/
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<p><q>Being a <qex>labor</qex> of so great a difficulty, the exact performance thereof we may rather wish than look for.</q> <rj><qau>Hooker.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Travail; the pangs and efforts of childbirth.</def><br/
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<p><q>The queen's in <qex>labor</qex>,<br/
They say, in great extremity; and feared<br/
She'll with the <qex>labor</qex> end.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Any pang or distress.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>The pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and rigging.</def><br/
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <ety>[Sp.]</ety> <def>A measure of land in Mexico and Texas, equivalent to an area of 177<frac17/ acres.</def>  <rj><au>Bartlett.</au></rj></p>

<p><sn>8.</sn> <fld>(Mining.)</fld>  <def>A stope or set of stopes.</def> <mark>[Sp. Amer.]</mark><br/
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Work; toil; drudgery; task; exertion; effort; industry; painstaking. See <er>Toll</er>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Labor</ent><br/
<hw>La"bor</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Labored</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Laboring</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>labouren</ets>, F. <ets>labourer</ets>, L. <ets>laborare</ets>. See <er>Labor</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <altsp>[Written also <asp>labour</asp>.]</altsp> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To exert muscular strength; to exert one's strength with painful effort, particularly in servile occupations; to work; to toil.</def><br/
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<p><q>Adam, well may we <qex>labor</qex> still to dress<br/
This garden.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To exert one's powers of mind in the prosecution of any design; to strive; to take pains.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To be oppressed with difficulties or disease; to do one's work under conditions which make it especially hard, wearisome; to move slowly, as against opposition, or under a burden; to be burdened; -- often with <xex>under</xex>, and formerly with <xex>of</xex>.</def><br/
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<p><q>The stone that <qex>labors</qex> up the hill.</q> <rj><qau>Granville.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>The line too <qex>labors</qex>, and the words move slow.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>To cure the disorder under which he <qex>labored</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Scott.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Come unto me, all ye that <qex>labor</qex> and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.</q> <rj><qau>Matt. xi. 28</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To be in travail; to suffer the pangs of childbirth; to be in labor.</def><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>To pitch or roll heavily, as a ship in a turbulent sea.</def>  <rj><au>Totten.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Labor</ent><br/
<hw>La"bor</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>labourer</ets>, L. <ets>laborare</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To work at; to work; to till; to cultivate by toil.</def><br/
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<p><q>The most excellent lands are lying fallow, or only <qex>labored</qex> by children.</q> <rj><qau>W. Tooke.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To form or fabricate with toil, exertion, or care.</def> <ldquo/To <xex>labor</xex> arms for Troy.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To prosecute, or perfect, with effort; to urge strenuously; <as>as, to <ex>labor</ex> a point or argument</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To belabor; to beat.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Laborant</ent><br/
<hw>Lab"o*rant</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>laborans</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>laborare</ets> to labor.]</ety> <def>A chemist.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Boyle.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Laboratory</ent><br/
<hw>Lab"o*ra*to*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Laboratories</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[Shortened fr. <ets>elaboratory</ets>; cf. OF. <ets>elaboratoire</ets>, F. <ets>laboratoire</ets>. See <er>Elaborate</er>, <er>Labor.</er>]</ety> <altsp>[Formerly written also <asp>elaboratory</asp>.]</altsp> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The workroom of a chemist; also, a place devoted to experiments in any branch of natural science; <as>as, a chemical, physical, or biological <ex>laboratory</ex></as>. Hence, by extension, a place where something is prepared, or some operation is performed; <as>as, the liver is the <ex>laboratory</ex> of the bile</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <def>Any place, activity or situation suggestive of a scientific laboratory{1}, especially in being conducive to learning new facts by experimentation or by systematic observation; <as>as, the states serve as <ex>laboratories</ex> where different new policies may be tested prior to adoption throughout the country</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Labor Day</ent><br/
<hw>Labor Day</hw>. <def>In most of the States and Territories of the United States, a day, usually the first Monday of September, set aside as a legal holiday, in honor of, or in the interest of, workingmen as a class. Also, a similar holiday in Canada, Australia, etc.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Labored</ent><br/
<hw>La"bored</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Bearing marks of labor and effort; elaborately wrought; not easy or natural; <as>as, <ex>labored</ex> poetry; a <ex>labored</ex> style.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>appearing to require strong effort; <as>as, <ex>labored</ex> breathing</as>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> heavy, laboured.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Laboredly</ent><br/
<hw>La"bored*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a labored manner; with labor.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laborer</ent><br/
<hw>La"bor*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Written also <ets>labourer</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who labors in a toilsome occupation; a person who does work that requires strength rather than skill, as distinguished from that of an <contr>artisan</contr>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laboring</ent><br/
<hw>La"bor*ing</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>That labors; performing labor; esp., performing coarse, heavy work, not requiring skill also, set apart for labor; <as>as, <ex>laboring</ex> days</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>The sleep of a <qex>laboring</qex> man is sweet.</q> <rj><qau>Eccl. v. 12.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Suffering pain or grief.</def>  <rj><au>Pope.</au></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Laboring oar</b></col>, <cd>the oar which requires most strength and exertion; often used figuratively; <as>as, to have, or pull, the <ex>laboring oar</ex> in some difficult undertaking</as>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Laborious</ent><br/
<hw>La*bo"ri*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>laboriosus</ets>, fr. <ets>labor</ets> labor: cf. F. <ets>laborieux</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Requiring labor, perseverance, or sacrifices; toilsome; tiresome.</def><br/
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<p><q>Dost thou love watchings, abstinence, or toil,<br/
<qex>Laborious</qex> virtues all?  Learn these from Cato.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Devoted to labor; diligent; industrious; <as>as, a <ex>laborious</ex> mechanic</as>.</def><br/
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>La*bo"ri*ous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>La*bo"ri*ous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/
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<p><ent>Laborless</ent><br/
<hw>La"bor*less</hw> <pr>(l<amac/"b<etil/r*l<ecr/s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not involving labor; not laborious; easy.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laborous</ent><br/
<hw>La"bor*ous</hw> <pr>(l<amac/"b<etil/r*<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Laborious.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <au>Wyatt.</au> -- <wordforms><wf>La"bor*ous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <au>Sir T. Elyot.</au></wordforms><br/
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<p><ent>Labor-saving</ent><br/
<hw>La"bor-sav`ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Saving labor; adapted to supersede or diminish the labor of men; designed to replace or conserve human and especially manual labor; <as>as, <ex>labor-saving</ex> machinery;  <ex>labor-saving</ex> appliances{4}; <ex>labor-saving</ex> devices like washing machines</as>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> laborsaving.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Laborsome</ent><br/
<hw>La"bor*some</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Made with, or requiring, great labor, pains, or diligence.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>Likely or inclined to roll or pitch, as a ship in a heavy sea; having a tendency to labor.</def><br/
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<p><ent>labour</ent><br/
<hw>la"bour</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>labor</er>; -- British spelling.</def> <mark>[Chiefly Brit.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>laboured</ent><br/
<hw>laboured</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>  <def>same as <er>labored</er>; -- British spelling</def> <mark>[Chiefly British]</mark> <br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> graceless, labored, strained.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>labourer</ent><br/
<hw>labourer</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a laborer; someone who works with their hands.</def> <mark>[Chiefly Brit.]</mark> <br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> laborer, manual laborer.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>labourious</ent><br/
<hw>labourious</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>  <def>characterized by toilsome effort; same as <er>laborious</er>; -- British spelling.</def> <mark>[Chiefly Brit.]</mark> <br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> arduous, backbreaking, back-breaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, punishing, slavish, strenuous, toilsome.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Labourite</ent><br/
<hw>Labourite</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a member of the British <membof>Labour Party</membof>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Labrador</ent><br/
<hw>Lab`ra*dor"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A region of British America on the Atlantic coast, north of Newfoundland.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Labrador duck</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>a sea duck (<spn>Camtolaimus Labradorius</spn>) allied to the eider ducks. It was formerly common on the coast of New England, but is now supposed to be extinct, no specimens having been reported since 1878.</cd> -- <col><b>Labrador feldspar</b></col>. <cd>See <er>Labradorite</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Labrador tea</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a name of two low, evergreen shrubs of the genus <gen>Ledum</gen> (<spn>Ledum palustre</spn> and <spn>Ledum latifolium</spn>), found in Northern Europe and America. They are used as tea in British America, and in Scandinavia as a substitute for hops.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Labradorite</ent><br/
<hw>Lab"ra*dor`ite</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A kind of feldspar commonly showing a beautiful play of colors, and hence much used for ornamental purposes. The finest specimens come from Labrador. See <er>Feldspar</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Labras</ent><br/
<hw>La"bras</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>labrum</ets>; cf. It. <ets>labbro</ets>, pl. <ets>labbra</ets>.]</ety> <def>Lips.</def> <mark>[Obs. & R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Labret</ent><br/
<hw>La"bret</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>labrum</ets> lip.]</ety> <fld>(Anthropology)</fld> <def>A piece of wood, shell, stone, or other substance, worn in a perforation of the lip or cheek by many savages.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Labroid</ent><br/
<hw>La"broid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Labrus</ets> + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Like the genus <gen>Labrus</gen>; belonging to the family <fam>Labrid<ae/</fam>, an extensive family of marine fishes, often brilliantly colored, which are very abundant in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.  The tautog and cunner are American examples.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Labrose</ent><br/
<hw>La"brose`</hw> <pr>(l<amac/"br<omac/s`)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>labrosus</ets>, fr. <ets>labrum</ets> lip.]</ety> <def>Having thick lips.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Labrum</ent><br/
||<hw>La"brum</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> L. <plw>Labra</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>, E. <plw>Labrums</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A lip or edge, as of a basin.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An organ in insects and crustaceans covering the upper part of the mouth, and serving as an upper lip. See <xex>Illust.</xex> of <er>Hymenoptera</er>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The external margin of the aperture of a shell. See <er>Univalve</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Labrus</ent><br/
||<hw>La"brus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Labri</plw> <pr>(-br<imac/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., a sort of fish.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A genus of marine fishes, including the wrasses of Europe. See <er>Wrasse</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laburnic</ent><br/
<hw>La*bur`nic</hw> <pr>(l<adot/*b<ucir/r"n<icr/k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the laburnum.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laburnine</ent><br/
<hw>La*bur`nine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A poisonous alkaloid found in the unripe seeds of the laburnum.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laburnum</ent><br/
<hw>La*bur"num</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A small leguminous tree (<spn>Cytisus Laburnum</spn>), native of the Alps. The plant is reputed to be poisonous, esp. the bark and seeds. It has handsome racemes of yellow blossoms.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ Scotch laburnum (<spn>Cytisus alpinus</spn>) is similar, but has smooth leaves; purple laburnum is <spn>Cytisus purpureus</spn>.</note><br/
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<p><ent>Labyrinth</ent><br/
<hw>Lab"y*rinth</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>labyrinthus</ets>, Gr. <grk>laby`rinthos</grk>: cf. F. <ets>labyrinthe</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An edifice or place full of intricate passageways which render it difficult to find the way from the interior to the entrance; <as>as, the Egyptian and Cretan <ex>labyrinths</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/  The <ex>Labyrinth</ex> of Classical Mythology was a vast maze constructed by Daedalus on the island of Crete, in order to confine the Minotaur; the task was done at the command of King Minos.  One theory suggests that the myth had some basis in the structure of the palace of King Minos at Knossos, in Crete, it being a multistoried royal palace with labyrinthine passages between rooms.</note><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <def>Any intricate or involved inclosure; especially, an ornamental maze or inclosure in a park or garden, having high hedges separating confusingly convoluted passages.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Any object or arrangement of an intricate or involved form, or having a very complicated nature.</def><br/
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<p><q>The serpent . . . fast sleeping soon he found,<br/
In <qex>labyrinth</qex> of many a round self-rolled.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>The <qex>labyrinth</qex> of the mind.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>An inextricable or bewildering difficulty.</def><br/
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<p><q>I' the maze and winding <qex>labyrinths o' the world</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Denham.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The internal ear. See Note under <er>Ear</er>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Metal.)</fld> <def>A series of canals through which a stream of water is directed for suspending, carrying off, and depositing at different distances, the ground ore of a metal.</def>  <rj><au>Ure.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A pattern or design representing a maze, -- often inlaid in the tiled floor of a church, etc.</def><br/
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Maze; confusion; intricacy; windings.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Labyrinth</er>, <er>Maze</er>. <xex>Labyrinth</xex>, originally; the name of an edifice or excavation, carries the idea of design, and construction in a permanent form, while <xex>maze</xex> is used of anything confused or confusing, whether fixed or shifting.  <xex>Maze</xex> is less restricted in its figurative uses than <xex>labyrinth</xex>. We speak of the <xex>labyrinth</xex> of the ear, or of the mind, and of a <xex>labyrinth</xex> of difficulties; but of the <xex>mazes</xex> of the dance, the <xex>mazes</xex> of political intrigue, or of the mind being in a <xex>maze</xex>.</usage><br/
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<p><ent>Labyrinthal</ent><br/
<hw>Lab`y*rin"thal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to, or resembling, a labyrinth; intricate; labyrinthian.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Labyrinthian</ent><br/
<hw>Lab`y*rin"thi*an</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Intricately winding; like a labyrinth; perplexed; labyrinthal.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Labyrinthibranch</ent><br/
<hw>Lab`y*rin"thi*branch</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Labyrinth</er>, and <er>Branchia</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the <ord>Labyrinthici</ord>.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>One of the <ord>Labyrinthici</ord>.</def></def2></p>

<p><ent>Labyrinthical</ent><br/
<ent>Labyrinthic</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lab`y*rin"thic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Lab`y*rin`thic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>labyrinthicus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>labyrinthique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Like or pertaining to a labyrinth.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Labyrinthici</ent><br/
||<hw>Lab`y*rin"thi*ci</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Labyrinth</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>An order of teleostean fishes, including the Anabas, or climbing perch, and other allied fishes.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ They have, connected with the gill chamber, a special cavity in which a labyrinthiform membrane is arranged so as to retain water to supply the gills while the fish leaves the water and travels about on land, or even climbs trees.</note><br/
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<p><ent>Labyrinthiform</ent><br/
<hw>Lab`y*rin"thi*form</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Labyrinth</ets> + <ets>-form</ets>: cf. F. <ets>labyrinthiforme</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having the form of a labyrinth; intricate.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Labyrinthine</ent><br/
<hw>Lab`y*rin"thine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to, or like, a labyrinth; labyrinthal; labyrinthian.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Labyrinthodon</ent><br/
<hw>Lab`y*rin"tho*don</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>laby`rinthos</grk> labyrinth + <grk>'odoy`s</grk>, <grk>'odo`ntos</grk>, tooth.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>A genus of very large fossil amphibians, of the Triassic period, having bony plates on the under side of the body. It is the type of the order <ord>Labyrinthodonta</ord>. Called also <gen>Mastodonsaurus</gen>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Labyrinthodont</ent><br/
<hw>Lab`y*rin"tho*dont</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the <ord>Labyrinthodonta</ord>.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>One of the <ord>Labyrinthodonta</ord>.</def></def2><br/
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<p><ent>Labyrinthodonta</ent><br/
||<hw>Lab`y*rin`tho*don"ta</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Labyrinthodon</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>An extinct order of Amphibia, including the typical genus <gen>Labyrinthodon</gen>, and many other allied forms, from the Carboniferous, Permian, and Triassic formations. By recent writers they are divided into two or more orders. See <er>Stegocephala</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lakh</ent><br/
<ent>Lac</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lac</hw> <pr>(l<acr/k)</pr>, ||<hw>Lakh</hw> <pr>(l<aum/k)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Hind. <ets>lak</ets>, <ets>l<amac/kh</ets>, <ets>l<amac/ksh</ets>, Skr. <ets>laksha</ets> a mark, sign, lakh.]</ety> <def>One hundred thousand; also, a vaguely great number; <as>as, a <ex>lac</ex> of rupees</as>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>lack</asp>.]</altsp> <mark>[East Indies]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lac</ent><br/
<hw>Lac</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Per. <ets>lak</ets>; akin to Skr. <ets>l<amac/ksh<amac/</ets>: cf. F. <ets>lague</ets>, It. & NL. <ets>lacca</ets>.  Cf. <er>Lake</er> a color, <er>Lacquer</er>, <er>Litmus</er>.]</ety> <def>A resinous substance produced mainly on the banyan tree, but to some extent on other trees, by the <spn>Laccifer lacca</spn> (formerly <spn>Coccus lacca</spn>), a scale-shaped insect, the female of which fixes herself on the bark, and exudes from the margin of her body this resinous substance.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ <stype>Stick-lac</stype> is the substance in its natural state, incrusting small twigs. When broken off, and the coloring matter partly removed, the granular residuum is called <stype>seed-lac</stype>. When melted, and reduced to a thin crust, it is called <stype>shell-lac</stype> or <stype>shellac</stype>. Lac is an important ingredient in sealing wax, dyes, varnishes, and lacquers.</note><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Ceylon lac</b></col>, <cd>a resinous exudation of the tree <spn>Croton lacciferum</spn>, resembling lac.</cd> -- <col><b>Lac dye</b></col>, <cd>a scarlet dye obtained from stick-lac.</cd> -- <col><b>Lac lake</b></col>, <cd>the coloring matter of lac dye when precipitated from its solutions by alum.</cd> -- <col><b>Mexican lac</b></col>, <cd>an exudation of the tree <spn>Croton Draco</spn>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Laccic</ent><br/
<hw>Lac"cic</hw> <pr>(l<acr/k"s<icr/k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>laccique</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to lac, or produced from it; <as>as, <ex>laccic</ex> acid</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laccin</ent><br/
<hw>Lac"cin</hw> <pr>(l<acr/k"s<icr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>laccine</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A yellow amorphous substance obtained from lac.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laccolith</ent><br/
<ent>Laccolite</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lac"co*lite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Lac"co*lith</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/ a cistern + <ets>-lite</ets>, <ets>-lith</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>A mass of igneous rock intruded between sedimentary beds and resulting in a mammiform bulging of the overlying strata.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Lac`co*lit"ic</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos></wordforms><br/
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<p><ent>Lace</ent><br/
<hw>Lace</hw> <pr>(l<amac/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>las</ets>, OF. <ets>laz</ets>, F. <ets>lacs</ets>, dim. <ets>lacet</ets>, fr. L. <ets>laqueus</ets> noose, snare; prob. akin to <ets>lacere</ets> to entice.  Cf. <er>Delight</er>, <er>Elicit</er>, <er>Lasso</er>, <er>Latchet</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>That which binds or holds, especially by being interwoven; a string, cord, or band, usually one passing through eyelet or other holes, and used in drawing and holding together parts of a garment, of a shoe, of a machine belt, etc.</def><br/
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<p><q>His hat hung at his back down by a <qex>lace</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>For striving more, the more in <qex>laces</qex> strong<br/
Himself he tied.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords; a net.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Fairfax.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>Vulcanus had caught thee [Venus] in his <qex>lace</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A fabric of fine threads of linen, silk, cotton, etc., often ornamented with figures; a delicate tissue of thread, much worn as an ornament of dress.</def><br/
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<p><q>Our English dames are much given to the wearing of costly <qex>laces</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Spirits added to coffee or some other beverage.</def> <mark>[Old Slang]</mark>  <rj><au>Addison.</au></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Alen<cced/on lace</b></col>, <cd>a kind of point lace, entirely of needlework, first made at Alen<cced/on in France, in the 17th century. It is very durable and of great beauty and cost.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Bone lace</b></col>, <col><b>Brussels lace</b></col></mcol>, <cd>etc. See under <er>Bone</er>, <er>Brussels</er>, etc.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Gold lace</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Silver lace</b></col></mcol>, <cd>lace having warp threads of silk, or silk and cotton, and a weft of silk threads covered with gold (or silver), or with gilt.</cd> -- <col><b>Lace leather</b></col>, <cd>thin, oil-tanned leather suitable for cutting into lacings for machine belts.</cd> -- <col><b>Lace lizard</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>a large, aquatic, Australian lizard (<spn>Hydrosaurus giganteus</spn>), allied to the monitors.</cd> -- <col><b>Lace paper</b></col>, <cd>paper with an openwork design in imitation of lace.</cd> -- <col><b>Lace piece</b></col> <fld>(Shipbuilding)</fld>, <cd>the main piece of timber which supports the beak or head projecting beyond the stem of a ship.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Lace pillow</b></col>, and <col><b>Pillow lace</b></col></mcol>. <cd>See under <er>Pillow</er>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lace</ent><br/
<hw>Lace</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Laced</conjf> <pr>(<amac/st)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lacing</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To fasten with a lace; to draw together with a lace passed through eyelet holes; to unite with a lace or laces, or, figuratively. with anything resembling laces.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>When Jenny's stays are newly <qex>laced</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Prior.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To adorn with narrow strips or braids of some decorative material; <as>as, cloth <ex>laced</ex> with silver</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To beat; to lash; to make stripes on.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>I'll <qex>lace</qex> your coat for ye.</q> <rj><qau>L'Estrange.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To add something to (a food or beverage) so as to impart flavor, pungency, or some special quality; <as>as, to <ex>lace</ex> a punch with alcohol; to <ex>lace</ex> the Kool-Aid with LSD</as>.</def> <mark>[Old Slang]</mark><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To twine or draw as a lace; to interlace; to intertwine.</def><br/
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<p><q>The Gond . . . picked up a trail of the Karela, the vine that bears the bitter wild gourd, and <qex>laced</qex> it to and fro across the temple door.</q>  <rj><qau>Kipling.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lace</ent><br/
<hw>Lace</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To be fastened with a lace, or laces; <as>as, these boots <ex>lace</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lacebark</ent><br/
<hw>lacebark</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A small tree or shrub (<spn>Hoheria populnea</spn>) of New Zealand having a profusion of axillary clusters of honey-scented paper-white flowers and whose bark is used for cordage.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> ribbonwood, houhere, <spn>Hoheria populnea</spn>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lace-bark</ent><br/
<hw>Lace"-bark`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A shrub in the West Indies (<spn>Lagetta Iintearia</spn>); -- so called from the lacelike layers of its inner bark.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laced</ent><br/
<hw>Laced</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Fastened with a lace or laces; decorated with narrow strips or braid. See <er>Lace</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos></def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Decorated with the fabric lace.</def><br/
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<p><q>A shirt with <qex>laced</qex> ruffles.</q> <rj><qau>Fielding.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Laced mutton</b></col>, <cd>a prostitute.</cd> <mark>[Old slang]</mark> -- <col><b>Laced stocking</b></col>, <cd>a strong stocking which can be tightly laced; -- used in cases of weak legs, varicose veins, etc.</cd> <au>Dunglison.</au></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lacedaemonian</ent><br/
<hw>Lac`e*d<ae/*mo"ni*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>Lacedamonius</ets>, Gr. <grk>Lakedaimo`nios</grk>, fr. <grk>Lakedai`mwn</grk> Laced<ae/mon.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to Laced<ae/mon or Sparta, the chief city of Laconia in the Peloponnesus.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>A Spartan.</def></def2> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Lacedemonian</asp>.]</altsp><br/
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<p><ent>lace into</ent><br/
<hw>lace into</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To attack vigorously; -- used of physical or verbal attacks; <as>as, the boss <ex>laced into</ex> him for coming to the meeting late</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laceman</ent><br/
<hw>Lace"man</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Lacemen</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.</plu> <def>A man who deals in lace.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lacerable</ent><br/
<hw>Lac"er*a*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lacerabilis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>lac<eacute/rable</ets>.]</ety> <def>That can be lacerated or torn.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lacerate</ent><br/
<hw>Lac"er*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lacerated</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lacerating</conjf> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>laceratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>lacerare</ets> to lacerate, fr. <ets>lacer</ets> mangled, lacerated; cf. Gr. <?/ a rent, rending, <?/ to tear; perh. akin to E. <ets>slay</ets>.]</ety> <def>To tear; to rend; to separate by tearing; to mangle; <as>as, to <ex>lacerate</ex> the flesh</as>.</def> <specif>Hence:</specif> <def>To afflict; to torture; <as>as, to <ex>lacerate</ex> the heart</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lacerated</ent><br/
<ent>Lacerate</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lac"er*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Lac"er*a`ted</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>p. a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>laceratus</ets>, <ets>p. p.</ets>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Rent; torn; mangled; <as>as, a <ex>lacerated</ex> wound</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>By each other's fury <qex>lacerate</qex></q> <rj><qau>Southey.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot. & Zool.)</fld> <def>Jagged, or slashed irregularly, at the end, or along the edge.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lacerated</ent><br/
<hw>lacerated</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>torn roughly; -- of skin.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> mangled, torn.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Laceration</ent><br/
<hw>Lac`er*a"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>laceratio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>lac<eacute/ration</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of lacerating.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A breach or wound made by lacerating.</def>  <rj><au>Arbuthnot.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lacerative</ent><br/
<hw>Lac"er*a*tive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Lacerating, or having the power to lacerate; <as>as, <ex>lacerative</ex> humors</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Harvey.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lacert</ent><br/
<hw>La"cert</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>lacerte</ets>. See <er>Lacertus</er>.]</ety> <def>A muscle of the human body.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lacerta</ent><br/
<hw>La*cer"ta</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lacertus</ets> the arm.]</ety> <def>A fathom.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Domesday Book.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lacerta</ent><br/
<hw>La*cer"ta</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. a lizard. See <er>Lizard</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A genus of lizards. See <er>Lizard</er>.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ Formerly it included nearly all the known lizards. It is now restricted to certain diurnal Old World species, like the green lizard (<spn>Lacerta viridis</spn>) and the sand lizard (<spn>Lacerta agilis</spn>), of Europe.</note><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>The Lizard, a northern constellation.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lacertian</ent><br/
<hw>La*cer"tian</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lacertien</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Like a lizard; of or pertaining to the <ord>Lacertilia</ord>.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>One of the <ord>Lacertilia</ord>.</def></def2><br/
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<p><ent>lacertid</ent><br/
<hw>lacertid</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Any lizard of the family <gen>Lacertidae</gen>, a family of Old World terrestrial lizard.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lacertid lizard.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lacertidae</ent><br/
<hw>Lacertidae</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A natural family of Old World lizards.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> family <gen>Lacertidae</gen>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lacertilia</ent><br/
||<hw>Lac`er*til"i*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>lacertus</ets> a lizard.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>An order of Reptilia, which includes the lizards.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ They are closely related to the snakes, and like the latter, usually have the body covered with scales or granules. They usually have eyelids, and most of then have well-formed legs; but in some groups (amphisb<ae/na, glass-snake, etc.) the legs are absent and the body is serpentlike. None are venomous, unless <gen>Heloderma</gen> be an exception. The order includes the chameleons, the <gen>Cionocrania</gen>, or typical lizards, and the amphisb<ae/nas. See <er>Amphisb<ae/na</er>, <er>Gecko</er>, <er>Gila monster</er>, and <er>Lizard</er>.</note><br/
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<p><ent>Lacertilian</ent><br/
<hw>Lac`er*til"i*an</hw> <pr>(-an)</pr>, <pos>a. & n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Lacertian</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lacertiloid</ent><br/
<hw>La*cer"ti*loid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Lacertilia</ets> + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Like or belonging to the <ord>Lacertilia</ord>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lacertine</ent><br/
<hw>La*cer"tine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Lacertian.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lacertus</ent><br/
||<hw>La*cer"tus</hw> <pr>(l<adot/*s<etil/r"t<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Lacerti</plw> <pr>(-t<imac/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., the upper arm.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A bundle or fascicle of muscular fibers.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lacewing</ent><br/
<hw>Lace"wing`</hw> <pr>(l<amac/s"w<icr/ng`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Any one of several species of neuropterous insects of the genus <gen>Chrysopa</gen> and allied genera. They have delicate, lacelike wings and brilliant eyes. Their larv<ae/ are useful in destroying aphids. Called also <altname>lace-winged fly</altname>, and <altname>goldeneyed fly</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lace-winged</ent><br/
<hw>Lace"-winged`</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Having thin, transparent, reticulated wings; <as>as, the <ex>lace-winged</ex> flies</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lache</ent><br/
<ent>Laches</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lach"es</hw> <pr>(l<acr/sh"<ecr/z)</pr>, <hw>Lache</hw> <pr>(l<acr/sh)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>lachesse</ets>, fr. <ets>lache</ets> lax, indolent, F. <ets>l<acir/che</ets>, ultimately fr. L. <ets>laxus</ets> loose, lax. See <er>Lax</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Neglect; negligence; remissness; neglect to do a thing at the proper time; especially, a delay in asserting a claim, sufficient to cause a person to lose the right to adjuducation of the claim by a court.</def><br/
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<p><q>It ill became him to take advantage of such a <qex>laches</qex> with the eagerness of a shrewd attorney.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lachrymable</ent><br/
<hw>Lach"ry*ma*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lacrimabilis</ets>, fr. <ets>lacrima</ets> a tear.]</ety> <def>Lamentable.</def>  <rj><au>Martin Parker.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lachrymae Christi</ent><br/
||<hw>Lach"ry*m<ae/ Chris"ti</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., lit., Christ's tears.]</ety> <def>A rich, sweet, red Neapolitan wine.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lachrymal</ent><br/
<hw>Lach"ry*mal</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lacrymal</ets>. See <er>Lachrymose</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to tears; <as>as, <ex>lachrymal</ex> effusions</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or secreting, tears; <as>as, the <ex>lachrymal</ex> gland</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to the lachrymal{2} organs; <as>as, <ex>lachrymal</ex> bone; <ex>lachrymal</ex> duct.</as></def><br/
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<p><ent>Lacrymal</ent><br/
<ent>Lachrymal</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lach"ry*mal</hw>, <hw>Lac"ry*mal</hw>  }</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Lachrymatory</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lachrymals</ent><br/
<hw>Lach"ry*mals</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[<er>See Lachrymal</er>.]</ety> <def>Tears; also, lachrymal feelings or organs.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark></p>

<p><q>People go to the theaters to have . . . their risibles and <qex>lachrymals</qex> set agoing.</q>  <rj><qau>The Lutheran.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lachrymary</ent><br/
<hw>Lach"ry*ma*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Containing, or intended to contain, tears; lachrymal.</def>  <rj><au>Addison.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lachrymate</ent><br/
<hw>Lach"ry*mate</hw> <pr>(-m<amac/t)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To weep.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Blount.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lachrymation</ent><br/
<hw>Lach`ry*ma"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lacrimatio</ets>, from <ets>lacrimare</ets> to shed tears, fr. <ets>lacrima</ets> tear.]</ety> <def>The act of shedding tears; weeping.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lachrymator</ent><br/
<hw>lachrymator</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A chemical substance that causes tears to flow; same as <er>lacrimator</er>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lacrimator.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lachrymatory</ent><br/
<hw>Lach"ry*ma*to*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> -<plw>ries</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lacrymatoire</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Antiq.)</fld> <def>A <ldquo/tear-bottle;<rdquo/ a narrow-necked vessel found in sepulchers of the ancient Romans; -- so called from a former notion that the tears of the deceased person's friends were collected in it. Called also <altname>lachrymal</altname> or <altname>lacrymal</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lachrymatory</ent><br/
<hw>lachrymatory</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>Relating to or inducing tears; -- especially of chemical substances.</def> <see>lacrimator</see><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lacrimatory.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lachrymiform</ent><br/
<hw>Lach"ry*mi*form</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos>, <ety>[L. <ets>lacrima</ets> tear + <ets>-form</ets>; cf. F. <ets>lacrymiforme</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having the form of a tear; tear-shaped.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lachrymose</ent><br/
<hw>Lach"ry*mose`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lacrymosus</ets>, better <ets>lacrimosus</ets>, fr. <ets>lacrima</ets>, <ets>lacruma</ets> (also badly spelt <ets>lachryma</ets>) a tear, for older <ets>dacrima</ets>, akin to E. <ets>tear</ets>. See <er>Tear</er> the secretion.]</ety> <def>Generating or shedding tears; given to shedding tears; suffused with tears; tearful.</def><br/
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<p><q>You should have seen his <qex>lachrymose</qex> visnomy.</q> <rj><qau>Lamb.</qau></rj></p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Lach"ry*mose`ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/
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<p><ent>Lacing</ent><br/
<hw>La"cing</hw> <pr>(l<amac/"s<icr/ng)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of securing, fastening, or tightening, with a lace or laces.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A lace;</def> <specif>specifically</specif> <fld>(Mach.)</fld>, <def>a thong of thin leather for uniting the ends of belts.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A rope or line passing through eyelet holes in the edge of a sail or an awning to attach it to a yard, gaff, etc.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Bridge Building)</fld> <def>A system of bracing bars, not crossing each other in the middle, connecting the channel bars of a compound strut.</def>  <rj><au>Waddell.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>A quantity of a substance, such as an alcoholic liquor, added to a food or a drink; <as>as, punch with a <ex>lacing</ex> of rum</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>A beating, especially with a lash.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lacinia</ent><br/
<ent>Laciniae</ent><br/
<hw>La*cin"i*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> L. <plw>Lacini<ae/</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., the lappet or flap of a garment.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>One of the narrow, jagged, irregular pieces or divisions which form a sort of fringe on the borders of the petals of some flowers.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A narrow, slender portion of the edge of a monophyllous calyx, or of any irregularly incised leaf.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The posterior, inner process of the stipes on the maxill<ae/ of insects.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laciniated</ent><br/
<ent>Laciniate</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>La*cin"i*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>La*cin"i*a"ted</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lacinia</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Fringed; having a fringed border.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot. & Zool.)</fld> <def>Cut into deep, narrow, irregular lobes; slashed.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laciniolate</ent><br/
<hw>La*cin"i*o*late</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lacinia</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Consisting of, or abounding in, very minute lacini<ae/.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lacinula</ent><br/
<ent>Lacinulaa</ent><br/
||<hw>La*cin"u*la</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Lacinul<ae/</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>, E. <plw>Lacinulas</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A diminutive lacinia.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lack</ent><br/
<hw>Lack</hw> <pr>(l<acr/k)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>lak</ets>; cf. D. <ets>lak</ets> slander, <ets>laken</ets> to blame, OHG. <ets>lahan</ets>, AS. <ets>le<aacute/n</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Blame; cause of blame; fault; crime; offense.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Deficiency; want; need; destitution; failure; <as>as, a <ex>lack</ex> of sufficient food</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>She swooneth now and now for <qex>lakke</qex> of blood.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Let his <qex>lack</qex> of years be no impediment.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lack</ent><br/
<hw>Lack</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lacked</conjf> <pr>(l<acr/kt)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lacking</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To blame; to find fault with.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>Love them and <qex>lakke</qex> them not.</q> <rj><qau>Piers Plowman.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To be without or destitute of; to want; to need.</def><br/
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<p><q>If any of you <qex>lack</qex> wisdom, let him ask of God.</q> <rj><qau>James i. 5.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lack</ent><br/
<hw>Lack</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To be wanting; often, impersonally, with <ptcl>of</ptcl>, meaning, to be less than, short, not quite, etc.</def><br/
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<p><q>What hour now?<br/
I think it <qex>lacks</qex> of twelve.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Peradventure there shall <qex>lack</qex> five of the fifty.</q> <rj><qau>Gen. xvii. 28.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To be in want.</def><br/
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<p><q>The young lions do <qex>lack</qex>, and suffer hunger.</q> <rj><qau>Ps. xxxiv. 10.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lack</ent><br/
<hw>Lack</hw>, <pos>interj.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Alack</er>.]</ety> <def>Exclamation of regret or surprise.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Cowper.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>lackadaisical</ent><br/
<hw>lack`a*dai"si*cal</hw> <pr>(l<acr/k`<adot/*d<amac/"z<icr/*k<ait/l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Lackadaisy</er>, <ets>interj</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Affectedly pensive; languidly sentimental; dreamy.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Lacking spirit or liveliness; lethargic; listless; languid.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Indolent; lazy; idle, especially in a dreamy manner.</def><br/
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<p> -- <wordforms><wf>Lack`a*dai"si*cal*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/
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<p><ent>Lackadaisy</ent><br/
<hw>Lack"a*dai`sy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>interj.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Lackaday</er>, <ets>interj</ets>.]</ety> <def>An expression of languor.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lackadaisy</ent><br/
<hw>Lack"a*dai`sy</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Lackadaisical.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lackaday</ent><br/
<hw>Lack"a*day`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>interj.</pos> <ety>[Abbreviated from <ets>alackaday</ets>.]</ety> <def>Alack the day; alas; -- an expression of sorrow, regret, dissatisfaction, or surprise.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lackbrain</ent><br/
<hw>Lack"brain`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who is deficient in understanding; a witless person.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lacker</ent><br/
<hw>Lack"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who lacks or is in want.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lacker</ent><br/
<hw>Lack"er</hw>, <pos>n. & v.</pos> <def>See <er>Lacquer</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lackey</ent><br/
<hw>Lack"ey</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Lackeys</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[F. <ets>laquais</ets>; cf. Sp. & Pg. <ets>lacayo</ets>; of uncertain origin; perh. of German origin, and akin to E. <ets>lick</ets>, <pos>v.</pos>]</ety> <def>An attending male servant; a footman; a servile follower.</def><br/
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<p><q>Like a Christian footboy or a gentleman's <qex>lackey</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lackey caterpillar</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>the caterpillar, or larva, of any bombycid moth of the genus <gen>Clisiocampa</gen>; -- so called from its party-colored markings. The common European species (<spn>Clisiocampa neustria</spn>) is striped with blue, yellow, and red, with a white line on the back. The American species (<spn>Clisiocampa Americana</spn> and <spn>Clisiocampa sylvatica</spn>) are commonly called <altname>tent caterpillars</altname>. See <cref>Tent caterpillar</cref>, under <er>Tent</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Lackey moth</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>the moth which produces the lackey caterpillar.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lackey</ent><br/
<hw>Lack"ey</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To attend as a lackey; to wait upon.</def><br/
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<p><q>A thousand liveried angels <qex>lackey</qex> her.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lackey</ent><br/
<hw>Lack"ey</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lackeyed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lackeying</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To act or serve as lackey; to pay servile attendance.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lacklustre</ent><br/
<ent>Lackluster</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lack"lus`ter</hw>, <hw>Lack"lus`tre</hw>  }</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A lack of luster.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lacklustre</ent><br/
<ent>Lackluster</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lack"lus`ter</hw>, <hw>Lack"lus`tre</hw>  }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Wanting luster or brightness.</def> <ldquo/<xex>Lackluster</xex> eye.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Lacking spirit, liveliness, or enthusiasm; dull.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Mediocre; <as>as, a <ex>lackluster</ex> performance</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lacmus</ent><br/
<hw>Lac"mus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Litmus</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laconian</ent><br/
<hw>La*co"ni*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to Laconia, a division of ancient Greece; Spartan.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>An inhabitant of Laconia; esp., a Spartan.</def></def2></p>

<p><ent>Laconic</ent><br/
<ent>Laconical</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>La*con"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>La*con"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>Laconicus</ets> Laconian, Gr. <?/<?/, fr. <?/<?/ a Laconian, Laced<ae/monian, or Spartan: cf. F. <ets>laconique</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Expressing much in few words, after the manner of the Laconians or Spartans; brief and pithy; concise; brusque; epigrammatic. In this sense <ex>laconic</ex> is the usual form.</def><br/
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<p><q>I grow <qex>laconic</qex> even beyond laconicism; for sometimes I return only yes, or no, to questionary or petitionary epistles of half a yard long.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>His sense was strong and his style <qex>laconic</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Welwood.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Laconian; characteristic of, or like, the Spartans; hence, stern or severe; cruel; unflinching.</def><br/
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<p><q>His head had now felt the razor, his back the rod; all that <qex>laconical</qex> discipline pleased him well.</q> <rj><qau>Bp. Hall.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Short; brief; concise; succinct; sententious; pointed; pithy.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Laconic</er>, <er>Concise</er>. <xex>Concise</xex> means without irrelevant or superfluous matter; it is the opposite of <xex>diffuse</xex>. <xex>Laconic</xex> means concise with the additional quality of pithiness, sometimes of brusqueness.</usage><br/
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<p><ent>Laconic</ent><br/
<hw>La*con"ic</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Laconism.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Addison.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Laconical</ent><br/
<hw>La*con"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>See <er>Laconic</er>, <pos>a.</pos></def><br/
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<p><ent>Laconically</ent><br/
<hw>La*con"ic*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a laconic manner.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laconicism</ent><br/
<hw>La*con"i*cism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Laconism</er>.</def>  <rj><au>Pope.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Laconism</ent><br/
<hw>Lac"o*nism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to imitate Lacedaemonian manners, to speak laconically: cf. F. <ets>laconisme</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A vigorous, brief manner of expression; laconic style.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An instance of laconic style or expression.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laconize</ent><br/
<hw>Lac"o*nize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Laconized</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Laconizing</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Gr. <?/. See <er>Laconic</er>.]</ety> <def>To imitate the manner of the Laconians, especially in brief, pithy speech, or in frugality and austerity.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lacquer</ent><br/
<hw>Lac"quer</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>lacre</ets> a sort of sealing wax, Pg. <ets>lacte</ets>, fr.  <ets>laca</ets> lac. See <er>Lac</er> the resin.]</ety> <altsp>[Written also <asp>lacker</asp>.]</altsp> <def>A varnish, consisting of a solution of shellac in alcohol, often colored with gamboge, saffron, or the like; -- used for varnishing metals, papier-mach<eacute/, and wood.  The name is also given to varnishes made of other ingredients, esp. the tough, solid varnish of the Japanese, with which ornamental objects are made.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lacquer</ent><br/
<hw>Lac"quer</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lacquered</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lacquering</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To cover with lacquer.</def> <ldquo/<xex>Lacquer'd</xex> chair.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Pope.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lacquerer</ent><br/
<hw>Lac"quer*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who lacquers, especially one who makes a business of lacquering.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lacquering</ent><br/
<hw>Lac"quer*ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act or business of putting on lacquer; also, the coat of lacquer put on.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lacrimation</ent><br/
<hw>lacrimation</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>shedding tears; same as <er>lachrymation</er>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lachrymation, tearing, watering.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>lacrimator</ent><br/
<hw>lacrimator</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a chemical substance that causes tears to flow; same as <er>lachrymator</er>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lachrymator.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>lacrimatory</ent><br/
<hw>lacrimatory</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>relating to or inducing tears; -- especially of chemical substances; same as <er>lachrymatory</er>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lachrymatory.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lacrimoso</ent><br/
||<hw>La`cri*mo"so</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[It. See <er>Lachrymose</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Plaintive; -- a term applied to a mournful or pathetic movement or style.</def>  <rj><au>Moore.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lacrosse</ent><br/
<hw>La*crosse"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>la crosse</ets>, lit., the crosier, hooked stick.  Cf. <er>Crosier</er>.]</ety> <def>A game of ball, originating among the North American Indians, now the popular field sport of Canada, and played also in England and the United States.  Each player carries a long-handled racket, called a <ldquo/<xex>crosse</xex><rdquo/.  The ball is not handled but caught with the crosse and carried on it, or tossed from it, the object being to carry it or throw it through one of the goals placed at opposite ends of the field.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lacrymal</ent><br/
<hw>Lac"ry*mal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. & a.</pos> <def>See <er>Lachrymatory</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, and <er>Lachrymal</er>, <pos>a.</pos></def><br/
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<p><ent>Lacrymose</ent><br/
<ent>Lacrytory</ent><br/
<ent>Lacrymary</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lac"ry*ma*ry</hw>, <hw>Lac"ry*to*ry</hw>, <hw>Lac"ry*mose</hw>. }</mhw> <def>See <er>Lachrymary</er>, <er>Lachrymatory</er>, <er>Lachrymose</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lactage</ent><br/
<hw>Lac"tage</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lac</ets>, <ets>lactis</ets>, milk: cf. F. <ets>laitage</ets>. See <er>Lacteal</er>.]</ety> <def>The produce of animals yielding milk; milk and that which is made from it.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lactam</ent><br/
<hw>Lac"tam</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Lact</ets>one + <ets>ami</ets>do.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>One of a series of anhydrides of an amido type, analogous to the lactones, as oxindol; a cyclic amide.</def><br/
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>beta-lactam</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b><beta/-lactam</b></col></mcol>, <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>a lactam in which the amide bond is contained within a four-membered ring, which includes the amide nitrogen and the carbonyl carbon.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>an antibiotic containing a beta-lactam, such as a <stype>penicillin</stype>, <stype>cephalosporin</stype>, or <stype>carbapenem</stype>; also called a <altname>beta-lactam antibiotic</altname>.</cd> <mark>[informal, laboratory slang]</mark></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lactamic</ent><br/
<hw>Lac*tam"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or designating, an amido acid related to lactic acid, and called also <altname>amido-propionic</altname> acid.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lactamide</ent><br/
<hw>Lac*tam"ide</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Lac</ets>tic + <ets>ami</ets>de.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An acid amide derived from lactic acid, and obtained as a white crystalline substance having a neutral reaction. It is metameric with alanine.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lactant</ent><br/
<hw>Lac"tant</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lactans</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>lactare</ets> to suck, fr. <ets>lac</ets>, <ets>lactis</ets>, milk.]</ety> <def>Suckling; giving suck.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lactarene</ent><br/
<hw>Lac"ta*rene</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lac</ets>, <ets>lactis</ets>, milk.]</ety> <def>A preparation of casein from milk, used in printing calico.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lactary</ent><br/
<hw>Lac"ta*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lactarius</ets>, fr. <ets>lac</ets>, <ets>lactis</ets>, milk: cf. F. <ets>lactaire</ets>.]</ety> <def>Milky; full of white juice like milk.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <ldquo/<xex>Lactary</xex> or milky plants.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lactary</ent><br/
<hw>Lac"ta*ry</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>a dairyhouse.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lactate</ent><br/
<hw>Lac"tate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lac</ets>, <ets>lactis</ets>, milk: cf. F. <ets>lactate</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt of lactic acid.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lactating</ent><br/
<hw>lactating</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>actively producing milk; -- of female mammals.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lactation</ent><br/
<hw>Lac*ta"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The secretion and yielding of milk by the mammary gland; giving suck.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lacteal</ent><br/
<hw>Lac"te*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lacteus</ets> milky, fr. <ets>lac</ets>, <ets>lactis</ets>, milk.  Cf. <er>Galaxy</er>, <er>Lettuce</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Pertaining to, or resembling, milk; milky; <as>as, the <ex>lacteal</ex> fluid</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Anat. & Physiol.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or containing, chyle; <as>as, the <ex>lacteal</ex> vessels</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lacteal</ent><br/
<hw>Lac"te*al</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>One of the lymphatic vessels which convey chyle from the small intestine through the mesenteric glands to the thoracic duct; a chyliferous vessel.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lacteally</ent><br/
<hw>Lac"te*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Milkily; in the manner of milk.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lactean</ent><br/
<hw>Lac"te*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lacteal</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Milky; consisting of, or resembling, milk.</def> <ldquo/This <xex>lactean</xex> whiteness.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Moxon.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Anat. & Physiol.)</fld> <def>Lacteal; conveying chyle.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lacteous</ent><br/
<hw>Lac"te*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lacteal</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Milky; resembling milk.</def> <ldquo/The <xex>lacteous</xex> circle.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Lacteal; conveying chyle; <as>as, <ex>lacteous</ex> vessels</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lacteously</ent><br/
<hw>Lac"te*ous*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a lacteous manner; after the manner of milk.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lactescence</ent><br/
<hw>Lac*tes"cence</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lactescence</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The state or quality of producing milk, or milklike juice; resemblance to milk; a milky color.</def><br/
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<p><q>This <qex>lactescence</qex> does commonly ensue when . . . fair water is suddenly poured upon the solution.</q> <rj><qau>Boyle.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The latex of certain plants. See <er>Latex</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lactescent</ent><br/
<hw>Lac*tes"cent</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lactescens</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>lactescere</ets> to turn to milk, incho. fr. <ets>lactere</ets> to be milky, fr. <ets>lac</ets>, <ets>lactis</ets>, milk: cf. F. <ets>lactescent</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having a milky look; becoming milky.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Producing milk or a milklike juice or fluid, as the milkweed. See <er>Latex</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lactic</ent><br/
<hw>Lac"tic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lac</ets>, <ets>lactis</ets>, milk: cf. F. <ets>lactique</ets>. See <er>Lacteal</er>, and cf. <er>Galactic</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to milk; procured from sour milk or whey; <as>as, <ex>lactic</ex> acid; <ex>lactic</ex> fermentation, etc.</as></def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lactic acid</b></col> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld>, <cd>a sirupy, colorless fluid, soluble in water, with an intensely sour taste and strong acid reaction. There is one center of optical activity, and this results in the observation of three isomeric modifications all having the formula <chform>C3H6O3</chform>; one is dextrorotatory (L-lactic acid), the other levorotatory (D-lactic acid), and the third an optically inactive mixture of the first two (DL-lactic acid); chemically it is <chname>2-hydroxypropanoic acid</chname>.  <stype>Sarcolactic acid</stype> or <stype>paralactic acid</stype> occurs chiefly in dead muscle tissue, while <stype>ordinary lactic acid</stype> (DL-lactic acid) results from fermentation, such as the fermentation of milk by lactic acid bacteria. The two acids are alike in having the same constitution (expressed by the name <altname>ethylidene lactic acid</altname>), but the latter is optically inactive, while sarcolactic acid rotates the plane of polarization to the right.  The third acid, <xex>ethylene lactic acid</xex>, accompanies sarcolactic acid in the juice of flesh, and is optically inactive.</cd> -- <col><b>Lactic ferment</b></col>, <cd>an organized ferment (<spn>Bacterium lacticum</spn> <it>or</it> <spn>Bacterium lactis</spn>), which produces lactic fermentation, decomposing the sugar of milk into carbonic and lactic acids, the latter, of which renders the milk sour, and precipitates the casein, thus giving rise to the so-called spontaneous coagulation of milk.</cd> -- <col><b>Lactic fermentation</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Fermentation</er>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lactide</ent><br/
<hw>Lac"tide</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Lac</ets>tic + anhydride.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A white, crystalline substance, obtained from lactic acid by distillation, and regarded as an anhydride; also, by extension, any similar substance.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lactiferous</ent><br/
<hw>Lac*tif"er*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[l. <ets>lac</ets>, <ets>lactis</ets>, milk + <ets>-ferous</ets>: cf. F. <ets>lactif<egrave/re</ets>.]</ety> <def>Bearing or containing milk or a milky fluid; <as>as, the <ex>lactiferous</ex> vessels, cells, or tissue of various vascular plants</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lactifical</ent><br/
<ent>Lactific</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lac*tif"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Lac*tif"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lac</ets>, <ets>lactis</ets>, milk + <ets>facere</ets> to make.]</ety> <def>Producing or yielding milk.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lactifuge</ent><br/
<hw>Lac"ti*fuge</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lac</ets>, <ets>lactis</ets>, milk + <ets>fugare</ets> to expel.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A medicine to check the secretion of milk, or to dispel a supposed accumulation of milk in any part of the body.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lactim</ent><br/
<hw>Lac"tim</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Lactic</ets> + <ets>im</ets>ido.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>One of a series of anhydrides resembling the lactams, but of an imido type; <as>as, isatine is a <ex>lactim</ex></as>.  Cf. <er>Lactam</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lactimide</ent><br/
<hw>Lac*tim"ide</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Lactic</ets> + <ets>imide</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A white, crystalline substance obtained as an anhydride of alanine, and regarded as an imido derivative of lactic acid.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lactin</ent><br/
<hw>Lac"tin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lac</ets>, <ets>lactis</ets>, milk: cf. F. <ets>lactine</ets>.  Cf. <er>Galactin</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>See <er>Lactose</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lactoabumin</ent><br/
<hw>Lac`to*a*bu"min</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lac</ets>, <ets>lactis</ets>, milk + E. <ets>albumin</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>The albumin present in milk, apparently identical with ordinary serum albumin. It is distinct from the casein of milk.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lactobutyrometer</ent><br/
<hw>Lac`to*bu`ty*rom"e*ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lac</ets>, <ets>lactis</ets>, milk + E. <ets>butyrometer</ets>.]</ety> <def>An instrument for determining the amount of butter fat contained in a given sample of milk.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lactodensimeter</ent><br/
<hw>Lac`to*den*sim"e*ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lac</ets>, <ets>lactis</ets>, milk + E. <ets>densimeter</ets>.]</ety> <def>A form of hydrometer, specially graduated, for finding the density of milk, and thus discovering whether it has been mixed with water or some of the cream has been removed.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lactometer</ent><br/
<hw>Lac*tom"e*ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lac</ets>, <ets>lactis</ets>, milk + <ets>meter</ets>: cf. F. <ets>lactom<egrave/tre</ets>.  Cf. <er>Galactometer</er>.]</ety> <def>An instrument for estimating the purity or richness of milk, as a measuring glass, a specific gravity bulb, or other apparatus.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lactone</ent><br/
<hw>Lac"tone</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>One of a series of organic compounds, being cyclic esters which may be regarded as anhydrides of certain hydroxy acids.  In general, they are colorless liquids, having a weak aromatic odor. They are so called because the typical lactone is derived from <xex>lactic</xex> acid.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lactonic</ent><br/
<hw>Lac*ton"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Lactone</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Of, pertaining to, or derived from, a lactone.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lactonic</ent><br/
<hw>Lac*ton"ic</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Lactose</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the oxidation of milk sugar (<xex>lactose</xex>).</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lactoprotein</ent><br/
<hw>Lac`to*pro"te*in</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lac</ets>, <ets>lactis</ets>, milk + E. <ets>protein</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>A peculiar albuminous body considered a normal constituent of milk.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lactory</ent><br/
<hw>Lac"to*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Lactiferous.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <ldquo/<xex>Lactory</xex> or milky plants.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lactoscope</ent><br/
<hw>Lac"to*scope</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lac</ets>, <ets>lactis</ets> + <ets>scope</ets>.]</ety> <def>An instrument for estimating the amount of cream contained in milk by ascertaining its relative opacity.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lactose</ent><br/
<hw>lac"tose`</hw> <pr>(l<acr/k"t<omac/s`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>The main sugar present in milk, called also <altname>sugar of milk</altname> or <altname>milk sugar</altname>.  When isolated pure it is obtained crystalline; it is separable from the whey by evaporation and crystallization.  It is a disaccharide with the formula <chform>C12H22O11</chform>, being chemically <chname>4-(<beta/-D-galactosido)-D-glucose</chname>. It has a slightly sweet taste, is dextrorotary, and is much less soluble in water than either cane sugar or glucose. Formerly called <altname>lactin</altname>.  When hydrolyzed it yields glucose and galactose.  In cells it may be hydrolyzed by the enzyme <beta/-galactosidase.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>See <er>Galactose</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lactose intolerance</ent><br/
<hw>lac"tose` in*tol"er*ance</hw> <pr>(l<acr/k"t<omac/s` <icr/n*t<ocr/l"<etil/r*<ait/ns)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A physiological condition in which lactose cannot be hydrolyzed in the intestine, leading to uncomfortable gaseousness, cramps, or diarrhea after eating a lactose-containing food such as milk or ice cream.  The symptoms may be prevented by ingesting a preparation of beta-galactosidase before or together with dairy products.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lactuca</ent><br/
||<hw>Lac*tu"ca</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., lettuce. See <er>Lettuce</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of composite herbs, several of which are cultivated for salad; lettuce.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lactucarium</ent><br/
||<hw>Lac`tu*ca"ri*um</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>lactuca</ets> lettuce.]</ety> <def>The inspissated juice of the common lettuce, sometimes used as a substitute for opium.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lactucic</ent><br/
<hw>Lac*tu"cic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or derived from, the juice of the <spn>Lactuca virosa</spn>; -- said of certain acids.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lactucin</ent><br/
<hw>Lac*tu"cin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Lactuca</er>: cf. F. <ets>lactucine</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A white, crystalline substance, having a bitter taste and a neutral reaction, and forming one of the essential ingredients of lactucarium.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lactucone</ent><br/
<hw>Lac*tu"cone</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Lactuca</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A white, crystalline, tasteless substance, found in the milky sap of species of Lactuca, and constituting an essential ingredient of lactucarium.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lacturamic</ent><br/
<hw>Lac`tu*ram"ic</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Lactic</ets> + <ets>urea</ets> + <ets>amic</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or designating, an organic amido acid, which is regarded as a derivative of lactic acid and urea.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lactyl</ent><br/
<hw>Lac"tyl</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Lactic</ets> + <ets>-yl</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An organic residue or radical (<chform>CH3.CHOH.CO-</chform>) derived from lactic acid.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lacuna</ent><br/
<ent>Lacunae</ent><br/
||<hw>La*cu"na</hw> <pr>(l<adot/*k<umac/"n<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> L. <plw>Lacun<ae/</plw> <pr>(l<adot/*k<umac/"n<ae/)</pr>; E. <plw>Lacunas</plw> <pr>(l<adot/*k<umac/"n<adot/z)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., ditch, pit, lake, orig., anything hollow. See <er>Lagoon</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A small opening; a small pit or depression; a small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>A small opening; a small depression or cavity; a space, as a vacant space between the cells of plants, or one of the spaces left among the tissues of the lower animals, which serve in place of vessels for the circulation of the body fluids, or the cavity or sac, usually of very small size, in a mucous membrane.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lacunar</ent><br/
<ent>Lacunal</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>La*cu"nal</hw> <pr>(l<adot/*k<umac/"n<ait/l)</pr>, <hw>La*cu"nar</hw> <pr>(l<adot/*k<umac/"n<etil/r)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to, or having, lacun<ae/; <as>as, a <ex>lacunar</ex> circulation</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lacunar</ent><br/
<hw>La*cu"nar</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> E. <plw>Lacunars</plw> <pr>(l<adot/*k<umac/"n<etil/rz)</pr>, L. <plw>Lacunaria</plw> <pr>(l<acr/k`<usl/*n<amac/"r<icr/*<adot/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The ceiling or under surface of any part, especially when it consists of compartments, sunk or hollowed without spaces or bands between the panels.</def> <au>Gwilt</au> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>One of the sunken panels in such a ceiling.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lacune</ent><br/
<hw>La*cune"</hw> <pr>(l<adot/*k<umac/n")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A lacuna.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> <au>Landor.</au><br/
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<p><ent>Lacunous</ent><br/
<ent>Lacunose</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lac"u*nose`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>La*cu"nous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lacunosus</ets> full of holes or hollows; cf. F. <ets>lacuneux</ets>. See <er>Lacuna</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Furrowed or pitted; having shallow cavities or lacun<ae/; <as>as, a <ex>lacunose</ex> leaf</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lacustrine</ent><br/
<ent>Lacustral</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>La*cus"tral</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>La*cus"trine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lacus</ets> lake: cf. F. <ets>lacustral</ets>, <ets>lacustre</ets>.]</ety> <def>Found in, or pertaining to, lakes or ponds, or growing in them; <as>as, <ex>lacustrine</ex> flowers</as>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lacustrine deposits</b></col> <fld>(Geol.)</fld>, <cd>the deposits which have been accumulated in fresh-water areas.</cd> -- <col><b>Lacustrine dwellings</b></col>. <cd>See <cref>Lake dwellings</cref>, under <er>Lake</er>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lacwork</ent><br/
<hw>Lac"work`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Ornamentation by means of lacquer painted or carved, or simply colored, sprinkled with gold or the like; -- said especially of Oriental work of this kind.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lad</ent><br/
<hw>Lad</hw> <pr>(l<acr/d)</pr>, <mark>obs.</mark> <def><pos>p. p.</pos> of <er>Lead</er>, to guide.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lad</ent><br/
<hw>Lad</hw> <pr>(l<acr/d)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>ladde</ets>, of Celtic origin; cf. W. <ets>llawd</ets>, Ir. <ets>lath</ets>. <root/123.  Cf. <er>Lass</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A boy; a youth; a stripling.</def> <ldquo/Cupid is a knavish <xex>lad</xex>.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>There is a <qex>lad</qex> here, which hath five barley loaves and two small fishes.</q> <rj><qau>John vi. 9.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A companion; a comrade; a mate.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lad's love</b></col>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <cd>See <cref>Boy's love</cref>, under <er>Boy</er>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Ladanum</ent><br/
<hw>Lad"a*num</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>ladanum</ets>, <ets>ledanum</ets>, Gr. <grk>la`danon</grk>, <grk>lh`danon</grk>, fr. <grk>lh^don</grk> name of a shrub, mastic; cf. Per. <ets>l<amac/dan</ets>, <ets>l<amac/den</ets>.  Cf. <er>Laudanum</er>.]</ety> <def>A gum resin gathered from certain Oriental species of <gen>Cistus</gen>. It has a pungent odor and is chiefly used in making plasters, and for fumigation.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>labdanum</asp>.]</altsp><br/
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<p><ent>Ladde</ent><br/
<hw>Lad"de</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <mark>(obs.)</mark> <def><pos>imp.</pos> of <er>Lead</er>, to guide.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Ladder</ent><br/
<hw>Lad"der</hw> <pr>(l<acr/d"d<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>laddre</ets>, AS. <ets>hl<aemac/der</ets>, <ets>hl<aemac/dder</ets>; akin to OFries. <ets>hladder</ets>, OHG. <ets>leitara</ets>, G. <ets>leiter</ets>, and from the root of E. <ets>lean</ets>, v.  <root/40.  See <er>Lean</er>, <pos>v. i.</pos>, and cf. <er>Climax</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A frame usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened cross strips or rounds forming steps.</def><br/
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<p><q>Some the engines play,<br/
And some, more bold, mount <qex>ladders</qex> to the fire.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which resembles a ladder in form or use;</def> <specif>hence,</specif> <def>that by means of which one attains to eminence; <as>as, to climb the corporate <ex>ladder</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>Lowliness is young ambition's <qex>ladder</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Fish ladder</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Fish</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Ladder beetle</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>an American leaf beetle (<spn>Chrysomela scalaris</spn>). The elytra are silvery white, striped and spotted with green; the under wings are rose-colored. It feeds upon the linden tree.</cd> -- <col><b>Ladder handle</b></col>, <cd>an iron rail at the side of a vertical fixed ladder, to grasp with the hand in climbing.</cd> -- <col><b>Ladder shell</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>a spiral marine shell of the genus <gen>Scalaria</gen>. See <er>Scalaria</er>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>ladder-back</ent><br/
<hw>ladder-back</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a chair with a ladder-back{2}.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> ladder-back chair.</syn><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>a chair backrest consisting of 2 uprights with several connecting slats.</def><br/
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<p><ent>ladder-backed</ent><br/
<hw>ladder-backed</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Having horizontal stripes on the back, reminiscent of a ladder; -- used of birds; <as>as, a <ex>ladder-backed</ex> woodpecker</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>ladder truck</ent><br/
<ent>ladder company</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>ladder company</hw>, <hw>ladder truck</hw></mhw> <pos>n.</pos>  <def>Same as <er>hook-and-ladder company</er>, <er>hook-and-ladder truck</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>ladder-proof</ent><br/
<hw>ladder-proof</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>resistant to runs or (in Britain) ladders; -- of hosiery.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> runproof, run-resistant.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Laddie</ent><br/
<hw>Lad"die</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A lad; a male sweetheart.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lade</ent><br/
<hw>Lade</hw> <pr>(l<amac/d)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp.</pos> <conjf>Laded</conjf>; <pos>p. p.</pos> <conjf>Laded</conjf>, <conjf>Laden</conjf> <pr>(l<amac/d'n)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lading</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[AS. <ets>hladan</ets> to heap, load, draw (water); akin to D. & G. <ets>laden</ets> to load, OHG. <ets>hladan</ets>, <ets>ladan</ets>, Icel. <ets>hla<edh/a</ets>, Sw. <ets>ladda</ets>, Dan. <ets>lade</ets>, Goth. <ets>afhla<thorn/an</ets>.  Cf. <er>Load</er>, <er>Ladle</er>, <er>Lathe</er> for turning, <er>Last</er> a load.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To load; to put a burden or freight on or in; -- generally followed by that which receives the load, as the direct object.</def><br/
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<p><q>And they <qex>laded</qex> their asses with the corn.</q> <rj><qau>Gen. xlii. 26.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To throw in or out, with a ladle or dipper; to dip; <as>as, to <ex>lade</ex> water out of a tub, or into a cistern</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>And chides the sea that sunders him from thence,<br/
Saying, he'll <qex>lade</qex> it dry to have his way.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Plate Glass Manuf.)</fld> <def>To transfer (the molten glass) from the pot to the forming table.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lade</ent><br/
<hw>Lade</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lade</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To draw water.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>To admit water by leakage, as a ship, etc.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lade</ent><br/
<hw>Lade</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Prov. E., a ditch or drain.  Cf. <er>Lode</er>, <er>Lead</er> to conduct.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The mouth of a river.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bp. Gibson.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A passage for water; a ditch or drain.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lademan</ent><br/
<hw>Lade"man</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who leads a pack horse; a miller's servant.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Local]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Laden</ent><br/
<hw>Lad"en</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>p. & a.</pos> <def>Loaded; freighted; burdened; <as>as, a <ex>laden</ex> vessel; a <ex>laden</ex> heart.</as></def><br/
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<p><q>Ah sinful nation, a people <qex>laden</qex> with iniquity.</q> <rj><qau>Is. i. 4.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>A ship <qex>laden</qex> with gold.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Ladied</ent><br/
<hw>La"died</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Ladylike; not rough; gentle.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <ldquo/Stroked with a <xex>ladied</xex> land.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Feltham.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Ladies' eardrops</ent><br/
<hw>La"dies' ear`drops`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The small-flowered Fuchsia (<spn>Fuchsia coccinea</spn>), and other closely related species.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Ladify</ent><br/
<hw>La"di*fy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Lady</ets> + <ets>-fy</ets>.]</ety> <def>To make a lady of; to make ladylike.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Massinger.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Ladin</ent><br/
<hw>La*din"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From L. <ets>Latinus</ets> Latin. See <er>Latin</er>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A Romansch dialect spoken in some parts of Switzerland and the Tyrol.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A person speaking Ladin as a mother tongue.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lading</ent><br/
<hw>Lad"ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of loading.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which lades or constitutes a load or cargo; freight; burden; <as>as, the <ex>lading</ex> of a ship</as>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Bill of lading</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Bill</er>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Ladino</ent><br/
<hw>La*di"no</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Ladinos</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[Sp.]</ety> <def>One of the half-breed descendants of whites and Indians; a mestizo; -- so called throughout Central America. They are usually of a yellowish orange tinge.</def>  <rj><au>Am. Cyc.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Ladino</ent><br/
<hw>La*di"no</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu>pl. <plw>-nos</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr></plu> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The mixed Spanish and Hebrew language spoken by Sephardim.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>A cunningly vicious horse.</def> <mark>[Southeastern U. S.]</mark><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn>  <def>A ladin.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Ladkin</ent><br/
<hw>Lad"kin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A little lad.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Dr. H. More.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Ladle</ent><br/
<hw>La"dle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>hl<ae/del</ets>, fr. <ets>hladan</ets> to load, drain. See <er>Lade</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A cuplike spoon, often of large size, with a long handle, used in lading or dipping.</def><br/
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<p><q>When the materials of glass have been kept long in fusion, the mixture casts up the superfluous salt, which the workmen take off with <qex>ladles</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Boyle.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Founding)</fld> <def>A vessel to carry liquid metal from the furnace to the mold.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The float of a mill wheel; -- called also <altname>ladle board</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Gun.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An instrument for drawing the charge of a cannon.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A ring, with a handle or handles fitted to it, for carrying shot.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Ladle wood</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the wood of a South African tree (<spn>Cassine Colpoon</spn>), used for carving.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Ladle</ent><br/
<hw>La"dle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Ladled</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Ladling</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <def>To take up and convey in a ladle; to dip with, or as with, a ladle; <as>as, to <ex>ladle</ex> out soup; to <ex>ladle</ex> oatmeal into a kettle.</as></def><br/
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<p><ent>Ladleful</ent><br/
<hw>La"dle*ful</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Ladlefuls</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.</plu> <def>A quantity sufficient to fill a ladle.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Ladrone</ent><br/
<hw>La*drone"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp. <ets>ladron</ets>, L. <ets>latro</ets> servant, robber, Gr. (<?/) a servant.]</ety> <def>A robber; a pirate; hence, loosely, a rogue or rascal.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lady</ent><br/
<hw>La"dy</hw> <pr>(l<amac/"d<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Ladies</plw> <pr>(l<amac/"d<icr/z)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[OE. <ets>ladi</ets>, <ets>l<ae/fdi</ets>, AS. <ets>hl<aemac/fdige</ets>, <ets>hl<aemac/fdie</ets>; AS. <ets>hl<amac/f</ets> loaf + a root of uncertain origin, possibly akin to E. <ets>dairy</ets>. See <er>Loaf</er>, and cf. <er>Lord</er>.]</ety><br/
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>A woman who looks after the domestic affairs of a family; a mistress; the female head of a household.</def><br/
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<p><q>Agar, the handmaiden of Sara, whence comest thou, and whither goest thou? The which answered, Fro the face of Sara my <qex>lady</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Wyclif (Gen. xvi. 8.).</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A woman having proprietary rights or authority; mistress; -- a feminine correlative of <xex>lord</xex>.</def> <ldquo/Lord or <xex>lady</xex> of high degree.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Lowell.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>Of all these bounds, even from this line to this, . . . <br/
We make thee <qex>lady</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound; a sweetheart.</def><br/
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<p><q>The soldier here his wasted store supplies,<br/
And takes new valor from his <qex>lady's</qex> eyes.</q> <rj><qau>Waller.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A woman of social distinction or position. In England, a title prefixed to the name of any woman whose husband is not of lower rank than a baron, or whose father was a nobleman not lower than an earl. The wife of a baronet or knight has the title of <xex>Lady</xex> by courtesy, but not by right.</def><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>A woman of refined or gentle manners; a well-bred woman; -- the feminine correlative of <contr>gentleman</contr>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>A wife; -- not now in approved usage.</def>  <rj><au>Goldsmith.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <def>Any woman; <as>as, a lounge for <ex>ladies</ex>; a cleaning <ex>lady</ex></as>; also used in combination; <as>as, sales<ex>lady</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The triturating apparatus in the stomach of a lobster; -- so called from a fancied resemblance to a seated female figure. It consists of calcareous plates.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Ladies' man</b></col>, <cd>a man who affects the society of ladies.</cd> -- <col><b>Lady altar</b></col>, <cd>an altar in a lady chapel.</cd> <au>Shipley.</au> -- <col><b>Lady chapel</b></col>, <cd>a chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary.</cd> -- <col><b>Lady court</b></col>, <cd>the court of a lady of the manor.</cd> -- <col><b>Lady crab</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>a handsomely spotted swimming crab (<spn>Platyonichus ocellatus</spn>) very common on the sandy shores of the Atlantic coast of the United States.</cd> -- <col><b>Lady fern</b></col>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <cd>See <cref>Female fern</cref>, under <er>Female</er>, and <xex>Illust.</xex> of <er>Fern</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Lady in waiting</b></col>, <cd>a lady of the queen's household, appointed to wait upon or attend the queen.</cd> -- <col><b>Lady Mass</b></col>, <cd>a Mass said in honor of the Virgin Mary.</cd> <au>Shipley.</au> <col><b>Lady of the manor</b></col>, <cd>a lady having jurisdiction of a manor; also, the wife of a manor lord.</cd> <col><b>Lady's maid</b></col>, <cd>a maidservant who dresses and waits upon a lady.</cd> <au>Thackeray.</au> -- <col><b>Our Lady</b></col>, <cd>the Virgin Mary.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lady</ent><br/
<hw>La"dy</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Belonging or becoming to a lady; ladylike.</def><br/
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<p><ldquo/Some <qex>lady</qex> trifles.<rdquo/ <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>ladybeetle</ent><br/
<hw>ladybeetle</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>ladybird</er>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> ladybug, lady beetle, ladybird, ladybird beetle.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Ladybird</ent><br/
<hw>La"dy*bird`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Equiv. to, bird of Our Lady.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Any one of numerous species of small beetles of the genus <gen>Coccinella</gen> and allied genera (family <fam>Coccinellid<ae/</fam>); -- called also <altname>ladybug</altname>, <altname>ladyclock</altname>, <altname>lady cow</altname>, <altname>lady fly</altname>, <altname>ladybeetle</altname>, and <altname>lady beetle</altname>.  <spn>Coccinella seplempunctata</spn> in one of the common European species. See <er>Coccinella</er>.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ The ladybirds are usually more or less hemispherical in form, with a smooth, polished surface, and often colored red, brown, or black, with small spots of brighter colors. Both the larvae and the adult beetles of most species feed on aphids, and for this reason they are very beneficial to agriculture and horticulture.</note><br/
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<p><ent>Ladybug</ent><br/
<hw>La"dy*bug`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Ladybird</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Ladyclock</ent><br/
<hw>La"dy*clock`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>See <er>Ladybird</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lady Day</ent><br/
<hw>La"dy` Day`</hw> <pr>(d<amac/)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <def>The day of the annunciation of the Virgin Mary, March 25. See <er>Annunciation</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Ladyfish</ent><br/
<hw>La"dy*fish`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A large, handsome oceanic fish (<spn>Albula vulpes</spn>), found both in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; -- called also <altname>bonefish</altname>, <altname>grubber</altname>, <altname>French mullet</altname>, and <altname>macab<eacute/</altname>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A labroid fish (<spn>Harpe rufa</spn>) of Florida and the West Indies.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Ladyhood</ent><br/
<hw>La"dy*hood</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or quality of being a lady; the personality of a lady.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lady-in-waiting</ent><br/
<hw>lady-in-waiting</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a lady appointed to attend to a queen or princess.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lady-killer</ent><br/
<hw>La"dy-kill`er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A gallant who captivates the hearts of women.</def> <ldquo/A renowned dandy and <xex>lady-killer</xex>.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Blackw. Mag.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lady-killing</ent><br/
<hw>La"dy-kill`ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The art or practice of captivating the hearts of women.</def><br/
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<p><q>Better for the sake of womankind that this dangerous dog should leave off <qex>lady-killing</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Thackeray.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Ladykin</ent><br/
<hw>La"dy*kin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Lady</ets> + <ets>-kin</ets>.]</ety> <def>A little lady; -- applied by the writers of Queen Elizabeth's time, in the abbreviated form <altname>Lakin</altname>, to the Virgin Mary.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ The diminutive does not refer to size, but is equivalent to <ldquo/dear.<rdquo/</note>  <rj><au>Brewer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Ladylike</ent><br/
<hw>La"dy*like`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Like a lady in appearance or manners; well-bred.</def><br/
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<p><q>She was <qex>ladylike</qex>, too, after the manner of the feminine gentility of those days.</q> <rj><qau>Hawthorne.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Becoming or suitable to a lady; <as>as, <ex>ladylike</ex> manners</as>.</def> <ldquo/With fingers <xex>ladylike</xex>.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Warner.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Delicate; tender; feeble; effeminate.</def><br/
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<p><q>Too <qex>ladylike</qex> a long fatigue to bear.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Ladylikeness</ent><br/
<hw>La"dy*like`ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being ladylike.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Ladylove</ent><br/
<hw>La"dy*love`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A sweetheart or mistress.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lady-of-the-night</ent><br/
<hw>lady-of-the-night</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A West Indian shrub (<spn>Brunfelsia americana</spn>) with fragrant showy yellowish-white flowers.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lady of the night, Brunfelsia americana.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lady's bedstraw</ent><br/
<hw>La"dy's bed"straw`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The common bedstraw (<spn>Galium verum</spn>); also, a slender-leaved East Indian shrub (<spn>Pharnaceum Mollugo</spn>), with white flowers in umbels.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lady's bower</ent><br/
<hw>La"dy's bow"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A climbing plant with fragrant blossoms (<spn>Clematis vitalba</spn>).</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ This term is sometimes applied to other plants of the same genus.</note><br/
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<p><ent>Lady's cloth</ent><br/
<hw>La"dy's cloth`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <def>A kind of broadcloth of light weight, used for women's dresses, cloaks, etc.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lady's comb</ent><br/
<hw>La"dy's comb"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An umbelliferous plant (<spn>Scandix Pecten-Veneris</spn>), its clusters of long slender fruits remotely resembling a comb.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lady's cushion</ent><br/
<hw>La"dy's cush"ion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An herb growing in dense tufts; the thrift (<spn>Armeria vulgaris</spn>).</def><br/
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<p><ent>lady's-eardrop</ent><br/
<hw>lady's-eardrop</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An erect or climbing shrub (<spn>Fuchsia coccinea</spn>) of Brazil with deep pink to red flowers.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> ladies'-eardrop, lady's-eardrops, ladies'-eardrops, <spn>Fuchsia coccinea</spn>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lady's finger</ent><br/
<hw>La"dy's fin"ger</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <sn>1.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The kidney vetch, <spn>Anthyllis vulneraria</spn>; called also <altname>lady's fingers</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Cookery)</fld> <def>A variety of small cake of about the dimensions of a finger.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A long, slender variety of the potato.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>One of the branchiae of the lobster.</def><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A tall coarse annual (<spn>Abelmoschus esculentus</spn>) of Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern U. S. and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stews; it is sometimes placed in the genus <gen>Hibiscus</gen>.</def> <wns>[wns=1]</wns> <note>different from <er>lady's fingers</er></note><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> okra, gumbo, okra plant, <spn>Abelmoschus esculentus</spn>, Hibiscus esculentus.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lady's garters</ent><br/
<hw>La"dy's gar"ters</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Ribbon grass.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lady's hair</ent><br/
<hw>La"dy's hair"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant of the genus <gen>Briza</gen> (<spn>Briza media</spn>); a variety of quaking grass.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Ladyship</ent><br/
<hw>La"dy*ship</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The rank or position of a lady; -- given as a title (preceded by <xex>her</xex> or <xex>your</xex>).</def><br/
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<p><q>Your <qex>ladyship</qex> shall observe their gravity.</q> <rj><qau>B. Jonson.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lady's laces</ent><br/
<hw>La"dy's la"ces</hw> <pr>(l<amac/"d<icr/z l<amac/"s<ecr/z)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A slender climbing plant; dodder.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lady-slipper</ent><br/
<hw>lady-slipper</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <pr>(l<amac/"d<ycr/ sl<icr/p"p<etil/r)</pr>, <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>lady's slipper</er>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lady's slipper, lady's-slipper, slipper orchid.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lady's looking-glass</ent><br/
<hw>La"dy's look"ing-glass`</hw> <pr>(l<amac/"d<icr/z l<oocr/k"<icr/ng gl<adot/s`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <cref>Venus's looking-glass</cref>, under <er>Venus</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lady's mantle</ent><br/
<hw>La"dy's man"tle</hw> <pr>(l<amac/"d<icr/z m<acr/n"t'l)</pr>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of rosaceous herbs (<gen>Alchemilla</gen>), esp. the European <spn>Alchemilla vulgaris</spn>, which has leaves with rounded and finely serrated lobes.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lady's seal</ent><br/
<hw>La"dy's seal"</hw> <pr>(l<amac/"d<icr/z s<emac/l")</pr>.<fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The European Solomon's seal (<spn>Polygonatum verticillatum</spn>).</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The black bryony (<spn>Tamus communis</spn>).</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lady's slipper</ent><br/
<hw>La"dy's slip"per</hw> <pr>(l<amac/"d<icr/z sl<icr/p"p<etil/r)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Any orchidaceous plant of the genus <gen>Cypripedium</gen>, the labellum of which resembles a slipper.  Less commonly, in the United States, the garden balsam (<spn>Impatiens Balsamina</spn>).</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lady's smock</ent><br/
<hw>La"dy's smock"</hw> <pr>(l<amac/"d<icr/z sm<ocr/k")</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant of the genus <gen>Cardamine</gen> (<spn>Cardamine pratensis</spn>); cuckoo flower.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lady's thimble</ent><br/
<hw>La"dy's thim"ble</hw> <pr>(l<amac/"d<icr/z th<icr/m"b'l)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The harebell.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lady's thumb</ent><br/
<hw>La"dy's thumb"</hw> <pr>(l<amac/"d<icr/z th<ucr/m")</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An annual weed (<spn>Polygonum Persicaria</spn>), having a lanceolate leaf with a dark spot in the middle.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Ladies' tresses</ent><br/
<ent>Lady's traces</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>La"dy's tra"ces</hw> <pr>(l<amac/"d<icr/z tr<amac/"s<ecr/z)</pr>, <hw>La"dies' tress"es</hw> <pr>(l<amac/"d<icr/z tr<ecr/s"s<ecr/z)</pr>. }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A name given to several species of the orchidaceous genus <gen>Spiranthes</gen>, in which the white flowers are set in spirals about a slender axis and remotely resemble braided hair.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laelaps</ent><br/
||<hw>L<ae/"laps</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"l<acr/ps)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>lai^laps</grk> a dark, furious storm.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>A genus of huge, carnivorous, dinosaurian reptiles from the Cretaceous formation of the United States.  They had very large hind legs and tail, and are supposed to have been bipedal.  Some of the species were about eighteen feet high.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laemmergeyer</ent><br/
<hw>Laem"mer*gey`er</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/m"m<etil/r*g<imac/`<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>See <er>Lammergeir</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laemodipod</ent><br/
<hw>L<ae/*mod"i*pod</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>One of the Laemodipoda.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laemodipoda</ent><br/
||<hw>L<ae/`mo*dip"o*da</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <grk>lai`mos</grk> throat + <grk>di`s</grk> twice + <grk>poy`s</grk>, <grk>podo`s</grk>, foot.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A division of amphipod Crustacea, in which the abdomen is small or rudimentary and the legs are often reduced to five pairs.  The whale louse, or <gen>Cyamus</gen>, and <gen>Caprella</gen> are examples.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laemodipodous</ent><br/
<hw>L<ae/`mo*dip"o*dous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the Laemodipoda.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laetere Sunday</ent><br/
<hw>L<ae/*te"re Sun"day</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <def>The fourth Sunday of Lent; -- so named from the Latin word <xex>L<ae/tare</xex> (rejoice), the first word in the antiphone of the introit sung that day in the Roman Catholic service.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laevigate</ent><br/
<hw>L<ae/v"i*gate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Levigate</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Having a smooth surface, as if polished.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laevo-</ent><br/
<hw>L<ae/"vo-</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>pref.</pos> <def>A prefix. See <er>Levo</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laevorotatory</ent><br/
<hw>L<ae/"vo*ro"ta*to*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Levorotatory</er>.  Cf. <er>Dextrorotatory</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laevulose</ent><br/
<hw>L<ae/v"u*lose`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>See <er>Levulose</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lafayette</ent><br/
<hw>La`fa`yette"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The dollar fish.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A market fish, the goody, or spot (<spn>Liostomus xanthurus</spn>), of the southern coast of the United States.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laft</ent><br/
<hw>Laft</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <mark>obs.</mark> <def><pos>p. p.</pos> of <er>Leave</er>.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lafte</ent><br/
<hw>Laf"te</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <mark>obs.</mark> <def><pos>imp.</pos> of <er>Leave</er>.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lag</ent><br/
<hw>Lag</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Of Celtic origin: cf. Gael. & Ir. <ets>lag</ets>weak, feeble, faint, W. <ets>llag</ets>, <ets>llac</ets>, slack, loose, remiss, sluggish; prob. akin to E. <ets>lax</ets>, <ets>languid</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Coming tardily after or behind; slow; tardy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>Came too <qex>lag</qex> to see him buried.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Last; long-delayed; -- obsolete, except in the phrase <xex>lag end</xex>.</def> <ldquo/The <xex>lag end</xex> of my life.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><-- p. 825 --></p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Last made; hence, made of refuse; inferior.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <ldquo/<xex>Lag</xex> souls.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lag</ent><br/
<hw>Lag</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who lags; that which comes in last.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <ldquo/The <xex>lag</xex> of all the flock.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Pope.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class.</def><br/
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<p><q>The common <qex>lag</qex> of people.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The amount of retardation of anything, as of a valve in a steam engine, in opening or closing.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A stave of a cask, drum, etc.;</def> <specif>especially</specif>: <fld>(Mach.)</fld>, <def>one of the narrow boards or staves forming the covering of a cylindrical object, as a boiler, or the cylinder of a carding machine or a steam engine.</def><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>See <er>Graylag</er>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>The failing behind or retardation of one phenomenon with respect to another to which it is closely related; <as>as, the <ex>lag</ex> of magnetization compared with the magnetizing force (hysteresis); the <ex>lag</ex> of the current in an alternating circuit behind the impressed electro-motive force which produced it</as>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lag of the tide</b></col>, <cd>the interval by which the time of high water falls behind the mean time, in the first and third quarters of the moon; -- opposed to <contr>priming</contr> of the tide, or the acceleration of the time of high water, in the second and fourth quarters; depending on the relative positions of the sun and moon.</cd> -- <col><b>Lag screw</b></col>, <cd>an iron bolt with a square head, a sharp-edged thread, and a sharp point, adapted for screwing into wood; a screw for fastening lags.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lag</ent><br/
<hw>Lag</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lagged</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lagging</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <def>To walk or more slowly; to stay or fall behind; to linger or loiter.</def> <ldquo/I shall not <xex>lag</xex> behind.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- To loiter; linger; saunter; delay; be tardy.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lag</ent><br/
<hw>Lag</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To cause to lag; to slacken.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <ldquo/To <xex>lag</xex> his flight.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Heywood.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>To cover, as the cylinder of a steam engine, with lags. See <er>Lag</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 4.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lag</ent><br/
<hw>Lag</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One transported for a crime.</def> <mark>[Slang, Eng.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lag</ent><br/
<hw>Lag</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To transport for crime.</def> <mark>[Slang, Eng.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>She <qex>lags</qex> us if we poach.</q> <rj><qau>De Quincey.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lagan</ent><br/
<hw>La"gan</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. & v.</pos> <def>See <er>Ligan</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lagarto</ent><br/
<hw>La*gar"to</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Alligator</er>.]</ety> <def>An alligator.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir W. Raleigh.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lagena</ent><br/
<ent>Lagenae</ent><br/
||<hw>La*ge"na</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> L. <plw>Lagen<ae/</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>, E. <plw>Lagenas</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., a flask; cf. Gr. <?/, <?/.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The terminal part of the cochlea in birds and most reptiles; an appendage of the sacculus, corresponding to the cochlea, in fishes and amphibians.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lagenian</ent><br/
<hw>La*ge"ni*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lagena</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Like, or pertaining to, <gen>Lagena</gen>, a genus of <ord>Foraminifera</ord> having a straight, chambered shell.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lageniform</ent><br/
<hw>La*ge"ni*form</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lagena</er>, and <er>-form</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Shaped like a bottle or flask; flag-shaped.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lagenophera</ent><br/
<hw>Lagenophera</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A small genus of herbs of Australia and South America having small solidary white or purple flowers similar to true daisies of genus <gen>Bellis</gen>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Lagenophera</gen>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lager</ent><br/
<hw>La"ger</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Lager beer.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lager beer</ent><br/
<hw>La"ger beer`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[G. <ets>lager</ets> bed, storehouse + <ets>bier</ets> beer. See <er>Lair</er>, and <er>Beer</er>.]</ety> <def>Originally a German beer, but now also made in immense quantities in the United States; -- so called from its being laid up or stored for some months before use.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lager wine</ent><br/
<hw>La"ger wine`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Wine which has been kept for some time in the cellar.</def>  <rj><au>Simmonds.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Laggard</ent><br/
<hw>Lag"gard</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Lag</ets> + <ets>-ard</ets>.]</ety> <def>Slow; sluggish; backward.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laggard</ent><br/
<hw>Lag"gard</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who lags; a loiterer.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lagger</ent><br/
<hw>Lag"ger</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A laggard.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lagging</ent><br/
<hw>Lag"ging</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>The clothing (esp., an outer, wooden covering), as of a steam cylinder, applied to prevent the radiation of heat; a covering of lags; -- called also <altname>deading</altname> and <altname>cleading</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Lags, collectively; narrow planks extending from one rib to another in the centering of arches.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laggingly</ent><br/
<hw>Lag"ging*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a lagging manner; loiteringly.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lagly</ent><br/
<hw>Lag"ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Laggingly.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lagnappe</ent><br/
<ent>Lagniappe</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>La*gniappe</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>La*gnappe"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <altsp>[Also spelled <asp>lagnappe</asp>.]</altsp><ety>[Etym. uncertain.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>In Louisiana, a trifling present given to customers by tradesmen; a gratuity.</def><br/
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<p><q><qex>Lagniappe</qex> . . .is something thrown in, gratis, for good measure.</q>  <rj><qau>Mark Twain.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A tip or gratuity.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <def>Anything obtained gratuitously or unexpectedly.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lagomorph</ent><br/
<hw>lag"o*morph</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>One of the <ord>Lagomorpha</ord>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lagomorpha</ent><br/
||<hw>Lag`o*mor"pha</hw> <pr>(l<acr/g`<osl/*m<ocir/r"f<adot/)</pr>, <pos>prop. n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>lagw`s</grk> a hare + <grk>morfh`</grk> form.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>an order of rodent-like mammals, comprising the hares, rabbits, and pikas. They have four incisors in the upper jaw. Called also <altname>Duplicidentata</altname>.  They were formerly classified together with the rodents, but the <ord>Rodentia</ord> and <ord>Lagomorpha</ord> are now classed as separate orders.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lagoon</ent><br/
<hw>la*goon"</hw> <pr>(l<adot/*g<oomac/n")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[It. or Sp. <ets>laguna</ets>, L. <ets>lacuna</ets> ditch, pool, pond, <ets>lacus</ets> lake. See <er>Lake</er>, and cf. <er>Lacuna</er>.]</ety> <altsp>[Written also <asp>lagune</asp>.]</altsp> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A shallow sound, channel, pond, or lake, especially one into which the sea flows; <as>as, the <ex>lagoons</ex> of Venice</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A lake in a coral island, often occupying a large portion of its area, and usually communicating with the sea. See <er>Atoll</er>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lagoon island</b></col>, <cd>a coral island consisting of a narrow reef encircling a lagoon.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lagophthalmos</ent><br/
<ent>Lagophthalmia</ent><br/
<mhw>{ ||<hw>Lag`oph*thal"mi*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>,   ||<hw>Lag`oph*thal"mos</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. <ets>lagophtalmia</ets>, fr. Gr. <grk>lagw`s</grk> hare + <grk>'ofqalmo`s</grk> eye; -- so called from the notion that a hare sleeps with his eyes open.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A morbid condition in which the eye stands wide open, giving a peculiar staring appearance.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lagopous</ent><br/
<hw>La*go"pous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>lagw`s</grk> a hare + <grk>poy`s</grk>, <grk>podo`s</grk>, foot.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having a dense covering of long hair, like the foot of a hare.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lagorchestes</ent><br/
<hw>Lagorchestes</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A mammal genus comprising the hare wallabies.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Lagorchestes</gen>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lagostomus</ent><br/
<hw>Lagostomus</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A mammal genus comprising the viscachas.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Lagostomus</gen>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lagothrix</ent><br/
<hw>Lagothrix</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A mammal genus comprising the woolly monkeys.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Lagothrix</gen>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lagthing</ent><br/
||<hw>Lag"thing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Norw. <ets>lagting</ets>, <ets>lagthing</ets>; <ets>lag</ets> company, society (akin to E. <ets>law</ets>, <ets>lay</ets>) + <ets>ting</ets>, <ets>thing</ets>, parliament. See <er>Thing</er>.]</ety> <def>See <er>Legislatature</er>, below.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lagune</ent><br/
<hw>La*gune"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Lagoon</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laical</ent><br/
<ent>Laic</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>La"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>La"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>laicus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>la<ium/que</ets>. See <er>Lay</er> laic.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to a layman or the laity.</def> <ldquo/<xex>Laical</xex> literature.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Lowell.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>An unprincipled, unedified, and <qex>laic</qex> rabble.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Laic</ent><br/
<hw>La"ic</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A layman.</def>  <rj><au>Bp. Morton.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Laicality</ent><br/
<hw>La"ic*al"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or quality of being laic; the state or condition of a layman.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laically</ent><br/
<hw>La"ic*al*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>As a layman; after the manner of a layman; <as>as, to treat a matter <ex>laically</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laid</ent><br/
<hw>Laid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <def>of <er>Lay</er>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Laid paper</b></col>, <cd>paper marked with parallel lines or water marks, as if ribbed, from parallel wires in the mold. It is called <xex>blue laid</xex>, <xex>cream laid</xex>, etc., according to its color.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Laidly</ent><br/
<hw>Laid"ly</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Ugly; loathsome.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>This <qex>laidly</qex> and loathsome worm.</q> <rj><qau>W. Howitt.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lain</ent><br/
<hw>Lain</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <def><pos>p. p.</pos> of <er>Lie</er>, <pos>v. i.</pos></def><br/
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<p><ent>Lainere</ent><br/
<hw>Lain"ere</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Lanier</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lair</ent><br/
<hw>Lair</hw> <pr>(l<acir/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>leir</ets>, AS. <ets>leger</ets>; akin to D. <ets>leger</ets>, G. <ets>lager</ets> couch, lair, OHG. <ets>legar</ets>, Goth. <ets>ligrs</ets>, and to E. <ets>lie</ets>. See <er>Lie</er> to be prostrate, and cf. <er>Layer</er>, <er>Leaguer</er>.]</ety><br/
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>A place in which to lie or rest; especially, the bed or couch of a wild beast.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A burying place.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>  <rj><au>Jamieson.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A pasture; sometimes, food.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Laird</ent><br/
<hw>Laird</hw> <pr>(l<acir/rd)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lord</er>.]</ety> <def>A lord; a landholder, esp. one who holds land directly of the crown.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lairdship</ent><br/
<hw>Laird"ship</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of being a laird; an estate; landed property.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>  <rj><au>Ramsay.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Laism</ent><br/
<hw>La"ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Lamaism</er>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Laissez faire</ent><br/
||<hw>Lais`sez" faire"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., let alone.]</ety> <def>Noninterference; -- an axiom of some political economists, deprecating interference of government by attempts to foster or regulate commerce, manufactures, etc., by bounty or by restriction; <as>as, the doctrine of <ex>laissez faire</ex>; <ex>the laissez faire</ex> system of government.</as></def><br/
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<p><ent>Laity</ent><br/
<hw>La"i*ty</hw> <pr>(l<amac/"<icr/*t<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lay</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The people, as distinguished from the clergy; the body of the people not in orders.</def><br/
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<p><q>A rising up of the <qex>laity</qex> against the sacerdotal caste.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The state of a layman.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Ayliffe.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Those who are not of a certain profession, as law or medicine, in distinction from those belonging to it.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lakao</ent><br/
||<hw>La*ka"o</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Sap green.</def> <mark>[China]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lake</ent><br/
<hw>Lake</hw> <pr>(l<amac/k)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>laque</ets>, fr. Per. See <er>Lac</er>.]</ety> <def>A pigment formed by combining some coloring matter, usually by precipitation, with a metallic oxide or earth, esp. with aluminium hydrate; <as>as, madder <ex>lake</ex>; Florentine <ex>lake</ex>; yellow <ex>lake</ex>, etc.</as></def><br/
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<p><ent>Lake</ent><br/
<hw>Lake</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. G. <ets>laken</ets>.]</ety> <def>A kind of fine white linen, formerly in use.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lake</ent><br/
<hw>Lake</hw> <pr>(l<amac/k)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>l<amac/can</ets>, <ets>l<ae/can</ets>, to spring, jump, <ets>l<amac/c</ets> play, sport, or fr. Icel. <ets>leika</ets> to play, sport; both akin to Goth. <ets>laikan</ets> to dance. <root/120.  Cf. <er>Knowledge</er>.]</ety> <def>To play; to sport.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lake</ent><br/
<hw>Lake</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>lac</ets>, L. <ets>lacus</ets>; akin to AS. <ets>lagu</ets> lake, sea, Icel. <ets>l<oum/gr</ets>; OIr. <ets>loch</ets>; cf. Gr. <grk>la`kkos</grk> pond, tank.  Cf. <er>Loch</er>, <er>Lough</er>.]</ety> <def>A large body of water contained in a depression of the earth's surface, and supplied from the drainage of a more or less extended area.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ Lakes are for the most part of fresh water; the salt lakes, like the Great Salt Lake of Utah, have usually no outlet to the ocean.</note><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lake dwellers</b></col> <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld>, <cd>people of a prehistoric race, or races, which inhabited different parts of Europe. Their dwellings were built on piles in lakes, a short distance from the shore. Their relics are common in the lakes of Switzerland.</cd> -- <col><b>Lake dwellings</b></col> <fld>(Archaeol.)</fld>, <cd>dwellings built over a lake, sometimes on piles, and sometimes on rude foundations kept in place by piles; specifically, such dwellings of prehistoric times. Lake dwellings are still used by many savage tribes. Called also <altname>lacustrine dwellings</altname>. See <er>Crannog</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Lake fly</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>any one of numerous species of dipterous flies of the genus <gen>Chironomus</gen>. In form they resemble mosquitoes, but they do not bite. The larvae live in lakes.</cd> -- <col><b>Lake herring</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>the cisco (<spn>Coregonus Artedii</spn>).</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Lake poets</b></col>, <col><b>Lake school</b></col></mcol>, <cd>a collective name originally applied in contempt, but now in honor, to Southey, Coleridge, and Wordsworth, who lived in the lake country of Cumberland, England, Lamb and a few others were classed with these by hostile critics. Called also <altname>lakers</altname> and <altname>lakists</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>Lake sturgeon</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>a sturgeon (<spn>Acipenser rubicundus</spn>), of moderate size, found in the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River. It is used as food.</cd> -- <col><b>Lake trout</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>any one of several species of trout and salmon; in Europe, esp. <spn>Salmo fario</spn>; in the United States, esp. <spn>Salvelinus namaycush</spn> of the Great Lakes, and of various lakes in New York, Eastern Maine, and Canada. A large variety of brook trout (<spn>Salvelinus fontinalis</spn>), inhabiting many lakes in New England, is also called <ex>lake trout</ex>. See <er>Namaycush</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Lake whitefish</b></col>. <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Whitefish</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Lake whiting</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>an American whitefish (<spn>Coregonus Labradoricus</spn>), found in many lakes in the Northern United States and Canada. It is more slender than the common whitefish.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lake-dweller</ent><br/
<hw>Lake"-dwell`er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <cref>Lake dwellers</cref>, under <er>Lake</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lakefront</ent><br/
<hw>lakefront</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>land bordering a lake.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lakelet</ent><br/
<hw>Lake"let</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A little lake.</def>  <rj><au>Southey.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Laker</ent><br/
<hw>Lak"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One that is connected with a lake or lakes, as in habitation, toil, etc.:</def> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>One of the poets of the Lake school. See <cref>Lake poets</cref>, under <er>Lake</er>, <pos>n.</pos></def> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A fish living in, or taken from, a lake, esp. the namaycush.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A lake steamer or canal boat.</def><br/
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<p><q>The bridge tender . . . thought the Cowies <ldquo/a little mite<rdquo/ longer than that <qex>laker</qex>.</q>  <rj><qau>The Century.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>lakeshore</ent><br/
<hw>lakeshore</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>the shore of a lake.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lakeside.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>lakeside</ent><br/
<hw>lakeside</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>the shore of a lake.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lakeshore.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lakeweed</ent><br/
<hw>Lake"weed`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The water pepper (<spn>Polygonum Hydropiper</spn>), an aquatic plant of Europe and North America.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lakh</ent><br/
||<hw>Lakh</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Lac</er>, one hundred thousand.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lakin</ent><br/
<hw>La"kin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Ladykin</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lakke</ent><br/
<hw>Lak"ke</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. & v.</pos> <def>See <er>Lack</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Laky</ent><br/
<hw>Lak"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to a lake.</def>  <rj><au>Sir W. Scott.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Laky</ent><br/
<hw>Lak"y</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Lake</er> the pigment.]</ety> <def>Transparent; -- said of blood rendered transparent by the action of some solvent agent on the red blood corpuscles.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lallation</ent><br/
<hw>Lal*la"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lallare</ets> to sing lalla, or lullaby: cf. F. <ets>lallation</ets>.]</ety> <def>An imperfect enunciation of the letter <it>r</it>, in which it sounds like <it>l</it>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lalo</ent><br/
<hw>La"lo</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The powdered leaves of the baobab tree, used by the Africans to mix in their soup, as the southern negroes use powdered sassafras.  Cf. <er>Couscous</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lam</ent><br/
<hw>Lam</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lammed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lamming</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Icel. <ets>lemja</ets> to beat, or <ets>lama</ets> to bruise, both fr. <ets>lami</ets>, <ets>lama</ets>, lame. See <er>Lame</er>.]</ety> <def>To beat soundly; to thrash.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Low]</mark>  <rj><au>Beau. & Fl.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lama</ent><br/
<hw>La"ma</hw> <pr>(?; 277)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>See <er>Llama</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lama</ent><br/
<hw>La"ma</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Tibet. <ets>blama</ets> (pronounced <pr>l<aum/"ma</pr>) a chief, a high priest.]</ety> <def>In Tibet, Mongolia, etc., a priest or monk of the belief called Lamaism.</def><br/
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>The Grand Lama</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Dalai Lama</b></col></mcol> <ety>[lit., Ocean Lama]</ety>, <cd>the supreme pontiff in the lamaistic hierarchy.  Until the Chinese occupied Tibet he resided in Lhasa, but now (1998) is in exile.  See <er>Lamaism</er>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lamaic</ent><br/
<hw>La"ma*ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to Lamaism.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lamaism</ent><br/
<hw>La"ma*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A modified form of Buddhism which prevails in Tibet, Mongolia, and some adjacent parts of Asia; -- so called from the name of its priests. See 2d <er>Lama</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lamaite</ent><br/
<ent>Lamaist</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>La"ma*ist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>La"ma*ite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who believes in Lamaism.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lamaistic</ent><br/
<hw>La`ma*is"tic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to Lamaism.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lamantin</ent><br/
<hw>La*man"tin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>lamantin</ets>, <ets>lamentin</ets>, prob. from the name of the animal in the Antilles.  Cf. <er>Manater</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The manatee.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>lamentin</asp>, and <asp>lamantine</asp>.]</altsp><br/
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<p><ent>Lamarckian</ent><br/
<hw>La*marck"i*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to, or involved in, the doctrines of Lamarckianism.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lamarckianism</ent><br/
<hw>La*marck"i*an*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Lamarckism.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lamarckism</ent><br/
<hw>La"marck"ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <ets>Lamarck</ets>, a distinguished French naturalist.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The theory that structural variations, characteristic of species and genera, are produced in animals and plants by the direct influence of physical environments, and esp., in the case of animals, by effort, or by use or disuse of certain organs.  It is a discredited theory, not believed by modern biologists.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lamasery</ent><br/
<hw>La"ma*ser*y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See 2d <er>Lama</er>.]</ety> <def>A monastery or convent of lamas, in Tibet, Mongolia, etc.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lamb</ent><br/
<hw>Lamb</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>lamb</ets>; akin to D. & Dan. <ets>lam</ets>, G. & Sw. <ets>lamm</ets>, OS., Goth., & Icel. <ets>lamb</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The young of the sheep.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Any person who is as innocent or gentle as a lamb.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A simple, unsophisticated person; in the cant of the Stock Exchange, one who ignorantly speculates and is victimized.</def><br/
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Lamb of God</b></col>, <col><b>The Lamb</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Script.)</fld>, <cd>the Jesus Christ, in allusion to the paschal lamb.</cd><br/
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<p><q>The twelve apostles of <qex>the Lamb</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Rev. xxi. 14.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Behold the <qex>Lamb of God</qex>, which taketh away the sin of the world.</q> <rj><qau>John i. 29.</qau></rj></p>

<p>-- <col><b>Lamb's lettuce</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>an annual plant with small obovate leaves (<spn>Valerianella olitoria</spn>), often used as a salad; corn salad.</cd> <altsp>[Written also <asp>lamb lettuce</asp>.]</altsp> -- <col><b>Lamb's tongue</b></col>, <cd>a carpenter's plane with a deep narrow bit, for making curved grooves.</cd> <au>Knight.</au> -- <col><b>Lamb's wool</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The wool of a lamb.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>Ale mixed with the pulp of roasted apples; -- probably from the resemblance of the pulp of roasted apples to lamb's wool.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <au>Goldsmith.</au></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lamb</ent><br/
<hw>Lamb</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lambed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lambing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To bring forth a lamb or lambs, as sheep.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lambale</ent><br/
<hw>Lamb"ale`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A feast at the time of shearing lambs.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lambast</ent><br/
<hw>lam*bast"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>Same as <er>lambaste</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lambaste</ent><br/
<hw>Lam*baste"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Lam</ets> + <ets>baste</ets> to beat.]</ety> <def>To beat severely;</def> <specif>specifically,</specif> <def>to beat with a cane.</def> <mark>[Low]</mark>  <rj><au>Nares.</au></rj><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> cane, flog, lambaste.</syn><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>to scold, reprimand, or berate harshly.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> rebuke, rag, reproof, reprimand, jaw, dress down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, jaw at, remonstrate with, chew out, chew up, have words with, lambast.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lambative</ent><br/
<hw>Lam"ba*tive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lambere</ets> to lick. See <er>Lambent</er>.]</ety> <def>Taken by licking with the tongue.</def> <ldquo/Sirups and <xex>lambative</xex> medicines.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lambative</ent><br/
<hw>Lam"ba*tive</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A medicine taken by licking with the tongue; a lincture.</def>  <rj><au>Wiseman.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lambda</ent><br/
||<hw>Lamb"da</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>la`mbda</grk>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The name of the Greek letter <LAMBDA/, <lambda/, corresponding with the English letter L, l.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The point of junction of the sagittal and lambdoid sutures of the skull.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Phys.)</fld> <def>A subatomic particle carrying no charge, having a mass equal to 2183 times that of an electron; it decays rapidly, typically forming a nucleon and a pion.</def> <au>MW10</au><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lambda moth</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>a moth so called from a mark on its wings, resembling the Greek letter lambda (<LAMBDA/).</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lambdacism</ent><br/
<hw>Lamb"da*cism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lambdacismus</ets>, Gr. <?/, fr. <grk>la`mbda</grk> the letter lambda (<LAMBDA/).]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A fault in speaking or in composition, which consists in too frequent use of the letter <it>l</it>, or in doubling it erroneously.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A defect in pronunciation of the letter <it>l</it> when doubled, which consists in giving it a sound as if followed by <it>y</it>, similar to that of the letters <it>lli</it> in <it>billion</it>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The use of the sound of <it>l</it> for that of <it>r</it> in pronunciation; lallation; <as>as, Ame<it>l</it>ican for Ame<it>r</it>ican</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lambdoid</ent><br/
<hw>Lamb"doid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <grk>la`mbda</grk> the letter lambda (<LAMBDA/) + <grk>e"i^dos</grk> shape.]</ety> <def>Shaped like the Greek letter lambda (<LAMBDA/); <as>as, the <ex>lambdoid</ex> suture between the occipital and parietal bones of the skull</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lambdoidal</ent><br/
<hw>Lamb*doid"al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Lambdoid</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lambent</ent><br/
<hw>Lam"bent</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L.  <ets>lambens</ets>, <ets>-enlis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>lambere</ets> to lick; akin to <ets>lap</ets>. See <er>Lap</er> to drink by licking.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Playing on the surface; touching lightly; gliding over.</def> <ldquo/A <xex>lambent</xex> flame.<rdquo/ <au>Dryden.</au> <ldquo/A <xex>lambent</xex> style.<rdquo/ <au>Beaconsfield.</au><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Twinkling or gleaming; fickering.</def> <ldquo/The <xex>lambent</xex> purity of the stars.<rdquo/  <rj><au>W. Irving.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lambertia</ent><br/
<hw>Lambertia</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A small genus of Australian shrubs.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Lambertia</gen>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lambert pine</ent><br/
<hw>Lam"bert pine`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[So called from <etsep>Lambert</etsep>, an English botanist.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The gigantic sugar pine of California and Oregon (<spn>Pinus Lambertiana</spn>). It has the leaves in fives, and cones a foot long. The timber is soft, and like that of the white pine of the Eastern States.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lambis</ent><br/
<hw>Lambis</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A genus of scorpion shells of shallow tropical waters of eastern hemisphere.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Lambis</gen>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lambkill</ent><br/
<hw>Lamb"kill`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A small American ericaceous shrub (<spn>Kalmia angustifolia</spn>), resembling mountain laurel but having narrower leaves and small red flowers; -- called also <altname>calfkill</altname>, <altname>sheepkill</altname>, <altname>sheep laurel</altname>, etc. It is supposed to poison young sheep and other animals that eat it at times when the snow is deep and they cannot find other food.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> sheep laurel, pig laurel, <spn>Kalmia angustifolia</spn>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lambkin</ent><br/
<hw>Lamb"kin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A small lamb.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lamblike</ent><br/
<hw>Lamb"like</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Like a lamb; gentle; meek; inoffensive.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lamboys</ent><br/
<hw>Lam"boys</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lambeau</ets>.  Cf. <er>Label</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anc. Armor)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Base</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 19.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lambrequin</ent><br/
<hw>Lam"bre*quin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.  Cf. <er>Lamboys</er>, <er>Label</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A kind of pendent scarf or covering attached to the helmet, to protect it from wet or heat.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A leather flap hanging from a cuirass.</def>  <rj><au>Wilhelm.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A piece of ornament drapery or short decorative hanging, pendent from a shelf or from the casing above a window, hiding the curtain fixtures, or the like.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lambskin</ent><br/
<hw>Lamb"skin`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The skin of a lamb; especially, a skin dressed with the wool on, and used as a mat. Also used adjectively.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A kind of woolen.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lambskinnet</ent><br/
<hw>Lamb"skin`net"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Lansquenet</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lamb's-quarters</ent><br/
<hw>Lamb's-quar"ters</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A name given to several common weedy European plants of the Goosefoot family, introduced into N. America, and sometimes used as pot herbs, as <spn>Chenopodium album</spn> and <spn>Atriplex patulsa</spn>.</def> <note>It is sometimes collected from the wild and eaten as a vegetable</note><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lamb's quarters, pigweed, wild spinach, Chenopodium album.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lamdoidal</ent><br/
<hw>Lam*doid"al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Lambdoid.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lame</ent><br/
<hw>Lame</hw> <pr>(l<amac/m)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Lamer</adjf> <pr>(l<amac/m"<etil/r)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Lamest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>lame</ets>, AS. <ets>lama</ets>; akin to D. <ets>lam</ets>, G. <ets>lahm</ets>, OHG., Dan., & Sw. <ets>lam</ets>, Icel. <ets>lami</ets>, Russ. <ets>lomate</ets> to break, <ets>lomota</ets> rheumatism.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect, or temporary obstruction of a function; <as>as, a <ex>lame</ex> leg, arm, or muscle</as>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>To some degree disabled by reason of the imperfect action of a limb; crippled; <as>as, a <ex>lame</ex> man</as>.</def> <ldquo/<xex>Lame</xex> of one leg.<rdquo/ <au>Arbuthnot.</au> <ldquo/<xex>Lame</xex> in both his feet.<rdquo/ <au>2 Sam. ix. 13.</au> <ldquo/He fell, and became <xex>lame</xex>.<rdquo/ <au>2 Sam. iv. 4.</au><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Hence, hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect; <as>as, a <ex>lame</ex> answer</as>.</def> <ldquo/A <xex>lame</xex> endeavor.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Barrow.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>O, most <qex>lame</qex> and impotent conclusion!</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lame duck</b></col> <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Stock Exchange)</fld>, <cd>a person who can not fulfill his contracts.</cd> <mark>[Cant]</mark>  <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>An elected politician who is completing a term after having been defeated at an election; also, an office holder who cannot or chooses not to run again for the same office; -- So called from the presumed lack of political power of one who is soon to be out of office.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>Any office holder who is serving out a term after a replacement has been selected.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lame</ent><br/
<hw>Lame</hw> <pr>(l<amac/m)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lamed</conjf> <pr>(l<amac/md)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Laming</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To make lame.</def><br/
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<p><q>If you happen to let child fall and <qex>lame</qex> it.</q> <rj><qau>Swift.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>lamedh</ent><br/
<hw>lamedh</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>The 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet, corresponding to <sig>l</sig>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lamel</ent><br/
<hw>Lam"el</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Lamella</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lamella</ent><br/
<ent>Lamellae</ent><br/
<hw>La*mel"la</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> L. <plw>Lamell<ae/</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>, E. <plw>Lamellas</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>lamella</ets>, dim. of <ets>lamina</ets> plate, leaf, layer: cf. F. <ets>lamelle</ets>.  Cf. <er>Lamina</er>, <er>Omelet</er>.]</ety> <def>A thin plate or scale of anything, as a thin scale growing from the petals of certain flowers; or one of the thin plates or scales of which certain shells are composed.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lamellarly</ent><br/
<ent>Lamellar</ent><br/
<hw>Lam"el*lar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lamellaire</ets>.]</ety> <def>Flat and thin; lamelliform; composed of lamellAE.</def> -- <def2><hw>Lam"el*lar*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In thin plates or scales.</def></def2><br/
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<p><ent>Lamellary</ent><br/
<hw>Lam"el*la*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to lamella or to lamellae; lamellar.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lamellated</ent><br/
<ent>Lamellate</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lam"el*late</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Lam"el*la`ted</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lamella</er>.]</ety> <def>Composed of, or furnished with, thin plates or scales. See <xex>Illust.</xex> of <er>Antenn<ae/</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lamellibranch</ent><br/
<hw>La*mel"li*branch</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>One of the <class>Lamellibranchia</class> (also called <class>Pelecypoda</class>). Also used adjectively.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lamellibranchiata</ent><br/
<ent>Lamellibranchia</ent><br/
<mhw>{ ||<hw>La*mel`li*bran"chi*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, ||<hw>La*mel`li*bran`chi*a"ta</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>lamella</er>, and <er>Branchia</er>, <er>Branchiate</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>An earlier name for the class of <isa><phylum>Mollusca</phylum></isa> including all those that have bivalve shells, as the clams, oysters, mussels, etc., now called <altname><class>Pelecypoda</class></altname> or <altname><class>Bivalvia</class></altname>.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ They usually have two (rarely but one) flat, lamelliform gills on each side of the body. They have an imperfectly developed head, concealed within the shell, whence they are called <altname><ord>Acephala</ord></altname>. Called also <altname>Conchifera</altname>, and <altname>Pelecypoda</altname>.  See <er>Bivalve</er>.</note><br/
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<p><ent>Lamellibranchiate</ent><br/
<hw>Lam`el*li*bran"chi*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Having lamellar gills; belonging to the <class>Lamellibranchia</class> (also called <class>Pelecypoda</class>).</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>One of the <class>Lamellibranchia</class> (also called <class>Pelecypoda</class>).</def></def2><br/
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<p><ent>Lamellicorn</ent><br/
<hw>La*mel"li*corn</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Lamella</ets> + L. <ets>cornu</ets> a horn: cf. F. <ets>lamellicorne</ets>. See <er>Lamella</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Having antennae terminating in a group of flat lamellae; -- said of certain coleopterous insects.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Terminating in a group of flat lamellae; -- said of antennae.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>A lamellicorn insect.</def></def2><br/
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<p><ent>Lamellicornia</ent><br/
||<hw>La*mel`li*cor"ni*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Lamellicorn</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A group of lamellicorn, plant-eating beetles; -- called also <altname>Lamellicornes</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lamelliferous</ent><br/
<hw>Lam`el*lif"er*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Lamella</ets> + <ets>-ferous</ets>:  cf. F. <ets>lamellif<egrave/re</ets>.]</ety> <def>Bearing, or composed of, lamellae, or thin layers, plates, or scales; foliated.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lamelliform</ent><br/
<hw>La*mel"li*form</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Lamella</ets> + <ets>-form</ets> : cf. F. <ets>lamelliforme</ets>.]</ety> <def>Thin and flat; scalelike; lamellar.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lamellirostral</ent><br/
<hw>Lam`el*li*ros"tral</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Lamella</ets> + <ets>rostral</ets> : cf. F. <ets>lamellirostre</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Having a lamellate bill, as ducks and geese.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lamellirostres</ent><br/
||<hw>La*mel`li*ros"tres</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Lamella</er>, and <er>Rostrum</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A group of birds embracing the Anseres and flamingoes, in which the bill is lamellate.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lamellose</ent><br/
<hw>Lam"el*lose`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lamelleux</ets>.]</ety> <def>Composed of, or having, lamellae; lamelliform.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lamely</ent><br/
<hw>Lame"ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lame</er>.]</ety> <def>In a lame, crippled, disabled, or imperfect manner; <as>as, to walk <ex>lamely</ex>; a figure <ex>lamely</ex> drawn.</as></def><br/
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<p><ent>Lameness</ent><br/
<hw>Lame"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The condition or quality of being lame; <as>as, the <ex>lameness</ex> of an excuse or an argument</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lament</ent><br/
<hw>La*ment"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>lamenter</ets>, L. <ets>lamentari</ets>, fr. <ets>lamentum</ets> a lament.]</ety> <def>To express or feel sorrow; to weep or wail; to mourn.</def><br/
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<p><q>Jeremiah <qex>lamented</qex> for Josiah.</q> <rj><qau>2 Chron. xxxv. 25.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Ye shall weep and <qex>lament</qex>, but the world shall rejoice.</q> <rj><qau>John xvi. 20.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lament</ent><br/
<hw>La*ment"</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lamented</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lamenting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To mourn for; to bemoan; to bewail.</def><br/
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<p><q>One laughed at follies, one <qex>lamented</qex> crimes.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- To deplore; mourn; bewail. See <er>Deplore</er>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lament</ent><br/
<hw>La*ment"</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lamentum</ets>.  Cf. <er>Lament</er>, <pos>v.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Grief or sorrow expressed in complaints or cries; lamentation; a wailing; a moaning; a weeping.</def><br/
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<p><q>Torment, and loud <qex>lament</qex>, and furious rage.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An elegy or mournful ballad, or the like.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lamentable</ent><br/
<hw>Lam"en*ta*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lamentabilis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>lamentable</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief; <as>as, a <ex>lamentable</ex> countenance</as>.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark> <ldquo/<xex>Lamentable</xex> eye.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Fitted to awaken lament; to be lamented; sorrowful; pitiable; regrettable; unfortunate; <as>as, a <ex>lamentable</ex> misfortune, or error</as>.</def> <ldquo/<xex>Lamentable</xex> helplessness.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Burke.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Miserable; pitiful; paltry; -- in a contemptuous or ridiculous sense.</def>  <rj><au>Bp. Stillingfleet.</au></rj></p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Lam"en*ta*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> -- <wf>Lam"en*ta*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/
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<p><ent>Lamentation</ent><br/
<hw>Lam`en*ta"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>lamentation</ets>, L. <ets>lamentatio</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of bewailing; audible expression of sorrow; wailing; moaning.</def><br/
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<p><q>In Rama was there a voice heard, <qex>lamentation</qex> and weeping.</q> <rj><qau>Matt. ii. 18.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <fld>(Script.)</fld> <def>A book of the Old Testament attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, and taking its name from the nature of its contents.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lamented</ent><br/
<hw>La*ment"ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Mourned for; bewailed.</def><br/
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<p><q>This humble praise, <qex>lamented</qex> shade ! receive.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lamenter</ent><br/
<hw>La*ment"er</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who laments.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lamentin</ent><br/
<hw>La*men"tin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Lamantin</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lamenting</ent><br/
<hw>La*ment"ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Lamentation.</def><br/
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<p><q><qex>Lamentings</qex> heard i' the air.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lamentingly</ent><br/
<hw>La*ment"ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a lamenting manner.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lames</ent><br/
<hw>Lames</hw> <pr>(l<adot/mz)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>lame</ets> a thin plate, L. <ets>lamina</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Armor)</fld> <def>Small steel plates combined together so as to slide one upon the other and form a piece of armor.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lametta</ent><br/
||<hw>La*met"ta</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. It. <ets>lametta</ets>, dim. of <ets>lama</ets> a thin plate.]</ety> <def>Foil or wire made of gold, silver, or brass.</def>  <rj><au>De Colange.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lamia</ent><br/
<hw>La"mi*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/.]</ety> <fld>(Class. Myth.)</fld> <def>A monster capable of assuming a woman's form, who was said to devour human beings or suck their blood; a vampire; a sorceress; a witch.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lamina</ent><br/
<ent>Laminaa</ent><br/
<hw>Lam"i*na</hw> <pr>(l<acr/m"<icr/*n<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> L. <plw>Lamin<ae/</plw> <pr>(-n<emac/)</pr> E. <plw>Laminas</plw> <pr>(-n<adot/z)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. cf. <er>Lamella</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A thin plate or scale; a layer or coat lying over another; -- said of thin plates or platelike substances, as of bone or minerals.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The blade of a leaf; the broad, expanded portion of a petal or sepal of a flower.</def>  <rj><au>Gray.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A thin plate or scale; specif., one of the thin, flat processes composing the vane of a feather.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laminability</ent><br/
<hw>Lam`i*na*bil"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being laminable.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laminable</ent><br/
<hw>Lam"i*na*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of being split into lamin<ae/ or thin plates, as mica; capable of being extended under pressure into a thin plate or strip.</def><br/
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<p><q>When a body can be readily extended in all directions under the hammer, it is said to be malleable; and when into fillets under the rolling press, it is said to be <qex>laminable</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Ure.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Laminal</ent><br/
<ent>Laminar</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lam"i*nar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Lam"i*nal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>laminaire</ets>. See <er>Lamina</er>]</ety> <def>In, or consisting of, thin plates or layers; having the form of a thin plate or lamina.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laminaria</ent><br/
||<hw>Lam`i*na"ri*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Lamina</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of great seaweeds with long and broad fronds; kelp, or devil's apron. The fronds commonly grow in clusters, and are sometimes from thirty to fifty feet in length. See <xex>Illust.</xex> of <er>Kelp</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laminarian</ent><br/
<hw>Lam`i*na"ri*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to seaweeds of the genus <gen>Laminaria</gen>, or to that zone of the sea (from two to ten fathoms in depth) where the seaweeds of this genus grow.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laminarite</ent><br/
<hw>Lam"i*na*rite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lamina</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>A broad-leafed fossil alga.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laminary</ent><br/
<hw>Lam"i*na*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Laminar.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laminate</ent><br/
<hw>Lam"i*nate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lamina</er>.]</ety> <def>Consisting of, or covered with, laminae, or thin plates, scales, or layers, one over another; laminated.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laminate</ent><br/
<hw>Lam"i*nate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Laminated</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Laminating</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[See <er>Lamina</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To cause to separate into thin plates or layers; to divide into thin plates.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To form, as metal, into a thin plate, as by rolling.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To form by uniting two or more layers (in sheet form) of a material, so that the layers are bonded tightly; <as>as, plywood has at least three <ex>laminated</ex> layers</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To unite (layers in sheet form) by bonding, so as to create a single object with multiple layers; -- used with the material in sheet form as the object; <as>as, to <ex>laminate</ex> plywood</as>.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Laminate</ent><br/
<hw>Lam"i*nate</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To separate into laminae.</def><br/
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<p><ent>laminated</ent><br/
<hw>lam"i*na`ted</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Consisting of, or covered with, laminae, or thin plates, sheets, scales, or layers, one over another; laminate.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <def>Constructed of thin sheets of material, bonded together to form a composite structure having multiple layers.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Laminated arch</b></col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>a timber arch made of layers of bent planks secured by treenails.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Laminating</ent><br/
<hw>Lam"i*na`ting</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Forming, or separating into, scales or thin layers.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lamination</ent><br/
<hw>Lam`i*na"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The process of laminating, or the state of being laminated.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laminiferous</ent><br/
<hw>Lam`i*nif"er*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Lamina</ets> + <ets>-ferous</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having a structure consisting of lamin<ae/, or thin layers.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laminiplantar</ent><br/
<hw>Lam`i*ni*plan"tar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Lamina</ets> + L. <ets>planta</ets> sole of the foot.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Having the tarsus covered behind with a horny sheath continuous on both sides, as in most singing birds, except the larks.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laminitis</ent><br/
||<hw>Lam`i*ni"tis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Lamina</er>, and <er>-itis</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Far.)</fld> <def>Inflammation of the lamin<ae/ or fleshy plates along the coffin bone of a horse; founder.</def>  <rj><au>Youatt.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lamish</ent><br/
<hw>Lam"ish</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Somewhat lame.</def>  <rj><au>Wood.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lamm</ent><br/
<hw>Lamm</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See <er>Lam</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lammas</ent><br/
<hw>Lam"mas</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>hl<amac/mmesse</ets>, <ets>hl<amac/fm<ae/sse</ets>, loaf mass, bread feast, or feast of first fruits; <ets>hl<amac/f</ets> loaf + <ets>m<ae/sse</ets> mass. See <er>Loaf</er>, and <er>Mass</er> religious service.]</ety> <def>The first day of August; -- called also <altname>Lammas day</altname>, and <altname>Lammastide</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lammergeyer</ent><br/
<ent>Lammergeier</ent><br/
<ent>Lammergeir</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lam"mer*geir</hw> <pr>(l<acr/m"m<etil/r*g<imac/r)</pr>, <hw>Lam"mer*gei`er</hw>, <hw>lam"mer*gey`er</hw> <pr>(l<acr/m"m<etil/r*g<imac/`<etil/r)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[G. <ets>l<aum/mmergeier</ets>; <ets>lamm</ets>, pl. <ets>l<aum/mmer</ets>, lamb + <ets>geier</ets> vulture.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A very large vulture (<spn>Gypa<eum/tus barbatus</spn>), which inhabits the mountains of Southern Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa.  When full-grown it is nine or ten feet in extent of wings.  It is brownish black above, with the under parts and neck rusty yellow; the forehead and crown white; the sides of the head and beard black.  It feeds partly on carrion and partly on small animals, which it kills.  It has the habit of carrying tortoises and marrow bones to a great height, and dropping them on stones to obtain the contents, and is therefore called <altname>bonebreaker</altname> and <altname>ossifrage</altname>.  It is supposed to be the <altname>ossifrage</altname> of the Bible. Called also <altname>bearded vulture</altname> and <altname>bearded eagle</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lamnidae</ent><br/
<hw>Lamnidae</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A natural family of oceanic sharks.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> family <fam>Lamnidae</fam>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lamnunguia</ent><br/
||<hw>Lam*nun"gui*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>lamina</ets> a scale + <ets>unguis</ets> a nail.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Hyracoidea</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lamp</ent><br/
<hw>Lamp</hw> <pr>(l<acr/mp)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. (with excrescent <ets>p</ets>), fr. F. <ets>lame</ets>, L. <ets>lamina</ets>. See <er>Lamina</er>.]</ety> <def>A thin plate or lamina.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lamp</ent><br/
<hw>Lamp</hw> <pr>(l<acr/mp)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>lampe</ets>, L. <ets>lampas</ets>, <ets>-adis</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/ , <?/, torch, fr. <?/ to give light, to shine.  Cf. <er>Lampad</er>, <er>Lantern</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A light-producing vessel, device, instrument or apparatus;</def> <specif>formerly referring especially to</specif> <def>a vessel with a wick used for the combustion of oil or other inflammable liquid, for the purpose of producing artificial light; also, a similar device using a gas as the combustible fuel;</def> <specif>now referring mainly to</specif> <def>an electric lamp.  See sense {3}.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Figuratively, anything which enlightens intellectually or morally; anything regarded metaphorically a performing the uses of a lamp.</def><br/
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<p><q>Thy word is a <qex>lamp</qex> unto my feet, and a light unto my path.</q> <rj><qau>Ps. cxix. 105.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Ages elapsed ere Homer's <qex>lamp</qex> appeared.</q> <rj><qau>Cowper.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Elec.)</fld> <def>A device or mechanism for producing light by electricity, usually having a glass bulb or tube containing the light-emitting element.  Most lamps belong to one of two categories, the <styp><cref>Incandescent lamp</cref></styp> (See under <er>Incandescent</er>) or the <stype>fluorescent lamp</stype>.  However, see also <styp><cref>arc lamp</cref></styp>, below.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A device that emits radiant energy in the form of heat, infrared, or ultraviolet rays; <as>as, a <ex>heat</ex> lamp</as>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Aeolipile lamp</b></col>, <cd>a hollow ball of copper containing alcohol which is converted into vapor by a lamp beneath, so as to make a powerful blowpipe flame when the vapor is ignited.</cd> <au>Weale.</au> -- <col><b>Arc lamp</b></col> <fld>(Elec.)</fld>, <cd>a form of lamp in which the voltaic arc is used as the source of light.</cd> -- <col><b>D<eum/bereiner's lamp</b></col>, <cd>an apparatus for the instantaneous production of a flame by the spontaneous ignition of a jet of hydrogen on being led over platinum sponge; -- named after the German chemist <etsep>D<oum/bereiner</etsep>, who invented it. Called also <altname>philosopher's lamp</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>Flameless lamp</b></col>, <cd>an aphlogistic lamp.</cd> -- <col><b>Lamp burner</b></col>, <cd>the part of a lamp where the wick is exposed and ignited.</cd> <au>Knight.</au> -- <col><b>Lamp fount</b></col>, <cd>a reservoir for oil, in a lamp.</cd> -- <col><b>Lamp jack</b></col>. <cd>See 2d <er>Jack</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 4 <sd>(l)</sd> & <sd>(n)</sd>.</cd> -- <col><b>Lamp shade</b></col>, <cd>a screen, as of paper, glass, or tin, for softening or obstructing the light of a lamp.</cd> -- <col><b>Lamp shell</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>any brachiopod shell of the genus <gen>Terebratula</gen> and allied genera. The name refers to the shape, which is like that of an antique lamp. See <er>Terebratula</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Safety lamp</b></col>, <cd>a miner's lamp in which the flame is surrounded by fine wire gauze, preventing the kindling of dangerous explosive gases; -- called also, from <person>Sir Humphry <etsep>Davy</etsep></person> the inventor, <altname>Davy lamp</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>To smell of the lamp</b></col>, <cd>to bear marks of great study and labor, as a literary composition.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lampad</ent><br/
<hw>Lam"pad</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/ , <?/. See <er>Lamp</er>.]</ety> <def>A lamp or candlestick.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>By him who 'mid the golden <qex>lampads</qex> went.</q> <rj><qau>Trench.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lampadist</ent><br/
<hw>Lam"pa*dist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/, fr. <?/, <?/, torch. See <er>Lamp</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Gr. Antiq.)</fld> <def>One who gained the prize in the lampadrome.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lampadrome</ent><br/
<hw>Lam"pa*drome</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/, <?/, torch + <?/ course, race, fr. <?/ to run.]</ety> <fld>(Gr. Antiq.)</fld> <def>A race run by young men with lighted torches in their hands.  He who reached the goal first, with his torch unextinguished, gained the prize.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lampas</ent><br/
<hw>Lam"pas</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>lampas</ets>.]</ety> <def>An inflammation and swelling of the soft parts of the roof of the mouth immediately behind the fore teeth in the horse; -- called also <altname>lampers</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lampate</ent><br/
<hw>Lam"pate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lampate</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A supposed salt of lampic acid.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lampblack</ent><br/
<hw>Lamp"black`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Lamp</ets> + <ets>black</ets>.]</ety> <def>The fine impalpable soot obtained from the smoke of carbonaceous substances which have been only partly burnt, as in the flame of a smoking lamp. It consists of finely divided carbon, with sometimes a very small proportion of various impurities. It is used as an ingredient of printers' ink, and various black pigments and cements.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lamper eel</ent><br/
<hw>Lam"per eel`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>See <er>Lamprey</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lampern</ent><br/
<hw>Lam"pern</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lamprey</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The river lamprey (<spn>Ammoc<oe/tes  fluviatilis</spn> syn. <spn>Lampetra fluviatilis</spn>).</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note><hand/ The name is also applied to other river lampreys.</note><br/
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<p><ent>Lampers</ent><br/
<hw>Lam"pers</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Lampas</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lampic</ent><br/
<hw>Lam"pic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>lampique</ets>, fr. <ets>lampe</ets> lamp. See <er>Lamp</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or produced by, a lamp; -- formerly said of a supposed acid.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lamping</ent><br/
<hw>Lamp"ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Shining; brilliant.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <ldquo/<xex>Lamping</xex> eyes.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lampless</ent><br/
<hw>Lamp"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Being without a lamp, or without light; hence, being without appreciation; dull.</def><br/
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<p><q>Your ladies' eyes are <qex>lampless</qex> to that virtue.</q> <rj><qau>Beau. & Fl.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lamplight</ent><br/
<hw>Lamp"light`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Light from a lamp.</def><br/
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<p><q>This world's artificial <qex>lamplights</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Owen Meredith.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lamplighter</ent><br/
<hw>Lamp"light`er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who, or that which, lights a lamp;</def> <specif>esp.,</specif> <def>a person who in former times lighted street lamps which were illuminated by a combustible gas; -- such lamps are now little used, and primarily as nostalgic ornaments.</def><br/
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<p><q>He made the night a little brighter<br/
Wherever he did go,<br/
The old <qex>lamplighter</qex><br/
Of long, long ago.</q> <rj><qau>Song lyrics. (?)</qau></rj><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The calico bass.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A device used to light lamps.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>lamplit</ent><br/
<hw>lamplit</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>Illuminated by a lamp.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lampoon</ent><br/
<hw>Lam*poon"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>lampon</ets> a drinking song, fr. <ets>lampons</ets> let us drink, -- the burden of such a song, fr.  <ets>lamper</ets> to guzzle, to drink much and greedily; of German origin, and akin to E. <ets>lap</ets> to drink. Prob. so called because drinking songs often contain personal slander or satire.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A personal satire in writing; usually, malicious and abusive censure written only to reproach and distress.</def><br/
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<p><q>Like her who missed her name in a <qex>lampoon</qex>,<br/
And grieved to find herself decayed so soon.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <def>Any satire ridiculing or mocking a person, activity, or institution by representing its character or behavior in an exaggerated or grotesque form; the representation may be written, filmed, or performed as a live skit, and may be intended as a severe reproach, or as good-natured humor.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lampoon</ent><br/
<hw>Lam*poon"</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lampooned</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lampooning</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To subject to abusive ridicule expressed in a work of art; to make (a person, behavior, or institution) the subject of a lampoon.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>

<p><q>Ribald poets had <qex>lampooned</qex> him.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- To libel; defame; satirize; lash.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lampooner</ent><br/
<hw>Lam*poon"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The writer of a lampoon.</def> <ldquo/Libelers, <xex>lampooners</xex>, and pamphleteers.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Tatler.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lampoonry</ent><br/
<hw>Lam*poon"ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of lampooning; a lampoon, or lampoons.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lamp-post</ent><br/
<hw>Lamp"-post`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A post (generally a pillar of iron) supporting a lamp or lantern for lighting a street, park, etc.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lamprel</ent><br/
<hw>Lam"prel</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>See <er>Lamprey</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lamprey</ent><br/
<hw>Lam"prey</hw> <pr>(l<acr/m"pr<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Lampreys</plw> <pr>(l<acr/m"pr<icr/z)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[OE. <ets>lampreie</ets>, F. <ets>lamproie</ets>, LL. <ets>lampreda</ets>, <ets>lampetra</ets>, from L. <ets>lambere</ets> to lick + <ets>petra</ets> rock, stone. The lampreys are so called because they attach themselves with their circular mouths to rocks and stones, whence they are also called <altname>rocksuckers</altname>. See <er>Lap</er> to drink, <er>Petrify</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>An eel-like marsipobranch of the genus <gen>Petromyzon</gen>, and allied genera; called also <altname>lamprey eel</altname> and <altname>lamper eel</altname>.  The lampreys have a round, sucking mouth, without jaws, but set with numerous minute teeth, and one to three larger teeth on the palate (see <xex>Illust.</xex> of <er>Cyclostomi</er>). There are seven small branchial openings on each side.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>lamprel</asp>, and <asp>lampron</asp>.]</altsp><br/
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<p><-- p. 827 --></p>

<p><note><hand/ The common or sea lamprey of America and Europe (<spn>Petromyzon marinus</spn>), which in spring ascends rivers to spawn, is considered excellent food by many, and is sold as a market fish in some localities.  The smaller river lampreys mostly belong to the genus <gen>Ammoc<oe/les</gen>, or <gen>Lampetra</gen>, as <spn>Ammoc<oe/les fluviatilis</spn>, of Europe, and <spn>Ammoc<oe/les <ae/pypterus</spn> of America.  All lampreys attach themselves to other fishes, as parasites, by means of the suckerlike mouth.</note><br/
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<p><ent>Lampron</ent><br/
<hw>Lam"pron</hw> <pr>(l<acr/m"pr<ocr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. OE. <ets>lampreon</ets>. See <er>Lamprey</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>See <er>Lamprey</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lamp shade</ent><br/
<ent>lampshade</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>lampshade</hw>, <hw>lamp shade</hw></mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a protective ornamental covering used to screen the light bulb in a lamp from direct view.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>lamp shell</ent><br/
<ent>lampshell</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>lampshell</hw>, <hw>lamp shell</hw></mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A mollusklike marine animal with bivalve shell having a pair of arms bearing tentacles for capturing food, found worldwide.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> brachiopod.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lampyridae</ent><br/
<hw>Lampyridae</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A natural family of insects comprising the fireflies.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> family <fam>Lampyridae</fam>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lampyrine</ent><br/
<hw>Lam*py"rine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lampyris</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>An insect of the genus <gen>Lampyris</gen>, or family <fam>Lampyrid<ae/</fam>. See <er>Lampyris</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lampyris</ent><br/
||<hw>Lam*py"ris</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., glowworm, Gr. (<?/).]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A genus of coleopterous insects, including the glowworms.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>LAN</ent><br/
<hw>LAN</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>L</ets>ocal <ets>A</ets>rea <ets>N</ets>etwork.]</ety> <def>A <altname>local area network</altname>; a network{3} connecting computers and word processors and other electronic office equipment within a small area, to create an inter-office system, typically within one building or one site of a corporation.  Contrasted to <contr>WAN</contr>, a wide-area network.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> local area network.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lanai</ent><br/
<hw>Lanai</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <mark>(upper case)</mark> <def>an island in the Hawaiian chain.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <mark>(lower case)</mark> <def>a veranda or roofed patio often furnished and used as a living room.</def> <mark>[Hawaii]</mark> <br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lanarkite</ent><br/
<hw>Lan"ark*ite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <etsep>Lanark</etsep>shire, a county in Scotland.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A mineral consisting of sulphate of lead, occurring either massive or in long slender prisms, of a greenish white or gray color.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lanary</ent><br/
<hw>La"na*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lanaria</ets>, fr. <ets>lanarius</ets> belonging to wool, <ets>lana</ets> wool.]</ety> <def>A place for storing wool.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lanated</ent><br/
<ent>Lanate</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>La"nate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>La"na*ted</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <ety>[L. <ets>lanatus</ets>, fr. <ets>lana</ets> wool, down.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Wooly; covered with fine long hair, or hairlike filaments.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>covered with dense often matted or curly hairs.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> wooly, woolly.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lancashire boiler</ent><br/
<hw>Lan"ca*shire boil"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A steam boiler having two flues which contain the furnaces and extend through the boiler from end to end.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lancaster</ent><br/
<hw>Lancaster</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A city in Northwest England on the river Lune.</def> <wns>[wns=1]</wns><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The English royal house that reigned from 1399 to 1461; its symbol was a red rose; called also the <altname>House of Lancaster</altname>.</def> <wns>[wns=2]</wns><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Lancastrian line.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lancasterian</ent><br/
<hw>Lan`cas*te"ri*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to the monitorial system of instruction followed by <person>Joseph <etsep>Lancaster</etsep></person>, of England, in which advanced pupils in a school teach pupils below them.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lancastrian</ent><br/
<hw>Lancastrian</hw> <pos>prop. a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to Lancaster{2}; <as>as, <ex>Lancastrian</ex> royalty</as>.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the city of Lancaster{1}; <as>as, <ex>Lancastrian</ex> city center</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the members of the house of Lancaster; <as>as, <ex>Lancastrian</ex> members</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Lancaster; <as>as, the <ex>Lancastrian</ex> population</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lancastrian</ent><br/
<hw>Lancastrian</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A member (or supporter) of the house of Lancaster.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A resident of Lancaster{1}.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lance</ent><br/
<hw>Lance</hw> <pr>(l<acr/ns)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>lance</ets>, F. <ets>lance</ets>, <ets>fr</ets>. L. <ets>lancea</ets>; cf. Gr. <grk>lo`gchh</grk>.  Cf. <er>Launch</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen, and often decorated with a small flag; also, a spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen.</def><br/
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<p><q>A braver soldier never couched <qex>lance</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Founding)</fld> <def>A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home.</def><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Pyrotech.)</fld> <def>One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure.</def><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A lancet.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Free lance</b></col>, <cd>in the Middle Ages, and subsequently, a knight or roving soldier, who was free to engage for any state or commander that purchased his services; hence, a person who assails institutions or opinions on his own responsibility without regard to party lines or deference to authority.  See also <er>freelance</er>, <pos>n.</pos> and <pos>a.</pos>, and <er>freelancer</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Lance bucket</b></col> <fld>(Cavalry)</fld>, <cd>a socket attached to a saddle or stirrup strap, in which to rest the but of a lance.</cd> -- <col><b>Lance corporal</b></col>, <cd>same as <er>Lancepesade</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Lance knight</b></col>, <cd>a lansquenet.</cd> <au>B. Jonson.</au> -- <col><b>Lance snake</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>the fer-de-lance.</cd> -- <col><b>Stink-fire lance</b></col> <fld>(Mil.)</fld>, <cd>a kind of fuse filled with a composition which burns with a suffocating odor; -- used in the counter operations of miners.</cd> -- <col><b>To break a lance</b></col>, <cd>to engage in a tilt or contest.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lance</ent><br/
<hw>Lance</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lanced</conjf> <pr>(<?/)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lancing</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.</def><br/
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<p><q>Seized the due victim, and with fury <qex>lanced</qex><br/
Her back.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To open with a lancet; to pierce; <as>as, to <ex>lance</ex> a vein or an abscess</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To throw in the manner of a lance. See <er>Lanch</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lance corporal</ent><br/
<hw>lance" cor`por*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A <er>lancepesade</er>.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An enlisted member of the United States Marine Corps ranking between a private first class and a corporal.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The lowest rank of corporal; -- a term used in the British military.</def> <au>RHUD</au><br/
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<p><ent>Lance fish</ent><br/
<hw>Lance" fish`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A slender marine fish of the genus <gen>Ammodytes</gen>, especially <spn>Ammodytes tobianus</spn> of the English coast; -- called also <altname>sand lance</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lancegaye</ent><br/
<ent>Lancegay</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lance"gay`</hw>, <hw>Lance"gaye`</hw>  }</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>lancegaie</ets>, corrupted from the same source as E. <ets>assagai</ets>, under the influence of F. <ets>lance</ets> lance. See <er>Assagai</er>.]</ety> <def>A kind of spear anciently used. Its use was prohibited by a statute of Richard II.</def>  <rj><au>Nares.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>In his hand a <qex>launcegay</qex>,<br/
A long sword by his side.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lancelet</ent><br/
<hw>Lance"let</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Lance</ets> + <ets>-let</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A small fishlike animal (<spn>Amphioxus lanceolatus</spn>), remarkable for the rudimentary condition of its organs. It is the type of the class <class>Leptocardia</class>. See <er>Amphioxus</er>, <er>Leptocardia</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lancely</ent><br/
<hw>Lance"ly</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Like a lance.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> <au>Sir P. Sidney.</au><br/
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<p><ent>Lanceolar</ent><br/
<hw>Lan"ce*o*lar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lanceola</ets> a little lance, dim. of <ets>lancea</ets> lance: cf. F. <ets>lanc<eacute/olaire</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Lanceolate.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lanceolated</ent><br/
<ent>Lanceolate</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lan"ce*o*late</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Lan"ce*o*la`ted</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lanceolatus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>lanc<eacute/ol<eacute/</ets>. See <er>Lanceolar</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot. & Zool.)</fld> <def>Rather narrow, tapering to a point at the apex, and sometimes at the base also; <as>as, a <ex>lanceolate</ex> leaf</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lancepesade</ent><br/
<hw>Lance`pe*sade"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>lancepessade</ets>, <ets>lanspessade</ets>, <ets>anspessade</ets>, It. <ets>lancia spezzata</ets> a broken lance or demilance, a demilance roan, a light horseman, bodyguard.]</ety> <def>An assistant to a corporal; a private performing the duties of a corporal; -- called also <altname>lance corporal</altname>.</def> <mark>[Obsolete]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lancer</ent><br/
<hw>Lan"cer</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lancier</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who lances; one who carries a lance; especially, a member of a mounted body of men armed with lances, attached to the cavalry service of some nations.</def>  <rj><au>Wilhelm.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A lancet.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <fld>(Dancing)</fld> <def>A set of quadrilles of a certain arrangement.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>lanciers</asp>.]</altsp><br/
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<p><ent>lancers</ent><br/
<hw>lancers</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A set of quadrilles for 8 or 16 couples.</def> <wns>[wns=1]</wns>  <altsp>[Written also <asp>lanciers</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Music appropriate for a set of lancers{1}.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lancet</ent><br/
<hw>Lan"cet</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>lancette</ets>, dim. of <ets>lance</ets> lance. See <er>Lance</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A surgical knife-like instrument of various forms, commonly sharp-pointed and two-edged, used in venesection, and in opening abscesses, etc.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Metal.)</fld> <def>An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace.</def>  <rj><au>Knight.</au></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lancet arch</b></col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>a pointed arch, of which the width, or span, is narrow compared with the height.</cd> -- <col><b>Lancet architecture</b></col>, <cd>a name given to a style of architecture, in which lancet arches are common; -- peculiar to England and 13th century.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>lancet fish</ent><br/
<ent>lancetfish</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>lan"cet*fish`</hw>, <hw>lan"cet fish`</hw></mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A large, elongated, scaleless, voracious, deep-sea fish (<spn>Alepidosaurus ferox</spn>), having long, sharp, lancetlike teeth and a long saillike dorsal fin.</def> <wns>[wns=1]</wns><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lancet fish, wolffish.</syn><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The doctor, or surgeon fish.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lancewood</ent><br/
<hw>Lance"wood`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A tough, elastic wood, often used for the shafts of gigs, archery bows, fishing rods, and the like.  Also, the tree which produces this wood, <spn>Duguetia Quitarensis</spn> (a native of Guiana and Cuba), and several other trees of the same family (<fam>Anonase<ae/</fam>).</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Australian lancewood</b></col>, <cd>a myrtaceous tree (<spn>Backhousia Australis</spn>).</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lanch</ent><br/
<hw>Lanch</hw> <pr>(l<adot/nch)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lanched</conjf> <pr>(l<adot/ncht)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lanching</conjf>. See <er>Launch</er>, <er>Lance</er>.]</vmorph> <def>To throw, as a lance; to let fly; to launch.</def><br/
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<p><q>See Whose arm can <qex>lanch</qex> the surer bolt.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden & Lee.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lanciferous</ent><br/
<hw>Lan*cif"er*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Lance</ets> + <ets>-ferous</ets>.]</ety> <def>Bearing a lance.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lanciform</ent><br/
<hw>Lan"ci*form</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Lance</ets> + <ets>-form</ets>: cf. F. <ets>lanciforme</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having the form of a lance.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lancinate</ent><br/
<hw>Lan"ci*nate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lancinated</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lancinating</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>lancinatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>lancinare</ets> to fear.]</ety> <def>To tear; to lacerate; to pierce or stab.</def>  <rj><au>De Quincey.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lancinating</ent><br/
<hw>Lan"ci*na`ting</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Piercing; seeming to pierce or stab; <as>as, <ex>lancinating</ex> pains (i.e., severe, darting pains)</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lancination</ent><br/
<hw>Lan`ci*na"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A tearing; laceration.</def> <ldquo/<xex>Lancinations</xex> of the spirit.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Jer. Taylor.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Land</ent><br/
<hw>Land</hw> <pr>(l<acr/nd)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Urine. See <er>Lant</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Land</ent><br/
<hw>Land</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>land</ets>, <ets>lond</ets>; akin to D., G., Icel., Sw., Dan., and Goth. <ets>land</ets>. ]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The solid part of the surface of the earth; -- opposed to water as constituting a part of such surface, especially to oceans and seas; <as>as, to sight <ex>land</ex> after a long voyage</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>They turn their heads to sea, their sterns to <qex>land</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Any portion, large or small, of the surface of the earth, considered by itself, or as belonging to an individual or a people, as a country, estate, farm, or tract.</def><br/
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<p><q>Go view the <qex>land</qex>, even Jericho.</q> <rj><qau>Josh. ii. 1.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Ill fares the <qex>land</qex>, to hastening ills a prey,<br/
Where wealth accumulates and men decay.</q> <rj><qau>Goldsmith.</qau></rj>
<-- See also, Goldsmith:
Where wealth and freedom reign contentment fails,
And honor sinks where commerce long prevails.
(THe captivity, an Oratorio.  Act II line 91) --><br/
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<p><note><hand/ In the expressions <ldquo/to be, or dwell, upon <xex>land</xex>,<rdquo/ <ldquo/<xex>to go</xex>, <xex>or fare</xex>, on <xex>land</xex>,<rdquo/ as used by Chaucer, <xex>land</xex> denotes the country as distinguished from the town.</note><br/
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<p><q>A poor parson dwelling upon <qex>land</qex> [i.e., in the country].</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Ground, in respect to its nature or quality; soil; <as>as, wet <ex>land</ex>; good or bad <ex>land</ex>.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>The inhabitants of a nation or people.</def><br/
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<p><q>These answers, in the silent night received,<br/
The king himself divulged, the <qex>land</qex> believed.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>The mainland, in distinction from islands.</def><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>The ground or floor.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>Herself upon the <qex>land</qex> she did prostrate.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <fld>(Agric.)</fld> <def>The ground left unplowed between furrows; any one of several portions into which a field is divided for convenience in plowing.</def><br/
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Any ground, soil, or earth whatsoever, as meadows, pastures, woods, etc., and everything annexed to it, whether by nature, as trees, water, etc., or by the hand of man, as buildings, fences, etc.; real estate.</def>  <rj><au>Kent. Bouvier. Burrill.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>9.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>The lap of the strakes in a clinker-built boat; the lap of plates in an iron vessel; -- called also <altname>landing</altname>.</def>  <rj><au>Knight.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>10.</sn> <def>In any surface prepared with indentations, perforations, or grooves, that part of the surface which is not so treated, as the level part of a millstone between the furrows, or the surface of the bore of a rifled gun between the grooves.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Land agent</b></col>, <cd>a person employed to sell or let land, to collect rents, and to attend to other money matters connected with land.</cd> -- <col><b>Land boat</b></col>, <cd>a vehicle on wheels propelled by sails.</cd> -- <col><b>Land blink</b></col>, <cd>a peculiar atmospheric brightness seen from sea over distant snow-covered land in arctic regions. See <er>Ice blink</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Land breeze</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Breeze</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Land chain</b></col>. <cd>See <er>Gunter's chain</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Land crab</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>any one of various species of crabs which live much on the land, and resort to the water chiefly for the purpose of breeding. They are abundant in the West Indies and South America. Some of them grow to a large size.</cd> -- <col><b>Land fish</b></col> <cd>a fish on land; a person quite out of place.</cd> <au>Shak.</au> -- <col><b>Land force</b></col>, <cd>a military force serving on land, as distinguished from a naval force.</cd> -- <col><b>Land, ho!</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a sailor's cry in announcing sight of land.</cd> -- <col><b>Land ice</b></col>, <cd>a field of ice adhering to the coast, in distinction from a floe.</cd> -- <col><b>Land leech</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>any one of several species of blood-sucking leeches, which, in moist, tropical regions, live on land, and are often troublesome to man and beast.</cd> -- <col><b>Land measure</b></col>, <cd>the system of measurement used in determining the area of land; also, a table of areas used in such measurement.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Land of bondage</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>House of bondage</b></col></mcol>, <cd>in Bible history, Egypt; by extension, a place or condition of special oppression.</cd> -- <col><b>Land o' cakes</b></col>, <cd>Scotland.</cd> -- <col><b>Land of Nod</b></col>, <cd>sleep.</cd> -- <col><b>Land of promise</b></col>, <cd>in Bible history, Canaan: by extension, a better country or condition of which one has expectation.</cd> -- <col><b>Land of steady habits</b></col>, <cd>a nickname sometimes given to the State of Connecticut.</cd> -- <col><b>Land office</b></col>, <cd>a government office in which the entries upon, and sales of, public land are registered, and other business respecting the public lands is transacted.</cd> <mark>[U.S.]</mark> -- <col><b>Land pike</b></col>. <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The gray pike, or sauger.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The Menobranchus.</cd> -- <col><b>Land service</b></col>, <cd>military service as distinguished from naval service.</cd> -- <col><b>Land rail</b></col>. <fld>(Zool)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The crake or corncrake of Europe.</cd> See <er>Crake</er>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>An Australian rail (<spn>Hypot<ae/nidia Phillipensis</spn>); -- called also <altname>pectoral rail</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>Land scrip</b></col>, <cd>a certificate that the purchase money for a certain portion of the public land has been paid to the officer entitled to receive it.</cd> <mark>[U.S.]</mark> -- <col><b>Land shark</b></col>, <cd>a swindler of sailors on shore.</cd> <mark>[Sailors' Cant]</mark> -- <col><b>Land side</b></col> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>That side of anything in or on the sea, as of an island or ship, which is turned toward the land.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The side of a plow which is opposite to the moldboard and which presses against the unplowed land.</cd> -- <col><b>Land snail</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>any snail which lives on land, as distinguished from the aquatic snails are Pulmonifera, and belong to the Geophila; but the operculated land snails of warm countries are Di<oe/cia, and belong to the T<ae/nioglossa. See <er>Geophila</er>, and <er>Helix</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Land spout</b></col>, <cd>a descent of cloud and water in a conical form during the occurrence of a tornado and heavy rainfall on land.</cd> -- <col><b>Land steward</b></col>, <cd>a person who acts for another in the management of land, collection of rents, etc.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Land tortoise</b></col>, <col><b>Land turtle</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>any tortoise that habitually lives on dry land, as the box tortoise. See <er>Tortoise</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Land warrant</b></col>, <cd>a certificate from the Land Office, authorizing a person to assume ownership of a public land.</cd> <mark>[U.S.]</mark> -- <col><b>Land wind</b></col>. <cd>Same as <cref>Land breeze</cref> (above).</cd> -- <col><b>To make land</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>to sight land.</cd> <col><b>To set the land</b></col>, <cd>to see by the compass how the land bears from the ship.</cd> -- <col><b>To shut in the land</b></col>, <cd>to hide the land, as when fog, or an intervening island, obstructs the view.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Land</ent><br/
<hw>Land</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Landed</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Landing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To set or put on shore from a ship or other water craft; to disembark; to debark.</def><br/
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<p><q>I 'll undertake to <qex>land</qex> them on our coast.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To catch and bring to shore; to capture; <as>as, to <ex>land</ex> a fish</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To set down after conveying; to cause to fall, alight, or reach; to bring to the end of a course; <as>as, he <ex>landed</ex> the quoit near the stake; to be thrown from a horse and <ex>landed</ex> in the mud; to <ex>land</ex> one in difficulties or mistakes.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <specif>Specifically:</specif> <fld>(Aeronautics)</fld> <def>To pilot (an airplane) from the air onto the land; <as>as, to <ex>land</ex> the plane on a highway</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Land</ent><br/
<hw>Land</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To come to the end of a course; to arrive at a destination, literally or figuratively; <as>as, he <ex>landed</ex> in trouble; after hithchiking for a week, he <ex>landed</ex> in Los Angeles</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <specif>Specifically:</specif> <def>To go on shore from a ship or boat; to disembark.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <specif>Specifically:</specif> <def>To reach and come to rest on land after having been in the air; <as>as, the arrow <ex>landed</ex> in a flower bed; the golf ball <ex>landed</ex> in a sand trap; our airplane <ex>landed</ex> in Washington</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Landamman</ent><br/
<hw>Lan"dam*man</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[G. <ets>Landamman</ets>; <ets>land</ets> land, country + <ets>amimann</ets> bailiff. See <er>Land</er>, and <er>Ambassador</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A chief magistrate in some of the Swiss cantons.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The president of the diet of the Helvetic republic.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Landau</ent><br/
<hw>Lan"dau</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From the town <etsep>Ladau</etsep> in Germany; cf. F. <ets>landau</ets>. See <er>Land</er>, <er>Island</er>.]</ety> <def>A four-wheeled covered vehicle, the top of which is divided into two sections which can be let down, or thrown back, in such a manner as to make an open carriage.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>landaw</asp>.]</altsp><br/
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<p><ent>Landaulet</ent><br/
<hw>Lan`dau*let"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>landaulet</ets>, dim, of <ets>landau</ets>. See <er>Landau</er>.]</ety> <def>A small landau.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Landtrost</ent><br/
<ent>Landdrost</ent><br/
<mhw>||<hw>Land"drost`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu>pl. <plw>-drosten</plw>  <pr>(#)</pr></plu>. Sometimes incorrectly <hw>Landtrost</hw></mhw>. <ety>[D., fr. <ets>land</ets> land + <ets>drost</ets> a kind of official; akin to G. <ets>truchsess</ets>.]</ety> <mark>(In South Africa)</mark> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A chief magistrate in rural districts. He was replaced in 1827 by <ldquo/resident magistrates.<rdquo/</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The president of the Heemraad.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Landed</ent><br/
<hw>Land"ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having an estate in land.</def><br/
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<p><q>The House of Commons must consist, for the most part, of <qex>landed</qex> men.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Consisting in real estate or land; <as>as, <ex>landed</ex> property; <ex>landed</ex> security.</as></def><br/
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<p><ent>Lander</ent><br/
<hw>Land"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who lands, or makes a landing.</def> <ldquo/The <xex>lander</xex> in a lonely isle.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Tennyson.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>A person who waits at the mouth of the shaft to receive the kibble of ore.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Landfall</ent><br/
<hw>Land"fall</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A sudden transference of property in land by the death of its owner.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>Sighting or making land when at sea.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>A good landfall</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>the sighting of land in conformity with the navigator's reckoning and expectation.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Landflood</ent><br/
<hw>Land"flood`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An overflowing of land by river; an inundation; a freshet.</def>  <rj><au>Clarendon.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Landgrave</ent><br/
<hw>Land"grave`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[G. <ets>landgraf</ets>; <ets>land</ets> land + <ets>graf</ets> earl, count; cf. D. <ets>landgraaf</ets>, F. <ets>landgrave</ets>.]</ety> <def>A German nobleman of a rank corresponding to that of an earl in England and of a count in France.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ The title was first adopted by some German counts in the twelfth century, to distinguish themselves from the inferior counts under their jurisdiction. Three of them were princes of the empire.</note><br/
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<p><ent>Landgraviate</ent><br/
<hw>Land*gra"vi*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>landgraviat</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The territory held by a landgrave.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The office, jurisdiction, or authority of a landgrave.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Landgravine</ent><br/
<hw>Land"gra*vine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[G. <ets>landgr<aum/fin</ets>; cf. D. <ets>landgravin</ets>.]</ety> <def>The wife of a landgrave.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Landholder</ent><br/
<hw>Land"hold`er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A holder, owner, or proprietor of land.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Land"hold`ing</wf>, <pos>n. & a.</pos></wordforms><br/
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<p><ent>landholding</ent><br/
<hw>landholding</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>ownership of land; the state or fact of owning land.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A holding in the form of land; the land owned by a person.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Landing</ent><br/
<hw>Land"ing</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of, pertaining to, or used for, setting, bringing, or going, on shore.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Landing charges</b></col>, <cd>charges or fees paid on goods unloaded from a vessel.</cd> -- <col><b>Landing net</b></col>, <cd>a small, bag-shaped net, used in fishing to take the fish from the water after being hooked.</cd> -- <col><b>Landing stage</b></col>, <cd>a floating platform attached at one end to a wharf in such a manner as to rise and fall with the tide, and thus facilitate passage between the wharf and a vessel lying beside the stage.</cd> -- <col><b>Landing waiter</b></col>, <cd>a customhouse officer who oversees the landing of goods, etc., from vessels; a landwaiter.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Landing</ent><br/
<hw>Land"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A going or bringing on shore.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A place for landing, as from a ship, a carriage. etc.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>The level part of a staircase, at the top of a flight of stairs, or connecting one flight with another.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Aeronautics)</fld> <def>The act or process of bringing an aircraft to land after having been in the air; <as>as, the pilot made a perfect three-point <ex>landing</ex></as>.  Contrasted with <contr>take-off</contr>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Landing place</b></col>. <cd>me as <er>Landing</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 2 and 3.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>landing gear</ent><br/
<hw>land"ing gear`</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The wheels and attached structures under an airplane that support it and allow it to move when on the ground; also, the floats or pontoons of an amphibious airplane together with their supporting structures.  Landing gear may be fixed rigidly in place, or retractable when in flight.</def><br/
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<p><ent>landing strip</ent><br/
<hw>land"ing strip`</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Aeronautics)</fld> <def>A runway at an airport, at which airplanes land{3}; the long smooth surface used for takeoff or landing{4}.</def><br/
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<p><ent>landlady</ent><br/
<hw>land"la`dy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>landladies</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[Cf. <er>landlord</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A woman having real estate which she leases to a tenant or tenants.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The mistress of an inn or lodging house.</def><br/
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<p><-- p. 828 --></p>

<p><ent>Land League</ent><br/
<hw>Land League</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>In Ireland, a combination of tenant farmers and other, organized, with <person>Charles Stewart Parnell</person> as president, in 1879 with a view to the reduction of farm rents and a reconstruction of the land laws.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Land"*lea`guer</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> -- <wf>Land"*lea`guism</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms></p>

<p><q>The <qex>Land League</qex>, of which <person>Michael Davitt</person> was the founder, originated in Mayo in August, and at a Dublin in October the organization was extended to all Ireland, with <persfn>Parnell</persfn> as president.</q>  <rj><qau>Encyc. Brit.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Landleaper</ent><br/
<hw>Land"leap`er</hw> <pr>(l<acr/nd"l<emac/p`<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Landlouper</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Landless</ent><br/
<hw>Land"less</hw> <pr>(l<acr/nd"l<ecr/s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having no property in land.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Landlock</ent><br/
<hw>Land"lock`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To inclose, or nearly inclose, as a harbor or a vessel, with land.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Landlocked</ent><br/
<hw>Land"locked`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Inclosed, or nearly inclosed, by land; having no border on the sea; <as>as, a <ex>landlocked</ex> country</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Confined to a fresh-water lake by reason of waterfalls or dams; -- said of fishes that would naturally seek the sea, after spawning; <as>as, the <ex>landlocked</ex> salmon</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Landloper</ent><br/
<hw>Land"lo`per</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Landlouper</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Landlord</ent><br/
<hw>Land"lord`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Land</er>, and <er>Lord</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The lord of a manor, or of land; the owner of land or houses which he leases to a tenant or tenants.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The master of an inn or of any form of lodging house; <as>as, the <ex>landlord</ex> collects the rents on the first of the month</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>Upon our arrival at the inn, my companion fetched out the jolly <qex>landlord</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Landlordism</ent><br/
<hw>Land"lord`ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of being a landlord; the characteristics of a landlord; specifically, in Great Britain, the relation of landlords to tenants, especially as regards leased agricultural lands.</def>  <rj><au>J. S. Mill.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Landlordry</ent><br/
<hw>Land"lord`ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of a landlord.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Landlouper</ent><br/
<hw>Land"loup`er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[D. <ets>landlooper</ets>, lit., <ets>landrunner</ets>; <ets>land</ets> land + <ets>loopen</ets> to run. See <er>Land</er>, and <er>Leap</er>.]</ety> <def>A vagabond; a vagrant.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>landleaper</asp> and <asp>landloper</asp>.]</altsp> <ldquo/Bands of <xex>landloupers</xex>.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Moltey.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Landlouping</ent><br/
<hw>Land"loup`ing</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Vagrant; wandering about.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Landlubber</ent><br/
<hw>Land"lub`ber</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Prop. fr. <ets>land</ets> + <ets>lubber</ets>, or possibly corrupted fr. <ets>laudlouper</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>One who passes his life on land; -- so called among seamen in contempt or ridicule.</def><br/
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<p><ent>landlubberly</ent><br/
<hw>landlubberly</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>Like a landlubber: inexperienced in seamanshap.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lubberly.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Landman</ent><br/
<hw>Land"man</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Landmen</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.</plu> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A man who lives or serves on land; -- opposed to <contr>seaman</contr>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Eng.)</fld> <def>An occupier of land.</def>  <rj><au>Cowell.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Landmark</ent><br/
<hw>Land"mark`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>landmearc</ets>. See <er>Land</er>, and <er>Mark</er> a sign.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A mark to designate the boundary of land; any mark or fixed object (as a marked tree, a stone, a ditch, or a heap of stones) by which the limits of a farm, a town, or other portion of territory may be known and preserved.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Any conspicuous object on land that serves as a guide; some prominent object, as a hill or steeple.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A structure that has special significance, such as a building with historical associations;</def> <specif>especially,</specif> <def>a building that is protected from destruction or alteration by special laws intended to preserve structures of historical significance; <as>as, a <ex>landmark</ex> preservation law</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>An event or accomplishment of great significance; <as>as, Brown v. Board of Education was a <ex>landmark</ex> of the civil rights movement</as>.  Also used attributively, as a <ex>landmark</ex> court decision.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Landmarks of history</b></col>, <cd>important events by which eras or conditions are determined.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>landmass</ent><br/
<hw>landmass</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a large continuous extent of land; <as>as, the Eurasian <ex>landmass</ex></as>.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Land of Steady Habits</ent><br/
<hw>Land of Steady Habits</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>Connecticut; -- a nickname alluding to the moral character of its inhabitants, implied by the rigid laws (see <er>Blue laws</er>) of the early period.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Landowner</ent><br/
<hw>Land"own`er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An owner of land.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Landowning</ent><br/
<hw>Land"own`ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The owning of land.</def> -- <def2><pos>a.</pos> <def>Having property in land; of or pertaining to landowners.</def></def2><br/
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<p><ent>Land-poor</ent><br/
<hw>Land"-poor`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pecuniarily embarrassed through owning much unprofitable land.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Landreeve</ent><br/
<hw>Land"reeve`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Land</ets> + <ets>reeve</ets> an officer.]</ety> <def>A subordinate officer on an extensive estate, who acts as an assistant to the steward.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Landscape</ent><br/
<hw>Land"scape</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <altsp>[Formerly written also <asp>landskip</asp>.]</altsp> <ety>[D. <ets>landschap</ets>; <ets>land</ets> land + <ets>-schap</ets>, equiv. to E. <ets>-schip</ets>; akin to G. <ets>landschaft</ets>, Sw. <ets>landskap</ets>, Dan. <ets>landskab</ets>. See <er>Land</er>, <er>and</er> <er>-schip</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A portion of land or territory which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including all the objects it contains.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A picture representing a scene by land or sea, actual or fancied, the chief subject being the general aspect of nature, as fields, hills, forests, water. etc.  Compare <contr>seascape</contr>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The pictorial aspect of a country.</def><br/
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<p><q>The <qex>landscape</qex> of his native country had taken hold on his heart.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Landscape gardening</b></col>, <cd>The art of laying out grounds and arranging trees, shrubbery, etc., in such a manner as to produce a picturesque effect.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>landscaping</ent><br/
<hw>landscaping</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Working as a landscape gardner.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> landscape gardening.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Landscapist</ent><br/
<hw>Land"scap`ist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A painter of landscapes.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Landskip</ent><br/
<hw>Land"skip</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Landscape</er>.]</ety> <def>A landscape.</def> <mark>[Obs. except in poetry.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>Straight my eye hath caught new pleasures,<br/
Whilst the <qex>landskip</qex> round it measures.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Landslip</ent><br/
<ent>Landslide</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Land"slide`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Land"slip`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The slipping down of a mass of land from a mountain, hill, etc.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The land which slips down.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>An election victory in which the winning candidate receives a substantial majority of the votes, usually meaning at least ten per cent more than any opposing candidate.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Any overwhelming victory.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Landsman</ent><br/
<hw>Lands"man</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Landsmen</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who lives on the land; -- opposed to <contr>seaman</contr>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A sailor on his first voyage.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Landsthing</ent><br/
||<hw>Lands"thing`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Dan. <ets>landsthing</ets>, <ets>landsting</ets>, fr. <ets>land</ets> land + <ets>thing</ets>, <ets>ting</ets>, parliament. See <er>Land</er>; <er>Thing</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Denmark.)</fld> <def>See <er>Legislature</er>, below.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Landstorm</ent><br/
||<hw>Land"storm`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sw.]</ety> <def>See <er>Varnpligtige</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Landstreight</ent><br/
<hw>Land"streight`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Strait</er>.]</ety> <def>A narrow strip of land.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Landsturm</ent><br/
||<hw>Land"sturm`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[G. See <er>Land</er>; <er>Storm</er>.]</ety> <mark>[In Germany and other European nations, and Japan:]</mark> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A general levy in time of war.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The forces called out on such levy, composed of all men liable to service who are not in the army, navy, or Landwehr; the last line of defense, supposed to be called out only in case of invasion or other grave emergency. See <er>Army organization</er>, above.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Landtag</ent><br/
||<hw>Land"tag`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[G. See <er>Land</er>; <er>Day</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Prussia.)</fld> <def>The diet or legislative body; <as>as, the <ex>Landtag</ex> of Prussia</as>.  See <er>Legislature</er>, below.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Landwaiter</ent><br/
<hw>Land"wait`er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <cref>Landing waiter</cref>, under <er>Landing</er>, <pos>a.</pos></def><br/
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<p><ent>Landward</ent><br/
<hw>Land"ward</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv. & a.</pos> <def>Toward the land.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Landwehr</ent><br/
||<hw>Land"wehr`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[G., fr. <ets>land</ets> land, country + <ets>wehr</ets> defense.]</ety> <def>That part of the army, in Germany and Austria, which has completed the usual military service and is exempt from duty in time of peace, except that it is called out occasionally for drill.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lane</ent><br/
<hw>Lane</hw> <pr>(l<amac/n)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lone</er>.]</ety> <def>Alone.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>His lane</b></col>, <cd>by himself; himself alone.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lane</ent><br/
<hw>Lane</hw> <pr>(l<amac/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>lane</ets>, <ets>lone</ets>, AS. <ets>lone</ets>, <ets>lone</ets>; akin to D. <ets>laan</ets>, OFries. <ets>lana</ets>, <ets>lona</ets>.]</ety> <def>A passageway between fences or hedges which is not traveled as a highroad; an alley between buildings; a narrow way among trees, rocks, and other natural obstructions; hence, in a general sense, a narrow passageway; <as>as, a <ex>lane</ex> between lines of men, or through a field of ice</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>It is become a turn-again <qex>lane</qex> unto them which they can not go through.</q> <rj><qau>Tyndale.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lang</ent><br/
<hw>Lang</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a. & adv.</pos> <def>Long.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Scot.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Langaha</ent><br/
<hw>Lan"ga*ha</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A curious colubriform snake of the genus <gen>Xyphorhynchus</gen>, from Madagascar. It is brownish red, and its nose is prolonged in the form of a sharp blade.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Langarey</ent><br/
<hw>Lan`ga*rey"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>One of numerous species of long-winged, shrikelike birds of Australia and the East Indies, of the genus <gen>Artamus</gen>, and allied genera; called also <altname>wood swallow</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Langate</ent><br/
<hw>Lan"gate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>A linen roller used in dressing wounds.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Langdak</ent><br/
<hw>Lang"dak`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A wolf (<spn>Canis pallipes</spn>), found in India, allied to the jackal.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Langrel</ent><br/
<ent>Langrage</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lan"grage</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Lan"grel</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A kind of shot formerly used at sea for tearing sails and rigging. It consisted of bolts, nails, and other pieces of iron fastened together or inclosed in a canister.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Langret</ent><br/
<hw>Lan"gret</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A kind of loaded die.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Langridge</ent><br/
<hw>Lan"gridge</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Langrage</er>.</def> <note>[Sometimes compounded with <xex>shot</xex>.]</note><br/
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<p><ent>Langsyne</ent><br/
<hw>Lang`syne"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv. & n.</pos> <ety>[Scot. <ets>lang</ets> long + <ets>syne</ets> since.]</ety> <def>Long since; long ago.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Langteraloo</ent><br/
<hw>Lang`ter*a*loo"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Loo</er>.]</ety> <def>An old game at cards. See <er>Loo</er> <sd>(a)</sd>.</def>  <rj><au>Tatler.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Language</ent><br/
<hw>Lan"guage</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>langage</ets>, F. <ets>langage</ets>, fr. L. <ets>lingua</ets> the tongue, hence speech, language; akin to E. <ets>tongue</ets>. See <er>Tongue</er>, cf. <er>Lingual</er>.]</ety><br/
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>Any means of conveying or communicating ideas;</def> <specif>specifically,</specif> <def>human speech; the expression of ideas by the voice; sounds, expressive of thought, articulated by the organs of the throat and mouth.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ <xex>Language</xex> consists in the oral utterance of sounds which usage has made the representatives of ideas.  When two or more persons customarily annex the same sounds to the same ideas, the expression of these sounds by one person communicates his ideas to another.  This is the primary sense of <xex>language</xex>, the use of which is to communicate the thoughts of one person to another through the organs of hearing.  Articulate sounds are represented to the eye by letters, marks, or characters, which form words.</note><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The expression of ideas by writing, or any other instrumentality.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The forms of speech, or the methods of expressing ideas, peculiar to a particular nation.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>The characteristic mode of arranging words, peculiar to an individual speaker or writer; manner of expression; style.</def><br/
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<p><q>Others for <qex>language</qex> all their care express.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>The inarticulate sounds by which animals inferior to man express their feelings or their wants.</def><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>The suggestion, by objects, actions, or conditions, of ideas associated therewith; <as>as, the <ex>language</ex> of flowers</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>There was . . . <qex>language</qex> in their very gesture.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>The vocabulary and phraseology belonging to an art or department of knowledge; <as>as, medical <ex>language</ex>; the <ex>language</ex> of chemistry or theology.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>A race, as distinguished by its speech.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>All the people, the nations, and the <qex>languages</qex>, fell down and worshiped the golden image.</q> <rj><qau>Dan. iii. 7.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>9.</sn> <def>Any system of symbols created for the purpose of communicating ideas, emotions, commands, etc., between sentient agents.</def><br/
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<p><sn>10.</sn> <specif>Specifically:</specif> <fld>(computers)</fld> <def>Any set of symbols and the rules for combining them which are used to specify to a computer the actions that it is to take; also referred to as a <altname>computer lanugage</altname> or <altname>programming language</altname>; <as>as, JAVA is a new and flexible high-level <ex>language</ex> which has achieved popularity very rapidly</as>.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/  Computer <ex>languages</ex> are classed a low-level if each instruction specifies only one operation of the computer, or high-level if each instruction may specify a complex combination of operations.  <stype>Machine language</stype> and <stype>assembly language</stype> are low-level computer languages.  <stype>FORTRAN</stype>, <stype>COBOL</stype> and <stype>C</stype> are high-level computer languages.  Other computer languages, such as JAVA, allow even more complex combinations of low-level operations to be performed with a single command.  Many programs, such as databases, are supplied with special <ex>languages</ex> adapted to manipulate the objects of concern for that specific program.  These are also high-level languages.</note><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Language master</b></col>, <cd>a teacher of languages.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></cs></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Speech; tongue; idiom; dialect; phraseology; diction; discourse; conversation; talk.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Language</er>, <er>Speech</er>, <er>Tongue</er>, <er>Idiom</er>, <er>Dialect</er>. <xex>Language</xex> is generic, denoting, in its most extended use, any mode of conveying ideas; <xex>speech</xex> is the language of articulate sounds; <xex>tongue</xex> is the Anglo-Saxon term for language, esp. for spoken language; as, the English <xex>tongue</xex>. <xex>Idiom</xex> denotes the forms of construction peculiar to a particular language; <xex>dialects</xex> are varieties of expression which spring up in different parts of a country among people speaking substantially the same <xex>language</xex>.</usage><br/
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<p><ent>Language</ent><br/
<hw>Lan"guage</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Languaged</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Languaging</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <def>To communicate by language; to express in language.</def><br/
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<p><q>Others were <qex>languaged</qex> in such doubtful expressions that they have a double sense.</q> <rj><qau>Fuller.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Languaged</ent><br/
<hw>Lan"guaged</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having a language; skilled in language; -- chiefly used in composition.</def> <ldquo/ Many-<xex>languaged</xex> nations.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Pope.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Languageless</ent><br/
<hw>Lan"guage*less</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Lacking or wanting language; speechless; silent.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Langued</ent><br/
<hw>Langued</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>langue</ets> tongue. See <er>Language</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Tongued; having the tongue visible.</def><br/
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<p><q>Lions . . . represented as armed and <qex>langued</qex> gules.</q> <rj><qau>Cussans.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Langue d'oc</ent><br/
||<hw>Langue` d'oc"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., language of <ets>oc</ets> yes.]</ety> <def>The dialect, closely akin to French, formerly spoken south of the Loire (in which the word for <ldquo/yes<rdquo/ was <tr>oc</tr>); Proven<cced/al.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Langue d'oil</ent><br/
||<hw>Langue` d'o<ium/l"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[F., language of <ets>o<ium/l</ets> yes.]</ety> <def>The dialect formerly spoken north of the Loire (in which the word for <ldquo/yes<rdquo/ was <tr>oil</tr>, F. <xex>oui</xex>).</def><br/
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<p><ent>Languente</ent><br/
||<hw>Lan*guen"te</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[It., p. pr. of <ets>languire</ets>. See <er>Languish</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>In a languishing manner; pathetically.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Languet</ent><br/
<hw>Lan"guet</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>languette</ets>, dim. of <ets>langue</ets> tongue, L. <ets>lingua</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Anything resembling the tongue in form or office; specif., the slip of metal in an organ pipe which turns the current of air toward its mouth.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That part of the hilt, in certain kinds of swords, which overlaps the scabbard.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Languid</ent><br/
<hw>Lan"guid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>languidus</ets>, fr. <ets>languere</ets> to be faint or languid: cf. F. <ets>languide</ets>. See <er>Languish</er>.]</ety><br/
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>Drooping or flagging from exhaustion; indisposed to exertion; without animation; weak; weary; heavy; dull.</def> <ldquo/ <xex>Languid</xex>, powerless limbs. <rdquo/  <rj><au>Armstrong.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>Fire their <qex>languid</qex> souls with Cato's virtue.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Slow in progress; tardy.</def> <ldquo/ No motion so swift or <xex>languid</xex>.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Bentley.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Promoting or indicating weakness or heaviness; <as>as, a <ex>languid</ex> day</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>Feebly she laugheth in the <qex>languid</qex> moon.</q> <rj><qau>Keats.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Their idleness, aimless flirtations and <qex>languid</qex> airs.</q> <rj><qau>W. Black.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Feeble; weak; faint; sickly; pining; exhausted; weary; listless; heavy; dull; heartless.</syn></p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Lan"guid*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Lan"guid*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/
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<p><ent>Languish</ent><br/
<hw>Lan"guish</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Languished</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Languishing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>languishen</ets>, <ets>languissen</ets>, F. <ets>languir</ets>, L. <ets>languere</ets>; cf. Gr. <?/ to slacken, <?/ slack, Icel. <ets>lakra</ets> to lag behind; prob. akin to E. <ets>lag</ets>, <ets>lax</ets>, and perh. to E. <ets>slack</ets>.  See <er>-ish</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To become languid or weak; to lose strength or animation; to be or become dull, feeble or spiritless; to pine away; to linger in a weak or deteriorating condition; to wither or fade.</def><br/
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<p><q>We . . . do <qex>languish</qex> of such diseases.</q> <rj><qau>2 Esdras viii. 31.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife,<br/
And let me <qex>languish</qex> into life.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>For the fields of Heshbon <qex>languish</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Is. xvi. 8. </qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To assume an expression of weariness or tender grief, appealing for sympathy.</def>  <rj><au>Tennyson.</au></rj></p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To be neglected and unattended to; <as>as, the proposal <ex>languished</ex> on the director's desk for months</as>.</def><br/
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- To pine; wither; fade; droop; faint.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Languish</ent><br/
<hw>Lan"guish</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To cause to droop or pine.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au>  <au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Languish</ent><br/
<hw>Lan"guish</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Languishment</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Poetic]</mark><br/
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<p><q>What, of death, too,<br/
That rids our dogs of <qex>languish</qex>?</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>And the blue <qex>languish</qex> of soft Allia's eye.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Languisher</ent><br/
<hw>Lan"guish*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who languishes.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Languishing</ent><br/
<hw>Lan"guish*ing</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Becoming languid and weak; pining; losing health and strength.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Amorously pensive; indicating melancholy; <as>as, <ex>languishing</ex> eyes, or look</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Suffering neglect; neglected.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Continuing in a weak or deteriorating state; lingering.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Languishingly</ent><br/
<hw>Lan"guish*ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a languishing manner.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Languishment</ent><br/
<hw>Lan"guish*ment</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The state of languishing.</def>  <ldquo/Lingering <xex>languishment</xex>.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Tenderness of look or mien; amorous pensiveness.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Languishness</ent><br/
<hw>Lan"guish*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Languishment.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Languor</ent><br/
<hw>Lan"guor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>langour</ets>, OF. <ets>langour</ets>, F. <ets>langueur</ets>, L. <ets>languor</ets>. See Languish.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A state of the body or mind which is caused by exhaustion of strength and characterized by a languid feeling; feebleness; lassitude; laxity.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Any enfeebling disease.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>Sick men with divers <qex>languors</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Wyclif (Luke iv. 40).</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Listless indolence; dreaminess.</def> <au>Pope.</au> <ldquo/ German dreams, Italian <xex>languors</xex>.<rdquo/  <rj><au>The Century.</au></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Feebleness; weakness; faintness; weariness; dullness; heaviness; lassitude; listlessness.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Languorous</ent><br/
<hw>Lan"guor*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Languor</er>: cf. F. <ets>langoureux</ets>.]</ety> <def>Producing, or tending to produce, languor; characterized by languor.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Poetic]</mark><br/
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<p><q>Whom late I left in <qex>languorous</qex> constraint.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>To wile the length from <qex>languorous</qex> hours, and draw<br/
The sting from pain.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Langure</ent><br/
<hw>Lan"gure</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To languish.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Langya</ent><br/
<hw>Lan"gya</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <ety>[Native name Anglicized.]</ety> <def>One of several species of East Indian and Asiatic fresh-water fishes of the genus <gen>Ophiocephalus</gen>, remarkable for their power of living out of water, and for their tenacity of life; -- called also <altname>walking fishes</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laniard</ent><br/
<hw>Lan"iard</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Lanyard</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laniariform</ent><br/
<hw>La`ni*ar"i*form</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Laniary</ets> + <ets>-form</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Shaped like a laniary, or canine, tooth.</def>  <rj><au>Owen.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Laniary</ent><br/
<hw>La"ni*a*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>laniarius</ets>, fr. <ets>lanius</ets> butcher, <ets>laniare</ets> to tear in pieces: cf. F. <ets>laniaire</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Lacerating or tearing; <as>as, the <ex>laniary</ex> canine teeth</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laniary</ent><br/
<hw>La"ni*a*ry</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <er>Laniary</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety><br/
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>The shambles; a place of slaughter.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A laniary, or canine, tooth.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laniate</ent><br/
<hw>La"ni*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>laniatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>laniare</ets>.]</ety> <def>To tear in pieces.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Laniation</ent><br/
<hw>La`ni*a"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>laniatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>A tearing in pieces.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lanier</ent><br/
<hw>Lan"ier</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>lani<egrave/re</ets>. See <er>Lanyard</er>.]</ety> <altsp>[Written also <asp>lanner</asp>, <asp>lanyer</asp>.]</altsp> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A thong of leather; a whip lash.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A strap used to fasten together parts of armor, to hold the shield by, and the like.</def>  <rj><au>Fairholt.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Laniferous</ent><br/
<hw>La*nif"er*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lanifer</ets>; <ets>lana</ets> wool + <ets>ferre</ets> to bear: cf. F. <ets>lanif<egrave/re</ets>.]</ety> <def>Bearing or producing wool.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lanifical</ent><br/
<hw>La*nif"i*cal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lanificus</ets>; <ets>lana</ets> wool + <ets>facere</ets> to make.]</ety> <def>Working in wool.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lanifice</ent><br/
<hw>Lan"i*fice</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lanificium</ets>: cf. OF. <ets>lanifice</ets>.]</ety> <def>Anything made of wool.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lanigerous</ent><br/
<hw>La*nig"er*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>laniger</ets>; <ets>lano</ets> wool + <ets>gerere</ets> to hear.]</ety> <def>Bearing or producing wool.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lanioid</ent><br/
<hw>La"ni*oid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[NL. <ets>Lanius</ets> (fr. L. <ets>lanius</ets> a butcher), the typical genus + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the shrikes (family <fam>Laniid<ae/</fam>).</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lank</ent><br/
<hw>Lank</hw> <pr>(l<acr/<nsm/k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Lanker</adjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Lankest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[<er>AS</er>. <ets>hlanc</ets>; cf. G. <ets>lenken</ets> to turn, <ets>gelenk</ets> joint, OHG. <ets>hlanca</ets> hip, side, flank, and E. <ets>link</ets> of a chain.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Slender and thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean.</def><br/
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<p><q>Meager and <qex>lank</qex> with fasting grown.</q> <rj><qau>Swift.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Who would not choose . . . to have rather a <qex>lank</qex> purse than an empty brain?</q> <rj><qau>Barrow.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Languid; drooping.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>Who, piteous of her woes, reared her <qex>lank</qex> head.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lank hair</b></col>, <cd>long, thin hair.</cd>  <rj><au>Macaulay.</au></rj></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lank</ent><br/
<hw>Lank</hw>, <pos>v. i. & t.</pos> <def>To become lank; to make lank.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <au>Shak.</au> <au>G. Fletcher.</au><br/
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<p><ent>Lankiness</ent><br/
<hw>Lank"i*ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The condition or quality or being lanky.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lankly</ent><br/
<hw>Lank"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a lank manner.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lankness</ent><br/
<hw>Lank"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or quality of being lank.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lanky</ent><br/
<hw>Lank"y</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Somewhat lank; tall, thin, bony and ungraceful.</def>  <rj><au>Thackeray.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>The <qex>lanky</qex> Dinka, nearly seven feet in height.</q> <rj><qau>The Century.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lanneret</ent><br/
<ent>Lanner</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lan"ner</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. f.</pos> <hw>Lan"ner*et</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. m.</pos>}</mhw> <ety>[F. <ets>lanier</ets>, OF. also, <ets>lasnier</ets>.  Cf. <er>Lanyard</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A long-tailed falcon (<spn>Falco lanarius</spn>), of Southern Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa, resembling the American prairie falcon.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lanolin</ent><br/
<hw>Lan"o*lin</hw> <pr>(l<acr/n"<osl/*l<icr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lana</ets> wool + <ets>ole</ets>um oil.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>A peculiar fatlike body, made up of cholesterin and certain fatty acids, found in feathers, hair, wool, and keratin tissues generally.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ Under the same name, it is prepared from wool for commercial purposes, and forms an admirable basis for ointments, being readily absorbed by the skin.</note><br/
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<p><ent>lansah</ent><br/
<ent>lansa</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>lansa</hw>, <hw>lansah</hw></mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>lanseh</er>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lanseh, lansat, lanset.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lanseh</ent><br/
||<hw>Lan"seh</hw> <pr>(l<adot/n"s<asl/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The small, yellow to whitish brown berrylike fruit of an East Indian tree (<spn>Lansium domesticum</spn>).  It has a fleshy pulp, with an agreeable tart subacid taste.</def>  <rj><au>Balfour.</au></rj><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lansah, lansa, lansat, lanset.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lansquenet</ent><br/
<hw>Lans"que*net</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. G. <ets>landsknecht</ets> a foot soldier, also a game of cards introduced by these foot soldiers; <ets>land</ets> country + <ets>knecht</ets> boy, servant. See <er>Land</er>, and <er>Knight</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A German foot soldier in foreign service in the 15th and 16th centuries; a soldier of fortune; -- a term used in France and Western Europe.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A game at cards, vulgarly called <altname>lambskinnet</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><q>[They play] their little game of <qex>lansquenet</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Longfellow.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lant</ent><br/
<hw>Lant</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Urine.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Nares.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lant</ent><br/
<hw>Lant</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Lance</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Any one of several species of small, slender, marine fishes of the genus <gen>Ammedytes</gen>. The common European species (<spn>Ammedytes tobianus</spn>) and the American species (<spn>Ammedytes Americanus</spn>) live on sandy shores, buried in the sand, and are caught in large quantities for bait. Called also <altname>launce</altname>, and <altname>sand eel</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lant</ent><br/
<hw>Lant</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Lanterloo</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lantanum</ent><br/
<ent>Lantanium</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lan*ta"ni*um</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Lan"ta*num</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>See <er>Lanthanum</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lantanuric</ent><br/
<hw>Lan`ta*nu"ric</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Formed by transposition of the letters of <ets>allantoin</ets> and <ets>-uric</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous organic acid of the uric acid group, obtained by the decomposition of allantoin, and usually called <altname>allanturic acid</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lanterloo</ent><br/
<hw>Lan"ter*loo`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An old name of <altname>loo</altname> <sd>(a)</sd>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lantern</ent><br/
<hw>Lan"tern</hw> <pr>(l<acr/n"t<etil/rn)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>lanterne</ets>, L. <ets>lanterna</ets>, <ets>laterna</ets>, from Gr. <grk>lampth`r</grk> light, torch. See <er>Lamp</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Something inclosing a light, and protecting it from wind, rain, etc.; -- sometimes portable, as a closed vessel or case of horn, perforated tin, glass, oiled paper, or other material, having a lamp or candle within; sometimes fixed, as the glazed inclosure of a street light, or of a lighthouse light.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A smaller and secondary cupola crowning a larger one, for ornament, or to admit light; such as the lantern of the cupola of the Capitol at Washington, or that of the Florence cathedral.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>A lantern pinion or trundle wheel. See <cref>Lantern pinion</cref> (below).</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Steam Engine)</fld> <def>A kind of cage inserted in a stuffing box and surrounding a piston rod, to separate the packing into two parts and form a chamber between for the reception of steam, etc.; -- called also <altname>lantern brass</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Founding)</fld> <def>A perforated barrel to form a core upon.</def><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>See <er>Aristotle's lantern</er>.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ Fig. 1 represents a <xex>hand lantern</xex>; fig. 2, an <xex>arm lantern</xex>; fig. 3, a <xex>breast lantern</xex>; -- so named from the positions in which they are carried.</note><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Dark lantern</b></col>, <cd>a lantern with a single opening, which may be closed so as to conceal the light; -- called also <altname>bull's-eye</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>Lantern jaws</b></col>, <cd>long, thin jaws; hence, a thin visage.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Lantern pinion</b></col>, <col><b>Lantern wheel</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Mach.)</fld>, <cd>a kind of pinion or wheel having cylindrical bars or trundles, instead of teeth, inserted at their ends in two parallel disks or plates; -- so called as resembling a lantern in shape; -- called also <altname>wallower</altname>, or <altname>trundle</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>Lantern shell</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>any translucent, marine, bivalve shell of the genus <altname>Anatina</altname>, and allied genera.</cd> -- <col><b>Magic lantern</b></col>, <cd>an optical instrument consisting of a case inclosing a light, and having suitable lenses in a lateral tube, for throwing upon a screen, in a darkened room or the like, greatly magnified pictures from slides placed in the focus of the outer lens.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lantern</ent><br/
<hw>Lan"tern</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lanterned</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lanterning</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lanterner</ets> to hang at the lamp post, fr. <ets>lanterne</ets>. See <er>Lantern</er>.]</ety> <def>To furnish with a lantern; <as>as, to <ex>lantern</ex> a lighthouse</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lanternfish</ent><br/
<hw>lanternfish</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A small fish having rows of luminous organs along each side; some surface at night.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lantern fly</ent><br/
<ent>lanternfly</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>lanternfly</hw>, <hw>lantern fly</hw></mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>any one of several species of large, handsome, brightly marked, tropical hemipterous insects of the genera <gen>Laternaria</gen>, <gen>Fulgora</gen>, and allies, of the family <fam>Fulgorid<ae/</fam>. The largest species is <spn>Laternaria phosphorea</spn> of Brazil. The head has a snoutlike process in some species which was formerly thought to emit a phosphorescent light.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lantern-jawed</ent><br/
<hw>Lan"tern-jawed`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having lantern jaws or long, thin jaws; <as>as, a <ex>lantern-jawed</ex> person</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lanthanide</ent><br/
<hw>lanthanide</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Any <isa>rare earth element</isa> of the lanthanide series (atomic numbers 57 through 71).</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> rare earth, rare-earth element, lanthanon.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lanthanite</ent><br/
<hw>Lan"tha*nite</hw> <pr>(l<acr/n"th<adot/*n<imac/t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Hydrous carbonate of lanthanum, found in tabular white crystals.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lanthanon</ent><br/
<hw>lanthanon</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>lanthanide</er>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> rare earth, rare-earth element, lanthanide.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lanthanotidae</ent><br/
<hw>Lanthanotidae</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A natural family of stout-bodied lizards.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> family <fam>Lanthanotidae</fam>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lanthanotus</ent><br/
<hw>Lanthanotus</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A genus withonly one species.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Lanthanotus</gen>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lanthanum</ent><br/
<hw>Lan"tha*num</hw> <pr>(l<acr/n"th<adot/*n<ucr/m)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>lanqa`nein</grk> to lie hid, to be concealed.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A rare element of the rare earth group of the metals, of atomic number 57, allied to aluminum.  It occurs in certain rare minerals, as cerite, gadolinite, orthite, etc., and was so named from the difficulty of separating it from cerium, didymium, and other rare earth elements with which it is usually associated. Atomic weight 138.9. Symbol La.</def> <altsp>[Formerly written also <asp>lanthanium</asp>.]</altsp><br/
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<p><ent>Lanthopine</ent><br/
<hw>Lan"tho*pine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>lanqa`nein</grk> to lie hid + E. <ets>op</ets>ium.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An alkaloid found in opium in small quantities, and extracted as a white crystalline substance.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lanthorn</ent><br/
<hw>Lan"thorn</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Lantern</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lanuginous</ent><br/
<ent>Lanuginose</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>La*nu"gi*nose`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>La*nu"gi*nous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lanuginosus</ets>, fr. <ets>lanugo</ets>, <ets>-ginis</ets>, woolly substance, down, fr. <ets>lana</ets> wool: cf. F. <ets>lanugineux</ets>.]</ety> <def>Covered with down, or fine soft hair; downy.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lanugo</ent><br/
||<hw>La*nu"go</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lanuginose</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The soft woolly hair which covers most parts of the mammal fetus, and in man is shed before or soon after birth.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lanyard</ent><br/
<hw>Lan"yard</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>lani<egrave/re</ets> thong, strap, OF. <ets>lasniere</ets>, fr. <ets>lasne</ets> strap, thong, L. <ets>lacinia</ets> lappet. flap, edge of a garment.  Cf. <er>Lanier</er>.]</ety> <altsp>[Written also <asp>laniard</asp>.]</altsp> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A short piece of rope or line for fastening something in ships; <as>as, the <ex>lanyards</ex> of the gun ports, of the buoy, and the like</as>; esp., pieces passing through the dead-eyes, and used to extend shrouds, stays, etc.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>A strong cord, about twelve feet long, with an iron hook at one end a handle at the other, used in firing cannon with a friction tube.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lanyer</ent><br/
<hw>Lan"yer</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Lanier</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laocoon</ent><br/
<hw>La*oc"o*<oum/n</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/ ]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Class. Myth.)</fld> <def>A priest of Apollo, during the Trojan war. (See 2.)</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Sculp.)</fld> <def>A marble group in the Vatican at Rome, representing the priest Laoco<oum/n, with his sons, infolded in the coils of two serpents, as described by Virgil.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laodicean</ent><br/
<hw>La*od`i*ce"an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to <etsep>Laodicea</etsep>, a city in Phrygia Major; like the Christians of Laodicea; lukewarm in religion.</def>  <rj><au>Rev. iii. 14-16.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Laos</ent><br/
<hw>Laos</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>a country in Southeast Asia.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laotian</ent><br/
<hw>Laotian</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>a native or inhabitant of Laos.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laotian</ent><br/
<hw>Laotian</hw> <pos>prop. a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>of or pertaining to Laos; <as>as, the <ex>Laotian</ex> Prime Minister</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Laos; <as>as, <ex>Laotian</ex> refugees</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laozi</ent><br/
<ent>Lao-tse</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>Lao-tse</hw>, <hw>Laozi</hw></mhw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A Chinese philosopher who founded Taoism in the 6th-century b.c.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Lao-Tzu, Lao-Tse.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lap</ent><br/
<hw>Lap</hw> <pr>(l<acr/p)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>lappe</ets>, AS. <ets>l<ae/ppa</ets>; akin to D. <ets>lap</ets> patch, piece, G. <ets>lappen</ets>, OHG. <ets>lappa</ets>, Dan. <ets>lap</ets>, Sw. <ets>lapp</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>If he cuts off but a <qex>lap</qex> of truth's garment, his heart smites him.</q> <rj><qau>Fuller.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered; figuratively, a place of rearing and fostering; <as>as, to be reared in the <ex>lap</ex> of luxury</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>Men expect that happiness should drop into their <qex>laps</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Tillotson.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>That part of any substance or fixture which extends over, or lies upon, or by the side of, a part of another; <as>as, the <ex>lap</ex> of a board</as>; also, the measure of such extension over or upon another thing.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ The <xex>lap</xex> of shingles or slates in roofing is the distance one course extends over the second course below, the distance over the course immediately below being called the <xex>cover</xex>.</note><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Steam Engine)</fld> <def>The amount by which a slide valve at its half stroke overlaps a port in the seat, being equal to the distance the valve must move from its mid stroke position in order to begin to open the port. Used alone, <xex>lap</xex> refers to outside lap. See <cref>Outside lap</cref> (below).</def><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>The state or condition of being in part extended over or by the side of something else; or the extent of the overlapping; <as>as, the second boat got a <ex>lap</ex> of half its length on the leader</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>One circuit around a race track, esp. when the distance is a small fraction of a mile; <as>as, to run twenty <ex>laps</ex>; to win by three <ex>laps</ex>. See <er>Lap</er>, to fold, 2.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>In card playing and other games, the points won in excess of the number necessary to complete a game; -- so called when they are counted in the score of the following game.</def><br/
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<p><sn>9.</sn> <fld>(Cotton Manuf.)</fld> <def>A sheet, layer, or bat, of cotton fiber prepared for the carding machine.</def><br/
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<p><sn>10.</sn> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>A piece of brass, lead, or other soft metal, used to hold a cutting or polishing powder in cutting glass, gems, and the like, or in polishing cutlery, etc. It is usually in the form of wheel or disk, which revolves on a vertical axis.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lap joint</b></col>, <cd>a joint made by one layer, part, or piece, overlapping another, as in the scarfing of timbers.</cd> -- <col><b>Lap weld</b></col>, <cd>a lap joint made by welding together overlapping edges or ends.</cd> -- <col><b>Inside lap</b></col> <fld>(Steam Engine)</fld>, <cd>lap of the valve with respect to the exhaust port.</cd> -- <col><b>Outside lap</b></col>, <cd>lap with respect to the admission, or steam, port.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lap</ent><br/
<hw>Lap</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lapped</conjf> <pr>(<?/)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lapping</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To rest or recline in a lap, or as in a lap.</def><br/
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<p><q>To <qex>lap</qex> his head on lady's breast.</q> <rj><qau>Praed.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To cut or polish with a lap, as glass, gems, cutlery, etc. See 1st <er>Lap</er>, 10.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lap</ent><br/
<hw>Lap</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>lappen</ets> to fold (see <er>Lap</er>, <pos>n.</pos>); cf. also OE. <ets>wlappen</ets>, perh. another form of <ets>wrappen</ets>, E, <ets>wrap</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To fold; to bend and lay over or on something; <as>as, to <ex>lap</ex> a piece of cloth</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To wrap or wind around something.</def><br/
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<p><q>About the paper . . . I <qex>lapped</qex> several times a slender thread of very black silk.</q> <rj><qau>Sir I. Newton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To infold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish.</def><br/
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<p><q>Her garment spreads, and <qex>laps</qex> him in the folds.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To lay or place over anything so as to partly or wholly cover it; <as>as, to <ex>lap</ex> one shingle over another</as>; to lay together one partly over another; <as>as, to <ex>lap</ex> weather-boards</as>; also, to be partly over, or by the side of (something); <as>as, the hinder boat <ex>lapped</ex> the foremost one</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Carding & Spinning)</fld> <def>To lay together one over another, as fleeces or slivers for further working.</def><br/
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>To lap boards</b></col>, <col><b>shingles</b></col>, etc.</mcol>, <cd>to lay one partly over another.</cd> -- <col><b>To lap timbers</b></col>, <cd>to unite them in such a way as to preserve the same breadth and depth throughout, as by scarfing.</cd>  <rj><au>Weale.</au></rj>
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<p><ent>Lap</ent><br/
<hw>Lap</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To be turned or folded; to lie partly upon or by the side of something, or of one another; <as>as, the cloth <ex>laps</ex> back; the boats <ex>lap</ex>; the edges <ex>lap</ex>.</as></def><br/
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<p><q>The upper wings are opacous; at their hinder ends, where they <qex>lap</qex> over, transparent, like the wing of a flay.</q> <rj><qau>Grew.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lap</ent><br/
<hw>Lap</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>lappen</ets>, <ets>lapen</ets>, AS. <ets>lapian</ets>; akin to LG. <ets>lappen</ets>, OHG. <ets>laffan</ets>, Icel. <ets>lepja</ets>, Dan. <ets>lade</ets>, Sw. <ets>l<aum/ppja</ets>, L. <ets>lambere</ets>; cf. Gr. <?/, W. <ets>llepio</ets>.  Cf. <er>Lambent</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To take up drink or food with the tongue; to drink or feed by licking up something.</def><br/
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<p><q>The dogs by the River Nilus's side, being thirsty, <qex>lap</qex> hastily as they run along the shore.</q> <rj><qau>Sir K. Digby.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To make a sound like that produced by taking up drink with the tongue.</def><br/
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<p><q>I heard the ripple washing in the reeds,<br/
And the wild water <qex>lapping</qex> on the crag.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lap</ent><br/
<hw>Lap</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To take into the mouth with the tongue; to lick up with a quick motion of the tongue.</def><br/
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<p><q>They 'II take suggestion as a cat <qex>laps</qex> milk.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lap</ent><br/
<hw>Lap</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of lapping with, or as with, the tongue; <as>as, to take anything into the mouth with a <ex>lap</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The sound of lapping.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laparocele</ent><br/
<hw>Lap"a*ro*cele`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/ loins + <?/ tumor.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A rupture or hernia in the lumbar regions.</def><br/
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<p><ent>laparoscope</ent><br/
<hw>laparoscope</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A slender endoscope, containing fiber-optic viewing capability and miniature surgical devices, which can be inserted through a small incision in the abdominal wall, allowing a surgeon to perform minor surgery with minimal damage to the abdominal muscles.</def><br/
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<p><ent>laparoscopy</ent><br/
<hw>laparoscopy</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Laparotomy performed with a laparoscope.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laparotomy</ent><br/
<hw>Lap`a*rot"o*my</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/ loins + <grk>te`mnein</grk> to cut.]</ety> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>A cutting through the walls of the abdomen, as in the Caesarean section.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lapboard</ent><br/
<hw>Lap"board`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A board used on the lap as a substitute for a table, as by tailors.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lapdog</ent><br/
<hw>Lap"dog`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A small dog which is or can be fondled in the lap.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>One who does the bidding of another; a servile follower.</def> <mark>[informal]</mark> <br/
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<p><ent>Lapel</ent><br/
<hw>La*pel"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Dim. of <ets>lap</ets> a fold.]</ety> <def>That part of a garment which is turned back; specifically, the lap, or fold, of the front of a coat in continuation of collar.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>lappel</asp> and <asp>lapelle</asp>.]</altsp><br/
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<p><ent>Lapelled</ent><br/
<hw>La*pelled"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Furnished with lapels.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lapful</ent><br/
<hw>Lap"ful</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Lapfuls</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.</plu> <def>As much as the lap can contain.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lapicide</ent><br/
<hw>Lap"i*cide</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lapicida</ets>, fr. <ets>lapis</ets> stone + <ets>caedere</ets> to cut.]</ety> <def>A stonecutter.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lapidarian</ent><br/
<hw>Lap`i*da"ri*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to stone; inscribed on stone; <as>as, a <ex>lapidarian</ex> record</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lapidarious</ent><br/
<hw>Lap`i*da"ri*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lapidarius</ets>, fr. <ets>lapis</ets>, <ets>-idis</ets>, stone.]</ety> <def>Consisting of stones.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lapidary</ent><br/
<hw>Lap"i*da*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Lapidaries</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>lapidarius</ets>, fr. <ets>lapidarius</ets> pertaining to stone: cf. F. <ets>lapidaire</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An artificer who cuts, polishes, and engraves precious stones; hence, a dealer in precious stones.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A virtuoso skilled in gems or precious stones; a connoisseur of lapidary work.</def><br/
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Lapidary's lathe</b></col>, <col><b>Lapidary's mill</b></col>, <col><b>Lapidary's wheel</b></col></mcol>, <cd>a machine consisting essentially of a revolving lap on a vertical spindle, used by a lapidary for grinding and polishing.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lapidary</ent><br/
<hw>Lap"i*da*ry</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lapidarius</ets> pertaining to stone: cf. F. <ets>lapidaire</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the art of cutting stones, or engraving on stones, either gems or monuments; <as>as, <ex>lapidary</ex> ornamentation</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to monumental inscriptions; <as>as, <ex>lapidary</ex> adulation</as>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lapidary style</b></col>, <cd>that style which is proper for monumental and other inscriptions; terse; sententious.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lapidate</ent><br/
<hw>Lap"i*date</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lapidatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>lapidare</ets>, fr. <ets>lapis</ets> stone.]</ety> <def>To stone.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lapidation</ent><br/
<hw>Lap`i*da"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lapidatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>lapidation</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of stoning.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bp. Hall.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lapideous</ent><br/
<hw>La*pid"e*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lapideus</ets>, fr. <ets>lapis</ets> stone.]</ety> <def>Of the nature of stone.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Ray.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lapidescence</ent><br/
<hw>Lap`i*des"cence</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The state or quality of being lapidescent.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A hardening into a stone substance.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A stony concretion.</def>  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lapidescent</ent><br/
<hw>Lap`i*des"cent</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lapidescens</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>lapidescere</ets> to become stone, fr. <ets>lapis</ets>, <ets>-idis</ets>, stone: cf. F. <ets>lapidescent</ets>.]</ety> <def>Undergoing the process of becoming stone; having the capacity of being converted into stone; having the quality of petrifying bodies.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lapidescent</ent><br/
<hw>Lap"i*des"cent</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Any substance which has the quality of petrifying other bodies, or of converting or being converted into stone.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lapidifical</ent><br/
<ent>Lapidific</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lap`i*dif"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Lap`i*dif"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lapis</ets>, <ets>-idis</ets>, stone + <ets>facere</ets> to make: cf. F. <ets>lapidifique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Forming or converting into stone.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lapidification</ent><br/
<hw>La*pid`i*fi*ca"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lapidification</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act or process of lapidifying; fossilization; petrifaction.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lapidify</ent><br/
<hw>La*pid"i*fy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lapidified</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lapidifying</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf. f. <ets>lapidifier</ets>. See <er>Lapidific</er>, and <er>-fy</er>.]</ety> <def>To convert into stone or stony material; to petrify.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lapidify</ent><br/
<hw>La*pid"i*fy</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To become stone or stony.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lapidist</ent><br/
<hw>Lap"i*dist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lapis</ets>, <ets>-idis</ets>, a stone.]</ety> <def>A lapidary.</def>  <rj><au>Ray.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lapillation</ent><br/
<hw>Lap"il*la"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lapilli</er>.]</ety> <def>The state of being, or the act of making, stony.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lapilli</ent><br/
||<hw>La*pil"li</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lapillus</ets> a little stone, dim. of <ets>lapis</ets> stone.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Volcanic ashes, consisting of small, angular, stony fragments or particles.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lapis</ent><br/
||<hw>La"pis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Lapides</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>A stone.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lapis calaminaris</b></col> <pr>(<?/)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <cd>Calamine.</cd> -- <col><b>Lapis infernalis</b></col> <pr>(<?/)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <cd>Fused nitrate of silver; lunar caustic.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lapis lazuli</ent><br/
<hw>La"pis laz"u*li</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>An albuminous mineral of a rich blue color; also called <altname>lapis</altname>. Same as <er>Lazuli</er>, which see.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lap-jointed</ent><br/
<hw>Lap"-joint`ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having a lap joint, or lap joints, as many kinds of woodwork and metal work.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laplander</ent><br/
<hw>Lap"land*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A native or inhabitant of Lapland; -- called also <altname>Lapp</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laplandish</ent><br/
<hw>Lap"land*ish</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to Lapland.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lapling</ent><br/
<hw>Lap"ling</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Lap</ets> of a garment + <ets>ling</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who has been fondled to excess; one fond of ease and sensual delights; -- a term of contempt.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lapp</ent><br/
<hw>Lapp</hw> <pr>(l<acr/p)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Laplander</er>.  Cf. <er>Lapps</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lappaceous</ent><br/
<hw>Lap*pa"ceous</hw> <pr>(l<acr/p*p<amac/"sh<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lappaceus</ets> burlike, fr. <ets>lappa</ets> a bur.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Resembling the capitulum of burdock; covered with forked points.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lapper</ent><br/
<hw>Lap"per</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>La</er>p to drink.]</ety> <def>One who takes up food or liquid with his tongue.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lappet</ent><br/
<hw>Lap"pet</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Dim. of <ets>lap</ets> a fold.]</ety> <def>A small decorative fold or flap, esp. of lace or muslin, in a garment or headdress.</def>  <rj><au>Swift.</au></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lappet moth</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>one of several species of bombycid moths, which have stout, hairy caterpillars, flat beneath.  Two common American species (<spn>Gastropacha Americana</spn>, and <spn>Tolype velleda</spn>) feed upon the apple tree.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lappet</ent><br/
<hw>Lap"pet</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lappeted</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lappeting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To decorate with, or as with, a lappet.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Landor.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lappic</ent><br/
<hw>Lap"pic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to Lapland, or the Lapps.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>The language of the Lapps. See <er>Lappish</er>.</def></def2><br/
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<p><ent>Lapping</ent><br/
<hw>Lap"ping</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A kind of machine blanket or wrapping material used by calico printers.</def>  <rj><au>Ure.</au></rj><br/
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Lapping engine</b></col>, <col><b>Lapping machine</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Textile Manuf.)</fld>, <cd>A machine for forming fiber info a lap. See its <er>Lap</er>, 9.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lappish</ent><br/
<hw>Lap"pish</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to the Lapps; Laplandish.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>The language spoken by the Lapps in Lapland. It is related to the Finnish and Hungarian, and is not an Aryan language.</def></def2><br/
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<p><ent>Lapponic</ent><br/
<ent>Lapponian</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lap*po"ni*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Lap*pon"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <def>Laplandish; Lappish.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lapps</ent><br/
<hw>Lapps</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos>; <sing>sing.  <singw>Lapp</singw> <pr>(<?/)</pr></sing>. <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld> <def>A branch of the Mongolian race, now living in the northern parts of Norway, Sweden, and the adjacent parts of Russia.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lapsable</ent><br/
<hw>Laps"a*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Lapsible.</def>  <rj><au>Cudworth.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lapse</ent><br/
<hw>Lapse</hw> <pr>(l<acr/ps)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lapsus</ets>, fr. <ets>labi</ets>, p. p. <ets>lapsus</ets>, to slide, to fall: cf. F. <ets>laps</ets>. See <er>Sleep</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress or passing away,; -- restricted usually to immaterial things, or to figurative uses.</def><br/
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<p><q>The <qex>lapse</qex> to indolence is soft and imperceptible.</q> <rj><qau>Rambler.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Bacon was content to wait the <qex>lapse</qex> of long centuries for his expected revenue of fame.</q> <rj><qau>I. Taylor.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A slip; an error; a fault; a failing in duty; a slight deviation from truth or rectitude.</def><br/
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<p><q>To guard against those <qex>lapses</qex> and failings to which our infirmities daily expose us.</q> <rj><qau>Rogers.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The termination of a right or privilege through neglect to exercise it within the limited time, or through failure of some contingency; hence, the devolution of a right or privilege.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Theol.)</fld> <def>A fall or apostasy.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lapse</ent><br/
<hw>Lapse</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lapsed</conjf> <pr>(#)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lapsing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away; to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; -- mostly restricted to figurative uses.</def><br/
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<p><q>A tendency to <qex>lapse</qex> into the barbarity of those northern nations from whom we are descended.</q> <rj><qau>Swift.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Homer, in his characters of Vulcan and Thersites, has <qex>lapsed</qex> into the burlesque character.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To slide or slip in moral conduct; to fail in duty; to fall from virtue; to deviate from rectitude; to commit a fault by inadvertence or mistake.</def><br/
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<p><q>To <qex>lapse</qex> in fullness<br/
Is sorer than to lie for need.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of some one, as a patron, a legatee, etc.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>To become ineffectual or void; to fall.</def><br/
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<p><q>If the archbishop shall not fill it up within six months ensuing, it <qex>lapses</qex> to the king.</q> <rj><qau>Ayliffe.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lapse</ent><br/
<hw>Lapse</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To let slip; to permit to devolve on another; to allow to pass.</def><br/
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<p><q>An appeal may be deserted by the appellant's <qex>lapsing</qex> the term of law.</q> <rj><qau>Ayliffe.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To surprise in a fault or error; hence, to surprise or catch, as an offender.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>For which, if be <qex>lapsed</qex> in this place,<br/
I shall pay dear.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lapsed</ent><br/
<hw>Lapsed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having slipped downward, backward, or away; having lost position, privilege, etc., by neglect; -- restricted to figurative uses.</def><br/
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<p><q>Once more I will renew<br/
His <qex>lapsed</qex> powers, though forfeit.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Ineffectual, void, or forfeited; <as>as, a <ex>lapsed</ex> policy of insurance; a <ex>lapsed</ex> legacy.</as></def><br/
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Lapsed devise</b></col>, <col><b>Lapsed legacy</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>a devise, or legacy, which fails to take effect in consequence of the death of the devisee, or legatee, before that of the testator, or for other cause.</cd>  <rj><au>Wharton (Law Dict.).</au></rj></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lapsible</ent><br/
<hw>Laps"i*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Liable to lapse.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lapsided</ent><br/
<hw>Lap"sid`ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>See <er>Lopsided</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lapstone</ent><br/
<hw>Lap"stone`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A stone for the lap, on which shoemakers beat leather.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lap-straked</ent><br/
<ent>lap-streaked</ent><br/
<ent>Lapstrake</ent><br/
<ent>Lapstreak</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lap"streak`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Lap"strake`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>lap-streaked</hw>, <hw>lap-straked</hw> }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <def>Made with boards whose edges lap one over another; clinker-built; -- said of boats.  Contrasted with <contr>carvel-built</contr>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lap-jointed, overlapping.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>lap up</ent><br/
<hw>lap up</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[See <er>lap</er>, <pos>v. i.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To take up (drink or food) with the tongue; to drink by licking up.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <mark>(fig.)</mark> <def>To accept or enjoy enthusiatically and uncritically; <as>as, to <ex>lap up</ex> praise</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laputan</ent><br/
<hw>La*pu"tan</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to Laputa, an imaginary flying island described in <xex>Gulliver's Travels</xex> as the home of chimerical philosophers.</def> <specif>Hence,</specif> <def>fanciful; preposterous; absurd in science or philosophy.</def> <ldquo/<xex>Laputan</xex> ideas.<rdquo/  <rj><au>G. Eliot.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lap-welded</ent><br/
<hw>Lap"-weld`ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having edges or ends united by a lap weld; <as>as, a <ex>lap-welded</ex> pipe</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lapwing</ent><br/
<hw>Lap"wing`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>lapwynke</ets>, <ets>leepwynke</ets>, AS. <ets>hle<aacute/pewince</ets>; <ets>hle<aacute/pan</ets> to leap, jump + (prob.) a word akin to AS. <ets>wincian</ets> to wink, E. <ets>wink</ets>, AS. <ets>wancol</ets> wavering; cf. G. <ets>wanken</ets> to stagger, waver. See <er>Leap</er>, and <er>Wink</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A small European bird of the Plover family (<spn>Vanellus cristatus</spn>, or <spn>Vanellus vanellus</spn>). It has long and broad wings, and is noted for its rapid, irregular fight, upwards, downwards, and in circles.  Its back is coppery or greenish bronze. Its eggs are the <ldquo/plover's eggs<rdquo/ of the London market, esteemed a delicacy.  It is called also <altname>peewit</altname>, <altname>dastard plover</altname>, and <altname>wype</altname>.  The <stype>gray lapwing</stype> is the <spn>Squatarola cinerea</spn>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lapwork</ent><br/
<hw>Lap"work`</hw> <pr>(l<acr/p"w<ucir/rk`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Work in which one part laps over another.</def>  <rj><au>Grew.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Laquay</ent><br/
<hw>Laq"uay</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A lackey.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Evelyn.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Laquear</ent><br/
<hw>La"que*ar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Laquearia</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A lacunar.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laqueary</ent><br/
<hw>Laq"ue*a*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>laqueus</ets> a noose.]</ety> <def>Using a noose, as a gladiator.</def> <mark>[Obs. or R.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>Retiary and <qex>laqueary</qex> combatants.</q> <rj><qau>Sir T. Browne.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lar</ent><br/
<hw>Lar</hw> <pr>(l<aum/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Lares</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>, sometimes <plw>Lars</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L.]</ety> <fld>(Rom. Myth.)</fld> <def>A tutelary deity; a deceased ancestor regarded as a protector of the family. The domestic Lares were the tutelar deities of a house; household gods.</def> <specif>Hence,</specif> <mark>(Fig.)</mark>: <def>Hearth or dwelling house.</def><br/
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<p><q>Nor will she her dear <qex>Lar</qex> forget,<br/
Victorious by his benefit.</q> <rj><qau>Lovelace.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>The <qex>Lars</qex> and Lemures moan with midnight plaint.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Looking backward in vain toward their <qex>Lares</qex> and lands.</q> <rj><qau>Longfellow.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lar</ent><br/
<hw>Lar</hw> <pr>(l<aum/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A species of gibbon (<spn>Hylobates lar</spn>), found in Burmah. Called also <altname>white-handed gibbon</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laramie group</ent><br/
<hw>Lar"a*mie group`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>An extensive series of strata, principally developed in the Rocky Mountain region, as in the <etsep>Laramie</etsep> Mountains, and formerly supposed to be of the Tertiary age, but now generally regarded as Cretaceous, or of intermediate and transitional character. It contains beds of lignite, often valuable for coal, and is hence also called the <altname>lignitic group</altname>. See <xex>Chart</xex> of <er>Geology</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Larboard</ent><br/
<hw>Lar"board`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Lar-</ets> is of uncertain origin, possibly the same as <ets>lower</ets>, i. e., humbler in rank, because the starboard side is considered by mariners as higher in rank; cf. D. <ets>laag</ets> low, akin to E. <ets>low</ets>. See <er>Board</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 8.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>The left-hand side of a ship to one on board facing toward the bow; port; -- opposed to <ant>starboard</ant>.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ <xex>Larboard</xex> is a nearly obsolete term, having been superseded by <altname>port</altname> to avoid liability of confusion with <xex>starboard</xex>, owing to similarity of sound.</note><br/
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<p><ent>Larboard</ent><br/
<hw>Lar"board`</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>On or pertaining to the left-hand side of a vessel; port; <as>as, the <ex>larboard</ex> quarter</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Larcenist</ent><br/
<ent>Larcener</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lar"ce*ner</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Lar"ce*nist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who commits larceny.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Larcenous</ent><br/
<hw>Lar"ce*nous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. OE. <ets>larrecinos</ets>. See <er>Larceny</er>.]</ety> <def>Having the character of larceny; <as>as, a <ex>larcenous</ex> act</as>; committing larceny.</def> <ldquo/The <ex>larcenous</ex> and burglarious world.<rdquo/ <au>Sydney Smith.</au> -- <wordforms><wf>Lar"ce*nous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/
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<p><ent>Larceny</ent><br/
<hw>Lar"ce*ny</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Larcenies</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[F. <ets>larcin</ets>, OE. <ets>larrecin</ets>, L. <ets>latrocinium</ets>, fr. <ets>latro</ets> robber, mercenary, hired servant; cf. Gr. (<?/) hired servant.  Cf. <er>Latrociny</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The unlawful taking and carrying away of things personal with intent to deprive the right owner of the same; theft.  Cf. <er>Embezzlement</er>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Grand larceny</b></col> <and/ <col><b>Petit larceny are</b></col></mcol> <cd>distinctions having reference to the nature or value of the property stolen. They are abolished in England.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Mixed larceny</b></col>, <it>or</it>  <col><b>Compound larceny</b></col></mcol>, <cd>that which, under statute, includes in it the aggravation of a taking from a building or the person.</cd> -- <col><b>Simple larceny</b></col>, <cd>that which is not accompanied with any aggravating circumstances.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Larch</ent><br/
<hw>Larch</hw> <pr>(l<aum/rch)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. OE. <ets>larege</ets> (Cotgrave), It. <ets>larice</ets>, Sp. <ets>larice</ets>, <ets>alerce</ets>, G. <ets>l<aum/rche</ets>; all fr. L. <ets>larix</ets>, <ets>-icis</ets>, Gr. <grk>la`rix</grk>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of coniferous trees, having deciduous leaves, in fascicles (see <xex>Illust.</xex> of <er>Fascicle</er>).</def> <note>The European larch is <spn>Larix Europ<ae/a</spn>. The American or black larch is <spn>Larix Americana</spn>, the hackmatack or tamarack. The trees are generally of a drooping, graceful appearance.</note><br/
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<p><ent>Larchen</ent><br/
<hw>Larch"en</hw> <pr>(l<aum/rch"<ecr/n)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to the larch.</def>  <rj><au>Keats.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lard</ent><br/
<hw>Lard</hw> <pr>(l<aum/rd)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., bacon, pig's fat, L. <ets>lardum</ets>, <ets>laridum</ets>; cf. Gr. (<?/) fattened, fat.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Bacon; the flesh of swine.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The fat of swine, esp. the internal fat of the abdomen; also, this fat melted and strained.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lard oil</b></col>, <cd>an illuminating and lubricating oil expressed from lard.</cd> -- <col><b>Leaf lard</b></col>, <cd>the internal fat of the hog, separated in leaves or masses from the kidneys, etc.; also, the same melted.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lard</ent><br/
<hw>Lard</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Larded</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Larding</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[F. <ets>larder</ets>. See <er>Lard</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To stuff with bacon; to dress or enrich with lard; esp., to insert lardons of bacon or pork in the surface of, before roasting; <as>as, to <ex>lard</ex> poultry</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>And <qex>larded</qex> thighs on loaded altars laid.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To fatten; to enrich.</def><br/
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<p><q>[The oak] with his nuts <qex>larded</qex> many a swine.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Falstaff sweats to death.<br/
And <qex>lards</qex> the lean earth as he walks along.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To smear with lard or fat.</def><br/
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<p><q>In his buff doublet <qex>larded</qex> o'er with fat<br/
Of slaughtered brutes.</q> <rj><qau>Somerville.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To mix or garnish with something, as by way of improvement; to interlard.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>Let no alien Sedley interpose<br/
To <qex>lard</qex> with wit thy hungry Epsom prose.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lard</ent><br/
<hw>Lard</hw> <pr>(l<aum/rd)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To grow fat.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lardacein</ent><br/
<hw>Lar`da*ce"in</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lardaceous</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>A peculiar amyloid substance, colored blue by iodine and sulphuric acid, occurring mainly as an abnormal infiltration into the spleen, liver, etc.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lardaceous</ent><br/
<hw>Lar*da"ceous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lardac<eacute/</ets>.]</ety> <def>Consisting of, or resembling, lard.</def><br/
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<p><cs><cd>Lardaceous degeneration</cd> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>amyloid degeneration.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Larder</ent><br/
<hw>Lard"er</hw> <pr>(l<aum/rd"<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>lardier</ets>. See <er>Lard</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <def>A room or place where meat and other articles of food are kept before they are cooked.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Larderer</ent><br/
<hw>Lard"er*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One in charge of the larder.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lardery</ent><br/
<hw>Lard"er*y</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. OE. <ets>larderie</ets>.]</ety> <def>A larder.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lardoon</ent><br/
<ent>Lardon</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lar"don</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Lar*doon"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>lardon</ets>, fr. <ets>lard</ets> lard.]</ety> <def>A bit of fat pork or bacon used in larding.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lardry</ent><br/
<hw>Lard"ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lardery</er>.]</ety> <def>A larder.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lardy</ent><br/
<hw>Lard"y</hw> <pr>(l<aum/rd"<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Containing, or resembling, lard; of the character or consistency of lard.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lare</ent><br/
<hw>Lare</hw> <pr>(l<acir/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lore</er>.]</ety> <def>Lore; learning.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lare</ent><br/
<hw>Lare</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Pasture; feed. See <er>Lair</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lare</ent><br/
<hw>Lare</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To feed; to fatten.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Beau. & Fl.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lares</ent><br/
||<hw>La"res</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <def>See 1st <er>Lar</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Large</ent><br/
<hw>Large</hw> <pr>(l<aum/rj)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Larger</adjf> <pr>(l<aum/r"j<etil/r)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Largest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>largus</ets>.  Cf. <er>Largo</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Exceeding most other things of like kind in bulk, capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of constituent units; big; great; capacious; extensive; -- opposed to <ant>small</ant>; <as>as, a <ex>large</ex> horse; a <ex>large</ex> house or room; a <ex>large</ex> lake or pool; a <ex>large</ex> jug or spoon; a <ex>large</ex> vineyard; a <ex>large</ex> army; a <ex>large</ex> city.</as></def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ For linear dimensions, and mere extent, <xex>great</xex>, and not <xex>large</xex>, is used as a qualifying word; as, <xex>great</xex> length, breadth, depth; a <xex>great</xex> distance; a <xex>great</xex> height.</note><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Abundant; ample; <as>as, a <ex>large</ex> supply of provisions</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>We have yet <qex>large</qex> day.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Full in statement; diffuse; full; profuse.</def><br/
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<p><q>I might be very <qex>large</qex> upon the importance and advantages of education.</q> <rj><qau>Felton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Having more than usual power or capacity; having broad sympathies and generous impulses; comprehensive; -- said of the mind and heart.</def><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Free; unembarrassed.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>Of burdens all he set the Paynims <qex>large</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Fairfax.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>Unrestrained by decorum; -- said of language.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <ldquo/Some <xex>large</xex> jests he will make.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>Prodigal in expending; lavish.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>Crossing the line of a ship's course in a favorable direction; -- said of the wind when it is abeam, or between the beam and the quarter.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>At large</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>Without restraint or confinement; <as>as, to go <ex>at large</ex>; to be left <ex>at large</ex></as>.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>Diffusely; fully; in the full extent; <as>as, to discourse on a subject <ex>at large</ex></as>.</cd> -- <col><b>Common at large</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Common</er>, <pos>n.</pos></cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Electors at large</b></col>, <col><b>Representative at large</b></col></mcol>, <cd>electors, or a representative, as in Congress, chosen to represent the whole of a State, in distinction from those chosen to represent particular districts in a State.</cd> <mark>[U. S.]</mark> -- <mcol><col><b>To give large</b></col>, <col><b>To go large</b></col>, <col><b>To run large</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>To sail large</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>to have the wind crossing the direction of a vessel's course in such a way that the sails feel its full force, and the vessel gains its highest speed. See <er>Large</er>, <pos>a.</pos>, 8.</cd></cs></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Big; bulky; huge; capacious; comprehensive; ample; abundant; plentiful; populous; copious; diffusive; liberal.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Large</ent><br/
<hw>Large</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Freely; licentiously.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Large</ent><br/
<hw>Large</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A musical note, formerly in use, equal to two longs, four breves, or eight semibreves.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Large-acred</ent><br/
<hw>Large"-a`cred</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Possessing much land.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Large-handed</ent><br/
<hw>Large"-hand`ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having large hands.</def> <mark>(Fig.)</mark>: <def>Taking, or giving, in large quantities; rapacious or bountiful.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Large-hearted</ent><br/
<hw>Large"-heart`ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having a large or generous heart or disposition; noble; liberal.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Large"-heart`ed*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/
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<p><ent>Largely</ent><br/
<hw>Large"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a large manner.</def>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au>  <au>Milton.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Largeness</ent><br/
<hw>Large"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being large.</def><br/
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<p><ent>large-scale</ent><br/
<hw>large-scale</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>  <def>large in area, scope or degree; <as>as, a <ex>large-scale</ex> attack on AIDS is needed</as>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> extensive, wide-ranging.</syn><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>constructed or drawn to a big scale{4}; <as>as, <ex>large-scale</ex> maps</as>.  See 3rd <er>scale</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, sense 4.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn>  <def>widespread; applying to all or most members of a category or group.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> mass.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Largesse</ent><br/
<ent>Largess</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lar"gess</hw>, <hw>Lar"gesse</hw> <pr>(l<aum/r*j<ecr/s" <it>or</it>  l<aum/r"j<ecr/s)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>largesse</ets>, fr. <ets>large</ets>. See <er>Large</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Liberality; generosity; bounty.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>Fulfilled of <qex>largesse</qex> and of all grace.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A present; a gift; a bounty bestowed.</def><br/
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<p><q>The heralds finished their proclamation with their usual cry of <ldquo/<qex>Largesse</qex>, <qex>largesse</qex>, gallant knights!<rdquo/ and gold and silver pieces were showered on them from the galleries.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Scott.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>largest</ent><br/
<hw>largest</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>  <def>greatest in size of those under consideration.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> biggest, greatest.</syn><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>maximal.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> outside.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Larget</ent><br/
<hw>Lar"get</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>larget</ets>.]</ety> <def>A short piece of bar iron for rolling into a sheet; a small billet.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Larghetto</ent><br/
||<hw>Lar*ghet"to</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a. & adv.</pos> <ety>[It., dim. of <ets>largo</ets> largo.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Somewhat slow or slowly, but not so slowly as <contr>largo</contr>, and rather more so than <contr>andante</contr>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Largifical</ent><br/
<hw>Lar*gif"i*cal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>largificus</ets>; <ets>largus</ets> large + <ets>facere</ets>.]</ety> <def>Generous; ample; liberal.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Largifluous</ent><br/
<hw>Lar*gif"lu*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>largifluus</ets>; <ets>large</ets> abundantly + <ets>fluere</ets> to flow.]</ety> <def>Flowing copiously.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Largiloquent</ent><br/
<hw>Lar*gil"o*quent</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. L. <ets>largiloquus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Grandiloquent.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Largish</ent><br/
<hw>Lar"gish</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Somewhat large.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Largition</ent><br/
<hw>Lar*gi"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <ety>[L. <ets>largitio</ets>, fr. <ets>largiri</ets>, p. p. <ets>largitus</ets>, to give bountifully.]</ety> <def>The bestowment of a largess or gift.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Largo</ent><br/
||<hw>Lar"go</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a. & adv.</pos> <ety>[It., large, L. <ets>largus</ets>, See <er>Large</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Slow or slowly; -- more so than <contr>adagio</contr>; next in slowness to <contr>grave</contr>, which is also weighty and solemn.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>A movement or piece in <ex>largo</ex> time.</def></def2><br/
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<p><ent>Lari</ent><br/
<hw>Lari</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A suborder of birds including the gulls; terns; jaegers; and skimmers.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> suborder <subord>Lari</subord>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lariat</ent><br/
<hw>Lar"i*at</hw> <pr>(l<acr/r"<icr/*<acr/t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp. <ets>la reata</ets> the rope; <ets>la</ets> the + <ets>reata</ets> rope.  Cf. <er>Reata</er>.]</ety> <def>A long, slender rope made of hemp or strips of hide, esp. one with a noose; -- used as a lasso for catching cattle, horses, etc., and for picketing a horse so that he can graze without wandering.</def> <mark>[Mexico & Western U.S.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lariat</ent><br/
<hw>Lar"i*at</hw> <pr>(l<acr/r"<icr/*<acr/t)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lariated</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lariating</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To secure with a lariat fastened to a stake, as a horse or mule for grazing; also, to lasso or catch with a lariat.</def> <mark>[Western U.S.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Laridae</ent><br/
<hw>Laridae</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>The natural family of birds including the gulls and terns; the gull family.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> family <fam>Laridae</fam>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Larine</ent><br/
<hw>La"rine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the Gull family (<fam>Larid<ae/</fam>).</def><br/
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<p><ent>Larix</ent><br/
<hw>Larix</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>The genus of trees comrising the larches.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Larix</gen>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Larixinic</ent><br/
<hw>Lar`ix*in"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Of, or derived from, the larch (<gen>Larix</gen>); <as>as, <ex>larixinic</ex> acid</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lark</ent><br/
<hw>Lark</hw> <pr>(l<aum/rk)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Perh fr. AS. <ets>l<amac/c</ets> play, sport.  Cf. <er>Lake</er>, <pos>v. i.</pos>]</ety> <def>A frolic; a jolly time.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> <au>Dickens.</au><br/
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<p><ent>Lark</ent><br/
<hw>Lark</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Larked</conjf> <pr>(l<aum/rkt)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Larking</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To sport; to frolic.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lark</ent><br/
<hw>Lark</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>larke</ets>, <ets>laverock</ets>, AS. <ets>l<amac/werce</ets>; akin to D. <ets>leeuwerik</ets>, LG. <ets>lewerke</ets>, OHG. <ets>l<emac/rahha</ets>, G. <ets>lerche</ets>, Sw. <ets>l<aum/rka</ets>, Dan. <ets>lerke</ets>, Icel. <ets>l<ae/virki</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Any one numerous species of singing birds of the genus <gen>Alauda</gen> and allied genera (family <fam>Alaudid<ae/</fam>). They mostly belong to Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa.  In America they are represented by the shore larks, or horned larks, of the genus <gen>Otocoris</gen>. The true larks have holaspidean tarsi, very long hind claws, and, usually, dull, sandy brown colors.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note><hand/ The European skylark, or lark of the poets (<spn>Alauda arvensis</spn>), is of a brown mottled color, and is noted for its clear and sweet song, uttered as it rises and descends almost perpendicularly in the air. It is considered a table delicacy, and immense numbers are killed for the markets. Other well-known European species are the crested, or tufted, lark (<spn>Alauda cristata</spn>), and the wood lark (<spn>Alauda arborea</spn>).  The pipits, or titlarks, of the genus <gen>Anthus</gen> (family <fam>Motacillid<ae/</fam>) are often called larks. See <er>Pipit</er>. The American meadow larks, of the genus <gen>Sturnella</gen>, are allied to the starlings. See <er>Meadow Lark</er>. The Australian bush lark is <spn>Mirafra Horsfieldii</spn>. See <er>Shore lark</er>.</note><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Lark bunting</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>a fringilline bird (<spn>Calamospiza melanocorys</spn>) found on the plains of the Western United States.</cd> -- <col><b>Lark sparrow</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>a sparrow (<spn>Chondestes grammacus</spn>), found in the Mississippi Valley and the Western United States.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lark</ent><br/
<hw>Lark</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To catch larks; <as>as, to go <ex>larking</ex></as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lark-colored</ent><br/
<hw>Lark"-col`ored</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having the sandy brown color of the European larks.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Larker</ent><br/
<hw>Lark"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See 3d <er>Lark</er>, for sense 1, and 1st <er>Lark</er>, for sense 2.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A catcher of larks.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>One who indulges in a lark or frolic.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lark's-heel</ent><br/
<hw>Lark's"-heel`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Indian cress.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Larkspur</ent><br/
<hw>Lark"spur</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of ranunculaceous plants (<gen>Delphinium</gen>), having showy flowers, and a spurred calyx.  They are natives of the North Temperate zone.  The commonest larkspur of the gardens is <spn>Delphinium Consolida</spn>.  The flower of the bee larkspur (<spn>Delphinium elatum</spn>) has two petals bearded with yellow hairs, and looks not unlike a bee.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Larmier</ent><br/
<hw>Lar"mi*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>larme</ets> tear, drop, L. <ets>lacrima</ets>. See <er>Lachrymose</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>See <er>Tearpit</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Laroid</ent><br/
<hw>La"roid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Larus</ets> + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Like or belonging to the Gull family (<fam>Larid<ae/</fam>).</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Larrikin</ent><br/
<hw>Lar"ri*kin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. E. dial. <ets>larrikin</ets>  a mischievous or frolicsome youth, <ets>larrick</ets> lively, careless, <ets>larack</ets> to frolic, to romp.]</ety> <def>A rowdy street loafer; a rowdyish or noisy ill-bred fellow; a hoodlum; -- variously applied, as to a street blackguard, a street Arab, a youth given to horse-play, etc.</def> <mark>[Australia & Eng.]</mark> -- <def2><pos>a.</pos>  <def>Rowdy; rough; disorderly.</def> <mark>[Australia & Eng.]</mark></def2></p>

<p><q>Mobs of unruly <qex>larrikins</qex>.</q>  <rj><qau>Sydney Daily Telegraph.</qau></rj></p>

<p><note><hand/ <xex>Larrikin</xex> is often popularly explained by the following anecdote (which is without foundation): An Irish policeman at Melbourne, on bringing a notorious rough into court, was asked by the magistrate what the prisoner had been doing, and replied, <ldquo/He was <xex>a-larrikin'</xex> [i. e., a-larking] about the streets.<rdquo/</note><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Larrup</ent><br/
<hw>Lar"rup</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Larruped</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Larruping</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Perh, a corrupt. of <ets>lee rope</ets>, used by sailors in beating the boys; but cf. D. <ets>larpen</ets> to thresh, <ets>larp</ets> a whip, blow.]</ety> <def>To beat or flog soundly.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.]</mark>  <rj><au>Forby.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Larry</ent><br/
<hw>Lar"ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Lorry</er>, or <er>Lorrie</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Larum</ent><br/
<hw>Lar"um</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Alarum</er>, and <er>Alarm</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Larva</ent><br/
<ent>Larvae</ent><br/
<hw>Lar"va</hw> <pr>(l<aum/r"v<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> L. <plw>Larv<ae/</plw> <pr>(l<aum/r"v<ae/)</pr>, E. <plw>Larvas</plw> <pr>(l<aum/r"v<adot/z)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>larva</ets> ghost, specter, mask.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Any young insect from the time that it hatches from the egg until it becomes a pupa, or chrysalis. During this time it usually molts several times, and may change its form or color each time.  The larv<ae/ of many insects are much like the adults in form and habits, but have no trace of wings, the rudimentary wings appearing only in the pupa stage.  In other groups of insects the larv<ae/ are totally unlike the parents in structure and habits, and are called <stype>caterpillars</stype>, <stype>grubs</stype>, <stype>maggots</stype>, etc.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The early, immature form of any animal when more or less of a metamorphosis takes place, before the assumption of the mature shape.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Larvacea</ent><br/
<hw>Larvacea</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A class sometimes classified as an order.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> class <class>Larvacea</class>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>larval</ent><br/
<hw>lar"val</hw> <pr>(l<aum/r"v<ait/l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>larvalis</ets> ghostly. See <er>Larva</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to a larva.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Larvalia</ent><br/
||<hw>Lar*va"li*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Larval</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>An order of <subphylum>Tunicata</subphylum>, including <gen>Appendicularia</gen>, and allied genera; -- so called because certain larval features are retained by them through life. Called also <altname>Copelata</altname>. See <er>Appendicularia</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Larvate</ent><br/
<hw>Lar"vate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>larva</ets> mask.]</ety> <def>Masked; hence, concealed; obscure; -- applied in medicine to doubtful cases of some diseases; <as>as, <ex>larvate</ex> pneumonis; <ex>larvate</ex> epilepsy</as>.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Larvated</ent><br/
<hw>Lar"va*ted</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>larvatus</ets> bewitched. See <er>Larva</er>.]</ety> <def>Masked; clothed as with a mask.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Larve</ent><br/
<hw>Larve</hw> <pr>(l<aum/rv)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Larves</plw> <pr>(l<aum/rvz)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A larva.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Larviform</ent><br/
<hw>Lar"vi*form</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Larva</ets> + <ets>-form</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Having the form or structure of a larva.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Larviparous</ent><br/
<hw>Lar*vip"a*rous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Larva</ets> + L. <ets>parete</ets> to bring forth.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Depositing living larv<ae/, instead of eggs; -- said of certain insects.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lary</ent><br/
<hw>La"ry</hw> <pr>(l<amac/"r<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lare</ets> sea gull, L. <ets>larus</ets> a sort of sea bird, Gr. <grk>la`ros</grk>.]</ety> <def>A guillemot; -- called also <altname>lavy</altname>.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Laryngeal</ent><br/
<hw>Lar`yn*ge"al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Larynx</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the larynx; adapted to operations on the larynx; <as>as, <ex>laryngeal</ex> forceps</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Laryngean</ent><br/
<hw>Lar`yn*ge"an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>See <er>Laryngeal</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Laryngectomy</ent><br/
<hw>Lar`yn*gec"to*my</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>  <ety>[<ets>Larynx</ets> + Gr. <?/ to cut out.]</ety> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>Excision of the larynx.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Laryngismus</ent><br/
||<hw>Lar`yn*gis"mus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>laryggismo`s</grk> a croaking. See <er>Larynx</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A spasmodic state of the glottis, giving rise to contraction or closure of the opening.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Laryngitis</ent><br/
||<hw>Lar`yn*gi"tis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Larynx</er>, and <er>-tis</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Inflammation of the larynx.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Laryngograph</ent><br/
<hw>La*ryn"go*graph</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>  <ety>[<ets>larynx</ets> + <ets>-graph</ets>.]</ety> <def>An instrument for recording the larynx movements in speech.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Laryngological</ent><br/
<hw>La*ryn`go*log"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to laryngology.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Laryngologist</ent><br/
<hw>Lar`yn*gol"o*gist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who applies himself to laryngology.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Laryngology</ent><br/
<hw>Lar`yn*gol"o*gy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Larynx</ets> + <ets>-logy</ets>.]</ety> <def>Systematized knowledge of the action and functions of the larynx; in pathology, the department which treats of the diseases of the larynx.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Laryngophony</ent><br/
<hw>Lar`yn*goph"o*ny</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Larynx</ets> + Gr. (<?/) voice.]</ety> <def>The sound of the voice as heard through a stethoscope when the latter is placed upon the larynx.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Laryngoscope</ent><br/
<hw>La*ryn"go*scope</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Larynx</ets> + <ets>-scope</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>An instrument, consisting of an arrangement of two mirrors, for reflecting light upon the larynx, and for examining its image.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark> <br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A type of endoscope having a light source and lenses, permitting theviewing of a magnified image of the larynx.  It may be flexible or rigid.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Laryngoscopic</ent><br/
<hw>La*ryn`go*scop"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to the inspection of the larynx; of or pertaining to the laryngoscope or laryngoscopy.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Laryngoscopist</ent><br/
<hw>Lar`yn*gos"co*pist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One skilled in laryngoscopy.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Laryngoscopy</ent><br/
<hw>Lar`yn*gos"co*py</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The art of using the laryngoscope; investigations made with the laryngoscope.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Laryngotome</ent><br/
<hw>La*ryn"go*tome</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>An instrument for performing laryngotomy.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Laryngotomy</ent><br/
<hw>Lar`yn*got"o*my</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. (<?/); (<?/), (<?/), the larynx + <grk>te`mnein</grk> to cut: cf. F. <ets>laryngotomie</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>The operation of cutting into the larynx, from the outside of the neck, for assisting respiration when obstructed, or for removing foreign bodies.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Laryngotracheal</ent><br/
<hw>La*ryn`go*tra"che*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Larynx</ets> + <ets>tracheal</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to both larynx and trachea; <as>as, the <ex>laryngotracheal</ex> cartilage in the frog</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>laryngotracheotomy</ent><br/
<hw>la*ryn`go*tra`che*ot"o*my</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Larynx</ets> + <ets>tracheotomy</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>The operation of cutting into the larynx and the upper part of the trachea, -- a frequent operation for obstruction to breathing.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>larynx</ent><br/
<hw>lar"ynx</hw> <pr>(l<acr/r"<icr/<nsm/ks; 277)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. from Gr. <grk>la`rygx</grk>, <grk>la`ryggos</grk>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The expanded upper end of the windpipe or trachea, connected with the hyoid bone or cartilage. It contains the vocal cords, which produce the voice by their vibrations, when they are stretched and a current of air passes between them.  The larynx is connected with the pharynx by an opening, the glottis, which, in mammals, is protected by a lidlike epiglottis.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note><hand/ In the framework of the human larynx, the thyroid cartilage, attached to the hyoid bone, makes the protuberance on the front of the neck known as <xex>Adam's apple</xex>, and is articulated below to the ringlike cricoid cartilage. This is narrow in front and high behind, where, within the thyroid, it is surmounted by the two arytenoid cartilages, from which the vocal cords pass forward to be attached together to the front of the thyroid. See <er>Syrinx</er>.</note><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Las</ent><br/
<hw>Las</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A lace. See <er>Lace</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Las</ent><br/
<hw>Las</hw>, <pos>a. & adv.</pos> <def>Less.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>lasagne</ent><br/
<ent>lasagna</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>lasagna</hw>, <hw>lasagne</hw></mhw> <pr>(l<adot/*z<adot/n"y<ucr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A baked dish of layers of lasagna{2} pasta with sauce and cheese and meat or vegetables; -- a popular dish of Italian cuisine.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>large flat rectangular strips of pasta.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lascar</ent><br/
<hw>Las"car</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Per. & Hind. <ets>lashkar</ets> an army, an inferior artillery man, a cooly, a native sailor.]</ety> <def>A native sailor, employed in European vessels; also, a menial employed about arsenals, camps, camps, etc.; a camp follower.</def> <mark>[East Indies]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lascious</ent><br/
<hw>Las"ci*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Loose; lascivious.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <ldquo/To depaint <xex>lascious</xex> wantonness.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Holland.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>lasciviency</ent><br/
<hw>las*civ"i*en*cy</hw> <pr>(l<acr/s*s<icr/v"<icr/*<eit/n*s<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lascivient</er>.]</ety> <def>Lasciviousness; wantonness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lascivient</ent><br/
<hw>Las*civ"i*ent</hw> <pr>(l<acr/s*s<icr/v"<icr/*<eit/nt)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lasciviens</ets>, pr. of <ets>lascivire</ets> to be wanton, fr. <ets>lascivus</ets>. See <er>Lascivious</er>.]</ety> <def>Lascivious.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Dr. H. More.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lascivious</ent><br/
<hw>Las*civ"i*ous</hw> <pr>(l<acr/s*s<icr/v"<icr/*<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lascivia</ets> wantonness, fr. <ets>lascivus</ets> wanton; cf. Gr. <grk>la`stauros</grk> lecherous, <grk>lh^n</grk> to wish, Skr. <ets>lash</ets> to desire.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Wanton; lewd; lustful; <as>as, <ex>lascivious</ex> men; <ex>lascivious</ex> desires.</as></def>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Tending to produce voluptuous or lewd emotions.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber<br/
To the <qex>lascivious</qex> pleasing of a lute.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj></p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Las*civ"i*ous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Las*civ"i*ous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>lasciviousness</ent><br/
<hw>las*civ"i*ous*ness</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or habitual condition of feeling an excessive or morbid sexual desire.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> prurience, pruriency, carnality.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>lase</ent><br/
<hw>lase</hw> <pr>(l<amac/z)</pr> <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>lased</conjf> <pr>(l<amac/zd)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>lasing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[by back-formation from <er>laser</er>.  See <er>laser</er>.]</ety> <def>To give off a beam of coherent light; -- of a laser.</def><br/
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<p><ent>laser</ent><br/
<hw>laser</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[acronym from <ets>L</ets>ight <ets>A</ets>mplification by <ets>S</ets>timulated <ets>E</ets>mission of <ets>R</ets>adiation: ca. <fu>1955</fu>.]</ety> <def>A device which produces an intense, usually narrow, monochromatic beam of coherent light; called also <altname>optical maser</altname>.  It has various forms, and is used in various applications in science and technology.  The beam is produced by boosting the majority of the electrons in specific radiation-absorbing atoms in a medium into a higher energy level, from which they are stimulated by their own emitted radiation to drop back synchronously to their lower energy level, and emit light which is in phase (coherent).</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> optical maser.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>laser beam</ent><br/
<hw>laser beam</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A beam of light from a laser.</def><br/
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<p><ent>laser disk</ent><br/
<hw>laser disk</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A digital data storage medium consisting of a thin disk onto which the data is impressed by a laser, in the form of a linear sequence of dots; same as <altname>optical disk</altname>.  The data is subsequently read back by the use of a laser beam.  See also <stype>compact disk</stype>.</def>  <note>The original disk may be created by use of a laser, but copies of the original disk may be created by a replicating process which does not itself require a laser.</note><br/
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<p><ent>laser light</ent><br/
<hw>laser light</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Light produced by a laser.</def><br/
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<p><ent>laser printer</ent><br/
<hw>laser printer</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A printer controlled by a computer, using a laser beam to produce images in a fine dot-matrix pattern of charge on an electrostatic drum, to which fine particles of ink are subsequently caused to adhere, and the image of which is subsequently transferred to paper or another type of material in sheet form.  It is capable of high-speed production of images with a higher resolution than those from dot-matrix impact printers.</def><br/
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<p><ent>laser surgery</ent><br/
<hw>laser surgery</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Surgery using lasers.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laserwort</ent><br/
<hw>La"ser*wort`</hw> <pr>(l<amac/"s<etil/r*w<ucir/rt`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>laser</ets> the juice of the laserwort.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Any plant of the umbelliferous genus <gen>Laserpitium</gen>, of several species (as <spn>Laserpitium glabrum</spn>, and <spn>Laserpitium siler</spn>), the root of which yields a resinous substance of a bitter taste. The genus is mostly European.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lash</ent><br/
<hw>Lash</hw> <pr>(l<acr/sh)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>lasche</ets>; cf. D. <ets>lasch</ets> piece set in, joint, seam, G. <ets>lashe</ets> latchet, a bit of leather, gusset, stripe, <ets>laschen</ets> to furnish with flaps, to lash or slap, Icel. <ets>laski</ets> gusset, flap, <ets>laska</ets> to break.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.</def><br/
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<p><q>I observed that your whip wanted a <qex>lash</qex> to it.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough; <as>as, the culprit received thirty-nine <ex>lashes</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.</def><br/
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<p><q>The moral is a <qex>lash</qex> at the vanity of arrogating that to ourselves which succeeds well.</q> <rj><qau>L'Estrange.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.</def><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lash</ent><br/
<hw>Lash</hw> <pr>(l<acr/sh)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lashed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lashng</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.</def><br/
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<p><q>We <qex>lash</qex> the pupil, and defraud the ward.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash; <as>as, a whale <ex>lashes</ex> the sea with his tail</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>And big waves <qex>lash</qex> the frighted shores.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To throw out with a jerk or quickly.</def><br/
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<p><q>He falls, and <qex>lashing</qex> up his heels, his rider throws.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To scold; to berate; to satirize; to censure with severity; <as>as, to <ex>lash</ex> vice</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lash</ent><br/
<hw>Lash</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To ply the whip; to strike; to utter censure or sarcastic language.</def><br/
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<p><q>To laugh at follies, or to <qex>lash</qex> at vice.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>To lash out</b></col>, <cd>to strike out wildly or furiously; also used figuratively.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lash</ent><br/
<hw>Lash</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[Cf. D. <ets>lasschen</ets> to fasten together, <ets>lasch</ets> piece, joint, Sw. <ets>laska</ets> to stitch, Dan. <ets>laske</ets> stitch. See <er>Lash</er>, <pos>n.</pos> ]</ety> <def>To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten; <as>as, to <ex>lash</ex> something to a spar; to <ex>lash</ex> a pack on a horse's back.</as></def><br/
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<p><ent>Lasher</ent><br/
<hw>Lash"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who whips or lashes.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lasher</ent><br/
<hw>Lash"er</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A piece of rope for binding or making fast one thing to another; -- called also <altname>lashing</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A weir in a river.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lashing</ent><br/
<hw>Lash"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation; chastisement.</def>  <rj><au>South.</au></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lashing out</b></col>, <cd>a striking out; also, extravagance.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lashing</ent><br/
<hw>Lash"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See 2d <er>Lasher</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lasiocampid</ent><br/
<hw>lasiocampid</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A member of the <fam>Lasiocampidae</fam>, a family of medium-sized stout-bodied neutral-colored moth with comblike antennae.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lasiocampid moth.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lasiocampidae</ent><br/
<hw>Lasiocampidae</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A natural family of moths whose larvae include the tent caterpillars; the eggars; the lappet moths.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> family <fam>Lasiocampidae</fam>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lask</ent><br/
<hw>Lask</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A diarrhea or flux.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Holland.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lasket</ent><br/
<hw>Las"ket</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Lash</er>, <er>Latching</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>latching.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lass</ent><br/
<hw>Lass</hw> <pr>(l<adot/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>lasse</ets>; prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. <ets>llodes</ets> girl, fem. of <ets>llawd</ets> lad.  <root/123.  See <er>Lad</er> a youth.]</ety> <def>A young woman; a girl; a sweetheart.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lasse</ent><br/
<hw>Lasse</hw> <pr>(l<acr/s)</pr>, <pos>a. & adv.</pos> <def>Less.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lassie</ent><br/
<hw>Las"sie</hw> <pr>(l<acr/s"s<icr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A young girl; a lass.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lassitude</ent><br/
<hw>Las"si*tude</hw> <pr>(l<acr/s"s<icr/*t<umac/d)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lassitudo</ets>, fr. <ets>lassus</ets> faint, weary; akin to E. <ets>late</ets>: cf. F. <ets>lassitude</ets>. See <er>Late</er>.]</ety> <def>A condition of the body, or mind, when its voluntary functions are performed with difficulty, and only by a strong exertion of the will; languor; debility; weariness.</def><br/
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<p><q>The corporeal instruments of action being strained to a high pitch . . . will soon feel a <qex>lassitude</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Barrow.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lasslorn</ent><br/
<hw>Lass"lorn`</hw> <pr>(l<adot/s"l<ocir/rn`)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Forsaken by a lass.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lasso</ent><br/
<hw>Lass"o</hw> <pr>(l<acr/s"s<osl/)</pr> <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Lassos</plw> <pr>(-s<omac/z)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[Sp. <ets>lazo</ets>, L. <ets>laqueus</ets>. See <er>Lace</er>.]</ety> <def>A rope or long thong of leather with a running noose, used for catching horses, cattle, etc.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lasso cell</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>one of a peculiar kind of defensive and offensive stinging cells, found in great numbers in all c<oe/lenterates, and in a few animals of other groups.  They are most highly developed in the tentacles of jellyfishes, hydroids, and Actini<ae/.  Each of these cells is filled with, fluid, and contains a long, slender, often barbed, hollow thread coiled up within it. When the cell contracts the thread is quickly ejected, being at the same time turned inside out.  The thread is able to penetrate the flesh of various small, soft-bodied animals, and carries a subtle poison by which they are speedily paralyzed and killed.  The threads, at the same time, hold the prey in position, attached to the tentacles.  Some of the jellyfishes, as the Portuguese man-of-war, and <gen>Cyanea</gen>, are able to penetrate the human skin, and inflict painful stings in the same way.  Called also <altname>nettling cell</altname>, <altname>cnida</altname>, <altname>cnidocell</altname>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lasso</ent><br/
<hw>Las"so</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lassoed</conjf> <pr>(l<acr/s"s<osl/d)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lassoing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To catch with a lasso.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Last</ent><br/
<hw>Last</hw> <pr>(l<adot/st)</pr>, <pos>3d pers. sing. pres.</pos> <def>of <er>Last</er>, to endure, contracted from <sig>lasteth</sig>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Last</ent><br/
<hw>Last</hw> <pr>(l<adot/st)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>last</ets>, <ets>latst</ets>, contr. of <ets>latest</ets>, superl. of <ets>late</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>lezt</ets>, <ets>lazt</ets>, <ets>last</ets>, D. <ets>laatst</ets>, G. <ets>letzt.</ets> See <er>Late</er>, and cf. <er>Latest</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Being after all the others, similarly classed or considered, in time, place, or order of succession; following all the rest; final; hindmost; farthest; <as>as, the <ex>last</ex> year of a century; the <ex>last</ex> man in a line of soldiers; the <ex>last</ex> page in a book; his last chance</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>Also day by day, from the first day unto the <qex>last</qex> day, he read in the book of the law of God.</q> <rj><qau>Neh. viii. 18.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Fairest of stars, <qex>last</qex> in the train of night.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Next before the present; <as>as, I saw him <ex>last</ex> week</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Supreme; highest in degree; utmost.</def><br/
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<p><q>Contending for principles of the <qex>last</qex> importance.</q> <rj><qau>R. Hall.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Lowest in rank or degree; <as>as, the a <ex>last</ex> place finish</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Pope.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Farthest of all from a given quality, character, or condition; most unlikely; having least fitness; <as>as, he is the <ex>last</ex> person to be accused of theft</as>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>At last</b></col>, <cd>at the end of a certain period; after delay.</cd> <ldquo/The duke of Savoy felt that the time had <xex>at last</xex> arrived.<rdquo/ <au>Motley.</au> -- <col><b>At the last</b></col>. <ety>[Prob. fr. AS. <ets>on l<amac/ste</ets> behind, following behind, fr. <ets>l<amac/st</ets> race, track, footstep. See <er>Last</er> mold of the foot.]</ety> <cd>At the end; in the conclusion.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <ldquo/Gad, a troop shall overcome him; but he shall overcome <xex>at the last</xex>.<rdquo/ <au>Gen. xlix. 19.</au> -- <col><b>Last heir</b></col>, <cd>the person to whom lands escheat for lack of an heir.</cd> <mark>[Eng.]</mark> <au>Abbott.</au> -- <col><b>On one's last legs</b></col>, <cd>at, or near, the end of one's resources; hence, on the verge of failure or ruin, especially in a financial sense.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> -- <col><b>To breathe one's last</b></col>, <cd>to die.</cd> -- <col><b>To the last</b></col>, <cd>to the end; till the conclusion.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><q>And blunder on in business <qex>to the last</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- <er>At Last</er>, <er>At Length</er>.</syn> <usage> These phrases both denote that some delayed end or result has been reached. <xex>At length</xex> implies that a long period was spent in so doing; as, after a voyage of more than three months, we <xex>at Length</xex> arrived safe. <xex>At last</xex> commonly implies that something has occurred (as interruptions, disappointments, etc.) which leads us to emphasize the idea of having reached the end; as, in spite of every obstacle, we have <xex>at last</xex> arrived.</usage><-- "eventually" also suggests a (relatively) long interval, but does not specifically imply any interruptions --><br/
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<p><ent>Last</ent><br/
<hw>Last</hw> <pr>(l<adot/st)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Last</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>At a time or on an occasion which is the latest of all those spoken of or which have occurred; the last time; <as>as, I saw him <ex>last</ex> in New York</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>In conclusion; finally; lastly.</def><br/
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<p><q>Pleased with his idol, he commends, admires,<br/
Adores; and, <qex>last</qex>, the thing adored desires.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>At a time next preceding the present time.</def><br/
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<p><q>How long is't now since <qex>last</qex> yourself and I<br/
Were in a mask ?</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Last</ent><br/
<hw>Last</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lasted</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lasting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>lasten</ets>, As. <ets>l<ae/stan</ets> to perform, execute, follow, last, continue, fr. <ets>l<amac/st</ets>, <ets>l<aemac/st</ets>, trace, footstep, course; akin to G. <ets>leisten</ets> to perform, Goth. <ets>laistjan</ets> to follow. See <er>Last</er> mold of the foot.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To continue in time; to endure; to remain in existence.</def><br/
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<p><q>[I] proffered me to be slave in all that she me would ordain while my life <qex>lasted</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Testament of Love.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To endure use, or continue in existence, without impairment or exhaustion; <as>as, this cloth <ex>lasts</ex> better than that; the fuel will <ex>last</ex> through the winter.</as></def><br/
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<p><ent>Last</ent><br/
<hw>Last</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>l<amac/st</ets> trace, track, footstep; akin to D. <ets>leest</ets> a last, G. <ets>leisten</ets>, Sw. <ets>l<aum/st</ets>, Dan. <ets>l<ae/st</ets>, Icel. <ets>leistr</ets> the foot below the ankle, Goth. <ets>laists</ets> track, way; from a root signifying, to go.  Cf. <er>Last</er>, <pos>v. i.</pos>, <er>Learn</er>, <er>Delirium</er>.]</ety> <def>A wooden block shaped like the human foot, on which boots and shoes are formed.</def><br/
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<p><q>The cobbler is not to go beyond his <qex>last</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>L'Estrange.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Darning last</b></col>, <cd>a smooth, hard body, often egg-shaped, put into a stocking to preserve its shape in darning.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Last</ent><br/
<hw>Last</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To shape with a last; to fasten or fit to a last; to place smoothly on a last; <as>as, to <ex>last</ex> a boot</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Last</ent><br/
<hw>Last</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[As. <ets>hl<ae/st</ets>, fr. <ets>hladan</ets> to lade; akin to OHG. <ets>hlast</ets>, G., D., Dan., & Sw. <ets>last</ets>: cf. F. <ets>laste</ets>, <ets>last</ets>, a last, of German or Dutch origin. See <er>Lade</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A load; a heavy burden; hence, a certain weight or measure, generally estimated at 4,000 lbs., but varying for different articles and in different countries. In England, a <ex>last</ex> of codfish, white herrings, meal, or ashes, is twelve barrels; a <ex>last</ex> of corn, ten quarters, or eighty bushels, in some parts of England, twenty-one quarters; of gunpowder, twenty-four barrels, each containing 100 lbs; of red herrings, twenty cades, or 20,000; of hides, twelve dozen; of leather, twenty dickers; of pitch and tar, fourteen barrels; of wool, twelve sacks; of flax or feathers, 1,700 lbs.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The burden of a ship; a cargo.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lastage</ent><br/
<hw>Last"age</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[E. <ets>lestage</ets> ballasting, fr. <ets>lest</ets> ballast, or LL. <ets>lastagium</ets>, <ets>lestagium</ets>. See <er>Last</er> a load.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A duty exacted, in some fairs or markets, for the right to carry things where one will.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A tax on wares sold by the last.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Cowell.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The lading of a ship; also, ballast.</def>  <rj><au>Spelman.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Room for stowing goods, as in a ship.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laste</ent><br/
<hw>Last"e</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <mark>obs.</mark> <def><pos>imp.</pos> of <er>Last</er>, to endure.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Laster</ent><br/
<hw>Last"er</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A workman whose business it is to shape boots or shoes, or place leather smoothly, on lasts; a tool for stretching leather on a last.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lastery</ent><br/
<hw>Last"er*y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A red color.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lasthenia</ent><br/
<hw>Lasthenia</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A small genus of herbs of the Pacific coast of North and South America.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Lasthenia</gen>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lasting</ent><br/
<hw>Last"ing</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Existing or continuing a long while; enduring; <as>as, a <ex>lasting</ex> good or evil; a <ex>lasting</ex> color.</as></def><br/
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Durable; permanent; undecaying; perpetual; unending.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Lasting</er>, <er>Permanent</er>, <er>Durable</er>. <xex>Lasting</xex> commonly means merely continuing in existence; <xex>permanent</xex> carries the idea of continuing in the same state, position, or course; <xex>durable</xex> means lasting in spite of agencies which tend to destroy.</usage><br/
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<p><ent>Lasting</ent><br/
<hw>Last"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Continuance; endurance.</def>  <rj><au>Locke.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A species of very durable woolen stuff, used for women's shoes; everlasting.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The act or process of shaping on a last.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lastingly</ent><br/
<hw>Last"ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a lasting manner.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lastingness</ent><br/
<hw>lastingness</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> durability, enduringness, strength.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lastly</ent><br/
<hw>Last"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>In the last place; in conclusion.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>at last; finally.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lastreopsis</ent><br/
<hw>Lastreopsis</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A genus of tropical terrestrial shield ferns.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Lastreopsis</gen>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lat</ent><br/
<hw>Lat</hw> <pr>(l<acr/t)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To let; to allow.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Latah</ent><br/
<ent>Lata</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>La"ta</hw>, <hw>La"tah</hw>  }</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Malay.]</ety> <def>A convulsive tic or hysteric neurosis prevalent among Malays, similar to or identical with miryachit and jumping disease, the person affected performing various involuntary actions and making rapid inarticulate ejaculations in imitation of the actions and words of another person.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Latakia</ent><br/
<hw>Lat`a*ki"a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Turk.]</ety> <def>A superior quality of Turkish smoking tobacco, so called from the place where produced, the ancient Laodicea.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Latch</ent><br/
<hw>Latch</hw> <pr>(l<acr/ch)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>l<eacute/cher</ets> to lick (of German origin).  Cf. <er>Lick</er>.]</ety> <def>To smear; to anoint.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Latch</ent><br/
<hw>Latch</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>lacche</ets>, fr. <ets>lacchen</ets> to seize, As. <ets>l<ae/ccan</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>That which fastens or holds; a lace; a snare.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Rom. of R.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A movable piece which holds anything in place by entering a notch or cavity; specifically, the catch which holds a door or gate when closed, though it be not bolted.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A latching.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A crossbow.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Wright.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Latch</ent><br/
<hw>Latch</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Latched</conjf> <pr>(l<acr/cht)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Latching</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>lacchen</ets>. See <er>Latch</er>. <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To catch so as to hold.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>Those that remained threw darts at our men, and <qex>latching</qex> our darts, sent them again at us.</q> <rj><qau>Golding.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To catch or fasten by means of a latch.</def><br/
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<p><q>The door was only <qex>latched</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Locke.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>latched</ent><br/
<hw>latched</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>secured by means of a latch against opening.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> fastened.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Latchet</ent><br/
<hw>Latch"et</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>lachet</ets>, from an OF. dialect form of F. <ets>lacet</ets> plaited string, lace dim. of <ets>lacs</ets>. See <er>Lace</er>.]</ety> <def>The string that fastens a shoe; a shoestring.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Latching</ent><br/
<hw>Latch"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A loop or eye formed on the head rope of a bonnet, by which it is attached to the foot of a sail; -- called also <altname>latch</altname> and <altname>lasket</altname>.</def> <mark>[Usually in pl.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Latchkey</ent><br/
<hw>Latch"key`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A key used to raise, or throw back, the latch of a door, esp. a night latch.</def><br/
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<p><ent>latchkey child</ent><br/
<hw>latch"key` child</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A child who frequently spends part of the day at home without adult supervision, especially a school child who returns home before the parent(s) return from work.  Called also <altname>door-key child</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Latchstring</ent><br/
<hw>Latch"string`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A string for raising the latch of a door by a person outside. It is fastened to the latch and passed through a hole above it in the door.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>To find the latchstring out</b></col>, <cd>to meet with hospitality; to be welcome. (Intrusion is prevented by drawing in the latchstring.)</cd> <mark>[Colloq. U.S.]</mark></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Late</ent><br/
<hw>Late</hw> <pr>(l<amac/t)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Later</adjf> <pr>(l<amac/t"<etil/r)</pr>, or <adjf>latter</adjf> <pr>(l<acr/t"t<etil/r)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Latest</adjf> <pr>(l<amac/t"<ecr/st)</pr> or <adjf>Last</adjf> <pr>(l<adot/st)</pr>.]</amorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>lat</ets> slow, slack, AS. <ets>l<ae/t</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>lat</ets>, D. <ets>laat</ets> late, G. <ets>lass</ets> weary, lazy, slack, Icel. <ets>latr</ets>, Sw. <ets>lat</ets>, Dan. <ets>lad</ets>, Goth. <ets>lats</ets>, and to E. <ets>let</ets>, <pos>v.</pos> See <er>Let</er> to permit, and cf. <er>Alas</er>, <er>Lassitude</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Coming after the time when due, or after the usual or proper time; not early; slow; tardy; long delayed; <as>as, a <ex>late</ex> spring</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Far advanced toward the end or close; <as>as, a <ex>late</ex> hour of the day; a <ex>late</ex> period of life.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Existing or holding some position not long ago, but not now; recently deceased, departed, or gone out of office; <as>as, the <ex>late</ex> bishop of London; the <ex>late</ex> administration.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Not long past; happening not long ago; recent; <as>as, the <ex>late</ex> rains; we have received <ex>late</ex> intelligence.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Continuing or doing until an advanced hour of the night; <as>as, <ex>late</ex> revels; a <ex>late</ex> watcher.</as></def><br/
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<p><ent>Late</ent><br/
<hw>Late</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>late</ets>. See <er>Late</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>After the usual or proper time, or the time appointed; after delay; <as>as, he arrived <ex>late</ex></as>; -- opposed to <ant>early</ant>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Not long ago; lately.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Far in the night, day, week, or other particular period; <as>as, to lie abed <ex>late</ex>; to sit up <ex>late</ex> at night.</as></def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Of late</b></col>, <cd>in time not long past, or near the present; lately; <as>as, the practice is <ex>of late</ex> uncommon</as>.</cd> -- <col><b>Too late</b></col>, <cd>after the proper or available time; when the time or opportunity is past.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>latecomer</ent><br/
<hw>latecomer</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>someone who arrives late.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lated</ent><br/
<hw>Lat"ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Belated; too late.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>lateen</ent><br/
<hw>la*teen"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to a peculiar rig used in the Mediterranean and adjacent waters, esp. on the northern coast of Africa; pertaining to a lateen sail. See below.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>rigged with a triangular (lateen sail).</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lateen-rigged.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>lateen sail</ent><br/
<hw>lateen sail</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. voile <ets>latine</ets> a sail in the shape of a right-angled triangle; cf. It. & Sp. vela <ets>latina</ets>; properly <ets>Latin</ets> sail. See <er>Latin</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A triangular sail, extended by a long yard, which is slung at about one fourth of its length from the lower end, to a low mast, this end being brought down at the tack, while the other end is elevated at an angle or about forty-five degrees; -- used in small boats, feluccas, xebecs, etc., especially in the Mediterranean and adjacent waters. Some lateen sails have also a boom on the lower side.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lateen-rig</ent><br/
<hw>lateen-rig</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>the rig on a sailing vessel with a lateen sail.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lateen-rigged</ent><br/
<hw>lateen-rigged</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>rigged with a triangular (lateen sail).</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lateen.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lately</ent><br/
<hw>Late"ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Not long ago; recently; <as>as, he has <ex>lately</ex> arrived from Italy</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Latence</ent><br/
<hw>La"tence</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Latency.</def>  <rj><au>Coleridge.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Latency</ent><br/
<hw>La"ten*cy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Latent</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The state or quality of being latent.</def><br/
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<p><q>To simplify the discussion, I shall distinguish three degrees of this <qex>latency</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Hamilton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The time between a stimulus the appearance of the response; the time between any causal action and the first appearance of the effect.  Called also <altname>latent period</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The time between exposure to a carcinogen or other disease-causing agent and the appearance of the consequent disease.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lateness</ent><br/
<hw>Late"ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state, condition, or quality, of being late; <as>as, the <ex>lateness</ex> of his arrival; the <ex>lateness</ex> of the hour; the <ex>lateness</ex> of the season.</as></def><br/
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<p><ent>Latent</ent><br/
<hw>La"tent</hw> <pr>(l<amac/"t<eit/nt)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>latens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>latere</ets> to lie hid or concealed; cf. Gr. <grk>lanqa`nein</grk>, E. <ets>lethargy</ets>: cf. F. <ets>latent</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Not visible or apparent; hidden; concealed; secret; dormant; <as>as, <ex>latent</ex> springs of action</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>The evils <qex>latent</qex> in the most promising contrivances are provided for as they arise.</q> <rj><qau>Burke.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Existing but not presenting symptoms; dormant or developing; -- of disease, especially infectious diseases; <as>as, the <ex>latent</ex> phase of an infection</as>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Latent buds</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>buds which remain undeveloped or dormant for a long time, but may eventually grow.</cd> <col><b>Latent heat</b></col> <fld>(Physics)</fld>, <cd>that quantity of heat which disappears or becomes concealed in a body while producing some change in it other than rise of temperature, as fusion, evaporation, or expansion, the quantity being constant for each particular body and for each species of change; the amount of heat required to produce a change of phase.</cd> -- <col><b>Latent period</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <cd>The regular time in which a disease is supposed to be existing without manifesting itself.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <cd>One of the phases in a simple muscular contraction, in which invisible preparatory changes are taking place in the nerve and muscle.</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <cd>One of those periods or resting stages in the development of the ovum, in which development is arrested prior to renewed activity.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Latently</ent><br/
<hw>La"tent*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a secret or concealed manner; invisibly.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Later</ent><br/
||<hw>La"ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Lateres</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>A brick or tile.</def>  <rj><au>Knight.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Later</ent><br/
<hw>Lat"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Compar. of <er>Late</er>, <pos>a. & adv.</pos></def><br/
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<p><ent>Laterad</ent><br/
<hw>Lat"er*ad</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>latus</ets>, <ets>lateris</ets>, side + <ets>ad</ets> to.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Toward the side; away from the mesial plane; -- opposed to <ant>mesiad</ant>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lateral</ent><br/
<hw>Lat"er*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lateralis</ets>, fr. <ets>latus</ets>, <ets>lateris</ets>, side: cf. F. <ets>lat<eacute/ral</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the sides; <as>as, the <ex>lateral</ex> walls of a house; the <ex>lateral</ex> branches of a tree.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Lying at, or extending toward, the side; away from the mesial plane; external; -- opposed to <ant>mesial</ant>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Directed to the side; <as>as, a <ex>lateral</ex> view of a thing</as>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lateral cleavage</b></col> <fld>(Crystallog.)</fld>, <cd>cleavage parallel to the lateral planes.</cd> -- <col><b>Lateral equation</b></col> <fld>(Math.)</fld>, <cd>an equation of the first degree.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> -- <col><b>Lateral line</b></col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>in fishes, a line of sensory organs along either side of the body, often marked by a distinct line of color.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Lateral pressure</b></col> or <col><b>stress</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Mech.)</fld>, <cd>a pressure or stress at right angles to the length, as of a beam or bridge; -- distinguished from <xex>longitudinal pressure or stress</xex>.</cd> -- <col><b>Lateral strength</b></col> <fld>(Mech.)</fld>, <cd>strength which resists a tendency to fracture arising from lateral pressure.</cd> -- <col><b>Lateral system</b></col> <fld>(Bridge Building)</fld>, <cd>the system of horizontal braces (as between two vertical trusses) by which lateral stiffness is secured.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>lateral pass</ent><br/
<ent>lateral</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>lat"er*al</hw>, <hw>lat"er*al pass`</hw></mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Football)</fld> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A short pass to a receiver who is upfield from the passer, i.e. is behind the passer relative to the direction of the passer's goal.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A part or extension of something that points sideways, as a drift in a mine that goes to the side from the main one.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lateral</ent><br/
<hw>lat"er*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t. & i.</pos> <fld>(Football)</fld> <def>To pass the footbal to a receiver who is behind the passer; to make a lateral pass; <as>as, the ball was <ex>lateraled</ex> to the fullback, who ran it for a touchdown</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laterality</ent><br/
<hw>Lat`er*al"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or condition of being lateral.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laterally</ent><br/
<hw>Lat"er*al*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>By the side; sidewise; toward, or from, the side.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lateran</ent><br/
<hw>Lat"er*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The church and palace of St. John Lateran, the church being the cathedral church of Rome, and the highest in rank of all churches in the Catholic world.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ The name is said to have been derived from that of the <etsep>Laterani</etsep> family, who possessed a palace on or near the spot where the church now stands. In this church several ecclesiastical councils, hence called <ex>Lateran</ex> councils, have been held.</note><br/
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<p><ent>Latered</ent><br/
<hw>Lat"ered</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Inclined to delay; dilatory.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <ldquo/When a man is too <xex>latered</xex>.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Laterifolious</ent><br/
<hw>Lat`er*i*fo"li*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>latus</ets>, <ets>lateris</ets>, side + <ets>folium</ets> leaf: cf. F. <ets>lat<eacute/rifoli<eacute/</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Growing from the stem by the side of a leaf; <as>as, a <ex>laterifolious</ex> flower</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laterite</ent><br/
<hw>Lat"er*ite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>later</ets> brick, tile: cf. F. <ets>lat<eacute/rite</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>An argillaceous sandstone, of a red color, and much seamed; -- found in India.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lateritic</ent><br/
<hw>Lat`er*it"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Consisting of, containing, or characterized by, laterite; <as>as, <ex>lateritic</ex> formations</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lateritious</ent><br/
<hw>Lat"er*i"tious</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lateritius</ets>, fr. <ets>later</ets> a brick.]</ety> <def>Like bricks; of the color of red bricks.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lateritious sediment</b></col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>a sediment in urine resembling brick dust, observed after the crises of fevers, and at the termination of gouty paroxysms. It usually consists of uric acid or urates with some coloring matter.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lates</ent><br/
||<hw>La"tes</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ a fish of the Nile.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A genus of large percoid fishes, of which one species (<spn>Lates Niloticus</spn>) inhabits the Nile, and another (<spn>Lates calcarifer</spn>) is found in the Ganges and other Indian rivers. They are valued as food fishes.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Latescence</ent><br/
<hw>La*tes"cence</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A slight withdrawal from view or knowledge.</def>  <rj><au>Sir W. Hamilton.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Latescent</ent><br/
<hw>La*tes"cent</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>latescens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>latescere</ets> to be concealed, fr. <ets>latere</ets> to be hid.]</ety> <def>Slightly withdrawn from view or knowledge; <as>as, a <ex>latescent</ex> meaning</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Sir W. Hamilton.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Latewake</ent><br/
<hw>Late"wake`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <cref>Lich wake</cref>, under <er>Lich</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lateward</ent><br/
<hw>Late"ward</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a. & adv.</pos> <def>Somewhat late; backward.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <ldquo/<xex>Lateward</xex> lands.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Holland.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Latex</ent><br/
||<hw>La"tex</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A milky or colored juice in certain plants in cavities (called <xex>latex cells</xex> or <xex>latex tubes</xex>). It contains the peculiar principles of the plants, whether aromatic, bitter, or acid, and in many instances yields caoutchouc upon coagulation.  The lattex of the India rubber plant produces the rubber of commerce on coagulation.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Any aqueous emulsion of finely divided rubber or plastic particles, especially such an emulsion used as a base for paint; <as>as, a <ex>latex</ex> paint</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lath</ent><br/
<hw>Lath</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Laths</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[OE. <ets>laththe</ets>, <ets>latthe</ets>, <ets>latte</ets>, AS. <ets>l<ae/tta</ets>; akin to D. <ets>lat</ets>, G. <ets>latte</ets>, OHG. <ets>latta</ets>; cf. W. <ets>llath</ets> a rod, staff, yard.  Cf. <er>Lattice</er>, <er>Latten</er>.]</ety> <def>A thin, narrow strip of wood, nailed to the rafters, studs, or floor beams of a building, for the purpose of supporting the tiles, plastering, etc. A corrugated metallic strip or plate is sometimes used.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lath brick</b></col>, <cd>a long, slender brick, used in making the floor on which malt is placed in the drying kiln.</cd> <col><b>Lath nail</b></col> <cd>a slender nail for fastening laths.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lath</ent><br/
<hw>Lath</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lathed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lathing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To cover or line with laths.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lathe</ent><br/
<hw>Lathe</hw> <pr>(l<aum/<th/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>l<aemac/<edh/</ets>. Of uncertain origin.]</ety> <def>Formerly, a part or division of a county among the Anglo-Saxons. At present it consists of four or five hundreds, and is confined to the county of Kent.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>lath</asp>.]</altsp>  <rj><au>Brande & C.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lathe</ent><br/
<hw>Lathe</hw> <pr>(l<amac/<th/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>lathe</ets> a granary; akin to G. <ets>lade</ets> a chest, Icel. <ets>hla<edh/a</ets> a storehouse, barn; but cf. also Icel. <ets>l<oum/<edh/</ets> a smith's lathe. Senses 2 and 3 are perh. of the same origin as <ets>lathe</ets> a granary, the original meaning being, a frame to hold something. If so, the word is from an older form of E. <ets>lade</ets> to load. See <er>Lade</er> to load.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A granary; a barn.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>A machine for turning, that is, for shaping articles of wood, metal, or other material, by causing them to revolve while acted upon by a cutting tool.</def>
<-- "turning" here is in the sense of cutting while turning.
    turn 6 and turning 4, in this dict. --><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The movable swing frame of a loom, carrying the reed for separating the warp threads and beating up the weft; -- called also <altname>lay</altname> and <altname>batten</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Blanchard lathe</b></col>, <cd>a lathe for turning irregular forms after a given pattern, as lasts, gunstocks, and the like.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Drill lathe</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Speed lathe</b></col></mcol>, <cd>a small lathe which, from its high speed, is adapted for drilling; a hand lathe.</cd> -- <col><b>Engine lathe</b></col>, <cd>a turning lathe in which the cutting tool has an automatic feed; -- used chiefly for turning and boring metals, cutting screws, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>Foot lathe</b></col>, <cd>a lathe which is driven by a treadle worked by the foot.</cd> -- <col><b>Geometric lathe</b></col>. See under <er>Geometric</er> -- <col><b>Hand lathe</b></col>, <cd>a lathe operated by hand; a power turning lathe without an automatic feed for the tool.</cd> -- <col><b>Slide lathe</b></col>, <cd>an engine lathe.</cd> -- <col><b>Throw lathe</b></col>, <cd>a small lathe worked by one hand, while the cutting tool is held in the other.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>lathee</ent><br/
<hw>lathee</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a heavy stick (often bamboo) bound with iron; used by police in India.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lathi.</syn><br/
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<p><-- p. 833 --></p>

<p><ent>Lather</ent><br/
<hw>Lath"er</hw> <pr>(l<acr/<th/"<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>le<aacute/<edh/or</ets> niter, in <ets>le<aacute/<edh/orwyrt</ets> soapwort; cf. Icel. <ets>lau<edh/r</ets>; perh. akin to E. <ets>lye</ets>.]</ety>  <sn>1.</sn> <def>Foam or froth made by soap moistened with water.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lather</ent><br/
<hw>Lath"er</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lathered</conjf> <pr>(l<acr/<th/"<etil/rd)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lathering</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[AS. <ets>l<emac/<edh/rian</ets> to lather, anoint. See <er>Lather</er>, <pos>n.</pos> ]</ety> <def>To spread over with lather; <as>as, to <ex>lather</ex> the face</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lather</ent><br/
<hw>Lath"er</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To form lather, or a froth like lather; to accumulate foam from profuse sweating, as a horse.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lather</ent><br/
<hw>Lath"er</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Leather</er>.]</ety> <def>To beat severely with a thong, strap, or the like; to flog.</def> <mark>[Low]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lathreeve</ent><br/
<ent>Lathereeve</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lathe"reeve`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Lath"reeve`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Formerly, the head officer of a lathe. See 1st <er>Lathe</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lathing</ent><br/
<hw>Lath"ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or process of covering with laths.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Laths, collectively; a covering of laths.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lath-shaped</ent><br/
<hw>Lath"-shaped`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having a slender elongated form, like a lath; -- said of the feldspar of certain igneous rocks, as diabase, as seen in microscopic sections.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lathwork</ent><br/
<hw>Lath"work`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Lathing</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lathy</ent><br/
<hw>Lath"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Like a lath; long and slender.</def><br/
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<p><q>A <qex>lathy</qex> horse, all legs and length.</q> <rj><qau>R. Browning.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Latian</ent><br/
<hw>La"tian</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Belonging, or relating, to Latium, a country of ancient Italy. See <er>Latin</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Latibulize</ent><br/
<hw>La*tib"u*lize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Latibulized</conjf> <pr>(<?/)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Latibulizing</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>latibulum</ets> hiding place, fr. <ets>latere</ets> to lie hid.]</ety> <def>To retire into a den, or hole, and lie dormant in winter; to retreat and lie hid.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>G. Shaw.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Latibulum</ent><br/
||<hw>La*tib"u*lum</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Latibula</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>A concealed hiding place; a burrow; a lair; a hole.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laticiferous</ent><br/
<hw>Lat`i*cif"er*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>latex</ets>, <ets>laticis</ets>, a liquid + <ets>-ferous</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Containing the latex; -- applied to the tissue or tubular vessels in which the latex of the plant is found.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laticlave</ent><br/
<hw>Lat"i*clave</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>laticlavus</ets>, <ets>laticlavium</ets>; <ets>latus</ets> broad + <ets>clavus</ets> nail, a purple stripe on the tunica: cf. F. <ets>laticlave</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Rom. Antiq.)</fld> <def>A broad stripe of purple on the fore part of the tunic, worn by senators in ancient Rome as an emblem of office.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laticostate</ent><br/
<hw>Lat`i*cos"tate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>latus</ets> broad + E. <ets>costate</ets>.]</ety> <def>Broad-ribbed.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Latidentate</ent><br/
<hw>Lat`i*den"tate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>latus</ets> broad + E. <ets>dentate</ets>.]</ety> <def>Broad-toothed.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Latifolious</ent><br/
<ent>Latifoliate</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lat`i*fo"li*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Lat`i*fo"li*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>latifolius</ets>; <ets>latus</ets> broad + <ets>folium</ets> leaf: cf. F. <ets>latifoli<eacute/</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having broad leaves.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Latigo</ent><br/
||<hw>La"ti*go</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp. <ets>l<aacute/tigo</ets>.]</ety> <def>A strap for tightening a saddle girth.</def> <mark>[Western U. S. & Sp. Amer.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Latigo halter</ent><br/
<hw>La"ti*go hal"ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A kind of halter usually made of raw hide.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Latimer</ent><br/
<hw>Lat"i*mer</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>latinier</ets>, <ets>latimier</ets>, prop., one knowing Latin.]</ety> <def>An interpreter.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <au>Coke</au>.<br/
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<p><ent>Latimeria</ent><br/
<hw>Latimeria</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>The type genus of the <fam>Latimeridae</fam>, including the coelacanth.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Latimeria</gen>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Latimeridae</ent><br/
<hw>Latimeridae</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A natural family of fish extinct except for the coelacanth.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> family <fam>Latimeridae</fam>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Latin</ent><br/
<hw>Lat"in</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>Latinus</ets> belonging to Latium, Latin, fr. <ets>Latium</ets> a country of Italy, in which Rome was situated.  Cf. <er>Ladin</er>, <ets>Lateen sail</ets>, under <er>Lateen</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to Latium, or to the Latins, a people of Latium; Roman; <as>as, the <ex>Latin</ex> language</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Of, pertaining to, or composed in, the language used by the Romans or Latins; <as>as, a <ex>Latin</ex> grammar; a <ex>Latin</ex> composition or idiom.</as></def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Latin Church</b></col> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld>, <cd>the Western or Roman Catholic Church, as distinct from the Greek or Eastern Church.</cd> -- <col><b>Latin cross</b></col>. <cd>See <xex>Illust.</xex> 1 of <er>Cross</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Latin races</b></col>, <cd>a designation sometimes loosely given to certain nations, esp. the French, Spanish, and Italians, who speak languages principally derived from Latin.</cd> <col><b>Latin Union</b></col>, <cd>an association of states, originally comprising France, Belgium, Switzerland, and Italy, which, in 1865, entered into a monetary agreement, providing for an identity in the weight and fineness of the gold and silver coins of those countries, and for the amounts of each kind of coinage by each. Greece, Servia, Roumania, and Spain subsequently joined the Union.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Latin</ent><br/
<hw>Lat"in</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A native or inhabitant of Latium; a Roman.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The language of the ancient Romans.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>An exercise in schools, consisting in turning English into Latin.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Ascham.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>A member of the Roman Catholic Church.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Dog Latin</b></col>, <cd>barbarous Latin; a jargon in imitation of Latin; <as>as, the <ex>log Latin</ex> of schoolboys</as>.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Late Latin</b></col>, <col><b>Low Latin</b></col></mcol>, <cd>terms used indifferently to designate the latest stages of the Latin language; low Latin (and, perhaps, late Latin also), including the barbarous coinages from the French, German, and other languages into a Latin form made after the Latin had become a dead language for the people.</cd> -- <col><b>Law Latin</b></col>, <cd>that kind of late, or low, Latin, used in statutes and legal instruments; -- often barbarous.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Latin</ent><br/
<hw>Lat"in</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To write or speak in Latin; to turn or render into Latin.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Fuller.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Latin America</ent><br/
<hw>Lat"in A*me"ri*ca</hw>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>That part of the American continents that speak Spanish, Portuguese, or French; the part of the American continents south of the United States.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Latin American</ent><br/
<hw>Lat"in A*me"ri*can</hw>, <pos>prop. a.</pos> <def>Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Latin America.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Latin American</ent><br/
<hw>Lat"in A*me"ri*can</hw>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A native or inhabitant of Latin America.</def><br/
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<p><ent>latinate</ent><br/
<hw>latinate</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>derived from or imitative of Latin.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Latinise</ent><br/
<hw>Latinise</hw> <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Latinize</er>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Romanize, Latinize.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Latinism</ent><br/
<hw>Lat"in*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>latinisme</ets>.]</ety> <def>A Latin idiom; a mode of speech peculiar to Latin; also, a mode of speech in another language, as English, formed on a Latin model.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ The term is also sometimes used by Biblical scholars to designate a Latin word in Greek letters, or the Latin sense of a Greek word in the Greek Testament.</note><br/
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<p><ent>Latinist</ent><br/
<hw>Lat"in*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>latiniste</ets>.]</ety> <def>One skilled in Latin; a Latin scholar.</def>  <rj><au>Cowper.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>He left school a good <qex>Latinist</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Latinistic</ent><br/
<hw>Lat`in*is"tic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of, pertaining to, or derived from, Latin; in the Latin style or idiom.</def> <ldquo/<xex>Latinistic</xex> words.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Fitzed. Hall.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Latinitaster</ent><br/
<hw>La*tin"i*tas`ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Poetaster</er>.]</ety> <def>One who has but a smattering of Latin.</def>  <rj><au>Walker.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Latinity</ent><br/
<hw>La*tin"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>latinitas</ets>: cf. F. <ets>latinit<eacute/</ets>.]</ety> <def>The Latin tongue, style, or idiom, or the use thereof; specifically, purity of Latin style or idiom.</def> <ldquo/His ele<?/ant <xex>Latinity</xex>.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Motley.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Latinization</ent><br/
<hw>Lat`in*i*za"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act or process of Latinizing, as a word, language, or country.</def><br/
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<p><q>The Germanization of Britain went far deeper than the <qex>Latinization</qex> of France.</q> <rj><qau>M. Arnold.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Latinize</ent><br/
<hw>Lat"in*ize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Latinized</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Latinizing</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>latinizare</ets>: cf. F. <ets>latiniser</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To give Latin terminations or forms to, as to foreign words, in writing Latin.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To bring under the power or influence of the Romans or Latins; to affect with the usages of the Latins, especially in speech.</def> <ldquo/<xex>Latinized</xex> races.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Lowell.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To make like the Roman Catholic Church or diffuse its ideas in; <as>as, to <ex>Latinize</ex> the Church of England</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>to write in the latin alphabet.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Romanize.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Latinize</ent><br/
<hw>Lat"in*ize</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To use words or phrases borrowed from the Latin.</def>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To come under the influence of the Romans, or of the Roman Catholic Church.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Latinly</ent><br/
<hw>Lat"in*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In the manner of the Latin language; in correct Latin.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Heylin.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lation</ent><br/
<hw>La"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>latio</ets>, fr. <ets>latus</ets> borne. See <er>Tolerate</er>.]</ety> <def>Transportation; conveyance.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Latirostrous</ent><br/
<ent>Latirostral</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lat`i*ros"tral</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Lat`i*ros"trous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>latirostre</ets>. See <er>Latirostres</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Having a broad beak.</def>  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Latirostres</ent><br/
||<hw>Lat`i*ros"tres</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>latus</ets> broad + <ets>rostrum</ets> beak.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The broad-billed singing birds, such as the swallows, and their allies.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Latish</ent><br/
<hw>Lat"ish</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Somewhat late.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Latisternal</ent><br/
<hw>Lat`i*ster"nal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>latus</ets> broad + E. <ets>sternal</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Having a broad breastbone, or sternum; -- said of anthropoid apes.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Latitancy</ent><br/
<hw>Lat"i*tan*cy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Latitant</er>.]</ety> <def>Act or state of lying hid, or lurking.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Latitant</ent><br/
<hw>Lat"i*tant</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>latitans</ets>, pr. of <ets>latitare</ets> to lie hid, to lurk, v. intens. fr. <ets>latere</ets> to be hid: cf. F. <ets>latitant</ets>.]</ety> <def>Lying hid; concealed; latent.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Latitat</ent><br/
||<hw>Lat"i*tat</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., he lies hid.]</ety> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld> <def>A writ based upon the presumption that the person summoned was hiding.</def>  <rj><au>Blackstone.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Latitation</ent><br/
<hw>Lat`i*ta"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>latitatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>A lying in concealment; hiding.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Latitude</ent><br/
<hw>Lat"i*tude</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>latitude</ets>, L. <ets>latitudo</ets>, fr. <ets>latus</ets> broad, wide, for older <ets>stlatus</ets>; perh. akin to E. <ets>strew</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Extent from side to side, or distance sidewise from a given point or line; breadth; width.</def><br/
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<p><q>Provided the length do not exceed the <qex>latitude</qex> above one third part.</q> <rj><qau>Sir H. Wotton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Room; space; freedom from confinement or restraint; hence, looseness; laxity; independence.</def><br/
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<p><q>In human actions there are no degrees and precise natural limits described, but a <qex>latitude</qex> is indulged.</q> <rj><qau>Jer. Taylor.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Extent or breadth of signification, application, etc.; extent of deviation from a standard, as truth, style, etc.</def><br/
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<p><q>No discreet man will believe Augustine's miracles, in the <qex>latitude</qex> of monkish relations.</q> <rj><qau>Fuller.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Extent; size; amplitude; scope.</def><br/
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<p><q>I pretend not to treat of them in their full <qex>latitude</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Locke.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Geog.)</fld> <def>Distance north or south of the equator, measured on a meridian.</def><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>The angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic.</def><br/
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Ascending latitude</b></col>, <col><b>Circle of latitude</b></col>, <col><b>Geographical latitude</b></col></mcol>, <cd>etc. See under <er>Ascending</er>. <er>Circle</er>, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>High latitude</b></col>, <cd>that part of the earth's surface near either pole, esp. that part within either the arctic or the antarctic circle.</cd> -- <col><b>Low latitude</b></col>, <cd>that part of the earth's surface which is near the equator.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Latitudinal</ent><br/
<hw>Lat`i*tu"di*nal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to latitude; in the direction of latitude.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Latitudinarian</ent><br/
<hw>Lat`i*tu`di*na"ri*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>latitudinaire</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Not restrained; not confined by precise limits.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Indifferent to a strict application of any standard of belief or opinion; hence, deviating more or less widely from such standard; lax in doctrine; <as>as, <ex>latitudinarian</ex> divines; <ex>latitudinarian</ex> theology.</as></def><br/
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<p><q><qex>Latitudinarian</qex> sentiments upon religious subjects.</q> <rj><qau>Allibone.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Lax in moral or religious principles.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Latitudinarian</ent><br/
<hw>Lat`i*tu`di*na"ri*an</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who is moderate in his notions, or not restrained by precise settled limits in opinion; one who indulges freedom in thinking.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Eng. Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>A member of the Church of England, in the time of Charles II., who adopted more liberal notions in respect to the authority, government, and doctrines of the church than generally prevailed.</def><br/
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<p><q>They were called <ldquo/men of latitude;<rdquo/ and upon this, men of narrow thoughts fastened upon them the name of <qex>latitudinarians</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Bp. Burnet.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Theol.)</fld> <def>One who departs in opinion from the strict principles of orthodoxy.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Latitudinarianism</ent><br/
<hw>Lat`i*tu`di*na"ri*an*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A latitudinarian system or condition; freedom of opinion in matters pertaining to religious belief.</def><br/
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<p><q>Fierce sectarianism bred fierce <qex>latitudinarianism</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>De Quincey.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>He [Ammonius Saccas] plunged into the wildest <qex>latitudinarianism</qex> of opinion.</q> <rj><qau>J. S. Harford.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Latitudinous</ent><br/
<hw>Lat`i*tu"di*nous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having latitude, or wide extent.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Latoun</ent><br/
<ent>Laton</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lat"on</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Lat"oun</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Latten, 1.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Latrant</ent><br/
<hw>La"trant</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>latrans</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>latrare</ets>. See <er>Latrate</er>.]</ety> <def>Barking.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Tickell.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Latrate</ent><br/
<hw>La"trate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>latratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>latrare</ets> to bark.]</ety> <def>To bark as a dog.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Latration</ent><br/
<hw>La*tra"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A barking.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Latreutical</ent><br/
<hw>La*treu"tic*al</hw> <pr>(l<adot/*tr<udd/"t<icr/*k<ait/l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>latreytiko`s</grk>, fr. <grk>latrey`ein</grk> to serve, to worship.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Acting as a hired servant; serving; ministering; assisting.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to latria.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bp. Hall.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Latria</ent><br/
||<hw>La*tri"a</hw> <pr>(l<adot/*tr<imac/"<adot/; 277)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <grk>latrei`a</grk>, fr. <grk>latrey`ein</grk> to serve, fr. <grk>la`tris</grk> servant.]</ety> <def>The highest kind of worship, or that paid to God; -- distinguished by the Roman Catholics from <contr>dulia</contr>, or the inferior worship paid to saints.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Latrine</ent><br/
<hw>La*trine"</hw> <pr>(l<adot/*tr<emac/n")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>latrina</ets>: cf. F. <ets>latrines</ets>.]</ety> <def>A privy, or water-closet, esp. in a camp, hospital, etc.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Latrociny</ent><br/
<hw>Lat"ro*cin`y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>latrocinium</ets>.  Cf. <er>Larceny</er>.]</ety> <def>Theft; larceny.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>latte</ent><br/
<hw>lat"te</hw> <pr>(l<adot/*t<amac/")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>cafe latte</er>; a type of espresso coffee served with foamy steamed milk, and usually served in a tall glass or mug.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Latten</ent><br/
<hw>Lat"ten</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>latoun</ets>, <ets>laton</ets>, OF. <ets>laton</ets>, F. <ets>laiton</ets>, prob. fr. OF. <ets>late</ets> lath, F. <ets>latte</ets>; -- because made in thin plates; cf. It. <ets>latta</ets> a sheet of tinned iron, tin plate. F. <ets>latte</ets> is of German origin. See <er>Lath</er> a thin board.]</ety><br/
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>A kind of brass hammered into thin sheets, formerly much used for making church utensils, as candlesticks, crosses, etc.; -- called also <altname>latten brass</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><q>He had a cross of <qex>latoun</qex> full of stones.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Sheet tin; iron plate, covered with tin; also, any metal in thin sheets; <as>as, gold <ex>latten</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Black latten</b></col>, <cd>brass in milled sheets, composed of copper and zinc, used by braziers, and for drawing into wire.</cd> -- <col><b>Roll latten</b></col>, <cd>latten polished on both sides ready for use.</cd> -- <col><b>Shaven latten</b></col>, <cd>a thinner kind than black latten.</cd> -- <col><b>White latten</b></col>, <cd>a mixture of brass and tin.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Latter</ent><br/
<hw>Lat"ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>later</ets>, <ets>l<ae/tter</ets>, compar. of <ets>lat</ets> late. See <er>Late</er>, and cf. <er>Later</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Later; more recent; coming or happening after something else; -- opposed to <ant>former</ant>; <as>as, the former and <ex>latter</ex> rain</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Of two things, the one mentioned second.</def><br/
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<p><q>The difference between reason and revelation, and in what sense the <qex>latter</qex> is superior.</q> <rj><qau>I. Watts.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Recent; modern.</def><br/
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<p><q>Hath not navigation discovered in these <qex>latter</qex> ages, whole nations at the bay of Soldania?</q> <rj><qau>Locke.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Last; latest; final.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> <ldquo/My <xex>latter</xex> gasp.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Latter harvest</b></col>, <cd>the last part of the harvest.</cd> -- <col><b>Latter spring</b></col>, <cd>the last part of the spring of the year.</cd>  <au>Shak.</au></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Latterday</ent><br/
<hw>Lat"ter*day`</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Belonging to present times or those recent by comparison.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Latter-day saint</ent><br/
<hw>Lat"ter-day` saint"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A Mormon; -- the <membof>Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</membof> being the name assumed by the whole body of Mormons.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Latterkin</ent><br/
<hw>Lat"ter*kin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A pointed wooden tool used in glazing leaden lattice.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Latterly</ent><br/
<hw>Lat"ter*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Lately; of late; recently; at a later, as distinguished from a former, period.</def><br/
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<p><q><qex>Latterly</qex> Milton was short and thick.</q> <rj><qau>Richardson.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lattermath</ent><br/
<hw>Lat"ter*math</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Aftermath</er>.]</ety> <def>The latter, or second, mowing; the aftermath.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lattice</ent><br/
<hw>Lat"tice</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>latis</ets>, F. <ets>lattis</ets> lathwork, fr. <ets>latte</ets> lath. See <er>Latten</er>, 1st <er>Lath</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Any work of wood, metal, plastic, or other solid material, made by crossing a series of parallel laths, or thin strips, with another series at a diagonal angle, and forming a network with openings between the strips; <as>as, the <ex>lattice</ex> of a window</as>; -- called also <altname>latticework</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><q>The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the <qex>lattice</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Judg. v. 28. </qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>The representation of a piece of latticework used as a bearing, the bands being vertical and horizontal.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Crystallography)</fld> <def>The arrangement of atoms or molecules in a crystal, represented as a repeating arrangement of points in space, each point representing the location of an atom or molecule; called also <altname>crystal lattice</altname> and <altname>space lattice</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lattice bridge</b></col>, <cd>a bridge supported by lattice girders, or latticework trusses.</cd> -- <col><b>Lattice girder</b></col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>a girder of which the wed consists of diagonal pieces crossing each other in the manner of latticework.</cd> -- <col><b>Lattice plant</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>an aquatic plant of Madagascar (<spn>Ouvirandra fenestralis</spn>), whose leaves have interstices between their ribs and cross veins, so as to resemble latticework. A second species is <spn>Ouvirandra Berneriana</spn>. The genus is merged in <gen>Aponogeton</gen> by recent authors.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lattice</ent><br/
<hw>Lat"tice</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Latticed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Latticing</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To make a lattice of; <as>as, to <ex>lattice</ex> timbers</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To close, as an opening, with latticework; to furnish with a lattice; <as>as, to <ex>lattice</ex> a window</as>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>To lattice up</b></col>, <cd>to cover or inclose with a lattice.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><q>Therein it seemeth he [Alexander] hath <qex>latticed up</qex> Caesar.</q> <rj><qau>Sir T. North.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>latticed</ent><br/
<hw>latticed</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>having a lattice.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> fretted, interlaced, latticelike.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>latticelike</ent><br/
<hw>latticelike</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>  <def>same as <er>latticed</er>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> fretted, interlaced, latticed.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Latticework</ent><br/
<hw>Lat"tice*work`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Lattice</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 1.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Latticing</ent><br/
<hw>Lat"ti*cing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or process of making a lattice of, or of fitting a lattice to.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bridge Building)</fld> <def>A system of bars crossing in the middle to form braces between principal longitudinal members, as of a strut.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Latus rectum</ent><br/
||<hw>La"tus rec"tum</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., the right side.]</ety> <fld>(Conic Sections)</fld> <def>The line drawn through a focus of a conic section parallel to the directrix and terminated both ways by the curve. It is the parameter of the principal axis. See <er>Focus</er>, and <er>Parameter</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laud</ent><br/
<hw>Laud</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>laus</ets>, <ets>laudis</ets>. See <er>Laud</er>, <pos>v. i.</pos>]</ety><br/
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>High commendation; praise; honor; exaltation; glory.</def> <ldquo/<xex>Laud</xex> be to God.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>So do well and thou shalt have <qex>laud</qex> of the same.</q> <rj><qau>Tyndals.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A part of divine worship, consisting chiefly of praise; -- usually in the <pluf>pl.</pluf></def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ In the Roman Catholic Church, the prayers used at daybreak, between those of matins and prime, are called <xex>lauds</xex>.</note><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Music or singing in honor of any one.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laud</ent><br/
<hw>Laud</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lauded</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lauding</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>laudare</ets>, fr. <ets>laus</ets>, <ets>laudis</ets>, praise.  Cf. <er>Allow</er>.]</ety> <def>To praise in words alone, or with words and singing; to celebrate; to extol.</def><br/
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<p><q>With all the company of heaven, we <qex>laud</qex> and magnify thy glorious name.</q> <rj><qau>Book of Common Prayer.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Laudability</ent><br/
<hw>Laud`a*bil"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>laudabilitas</ets>.]</ety> <def>Laudableness; praiseworthiness.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laudable</ent><br/
<hw>Laud"a*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>laudabilis</ets>: cf. OE. <ets>laudable</ets>. See <er>Laud</er>, <pos>v. i.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Worthy of being lauded; praiseworthy; commendable; <as>as, <ex>laudable</ex> motives; <ex>laudable</ex> actions; <ex>laudable</ex> ambition.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Healthy; salubrious; normal; having a disposition to promote healing; not noxious; <as>as, <ex>laudable</ex> juices of the body; <ex>laudable</ex> pus.</as></def>  <rj><au>Arbuthnot.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Laudableness</ent><br/
<hw>Laud"a*ble*ness</hw> <pr>(l<add/d"<adot/*b'l*n<ecr/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality of being laudable; praiseworthiness; commendableness.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laudably</ent><br/
<hw>Laud"a*bly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a laudable manner.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laudanine</ent><br/
<hw>Lau"da*nine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Laudanum</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A white organic base, resembling morphine, and obtained from certain varieties of opium.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laudanum</ent><br/
<hw>Lau"da*num</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Orig. the same wort as <ets>ladanum</ets>, <ets>ladbdanum</ets>: cf. F. <ets>laudanum</ets>, It. <ets>laudano</ets>, <ets>ladano</ets>. See <er>Ladanum</er>.]</ety> <def>Tincture of opium, used for various medical purposes.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ A fluid ounce of American laudanum should contain the soluble matter of one tenth of an ounce avoirdupois of powdered opium with equal parts of alcohol and water. English laudanum should have ten grains less of opium in the fluid ounce. <au>U. S. Disp.</au></note><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Dutchman's laudanum</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Dutchman</er>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Laudation</ent><br/
<hw>Lau*da"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>laudatio</ets>: cf. OE. <ets>taudation</ets>. See <er>Land</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety> <def>The act of lauding; praise; high commendation.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laudative</ent><br/
<hw>Laud"a*tive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>laudativus</ets> laudatory: cf. F. <ets>laudatif</ets>.]</ety> <def>Laudatory.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laudative</ent><br/
<hw>Laud"a*tive</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A panegyric; a eulogy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Laudator</ent><br/
||<hw>Lau*da"tor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who lauds.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>An arbitrator.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Cowell.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Laudatory</ent><br/
<hw>Laud"a*to*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>laudatorius</ets>: cf. OF. <ets>laudatoire</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining praise, or to the expression of praise; <as>as, <ex>laudatory</ex> verses; the <ex>laudatory</ex> powers of Dryden.</as></def>  <rj><au>Sir J. Stephen.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lauder</ent><br/
<hw>Laud"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who lauds.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laugh</ent><br/
<hw>Laugh</hw> <pr>(l<aum/f)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Laughed</conjf> <pr>(l<aum/ft)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Laughing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>laughen</ets>, <ets>laghen</ets>, <ets>lauhen</ets>, AS. <ets>hlehhan</ets>, <ets>hlihhan</ets>, <ets>hlyhhan</ets>, <ets>hliehhan</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>hlahan</ets>, D. & G. <ets>lachen</ets>, OHG. <ets>hlahhan</ets>, <ets>lahhan</ets>, <ets>lahh<emac/n</ets>, Icel. <ets>hl<ae/ja</ets>,W Dan. <ets>lee</ets>, Sw. <ets>le</ets>, Goth. <ets>hlahjan</ets>; perh. of imitative origin.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter.</def><br/
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<p><q>Queen Hecuba <qex>laughed</qex> that her eyes ran o'er.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>He <qex>laugheth</qex> that winneth.</q> <rj><qau>Heywood's Prov.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Fig.: To be or appear gay, cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport.</def><br/
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<p><q>Then <qex>laughs</qex> the childish year, with flowerets crowned.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>In Folly's cup still <qex>laughs</qex> the bubble Joy.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>To laugh at</b></col>, <cd>to make an object of laughter or ridicule; to make fun of; to deride.</cd><br/
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<p><q>No wit to flatter left of all his store,<br/
No fool <qex>to laugh at</qex>, which he valued more.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj></p>

<p>-- <mcol><col><b>To laugh in the sleeve</b></col>, <col><b>To laugh up one's sleeve</b></col></mcol>, <cd>to laugh secretly, or so as not to be observed, especially while apparently preserving a grave or serious demeanor toward the person or persons laughed at.</cd> -- <col><b>To laugh out</b></col>, <cd>to laugh in spite of some restraining influence; to laugh aloud.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>To laugh out of the other corner of the mouth</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>To laugh out of the other side of the mouth</b></col></mcol>, <cd>to weep or cry; to feel regret, vexation, or disappointment after hilarity or exaltation.</cd> <mark>[Slang]</mark></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Laugh</ent><br/
<hw>Laugh</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule.</def><br/
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<p><q>Will you <qex>laugh</qex> me asleep, for I am very heavy?</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>I shall <qex>laugh</qex> myself to death.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To express by, or utter with, laughter; -- with <xex>out</xex>.</def><br/
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<p><q>From his deep chest <qex>laughs</qex> out a loud applause.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>To laugh away</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To drive away by laughter; <as>as, <ex>to laugh away</ex> regret</as>.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To waste in hilarity.</cd> <ldquo/Pompey doth this day <xex>laugh away</xex> his fortune.<rdquo/ <au>Shak.</au> -- <col><b>To laugh down</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To cause to cease or desist by laughter; as, <xex>to laugh down</xex> a speaker.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To cause to be given up on account of ridicule; as, <xex>to laugh down</xex> a reform.</cd> -- <col><b>To laugh one out of</b></col>, <cd>to cause one by laughter or ridicule to abandon or give up; <as>as, <ex>to laugh one out of</ex> a plan or purpose</as>.</cd> -- <col><b>To laugh to scorn</b></col>, <cd>to deride; to treat with mockery, contempt, and scorn; to despise.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Laugh</ent><br/
<hw>Laugh</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An expression of mirth peculiar to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter. See <er>Laugh</er>, <pos>v. i.</pos></def><br/
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<p><q>And the loud <qex>laugh</qex> that spoke the vacant mind.</q> <rj><qau>Goldsmith.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>That man is a bad man who has not within him the power of a hearty <qex>laugh</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>F. W. Robertson.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Laughable</ent><br/
<hw>Laugh"a*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Fitted to excite laughter; <as>as, a <ex>laughable</ex> story; a <ex>laughable</ex> scene.</as></def><br/
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Droll; ludicrous; mirthful; comical. See <er>Droll</er>, and <er>Ludicrous</er>.</syn><br/
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Laugh"a*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> -- <wf>Laugh"a*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/
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<p><ent>Laugher</ent><br/
<hw>Laugh"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who laughs.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A variety of the domestic pigeon.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A contest in which one side wins easily; a lopsided victory.</def> <mark>[Informal]</mark> <br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A blatantly false statement, especially a self-serving one.</def> <mark>[Slang]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Laughing</ent><br/
<hw>Laugh"ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a. & n.</pos> <def>from <er>Laugh</er>, <pos>v. i.</pos></def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Laughing falcon</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>a South American hawk (<spn>Herpetotheres cachinnans</spn>); -- so called from its notes, which resemble a shrill laugh.</cd> -- <col><b>Laughing gas</b></col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>nitrous oxide, also called hyponitrous oxide, or protoxide of nitrogen; -- so called from the exhilaration and laughing which it sometimes produces when inhaled.  It has been much used as an anaesthetic agent, though now its use is primarily in dentistry</cd> -- <col><b>Laughing goose</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>the European white-fronted goose.</cd> -- <col><b>Laughing gull</b></col>. <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A common European gull (<spn>Xema ridibundus</spn>); -- called also <altname>pewit</altname>, <altname>black cap</altname>, <altname>red-legged gull</altname>, and <altname>sea crow</altname>.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>An American gull (<spn>Larus atricilla</spn>). In summer the head is nearly black, the back slate color, and the five outer primaries black.</cd> -- <col><b>Laughing hyena</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>the spotted hyena. See <er>Hyena</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Laughing jackass</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>the great brown kingfisher (<spn>Dacelo gigas</spn>), of Australia; -- called also <altname>giant kingfisher</altname>, and <altname>gogobera</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>Laughing owl</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>a peculiar owl (<spn>Sceloglaux albifacies</spn>) of New Zealand, said to be on the verge of extinction. The name alludes to its notes.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Laughingly</ent><br/
<hw>Laugh"ing*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>With laughter or merriment.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laughingstock</ent><br/
<hw>Laugh"ing*stock`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An object of ridicule; a butt of sport.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>When he talked, he talked nonsense, and made himself the <qex>laughingstock</qex> of his hearers.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Laughsome</ent><br/
<hw>Laugh"some</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Exciting laughter; also, addicted to laughter; merry.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Laughter</ent><br/
<hw>Laugh"ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>hleahtor</ets>; akin to OHG. <ets>hlahtar</ets>, G. <ets>gel<aum/chter</ets>, Icel. <ets>hl<amac/tr</ets>, Dan. <ets>latter</ets>. See <er>Laugh</er>, <pos>v. i.</pos> ]</ety> <def>A movement (usually involuntary) of the muscles of the face, particularly of the lips, with a peculiar expression of the eyes, indicating merriment, satisfaction, or derision, and usually attended by a sonorous and interrupted expulsion of air from the lungs. See <er>Laugh</er>, <pos>v. i.</pos></def><br/
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<p><q>The act of <qex>laughter</qex>, which is a sweet contraction of the muscles of the face, and a pleasant agitation of the vocal organs, is not merely, or totally within the jurisdiction of ourselves.</q> <rj><qau>Sir T. Browne.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Archly the maiden smiled, and with eyes overrunning with <qex>laughter</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Longfellow.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Laughterless</ent><br/
<hw>Laugh"ter*less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not laughing; without laughter.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laughworthy</ent><br/
<hw>Laugh"wor`thy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Deserving to be laughed at.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>B. Jonson.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Laumontite</ent><br/
<hw>Lau"mont*ite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From Dr. <ets>Laumont</ets>, the discoverer.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A mineral, of a white color and vitreous luster. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime. Exposed to the air, it loses water, becomes opaque, and crumbles.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>laumonite</asp>.]</altsp><br/
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<p><ent>Launce</ent><br/
<hw>Launce</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A lance.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Launce</ent><br/
<hw>Launce</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[It. <ets>lance</ets>, L. <ets>lanx</ets>, <ets>lancis</ets>, plate, scale of a balance.  Cf. <er>Balance</er>.]</ety> <def>A balance.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>Fortune all in equal <qex>launce</qex> doth sway.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Launce</ent><br/
<hw>Launce</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>See <er>Lant</er>, the fish.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Launcegaye</ent><br/
<hw>Launce"gaye`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Lancegaye</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Launch</ent><br/
<hw>Launch</hw> <pr>(l<add/nch <it>or</it> l<aum/nch)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Launched</conjf> <pr>(l<add/ncht <it>or</it> l<aum/ncht)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Launching</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>launchen</ets> to throw as a lance, OF. <ets>lanchier</ets>, another form of <ets>lancier</ets>, F. <ets>lancer</ets>, fr. <ets>lance</ets> lance. See <er>Lance</er>.]</ety> <altsp>[Written also <asp>lanch</asp>.]</altsp> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q><qex>Launch</qex> your hearts with lamentable wounds.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to set afloat; <as>as, to <ex>launch</ex> a ship</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>With stays and cordage last he rigged the ship,<br/
And rolled on levers, <qex>launched</qex> her in the deep.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To send out; to start (one) on a career; to set going; to give a start to (something); to put in operation; <as>as, to <ex>launch</ex> a son in the world; to <ex>launch</ex> a business project or enterprise.</as></def><br/
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<p><q>All art is used to sink episcopacy, and <qex>launch</qex> presbytery in England.</q> <rj><qau>Eikon Basilike.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Launch</ent><br/
<hw>Launch</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to make a beginning; <as>as, to <ex>launch</ex> into the current of a stream; to <ex>launch</ex> into an argument or discussion; to <ex>launch</ex> into lavish expenditures</as>; -- often with <xex>out</xex>.</def><br/
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<p><q><qex>Launch</qex> out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.</q> <rj><qau>Luke v. 4.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>He [Spenser] <qex>launches</qex> out into very flowery paths.</q> <rj><qau>Prior.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Launch</ent><br/
<hw>Launch</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of launching.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <ety>[Cf. Sp. <ets>lancha</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>The boat of the largest size belonging to a ship of war; also, an open boat of any size driven by steam, naphtha, electricity, or the like.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Launching ways</b></col>. <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Way</er>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>launcher</ent><br/
<hw>launcher</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>a device capable of launching a rocket.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> rocket launcher.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A device which launches aircraft from an aircraft carrier; -- it provides additional velocity to the airplane, to supplement that from the airplane's engines, so that the airplane rapidly achieves a velocity sufficient to sustain it in flight when taking off.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> catapult.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>launching</ent><br/
<hw>launching</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>the act of moving a newly-built vessel into the water for the first time.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>the act of beginning something new.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> debut, first appearance, unveiling, introduction, entry.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>the act of propelling with force.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> launch.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>launchpad</ent><br/
<hw>launchpad</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Rocketry)</fld> <def>a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> launching pad, launch pad, launch area, pad.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Laund</ent><br/
<hw>Laund</hw> <pr>(l<add/nd)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lawn</er> of grass.]</ety> <def>A plain sprinkled with trees or underbrush; a glade.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>In a <qex>laund</qex> upon an hill of flowers.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Through this <qex>laund</qex> anon the deer will come.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Launder</ent><br/
<hw>Laun"der</hw> <pr>(l<add/n"d<etil/r <it>or</it> l<aum/n"d<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Contracted fr. OE. <ets>lavender</ets>, F. <ets>lavandi<egrave/re</ets>, LL. <ets>lavandena</ets>, from L. <ets>lavare</ets> to wash. See <er>Lave</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A washerwoman.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>A trough used by miners to receive the powdered ore from the box where it is beaten, or for carrying water to the stamps, or other apparatus, for comminuting, or sorting, the ore.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Launder</ent><br/
<hw>Laun"der</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Laundered</conjf> <pr>(l<add/n"d<etil/rd <it>or</it> l<aum/n"d<etil/rd)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Laundering</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To wash, as clothes; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron; <as>as, to <ex>launder</ex> shirts</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To lave; to wet.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Launderer</ent><br/
<hw>Laun"der*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who follows the business of laundering.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Laundering</ent><br/
<hw>Laun"der*ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act, or occupation, of one who launders; washing and ironing.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laundress</ent><br/
<hw>Laun"dress</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A woman whose employment is laundering.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laundress</ent><br/
<hw>Laun"dress</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To act as a laundress.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Laundry</ent><br/
<hw>Laun"dry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Laundries</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[OE. <ets>lavendrie</ets>, OF. <ets>lavanderie</ets>. See <er>Launder</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A laundering; a washing.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A place or room where laundering is done; a laundry room.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A business establishment where clothing is laundered for a fee.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A collection of items such as articles of clothing or bed linens that need to be laundered, or have just been laundered; <as>as, put the dirty <ex>laundry</ex> in the basket and take it downstairs; hang the <ex>laundry</ex> out to dry</as>.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>coin laundry</b></col> <cd>A business establishment with washing and drying machines operated by coins, where items such as articles of clothing may be laundered and dried by the customer.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Laundryman</ent><br/
<hw>Laun"dry*man</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Laundrymen</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.</plu> <def>A man who follows the business of laundering.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Laura</ent><br/
<hw>Lau"ra</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[LL., fr. Gr. (<?/) lane, defile, also, a kind of monastery.]</ety> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld> <def>A number of hermitages or cells in the same neighborhood occupied by anchorites who were under the same superior.</def>  <rj><au>C. Kingsley.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lauraceous</ent><br/
<hw>Lau*ra"ceous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Laurus</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Belonging to, or resembling, a natural order (<ord>Laurace<ae/</ord>) of trees and shrubs having aromatic bark and foliage, and including the laurel, sassafras, cinnamon tree, true camphor tree, etc.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Laurate</ent><br/
<hw>Lau"rate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt of lauric acid.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Laureate</ent><br/
<hw>Lau"re*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>laureatus</ets>, fr. <ets>laurea</ets> laurel tree, fr. <ets>laureus</ets> of laurel, fr. <ets>laurus</ets> laurel: cf. F. <ets>laur<eacute/at</ets>.  Cf. <er>Laurel</er>.]</ety> <def>Crowned, or decked, with laurel.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>To strew the <qex>laureate</qex> hearse where Lycid lies.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Soft on her lap her <qex>laureate</qex> son reclines.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Poet laureate</b></col>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>One who received an honorable degree in grammar, including poetry and rhetoric, at the English universities; -- so called as being presented with a wreath of laurel.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>Formerly, an officer of the king's household, whose business was to compose an ode annually for the king's birthday, and other suitable occasions; now, a poet officially distinguished by such honorary title, the office being a sinecure. It is said this title was first given in the time of Edward IV.</cd> <mark>[Eng.]</mark> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>A poet who has been publicly recognized as the most pre-eminent poet of a country or region; <as>as, the <ex>poet laureate</ex> of the United States</as>.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Laureate</ent><br/
<hw>Lau"re*ate</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One crowned with laurel; a poet laureate.</def> <ldquo/A learned <xex>laureate</xex>.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Cleveland.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A person who has been presented with an award for some distinguished achievement; <as>as, a Nobel <ex>laureate</ex>; the Pris de Rome <ex>laureate</ex>; the Music Director <ex>Laureate</ex>; the conductor <ex>laureate</ex></as>.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Laureate</ent><br/
<hw>Lau"re*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Laureated</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Laureating</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <def>To honor with a wreath of laurel, as formerly was done in bestowing a degree at the English universities.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Laureateship</ent><br/
<hw>Lau"re*ate*ship</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>State, or office, of a laureate.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Laureation</ent><br/
<hw>Lau`re*a"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>laur<eacute/ation</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of crowning with laurel; the act of conferring an academic degree, or honorary title.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Laurel</ent><br/
<hw>Lau"rel</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>lorel</ets>, <ets>laurer</ets>, <ets>lorer</ets>, OF. <ets>lorier</ets>, <ets>laurier</ets>, F. <ets>laurier</ets>, (assumed) LL. <ets>Laurarius</ets>, fr. L. <ets>laurus</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An evergreen shrub, of the genus <gen>Laurus</gen> (<spn>Laurus nobilis</spn>), having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils; -- called also <altname>sweet bay</altname>.</def> <note>The fruit is a purple berry. It is found about the Mediterranean, and was early used by the ancient Greeks to crown the victor in the games of Apollo. At a later period, academic honors were indicated by a crown of laurel, with the fruit. The leaves and tree yield an aromatic oil, used to flavor the bay water of commerce.</note><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note><hand/ The name is extended to other plants which in some respect resemble the true laurel. See Phrases, below.</note><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A crown of laurel; hence, honor; distinction; fame; -- especially in the plural; <as>as, to win <ex>laurels</ex></as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>An English gold coin made in 1619, and so called because the king's head on it was crowned with laurel.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Laurel water</b></col>, <cd>water distilled from the fresh leaves of the cherry laurel, and containing prussic acid and other products carried over in the process.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><mcol><col><b>American laurel</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Mountain laurel</b></col></mcol>, <cd><spn>Kalmia latifolia</spn>; called also <altname>calico bush</altname>. See under <er>Mountain</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>California laurel</b></col>, <cd><spn>Umbellularia Californica</spn>.</cd> -- <col><b>Cherry laurel</b></col> <cd>(in England called <altname>laurel</altname>). See under <er>Cherry</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Great laurel</b></col>, <cd>the rosebay (<spn>Rhododendron maximum</spn>).</cd> -- <col><b>Ground laurel</b></col>, <cd>trailing arbutus.</cd> -- <col><b>New Zealand laurel</b></col>, <cd>the <spn>Laurelia Nov<ae/ Zelandi<ae/</spn>.</cd> -- <col><b>Portugal laurel</b></col>, <cd>the <spn>Prunus Lusitanica</spn>.</cd> -- <col><b>Rose laurel</b></col>, <cd>the oleander. See <er>Oleander</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Sheep laurel</b></col>, <cd>a poisonous shrub, <spn>Kalmia angustifolia</spn>, smaller than the mountain laurel, and with smaller and redder flowers.</cd> -- <col><b>Spurge laurel</b></col>, <cd><spn>Daphne Laureola</spn>.</cd> -- <col><b>West Indian laurel</b></col>, <cd><spn>Prunus occidentalis</spn>.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Laureled</ent><br/
<hw>Lau"reled</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Crowned with laurel, or with a laurel wreath; laureate.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>laurelled</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>laurels</ent><br/
<hw>lau"rels</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <def>An honor or honors conferred for some notable achievement.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>to rest on one's laurels</b></col> <mark>[fig.]</mark>  <cd>to be content with one's past achievements and not strive to continue to excel; <as>as, he didn't <ex>rest on his laurels</ex> after receiving the Nobel Prize, but went on to made even more significant discoveries</as>.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>laurel-tree</ent><br/
<hw>laurel-tree</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A small tree (<spn>Persea borbonia</spn>) of the Southern U. S. having dark red heartwood.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> red bay, <spn>Persea borbonia</spn>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Laurentian</ent><br/
<hw>Lau*ren"tian</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to, or near, the St. Lawrence River; <as>as, the <ex>Laurentian</ex> hills</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Laurentian period</b></col> <fld>(Geol.)</fld>, <cd>the lower of the two divisions of the Arch<ae/an age; -- called also <altname>the Laurentian</altname>.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Laurer</ent><br/
<hw>Lau"rer</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Laurel.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Laurestine</ent><br/
<hw>Lau"res*tine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. <ets>lautus tinus</ets>, fr. L. <ets>laurus</ets> the laurel + <ets>tinus</ets> laurestine. See <er>Laurel</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The <spn>Viburnum Tinus</spn>, an evergreen shrub or tree of the south of Europe, which flowers during the winter months.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>laurustine</asp> and <asp>laurestina</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lauric</ent><br/
<hw>Lau"ric</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Pertaining to, or derived from, the European bay or laurel (<spn>Laurus nobilis</spn>).</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>pertaining to or combined with <er>lauric acid</er>, the 12-carbon member of the fatty acid series; combined with the acyl group of lauric acid.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lauric acid</ent><br/
<hw>Lauric acid</hw> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <def>a white, crystalline substance, <chform>CH3.(CH2)10.COOH</chform>, resembling palmitic acid, and obtained from the fruit of the bay tree, and various other vegetable sources. The sodium salt (<er>sodium lauryl sulfate</er>) is used as a detergent.</def>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> dodecanoic acid, laurostearic acid, dodecoic acid.</syn><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source> + <source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lauriferous</ent><br/
<hw>Lau*rif"er*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>laurifer</ets>; <ets>laurus</ets> + <ets>ferre</ets> to bear.]</ety> <def>Producing, or bringing, laurel.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Laurin</ent><br/
<hw>Lau"rin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>laurine</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A white crystalline substance extracted from the fruit of the bay (<spn>Laurus nobilis</spn>), and consisting of a complex mixture of glycerin ethers of several organic acids.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Laurinol</ent><br/
<hw>Lau"ri*nol</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Laurin</ets> + <ets>-ol</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Ordinary camphor; -- so called in allusion to the family name (<fam>Laurace<ae/</fam>) of the camphor trees. See <er>Camphor</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lauriol</ent><br/
<hw>Lau"ri*ol</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Spurge laurel.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Laurite</ent><br/
<hw>Lau"rite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Etymol. uncertain.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A rare sulphide of osmium and ruthenium found with platinum in Borneo and Oregon.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Laurone</ent><br/
<hw>Lau"rone</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Lauric</ets> + <ets>-one</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>The ketone of lauric acid.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Laurus</ent><br/
||<hw>Lau"rus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., laurel.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of trees including, according to modern authors, only the true laurel (<spn>Laurus nobilis</spn>), and the larger <spn>Laurus Canariensis</spn> of Madeira and the Canary Islands. Formerly the sassafras, the camphor tree, the cinnamon tree, and several other aromatic trees and shrubs, were also referred to the genus <gen>Laurus</gen>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Laus</ent><br/
<hw>Laus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Loose.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lautverschiebung</ent><br/
||<hw>Laut"ver*schie`bung</hw> <pr>(lout"f<ecr/r*sh<emac/`b<oocr/ng)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu>pl. <plw>Lautverschiebungen</plw> <pr>(lout"f<ecr/r*sh<emac/`b<oocr/ng*<eit/n)</pr></plu>. <ety>[G.; <ets>laut</ets> sound + <ets>verschiebung</ets> shifting.]</ety> <fld>(Philol.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The regular changes which the primitive Indo-European stops, or mute consonants, underwent in the Teutonic languages, probably as early as the 3d century <sc>b. c.</sc> , often called the <altname>first Lautverschiebung</altname>, <altname>sound shifting</altname>, or <altname>consonant shifting</altname>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A somewhat similar set of changes taking place in the High German dialects (less fully in modern literary German) from the 6th to the 8th century, known as the <altname>second Lautverschiebung</altname>, the results of which form the striking differences between High German and The Low German Languages. The statement of these changes is commonly regarded as forming part of <er>Grimm's law</er>, because included in it as originally framed.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>lav</ent><br/
<hw>lav</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[by truncation of <ets>lav</ets>atory.]</ety> <def>Same as <er>lavatory</er>{5}; -- a shortened form of the word.</def> <mark>[informal]</mark> <br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> toilet, lavatory, can, facility, john, privy, bathroom.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lava</ent><br/
<hw>La"va</hw> <pr>(l<aum/"v<adot/; 277)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[It. <ets>lava</ets> lava, orig. in Naples, a torrent of rain overflowing the streets, fr. It. & L. <ets>lavare</ets> to wash. See <er>Lave</er>.]</ety> <def>The melted rock ejected by a volcano from its top or fissured sides. It flows out in streams sometimes miles in length. It also issues from fissures in the earth's surface, and forms beds covering many square miles, as in the Northwestern United States.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note><hand/ Lavas are classed, according to their structure, as scoriaceous or cellular, glassy, stony, etc., and according to the material of which they consist, as doleritic, trachytic, etc.</note><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Lava millstone</b></col>, <cd>a hard and coarse basaltic millstone from the neighborhood of the Rhine.</cd> -- <col><b>Lava ware</b></col>, <cd>a kind of cheap pottery made of iron slag cast into tiles, urns, table tops, etc., resembling lava in appearance.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>lavalava</ent><br/
<hw>la`va*la"va</hw> <pr>(l<aum/`v<adot/*l<aum/"v<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A printed cloth garment resembling a skirt or kilt, worn as the principle garment by both men and women in Polynesia, especialy in  Samoa; called also <altname>pareu</altname>.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>La valliere</ent><br/
<ent>lavallier</ent><br/
<ent>lavaliere</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>la`va`liere"</hw>, <hw>la`val`lier"</hw>, or  <hw>La val`liere"</hw> }</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[after the <person>Duchesse de <ets>La Valliere</ets></person>, a mistress of <person>Louis XI.</person> <au>RHUD</au>.]</ety> <def>A neck ornament consisting of a chain and single jewelled pendant, or drop; also, the pendant itself.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>lavaliere microphone</ent><br/
<hw>la`va`liere" mic"ro*phone</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A small microphone worn around the neck on a supporting string or chain.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lavandula</ent><br/
<hw>Lavandula</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A genus of plants of the mint family including the lavender{1}.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Lavandula</gen>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lavaret</ent><br/
<hw>Lav"a*ret</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A European whitefish (<spn>Coregonus laveretus</spn>), found in the mountain lakes of Sweden, Germany, and Switzerland.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lavatera</ent><br/
<hw>Lavatera</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A widespread genus of herbs or soft-wooded arborescent shrubs cultivated for their showy flowers.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Lavatera</gen>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lavatic</ent><br/
<hw>La*vat"ic</hw> <pr>(l<adot/*v<acr/t"<icr/k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Like lava, or composed of lava; lavic.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lavation</ent><br/
<hw>La*va"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lavatio</ets>: cf. OF. <ets>lavation</ets>.]</ety> <def>A washing or cleansing.</def> <mark>[Obs. or R.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lavatory</ent><br/
<hw>Lav"a*to*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Washing, or cleansing by washing.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lavatory</ent><br/
<hw>Lav"a*to*ry</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Lavatories</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>lavatorium</ets>: cf. <ets>lavatoire</ets>. See <er>Lave</er> to wash, and cf. <er>Laver</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A place for washing.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A basin or other vessel for washing in.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A wash or lotion for a diseased part.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A place where gold is obtained by washing.</def><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>A room containing one or more sinks for washing, as well as one or more toilet fixtures; also called <altname>bathroom</altname>, <altname>toilet</altname>, and sometimes <altname>commode</altname>.  Commode and toilet may refer to a room with only a toilet fixture, but without a sink.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> toilet, lavatory, can, facility, john, privy, bathroom.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lavature</ent><br/
<hw>Lav"a*ture</hw> <pr>(?; 135)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A wash or lotion.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lave</ent><br/
<hw>Lave</hw> <pr>(l<amac/v)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Laved</conjf> <pr>(l<amac/vd)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Laving</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[F. <ets>laver</ets>, L. <ets>lavare</ets>, akin to <ets>luere</ets> to wash, Gr. <?/.  Cf. <er>Ablution</er>, <er>Deluge</er>, <er>Lavender</er>, <er>Lava</er>, <er>Lotion</er>.]</ety> <def>To wash; to bathe; <as>as, to <ex>lave</ex> a bruise</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>His feet the foremost breakers <qex>lave</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Byron.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lave</ent><br/
<hw>Lave</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To bathe; to wash one's self.</def><br/
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<p><q>In her chaste current oft the goddess <qex>laves</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lave</ent><br/
<hw>Lave</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>laven</ets>. See <er>Lavish</er>.]</ety> <def>To lade, dip, or pour out.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lave</ent><br/
<hw>Lave</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>l<amac/f</ets> the remainder, what is left. <root/119.  See <er>Leave</er>.]</ety> <def>The remainder; others.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bp. Hall.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lave-eared</ent><br/
<hw>Lave"-eared`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. W. <ets>llaf</ets> that extends round, <ets>llipa</ets> flaccid, flapping, G. <ets>lapp</ets> flabby, <ets>lappohr</ets> flap ear.]</ety> <def>Having large, pendent ears.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bp. Hall.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Laveer</ent><br/
<hw>La*veer"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[D. <ets>laveren</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>To beat against the wind; to tack.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lavement</ent><br/
<hw>Lave"ment</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>lavement</ets>, fr. <ets>laver</ets> to wash.]</ety> <def>A washing or bathing; also, an enema.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lavender</ent><br/
<hw>Lav"en*der</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>lavendre</ets>, F. <ets>lavande</ets>, It. <ets>lavanda</ets> lavender, a washing, fr. L. <ets>lavare</ets> to wash; cf. It. <ets>lsavendola</ets>, LL. <ets>lavendula</ets>.  So called because it was used in bathing and washing. See <er>Lave</er>. to wash, and cf. <er>Lavender</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An aromatic plant of the genus <gen>Lavandula</gen> (<spn>Lavandula vera</spn>), common in the south of Europe. It yields and oil used in medicine and perfumery. The <stype>Spike lavender</stype> (<spn>Lavandula Spica</spn>) yields a coarser oil (oil of spike), used in the arts.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The pale, purplish color of lavender flowers, paler and more delicate than lilac.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lavender cotton</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a low, twiggy, aromatic shrub (<spn>Santolina Cham<ae/cyparissus</spn>) of the Mediterranean region, formerly used as a vermifuge, etc., and still used to keep moths from wardrobes. Also called <altname>ground cypress</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>Lavender water</b></col>, <cd>a perfume, toilet water, or shaving lotion containing the essential oil of lavender, and sometimes the essential oil of bergamot, and essence of ambergris.</cd> -- <col><b>Sea lavender</b></col>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Marsh rosemary</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>To lay in lavender</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To lay away, as clothing, with sprigs of lavender.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To pawn.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Laver</ent><br/
<hw>Lav"er</hw> <pr>(l<amac/"v<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>lavour</ets>, F. <ets>lavoir</ets>, L. <ets>lavatorium</ets> a washing place. See <er>Lavatory</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A vessel for washing; a large basin.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Script. Hist.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A large brazen vessel placed in the court of the Jewish tabernacle where the officiating priests washed their hands and feet.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>One of several vessels in Solomon's Temple in which the offerings for burnt sacrifices were washed.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>That which washes or cleanses.</def>  <rj><au>J. H. Newman.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Laver</ent><br/
<hw>Lav"er</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Lave</er> to wash.]</ety> <def>One who laves; a washer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Laver</ent><br/
<hw>La"ver</hw> <pr>(l<amac/"v<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The fronds of certain marine alg<ae/ used as food, and for making a sauce called laver sauce.  Green <ex>laver</ex> is the <spn>Ulva latissima</spn>; purple <ex>laver</ex>, <spn>Porphyra laciniata</spn> and <spn>Porphyra vulgaris</spn>. It is prepared by stewing, either alone or with other vegetables, and with various condiments; -- called also <altname>sloke</altname>, or <altname>sloakan</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Mountain laver</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a reddish gelatinous alga of the genus <gen>Palmella</gen>, found on the sides of mountains</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Laverock</ent><br/
<hw>La"ver*ock</hw> <pr>(l<amac/"v<etil/r*<ocr/k)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lark</er> the bird.]</ety> <def>The lark.</def> <mark>[Old Eng. & Scot.]</mark> <altsp>[Written also <asp>lavrock</asp>.]</altsp>  <rj><au>Gower.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lavic</ent><br/
<hw>La"vic</hw> <pr>(l<aum/"v<icr/k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>See <er>Lavatic</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lavish</ent><br/
<hw>Lav"ish</hw> <pr>(l<acr/v"<icr/sh)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Akin to E. <ets>lave</ets> to lade out; cf. AS. <ets>gelafian</ets> to refresh, G. <ets>laben</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal; <as>as, <ex>lavish</ex> of money; <ex>lavish</ex> of praise.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Superabundant; excessive; <as>as, <ex>lavish</ex> spirits</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>Let her have needful, but not <qex>lavish</qex>, means.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Profuse; prodigal; wasteful; extravagant; exuberant; immoderate. See <er>Profuse</er>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lavish</ent><br/
<hw>Lav"ish</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lavished</conjf> <pr>(-<icr/sht)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lavishing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To expend or bestow with profusion; to use with prodigality; to squander; <as>as, to <ex>lavish</ex> money or praise</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lavisher</ent><br/
<hw>Lav"ish*er</hw> <pr>(-<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who lavishes.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lavishly</ent><br/
<hw>Lav"ish*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a lavish manner.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lavishment</ent><br/
<hw>Lav"ish*ment</hw> <pr>(-m<eit/nt)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of lavishing.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lavishness</ent><br/
<hw>Lav"ish*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being lavish.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lavoesium</ent><br/
||<hw>La*v<oe/"si*um</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. <persfn><etsep>Lavoisier</etsep></persfn>, the celebrated French chemist.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A supposed new metallic element, which was said to have been discovered in pyrites, and some other minerals, and to be of a silver-white color, and malleable.  It is not currently (1998) a recognized element.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lavolta</ent><br/
<ent>Lavolt</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>La*volt"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>La*vol"ta</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[It. <ets>la volta</ets> the turn, turning, whirl.  Cf. <er>Volt</er> of a horse, <er>Volta</er>.]</ety> <def>An old dance, for two persons, being a kind of waltz, in which the woman made a high spring or bound.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lavoltateer</ent><br/
<hw>La*vol`ta*teer"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A dancer of the lavolta.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lavour</ent><br/
<hw>Lav"our</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A laver.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lavrock</ent><br/
<hw>La"vrock</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Laverock</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Law</ent><br/
<hw>Law</hw> <pr>(l<add/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>lawe</ets>, <ets>laghe</ets>, AS. <ets>lagu</ets>, from the root of E. <ets>lie</ets>: akin to OS. <ets>lag</ets>, Icel. <ets>l<oum/g</ets>, Sw. <ets>lag</ets>, Dan. <ets>lov</ets>; cf. L. <ets>lex</ets>, E. <ets>legal</ets>. A <ets>law</ets> is that which is <ets>laid</ets>, set, or fixed; like <ets>statute</ets>, fr. L. <ets>statuere</ets> to make to stand. See <er>Lie</er> to be prostrate.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>In general, a rule of being or of conduct, established by an authority able to enforce its will; a controlling regulation; the mode or order according to which an agent or a power acts.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ A law may be universal or particular, written or unwritten, published or secret. From the nature of the highest laws a degree of permanency or stability is always implied; but the power which makes a law, or a superior power, may annul or change it.</note><br/
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<p><q>These are the statutes and judgments and <qex>laws</qex>, which the Lord made.</q> <rj><qau>Lev. xxvi. 46.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>The <qex>law</qex> of thy God, and the <qex>law</qex> of the King.</q> <rj><qau>Ezra vii. 26.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>As if they would confine the Interminable . . . <br/
Who made our <qex>laws</qex> to bind us, not himself.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>His mind his kingdom, and his will his <qex>law</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Cowper.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>In morals: The will of God as the rule for the disposition and conduct of all responsible beings toward him and toward each other; a rule of living, conformable to righteousness; the rule of action as obligatory on the conscience or moral nature.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The Jewish or Mosaic code, and that part of Scripture where it is written, in distinction from the <contr>gospel</contr>; hence, also, the Old Testament.</def>  <specif>Specifically:</specif> <def>the first five books of the bible, called also <altname>Torah</altname>, <altname>Pentatech</altname>, or <altname>Law of Moses</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><q>What things soever the <qex>law</qex> saith, it saith to them who are under the <qex>law</qex> . . . But now the righteousness of God without the <qex>law</qex> is manifested, being witnessed by the <qex>law</qex> and the prophets.</q> <rj><qau>Rom. iii. 19, 21. </qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> In human government: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An organic rule, as a constitution or charter, establishing and defining the conditions of the existence of a state or other organized community.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Any edict, decree, order, ordinance, statute, resolution, judicial, decision, usage, etc., or recognized, and enforced, by the controlling authority.</def><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>In philosophy and physics: A rule of being, operation, or change, so certain and constant that it is conceived of as imposed by the will of God or by some controlling authority; <as>as, the <ex>law</ex> of gravitation; the <ex>laws</ex> of motion; the <ex>law</ex> heredity; the <ex>laws</ex> of thought; the <ex>laws</ex> of cause and effect; <ex>law</ex> of self-preservation.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>In mathematics: The rule according to which anything, as the change of value of a variable, or the value of the terms of a series, proceeds; mode or order of sequence.</def><br/
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>In arts, works, games, etc.: The rules of construction, or of procedure, conforming to the conditions of success; a principle, maxim; or usage; <as>as, the <ex>laws</ex> of poetry, of architecture, of courtesy, or of whist</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>Collectively, the whole body of rules relating to one subject, or emanating from one source; -- including usually the writings pertaining to them, and judicial proceedings under them; <as>as, divine <ex>law</ex>; English <ex>law</ex>; Roman <ex>law</ex>; the <ex>law</ex> of real property; insurance <ex>law</ex>.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>9.</sn> <def>Legal science; jurisprudence; the principles of equity; applied justice.</def><br/
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<p><q>Reason is the life of the <qex>law</qex>; nay, the common <qex>law</qex> itself is nothing else but reason.</q> <rj><qau>Coke.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q><qex>Law</qex> is beneficence acting by rule.</q> <rj><qau>Burke.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>And sovereign <qex>Law</qex>, that state's collected will<br/
O'er thrones and globes elate,<br/
Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Jones.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>10.</sn> <def>Trial by the laws of the land; judicial remedy; litigation; <as>as, to go <ex>law</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>When every case in <qex>law</qex> is right.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>He found <qex>law</qex> dear and left it cheap.</q> <rj><qau>Brougham.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>11.</sn> <def>An oath, as in the presence of a court.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <see>See <cref>Wager of law</cref>, under <er>Wager</er>.</see><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Avogadro's law</b></col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>a fundamental conception, according to which, under similar conditions of temperature and pressure, all gases and vapors contain in the same volume the same number of ultimate molecules; -- so named after <etsep>Avogadro</etsep>, an Italian scientist. Sometimes called <altname>Amp<egrave/re's law</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>Bode's law</b></col> <fld>(Astron.)</fld>, <cd>an approximative empirical expression of the distances of the planets from the sun, as follows: -- </p>

<p><table><pre>
<row>Mer. Ven. Earth. Mars.  Aste.  Jup.  Sat.  Uran.   Nep.</row>
<row> 4    4     4     4      4      4     4      4      4</row>
<row> 0    3     6    12     24     48    96     192   384</row>
<row> --   --   --    --     --     --    --     ---   ---</row>
<row> 4    7    10    16     28     52   100     196   388</row>
<row> 5.9  7.3  10    15.2   27.4   52    95.4   192   300</row>
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<p>where each distance (line third) is the sum of 4 and a multiple of 3 by the series 0, 1, 2, 4, 8, etc., the true distances being given in the lower line.</cd> -- <col><b>Boyle's law</b></col> <fld>(Physics)</fld>, <cd>an expression of the fact, that when an elastic fluid is subjected to compression, and kept at a constant temperature, the product of the pressure and volume is a constant quantity, <it>i. e.</it>, the volume is inversely proportioned to the pressure; -- known also as <altname>Mariotte's law</altname>, and the <altname>law of Boyle and Mariotte</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>Brehon laws</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Brehon</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Canon law</b></col>, <cd>the body of ecclesiastical law adopted in the Christian Church, certain portions of which (for example, the law of marriage as existing before the Council of Tent) were brought to America by the English colonists as part of the common law of the land.</cd> <au>Wharton.</au> -- <col><b>Civil law</b></col>, <cd>a term used by writers to designate Roman law, with modifications thereof which have been made in the different countries into which that law has been introduced. The civil law, instead of the <contr>common law</contr>, prevails in the State of Louisiana.</cd> <au>Wharton.</au> -- <col><b>Commercial law</b></col>. <cd>See <cref>Law merchant</cref> (below).</cd> -- <col><b>Common law</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Common</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Criminal law</b></col>, <cd>that branch of jurisprudence which relates to crimes.</cd> -- <col><b>Ecclesiastical law</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Ecclesiastical</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Grimm's law</b></col> <fld>(Philol.)</fld>, <cd>a statement (propounded by the German philologist <person>Jacob <etsep>Grimm</etsep></person>) of certain regular changes which the primitive Indo-European mute consonants, so-called (most plainly seen in Sanskrit and, with some changes, in Greek and Latin), have undergone in the Teutonic languages. Examples: Skr. <xex>bh</xex><amac/t<rsdot/, L. <xex>f</xex>rater, E. <xex>b</xex>rother, G. <xex>b</xex>ruder; L. <xex>t</xex>res, E. <xex>th</xex>ree, G. <xex>dr</xex>ei, Skr. <xex>g</xex>o, E. <xex>c</xex>ow, G. <xex>k</xex>uh; Skr. <xex>dh</xex><amac/ to put, Gr. <grk>ti-qe`-nai</grk>, E. <xex>d</xex>o, OHG, <xex>t</xex>uon, G. <xex>th</xex>un.  See also <er>lautverschiebung</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Kepler's laws</b></col> <fld>(Astron.)</fld>, <cd>three important laws or expressions of the order of the planetary motions, discovered by John <etsep>Kepler</etsep>. They are these: (1) The orbit of a planet with respect to the sun is an ellipse, the sun being in one of the foci. (2) The areas swept over by a vector drawn from the sun to a planet are proportioned to the times of describing them. (3) The squares of the times of revolution of two planets are in the ratio of the cubes of their mean distances.</cd> -- <col><b>Law binding</b></col>, <cd>a plain style of leather binding, used for law books; -- called also <altname>law calf</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>Law book</b></col>, <cd>a book containing, or treating of, laws.</cd> -- <col><b>Law calf</b></col>. <cd>See <cref>Law binding</cref> (above).</cd> -- <col><b>Law day</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>Formerly, a day of holding court, esp. a court-leet.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The day named in a mortgage for the payment of the money to secure which it was given.</cd> <mark>[U. S.]</mark> -- <col><b>Law French</b></col>, <cd>the dialect of Norman, which was used in judicial proceedings and law books in England from the days of <person>William the Conqueror</person> to the thirty-sixth year of Edward III.</cd> -- <col><b>Law language</b></col>, <cd>the language used in legal writings and forms.</cd> -- <col><b>Law Latin</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Latin</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Law lords</b></col>, <cd>peers in the British Parliament who have held high judicial office, or have been noted in the legal profession.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Law merchant</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Commercial law</b></col></mcol>, <cd>a system of rules by which trade and commerce are regulated; -- deduced from the custom of merchants, and regulated by judicial decisions, as also by enactments of legislatures.<-- now in most state superseded by the Uniform Commercial Code --></cd> -- <col><b>Law of Charles</b></col> <fld>(Physics)</fld>, <cd>the law that the volume of a given mass of gas increases or decreases, by a definite fraction of its value for a given rise or fall of temperature; -- sometimes less correctly styled <altname>Gay Lussac's law</altname>, or <altname>Dalton's law</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>Law of nations</b></col>. <cd>See <cref>International law</cref>, under <er>International</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Law of nature</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A broad generalization expressive of the constant action, or effect, of natural conditions; <as>as, death is a <ex>law of nature</ex>; self-defense is a <ex>law of nature</ex></as>. See <er>Law</er>, 4.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A term denoting the standard, or system, of morality deducible from a study of the nature and natural relations of human beings independent of supernatural revelation or of municipal and social usages.</cd> -- <col><b>Law of the land</b></col>, <cd>due process of law; the general law of the land.</cd> -- <col><b>Laws of honor</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Honor</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Laws of motion</b></col> <fld>(Physics)</fld>, <cd>three laws defined by <person>Sir Isaac Newton</person>: (1) Every body perseveres in its state of rest or of moving uniformly in a straight line, except so far as it is made to change that state by external force. (2) Change of motion is proportional to the impressed force, and takes place in the direction in which the force is impressed. (3) Reaction is always equal and opposite to action, that is to say, the actions of two bodies upon each other are always equal and in opposite directions.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Marine law</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Maritime law</b></col></mcol>, <cd>the law of the sea; a branch of the law merchant relating to the affairs of the sea, such as seamen, ships, shipping, navigation, and the like.</cd> <au>Bouvier.</au> -- <col><b>Mariotte's law</b></col>. <cd>See <cref>Boyle's law</cref> (above).</cd> -- <col><b>Martial law</b></col>.<cd>See under <er>Martial</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Military law</b></col>, <cd>a branch of the general municipal law, consisting of rules ordained for the government of the military force of a state in peace and war, and administered in courts martial.</cd> <au>Kent.</au>  <au>Warren's Blackstone.</au> -- <col><b>Moral law</b></col>, <cd>the law of duty as regards what is right and wrong in the sight of God; specifically, the ten commandments given by Moses. See <er>Law</er>, 2.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Mosaic law</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Ceremonial law</b></col></mcol>. <fld>(Script.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Law</er>, 3.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Municipal law</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Positive law</b></col></mcol>, <cd>a rule prescribed by the supreme power of a state, declaring some right, enforcing some duty, or prohibiting some act; -- distinguished from <contr>international law</contr> and <contr>constitutional law</contr>. See <er>Law</er>, 1.</cd> -- <col><b>Periodic law</b></col>. <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Periodic</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Roman law</b></col>, <cd>the system of principles and laws found in the codes and treatises of the lawmakers and jurists of ancient Rome, and incorporated more or less into the laws of the several European countries and colonies founded by them. See <cref>Civil law</cref> (above).</cd> -- <col><b>Statute law</b></col>, <cd>the law as stated in statutes or positive enactments of the legislative body.</cd> -- <col><b>Sumptuary law</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Sumptuary</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>To go to law</b></col>, <cd>to seek a settlement of any matter by bringing it before the courts of law; to sue or prosecute some one.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>To take the law of</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>To have the law of</b></col></mcol>, <cd>to bring the law to bear upon; <as>as, <ex>to take the law of</ex> one's neighbor</as>.</cd> <au>Addison.</au> -- <col><b>Wager of law</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Wager</er>.</cd></cs></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Justice; equity.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Law</er>, <er>Statute</er>, <er>Common law</er>, <er>Regulation</er>, <er>Edict</er>, <er>Decree</er>. <xex>Law</xex> is generic, and, when used with reference to, or in connection with, the other words here considered, denotes whatever is commanded by one who has a right to require obedience. A <xex>statute</xex> is a particular law drawn out in form, and distinctly enacted and proclaimed. <xex>Common law</xex> is a rule of action founded on long usage and the decisions of courts of justice. A <xex>regulation</xex> is a limited and often, temporary law, intended to secure some particular end or object. An <xex>edict</xex> is a command or law issued by a sovereign, and is peculiar to a despotic government. A <xex>decree</xex> is a permanent order either of a court or of the executive government. See <er>Justice</er>.</usage><br/
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<p><ent>Law</ent><br/
<hw>Law</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Lawe</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos></def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Law</ent><br/
<hw>Law</hw>, <pos>interj.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>La</er>.]</ety> <def>An exclamation of mild surprise.</def> <mark>[Archaic or Low]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Law-abiding</ent><br/
<hw>Law"-a*bid`ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Abiding the law; waiting for the operation of law for the enforcement of rights; also, abiding by the law; obedient to the law; <as>as, <ex>law-abiding</ex> people</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>law-breaking</ent><br/
<hw>law-breaking</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> crime.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>law-breaker</ent><br/
<ent>lawbreaker</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>law"break`er</hw>, <hw>law"-break`er</hw></mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who disobeys the law; someone who violates the law; a criminal.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> violator, lawbreaker, law breaker, perpetrator.</syn><br/
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<p> -- <wordforms><wf>Law"break`ing</wf>, <pos>n. & a.</pos></wordforms><br/
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<p><ent>Lawe</ent><br/
<hw>Lawe</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[See 2d <er>Lawing</er>.]</ety> <def>To cut off the claws and balls of, as of a dog's fore feet.</def>  <rj><au>Wright.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lawer</ent><br/
<hw>Law"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A lawyer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bale.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lawful</ent><br/
<hw>Law"ful</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Conformable to law; allowed by law; legitimate; competent.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Constituted or authorized by law; rightful; <as>as, the <ex>lawful</ex> owner of lands</as>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lawful age</b></col>, <cd>the age when the law recognizes one's right of independent action; majority; -- generally the age of twenty-one years.  Also called <altname>legal age</altname> or <altname>age of majority</altname>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><note><hand/ In some of the States, and for some purposes, a woman attains <xex>lawful age</xex> at eighteen. <au>Abbott.</au></note></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Legal; constitutional; allowable; regular; rightful.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Lawful</er>, <er>Legal</er>. <xex>Lawful</xex> means conformable to the principle, spirit, or essence of the law, and is applicable to moral as well as juridical law. <xex>Legal</xex> means conformable to the letter or rules of the law as it is administered in the courts; conformable to juridical law. <xex>Legal</xex> is often used as antithetical to <xex>equitable</xex>, but <xex>lawful</xex> is seldom used in that sense.</usage></p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Law"ful*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Law"ful*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/
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<p><ent>lawfully-begotten</ent><br/
<hw>lawfully-begotten</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>born in wedlock; legitimate; enjoying full filial rights; not illegitimate; -- of people.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lawgiver</ent><br/
<hw>Law"giv`er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who makes or enacts a law or system of laws; a legislator.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lawgiving</ent><br/
<hw>Law"giv`ing</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Enacting laws; legislative.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lawing</ent><br/
<hw>Law"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Going to law; litigation.</def>  <rj><au>Holinshed.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lawing</ent><br/
<hw>Law"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[So called because done in compliance with an English forest <ets>law</ets>.]</ety> <def>Expeditation.</def>  <rj><au>Blackstone.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lawless</ent><br/
<hw>Law"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Contrary to, or unauthorized by, law; illegal; <as>as, a <ex>lawless</ex> claim</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>He needs no indirect nor <qex>lawless</qex> course.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Not subject to, or restrained by, the law of morality or of society; <as>as, <ex>lawless</ex> men or behavior</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Not subject to the laws of nature; uncontrolled.</def><br/
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<p><q>Or, meteorlike, flame <qex>lawless</qex> through the void.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj></p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Law"less*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Law"less*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/
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<p><ent>Lawmaker</ent><br/
<hw>Law"mak`er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A legislator; a lawgiver.</def><br/
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<p><ent>law-makers</ent><br/
<hw>law-makers</hw> <pos>n. pl.</pos> <def>Those persons who make or amend or repeal laws, collectively.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> legislature, legislative assembly, general assembly.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lawmaking</ent><br/
<hw>Law"mak`ing</hw> <pr>(l<add/"m<amac/`k<icr/ng)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Enacting laws; legislative.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>The enacting of laws; legislation.</def></def2><br/
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<p><ent>Lawmonger</ent><br/
<hw>Law"mon`ger</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A trader in law; one who practices law as if it were a trade.</def>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lawn</ent><br/
<hw>Lawn</hw> <pr>(l<add/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>laund</ets>, <ets>launde</ets>, F. <ets>lande</ets> heath, moor; of Celtic origin; cf. W. <ets>llan</ets> an open, clear place, <ets>llawnt</ets> a smooth rising hill, lawn, Armor. <ets>lann</ets> or <ets>lan</ets> territory, country, <ets>lann</ets> a prickly plant, pl. <ets>lannou</ets> heath, moor.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An open space between woods.</def>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q><ldquo/Orchard <qex>lawns</qex> and bowery hollows.<rdquo/</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass kept closely mown.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lawn mower</b></col>, <cd>a machine for clipping the short grass of lawns.</cd> -- <col><b>Lawn tennis</b></col>, <cd>a variety of the game of tennis, played in the open air, sometimes upon a lawn, instead of in a tennis court. See <er>Tennis</er>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lawn</ent><br/
<hw>Lawn</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Earlier <ets>laune lynen</ets>, i. e., <ets>lawn linen</ets>; prob. from the town <ets>Laon</ets> in France.]</ety> <def>A very fine linen (or sometimes cotton) fabric with a rather open texture. Lawn is used for the sleeves of a bishop's official dress in the English Church, and, figuratively, stands for the office itself.</def><br/
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<p><q>A saint in crape is twice a saint in <qex>lawn</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lawnd</ent><br/
<hw>Lawnd</hw> <pr>(l<add/nd)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <def>See <er>Laund</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lawny</ent><br/
<hw>Lawn"y</hw> <pr>(l<add/n"<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having a lawn; characterized by a lawn or by lawns; like a lawn.</def><br/
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<p><q>Musing through the <qex>lawny</qex> park.</q> <rj><qau>T. Warton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lawny</ent><br/
<hw>Lawn"y</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Made of lawn or fine linen.</def>  <rj><au>Bp. Hall.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>lawrencium</ent><br/
<hw>lawrencium</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[from <person>Ernest O. <etsep>Lawrence</etsep></person>, inventer of the cyclotron.]</ety> <def>A transuranic element of atomic number 103.  It was discovered in 1961 by bombardment of californium in a cyclotron with boron nuclei.  Other isotopes were prepared in 1965 at Dubna.  The atomic weight of the most stable isotope is 256, having a half-life of 35 seconds.  Symbol Lr.</def> <au>HCP61</au><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Lr.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Laws</ent><br/
<hw>Laws</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>the first five books of the Old Testament, also called <altname>The Law</altname> and <altname>Torah</altname>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Pentateuch, Law of Moses, Torah.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lawsonia</ent><br/
<hw>Law*so"ni*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An Asiatic and North African shrub (<spn>Lawsonia inermis</spn>), with smooth oval leaves, and fragrant white flowers. <prod>Henna</prod> is prepared from the leaves and twigs. In England the shrub is called <altname>Egyptian privet</altname>, and in the West Indies, <altname>Jamaica mignonette</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lawsuit</ent><br/
<hw>Law"suit`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An action at law; a suit in equity or admiralty; any legal proceeding before a court for the enforcement of a claim.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lawyer</ent><br/
<hw>Law"yer</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Law</er>, like <ets>bowyer</ets>, fr. <ets>bow</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One versed in the laws, or a practitioner of law; one whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients, or to advise as to prosecution or defence of lawsuits, or as to legal rights and obligations in other matters. It is a general term, comprehending attorneys, counselors, solicitors, barristers, sergeants, and advocates.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The black-necked stilt. See <er>Stilt</er>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The bowfin (<spn>Amia calva</spn>).</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The burbot (<spn>Lota maculosa</spn>).</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Philadelphia lawyer</b></col>, <cd>A lawyer knowledgeable about the most detailed and minute points of law, especially one with an exceptional propensity and ability to exploit fine technical points of law for the client's advantage.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>lawyerbush</ent><br/
<hw>lawyerbush</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A stout-stemmed trailing shrub (<spn>Rubus cissoides</spn>) of New Zealand that scrambles over other growth.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lawyer bush, bush lawyer, <spn>Rubus cissoides</spn>, <spn>Rubus australis</spn>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lawyerly</ent><br/
<ent>Lawyerlike</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Law"yer*like`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Law"yer*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <def>Like, or becoming, a lawyer; <as>as, <ex>lawyerlike</ex> sagacity</as>.</def> <ldquo/<xex>Lawyerly</xex> mooting of this point.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lax</ent><br/
<hw>Lax</hw> <pr>(l<acr/ks)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Laxer</adjf> <pr>(l<acr/ks"<etil/r)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Laxest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[L. <ets>laxus</ets> Cf. <er>Laches</er>, <er>Languish</er>, <er>Lease</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>, <er>Leash</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack; <as>as, a <ex>lax</ex> bandage; <ex>lax</ex> fiber.</as></def><br/
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<p><q>The flesh of that sort of fish being <qex>lax</qex> and spongy.</q> <rj><qau>Ray.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Not strict or stringent; not exact; loose; weak; vague; equivocal.</def><br/
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<p><q>The discipline was <qex>lax</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Society at that epoch was lenient, if not <qex>lax</qex>, in matters of the passions.</q> <rj><qau>J. A. Symonds.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>The word <ldquo/<ae/ternus<rdquo/ itself is sometimes of a <qex>lax</qex> signification.</q> <rj><qau>Jortin.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.</def><br/
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Loose; slack; vague; unconfined; unrestrained; dissolute; licentious.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lax</ent><br/
<hw>Lax</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A looseness; diarrhea.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laxation</ent><br/
<hw>Lax*a"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>laxatio</ets>, fr. <ets>laxare</ets> to loosen, fr. <ets>laxus</ets> loose, slack.]</ety> <def>The act of loosening or slackening, or the state of being loosened or slackened.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laxative</ent><br/
<hw>Lax"a*tive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>laxativus</ets> mitigating, assuaging: cf. F. <ets>laxatif</ets>. See <er>Lax</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having a tendency to loosen or relax.</def>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Having the effect of loosening or opening the intestines, and relieving from constipation; -- opposed to <contr>astringent</contr>.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A laxative medicine. See the Note under <er>Cathartic</er>.</def></def2><br/
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<p><ent>Laxativeness</ent><br/
<hw>Lax"a*tive*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality of being laxative.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laxator</ent><br/
||<hw>Lax*a"tor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>laxare</ets>, <ets>laxatum</ets>, to loosen.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>That which loosens; -- esp., a muscle which by its contraction loosens some part.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laxity</ent><br/
<hw>Lax"i*ty</hw> <pr>(l<acr/ks"<icr/*t<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>laxitas</ets>, fr. <ets>laxus</ets> loose, slack: cf. F. <ets>laxit<eacute/</ets>, See <er>Lax</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <def>The state or quality of being lax; lack of tenseness, strictness, or exactness.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laxly</ent><br/
<hw>Lax"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a lax manner.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laxness</ent><br/
<hw>Lax"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of being lax; laxity.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lay</ent><br/
<hw>Lay</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>imp.</pos> <def>of <er>Lie</er>, to recline.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lay</ent><br/
<hw>Lay</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>lai</ets>, L. <ets>laicus</ets>, Gr. <?/ of or from the people, lay, from <?/, <?/, people.  Cf. <er>Laic</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the laity, as distinct from the clergy; <as>as, a <ex>lay</ex> person; a <ex>lay</ex> preacher; a <ex>lay</ex> brother.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Not educated or cultivated; ignorant.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Not belonging to, or emanating from, a particular profession; unprofessional; <as>as, a <ex>lay</ex> opinion regarding the nature of a disease</as>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lay baptism</b></col> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld>, <cd>baptism administered by a lay person.</cd> <au>F. G. Lee.</au> -- <col><b>Lay brother</b></col> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld>, <cd>one received into a convent of monks under the three vows, but not in holy orders.</cd> -- <col><b>Lay clerk</b></col> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld>, <cd>a layman who leads the responses of the congregation, etc., in the church service.</cd> <au>Hook.</au> -- <col><b>Lay days</b></col> <fld>(Com.)</fld>, <cd>time allowed in a charter party for taking in and discharging cargo.</cd> <au>McElrath.</au> -- <col><b>Lay elder</b></col>. <cd>See 2d <er>Elder</er>, 3, note.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lay</ent><br/
<hw>Lay</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The laity; the common people.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>The learned have no more privilege than the <qex>lay</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>B. Jonson.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lay</ent><br/
<hw>Lay</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A meadow. See <er>Lea</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lay</ent><br/
<hw>Lay</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>lei</ets> faith, law, F. <ets>loi</ets> law. See <er>Legal</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Faith; creed; religious profession.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>Of the sect to which that he was born<br/
He kept his <qex>lay</qex>, to which that he was sworn.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A law.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <ldquo/Many goodly <xex>lays</xex>.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>An obligation; a vow.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>They bound themselves by a sacred <qex>lay</qex> and oath.</q> <rj><qau>Holland.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lay</ent><br/
<hw>Lay</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>lai</ets>, <ets>lais</ets>, prob. of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. <ets>laoi</ets>, <ets>laoidh</ets>, song, poem, OIr. <ets>laoidh</ets> poem, verse; but cf. also AS. <ets>l<amac/c</ets> play, sport, G. <ets>leich</ets> a sort of poem (cf. <er>Lake</er> to sport). <?/.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A song; a simple lyrical poem; a ballad.</def>  <rj><au>Spenser. Sir W. Scott.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A melody; any musical utterance.</def><br/
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<p><q>The throstle cock made eke his <qex>lay</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lay</ent><br/
<hw>Lay</hw> <pr>(l<amac/)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Laid</conjf> <pr>(l<amac/d)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Laying</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>leggen</ets>, AS. <ets>lecgan</ets>, causative, fr. <ets>licgan</ets> to lie; akin to D. <ets>leggen</ets>, G. <ets>legen</ets>, Icel. <ets>leggja</ets>, Goth. <ets>lagjan</ets>. See <er>Lie</er> to be prostrate.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To cause to lie down, to be prostrate, or to lie against something; to put or set down; to deposit; <as>as, to <ex>lay</ex> a book on the table; to <ex>lay</ex> a body in the grave; a shower <ex>lays</ex> the dust.</as></def><br/
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<p><q>A stone was brought, and <qex>laid</qex> upon the mouth of the den.</q> <rj><qau>Dan. vi. 17.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Soft on the flowery herb I found me <qex>laid</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To place in position; to establish firmly; to arrange with regularity; to dispose in ranks or tiers; <as>as, to <ex>lay</ex> a corner stone; to <ex>lay</ex> bricks in a wall; to <ex>lay</ex> the covers on a table.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To prepare; to make ready; to contrive; to provide; <as>as, to <ex>lay</ex> a snare, an ambush, or a plan</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To spread on a surface; <as>as, to <ex>lay</ex> plaster or paint</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To cause to be still; to calm; to allay; to suppress; to exorcise, as an evil spirit.</def><br/
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<p><q>After a tempest when the winds are <qex>laid</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Waller.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>To cause to lie dead or dying.</def><br/
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<p><q>Brave C<ae/neus <qex>laid</qex> Ortygius on the plain,<br/
The victor C<ae/neus was by Turnus slain.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>To deposit, as a wager; to stake; to risk.</def><br/
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<p><q>I dare <qex>lay</qex> mine honor<br/
He will remain so.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>To bring forth and deposit; <as>as, to <ex>lay</ex> eggs</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>9.</sn> <def>To apply; to put.</def><br/
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<p><q>She <qex>layeth</qex> her hands to the spindle.</q> <rj><qau>Prov. xxxi. 19.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>10.</sn> <def>To impose, as a burden, suffering, or punishment; to assess, as a tax; <as>as, to <ex>lay</ex> a tax on land</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>The Lord hath <qex>laid</qex> on him the iniquity of us all.</q> <rj><qau>Is. liii. 6.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>11.</sn> <def>To impute; to charge; to allege.</def><br/
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<p><q>God <qex>layeth</qex> not folly to them.</q> <rj><qau>Job xxiv. 12.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q><qex>Lay</qex> the fault on us.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>12.</sn> <def>To impose, as a command or a duty; <as>as, to <ex>lay</ex> commands on one</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>13.</sn> <def>To present or offer; <as>as, to <ex>lay</ex> an indictment in a particular county; to <ex>lay</ex> a scheme before one.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>14.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>To state; to allege; <as>as, to <ex>lay</ex> the venue</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Bouvier.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>15.</sn> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>To point; to aim; <as>as, to <ex>lay</ex> a gun</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>16.</sn> <fld>(Rope Making)</fld> <def>To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them; <as>as, to <ex>lay</ex> a cable or rope</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>17.</sn> <fld>(Print.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>To place (new type) properly in the cases.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>To lay asleep</b></col>, <cd>to put sleep; to make unobservant or careless.</cd> <au>Bacon.</au> -- <col><b>To lay bare</b></col>, <cd>to make bare; to strip.</cd><br/
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<p><q>And <qex>laid</qex> those proud roofs <qex>bare</qex> to summer's rain.</q> <rj><qau>Byron.</qau></rj></p>

<p>-- <col><b>To lay before</b></col>, <cd>to present to; to submit for consideration; <as>as, the papers are <ex>laid before</ex> Congress</as>.</cd> -- <col><b>To lay by</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To save.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To discard.</cd><br/
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<p><q>Let brave spirits . . . not be <qex>laid by</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj></p>

<p>-- <col><b>To lay by the heels</b></col>, <cd>to put in the stocks.</cd> <au>Shak.</au> -- <col><b>To lay down</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To stake as a wager.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To yield; to relinquish; to surrender; <as>as, to <ex>lay down</ex> one's life; to <ex>lay down</ex> one's arms</as>.</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To assert or advance, as a proposition or principle.</cd> -- <col><b>To lay forth</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To extend at length; (reflexively) to exert one's self; to expatiate.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To lay out (as a corpse).</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <au>Shak.</au> -- <col><b>To lay hands on</b></col>, <cd>to seize.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>To lay hands on one's self</b></col>, or <col><b>To lay violent hands on one's self</b></col></mcol>, <cd>to injure one's self; specif., to commit suicide.</cd> -- <col><b>To lay heads together</b></col>, <cd>to consult.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>To lay hold of</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>To lay hold on</b></col></mcol>, <cd>to seize; to catch.</cd> -- <col><b>To lay in</b></col>, <cd>to store; to provide.</cd> -- <col><b>To lay it on</b></col>, <cd>to apply without stint.</cd> <au>Shak.</au> -- <col><b>To lay it on thick</b></col>, <cd>to flatter excessively.</cd> -- <col><b>To lay on</b></col>, <cd>to apply with force; to inflict; <as>as, <ex>to lay on</ex> blows</as>.</cd> -- <col><b>To lay on load</b></col>, <cd>to lay on blows; to strike violently.</cd> <mark>[Obs. <or/ Archaic]</mark> -- <col><b>To lay one's self out</b></col>, <cd>to strive earnestly.</cd><br/
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<p><q>No selfish man will be concerned <qex>to lay out himself</qex> for the good of his country.</q> <rj><qau>Smalridge.</qau></rj><br/
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<p>-- <col><b>To lay one's self open to</b></col>, <cd>to expose one's self to, as to an accusation.</cd> -- <col><b>To lay open</b></col>, <cd>to open; to uncover; to expose; to reveal.</cd> -- <col><b>To lay over</b></col>, <cd>to spread over; to cover.</cd> -- <col><b>To lay out</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To expend.</cd> <au>Macaulay.</au> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To display; to discover.</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To plan in detail; to arrange; as, <xex>to lay out</xex> a garden.</cd> <sd>(d)</sd> <cd>To prepare for burial; <as>as, <ex>to lay out</ex> a corpse</as>.</cd> <sd>(e)</sd> <cd>To exert; <as>as, <ex>to lay out</ex> all one's strength</as>.</cd> -- <col><b>To lay siege to</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To besiege; to encompass with an army.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To beset pertinaciously.</cd> -- <col><b>To lay the course</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>to sail toward the port intended without jibing.</cd> -- <col><b>To lay the land</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>to cause it to disappear below the horizon, by sailing away from it.</cd> -- <col><b>To lay to</b></col> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To charge upon; to impute.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To apply with vigor.</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To attack or harass.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <au>Knolles.</au> <sd>(d)</sd> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <cd>To check the motion of (a vessel) and cause it to be stationary.</cd> -- <col><b>To lay to heart</b></col>, <cd>to feel deeply; to consider earnestly.</cd> -- <col><b>To lay under</b></col>, <cd>to subject to; <as>as, <ex>to lay under</ex> obligation or restraint</as>.</cd> -- <col><b>To lay unto</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>Same as <cref>To lay to</cref> (above).</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To put before.</cd> <au>Hos. xi. 4.</au> -- <col><b>To lay up</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To store; to reposit for future use.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To confine; to disable.</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To dismantle, and retire from active service, as a ship.</cd> -- <col><b>To lay wait for</b></col>, <cd>to lie in ambush for.</cd> -- <col><b>To lay waste</b></col>, <cd>to destroy; to make desolate; <as>as, <ex>to lay waste</ex> the land</as>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- See <er>Put</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>, and the Note under 4th <er>Lie</er>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lay</ent><br/
<hw>Lay</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To produce and deposit eggs.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>To take a position; to come or go; <as>as, to <ex>lay</ex> forward; to <ex>lay</ex> aloft.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To lay a wager; to bet.</def><br/
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>To lay about</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>To lay about one</b></col></mcol>, <cd>to strike vigorously in all directions.</cd> <au>J. H. Newman.</au> -- <col><b>To lay at</b></col>, <cd>to strike or strike at.</cd> <au>Spenser.</au> -- <col><b>To lay for</b></col>, <cd>to prepare to capture or assault; to lay wait for.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> <au>Bp Hall.</au> -- <col><b>To lay in for</b></col>, <cd>to make overtures for; to engage or secure the possession of.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <ldquo/I have <xex>laid in for</xex> these.<rdquo/ <au>Dryden.</au> -- <col><b>To lay on</b></col>, <cd>to strike; to beat; to attack.</cd> <au>Shak.</au> -- <col><b>To lay out</b></col>, <cd>to purpose; to plan; <as>as, he <ex>lays out</ex> to make a journey</as>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lay</ent><br/
<hw>Lay</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>That which lies or is laid or is conceived of as having been laid or placed in its position; a row; a stratum; a layer; <as>as, a <ex>lay</ex> of stone or wood</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Addison.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>A viol should have a <qex>lay</qex> of wire strings below.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><note><hand/ The <xex>lay</xex> of a rope is right-handed or left-handed according to the hemp or strands are laid up. See <er>Lay</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>, 16. The <xex>lay</xex> of land is its topographical situation, esp. its slope and its surface features.</note><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A wager.</def> <ldquo/My fortunes against any <xex>lay</xex> worth naming.<rdquo/<br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A job, price, or profit.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark> <au>Wright.</au> <sd>(b)</sd> <def> A share of the proceeds or profits of an enterprise; <as>as, when a man ships for a whaling voyage, he agrees for a certain <ex>lay</ex></as>.</def> <mark>[U. S.]</mark><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Textile Manuf.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A measure of yarn; a lea. See 1st <er>Lea</er> <sd>(a)</sd>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The lathe of a loom. See <er>Lathe</er>, 3.</def><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>A plan; a scheme.</def> <mark>[Slang]</mark>  <rj><au>Dickens.</au></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lay figure</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A jointed model of the human body that may be put in any attitude; -- used for showing the disposition of drapery, etc.</cd>  <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A mere puppet; one who serves the will of others without independent volition.</cd> -- <col><b>Lay race</b></col>, <cd>that part of a lay on which the shuttle travels in weaving; -- called also <altname>shuttle race</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>the lay of the land</b></col>, <cd>the general situation or state of affairs.</cd> -- <col><b>to get the lay of the land</b></col>, <cd>to learn the general situation or state of affairs, especially in preparation for action.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>layabout</ent><br/
<hw>layabout</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A person who does no work.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> idler, loafer, do-nothing, bum.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>layby</ent><br/
<hw>layby</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A paved area beside a main road where cars can stop temporarily.</def> <mark>[Chiefly Brit.]</mark> <br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> pull-off, turnout.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Layer</ent><br/
<hw>Lay"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lay</er> to cause to lie flat.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who, or that which, lays.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <ety>[Prob. a corruption of <ets>lair</ets>.]</ety> <def>That which is laid; a stratum; a bed; one thickness, course, or fold laid over another; <as>as, a <ex>layer</ex> of clay or of sand in the earth; a <ex>layer</ex> of bricks, or of plaster; the <ex>layers</ex> of an onion.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A shoot or twig of a plant, not detached from the stock, laid under ground for growth or propagation.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>An artificial oyster bed.</def><br/
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<p><ent>layered</ent><br/
<hw>layered</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>arranged in layers.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> superimposed.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Layering</ent><br/
<hw>Lay"er*ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A propagating by layers.</def>  <rj><au>Gardner.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Layette</ent><br/
<hw>Lay*ette"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The outfit of clothing, blankets, etc., prepared for a newborn infant, and placed ready for use.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Layia</ent><br/
<hw>Layia</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A genus of Western U. S. annuals with showy yellow or white flowers.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Layia</gen>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Laying</ent><br/
<hw>Lay"ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos><br/
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of one who, or that which, lays.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The act or period of laying eggs; the eggs laid for one incubation; a clutch.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The first coat on laths of plasterer's two-coat work.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Layland</ent><br/
<hw>Lay"land`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Lay</ets> a meadow + <ets>land</ets>.]</ety> <def>Land lying untilled; fallow ground.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Blount.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Layman</ent><br/
<hw>Lay"man</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Laymen</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[<ets>Lay</ets>, <pos>adj.</pos> + <ets>man</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One of the people, in distinction from the clergy; one of the laity; sometimes, a man not belonging to some particular profession, in distinction from those who do.</def><-- used esp. by physicians of those w/o medical training --><br/
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<p><q>Being a <qex>layman</qex>, I ought not to have concerned myself with speculations which belong to the profession.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A lay figure. See under <er>Lay</er>, <pos>n.</pos> (above).</def>  <rj><au>Dryden</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Layner</ent><br/
<hw>Lay"ner</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lanier</er>.]</ety> <def>A whiplash.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>layperson</ent><br/
<hw>layperson</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person; a <er>layman</er>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> layman.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lay reader</ent><br/
<hw>Lay" read"er</hw>. <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>A layman authorized to read parts of the public service of the church.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Layshaft</ent><br/
<ent>Lay shaft</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lay shaft</hw>, <it>or</it> <hw>Lay"shaft`</hw>  }</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>A secondary shaft, as in a sliding change gear for an automobile; a cam shaft operated by a two-to-one gear in an internal-combustion engine. It is generally a shaft moving more or less independently of the other parts of a machine, <as>as, in some marine engines, a shaft, driven by a small auxiliary engine, for independently operating the valves of the main engine to insure uniform motion</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Layship</ent><br/
<hw>Lay"ship</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The condition of being a layman.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Laystall</ent><br/
<hw>Lay"stall`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A place where rubbish, dung, etc., are laid or deposited.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>B. Jonson.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>Smithfield was a <qex>laystall</qex> of all ordure and filth.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A place where milch cows are kept, or cattle on the way to market are lodged.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lazar</ent><br/
<hw>La"zar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>lazare</ets>, fr. <ets>Lazarus</ets> the beggar. <ets>Luke xvi</ets>. <ets>20</ets>.]</ety> <def>A person infected with a filthy or pestilential disease; a leper.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>Like loathsome <qex>lazars</qex>, by the hedges lay.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lazar house</b></col> <cd>a lazaretto; also, a hospital for quarantine.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lazaretto</ent><br/
<ent>Lazaret</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Laz`a*ret"</hw> <pr>(l<acr/z`<adot/*r<ecr/t")</pr>, <hw>Laz`a*ret"to</hw> <pr>(l<acr/z`<adot/*r<ecr/t"t<osl/)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>lazaret</ets>, or It. <ets>lazzeretto</ets>, fr. <ets>Lazarus</ets>. See <er>Lazar</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A public building, hospital, or pesthouse for the reception of diseased persons, particularly those affected with contagious diseases.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <note>(Pronounced by seamen <pr>l<acr/z`<adot/*r<emac/t"</pr>)</note> <def>A low space under the after part of the main deck, used as a storeroom.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lazaret fever</ent><br/
<hw>Lazaret fever</hw>. <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Typhus fever.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lazarite</ent><br/
<ent>Lazarist</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Laz"a*rist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Laz"a*rite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld> <def>One of the <membof>Congregation of the Priests of the Mission</membof>, a religious institute founded by <person>Vincent de Paul</person> in 1624, and popularly called Lazarists or Lazarites from the College of St. Lazare in Paris, which was occupied by them until 1792.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lazarly</ent><br/
<ent>Lazarlike</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>La"zar*like`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>La"zar*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <def>Full of sores; leprous.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au>  <au>Bp. Hall.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lazaroni</ent><br/
<hw>Laz`a*ro"ni</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <def>See <er>Lazzaroni</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lazarwort</ent><br/
<hw>La"zar*wort`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Laserwort.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Laze</ent><br/
<hw>Laze</hw> <pr>(l<amac/z)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lazed</conjf> <pr>(l<amac/zd)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lazing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[See <er>Lazy</er>.]</ety> <def>To be lazy or idle.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>  <rj><au>Middleton.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Laze</ent><br/
<hw>Laze</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To waste in sloth; to spend, as time, in idleness; <as>as, to <ex>laze</ex> away whole days</as>.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lazily</ent><br/
<hw>La"zi*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a lazy manner.</def>  <rj><au>Locke.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Laziness</ent><br/
<hw>La"zi*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or quality of being lazy.</def><br/
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<p><q><qex>Laziness</qex> travels so slowly, that Poverty soon overtakes him.</q> <rj><qau>Franklin.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lazuli</ent><br/
<hw>Laz"u*li</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. & NL. <ets>lapis lazuli</ets>, LL. <ets>lazulus</ets>, <ets>lazurius</ets>, <ets>lazur</ets> from the same Oriental source as E. <ets>azure</ets>. See <er>Azure</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A mineral of a fine azure-blue color, usually in small rounded masses. It is essentially a silicate of alumina, lime, and soda, with some sodium sulphide, is often marked by yellow spots or veins of sulphide of iron, and is much valued for ornamental work.  Called also <altname>lapis lazuli</altname>, and <altname>Armenian stone</altname>.</def>
<-- and lapis. --><br/
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<p><ent>Lazulite</ent><br/
<hw>Laz"u*lite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <ets>lazuli</ets> : cf. F. <ets>lazulite</ets>, G. <ets>lazulith</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A mineral of a light indigo-blue color, occurring in small masses, or in monoclinic crystals; blue spar. It is a hydrous phosphate of alumina and magnesia.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lazy</ent><br/
<hw>La"zy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Lazier</adjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Laziest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>lasie</ets>, <ets>laesic</ets>, of uncertain origin; cf. F. <ets>las</ets> tired, L. <ets>lassus</ets>, akin to E. <ets>late</ets>; or cf. LG. <ets>losig</ets>, <ets>lesig</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Disinclined to action or exertion; averse to labor; idle; shirking work.</def>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Inactive; slothful; slow; sluggish; <as>as, a <ex>lazy</ex> stream</as>.</def> <ldquo/The night owl's <xex>lazy</xex> flight.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Wicked; vicious.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>B. Jonson.</au></rj><br/
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<p><-- p. 837 --></p>

<p><cs><col><b>Lazy tongs</b></col>, <cd>a system of jointed bars capable of great extension, originally made for picking up something at a distance, now variously applied in machinery.</cd></cs></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Idle; indolent; sluggish; slothful. See <er>Idle</er>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lazyback</ent><br/
<hw>La"zy*back`</hw> <pr>(l<amac/"z<ycr/*b<acr/k`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A support for the back, attached to the seat of a carriage.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lazybones</ent><br/
<hw>La"zy*bones`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A lazy person.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lazzaroni</ent><br/
<hw>Laz`za*ro"ni</hw> <pr>(l<acr/z`z<adot/*r<omac/"n<icr/; It. l<aum/t`s<adot/*r<omac/"n<esl/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[It. <ets>lazzarone</ets>, pl. <ets>lazzaroni</ets>.]</ety> <def>The homeless idlers of Naples who live by chance work or begging; -- so called from the Hospital of St. Lazarus, which serves as their refuge.</def> <altsp>[Written also, but improperly, <asp>lazaroni</asp>.]</altsp><br/
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<p><ent>lcm</ent><br/
<hw>lcm</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Abbreviation for the least common multiple, the smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbers; <as>as, the <ex>least common multiple</ex> of 12 and 18 is 36</as>.</def> <mark>[abbr.]</mark> <br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lowest common multiple, least common multiple.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Ld.</ent><br/
<hw>Ld.</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>The abbreviation for <altname>limited</altname>, term appended to the name of a company that is organized to give its owners limited liability; also abbreviated <altname>Ltd.</altname>  It corresponds to <altname>Inc.</altname> in the United States.</def> <mark>[Chiefly British]</mark> <mark>[abbr.]</mark> <br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> limited company, Ltd.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>LDL</ent><br/
<hw>LDL</hw> <pr>(<ecr/l`d<emac/*<ecr/l/")</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[acronym from <ets>L</ets>ow-<ets>D</ets>ensity <ets>L</ets>ipoprotein.]</ety> <fld>(Med., Biochem.)</fld> <def><altname>Low-density lipoprotein</altname>, a lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood; high levels are thought to be associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis; sometimes called informally <altname>bad cholesterol</altname>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> low-density lipoprotein.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lea</ent><br/
<hw>Lea</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Lay</er>, <pos>n.</pos> (that which is laid), 4.]</ety> <fld>(Textile Manuf.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A measure of yarn; for linen, 300 yards; for cotton, 120 yards; a lay.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A set of warp threads carried by a loop of the heddle.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lea</ent><br/
<hw>Lea</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>ley</ets>, <ets>lay</ets>, As. <ets>le<aacute/h</ets>, <ets>le<aacute/</ets>; akin to Prov. G. <ets>lon</ets> bog, morass, grove, and perh. to L. <ets>lucus</ets> grove, E. <ets>light</ets>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <def>A meadow or sward land; a grassy field.</def> <ldquo/Plow-torn <xex>leas</xex>.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the <qex>lea</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Gray.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leach</ent><br/
<hw>Leach</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>See 3d <er>Leech</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leach</ent><br/
<hw>Leach</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <altsp>[Written also <asp>letch</asp>.]</altsp> <ety>[Cf. As. <ets>le<aacute/h</ets> lye, G. <ets>lauge</ets>. See <er>Lye</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Leach tub</b></col>, <cd>a wooden tub in which ashes are leached.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Leach</ent><br/
<hw>Leach</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Leached</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Leaching</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Written also <ets>leech</ets> and <ets>letch</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To remove the soluble constituents from by subjecting to the action of percolating water or other liquid; <as>as, to <ex>leach</ex> ashes or coffee</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To dissolve out; -- often used with <xex>out</xex>; <as>as, to <ex>leach</ex> out alkali from ashes</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leach</ent><br/
<hw>Leach</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To part with soluble constituents by percolation.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leach</ent><br/
<hw>Leach</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Leech</er>, a physician.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Leachy</ent><br/
<hw>Leach"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Permitting liquids to pass by percolation; not capable of retaining water; porous; pervious; -- said of gravelly or sandy soils, and the like.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lead</ent><br/
<hw>Lead</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/d)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>led</ets>, <ets>leed</ets>, <ets>lead</ets>, AS. <ets>le<aacute/d</ets>; akin to D. <ets>lood</ets>, MHG. <ets>l<omac/t</ets>, G. <ets>loth</ets> plummet, sounding lead, small weight, Sw. & Dan. <ets>lod</ets>. <root/123.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished.  It is both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity, and is used for tubes, sheets, bullets, etc. Its specific gravity is 11.37. It is easily fusible (melting point 327.5<deg/ C), forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82.  Atomic weight, 207.2. Symbol Pb (L. <xex>Plumbum</xex>). It is chiefly obtained from the mineral galena, lead sulphide.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An article made of lead or an alloy of lead</def>; as: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A plummet or mass of lead, used in sounding at sea.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Print.)</fld> <def>A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs; hence, <pluf>pl.</pluf>, a roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.</def><br/
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<p><q>I would have the tower two stories, and goodly <qex>leads</qex> upon the top.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A small cylinder of black lead or graphite, used in pencils.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Black lead</b></col>, <cd>graphite or plumbago; -- so called from its leadlike appearance and streak.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> -- <col><b>Coasting lead</b></col>, <cd>a sounding lead intermediate in weight between a hand lead and deep-sea lead.</cd> -- <col><b>Deep-sea lead</b></col>, <cd>the heaviest of sounding leads, used in water exceeding a hundred fathoms in depth.</cd> <au>Ham. Nav. Encyc.</au> -- <col><b>Hand lead</b></col>, <cd>a small lead use for sounding in shallow water.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Krems lead</b></col>, <col><b>Kremnitz lead</b></col></mcol> <ety>[so called from <etsep>Krems</etsep> or <etsep>Kremnitz</etsep>, in Austria]</ety>, <cd>a pure variety of white lead, formed into tablets, and called also <altname>Krems white</altname>, <it>or</it> <altname>Kremnitz white</altname>, and <altname>Vienna white</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>Lead arming</b></col>, <cd>tallow put in the hollow of a sounding lead. See <cref>To arm the lead</cref> (below).</cd> -- <col><b>Lead colic</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Colic</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Lead color</b></col>, <cd>a deep bluish gray color, like tarnished lead.</cd> -- <col><b>Lead glance</b></col>. <fld>(Min.)</fld> <cd>Same as <er>Galena</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Lead line</b></col> <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <cd>A dark line along the gums produced by a deposit of metallic lead, due to lead poisoning.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <cd>A sounding line.</cd> -- <col><b>Lead mill</b></col>, <cd>a leaden polishing wheel, used by lapidaries.</cd> -- <col><b>Lead ocher</b></col> <fld>(Min.)</fld>, <cd>a massive sulphur-yellow oxide of lead. Same as <er>Massicot</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Lead pencil</b></col>, <cd>a pencil of which the marking material is graphite (black lead).</cd> -- <col><b>Lead plant</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a low leguminous plant, genus <gen>Amorpha</gen> (<spn>Amorpha canescens</spn>), found in the Northwestern United States, where its presence is supposed to indicate lead ore.</cd> <au>Gray.</au> -- <col><b>Lead tree</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <cd>A West Indian name for the tropical, leguminous tree, <spn>Leuc<ae/na glauca</spn>; -- probably so called from the glaucous color of the foliage.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <cd>Lead crystallized in arborescent forms from a solution of some lead salt, as by suspending a strip of zinc in lead acetate.</cd> -- <col><b>Mock lead</b></col>, <cd>a miner's term for blende.</cd> -- <col><b>Red lead</b></col>, <cd>a scarlet, crystalline, granular powder, consisting of minium when pure, but commonly containing several of the oxides of lead. It is used as a paint or cement and also as an ingredient of flint glass.</cd> -- <col><b>Red lead ore</b></col> <fld>(Min.)</fld>, <cd>crocoite.</cd> -- <col><b>Sugar of lead</b></col>, <cd>acetate of lead.</cd> -- <col><b>To arm the lead</b></col>, <cd>to fill the hollow in the bottom of a sounding lead with tallow in order to discover the nature of the bottom by the substances adhering.</cd> <au>Ham. Nav. Encyc.</au> -- <mcol><col><b>To cast the lead</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>To heave the lead</b></col></mcol>, <cd>to cast the sounding lead for ascertaining the depth of water.</cd> -- <col><b>White lead</b></col>, <cd>hydrated carbonate of lead, obtained as a white, amorphous powder, and much used as an ingredient of white paint.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lead</ent><br/
<hw>Lead</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/d)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Leaded</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Leading</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To cover, fill, or affect with lead; <as>as, continuous firing <ex>leads</ex> the grooves of a rifle</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Print.)</fld> <def>To place leads between the lines of; <as>as, to <ex>lead</ex> a page; <ex>leaded</ex> matter.</as></def><br/
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<p><ent>Lead</ent><br/
<hw>Lead</hw> <pr>(l<emac/d)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Led</conjf> <pr>(l<ecr/d)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Leading</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>leden</ets>, AS. <ets>l<aemac/dan</ets> (akin to OS. <ets>l<emac/dian</ets>, D. <ets>leiden</ets>, G. <ets>leiten</ets>, Icel. <ets>le<imac/<edh/a</ets>, Sw. <ets>leda</ets>, Dan. <ets>lede</ets>), properly a causative fr. AS. <ets>li<edh/an</ets> to go; akin to OHG. <ets>l<imac/dan</ets>, Icel. <ets>l<imac/<edh/a</ets>, Goth. <ets>lei<thorn/an</ets> (in comp.).  Cf. <er>Lode</er>, <er>Loath</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact or connection; <as>as, a father <ex>leads</ex> a child; a jockey <ex>leads</ex> a horse with a halter; a dog <ex>leads</ex> a blind man.</as></def><br/
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<p><q>If a blind man <qex>lead</qex> a blind man, both fall down in the ditch.</q> <rj><qau>Wyclif (Matt. xv. 14.)</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>They thrust him out of the city, and <qex>led</qex> him unto the brow of the hill.</q> <rj><qau>Luke iv. 29.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>In thy right hand <qex>lead</qex> with thee<br/
The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, esp. by going with or going in advance of.</def>  <specif>Hence,</specif> <mark>figuratively</mark>: <def>To direct; to counsel; to instruct; <as>as, to <ex>lead</ex> a traveler; to <ex>lead</ex> a pupil.</as></def><br/
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<p><q>The Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to <qex>lead</qex> them the way.</q> <rj><qau>Ex. xiii. 21.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>He <qex>leadeth</qex> me beside the still waters.</q> <rj><qau>Ps. xxiii. 2.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>This thought might <qex>lead</qex> me through the world's vain mask.<br/
Content, though blind, had I no better guide.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; <as>as, to <ex>lead</ex> an army, an exploring party, or a search; to <ex>lead</ex> a political party.</as></def><br/
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<p><q>Christ took not upon him flesh and blood that he might conquer and rule nations, <qex>lead</qex> armies, or possess places.</q> <rj><qau>South.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among; <as>as, the big sloop <ex>led</ex> the fleet of yachts; the Guards <ex>led</ex> the attack; <persfn>Demosthenes</persfn> <ex>leads</ex> the orators of all ages.</as></def><br/
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<p><q>As Hesperus, that <qex>leads</qex> the sun his way.</q> <rj><qau>Fairfax.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>And <qex>lo</qex> ! Ben Adhem's name <qex>led</qex> all the rest.</q> <rj><qau>Leigh Hunt.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure; <as>as, to <ex>lead</ex> one to espouse a righteous cause</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>He was driven by the necessities of the times, more than <qex>led</qex> by his own disposition, to any rigor of actions.</q> <rj><qau>Eikon Basilike.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Silly women, laden with sins, <qex>led</qex> away by divers lusts.</q> <rj><qau>2 Tim. iii. 6 (Rev. Ver.).</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>To guide or conduct one's self in, through, or along (a certain course); hence, to proceed in the way of; to follow the path or course of; to pass; to spend. Also, to cause (one) to proceed or follow in (a certain course).</def><br/
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<p><q>That we may <qex>lead</qex> a quiet and peaceable life.</q> <rj><qau>1 Tim. ii. 2.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Nor thou with shadowed hint confuse<br/
A life that <qex>leads</qex> melodious days.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>You remember . . . the life he used to <qex>lead</qex> his wife and daughter.</q> <rj><qau>Dickens.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <fld>(Cards & Dominoes)</fld> <def>To begin a game, round, or trick, with; <as>as, to <ex>lead</ex> trumps; the double five was <ex>led</ex>.</as></def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>To lead astray</b></col>, <cd>to guide in a wrong way, or into error; to seduce from truth or rectitude.</cd> -- <col><b>To lead captive</b></col>, <cd>to carry or bring into captivity.</cd> -- <col><b>To lead the way</b></col>, <cd>to show the way by going in front; to act as guide.</cd> <au>Goldsmith.</au></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lead</ent><br/
<hw>Lead</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or pre<eum/minence; to be first or chief; -- used in most of the senses of <xex>lead</xex>, <pos>v. t.</pos></def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place; <as>as, the path <ex>leads</ex> to the mill; gambling <ex>leads</ex> to other vices.</as></def><br/
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<p><q>The mountain foot that <qex>leads</qex> towards Mantua.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>To lead off</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>To lead out</b></col></mcol>, <cd>to go first; to begin; <as>as, Mickey Mantle <ex>led off</ex> in the fifth inning of the game</as>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lead</ent><br/
<hw>Lead</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction; <as>as, to take the <ex>lead</ex>; to be under the <ex>lead</ex> of another.</as></def><br/
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<p><q>At the time I speak of, and having a momentary <qex>lead</qex>, . . . <qex>I am sure I did my country important service</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Burke.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; <as>as, the white horse had the <ex>lead</ex>; <ex>a lead</ex> of a boat's length, or of half a second.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Cards & Dominoes)</fld> <def>The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played; <as>as, your partner has the <ex>lead</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>An open way in an ice field.</def>  <rj><au>Kane.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>A lode.</def><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>The course of a rope from end to end.</def><br/
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <fld>(Steam Engine)</fld> <def>The width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release of steam, at the instant when the piston is at end of its stroke.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ When used alone it means <xex>outside lead</xex>, or lead for the admission of steam. <xex>Inside lead</xex> refers to the release or exhaust.</note><br/
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <fld>(Civil Engineering)</fld> <def>the distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.</def><br/
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<p><sn>9.</sn> <fld>(Horology)</fld> <def>The action of a tooth, as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.</def>  <rj><au>Saunier.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>10.</sn> <fld>(Music.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The announcement by one voice part of a theme to be repeated by the other parts.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A mark or a short passage in one voice part, as of a canon, serving as a cue for the entrance of others.</def><br/
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<p><sn>11.</sn>  <def>In an internal-combustion engine, the distance, measured in actual length of piston stroke or the corresponding angular displacement of the crank, of the piston from the end of the compression stroke when ignition takes place; -- called in full <col><b>lead of the ignition</b></col>. When ignition takes place during the working stroke the corresponding distance from the commencement of the stroke is called <col><b>negative lead</b></col>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>12.</sn>  <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>The excess above a right angle in the angle between two consecutive cranks, as of a compound engine, on the same shaft.</def><br/
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<p><sn>13.</sn>  <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>In spiral screw threads, worm wheels, or the like, the amount of advance of any point in the spiral for a complete turn.</def><br/
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<p><sn>14.</sn>  <fld>(Elec.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The angle between the line joining the brushes of a continuous-current dynamo and the diameter symmetrical between the poles.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The advance of the current phase in an alternating circuit beyond that of the electromotive force producing it.</def><br/
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<p><sn>15.</sn>  <fld>(Theat.)</fld> <def>A role for a leading man or leading woman; also, one who plays such a role.</def><br/
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<p><sn>16.</sn> <def>The first story in a newspaper or broadcast news program.</def><br/
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<p><sn>17.</sn> <def>an electrical conductor, typically as an insulated wire or cable, connecting an electrical device to another device or to a power source, such as a conductor conveying electricity from a dynamo.</def><br/
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<p><sn>18.</sn> <fld>(Baseball)</fld> <def>the distance a runner on base advances from one base toward the next before the pitch; <as>as, the long <ex>lead</ex> he usually takes tends to distract the pitchers</as>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lead angle</b></col> <fld>(Steam Engine)</fld>, <cd>the angle which the crank maker with the line of centers, in approaching it, at the instant when the valve opens to admit steam.</cd> -- <col><b>Lead screw</b></col> <fld>(Mach.)</fld>, <cd>the main longitudinal screw of a lathe, which gives the feed motion to the carriage.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Leaded</ent><br/
<hw>Lead"ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Fitted with lead; set in lead; <as>as, <ex>leaded</ex> windows</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Print.)</fld> <def>Separated by leads, as the lines of a page.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leaden</ent><br/
<hw>Lead"en</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Made of lead; of the nature of lead; <as>as, a <ex>leaden</ex> ball</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Like lead in color, etc.; <as>as, a <ex>leaden</ex> sky</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Heavy; dull; sluggish.</def> <ldquo/<xex>Leaden</xex> slumber.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leader</ent><br/
<hw>Lead"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who, or that which, leads or conducts; a guide; a conductor.</def> <specif>Especially:</specif> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>One who goes first.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>One having authority to direct; a chief; a commander.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A performer who leads a band or choir in music; also, in an orchestra, the principal violinist; the one who plays at the head of the first violins.</def> <sd>(d)</sd> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A block of hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their proper places.</def> <sd>(e)</sd> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>The principal wheel in any kind of machinery.</def> <mark>[Obs. or R.]</mark> <au>G. Francis.</au> <sd>(f)</sd> <def>A horse placed in advance of others; one of the forward pair of horses.</def><br/
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<p><q>He forgot to pull in his <qex>leaders</qex>, and they gallop away with him at times.</q> <rj><qau>Hare.</qau></rj></p>

<p><sd>(g)</sd> <def>A pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground; a conductor.</def> <sd>(h)</sd> <fld>(Fishing)</fld> <def>A net for leading fish into a pound, weir, etc.; also, a line of gut, to which the snell of a fly hook is attached.</def> <sd>(i)</sd> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>A branch or small vein, not important in itself, but indicating the proximity of a better one.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Print.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A type having a dot or short row of dots upon its face.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>a row of dots, periods, or hyphens, used in tables of contents, etc., to lead the eye across a space to the right word or number.</def><br/
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- chief; chieftain; commander. See <er>Chief</er>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>leaderless</ent><br/
<hw>leaderless</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>lacking a leader; <as>as, a <ex>leaderless</ex> mob running riot in the streets</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>leaders</ent><br/
<hw>leaders</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>the body of people who lead a group; the leadership{3}; <as>as, they hung the <ex>leaders</ex> of the insurrection</as>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> leadership.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Leadership</ent><br/
<hw>Lead"er*ship</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The office, position or function of a leader; <as>as, Gingrich held the House <ex>leadership</ex> for six years</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The quality of character and personality giving a person the ability to gain the confidence of and lead others; <as>as, Washington's <ex>leadership</ex> was indispensible to success of the American Revolution</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The people who serve as leaders of a group; <as>as, the party <ex>leadership</ex> was in disarray after the election</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lead-free</ent><br/
<hw>lead-free</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>not containing the element lead.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <specif>specifically:</specif> <def>Not containing a lead additive such as tetraethyllead or tetramethyllead; -- of gasoline; <as>as, Most modern cars run on <ex>lead-free</ex> gasoline</as>.  Oposite of <ant>leaded</ant>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> nonleaded, unleaded.</syn><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <specif>specifically:</specif> <def>Not containing a pigment having lead as a component; -- of paints; <as>as, <ex>lead-free</ex> paint should be used wherever children are exposed to the painted surface</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leadhillite</ent><br/
<hw>Lead"hill*ite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A mineral of a yellowish or greenish white color, consisting of the sulphate and carbonate of lead; -- so called from having been first found at <etsep>Leadhills</etsep>, Scotland.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lead-in</ent><br/
<hw>lead-in</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Elec.)</fld> <def>a wire connecting an antenna to a receiver or a transmitter to a transmission line.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Radio and Television Broadcasting)</fld> <def>The short segment of a program or program script introducing and immediately preceding another part of the program or a commercial.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leading</ent><br/
<hw>Lead"ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Guiding; directing; controlling; foremost; <as>as, a <ex>leading</ex> motive; a <ex>leading</ex> man; a <ex>leading</ex> example.</as></def> -- <wordforms><wf>Lead"ing*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Leading case</b></col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>a reported decision which has come to be regarded as settling the law of the question involved.</cd> <au>Abbott.</au> -- <col><b>Leading motive</b></col> <ety>[a translation of G. <ets>leitmotif</ets>]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld>, <cd>a guiding theme; in the musical drama of Wagner, a marked melodic phrase or short passage which always accompanies the reappearance of a certain person, situation, abstract idea, or allusion in the course of the play; a sort of musical label.  Also called <altname>leitmotif</altname> or <altname>leitmotiv</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>Leading note</b></col> <fld>(Mus.)</fld>, <cd>the seventh note or tone in the ascending major scale; the sensible note.</cd> -- <col><b>Leading question</b></col>, <cd>a question so framed as to guide the person questioned in making his reply.</cd> -- <col><b>Leading strings</b></col>, <cd>strings by which children are supported when beginning to walk.</cd> -- <col><b>To be in leading strings</b></col>, <cd>to be in a state of infancy or dependence, or under the guidance of others.</cd> -- <col><b>Leading wheel</b></col>, <cd>a wheel situated before the driving wheels of a locomotive engine.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Leading</ent><br/
<hw>Lead"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of guiding, directing, governing, or enticing; guidance.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Suggestion; hint; example.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leading edge</ent><br/
<hw>Lead"ing edge</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos><sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Aeronautics)</fld> <def>the front edge of an airfoil; same as <altname><er>Advancing edge</er></altname>, above.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>the front edge of anything that moves; also used metaphorically, <as>as the <ex>leading edge</ex> in art</as>.  See also <er>cutting edge</er>.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Leadman</ent><br/
<hw>Lead"man</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Leadmen</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.</plu> <def>One who leads a dance.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>B. Jonson.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leadsman</ent><br/
<hw>Leads"man</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Leadsmen</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.</plu> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>The man who heaves the lead.</def>  <rj><au>Totten.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>leadplant</ent><br/
<hw>leadplant</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A shrub (<spn>Amorpha canescens</spn>) of sandy woodlands and streambanks of the Western U. S. having hoary pinnate flowers and dull-colored racemose flowers; it is thought to indicate the presence of lead ore.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lead plant, <spn>Amorpha canescens</spn>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>lead to</ent><br/
<hw>lead to</hw> <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Same as <er>cause</er>; <as>as, the roaring stock market <ex>led to</ex> an increase in the purchase of big-ticket items during the 1996 Christmas season</as>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> result in, lead to.</syn><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>to be a contributory cause of; <as>as, IBM's inattention to the needs of individual users <ex>led to</ex> the demise of OS/2 as a viable alternative to Windows 95</as>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> be conducive to, contribute to, lead to, conduce to.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Leadwort</ent><br/
<hw>Lead"wort`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of maritime herbs (<gen>Plumbago</gen>).  <spn>Plumbago Europ<ae/a</spn> has lead-colored spots on the leaves, and nearly lead-colored flowers.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leady</ent><br/
<hw>Lead"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Resembling lead.</def>  <rj><au>Sir T. Elyot.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leaf</ent><br/
<hw>Leaf</hw> <pr>(l<emac/f)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Leaves</plw> <pr>(l<emac/vz)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[OE. <ets>leef</ets>, <ets>lef</ets>, <ets>leaf</ets>, AS. <ets>le<aacute/f</ets>; akin to S. <ets>l<omac/f</ets>, OFries. <ets>laf</ets>, D. <ets>loof</ets> foliage, G. <ets>laub</ets>, OHG. <ets>loub</ets> leaf, foliage, Icel. <ets>lauf</ets>, Sw. <ets>l<oum/f</ets>, Dan. <ets>l<oum/v</ets>, Goth. <ets>laufs</ets>; cf. Lith. <ets>lapas</ets>.  Cf. <er>Lodge</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A colored, usually green, expansion growing from the side of a stem or rootstock, in which the sap for the use of the plant is elaborated under the influence of light; one of the parts of a plant which collectively constitute its foliage.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ Such leaves usually consist of a blade, or <part>lamina</part> , supported upon a leafstalk or <part>petiole</part>, which, continued through the blade as the <part>midrib</part>, gives off woody <parts>ribs</parts> and <parts>veins</parts> that support the cellular texture.  The petiole has usually some sort of an appendage on each side of its base, which is called the <part>stipule</part>. The green parenchyma of the leaf is covered with a thin epiderm pierced with closable microscopic openings, known as <parts>stomata</parts>.</note><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A special organ of vegetation in the form of a lateral outgrowth from the stem, whether appearing as a part of the foliage, or as a cotyledon, a scale, a bract, a spine, or a tendril.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ In this view every part of a plant, except the root and the stem, is either a leaf, or is composed of leaves more or less modified and transformed.</note><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Something which is like a leaf in being wide and thin and having a flat surface, or in being attached to a larger body by one edge or end;</def> <specif>as</specif>: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A part of a book or folded sheet containing two pages upon its opposite sides.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A side, division, or part, that slides or is hinged, as of window shutters, folding doors, etc.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The movable side of a table.</def> <sd>(d)</sd> <def>A very thin plate; <as>as, gold <ex>leaf</ex></as>.</def> <sd>(e)</sd> <def>A portion of fat lying in a separate fold or layer.</def> <sd>(f)</sd> <def>One of the teeth of a pinion, especially when small.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Leaf beetle</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>any beetle which feeds upon leaves; esp., any species of the family <fam>Chrysomelid<ae/</fam>, as the potato beetle and helmet beetle.</cd> -- <col><b>Leaf bridge</b></col>, <cd>a draw-bridge having a platform or leaf which swings vertically on hinges.</cd> -- <col><b>Leaf bud</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a bud which develops into leaves or a leafy branch.</cd> -- <col><b>Leaf butterfly</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>any butterfly which, in the form and colors of its wings, resembles the leaves of plants upon which it rests; esp., butterflies of the genus <gen>Kallima</gen>, found in Southern Asia and the East Indies.</cd> -- <col><b>Leaf crumpler</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>a small moth (<spn>Phycis indigenella</spn>), the larva of which feeds upon leaves of the apple tree, and forms its nest by crumpling and fastening leaves together in clusters.</cd> -- <col><b>Leaf fat</b></col>, <cd>the fat which lies in leaves or layers within the body of an animal.</cd> -- <col><b>Leaf flea</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>a jumping plant louse of the family <fam>Psyllid<ae/</fam>.</cd> -- <col><b>Leaf frog</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>any tree frog of the genus <gen>Phyllomedusa</gen>.</cd> -- <col><b>Leaf green</b></col>.<fld>(Bot.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Chlorophyll</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Leaf hopper</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>any small jumping hemipterous insect of the genus <gen>Tettigonia</gen>, and allied genera. They live upon the leaves and twigs of plants. See <er>Live hopper</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Leaf insect</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>any one of several genera and species of orthopterous insects, esp. of the genus <gen>Phyllium</gen>, in which the wings, and sometimes the legs, resemble leaves in color and form. They are common in Southern Asia and the East Indies.</cd> -- <col><b>Leaf lard</b></col>, <cd>lard from leaf fat. See under <er>Lard</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Leaf louse</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>an aphid.</cd> -- <col><b>Leaf metal</b></col>, <cd>metal in thin leaves, as gold, silver, or tin.</cd> -- <col><b>Leaf miner</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>any one of various small lepidopterous and dipterous insects, which, in the larval stages, burrow in and eat the parenchyma of leaves; <as>as, the pear-tree <ex>leaf miner</ex> (<spn>Lithocolletis geminatella</spn>)</as>.</cd> -- <col><b>Leaf notcher</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>a pale bluish green beetle (<spn>Artipus Floridanus</spn>), which, in Florida, eats the edges of the leaves of orange trees.</cd> -- <col><b>Leaf roller</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>See <er>leaf roller</er> in the vocabulary.</cd>  -- <col><b>Leaf scar</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the cicatrix on a stem whence a leaf has fallen.</cd> -- <col><b>Leaf sewer</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>a tortricid moth, whose caterpillar makes a nest by rolling up a leaf and fastening the edges together with silk, as if sewn; esp., <spn>Phoxopteris nubeculana</spn>, which feeds upon the apple tree.</cd> -- <col><b>Leaf sight</b></col>, <cd>a hinged sight on a firearm, which can be raised or folded down.</cd> -- <col><b>Leaf trace</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>one or more fibrovascular bundles, which may be traced down an endogenous stem from the base of a leaf.</cd> -- <col><b>Leaf tier</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>a tortricid moth whose larva makes a nest by fastening the edges of a leaf together with silk; esp., <spn>Teras cinderella</spn>, found on the apple tree.</cd> -- <col><b>Leaf valve</b></col>, <cd>a valve which moves on a hinge.</cd> -- <col><b>Leaf wasp</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>a sawfly.</cd> -- <col><b>To turn over a new leaf</b></col>, <cd>to make a radical change for the better in one's way of living or doing.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q> They were both determined <qex>to turn over a new leaf</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Richardson.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><-- p. 838 --></p>

<p><ent>Leaf out</ent><br/
<ent>Leaf</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>Leaf</hw>, <hw>Leaf out</hw></mhw> <pr>(l<emac/f)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Leafed</conjf> <pr>(l<emac/ft)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Leafing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To shoot out leaves; to produce leaves; to leave; <as>as, the trees <ex>leaf</ex> in May</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leafage</ent><br/
<hw>Leaf"age</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Leaves, collectively; foliage.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leafcup</ent><br/
<hw>Leaf"cup`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A coarse American composite weed (<spn>Polymnia Uvedalia</spn>).</def><br/
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<p><ent>leaf-cutter</ent><br/
<ent>leaf cutter</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>leaf cutter</hw>, <hw>leaf-cutter</hw></mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Any one of various species of wild bees of the genus <gen>Megachile</gen>, which cut rounded pieces from the edges of leaves, or the petals of flowers, to be used in the construction of their nests, which are made in holes and crevices, or in a leaf rolled up for the purpose. Among the common American species are <spn>Megachile brevis</spn> and <spn>Megachile centuncularis</spn>. Called also <altname>rose-cutting bee</altname>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> leaf-cutting bee, leaf-cutter bee.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Leafed</ent><br/
<hw>Leafed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having (such) a leaf or (so many) leaves; -- used in composition; <as>as, broad<ex>-leafed</ex>; four<ex>-leafed</ex>.</as></def><br/
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<p><ent>Leafet</ent><br/
<hw>Leaf"et</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A leaflet.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leaf-footed</ent><br/
<hw>Leaf"-foot`ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Having leaflike expansions on the legs; -- said of certain insects; <as>as, the <ex>leaf-footed</ex> bug (<spn>Leptoglossus phyllopus</spn>)</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>leaf-hopper</ent><br/
<hw>leaf-hopper</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A small leaping insect that sucks the juices of plants.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> leafhopper.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Leafiness</ent><br/
<hw>Leaf"i*ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of being leafy.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leafless</ent><br/
<hw>Leaf"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having no leaves or foliage; bearing no foliage.</def> <ldquo/<xex>Leafless</xex> groves.<rdquo/ <au>Cowper.</au> -- <wordforms><wf>Leaf"less*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Leafless plants</b></col>, <cd>plants having no foliage, though leaves may be present in the form of scales and bracts. See <er>Leaf</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 1 and 2.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Leaflet</ent><br/
<hw>Leaf"let</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A little leaf.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>One of the divisions of a compound leaf; a foliole.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A leaflike organ or part; <as>as, a <ex>leaflet</ex> of the gills of fishes</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A printed sheet of paper, of one page, or one sheet folded over, containing an advertisement, tract, or other notice, and usually distributed for free or included in the package with a purchased item.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Leaf-nosed</ent><br/
<hw>Leaf"-nosed`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Having a leaflike membrane on the nose; -- said of certain bats, esp. of the genera <gen>Phyllostoma</gen> and <gen>Rhinonycteris</gen>. See <er>Vampire</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>leaf roller</ent><br/
<ent>leafroller</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>leafroller</hw>, <hw>leaf roller</hw></mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The larva of any tortricid moth which makes a nest by rolling up the leaves of plants and tying the leaves with spun silk; aalso, the moth itself.  See <er>Tortrix</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leafstalk</ent><br/
<hw>Leaf"stalk`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The stalk or petiole which supports a leaf.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Leafy</ent><br/
<hw>Leaf"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Leafier</adjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>superl</pos>. <adjf>Leafiest</adjf>.]</amorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Full of leaves; abounding in leaves; <as>as, the <ex>leafy</ex> forest</as>.</def> <ldquo/The <xex>leafy</xex> month of June.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Coleridge.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Consisting of leaves.</def> <ldquo/A <xex>leafy</xex> bed.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Byron.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>League</ent><br/
<hw>League</hw> <pr>(l<emac/g)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. OE. <ets>legue</ets>, <ets>lieue</ets>, a measure of length, F. <ets>lieue</ets>, Pr. <ets>lega</ets>, <ets>legua</ets>, It. & LL. <ets>lega</ets>, Sp. <ets>legua</ets>, Pg. <ets>legoa</ets>, <ets>legua</ets>; all fr. LL. <ets>leuca</ets>, of Celtic origin: cf. Arm. <ets>leo</ets>, <ets>lev</ets> (perh. from French), Ir. <ets>leige</ets> (perh. from English); also Ir. & Gael. <ets>leac</ets> a flag, a broad, flat stone, W. <ets>llech</ets>, -- such stones having perh. served as a sort of milestone (cf. <er>Cromlech</er>).]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A measure of length or distance, varying in different countries from about 2.4 to 4.6 English statute miles of 5,280 feet each, and used (as a land measure) chiefly on the continent of Europe, and in the Spanish parts of America. The <xex>marine league</xex> of England and the United States is equal to three marine, or geographical, miles of 6080 feet each.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ The English land league is equal to three English statute miles. The Spanish and French leagues vary in each country according to usage and the kind of measurement to which they are applied. The Dutch and German leagues contain about four geographical miles, or about 4.6 English statute miles.</note><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of a league.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>League</ent><br/
<hw>League</hw> <pr>(l<emac/g)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>ligue</ets>, LL. <ets>liga</ets>, fr. L. <ets>ligare</ets> to bind; cf. Sp. <ets>liga</ets>.  Cf. <er>Ally</er> a confederate, <er>Ligature</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An alliance or combination of two or more nations, parties, organizations, or persons, for the accomplishment of a purpose which requires a continued course of action, as for mutual defense, or for furtherance of commercial, religious, or political interests, etc.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>And let there be<br/
'Twixt us and them no <qex>league</qex>, nor amity.</q> <rj><qau>Denham.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <specif>Specifically:</specif> <fld>(Sports)</fld> <def>An association of sports teams that establishes rules of play, decides questions of membership in the league, and organizes matches between the member teams.  In some cases a sports league is called a <altname>conference</altname>, as in the <stype>National Football Conference</stype>.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><note><hand/ A <xex>league</xex> may be <xex>offensive</xex> or <xex>defensive</xex>, or both; <xex>offensive</xex>, when the parties agree to unite in attacking a common enemy; <xex>defensive</xex>, when they agree to a mutual defense of each other against an enemy.</note><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>The Holy League</b></col>, <cd>an alliance of Roman Catholics formed in 1576 by influence of the Duke of Guise for the exclusion of Protestants from the throne of France.</cd> -- <col><b>Solemn League and Covenant</b></col>. <cd>See <er>Covenant</er>,2.</cd> -- <col><b>The land league</b></col>, <cd>an association, organized in Dublin in 1879, to promote the interests of the Irish tenantry, its avowed objects being to secure fixity of tenure, fair rent, and free sale of the tenants' interest.  It was declared illegal by Parliament, but vigorous prosecutions have failed to suppress it.</cd></cs></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Alliance; confederacy; confederation; coalition; combination; compact; cooperation.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>League</ent><br/
<hw>League</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Leagued</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Leaguing</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>se liguer</ets>. See 2d <er>League</er>.]</ety> <def>To unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual support; to confederate.</def>  <rj><au>South.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>League</ent><br/
<hw>League</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To join in a league; to cause to combine for a joint purpose; to combine; to unite; <as>as, common interests will <ex>league</ex> heterogeneous elements</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Leaguer</ent><br/
<hw>Lea"guer</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[D. <ets>leger</ets> camp, bed, couch, lair. See <er>Lair</er>, and cf.<er>Beleaguer</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The camp of a besieging army; a camp in general.</def>  <rj><au>b. Jonson.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A siege or beleaguering.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir W. Scott.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leaguer</ent><br/
<hw>Lea"guer</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To besiege; to beleaguer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Leaguerer</ent><br/
<hw>Lea"guer*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A besieger.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>J. Webster.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leak</ent><br/
<hw>Leak</hw> <pr>(l<emac/k)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Akin to D. <ets>lek</ets> leaky, a leak, G. <ets>leck</ets>, Icel. <ets>lekr</ets> leaky, Dan. <ets>l<ae/k</ets> leaky, a leak, Sw. <ets>l<aum/ck</ets>; cf. AS. <ets>hlec</ets> full of cracks or leaky.  Cf. <er>Leak</er>, <pos>v.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape; <as>as, a <ex>leak</ex> in a roof; a <ex>leak</ex> in a boat; a <ex>leak</ex> in a gas pipe.</as></def> <ldquo/One <xex>leak</xex> will sink a ship.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Bunyan.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture; <as>as, the <ex>leak</ex> gained on the ship's pumps</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Elec.)</fld> <def>A loss of electricity through imperfect insulation; also, the point at which such loss occurs.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>an act of urinating; -- used mostly in the phrase <col><b>take a leak</b></col>, <it>i. e.</it> to urinate.</def> <mark>[vulgar]</mark> <br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>The disclosure of information that is expected to be kept confidential; <as>as, <ex>leaks</ex> by the White House staff infuriated Nixon; <ex>leaks</ex> by the Special Prosecutor were criticized as illegal</as>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>To spring a leak</b></col>, <cd>to open or crack so as to let in water; to begin to let in water; <as>as, the ship <ex>sprung a leak</ex></as>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Leak</ent><br/
<hw>Leak</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Leaky.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leak</ent><br/
<hw>Leak</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Leaked</conjf> <pr>(l<emac/kt)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Leaking</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Akin to D. <ets>lekken</ets>, G. <ets>lecken</ets>, <ets>lechen</ets>, Icel. <ets>leka</ets>, Dan. <ets>l<ae/kke</ets>, Sw. <ets>l<aum/cka</ets>, AS. <ets>leccan</ets> to wet, moisten. See <er>Leak</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To let water or other fluid in or out through a hole, crevice, etc.; <as>as, the cask <ex>leaks</ex>; the roof <ex>leaks</ex>; the boat <ex>leaks</ex>.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To enter or escape, as a fluid, through a hole, crevice, etc.; to pass gradually into, or out of, something; -- usually with <ptcl>in</ptcl> or <ptcl>out</ptcl>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>To leak out</b></col>, <cd>to be divulged gradually or clandestinely; to become public; as, <as>the facts <ex>leaked out</ex></as>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Leakage</ent><br/
<hw>Leak"age</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. D. <ets>lekkage</ets>, for sense 1.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A leaking; also, the quantity that enters or issues by leaking.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Com.)</fld> <def>An allowance of a certain rate per cent for the leaking of casks, or waste of liquors by leaking.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Elec.)</fld> <def>A <er>leak{3}</er>; also; the quantity of electricity thus wasted.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leakiness</ent><br/
<hw>Leak"i*ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality of being leaky.</def><br/
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<p><ent>leaking</ent><br/
<hw>leak"ing</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>having liquid seeping in or out through openings; leaky.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> leaky.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>leakproof</ent><br/
<hw>leak"proof`</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>having no leaks.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> watertight.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Leaky</ent><br/
<hw>Leak"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Leakier</adjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Leakiest</adjf>.]</amorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Permitting water or other fluid to leak in or out; <as>as, a <ex>leaky</ex> roof or cask; a <ex>leaky</ex> faucet</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Apt to disclose secrets; tattling; not close.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Genetics)</fld> <def>Retaining some function; not completely inactivating the gene; <as>as, substitution mutations are sometimes <ex>leaky</ex></as>; -- of mutations.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leal</ent><br/
<hw>Leal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>leial</ets>, another form of <ets>loial</ets>, F. <ets>loyal</ets>. See <er>Loyal</er>.]</ety> <def>Faithful; loyal; true.</def><br/
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<p><q>All men true and <qex>leal</qex>, all women pure.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Land of the leal</b></col>, <cd>the place of the faithful; heaven.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Leam</ent><br/
<hw>Leam</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. & v. i.</pos> <def>See <er>Leme</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Holland.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leam</ent><br/
<hw>Leam</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Leamer</er>, <er>Lien</er>.]</ety> <def>A cord or strap for leading a dog.</def>  <rj><au>Sir W. Scott.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leamer</ent><br/
<hw>Leam"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>limier</ets>, OF. <ets>liemier</ets>, fr. L. <ets>ligamen</ets> band, bandage. See <er>Lien</er>.]</ety> <def>A dog held by a leam.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lean</ent><br/
<hw>Lean</hw> <pr>(l<emac/n)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[Icel. <ets>leyna</ets>; akin to G. <ets>l<aum/ugnen</ets> to deny, AS. <ets>l<ymac/gnian</ets>, also E. <ets>lie</ets> to speak falsely.]</ety> <def>To conceal.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Ray.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lean</ent><br/
<hw>Lean</hw> <pr>(l<emac/n)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Leaned</conjf> <pr>(l<emac/nd)</pr>, sometimes <conjf>Leant</conjf> (l<ecr/nt); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Leaning</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>lenen</ets>, AS. <ets>hlinian</ets>, <ets>hleonian</ets>, <pos>v. i.</pos>; akin to OS. <ets>hlin<omac/n</ets>, D. <ets>leunen</ets>, OHG. <ets>hlin<emac/n</ets>, <ets>lin<emac/n</ets>, G. <ets>lehnen</ets>, L. <ets>inclinare</ets>, Gr. <grk>kli`nein</grk>, L. <ets>clivus</ets> hill, slope. <root/40.  Cf. <er>Declivity</er>, <er>Climax</er>, <er>Incline</er>, <er>Ladder</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating; <as>as, she <ex>leaned</ex> out at the window; a <ex>leaning</ex> column.</as></def> <ldquo/He <xex>leant</xex> forward.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Dickens.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; -- with <ptcl>to</ptcl>, <ptcl>toward</ptcl>, etc.</def><br/
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<p><q>They delight rather to <qex>lean</qex> to their old customs.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To rest or rely, for support, comfort, and the like; -- with <ptcl>on</ptcl>, <ptcl>upon</ptcl>, or <ptcl>against</ptcl>.</def><br/
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<p><q>He <qex>leaned</qex> not on his fathers but himself.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lean</ent><br/
<hw>Lean</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Lean</er>, <pos>v. i.</pos>; AS. <ets>hl<aemac/nan</ets>, v. t., fr. <ets>hleonian</ets>, <ets>hlinian</ets>, <pos>v. i.</pos>]</ety> <def>To cause to lean; to incline; to support or rest.</def>  <rj><au>Mrs. Browning.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>His fainting limbs against an oak he <qex>leant</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lean</ent><br/
<hw>Lean</hw> <pr>(l<emac/n)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Leaner</adjf> <pr>(l<emac/n"<etil/r)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Leanest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>lene</ets>, AS. <ets>hl<aemac/ne</ets>; prob. akin to E. <ets>lean</ets> to incline. See <er>Lean</er>, <pos>v. i.</pos> ]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Wanting flesh; destitute of or deficient in fat; slim; not plump; slender; meager; thin; lank; <as>as, a <ex>lean</ex> body; a <ex>lean</ex> cattle.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant; barren; bare; mean; -- used literally and figuratively; <as>as, the <ex>lean</ex> harvest; a <ex>lean</ex> purse; a <ex>lean</ex> discourse; <ex>lean</ex> wages.</as></def> <ldquo/No <xex>lean</xex> wardrobe.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>Their <qex>lean</qex> and flashy songs.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>What the land is, whether it be fat or <qex>lean</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Num. xiii. 20.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Out of my <qex>lean</qex> and low ability<br/
I'll lend you something.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Typog.)</fld> <def>Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; -- opposed to <ant>fat</ant>; <as>as, <ex>lean</ex> copy, matter, or type</as>.</def><br/
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- slender; spare; thin; meager; lank; skinny; gaunt.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lean</ent><br/
<hw>Lean</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>That part of flesh which consists principally of muscle without the fat.</def><br/
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<p><q>The fat was so white and the <qex>lean</qex> was so ruddy.</q> <rj><qau>Goldsmith.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Typog.)</fld> <def>Unremunerative copy or work.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lean-faced</ent><br/
<hw>Lean"-faced`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having a thin face.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Typog.)</fld> <def>slender or narrow; -- said of type the letters of which have thin lines, or are unusually narrow in proportion to their height.</def>  <rj><au>W. Savage.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leaning</ent><br/
<hw>Lean"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act, or state, of inclining; inclination; tendency; <as>as, a <ex>leaning</ex> towards Calvinism</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leanly</ent><br/
<hw>Lean"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Meagerly; without fat or plumpness.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leanness</ent><br/
<hw>Lean"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>hl<aemac/nnes</ets>.]</ety> <def>The condition or quality of being lean.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lean-to</ent><br/
<hw>Lean"-to`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>Having only one slope or pitch; -- said of a roof.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lean-to</ent><br/
<hw>Lean"-to`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A shed or slight building placed against the wall of a larger structure and having a single-pitched roof; -- called also <altname>penthouse</altname>, and <altname>to-fall</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><q>The outer circuit was covered as a <qex>lean-to</qex>, all round this inner apartment.</q> <rj><qau>De Foe.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A crude, usually temporary shelter comprising a lean-to roof braced against any convenient support, as a wall, a tree or a pole. The roof may extend all the way to the ground.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lean-witted</ent><br/
<hw>Lean"-wit`ted</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having but little sense or shrewdness.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leany</ent><br/
<hw>Lean"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Lean.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leap</ent><br/
<hw>Leap</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>le<aacute/p</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A basket.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Wyclif.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A weel or wicker trap for fish.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Leap</ent><br/
<hw>Leap</hw> <pr>(l<emac/p)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Leaped</conjf> <pr>(l<emac/pt; 277)</pr>, rarely <conjf>Leapt</conjf>  <pr>(l<emac/pt <it>or</it> l<ecr/pt)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Leaping</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>lepen</ets>, <ets>leapen</ets>, AS. <ets>hle<aacute/pan</ets> to leap, jump, run; akin to OS. <ets><amac/hl<omac/pan</ets>, OFries. <ets>hlapa</ets>, D. <ets>loopen</ets>, G. <ets>laufen</ets>, OHG. <ets>louffan</ets>, <ets>hlauffan</ets>, Icel. <ets>hlaupa</ets>, Sw. <ets>l<oum/pa</ets>, Dan. <ets>l<oum/be</ets>, Goth. <ets>ushlaupan</ets>.  Cf. <er>Elope</er>, <er>Lope</er>, <er>Lapwing</er>, <er>Loaf</er> to loiter.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To spring clear of the ground, with the feet; to jump; to vault; <as>as, a man <ex>leaps</ex> over a fence, or <ex>leaps</ex> upon a horse</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q> <qex>Leap</qex> in with me into this angry flood.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To spring or move suddenly, as by a jump or by jumps; to bound; to move swiftly. Also Fig.</def><br/
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<p><q>My heart <qex>leaps</qex> up when I behold<br/
A rainbow in the sky.</q> <rj><qau>Wordsworth.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leap</ent><br/
<hw>Leap</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To pass over by a leap or jump; <as>as, to <ex>leap</ex> a wall, or a ditch</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To copulate with (a female beast); to cover.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To cause to leap; <as>as, to <ex>leap</ex> a horse across a ditch</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leap</ent><br/
<hw>Leap</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of leaping, or the space passed by leaping; a jump; a spring; a bound.</def><br/
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<p><q>Wickedness comes on by degrees, . . . and sudden <qex>leaps</qex> from one extreme to another are unnatural.</q> <rj><qau>L'Estrange.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Changes of tone may proceed either by <qex>leaps</qex> or glides.</q> <rj><qau>H. Sweet.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>A fault.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other and intermediate intervals.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leaper</ent><br/
<hw>Leap"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>hle<aacute/pere</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who, or that which, leaps.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leaper</ent><br/
<hw>Leap"er</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See 1st <er>Leap</er>.]</ety> <def>A kind of hooked instrument for untwisting old cordage.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leapfrog</ent><br/
<hw>Leap"frog`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A play among boys, in which one stoops down and another leaps over him by placing his hands on the shoulders of the former.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leapful</ent><br/
<hw>Leap"ful</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See 1st <er>Leap</er>.]</ety> <def>A basketful.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Leaping</ent><br/
<hw>Leap"ing</hw>, <pos>a. & n.</pos> <def>from <er>Leap</er>, to jump.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Leaping house</b></col>, <cd>a brothel.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <au>Shak.</au> -- <col><b>Leaping pole</b></col>, <cd>a pole used in some games of leaping.</cd> -- <col><b>Leaping spider</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>a jumping spider; one of the <fam>Saltigrad<ae/</fam>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Leapingly</ent><br/
<hw>Leap"ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>By leaps.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leap year</ent><br/
<hw>Leap" year`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos><def>Bissextile; a year containing 366 days; every fourth year which <xex>leaps</xex> over a day more than a common year, giving to February twenty-nine days. See <er>Bissextile</er>.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ Every year whose number is divisible by four without a remainder is a leap year, excepting the full centuries, which, to be leap years, must be divisible by 400 without a remainder. If not so divisible they are common years. 1900, therefore, is not a leap year, but 2000 is.</note><br/
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<p><ent>Lear</ent><br/
<hw>Lear</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To learn. See <er>Lere</er>, to learn.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lear</ent><br/
<hw>Lear</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Lore; lesson.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lear</ent><br/
<hw>Lear</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>See <er>Leer</er>, <pos>a.</pos></def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lear</ent><br/
<hw>Lear</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An annealing oven. See <er>Leer</er>, <pos>n.</pos></def><br/
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<p><ent>Learn</ent><br/
<hw>Learn</hw> <pr>(l<etil/rn)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Learned</conjf> <pr>(l<etil/rnd)</pr>, or <conjf>Learnt</conjf> (l<etil/rnt); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Learning</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>lernen</ets>, <ets>leornen</ets>, AS. <ets>leornian</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>lin<omac/n</ets>, for <ets>lirn<omac/n</ets>, OHG. <ets>lirn<emac/n</ets>, <ets>lern<emac/n</ets>, G. <ets>lernen</ets>, fr. the root of AS. <ets>l<aemac/ran</ets> to teach, OS. <ets>l<emac/rian</ets>, OHG. <ets>l<emac/ran</ets>, G. <ets>lehren</ets>, Goth. <ets>laisjan</ets>, also Goth <ets>lais</ets> I know, <ets>leis</ets> acquainted (in comp.); all prob. from a root meaning, to go, go over, and hence, to learn; cf. AS. <ets>leoran</ets> to go.  Cf. <er>Last</er> a mold of the foot, <er>lore</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To gain knowledge or information of; to ascertain by inquiry, study, or investigation; to receive instruction concerning; to fix in the mind; to acquire understanding of, or skill; <as>as, to <ex>learn</ex> the way; to <ex>learn</ex> a lesson; to <ex>learn</ex> dancing; to <ex>learn</ex> to skate; to <ex>learn</ex> the violin; to <ex>learn</ex> the truth about something.</as></def> <ldquo/<xex>Learn</xex> to do well.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Is. i. 17.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>Now <qex>learn</qex> a parable of the fig tree.</q> <rj><qau>Matt. xxiv. 32.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To communicate knowledge to; to teach.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>Hast thou not <qex>learned</qex> me how<br/
To make perfumes ?</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><note><hand/ <xex>Learn</xex> formerly had also the sense of <xex>teach</xex>, in accordance with the analogy of the French and other languages, and hence we find it with this sense in Shakespeare, Spenser, and other old writers.  This usage has now passed away.  To <xex>learn</xex> is to receive instruction, and to <xex>teach</xex> is to give instruction.  He who is <xex>taught</xex> learns, not he who <xex>teaches</xex>.</note><br/
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<p><ent>Learn</ent><br/
<hw>Learn</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To acquire knowledge or skill; to make progress in acquiring knowledge or skill; to receive information or instruction; <as>as, this child <ex>learns</ex> quickly</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>Take my yoke upon you and <qex>learn</qex> of me.</q> <rj><qau>Matt. xi. 29.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>To learn by heart</b></col>. <cd>See <cref>By heart</cref>, under <er>Heart</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>To learn by rote</b></col>, <cd>to memorize by repetition without exercise of the understanding.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Learnable</ent><br/
<hw>Learn"a*ble</hw> <pr>(l<etil/rn"<adot/*b'l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Such as can be learned.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Learned</ent><br/
<hw>Learn"ed</hw> <pr>(l<etil/rn"<ecr/d)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to learning; possessing, or characterized by, learning, esp. scholastic learning; erudite; well-informed; <as>as, a <ex>learned</ex> scholar, writer, or lawyer; a <ex>learned</ex> book; a <ex>learned</ex> theory.</as></def><br/
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<p><q>The <qex>learned</qex>lover lost no time.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Men of much reading are greatly <qex>learned</qex>, but may be little knowing.</q> <rj><qau>Locke.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Words of <qex>learned</qex> length and thundering sound.</q> <rj><qau>Goldsmith.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>The learned</b></col>, <cd>learned men; men of erudition; scholars.</cd></cs></p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Learn"ed*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> <wf>Learn"ed*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/
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<p><q>Every coxcomb swears as <qex>learnedly</qex> as they.</q> <rj><qau>Swift.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>learnedness</ent><br/
<hw>learn"ed*ness</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>profound knowledge.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> eruditeness, erudition, learning, scholarship.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Learner</ent><br/
<hw>Learn"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who learns; a scholar.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Learning</ent><br/
<hw>Learn"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>leornung</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The acquisition of knowledge or skill; <as>as, the <ex>learning</ex> of languages; the <ex>learning</ex> of telegraphy.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The knowledge or skill received by instruction or study; acquired knowledge or ideas in any branch of science or literature; erudition; literature; science; <as>as, he is a man of great <ex>learning</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Book learning</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Book</er>.</cd></cs></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Literature; erudition; lore; scholarship; science; letters. See <er>Literature</er>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Leasable</ent><br/
<hw>Leas"a*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[From 2d <er>Lease</er>.]</ety> <def>Such as can be leased.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lease</ent><br/
<hw>Lease</hw> <pr>(l<emac/z)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>lesan</ets> to gather; akin to D. <ets>lezen</ets> to gather, read, G. <ets>lesen</ets>, Goth. <ets>lisan</ets> to gather; cf. Lith <ets>lesti</ets> to peck.]</ety> <def>To gather what harvesters have left behind; to glean.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lease</ent><br/
<hw>Lease</hw> <pr>(l<emac/s)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Leased</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Leasing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[F. <ets>laisser</ets>, OF. <ets>laissier</ets>, <ets>lessier</ets>, to leave, transmit, L. <ets>laxare</ets> to loose, slacken, from <ets>laxus</ets> loose, wide. See <er>Lax</er>, and cf. <er>Lesser</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To grant to another by lease the possession of, as of lands, tenements, and hereditaments; to let; to demise; <as>as, a landowner <ex>leases</ex> a farm to a tenant</as>; -- sometimes with <ptcl>out</ptcl>.</def><br/
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<p><q>There were some [houses] that were <qex>leased</qex> out for three lives.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To hold under a lease; to take lease of; <as>as, a tenant <ex>leases</ex> his land from the owner</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lease</ent><br/
<hw>Lease</hw> <pr>(l<emac/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>lais</ets>. See <er>Lease</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The temporary transfer of a possession to another person in return for a fee or other valuable consideration paid for the transfer;</def> <specif>especially,</specif> <def>A demise or letting of lands, tenements, or hereditaments to another for life, for a term of years, or at will, or for any less interest than that which the lessor has in the property, usually for a specified rent or compensation.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The contract for such letting.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Any tenure by grant or permission; the time for which such a tenure holds good; allotted time.</def><br/
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<p><q>Our high-placed Macbeth<br/
Shall live the <qex>lease</qex> of nature.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lease and release</b></col> <cd>a mode of conveyance of freehold estates, formerly common in England and in New York. its place is now supplied by a simple deed of grant.</cd>  <rj><au>Burrill.</au>  <au>Warren's Blackstone.</au></rj>
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<p><ent>Leasehold</ent><br/
<hw>Lease"hold`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Held by lease.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leasehold</ent><br/
<hw>Lease"hold`</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A tenure by lease; specifically, land held as personalty under a lease for years.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leaseholder</ent><br/
<hw>Lease"hold`er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A tenant under a lease.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Lease"hold`ing</wf>, <pos>a. & n.</pos></wordforms><br/
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<p><ent>lease-lend</ent><br/
<hw>lease-lend</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>lend-lease</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leaser</ent><br/
<hw>Leas"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From 1st <er>Lease</er>.]</ety> <def>One who leases or gleans.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Swift.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leaser</ent><br/
<hw>Leas"er</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A liar.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <see>See <er>Leasing</er>.</see><br/
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<p><ent>Leash</ent><br/
<hw>Leash</hw> <pr>(l<emac/sh)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>lese</ets>, <ets>lees</ets>, <ets>leece</ets>, OF. <ets>lesse</ets>, F. <ets>laisse</ets>, LL. <ets>laxa</ets>, fr. L. <ets>laxus</ets> loose. See <er>Lax</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A thong of leather, or a long cord, by which a person may hold or restrain an animal, such as a falconer holding his hawk, or a courser his dog.  For dogs and cats, the <ex>leash</ex> is commonly attached to a collar around the neck of the animal.</def><br/
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<p><q>Even like a fawning greyhound in the <qex>leash</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Sporting)</fld> <def>A brace and a half; a tierce; three; three creatures of any kind, especially greyhounds, foxes, bucks, and hares; hence, the number three in general.</def><br/
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<p><q>[I] kept my chamber a <qex>leash</qex> of days.</q> <rj><qau>B. Jonson.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Then were I wealthier than a <qex>leash</qex> of kings.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Weaving)</fld> <def>A string with a loop at the end for lifting warp threads, in a loom.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>To keep (a person) on a short leash</b></col> <cd>to maintain close control over the activities of (a person).</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Leash</ent><br/
<hw>Leash</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Leashed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Leashing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To tie together, or hold, with a leash.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leasing</ent><br/
<hw>Leas"ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>le<aacute/sung</ets>, fr. <ets>le<aacute/s</ets> loose, false, deceitful. See <er>-less</er>, <er>Loose</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <def>The act of lying; falsehood; a lie or lies.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>Thou shalt destroy them that speak <qex>leasing</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Ps. v. 6.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Blessed be the lips that such a <qex>leasing</qex> told.</q> <rj><qau>Fairfax.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Leasing making</b></col> <fld>(Scots Law)</fld>, <cd>the uttering of lies or libels upon the personal character of the sovereign, his court, or his family.</cd>  <rj><au>Bp. Burnet.</au></rj></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Leasow</ent><br/
<hw>Lea"sow</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>lesu</ets>, <ets>l<ae/su</ets>.]</ety> <def>A pasture.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Least</ent><br/
<hw>Least</hw> <pr>(l<emac/st)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>last</ets>, <ets>lest</ets>, AS. <ets>l<aemac/sast</ets>, <ets>l<aemac/sest</ets>, superl. of <ets>l<aemac/ssa</ets> less. See <er>Less</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <mark>[Used as the superlative of <xex>little</xex>.]</mark> <def>Smallest, either in size or degree; shortest; lowest; most unimportant; <as>as, the <ex>least</ex> insect; the <ex>least</ex> mercy; the <ex>least</ex> space.</as></def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ <xex>Least</xex> is often used with <xex>the</xex>, as if a noun.</note><br/
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<p><q>I am the <qex>least</qex> of the apostles.</q> <rj><qau>1 Cor. xv. 9.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>At least</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>At the least</b></col></mcol>, <cd>at the least estimate, consideration, chance, etc.; being no less than; hence, at any rate; at all events; even. See <er>However</er>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><q>He who tempts, though in vain, <qex>at least</qex> asperses<br/
The tempted with dishonor.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Upon the mast they saw a young man, <qex>at least</qex> if he were a man, who sat as on horseback.</q> <rj><qau>Sir P. Sidney.</qau></rj></p>

<p>-- <mcol><col><b>In least</b></col>, <it>or</it>  <col><b>In the least</b></col></mcol>, <cd>in the least degree, manner, etc.</cd> <ldquo/He that is unjust <xex>in the least</xex> is unjust also in much.<rdquo/ <au>Luke xvi. 10.</au> -- <col><b>Least squares</b></col> <fld>(Math.)</fld>, <cd>a method of deducing from a number of carefully made yet slightly discordant observations of a phenomenon the most probable values of the unknown quantities.</cd> <note>It takes as its fundamental principle that the most probable values are those which make the sum of the squares of the residual errors of the observation a minimum.</note><br/
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<p><ent>Least</ent><br/
<hw>Least</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In the smallest or lowest degree; in a degree below all others; <as>as, to reward those who <ex>least</ex> deserve it</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Least</ent><br/
<hw>Least</hw>, <pos>conj.</pos> <def>See <er>Lest</er>, <pos>conj.</pos></def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leastwise</ent><br/
<ent>Leastways</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Least"ways`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Least"wise`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>adv.</pos> <def>At least; at all events.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>At leastways</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>At leastwise</b></col></mcol>, <cd>at least.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Fuller.</au></rj></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Leasy</ent><br/
<hw>Lea"sy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>le<aacute/s</ets> void, loose, false.  Cf. <er>Leasing</er>.]</ety> <def>Flimsy; vague; deceptive.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Ascham.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leat</ent><br/
<hw>Leat</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Lead</er> to conduct.]</ety> <def>An artificial water trench, esp. one to or from a mill.</def>  <rj><au>C. Kingsley.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leather</ent><br/
<hw>Leath"er</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/<th/"<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>lether</ets>, AS. <ets>le<edh/er</ets>; akin to D. <ets>leder</ets>, <ets>le<ecir/r</ets>, G. <ets>leder</ets>, OHG. <ets>ledar</ets>, Icel. <ets>le<edh/r</ets>, Sw. <ets>l<aum/der</ets>, Dan. <ets>l<ae/der</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The skin of an animal, or some part of such skin, with the hair removed, and tanned, tawed, or otherwise dressed for use; also, dressed hides, collectively.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The skin.</def> <mark>[Ironical or Sportive]</mark><br/
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<p><note><hand/ <xex>Leather</xex> is much used adjectively in the sense of <xex>made of</xex>, <xex>relating to</xex>, <xex>or like</xex>, <xex>leather</xex>.</note><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Leather board</b></col>, <cd>an imitation of sole leather, made of leather scraps, rags, paper, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>Leather carp</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <cd>, a variety of carp in which the scales are all, or nearly all, absent. See <xex>Illust.</xex> under <er>Carp</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Leather jacket</b></col>. <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A California carangoid fish (<spn>Oligoplites saurus</spn>).</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A trigger fish (<spn>Balistes Carolinensis</spn>).</cd> -- <col><b>Leather flower</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a climbing plant (<spn>Clematis Viorna</spn>) of the Middle and Southern States having thick, leathery sepals of a purplish color.</cd> -- <col><b>Leather leaf</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a low shrub (<spn>Cassandra calyculata</spn>), growing in Northern swamps, and having evergreen, coriaceous, scurfy leaves.</cd> -- <col><b>Leather plant</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>one or more New Zealand plants of the composite genus <gen>Celmisia</gen>, which have white or buff tomentose leaves.</cd> -- <col><b>Leather turtle</b></col>. <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Leatherback</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Vegetable leather</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>An imitation of leather made of cotton waste.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>Linen cloth coated with India rubber.</cd>  <rj><au>Ure.</au></rj></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Leather</ent><br/
<hw>Leath"er</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Leathered</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Leathering</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To beat, as with a thong of leather.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Colloq.]</mark>  <rj><au>G. Eliot.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>leather</ent><br/
<hw>leath"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of, pertaining to or made of leather; consisting of leather; <as>as, a black <ex>leather</ex> jacket</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leatherback</ent><br/
<hw>Leath"er*back`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A large sea turtle (<spn>Sphargis coriacea</spn>), having no bony shell on its back. It is common in the warm and temperate parts of the Atlantic, and sometimes weighs over a thousand pounds; -- called also <altname>leather turtle</altname>, <altname>leathery turtle</altname>, <altname>leather-backed tortoise</altname>, etc.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leatherette</ent><br/
<ent>Leatheret</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Leath"er*et</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Leath`er*ette"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Leather</ets> + <ets>et</ets>, F. <ets>-ette</ets>.]</ety> <def>A material made in imitation of leather, made of paper and cloth.</def><br/
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<p><ent>leatherfish</ent><br/
<hw>leatherfish</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>any of several brightly colored tropical filefishes.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> leatherjacket.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Leatherhead</ent><br/
<hw>Leath"er*head`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The friar bird.</def><br/
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<p><ent>leatherjack</ent><br/
<hw>leatherjack</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>any of several New World tropical fishes having tiny embedded scales; the leatherjacket{2}.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> leatherjacket.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>leatherjacket</ent><br/
<hw>leatherjacket</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>any of several brightly colored tropical filefishes.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> leatherfish.</syn><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>any of several New World tropical fishes having tiny embedded scales.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> leatherjack.</syn><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The tough-skinned larva of certain crane flies.</def><br/
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<p><ent>leatherleaf</ent><br/
<hw>leatherleaf</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A stiff leathery-leaved fern (<spn>Polypodium scouleri</spn>) of Western North America having ovate fronds parted to the midrib.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> leathery polypody, coast polypody, <spn>Polypodium scouleri</spn>.</syn><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A northern temperate bog shrub (<spn>Chamaedaphne calyculata</spn>) with evergreen leathery leaves and small white cylindrical flowers.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> <spn>Chamaedaphne calyculata</spn>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>leatherlike</ent><br/
<hw>leatherlike</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>resembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliable; leathery.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> coriaceous, leathered, leathery.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Leathern</ent><br/
<hw>Leath"ern</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Made of leather; consisting of leather; <as>as, a <ex>leathern</ex> purse</as>.</def> <ldquo/A <xex>leathern</xex> girdle about his loins.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Matt. iii. 4.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>leatherneck</ent><br/
<hw>leath"er*neck`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The sordid friar bird of Australia (<spn>Tropidorhynchus sordidus</spn>).</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <ety>[from the leather collar that was once part of their uniform.]</ety> <def>A member of the United States Marine Corps; a United States Marine.</def> <mark>[slang]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Leatherwood</ent><br/
<hw>Leath"er*wood`</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A small branching shrub (<spn>Dirca palustris</spn>), with a white, soft wood, and a tough, leathery bark, common in damp woods in the Northern United States; -- called also <altname>moosewood</altname>, and <altname>wicopy</altname>.</def>  <rj><au>Gray.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>leatherwork</ent><br/
<hw>leatherwork</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Articles made of leather.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leathery</ent><br/
<hw>Leath"er*y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Resembling leather in appearance or consistency; tough; <as>as, nothing but a <ex>leathery</ex> steak left to eat</as>.</def> <ldquo/A <xex>leathery</xex> skin.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Grew.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leave</ent><br/
<hw>Leave</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Leaved</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Leaving</conjf>]</vmorph> <def>To send out leaves; to leaf; -- often with <ptcl>out</ptcl>.</def>  <rj><au>G. Fletcher.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leave</ent><br/
<hw>Leave</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Levy</er>.]</ety> <def>To raise; to levy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>An army strong she <qex>leaved</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leave</ent><br/
<hw>Leave</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>leve</ets>, <ets>leave</ets>, AS. <ets>le<aacute/f</ets>; akin to <ets>le<oacute/f</ets> pleasing, dear, E. <ets>lief</ets>, D. oor<ets>lof</ets> leave, G. ar<ets>laub</ets>, and er<ets>lauben</ets> to permit, Icel. <ets>leyfi</ets>.  <root/124.  See <er>Lief</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Liberty granted by which restraint or illegality is removed; permission; allowance; license.</def><br/
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<p><q>David earnestly asked <qex>leave</qex> of me.</q> <rj><qau>1 Sam. xx. 6.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>No friend has <qex>leave</qex> to bear away the dead.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The act of leaving or departing; a formal parting; a leaving; farewell; adieu; -- used chiefly in the phrase, <xex>to take leave</xex>, i. e., literally, to take permission to go.</def><br/
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<p><q>A double blessing is a'double grace;<br/
Occasion smiles upon a second <qex>leave</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his <qex>leave</qex> of the brethren.</q> <rj><qau>Acts xviii. 18.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>French leave</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>French</er>.</cd></cs></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- See <er>Liberty</er>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Leave</ent><br/
<hw>Leave</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Left</conjf> <pr>(l<ecr/ft)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Leaving</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>leven</ets>, AS. <ets>l<?/fan</ets>, fr. <ets>l<amac/f</ets> remnant, heritage; akin to <ets>lifian</ets>, <ets>libban</ets>, to live, orig., to remain; cf. be<ets>l<imac/fan</ets> to remain, G. b<ets>leiben</ets>, Goth. bi<ets>leiban</ets>. <root/119.  See <er>Live</er>, <pos>v.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To withdraw one's self from; to go away from; to depart from; <as>as, to <ex>leave</ex> the house</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>Therefore shall a man <qex>leave</qex> his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife.</q> <rj><qau>Gen. ii. 24.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To let remain unremoved or undone; to let stay or continue, in distinction from what is removed or changed.</def><br/
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<p><q>If grape gatherers come to thee, would they not <qex>leave</qex> some gleaning grapes ?</q> <rj><qau>Jer. xlix. 9. </qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>These ought ye to have done, and not to <qex>leave</qex> the other undone.</q> <rj><qau>Matt. xxiii. 23. </qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Besides it <qex>leaveth</qex> a suspicion, as if more might be said than is expressed.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To cease from; to desist from; to abstain from.</def><br/
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<p><q>Now <qex>leave</qex> complaining and begin your tea.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To desert; to abandon; to forsake; hence, to give up; to relinquish.</def><br/
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<p><q>Lo, we have <qex>left</qex> all, and have followed thee.</q> <rj><qau>Mark x. 28.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>The heresies that men do <qex>leave</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To let be or do without interference; <as>as, I <ex>left</ex> him to his reflections; I <ex>leave</ex> my hearers to judge.</as></def><br/
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<p><q>I will <qex>leave</qex> you now to your gossiplike humor.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>To put; to place; to deposit; to deliver; to commit; to submit -- with a sense of withdrawing one's self from; <as>as, <ex>leave</ex> your hat in the hall; we <ex>left</ex> our cards; to <ex>leave</ex> the matter to arbitrators.</as></def><br/
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<p><q><qex>Leave</qex> there thy gift before the altar and go thy way.</q> <rj><qau>Matt. v. 24.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>The foot<br/
That <qex>leaves</qex> the print of blood where'er it walks.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>To have remaining at death; hence, to bequeath; <as>as, he <ex>left</ex> a large estate; he <ex>left</ex> a good name; he <ex>left</ex> a legacy to his niece.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>to cause to be; -- followed by an adjective or adverb describing a state or condition; <as>as, the losses due to fire <ex>leave</ex> me penniless; The cost of defending himself <ex>left</ex> <person>Bill Clinton</person> with a mountain of lawyers' bills</as>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>To leave alone</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To leave in solitude.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To desist or refrain from having to do with; <as>as, <ex>to leave</ex> dangerous chemicals <ex>alone</ex></as>.</cd> -- <col><b>To leave off</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To desist from; to forbear; to stop; <as>as, <ex>to leave off</ex> work at six o'clock</as>.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To cease wearing or using; to omit to put in the usual position; <as>as, <ex>to leave off</ex> a garment; <ex>to leave off</ex> the tablecloth</as>.</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To forsake; <as>as, <ex>to leave off</ex> a bad habit</as>.</cd> -- <col><b>To leave out</b></col>, <cd>to omit; <as>as, <ex>to leave out</ex> a word or name in writing</as>.</cd> -- <col><b>To leave to one's self</b></col>, <cd>to let (one) be alone; to cease caring for (one).</cd></cs></p>

<p><syn>Syn>- To quit; depart from; forsake; abandon; relinquish; deliver; bequeath; give up; forego; resign; surrender; forbear. See <er>Quit</er>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Leave</ent><br/
<hw>Leave</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To depart; to set out.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>By the time I <qex>left</qex> for Scotland.</q> <rj><qau>Carlyle.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To cease; to desist; to leave off.</def> <ldquo/He . . . began at the eldest, and <xex>left</xex> at the youngest.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Gen. xliv. 12.</au></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>To leave off</b></col>, <cd>to cease; to desist; to stop.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><q><qex>Leave off</qex>, and for another summons wait.</q> <rj><qau>Roscommon.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leaved</ent><br/
<hw>Leaved</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Leaf</er>.]</ety> <def>Bearing, or having, a leaf or leaves; having folds; -- used in combination; <as>as, a four<ex>-leaved</ex> clover; a two-<ex>leaved</ex> gate; long<ex>-leaved</ex>.</as></def><br/
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<p><ent>Leaveless</ent><br/
<hw>Leave"less</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Leafless.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Carew.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leaven</ent><br/
<hw>Leav"en</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>levain</ets>, <ets>levein</ets>, F. <ets>levain</ets>, L. <ets>levamen</ets> alleviation, mitigation; but taken in the sense of, a raising, that which raises, fr. <ets>levare</ets> to raise. See <er>Lever</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Any substance that produces, or is designed to produce, fermentation, as in dough or liquids; esp., a portion of fermenting dough, which, mixed with a larger quantity of dough, produces a general change in the mass, and renders it light; yeast; barm.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Anything which makes a general assimilating (especially a corrupting) change in the mass.</def><br/
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<p><q>Beware of the <qex>leaven</qex> of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.</q> <rj><qau>Luke xii. 1.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leaven</ent><br/
<hw>Leav"en</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Leavened</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Leavening</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To make light by the action of leaven; to cause to ferment.</def><br/
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<p><q>A little leaven <qex>leaveneth</qex> the whole lump.</q> <rj><qau>1 Cor. v. 6.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To imbue; to infect; to vitiate.</def><br/
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<p><q>With these and the like deceivable doctrines, he <qex>leavens</qex> also his prayer.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>leavened</ent><br/
<hw>leavened</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>made light by aerating, as with yeast or baking powder.  Opposite of <ant>unleavened</ant>.</def> [Narrower terms: <stype>sourdough(prenominal) </stype>]<br/
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<p><ent>Leavening</ent><br/
<hw>Leav"en*ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of making light, or causing to ferment, by means of leaven.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which leavens or makes light.</def>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leavenous</ent><br/
<hw>Leav"en*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Containing leaven.</def>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leaver</ent><br/
<hw>Leav"er</hw> <pr>(l<emac/v"<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who leaves, or withdraws.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leaves</ent><br/
<hw>Leaves</hw> <pr>(l<emac/vz)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>, <def><pos>pl.</pos> of <er>Leaf</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leave-taking</ent><br/
<hw>Leave"-tak`ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Taking of leave; the act of departing politely; the giving of parting compliments.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> farewell, leave, parting.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Leaviness</ent><br/
<hw>Leav"i*ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Fr. <er>Leaf</er>.]</ety> <def>Leafiness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Leavings</ent><br/
<hw>Leav"ings</hw>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Things left; remnants; relics.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Refuse; offal.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leavy</ent><br/
<hw>Leav"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Leafy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chapman.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lebban</ent><br/
<ent>Leban</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Leb"an</hw>, <hw>Leb"ban</hw>  }</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Coagulated sour milk diluted with water; -- a common beverage among the Arabs.  Also, a fermented liquor made of the same.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lecama</ent><br/
<hw>Le*ca"ma</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The hartbeest.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lecanomancy</ent><br/
<hw>Le*can"o*man`cy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>leka`nh</grk> bowl or basin + <ets>-mancy</ets>.]</ety> <def>Divination practiced with water in a basin, by throwing three stones into it, and invoking the demon whose aid was sought.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lecanoric</ent><br/
<hw>Lec`a*no"ric</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid which is obtained from several varieties of lichen (<gen>Lecanora</gen>, <gen>Roccella</gen>, etc.), as a white, crystalline substance, and is called also <altname>orsellic acid</altname>, <altname>diorsellinic acid</altname>, <altname>lecanorin</altname>, etc.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lecanorin</ent><br/
<hw>Lec`a*no"rin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>See <er>Lecanoric</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lech</ent><br/
<hw>Lech</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/ch)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>l<eacute/cher</ets>. See <er>Lick</er>.]</ety> <def>To lick.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>lech</ent><br/
<hw>lech</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/ch)</pr>, <pos>n. & v. i.</pos> <def>Same as <er>letch</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lechanorales</ent><br/
<hw>Lechanorales</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>A category used in some classification systems for all lichens that produce apothecia.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> order <ord>Lechanorales</ord>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>lechatelierite</ent><br/
<hw>lechatelierite</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A naturally occurring colorless glass made of almost pure silica, and found in fulgurites, which are produced by lightning striking sand.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> quartz glass, vitreous silica, crystal.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Leche</ent><br/
<hw>Le*che"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <cref>water buck</cref>, under 3d <er>Buck</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lecher</ent><br/
<hw>Lech"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>lechur</ets>, <ets>lechour</ets>, OF. <ets>lecheor</ets>, <ets>lecheur</ets>, gormand, glutton, libertine, parasite, fr. <ets>lechier</ets> to lick, F. <ets>l<eacute/cher</ets>; of Teutonic origin. See <er>Lick</er>.]</ety> <def>A man given to lewdness; one addicted, in an excessive degree, to the indulgence of sexual desire, or to illicit sexual relations with women; also called <altname>letch</altname> and <altname>lech</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lecher</ent><br/
<hw>Lech"er</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lechered</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lechering</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To practice lewdness.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lecherer</ent><br/
<hw>Lech"er*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Lecher</er>, <pos>n.</pos></def>  <rj><au>Marston.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lecherous</ent><br/
<hw>Lech"er*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Like a lecher; addicted to lewdness; excessively lustful; -- used mostly of men;</def> <specif>also,</specif> <def>lust-provoking.</def> <ldquo/A <xex>lecherous</xex> thing is wine.<rdquo/ <au>Chaucer.</au> -- <wordforms><wf>Lech"er*ous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Lech"er*ous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/
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<p><ent>lecherousness</ent><br/
<hw>lech"er*ous*ness</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>an inclination to excessive indulgence in sexual activity; habitually developing a strong sexual arousal.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lust, lustfulness, itch.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lechery</ent><br/
<hw>Lech"er*y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>lecherie</ets>, OF. <ets>lecherie</ets>. See <er>Lecher</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Free indulgence of lust; excessive indulgence in sexual relations; -- used mostly of men.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Selfish pleasure; delight.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Massinger.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lecithin</ent><br/
<hw>Lec"i*thin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>le`kiqos</grk> the yolk of an egg.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>A complex, nitrogenous phosphorized substance widely distributed through the animal body, and especially conspicuous in the brain and nerve tissue, in yolk of eggs, and in the white blood corpuscles.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lectern</ent><br/
<hw>Lec"tern</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/k"t<ucr/rn)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <altsp>[Written also <asp>lecturn</asp> and <asp>lettern</asp>.]</altsp>  <ety>[LL. <ets>lectrinum</ets>, fr. <ets>lectrum</ets>; cf. L. <ets>legere</ets>, <ets>lectum</ets>, to read.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A choir desk, or reading desk, in some churches, from which the lections, or Scripture lessons, are chanted or read.</def> <rj><au>Fairholt.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <def>A reading desk, usually in the form of a stand with a slanted top that holds books or lecture notes at a height convenient for reading by a speaker who is standing.   A modern <ex>lectern</ex> may be of adjustable height, and be fitted with a light to illuminate the material on the desk, and sometimes a microphone or other electrical equipment for use of a speaker.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lectica</ent><br/
||<hw>Lec*ti"ca</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Lectic<ae/</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L.]</ety> <fld>(Rom. Antiq.)</fld> <def>A kind of litter or portable couch.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lection</ent><br/
<hw>Lec"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lectio</ets>, fr. <ets>legere</ets>, <ets>lectum</ets>, to read. See <er>lesson</er>, <er>Legend</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>A lesson or selection, especially of Scripture, read in divine service.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A reading; a variation in the text.</def><br/
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<p><q>We ourselves are offended by the obtrusion of the new <qex>lections</qex> into the text.</q> <rj><qau>De Quincey.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lectionary</ent><br/
<hw>Lec"tion*a*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>-ries</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[LL. <ets>lectionarium</ets>, <ets>lectionarius</ets> : cf. F. <ets>lectionnaire</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>A book, or a list, of lections, for reading in divine service.</def><br/
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<p><-- p. 840 pr=VMG --></p>

<p><ent>Lector</ent><br/
<hw>Lec"tor</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/k"t<ocr/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. See <er>Lection</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>A reader of lections; formerly, a person designated to read lessons to the illiterate.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lectual</ent><br/
<hw>Lec"tu*al</hw> <pr>(-t<usl/*<ait/l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[LL. <ets>lectualis</ets>, fr. L. <ets>lectus</ets> bed.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Confining to the bed; <as>as, a <ex>lectual</ex> disease</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lecture</ent><br/
<hw>Lec"ture</hw> <pr>(-t<usl/r; 135)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>lecture</ets>, LL. <ets>lectura</ets>, fr. L. <ets>legere</ets>, <ets>lectum</ets>, to read. See <er>Legend</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of reading; <as>as, the <ex>lecture</ex> of Holy Scripture</as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A discourse on any subject; especially, a formal or methodical discourse, intended for instruction; sometimes, a familiar discourse, in contrast with a sermon.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A reprimand or formal reproof from one having authority.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Eng. Universities)</fld> <def>A rehearsal of a lesson.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lecture</ent><br/
<hw>Lec"ture</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lectured</conjf> <pr>(-t<usl/rd)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lecturing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To read or deliver a lecture to.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To reprove formally and with authority.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lecture</ent><br/
<hw>Lec"ture</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To deliver a lecture or lectures.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lecturer</ent><br/
<hw>Lec"tur*er</hw> <pr>(-<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who lectures; an assistant preacher.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lectureship</ent><br/
<hw>Lec"ture*ship</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The office of a lecturer.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lecturn</ent><br/
<hw>Lec"turn</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/k"t<ucr/rn)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[LL. <ets>lectrinum</ets>, fr. <ets>lectrum</ets>; cf. L. <ets>legere</ets>, <ets>lectum</ets>, to read.]</ety> <def>Same as <er>lectern</er>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>lectern</asp> and <asp>lettern</asp>.]</altsp> <rj><au>Fairholt.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lecythis</ent><br/
||<hw>Lec"y*this</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/s"<icr/*th<icr/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. 3 an oil flask.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of gigantic trees, chiefly Brazilian, of the order <ord>Myrtace<ae/</ord>, having woody capsules opening by an apical lid. <spn>Lecythis Zabucajo</spn> yields the delicious sapucaia nuts. <spn>Lecythis Ollaria</spn> produces the monkey-pots, its capsules. Its bark separates into thin sheets, like paper, used by the natives for cigarette wrappers.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Led</ent><br/
<hw>Led</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/d)</pr>, <pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <def>of <er>Lead</er>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Led captain</b></col>. <cd>An obsequious follower or attendant.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <au>Swift.</au> -- <col><b>Led horse</b></col>, <cd>a sumpter horse, or a spare horse, that is led along.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Ledden</ent><br/
<ent>Leden</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Led"en</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/d"'n)</pr>, <hw>Led"den</hw> <pr>(-d'n)</pr> }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>l<emac/den</ets>, <ets>l<ymac/den</ets>, language, speech. Cf. <er>Leod</er>.]</ety> <def>Language; speech; voice; cry.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer. Spenser.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Ledge</ent><br/
<hw>Ledge</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/j)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Akin to AS. <ets>licgan</ets> to lie, Icel. <ets>liggja</ets>; cf. Icel. <ets>l<oum/gg</ets> the ledge or rim at the bottom of a cask. See <er>Lie</er> to be prostrate.]</ety> <altsp>[Formerly written <asp>lidge</asp>.]</altsp> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A shelf on which articles may be laid; also, that which resembles such a shelf in form or use, as a projecting ridge or part, or a molding or edge in joinery.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A shelf, ridge, or reef, of rocks.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A layer or stratum.</def><br/
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<p><q>The lowest <qex>ledge</qex> or row should be of stone.</q> <rj><qau>Sir H. Wotton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>A lode; a limited mass of rock bearing valuable mineral.</def><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Shipbuilding)</fld> <def>A piece of timber to support the deck, placed athwartship between beams.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Ledgement</ent><br/
<hw>Ledge"ment</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/j"m<eit/nt)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Ledgment</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Ledger</ent><br/
<hw>Ledg"er</hw><pr>(l<ecr/j"<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Akin to D. <ets>legger</ets> layer, daybook (fr. <ets>leggen</ets> to lay, <ets>liggen</ets> to lie), E. <ets>ledge</ets>, <ets>lie</ets>. See <er>Lie</er> to be prostrate.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>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.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>leger</asp>.]</altsp><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A large flat stone, esp. one laid over a tomb.</def> <au>Oxf. Gloss.</au> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A horizontal piece of timber secured to the uprights and supporting floor timbers, a staircase, scaffolding, or the like. It differs from an <xex>intertie</xex> in being intended to carry weight.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>ligger</asp>.]</altsp><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Ledger bait</b></col>, <cd>fishing bait attached to a floating line fastened to the bank of a stream, pond, etc.</cd> <au>Walton.</au> <au>J. H. Walsh.</au> -- <col><b>Ledger blade</b></col>,<cd>a stationary shearing blade in a machine for shearing the nap of cloth.</cd> -- <col><b>Ledger line</b></col>. <cd>See <cref>Leger line</cref>, under 3d <er>Leger</er>, <pos>a.</pos></cd> -- <col><b>Ledger wall</b></col> <fld>(Mining)</fld>, <cd>the wall under a vein; the foot wall.</cd> <au>Raymond.</au></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Ledgment</ent><br/
<hw>Ledg"ment</hw> <pr>(-m<eit/nt)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A string-course or horizontal suit of moldings, such as the base moldings of a building.</def> <au>Oxf. Gloss.</au> <sd>(b)</sd> <def> The development of the surface of a body on a plane, so that the dimensions of the different sides may be easily ascertained.</def> <au>Gwilt.</au> <altsp>[Written also <asp>ledgement</asp>, <asp>legement</asp>, and <asp>ligement</asp>.]</altsp><br/
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<p><ent>Ledgy</ent><br/
<hw>Ledg"y</hw> <pr>(-<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Abounding in ledges; consisting of a ledge or reef; <as>as, a <ex>ledgy</ex> island</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Ledum</ent><br/
<hw>Ledum</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A genus of evergreen shrubs of the north temperate regions.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Ledum</gen>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lee</ent><br/
<hw>Lee</hw> <pr>(l<emac/)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos>, <def>To lie; to speak falsely.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lee</ent><br/
<hw>Lee</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Lees</plw> <pr>(l<emac/z)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[F. <ets>lie</ets>, perh. fr. L. <ets>levare</ets> to lift up, raise. Cf. <er>Lever</er>.]</ety> <def>That which settles at the bottom, as of a cask of liquor (esp. wine); sediment; dregs; -- used now only in the plural.</def> <mark>[Lees occurs also as a form of the singular.]</mark> <ldquo/The <xex>lees</xex> of wine.<rdquo/ <rj><au>Holland.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>A thousand demons lurk within the <qex>lee</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Young.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>The wine of life is drawn, and the mere <qex>lees</qex><br/
Is left this vault to brag of.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lee</ent><br/
<hw>Lee</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>lee</ets> shelter, Icel. <ets>hl<emac/</ets>, akin to AS. <ets>hle<oacute/</ets>, <ets>hle<oacute/w</ets>, shelter, protection, OS. <ets>hl<egrave/o</ets>, D. <ets>lij</ets> lee, Sw. <ets>l<aum/</ets>, Dan. <ets>l<ae/</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A sheltered place; esp., a place protected from the wind by some object; the side sheltered from the wind; shelter; protection; <as>as, the <ex>lee</ex> of a mountain, an island, or a ship</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>We lurked under <qex>lee</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Morte d'Arthure.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Desiring me to take shelter in his <qex>lee</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Tyndall.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>That part of the hemisphere, as one stands on shipboard, toward which the wind blows. See <er>Lee</er>, <pos>a.</pos></def><br/
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>By the lee</b></col>, <col><b>To bring by the lee</b></col></mcol>. <cd>See under <er>By</er>, and <er>Bring</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Under the lee of</b></col>, <cd>on that side which is sheltered from the wind; <as>as, to be <ex>under the lee of</ex> a ship</as>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lee</ent><br/
<hw>Lee</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the part or side opposite to that against which the wind blows; -- opposed to <contr>weather</contr>; <as>as, the <ex>lee</ex> side or <ex>lee</ex> rail of a vessel</as>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lee gauge</b></col>. <cd>See <er>Gauge</er>, <pos>n.</pos></cd> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> -- <col><b>Lee shore</b></col>, <cd>the shore on the lee side of a vessel.</cd> -- <col><b>Lee tide</b></col>, <cd>a tide running in the same direction that the wind blows.</cd> -- <col><b>On the lee beam</b></col>, <cd>directly to the leeward; in a line at right angles to the length of the vessel and to the leeward.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Liangle</ent><br/
<ent>Leeangle</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lee"an`gle</hw>, <hw>Li"an`gle</hw>  }</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From native name.]</ety> <def>A heavy weapon of the Australian aborigines with a sharp-pointed end, about nine inches in length, projecting at right angles from the main part.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leeboard</ent><br/
<hw>Lee"board`</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"b<omac/rd`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A board, or frame of planks, lowered over the side of a vessel to lessen her leeway when closehauled, by giving her greater draught.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leech</ent><br/
<hw>Leech</hw> <pr>(l<emac/ch)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See 2d <er>Leach</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leech</ent><br/
<hw>Leech</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See <er>Leach</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos></def><br/
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<p><ent>Leech</ent><br/
<hw>Leech</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. LG. <ets>leik</ets>, Icel. <ets>l<imac/k</ets>, Sw. <ets>lik</ets> boltrope, st<aring/ende <ets>liken</ets> the leeches.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>The border or edge at the side of a sail.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>leach</asp>.]</altsp><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Leech line</b></col>, <cd>a line attached to the leech ropes of sails, passing up through blocks on the yards, to haul the leeches by.</cd> <au>Totten.</au> -- <col><b>Leech rope</b></col>, <cd>that part of the boltrope to which the side of a sail is sewed.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Leech</ent><br/
<hw>Leech</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>leche</ets>, <ets>l<ae/che</ets>, physician, AS. <ets>l<aemac/ce</ets>; akin to Fries. <ets>l<emac/tza</ets>, OHG. <ets>l<amac/hh<imac/</ets>, <ets>Icel</ets>. <ets>l<ae/knari</ets>, Sw. <ets>l<aum/kare</ets>, Dan. <ets>l<ae/ge</ets>, Goth. <ets>l<emac/keis</ets>, AS. <ets>l<amac/cnian</ets> to heal, Sw. <ets>l<aum/ka</ets>, Dan. <ets>l<ae/ge</ets>, Icel. <ets>l<ae/kna</ets>, Goth. <ets>l<emac/kin<omac/n</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A physician or surgeon; a professor of the art of healing.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>leach</asp>.]</altsp> <mark>[Archaic]</mark> <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q><qex>Leech</qex>, heal thyself.</q> <rj><qau>Wyclif (Luke iv. 23).</qau></rj></p>
 
<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Any one of numerous genera and species of annulose worms, belonging to the order <ord>Hirudinea</ord>, or Bdelloidea, esp. those species <-- formerly! --> used in medicine, as <spn>Hirudo medicinalis</spn> of Europe, and allied species.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ In the mouth of bloodsucking leeches are three convergent, serrated jaws, moved by strong muscles. By the motion of these jaws a stellate incision is made in the skin, through which the leech sucks blood till it is gorged, and then drops off. The stomach has large pouches on each side to hold the blood. The common large bloodsucking leech of America (<spn>Macrobdella decora</spn>) is dark olive above, and red below, with black spots. Many kinds of leeches are parasitic on fishes; others feed upon worms and mollusks, and have no jaws for drawing blood. See <er>Bdelloidea</er>. <er>Hirudinea</er>, and <er>Clepsine</er>.</note><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>A glass tube of peculiar construction, adapted for drawing blood from a scarified part by means of a vacuum.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Horse leech</b></col>, <cd>a less powerful European leech (<spn>H<ae/mopis vorax</spn>), commonly attacking the membrane that lines the inside of the mouth and nostrils of animals that drink at pools where it lives.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Leech</ent><br/
<hw>Leech</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Leeched</conjf> <pr>(l<emac/cht)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Leeching</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To treat as a surgeon; to doctor; <as>as, to <ex>leech</ex> wounds</as>.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To bleed by the use of leeches.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leechcraft</ent><br/
<hw>Leech"craft`</hw> <pr>(-kr<adot/ft`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The art of healing; skill of a physician.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leede</ent><br/
<ent>Leed</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Leed</hw>, <hw>Leede</hw> <pr>(l<emac/d)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Etymol. uncertain.]</ety> <def>A caldron; a copper kettle.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <ldquo/A furnace of a <xex>leed</xex>.<rdquo/ <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leef</ent><br/
<hw>Leef</hw> <pr>(l<emac/f)</pr>, <pos>a. & adv.</pos> <def>See <er>Lief</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leek</ent><br/
<hw>Leek</hw> <pr>(l<emac/k)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>le<aacute/c</ets>; akin to D. <ets>look</ets>, G. <ets>lauch</ets>, OHG. <ets>louh</ets>, Icel. <ets>laukr</ets>, Sw. <ets>l<oum/k</ets>, Dan <ets>l<oum/g</ets>. Cf. <er>Garlic</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant of the genus <gen>Allium</gen> (<spn>Allium Porrum</spn>), having broadly linear succulent leaves rising from a loose oblong cylindrical bulb. The flavor is stronger than that of the common onion.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Wild leek</b></col> , <cd>in America, a plant (<spn>Allium tricoccum</spn>) with a cluster of ovoid bulbs and large oblong elliptical leaves.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Leeme</ent><br/
<hw>Leeme</hw> <pr>(l<emac/m)</pr>, <pos>v. & n.</pos> <def>See <er>Leme</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leep</ent><br/
<hw>Leep</hw> <pr>(l<emac/p)</pr>, <mark>obs.</mark> <pos>strong imp.</pos> <mord>of <er>Leap</er></mord>. <def>Leaped.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leer</ent><br/
<hw>Leer</hw> <pr>(l<emac/r)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To learn.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <see>See <er>Lere</er>, to learn.</see><br/
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<p><ent>Leer</ent><br/
<hw>Leer</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>lere</ets>; akin to G. <ets>leer</ets>, OHG. & OS. <ets>l<amac/ri</ets>.]</ety> <mark>[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]</mark> <def>Empty; destitute; wanting</def>; as: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Empty of contents.</def> <ldquo/A <xex>leer</xex> stomach.<rdquo/ <au>Gifford.</au> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Destitute of a rider; and hence, led, not ridden; <as>as, a <ex>leer</ex> horse</as>.</def> <au>B. Jonson.</au> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>Wanting sense or seriousness; trifling; trivolous; <as>as, <ex>leer</ex> words</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leer</ent><br/
<hw>Leer</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An oven in which glassware is annealed.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leer</ent><br/
<hw>Leer</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>lere</ets> cheek, face, look, AS. <ets>hle<oacute/r</ets> cheek, face; akin to OS. <ets>hlear</ets>, <ets>hlior</ets>, OD. <ets>lier</ets>, Icel. <ets>hl<ymac/r</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The cheek.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Holinshed.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Complexion; aspect; appearance.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>A Rosalind of a better <qex>leer</qex> than you.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A distorted expression of the face, or an indirect glance of the eye, conveying a sinister or immodest suggestion.</def><br/
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<p><q>With jealous <qex>leer</qex> malign<br/
Eyed them askance.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>She gives the <qex>leer</qex> of invitation.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Damn with faint praise, assent with civil <qex>leer</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leer</ent><br/
<hw>Leer</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Leered</conjf> <pr>(l<emac/rd)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Leering</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To look with a leer; to look askance with a suggestive expression, as of hatred, contempt, lust, etc.; to cast a sidelong lustful or malign look.</def><br/
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<p><q>I will <qex>leer</qex>upon him as a' comes by.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>The priest, above his book,<br/
<qex>Leering</qex> at his neighbor's wife.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leer</ent><br/
<hw>Leer</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To entice with a leer, or leers; <as>as, to <ex>leer</ex> a man to ruin</as>.</def> <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leere</ent><br/
<hw>Leere</hw> <pr>(l<emac/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Etymol. uncertain.]</ety> <def>Tape or braid; an ornament.</def> <rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Leere side</b></col>, <cd>the left side, as that on which a leere or ornament was worn.</cd> <rj><au>B. Jonson.</au></rj></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Leeringly</ent><br/
<hw>Leer"ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a leering manner.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lees</ent><br/
<hw>Lees</hw> <pr>(l<emac/z)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <def>Dregs. See 2d <er>Lee</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lees</ent><br/
<hw>Lees</hw> <pr>(l<emac/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A leash.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leese</ent><br/
<hw>Leese</hw> <pr>(l<emac/z)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lose</er>.]</ety> <def>To lose.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>They would rather <qex>leese</qex> their friend than their jest.</q> <rj><qau>Lord Burleigh.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leese</ent><br/
<hw>Leese</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>l<eacute/ser</ets>, L. <ets>laesus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>laedere</ets>.]</ety> <def>To hurt.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>B. Jonson.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leet</ent><br/
<hw>Leet</hw> <pr>(l<emac/t)</pr>, <pos>obs. imp.</pos> <def>of <er>Let</er>, to allow.</def> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leet</ent><br/
<hw>Leet</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. AS. <ets>hl<emac/t</ets> share, lot.]</ety> <def>A portion; a list, esp. a list of candidates for an office.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Leet</ent><br/
<hw>Leet</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[LL. <ets>leta</ets>. Cf. F. <ets>lit de justice</ets> a solemn sitting of the king in Parliament, L. <ets>lis</ets>, <ets>litis</ets>, a lawsuit, It., Sp., & Pg. <ets>lite</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Eng. Hist.)</fld> <def>A court-leet; the district within the jurisdiction of a court-leet; the day on which a court-leet is held.</def> <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><note><hand/ The original intent of the court-leet was to view the frankpledges or freemen within the liberty; hence called <xex>the view of frankpledge</xex>. Latterly it has fallen into almost entire disuse.</note> <rj><au>Burrill. Warren's Blackstone.</au></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Leet ale</b></col>, <cd>a feast or merrymaking in time of leet.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Leet</ent><br/
<hw>Leet</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Etymol. uncertain.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The European pollock.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leetman</ent><br/
<hw>Leet"man</hw> <pr>(-m<ait/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Leetmen</plw> <pr>(-m<eit/n)</pr>.</plu> <def>One subject to the jurisdiction of a court-leet.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leeward</ent><br/
<hw>Lee"ward</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"w<etil/rd <or/ l<umac/"<etil/rd)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the part or side toward which the wind blows; -- opposed to <ant>windward</ant>; <as>as, a <ex>leeward</ex> berth; a <ex>leeward</ex> ship.</as></def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>The lee side; the lee.</def></def2> -- <def2><pos>adv.</pos> <def>Toward the lee.</def></def2><br/
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<p><ent>Leeway</ent><br/
<hw>Lee"way`</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"w<amac/`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>The lateral movement of a ship to the leeward of her course; drift.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Left</ent><br/
<hw>Left</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/ft)</pr>, <pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <def>of <er>Leave</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Left</ent><br/
<hw>Left</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>left</ets>, <ets>lift</ets>, <ets>luft</ets>; akin to Fries. <ets>leeft</ets>, OD. <ets>lucht</ets>, <ets>luft</ets>; cf. AS. <ets>left</ets> (equiv. to L. <ets>inanis</ets>), <ets>lyft<amac/dl</ets> palsy; or cf. AS. <ets>l<emac/f</ets> weak.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to that side of the body in man on which the muscular action of the limbs is usually weaker than on the other side; -- opposed to <ant>right</ant>, when used in reference to a part of the body; <as>as, the <ex>left</ex> hand, or arm; the <ex>left</ex> ear</as>. Also said of the corresponding side of the lower animals.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Situated so that the left side of the body is toward it; <as>as, the <ex>left</ex> side of a deliberative meeting is that to the left of the presiding officer; the <ex>left</ex> wing of an army is that to the left of the center to one facing an enemy</as>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Left bank of a river</b></col>, <cd>that which is on the <xex>left</xex> hand of a person whose face is turned downstream.</cd> -- <col><b>Left bower</b></col>. <cd>See under 2d <er>Bower</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Left center</b></col>, <cd>the members whose sympathies are, in the main, with the members of the Left, but who do not favor extreme courses, and on occasions vote with the government. They sit between the Center and the extreme Left.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Over the left shoulder</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Over the left</b></col></mcol>, <cd>an old but still current colloquialism, or slang expression, used as an aside to indicate insincerity, negation, or disbelief; <as>as, he said it, and it is true, -- <ex>over the left</ex></as>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Left</ent><br/
<hw>Left</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>That part of surrounding space toward which the left side of one's body is turned; <as>as, the house is on the <ex>left</ex> when you face North</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>Put that rose a little more to the <qex>left</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Ld. Lytton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Those members of a legislative assembly (as in France) who are in the opposition; the advanced republicans and extreme radicals. They have their seats at the left-hand side of the presiding officer. See <er>Center</er>, and <er>Right</er>.</def><-- now used of any group advocating a leftist policy -- which is variously interpeted, as meaning "radical", "liberal", "reformist", "anti-establishment" "advocating change in the name of greater freedom or well-being of the common man[MW10]" -- opposed to rightist, and in the "liberal" interpretation, opposed to "conservative". --><br/
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<p><ent>left brain</ent><br/
<hw>left" brain`</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The left cerebral hemisphere of the brain; in humans, it controls motor activity on the right side of the body, and in most people is the primary location for control of language, logic, and mathematical thought.</def><br/
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<p><ent>left-brain</ent><br/
<hw>left"-brain`</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to the left cerebral hemisphere of the brain.</def><br/
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<p><ent>left-brained</ent><br/
<hw>left"-brained`</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Exhibiting intellectual or personality characteristics suggesting dominance of linguistic or logical modes of thought, which are usually controlled by the left cerebral hemisphere; <as>as, <ex>left-brained</ex> pedants unable to appreciate music</as>; also referred to as <altname>linear</altname>.  See <er>linear</er>{3}.  Contrasted with <contr>right-brained</contr>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>leftfield</ent><br/
<ent>left field</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>left` field"</hw>, <hw>left`field"</hw></mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Baseball)</fld>  <def>the part of the outfield on the catcher's or batter's left.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> left.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Left-hand</ent><br/
<hw>Left"-hand`</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/ft"h<acr/nd`)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Situated on the left; nearer the left hand than the right; <as>as, the <ex>left-hand</ex> side; the <ex>left-hand</ex> road.</as></def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Left-hand rope</b></col>, <cd>rope laid up and twisted over from right to left, or against the sun; -- called also <altname>water-laid rope</altname>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Left-handed</ent><br/
<hw>Left"-hand`ed</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having the left hand or arm stronger and more dexterous than the right; using the left hand and arm with more dexterity than the right.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Clumsy; awkward; unlucky; insincere; sinister; malicious; <as>as, a <ex>left-handed</ex> compliment</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>The commendations of this people are not always <qex>left-handed</qex> and detractive.</q> <rj><qau>Landor.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Having a direction contrary to that of the hands of a watch when seen in front; -- said of a twist, a rotary motion, etc., looked at from a given direction.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Left-handed marriage</b></col>, <cd>a morganatic marriage. See <er>Morganatic</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Left-handed screw</b></col>, <cd>a screw constructed to advance away from the observer, when turned, as in a nut, with a left-handed rotation. An ordinary wood screw is right-handed.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Left-handiness</ent><br/
<ent>Left-handedness</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Left"-hand`ed*ness</hw>, <hw>Left"-hand`i*ness</hw> <pr>(-<icr/*n<ecr/s)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or quality of being left-handed; awkwardness.</def><br/
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<p><q>An awkward address, ungraceful attitudes and actions, and a certain <qex>left-handiness</qex> (if I may use the expression) proclaim low education.</q> <rj><qau>Chesterfield.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>left-hander</ent><br/
<ent>lefthander</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>left`hand"er</hw>, <hw>left`-hand"er</hw></mhw> <pos>n.</pos>  <def>a person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right; a left-handed{1} person.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lefty, southpaw.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>leftish</ent><br/
<hw>leftish</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>Inclined toward the political left.</def><br/
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<p><ent>leftist</ent><br/
<hw>leftist</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>same as <er>left-wing</er>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> left-of-center, left-wing.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>leftist</ent><br/
<hw>leftist</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a person who belongs to the political left.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> socialist, collectivist, left-winger.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>left-of-center</ent><br/
<hw>left-of-center</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>same as <er>left-wing</er>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> leftist, left-wing.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Left-off</ent><br/
<hw>Left"-off`</hw> <pr>(-<ocr/f`; 115)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Laid aside; cast-off.</def><br/
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<p><ent>leftover</ent><br/
<hw>leftover</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>not used up; remaining after use of part; <as>as, unusable <ex>leftover</ex> auto parts</as>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> left over(predicate), left(predicate), odd, remaining, unexpended.</syn><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <specif>Specifically:</specif> <def>remaining from a previous meal; -- of food; <as>as, <ex>leftover</ex> food served at a later meal</as>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> cooked-over, warmed-over, reheated.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>leftover</ent><br/
<hw>leftover</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>An unused part or portion; -- used especially of food remaining uneaten from a previous meal; <as>as, to have <ex>leftovers</ex> for dinner</as>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> remnant.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>left-slanting</ent><br/
<hw>left-slanting</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>slanting toward the left; -- of handwriting.</def> <note>Such handwriting is usually found in left-handed writers</note><br/
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<p><ent>Leftward</ent><br/
<hw>Left"ward</hw> <pr>(-w<etil/rd)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Toward or on the left side.</def><br/
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<p><q>Rightward and <qex>leftward</qex> rise the rocks.</q> <rj><qau>Southey.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>left-wing</ent><br/
<hw>left-wing</hw> <pos>a.</pos>  <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the political left or its ideology.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Believing in or supporting tenets of the political left.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> leftist, left-of-center.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>left wing</ent><br/
<hw>left wing</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Those trying to reform the established order, particularly in political matters, to enhance the condition of the common people; -- sometimes applied to those advocating overthrow of an existing government by radical means.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> left, left wing, leftists, political left.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>left-winger</ent><br/
<hw>left-winger</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>a person who belongs to the political left.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> socialist, collectivist, leftist.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>lefty</ent><br/
<hw>lefty</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>a person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right; a left-handed person.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lefthander, southpaw.</syn><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>a baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> left-handed pitcher, left-hander, southpaw.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Leful</ent><br/
<hw>Le"ful</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"f<usdot/l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>See <er>Leveful</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leg</ent><br/
<hw>Leg</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/g)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Icel. <ets>leggr</ets>; akin to Dan. <ets>l<ae/g</ets> calf of the leg, Sw. <ets>l<aum/gg</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A limb or member of an animal used for supporting the body, and in running, climbing, and swimming; esp., that part of the limb between the knee and foot.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which resembles a leg in form or use; especially, any long and slender support on which any object rests; <as>as, the <ex>leg</ex> of a table; the <ex>leg</ex> of a pair of compasses or dividers.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The part of any article of clothing which covers the leg; <as>as, the <ex>leg</ex> of a stocking or of a pair of trousers</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A bow, esp. in the phrase <xex>to make a leg</xex>; probably from drawing the leg backward in bowing.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>He that will give a cap and make a <qex>leg</qex> in thanks for a favor he never received.</q> <rj><qau>Fuller.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>A disreputable sporting character; a blackleg.</def> <mark>[Slang, Eng.]</mark><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>The course and distance made by a vessel on one tack or between tacks.</def><br/
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <fld>(Steam Boiler)</fld> <def>An extension of the boiler downward, in the form of a narrow space between vertical plates, sometimes nearly surrounding the furnace and ash pit, and serving to support the boiler; -- called also <altname>water leg</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <fld>(Grain Elevator)</fld> <def>The case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets.</def><br/
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<p><sn>9.</sn> <fld>(Cricket)</fld> <def>A fielder whose position is on the outside, a little in rear of the batter.</def><br/
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<p><sn>10.</sn> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>Either side of a triangle distinguished from the base or, in a right triangle, from the hypotenuse; also, an indefinitely extending branch of a curve, as of a hyperbola.</def><br/
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<p><sn>11.</sn>  <fld>(Telephony)</fld> <def>A branch or lateral circuit connecting an instrument with the main line.</def><br/
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<p><sn>12.</sn>  <fld>(Elec.)</fld> <def>A branch circuit; one phase of a polyphase system.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>A good leg</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a course sailed on a tack which is near the desired course.</cd> -- <col><b>Leg bail</b></col>, <cd>escape from custody by flight.</cd> <mark>[Slang]</mark> -- <col><b>Legs of an hyperbola</b></col> (or other curve) <fld>(Geom.)</fld>, <cd>the branches of the curve which extend outward indefinitely.</cd> -- <col><b>Legs of a triangle</b></col>, <cd>the sides of a triangle; -- a name seldom used unless one of the sides is first distinguished by some appropriate term; <as>as, the hypothenuse and two <ex>legs</ex> of a right-angled triangle</as>.</cd> <col><b>On one's legs</b></col>, <cd>standing to speak.</cd> -- <col><b>On one's last legs</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Last</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>To have legs</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>to have speed.</cd><-- also, to have endurance, to continue longer than usual. --> -- <col><b>To stand on one's own legs</b></col>, <cd>to support one's self; to be independent.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><-- p. 841 pr=VMG --></p>

<p><ent>Leg</ent><br/
<hw>Leg</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/g)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To use as a leg, with <xex>it</xex> as object</def>: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>To bow.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>To run.</def> <mark>[Low]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Legacy</ent><br/
<hw>Leg"a*cy</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/g"<adot/*s<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Legacies</plw> <pr>(-s<icr/z)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. (assumed) <ets>legatia</ets>, for <ets>legatum</ets>, from <ets>legare</ets> to appoint by last will, to bequeath as a legacy, to depute: cf. OF. <ets>legat</ets> legacy. See <er>Legate</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A gift of property by will, esp. of money or personal property; a bequest. Also Fig.; <as>as, a <ex>legacy</ex> of dishonor or disease</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A business with which one is intrusted by another; a commission; -- obsolete, except in the phrases <xex>last legacy</xex>, <xex>dying legacy</xex>, and the like.</def><br/
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<p><q>My <qex>legacy</qex> and message wherefore I am sent into the world.</q> <rj><qau>Tyndale.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>He came and told his <qex>legacy</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Chapman.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Legacy duty</b></col>, <cd>a tax paid to government on legacies.</cd> <au>Wharton.</au> -- <col><b>Legacy hunter</b></col>, <cd>one who flatters and courts any one for the sake of a legacy.</cd></cs><-- related to gold-digger (latter for any riches, not just a legacy) --><br/
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<p><ent>Legal</ent><br/
<hw>Le"gal</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"g<ait/l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>legalis</ets>, fr. <ets>lex</ets>, <ets>legis</ets>, law; prob. orig., that which lies or is fixed (cf. L. <ets>lectus</ets> bed), and if so akin to E. <ets>lie</ets>, <ets>law</ets>: cf. F. <ets>l<eacute/gal</ets>. Cf. <er>Lie</er> to be prostrate, <er>Loyal</er>, <er>Leal</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Created by, permitted by, in conformity with, or relating to, law; <as>as, a <ex>legal</ex> obligation; a <ex>legal</ex> standard or test; a <ex>legal</ex> procedure; a <ex>legal</ex> claim; a <ex>legal</ex> trade; anything is <ex>legal</ex> which the laws do not forbid</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Theol.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>According to the law of works, as distinguished from free grace; or resting on works for salvation.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>According to the old or Mosaic dispensation; in accordance with the law of Moses.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Governed by the rules of law as distinguished from the rules of equity; <as>as, <ex>legal</ex> estate; <ex>legal</ex> assets.</as></def> <rj><au>Bouvier.</au> <au>Burrill.</au></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Legal cap</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Cap</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Legal tender</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The act of tendering in the performance of a contract or satisfaction of a claim that which the law prescribes or permits, and at such time and place as the law prescribes or permits.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>That currency, or money, which the law authorizes a debtor to tender and requires a creditor to receive. It differs in different countries.</cd></cs></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Lawful; constitutional; legitimate; licit; authorized. See <er>Lawful</er>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>legalese</ent><br/
<hw>legalese</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A style of writing or speaking heavily emphasizing the abstruse technical vocabulary of the law, to the point where a speech or document may be incomprehensible to non-specialists.</def><br/
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<p><ent>legalisation</ent><br/
<hw>legalisation</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>the act of legalizing; same as <er>legalization</er>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> legalization.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Legalism</ent><br/
<hw>Le"gal*ism</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"g<ait/l*<icr/z'm)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Strictness, or the doctrine of strictness, in conforming to law.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Legalist</ent><br/
<hw>Le"gal*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who practices or advocates strict conformity to law; in theology, one who holds to the law of works. See <er>Legal</er>, 2 <sd>(a)</sd>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Legality</ent><br/
<hw>Le*gal"i*ty</hw> <pr>(l<esl/*g<acr/l"<icr/*t<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. LL. <ets>legalitas</ets>, F. <ets>l<eacute/galit<eacute/</ets>. Cf. <er>Loyalty</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The state or quality of being legal; conformity to law.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Theol.)</fld> <def>A conformity to, and resting upon, the letter of the law.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Legalization</ent><br/
<hw>Le`gal*i*za"tion</hw> <pr>(l<emac/`g<ait/l*<icr/*z<amac/"sh<ucr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of making legal.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Legalize</ent><br/
<hw>Le"gal*ize</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"g<ait/l*<imac/z)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Legalized</conjf> <pr>(-<imac/zd)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Legalizing</conjf> <pr>(-<imac/`z<icr/ng)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>l<eacute/galiser</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To make legal.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Theol.)</fld> <def>To interpret or apply in a legal spirit.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Legally</ent><br/
<hw>Le"gal*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a legal manner.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Legantine</ent><br/
<hw>Le*gan"tine</hw> <pr>(l<esl/*g<acr/n"t<icr/n)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <def>See <er>Legatine</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Legatary</ent><br/
<hw>Leg"a*ta*ry</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/g"<adot/*t<asl/*r<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>legatarius</ets>, fr. <ets>legaturius</ets> enjoined by a last will: cf. F. <ets>l<eacute/gataire</ets>. See <er>Legacy</er>.]</ety> <def>A legatee.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> <rj><au>Ayliffe.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Legate</ent><br/
<hw>Leg"ate</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/g"<asl/t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>legat</ets>, L. <ets>legatus</ets>, fr. <ets>legare</ets> to send with a commission or charge, to depute, fr. <ets>lex</ets>, <ets>legis</ets>, law: cf. F. <ets>l<eacute/gat</ets>, It. <ets>legato</ets>. See <er>Legal</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An ambassador or envoy.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An ecclesiastic representing the pope and invested with the authority of the Holy See.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ Legates are of three kinds: (<stype>a</stype>) <xex>Legates a latere</xex>, now always cardinals. They are called <xex>ordinary</xex> or <xex>extraordinary</xex> legates, the former governing provinces, and the latter class being sent to foreign countries on extraordinary occasions. (<stype>b</stype>) <xex>Legati missi</xex>, who correspond to the ambassadors of temporal governments. (<stype>c</stype>) <xex>Legati nati</xex>, or <xex>legates by virtue of their office</xex>, as the archbishops of Salzburg and Prague.</note><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Rom. Hist.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An official assistant given to a general or to the governor of a province.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Legatee</ent><br/
<hw>Leg`a*tee"</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/g`<adot/*t<emac/")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Legacy</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>One to whom a legacy is bequeathed.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Legateship</ent><br/
<hw>Leg"ate*ship</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/g"<asl/t*sh<icr/p)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The office of a legate.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Legatine</ent><br/
<hw>Leg"a*tine</hw> <pr>(-<adot/*t<imac/n)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to a legate; <as>as, <ex>legatine</ex> power</as>.</def> <rj><au>Holinshed.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Made by, proceeding from, or under the sanction of, a legate; <as>as, a <ex>legatine</ex> constitution</as>.</def> <rj><au>Ayliffe.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Legation</ent><br/
<hw>Le*ga"tion</hw> <pr>(l<esl/*g<amac/"sh<ucr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>legatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>l<eacute/gation</ets>, It. <ets>legazione</ets>. See <er>Legate</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The sending forth or commissioning one person to act for another.</def> <ldquo/The Divine <xex>legation</xex> of Moses.<rdquo/ <rj><au>Bp. Warburton.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A legate, or envoy, and the persons associated with him in his mission; an embassy; or, in stricter usage, a diplomatic minister and his suite; a deputation.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The place of business or official residence of a diplomatic minister at a foreign court or seat of government.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A district under the jurisdiction of a legate.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Legato</ent><br/
||<hw>Le*ga"to</hw> <pr>(l<asl/*g<aum/"t<osl/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[It., tied, joined, fr. <ets>legare</ets> to tie, bind, L. <ets>ligare</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Connected; tied; -- a term used when successive tones are to be produced in a closely connected, smoothly gliding manner. It is often indicated by a <xex>tie</xex>, thus <?/, <?/, or <?/, <?/, written over or under the notes to be so performed; -- opposed to <contr>staccato</contr>.</def><-- music notation: slur down, slur up, legato down, legato up. Use graphic? --><br/
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<p><ent>Legator</ent><br/
||<hw>Leg`a*tor"</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/g`<adot/*t<ocir/r")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., fr. <ets>legare</ets>: cf. OF. <ets>legateur</ets>. See <er>Legacy</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A testator; one who bequeaths a legacy.</def> <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Legatura</ent><br/
||<hw>Le`ga*tu"ra</hw> <pr>(l<asl/`g<adot/*t<oomac/"r<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[It. See <er>Ligature</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A tie or brace; a syncopation.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Legature</ent><br/
<hw>Leg"a*ture</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/g"<adot/*t<usl/r; 135)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Legateship.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Leg bridge</ent><br/
<hw>Leg bridge</hw>. <def>A type of bridge for small spans in which  the floor girders are rigidly secured at their extremities to supporting steel legs, driven into the ground as piling, or resting on mudsills.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lege</ent><br/
<hw>Lege</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/j)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[Abbrev. fr. <ets>allege</ets> to assert.]</ety> <def>To allege; to assert.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Bp. Fisher.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Legement</ent><br/
<hw>Lege"ment</hw> <pr>(-m<eit/nt)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Ledgment</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Legend</ent><br/
<hw>Leg"end</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/j"<ecr/nd <or/ l<emac/"j<ecr/nd; 277)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>legende</ets>, OF. <ets>legende</ets>, F. <ets>l<eacute/gende</ets>, LL. <ets>legenda</ets>, fr. L. <ets>legendus</ets> to be read, fr. <ets>legere</ets> to read, gather; akin to Gr. <grk>le`gein</grk> to gather, speak. Cf. <er>Collect</er>, <er>Dialogue</er>, <er>Lesson</er>, <er>Logic</er>.]</ety><br/
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>That which is appointed to be read; especially, a chronicle or register of the lives of saints, formerly read at matins, and in the refectories of religious houses.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A story respecting saints; especially, one of a marvelous nature.</def> <rj><au>Addison.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Any wonderful story coming down from the past, but not verifiable by historical record; a myth; a fable.</def><br/
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<p><q>And in this <qex>legend</qex> all that glorious deed<br/
Read, whilst you arm you.</q> <rj><qau>Fairfax.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>An inscription, motto, or title, esp. one surrounding the field in a medal or coin, or placed upon an heraldic shield or beneath an engraving or illustration.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Golden legend</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Golden</er>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Legend</ent><br/
<hw>Leg"end</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To tell or narrate, as a legend.</def> <rj><au>Bp. Hall.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Legendary</ent><br/
<hw>Leg"end*a*ry</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/j"<ecr/n*d<asl/*r<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to a legend or to legends; consisting of legends; like a legend; fabulous.</def> <ldquo/<xex>Legendary</xex> writers.<rdquo/ <rj><au>Bp. Lloyd.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q><qex>Legendary</qex> stories of nurses and old women.</q> <rj><qau>Bourne.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Legendary</ent><br/
<hw>Leg"end*a*ry</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>legendaire</ets>, LL. <ets>legendarius</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A book of legends; a tale or narrative.</def><br/
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<p><q>Read the Countess of Pembroke's <ldquo/Arcadia,<rdquo/ a gallant <qex>legendary</qex> full of pleasurable accidents.</q> <rj><qau>James I.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>One who relates legends.</def> <rj><au>Bp. Lavington.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leger</ent><br/
<hw>Leg"er</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/j"<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Ledger</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Anything that lies in a place; that which, or one who, remains in a place.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A minister or ambassador resident at a court or seat of government.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>lieger</asp>, <asp>leiger</asp>.]</altsp> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>Sir Edward Carne, the queen's <qex>leger</qex> at Rome.</q> <rj><qau>Fuller.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A ledger.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leger</ent><br/
<hw>Leg"er</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Lying or remaining in a place; hence, resident; <as>as, <ex>leger</ex> ambassador</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leger</ent><br/
<hw>Leg"er</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>l<eacute/ger</ets>, fr. LL. (assumed) <ets>leviarius</ets>, fr. L. <ets>levis</ets> light in weight. See <er>Levity</er>.]</ety> <def>Light; slender; slim; trivial.</def> <mark>[Obs. except in special phrases.]</mark> <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Leger line</b></col> <fld>(Mus.)</fld>, <cd>a line added above or below the staff to extend its compass; -- called also <altname>added line</altname>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Legerdemain</ent><br/
<hw>Leg`er*de*main"</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/j`<etil/r*d<esl/*m<amac/n")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>l<eacute/ger</ets> light, nimble + <ets>de</ets> of + <ets>main</ets> hand, L. <ets>manus</ets>. See 3d <er>Leger</er>, and <er>Manual</er>.]</ety> <def>Sleight of hand; a trick of sleight of hand; hence, any artful deception or trick.</def><br/
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<p><q>He of <qex>legierdemayne</qex> the mysteries did know.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>The tricks and <qex>legerdemain</qex> by which men impose upon their own souls.</q> <rj><qau>South.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Legerdemainist</ent><br/
<hw>Leg`er*de*main"ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who practices sleight of hand; a prestidigitator.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Legerity</ent><br/
<hw>Le*ger"i*ty</hw> <pr>(l<esl/*j<ecr/r"<icr/*t<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>l<eacute/g<egrave/ret<eacute/</ets>. See 3d <er>Leger</er>.]</ety> <def>Lightness; nimbleness.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark> <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Legge</ent><br/
<hw>Legge</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/g)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lay</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos> ]</ety> <def>To lay.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Legge</ent><br/
<hw>Legge</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[Abbrev. fr. <ets>alegge</ets>.]</ety> <def>To lighten; to allay.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Rom. of R.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Legged</ent><br/
<hw>Legged</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/gd <or/ l<ecr/g"g<ecr/d)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Leg</er>.]</ety> <def>Having (such or so many) legs; -- used in composition; <as>as, a long<ex>-legged</ex> man; a two<ex>-legged</ex> animal.</as></def><br/
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<p><ent>Leggiero</ent><br/
<ent>Leggiadro</ent><br/
<mhw>{ ||<hw>Leg`gi*a"dro</hw> <pr>(l<asl/d`j<esl/*<aum/"dr<osl/)</pr>, ||<hw>Leg`gi*e"ro</hw> <pr>(l<asl/d`j<esl/*<asl/"r<osl/)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a. & adv.</pos> <ety>[It.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Light or graceful; in a light, delicate, and brisk style.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leggin</ent><br/
<ent>Legging</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Leg"ging</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/g"g<icr/ng)</pr>, <hw>Leg"gin</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/g"g<icr/n)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Leg</er>.]</ety> <def>A cover for the leg, like a long gaiter.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Legging</ent><br/
<hw>Leg"ging</hw>, <def><pos>a. & vb. n.</pos>, from <er>Leg</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos></def><br/
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<p><ent>Leggy</ent><br/
<hw>Leg"gy</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/g"g<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>having tall spindly stems; -- of plants.</def> <wns>[wns=1]</wns><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> tall-growing.</syn><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Having long legs.</def> <wns>[wns=2]</wns> 
<rj><au>Thackeray.</au></rj><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> long-legged, long-shanked.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Leghorn</ent><br/
<hw>Leg"horn</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/g"h<ocir/rn)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A straw plaiting used for bonnets and hats, made from the straw of a particular kind of wheat, grown for the purpose in Tuscany, Italy; -- so called from Leghorn, the place of exportation.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Legibility</ent><br/
<hw>Leg`i*bil"i*ty</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/j`<icr/*b<icr/l"<icr/*t<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality of being legible; legibleness.</def> <rj><au>Sir. D. Brewster.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Legible</ent><br/
<hw>Leg"i*ble</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/j"<icr/*b'l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>legibilis</ets>, fr. <ets>legere</ets> to read: cf. OF. <ets>legible</ets>. See <er>Legend</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Capable of being read or deciphered; distinct to the eye; plain; -- used of writing or printing; <as>as, a fair, <ex>legible</ex> manuscript</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>The stone with moss and lichens so overspread,<br/
Nothing is <qex>legible</qex> but the name alone.</q> <rj><qau>Longfellow.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Capable of being discovered or understood by apparent marks or indications; <as>as, the thoughts of men are often <ex>legible</ex> in their countenances</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Legibleness</ent><br/
<hw>Leg"i*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or quality of being legible.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Legibly</ent><br/
<hw>Leg"i*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a legible manner.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Legific</ent><br/
<hw>Le*gif"ic</hw> <pr>(l<esl/*j<icr/f"<icr/k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lex</ets>, <ets>legis</ets>, law + <ets>-ficare</ets> (in comp.) to make. See <er>-fy</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to making laws.</def><br/
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<p><q>Practically, in many cases, authority or <qex>legific</qex> competence has begun in bare power.</q> <rj><qau>J. Grote.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Legion</ent><br/
<hw>Le"gion</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"j<ucr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>legioun</ets>, OF. <ets>legion</ets>, F. <ets>l<eacute/gion</ets>, fr. L. <ets>legio</ets>, fr. <ets>legere</ets> to gather, collect. See <er>Legend</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Rom. Antiq.)</fld> <def>A body of foot soldiers and cavalry consisting of different numbers at different periods, -- from about four thousand to about six thousand men, -- the cavalry being about one tenth.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A military force; an army; military bands.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A great number; a multitude.</def><br/
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<p><q>Where one sin has entered, <qex>legions</qex> will force their way through the same breach.</q> <rj><qau>Rogers.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Taxonomy)</fld> <def>A group of orders inferior to a class.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Legion of honor</b></col>, <cd>an order instituted by the French government in 1802, when Bonaparte was First Consul, as a reward for merit, both civil and military.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Legionary</ent><br/
<hw>Le"gion*a*ry</hw> <pr>(-<asl/*r<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>legionarius</ets>: cf. F. <ets>l<eacute/gionnaire</ets>.]</ety> <def>Belonging to a legion; consisting of a legion or legions, or of an indefinitely great number; <as>as, <ex>legionary</ex> soldiers; a <ex>legionary</ex> force.</as></def> <ldquo/The <xex>legionary</xex> body of error.<rdquo/ <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Legionary</ent><br/
<hw>Le"gion*a*ry</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"j<ucr/n*<asl/*r<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Legionaries</plw> <pr>(-r<icr/z)</pr>.</plu> <def>A member of a legion.</def> <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Legioned</ent><br/
<hw>Le"gioned</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"j<ucr/nd)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Formed into a legion or legions; legionary.</def> <rj><au>Shelley.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Legionry</ent><br/
<hw>Le"gion*ry</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"j<ucr/n*r<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A body of legions; legions, collectively.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> <rj><au>Pollok.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Legislate</ent><br/
<hw>Leg"is*late</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/j"<icr/s*l<amac/t)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Legislated</conjf> <pr>(-l<amac/`t<ecr/d)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Legislating</conjf> <pr>(-l<amac/`t<icr/ng)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[See <er>Legislator</er>.]</ety> <def>To make or enact a law or laws.</def><br/
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<p><q>Solon, in <qex>legislating</qex> for the Athenians, had an idea of a more perfect constitution than he gave them.</q> <rj><qau>Bp. Watson (1805).</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>legislating</ent><br/
<hw>legislating</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>the act of making or enacting laws; legislation{1}.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> legislation, lawmaking.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Legislation</ent><br/
<hw>Leg`is*la"tion</hw> <pr>(-l<amac/"sh<ucr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>l<eacute/gislation</ets>, L. <ets>legis latio</ets>. See <er>Legislator</er>.]</ety> <def>The act of legislating; preparation and enactment of laws; the laws enacted.</def><br/
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<p><q>Pythagoras joined <qex>legislation</qex> to his philosophy.</q> <rj><qau>Lyttelton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Legislative</ent><br/
<hw>Leg"is*la*tive</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/j"<icr/s*l<asl/*t<icr/v)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>l<eacute/gislatif</ets>.]</ety><br/
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>Making, or having the power to make, a law or laws; lawmaking; -- distinguished from <contr>executive</contr>; <as>as, a <ex>legislative</ex> act; a <ex>legislative</ex> body</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>The supreme <qex>legislative</qex> power of England was lodged in the king and great council, or what was afterwards called the Parliament.</q> <rj><qau>Hume.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the making of laws; suitable to legislation; <as>as, the transaction of <ex>legislative</ex> business; the <ex>legislative</ex> style.</as></def><br/
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<p><ent>Legislatively</ent><br/
<hw>Leg"is*la*tive*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a legislative manner.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Legislator</ent><br/
<hw>Leg"is*la`tor</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/j"<icr/s*l<amac/`t<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>legis lator</ets>, prop., a proposer of a law; <ets>lex</ets>, <ets>legis</ets>, law + <ets>lator</ets> a proposer, bearer, fr. <ets>latus</ets>, used as p. p. of <ets>ferre</ets> to bear: cf. F. <ets>l<eacute/gislateur</ets>. See <er>Legal</er>, and <er>Tolerate</er>.]</ety> <def>A lawgiver; one who makes laws for a state or community; a member of a legislative body.</def><br/
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<p><q>The <qex>legislators</qex> in ancient and heroical times.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Many of the <qex>legislators</qex> themselves had taken an oath of abjuration of his Majesty's person and family.</q> <rj><qau>E. Phillips.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Legislatorial</ent><br/
<hw>Leg`is*la*to"ri*al</hw> <pr>(-l<adot/*t<omac/"r<icr/*<ait/l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to a legislator or legislature.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Legislatorship</ent><br/
<hw>Leg"is*la`tor*ship</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/j"<icr/s*l<amac/`t<etil/r*sh<icr/p)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The office of a legislator.</def> <rj><au>Halifax.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Legislatrix</ent><br/
<ent>Legislatress</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Leg"is*la`tress</hw> <pr>(-tr<ecr/s)</pr>, <hw>Leg"is*la`trix</hw> <pr>(-tr<icr/ks)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A woman who makes laws.</def> <rj><au>Shaftesbury.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Legislature</ent><br/
<hw>Leg"is*la`ture</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/j"<icr/s*l<amac/`t<usl/r; 135)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>l<eacute/gislature</ets>.]</ety> <def>The body of persons in a state or kingdom invested with power to make and repeal laws; a legislative body.</def><br/
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<p><q>Without the concurrent consent of all three parts of the <qex>legislature</qex>, no law is, or can be, made.</q> <rj><qau>Sir M. Hale.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><note><hand/ The <ex>legislature</ex> of Great Britain consists of the Lords and Commons, with the king or queen, whose sanction is necessary to every bill before it becomes a law. The <ex>legislatures</ex> of most of the United States consist of two houses or branches; but the sanction or consent of the governor is required to give their acts the force of law, or a concurrence of two thirds of the two houses after he has refused his sanction and assigned his objections.</note><br/
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<p><note>The legislatures of some of the more important states having constitutional government are as follows, the general name (or a translation of it) of the  legislative body collectively being given under the heading <xex>legislature</xex>, <xex>or parliament</xex>:</p>

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<table><pre>
<headrow><item>State</item><item>Legislature, or parliament</item><mitem>Upper House<colret/<item>Name</item><item>Number of members -- how chosen or composed -- term of office</item></mitem><mitem>Lower House<colret/<item>Name</item><item>Number of members -- suffrage -- term of office</item></mitem></headrow>
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<row><item>Argentina</item><item>National Congress</item><item>Senate</item><item>30 -- 2 from each provincew and 2 from capital -- 9 years</item><item>House of Deputies</item><item>120  (1 to 33,000) -- Manhood -- 4 years</item></row>
<row><item>Austria</item><item>Reichsrath</item><item></item><item></item><item></item><item></item></row>
<row><item>Belgium</item><item>The Chambers</item><item></item><item></item><item></item><item></item></row>
<row><item>Brazil</item><item>National Congress</item><item></item><item></item><item></item><item></item></row>
<row><item>Chile</item><item>National Congress</item><item></item><item></item><item></item><item></item></row>
<row><item>Denmark</item><item>Rigsdag</item><item></item><item></item><item></item><item></item></row>
<row><item>France</item><item>National Assembly</item><item></item><item></item><item></item><item></item></row>
<row><item>German Empire</item><item>Imperial legislature</item><item></item><item></item><item></item><item></item></row>
<row><item>*Great Britain</item><item>Parliament</item><item>House of Lords</item><item>About 600</item><item>House of Commons</item><item>About 670 -- 7 years, or until dissolution</item></row>
<row><item>Greece</item><item></item><item></item><item></item><item></item><item></item></row>
<row><item>Hungary</item><item>Orz<aacute/g-gy<uum/l<eacute/s</item><item></item><item></item><item></item><item></item></row>
<row><item>Italy</item><item>Parliament</item><item></item><item></item><item></item><item></item></row>
<row><item>Japan</item><item>Imperial Diet</item><item></item><item></item><item></item><item></item></row>
<row><item>Mexico</item><item>Congress</item><item></item><item></item><item></item><item></item></row>
<row><item>Netherlands</item><item>States-General</item><item></item><item></item><item></item><item></item></row>
<row><item>#Norway</item><item>Storthing</item><item></item><item></item><item></item><item></item></row>
<row><item>Portugal</item><item>Cortes Geraes (general Assembly)</item><item></item><item></item><item></item><item></item></row>
<row><item>Prussia</item><item>Landtag</item>Herrenhaus<item></item><item>No limit -- very various classes -- For different terms</item><item>Abgeordnetenhaus</item><item>433 -- Indirect election, general suffrage<sect/ -- 5 years, or until dissolution</item></row>
<row><item>Spain</item><item>Cortes</item><item></item><item></item><item></item><item></item></row>
<row><item>Sweden</item><item>Diet</item><item></item><item></item><item></item><item></item></row>
<row><item>Switzerland</item><item>Bundesversammlung</item><item></item><item></item><item></item><item></item></row>
<row><item>United States</item><item>Congress</item><item>Senate</item><item>92(1908) -- 6 years</item><item>House of Representatives</item><item>391 (1908) -- 2 years.</item></row>
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*In the self-governing colonies of Great Britain the legislative body usually consists of two chambers, the names of the legislature and the chambers varying.  Thus in Australia the Federal Parliament is composed of the Senate and the House of Commons, in New Zealand the General Assembly is composed of the Legislative Council and the House of Representatives, etc.</p>

<p>#Members of the Storthing are chosen for three years by direct election by manhood suffrage, forty-one being elected from the towns and eighty-two from the rural districts.  The Storthing on assembling divides into the Lagthing including one fourth and the Odelsthing including three fourths of the total membership of the Storthing.  All new laws are laid first before the Odelsthing.  If the two houses do not agree they vote in joint session, a majority of two thirds of those voting being necessary to a decision.</p>

<p><sect/ While theoretically general, the suffrage is so classified as often practically to disfranchise those who are not property holders.
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<p><ent>Legist</ent><br/
<hw>Le"gist</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"j<icr/st)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>l<eacute/giste</ets>, LL. <ets>legista</ets>, fr. L. <ets>lex</ets>, <ets>legis</ets>, law. See <er>Legal</er>.]</ety> <def>One skilled in the laws; a writer on law.</def> <rj><au>Milman.</au> <au>J. Morley.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Legitim</ent><br/
<hw>Le*git"im</hw> <pr>(l<esl/*j<icr/"<icr/m)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Legitimate</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <fld>(Scots Law)</fld> <def>The portion of movable estate to which the children are entitled upon the death of the father.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Legitimacy</ent><br/
<hw>Le*git"i*ma*cy</hw> <pr>(-<icr/*m<adot/*s<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Legitimate</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <def>The state, or quality, of being legitimate, or in conformity with law; hence, the condition of having been lawfully begotten, or born in wedlock.</def><br/
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<p><q>The doctrine of Divine Right, which has now come back to us, like a thief from transportation, under the alias of <qex>Legitimacy</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Legitimate</ent><br/
<hw>Le*git"i*mate</hw> <pr>(-m<asl/t)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[LL. <ets>legitimatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>legitimare</ets> to legitimate, fr. L. <ets>legitimus</ets> legitimate. See <er>Legal</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Accordant with law or with established legal forms and requirements; lawful; <as>as, <ex>legitimate</ex> government; <ex>legitimate</ex> rights; the <ex>legitimate</ex> succession to the throne; a <ex>legitimate</ex> proceeding of an officer; a <ex>legitimate</ex> heir.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Lawfully begotten; born in wedlock.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Authorized; real; genuine; not false, counterfe`t, or spurious; <as>as,$<ex>legitimate</ex> poems of Chaucer; <ex>legitimate</ex> inscriptions.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Conforming to known principles, or accepted rules; <as>as, <ex>legitimate</ex> reasoning; a <ex>legitimate</ex> standard, or method; a <ex>legitimate</ex> combination of colors.</as></def><br/
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<p><q>Tillotson still keeps his place as a <qex>legitimate</qex> English classic.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Following by logical sequence; reasonable; <as>as, a <ex>legitimate</ex> result; a <ex>legitimate</ex> inference.</as></def><br/
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<p><ent>Legitimate</ent><br/
<hw>Le*git"i*mate</hw> <pr>(-m<amac/t)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Legitimated</conjf> <pr>(-m<amac/`t<ecr/d)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Legitimating</conjf> <pr>(-m<amac/`t<icr/ng)</pr>.]</vmorph> <def>To make legitimate, lawful, or valid; esp., to put in the position or state of a legitimate person before the law, by legal means; <as>as, to <ex>legitimate</ex> a bastard child</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>To enact a statute of that which he dares not seem to approve, even to <qex>legitimate</qex> vice.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Legitimately</ent><br/
<hw>Le*git"i*mate*ly</hw> <pr>(-m<asl/t*l<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a legitimate manner; lawfully; genuinely.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Legitimateness</ent><br/
<hw>Le*git"i*mate*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or quality of being legitimate; lawfulness; genuineness.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Legitimation</ent><br/
<hw>Le*git`i*ma"tion</hw> <pr>(-m<amac/"sh<ucr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>l<eacute/gitimation</ets>.]</ety><br/
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of making legitimate.</def><br/
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<p><q>The coining or <qex>legitimation</qex> of money.</q> <rj><qau>East.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Lawful birth.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Legitimatist</ent><br/
<hw>Le*git"i*ma*tist</hw> <pr>(l<esl/*j<icr/t"<icr/*m<adot/*t<icr/st)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Legitimist</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Legitimatize</ent><br/
<hw>Le*git"i*ma*tize</hw> <pr>(-t<imac/z)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To legitimate.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Legitimism</ent><br/
<hw>Le*git"i*mism</hw> <pr>(-m<icr/z'm)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The principles or plans of legitimists.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Legitimist</ent><br/
<hw>Le*git"i*mist</hw> <pr>(-m<icr/st)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>l<eacute/gitimiste</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who supports legitimate authority; esp., one who believes in hereditary monarchy, as a divine right.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Specifically, a supporter of the claims of the elder branch of the Bourbon dynasty to the crown of France.</def><br/
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<p><-- p. 842 pr=VMG --></p>

<p><ent>Legitimize</ent><br/
<hw>Le*git"i*mize</hw> <pr>(l<esl/*j<icr/t"<icr/*m<imac/z)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Legitimized</conjf> <pr>(-m<imac/zd)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Legitimizing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To legitimate.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Legless</ent><br/
<hw>Leg"less</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/g"l<ecr/s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not having a leg.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leg-of-mutton</ent><br/
<hw>Leg"-of-mut"ton</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having the general shape or outline of a leg of mutton; <as>as, a <ex>leg-of-mutton</ex>, or shoulder-of-mutton, sail</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lego-literary</ent><br/
<hw>Le"go-lit"er*a*ry</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"g<osl/-l<icr/t"<etil/r*<asl/*r<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Legal</er>, and <er>Literary</er>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to the literature of law.</def><br/
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<p><ent>leg-pull</ent><br/
<hw>leg-pull</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>An attempt to make somebody believe something that is not true, done as a joke.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> leg-pulling.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>leg-pulling</ent><br/
<hw>leg-pulling</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of attempting to make somebody believe something that is not true, done as a joke.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> leg-pull.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Leguleian</ent><br/
<hw>Le`gu*le"ian</hw> <pr>(l<emac/`g<usl/*l<emac/"y<ait/n)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>leguleius</ets> pettifogger, fr. <ets>lex</ets>, <ets>legis</ets>, law.]</ety> <def>Lawyerlike; legal.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> <ldquo/<xex>Leguleian</xex> barbarism.<rdquo/ <au>De Quincey.</au> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>A lawyer.</def></def2><br/
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<p><ent>Legume</ent><br/
<hw>Leg"ume</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/g"<usl/m <or/ l<esl/*g<umac/m")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>l<eacute/gume</ets>, L. <ets>legumen</ets>, fr. <ets>legere</ets> to gather. So called because they may be gathered without cutting. See <er>Legend</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A pod dehiscent into two pieces or valves, and having the seed attached at one suture, as that of the pea.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ In the latter circumstance, it differs from a <xex>siliqua</xex>, in which the seeds are attached to both sutures. In popular use, a <xex>legume</xex> is called a <xex>pod</xex>, or <xex>cod</xex>; as, pea <xex>pod</xex>, or peas <xex>cod</xex>.</note><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>The fruit of leguminous plants, as peas, beans, lupines; pulse.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Legumen</ent><br/
||<hw>Le*gu"men</hw> <pr>(l<esl/*g<umac/"m<ecr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> L. <plw>Legumina</plw> <pr>(-m<icr/*n<adot/)</pr>, E. <plw>Legumens</plw> <pr>(-m<ecr/nz)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>Same as <er>Legume</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Legumin</ent><br/
<hw>Le*gu"min</hw> <pr>(-m<icr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>l<eacute/gumine</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>An albuminous substance resembling casein, found as a characteristic ingredient of the seeds of leguminous and grain-bearing plants.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leguminous</ent><br/
<hw>Le*gu"mi*nous</hw> <pr>(-m<icr/*n<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>l<eacute/gumineux</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Pertaining to pulse; consisting of pulse.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Belonging to, or resembling, a very large natural order of plants (<ord>Leguminos<ae/</ord>), which bear legumes, including peas, beans, clover, locust trees, acacias, and mimosas.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leiger</ent><br/
<hw>Lei"ger</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"j<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Leger</er>, and <er>Ledger</er>.]</ety> <def>See <er>Leger</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 2.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leiopelma</ent><br/
<hw>Leiopelma</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>The type and sole genus of the family <fam>Leiopelmatidae</fam>.</def>  <altsp>[Also spelled <asp><gen>Liopelma</gen></asp>.]</altsp><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Leiopelma</gen>, Liopelma, genus <gen>Liopelma</gen>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Leiopelmatidae</ent><br/
<hw>Leiopelmatidae</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A natural family of primitive New Zealand frogs.</def>  <altsp>[Also spelled <asp><fam>Liopelmidae</fam></asp>.]</altsp><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> family <fam>Leiopelmatidae</fam>, Liopelmidae, family <fam>Liopelmidae</fam>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Leiophyllum</ent><br/
<hw>Leiophyllum</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A genus having only one species, the sand myrtle.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Leiophyllum</gen>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Leiotrichan</ent><br/
<hw>Lei*ot"ri*chan</hw> <pr>(l<isl/*<ocr/t"r<icr/*k<ait/n)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to the Leiotrichi.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>One of the Leiotrichi.</def></def2><br/
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<p><ent>Leiotrichi</ent><br/
||<hw>Lei*ot"ri*chi</hw> <pr>(-k<imac/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>lei^os</grk> smooth + <grk>qri`x</grk>, <grk>tricho`s</grk>, hair.]</ety> <fld>(Anthropol.)</fld> <def>The division of mankind which embraces the smooth-haired races.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leiotrichous</ent><br/
<hw>Lei*ot"ri*chous</hw> <pr>(-k<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Leiotrichi</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anthropol.)</fld> <def>Having smooth, or nearly smooth, hair.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leipoa</ent><br/
||<hw>Lei*po"a</hw> <pr>(l<isl/*p<omac/"<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A genus of Australian gallinaceous birds including but a single species (<spn>Leipoa ocellata</spn>), about the size of a turkey. Its color is variegated, brown, black, white, and gray. Called also <altname>native pheasant</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ It makes large mounds of sand and vegetable material, in which its eggs are laid to be hatched by the heat of the decomposing mass.</note><br/
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<p><ent>Leipothymic</ent><br/
<hw>Lei`po*thym"ic</hw> <pr>(l<imac/`p<osl/*th<icr/m"<icr/k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>See <er>Lipothymic</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lister</ent><br/
<ent>Leister</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Leis"ter</hw>, <hw>Lis"ter</hw> }</mhw> <pr>(l<icr/s"t<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A spear armed with three or more prongs, for striking fish.</def> <mark>[Scotland]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Leisurable</ent><br/
<hw>Lei"sur*a*ble</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"zh<usl/r*<adot/*b'l; 135)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Leisure</er>.]</ety><br/
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>Leisurely.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Hooker.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Vacant of employment; not occupied; idle; leisure; <as>as <ex>leisurable</ex> hours</as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leisurably</ent><br/
<hw>Lei"sur*a*bly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>At leisure.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Leisure</ent><br/
<hw>Lei"sure</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"zh<usl/r; 135)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>leisere</ets>, <ets>leiser</ets>, OF. <ets>leisir</ets>, F. <ets>loisir</ets>, orig., permission, fr. L. <ets>licere</ets> to be permitted. See <er>License</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Freedom from occupation or business; vacant time; time free from employment.</def><br/
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<p><q>The desire of <qex>leisure</qex> is much more natural than of business and care.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Temple.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Time at one's command, free from engagement; convenient opportunity; hence, convenience; ease.</def><br/
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<p><q>He sighed, and had no <qex>leisure</qex> more to say.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>At leisure</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>Free from occupation; not busy.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>In a leisurely manner; at a convenient time.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Leisure</ent><br/
<hw>Lei"sure</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Unemployed; <as>as, <ex>leisure</ex> hours</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leisured</ent><br/
<hw>Lei"sured</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"zh<usl/rd)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having leisure.</def> <ldquo/The <xex>leisured</xex> classes.<rdquo/ <rj><au>Gladstone.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leisurely</ent><br/
<hw>Lei"sure*ly</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"zh<usl/r*l<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Characterized by leisure; taking abundant time; not hurried; <as>as, a <ex>leisurely</ex> manner; a <ex>leisurely</ex> walk.</as></def><br/
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<p><ent>Leisurely</ent><br/
<hw>Lei"sure*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a leisurely manner.</def> <rj><au>Addison.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leitmotiv</ent><br/
<ent>Leitmotif</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>Leit"mo*tif"</hw>, ||<hw>Leit"mo*tiv"</hw></mhw> <pr>(l<imac/t"m<osl/*t<esl/f")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[G., leading motive.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>a guiding theme; in Wagnerian opera, a marked melodic phrase or short musical passage which always accompanies the reappearance of a certain person, situation, abstract idea, or allusion in the course of the play; a sort of musical label.  Also called <cref>Leading motive</cref>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>a recurring theme in the activities of a person or group.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leitneria</ent><br/
<hw>Leitneria</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A genus of trees or shrubs coextensive with the family <fam>Leitneriaceae</fam>, and including the corkwood (<spn>Leitneria floridana</spn>).</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> family <fam>Leitneriaceae</fam>, corkwood family.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Leitneriaceae</ent><br/
<hw>Leitneriaceae</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A natural family of trees coextensive with the genus <gen>Leitneria</gen>; commonly isolated in a distinct order.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> family Leitneriaceae, corkwood family.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>L.E.M.</ent><br/
<ent>LEM</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>LEM</hw>, <hw>L.E.M.</hw></mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[acronym from <ets>L</ets>unar <ets>E</ets>xcursion <ets>M</ets>odule.]</ety> <fld>(Astronautics)</fld> <def>A <altname>lunar excursion module</altname>, a spacecraft designed to transport people from a command module in orbit around the moon to the surface of the moon and back again.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lunar excursion module, lunar module.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lemaireocereus</ent><br/
<hw>Lemaireocereus</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A genus of tropical American cacti, usually tall and branching with stout spines and funnel-shaped flowers and globular or ovoid often edible fruit.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Lemaireocereus</gen>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Leman</ent><br/
<hw>Le"man</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"m<ait/n <or/ l<ecr/m"<ait/n; 277)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>lemman</ets>, <ets>lefman</ets>; AS. <ets>le<oacute/f</ets> dear + <ets>mann</ets> man. See <er>Lief</er>, and <er>Man</er>.]</ety> <def>A sweetheart, of either sex; a gallant, or a mistress; -- usually in a bad sense.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au> <au>Spenser.</au> <au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>lemanderin</ent><br/
<hw>lemanderin</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A fruit tree (<spn>Citrus limonia</spn>) which is a hybrid between the mandarin orange and the lemon, having a very acid fruit with an orange peel; also, the fruit of this tree, the <altname>rangpur</altname>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> rangpur, rangpur lime, <spn>Citrus limonia</spn>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Leme</ent><br/
<hw>Leme</hw> <pr>(l<emac/m)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>leem</ets>, <ets>leme</ets>, <ets>leam</ets>, AS. <ets>le<oacute/ma</ets> light, brightness; akin to E. <ets>light</ets>, <pos>n.</pos> <root/122.]</ety> <def>A ray or glimmer of light; a gleam.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leme</ent><br/
<hw>Leme</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To shine.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Piers Plowman.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lemma</ent><br/
<hw>Lem"ma</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/m"m<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> L. <plw>Lemmata</plw> <pr>(-m<adot/*t<adot/)</pr>, E. <plw>Lemmas</plw> <pr>(-m<adot/z)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>lemma</ets>, Gr. <grk>lh^mma</grk> anything received, an assumption or premise taken for granted, fr. <grk>lamba`nein</grk> to take, assume. Cf. <er>Syllable</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Math., Logic)</fld> <def>A preliminary or auxiliary proposition demonstrated or accepted for immediate use in the demonstration of some other proposition, as in mathematics or logic.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A word that is included in a glossary or list of headwords; a headword.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lemmatization</ent><br/
<hw>lem`ma*tiz*a"tion</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/m`m<adot/*t<icr/z*<amac/"sh<ucr/n)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>The act or process of lemmatizing; conversion into a lemma{2}.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><note><hand/  <ex>Lemmatization</ex> of search words in a computerized Information Retrieval System may allow more effective retrieval of documents of interest to the searcher.</note><br/
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<p><ent>lemmatize</ent><br/
<hw>lem"ma*tize</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/m"m<adot/*t<imac/z`)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To convert into a lemma{2}; to normalize the form of (a word) to that form used as the headword in a dictionary, glossary, or index; <as>as, <ldquo/ride<rdquo/ is the <ex>lemmatized</ex> form for <ldquo/riding<rdquo/ and <ldquo/ridden<rdquo/</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lemman</ent><br/
<hw>Lem"man</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/m"m<ait/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A leman.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lemming</ent><br/
<hw>Lem"ming</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/m"m<icr/ng)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Nor. <ets>lemming</ets>, <ets>lemende</ets>; cf. Sw. <ets>lemel</ets>, Lapp. <ets>lummik</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Any one of several species of small arctic rodents of the genera <gen>Myodes</gen> and <gen>Cuniculus</gen>, resembling the meadow mice in form. They are found in both hemispheres.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ The common Northern European lemming (<spn>Myodes lemmus</spn>) is remarkable for making occasional devastating migrations in enormous numbers from the mountains into the lowlands.</note><br/
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<p><ent>Lemna</ent><br/
<hw>Lemna</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A genus of minute acquatic herbs floating on or below the water surface of still water consisting of a leaflike frond or plant body and single root.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Lemna</gen>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lemnaceae</ent><br/
<hw>Lemnaceae</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A natural family of small free-floating thalloid plants.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> family <fam>Lemnaceae</fam>, duckweed family.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lemnian</ent><br/
<hw>Lem"ni*an</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/m"n<icr/*<ait/n)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>Lemnius</ets>, fr. <ets>Lemnus</ets>, Gr. <grk>Lh^mnos</grk>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the isle of Lemnos.</def><br/
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Lemnian bole</b></col>, <col><b>Lemnian earth</b></col></mcol>, <cd>an aluminous earth of a grayish yellow color; sphragide; -- formerly sold as medicine, having astringent properties.</cd> -- <col><b>Lemnian reddle</b></col>, <cd>a reddle of firm consistence and deep red color; -- used by artificers in coloring.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lemniscate</ent><br/
<ent>Lemniscata</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lem`nis*ca"ta</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/m`n<icr/s*k<amac/"t<adot/)</pr>, <hw>Lem*nis"cate</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/m*n<icr/s"k<asl/t)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lemniscatus</ets> adorned with ribbons, fr. <ets>lemniscus</ets> a ribbon hanging down, Gr. <grk>lhmni`skos</grk>.]</ety> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>A curve in the form of the figure 8, with both parts symmetrical, generated by the point in which a tangent to an equilateral hyperbola meets the perpendicular on it drawn from the center.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lemniscus</ent><br/
||<hw>Lem*nis"cus</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/m*n<icr/s"k<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it></plu> <plw>Lemnisci</plw> <pr>(-s<imac/)</pr> <pos>n.</pos><ety>[L. See <er>Lemniscata</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>One of two oval bodies hanging from the interior walls of the body in the Acanthocephala.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lemon</ent><br/
<hw>Lem"on</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/m"<ucr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>limon</ets>, Per. <ets>l<imac/m<umac/n</ets>; cf. Ar. <ets>laim<umac/n</ets>, Sp. <ets>limon</ets>, It. <ets>limone</ets>. Cf. <er>Lime</er> a fruit.]</ety><br/
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An oval or roundish fruit resembling the orange, and containing a pulp usually intensely acid. It is produced by a tropical tree of the genus <gen>Citrus</gen>, the common fruit known in commerce being that of the species <spn>Citrus Limonum</spn> or <spn>Citrus Medica</spn> (var. <varn>Limonum</varn>). There are many varieties of the fruit, some of which are sweet.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The tree which bears lemons; the lemon tree.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lemon grass</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a fragrant East Indian grass (<spn>Andropogon Sh<oe/nanthus</spn>, and perhaps other allied species), which yields the grass oil used in perfumery.</cd> -- <col><b>Lemon sole</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>a yellow European sole (<spn>Solea aurantiaca</spn>).</cd> -- <col><b>Salts of lemon</b></col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>a white crystalline substance, inappropriately named, as it consists of an acid potassium oxalate and contains no citric acid, which is the characteristic acid of lemon; -- called also <altname>salts of sorrel</altname>. It is used in removing ink stains. See <cref>Oxalic acid</cref>, under <er>Oxalic</er>.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark></cs></p>

<p><-- Lemon adj. 1. of the color lemon-yellow. 2. of or relating to lemons, as lemon pie. --><br/
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<p><ent>Lemonade</ent><br/
<hw>Lem`on*ade"</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/m`<ucr/n*<amac/d")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>limonade</ets>; cf. Sp. <ets>limonada</ets>, It. <ets>limonata</ets>. See <er>Lemon</er>.]</ety> <def>A beverage consisting of lemon juice mixed with water and sweetened.</def> <ldquo/If you have lemons, make <xex>lemonade</xex><rdquo/ <br/
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<p><ent>lemonwood</ent><br/
<hw>lemonwood</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>hard tough elastic wood of the lemonwood tree; used for making bows and fishing rods.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A South African evergreen having hard tough wood.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lemonwood tree, <spn>Psychotria capensis</spn> .</syn><br/
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<p><ent>lemony</ent><br/
<hw>lemony</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>tasting like lemons.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> sourish, tangy, tart.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lemur</ent><br/
<hw>Le"mur</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"m<ucr/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., a ghost, specter. So called on account of its habit of going abroad by night.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>One of a family (<fam>Lemurid<ae/</fam>) of nocturnal mammals allied to the monkeys, but of small size, and having a sharp and foxlike muzzle, and large eyes. They feed upon birds, insects, and fruit, and are mostly natives of Madagascar and the neighboring islands, one genus (<gen>Galago</gen>) occurring in Africa.  The slow lemur or <stype>kukang</stype> of the East Indies is <spn>Nycticebus tardigradus</spn>. See <er>Galago</er>, <er>Indris</er>, and <er>Colugo</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lemures</ent><br/
||<hw>Lem"u*res</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/m"<usl/*r<emac/z; E. l<emac/"m<umac/rz)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[L. See <er>Lemur</er>.]</ety> <def>Spirits or ghosts of the departed; specters.</def><br/
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<p><q>The Lars and <qex>Lemures</qex> moan with midnight plaint.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lemuria</ent><br/
<hw>Le*mu"ri*a</hw> <pr>(l<esl/*m<umac/"r<icr/*<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[So named from the supposition that it was the original home of the <ets>lemurs</ets>.]</ety> <def>A hypothetical land, or continent, supposed by some to have existed formerly in the Indian Ocean, of which Madagascar is a remnant.</def> <rj><au>Herschel.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lemurid</ent><br/
<hw>Lem"u*rid</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/m"<usl/*r<icr/d)</pr>, <pos>a. & n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Lemuroid</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lemurine</ent><br/
<ent>Lemuridous</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Le*mu"ri*dous</hw> <pr>(l<esl/*m<umac/"r<icr/*d<ucr/s)</pr>, <hw>Lem"u*rine</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/m"<usl/*r<icr/n <or/ -r<imac/n)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Lemuroid.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lemuroid</ent><br/
<hw>Lem"u*roid</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/m"<usl/*roid)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Lemur</ets> + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Like or pertaining to the lemurs or the <ord>Lemuroidea</ord>.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>One of the Lemuroidea.</def></def2><br/
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<p><ent>Lemuroidea</ent><br/
||<hw>Lem`u*roi"de*a</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/m`<usl/*roi"d<esl/*<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Lemur</er>, and <er>-oid</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A suborder of primates, including the lemurs, the aye-aye, and allied species.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Lemuroida</asp>.]</altsp><br/
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<p><ent>Lena</ent><br/
||<hw>Le"na</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"n<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>A procuress.</def> <rj><au>J. Webster.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lenard rays</ent><br/
<hw>Le*nard" rays</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Physics.)</fld> <def>Rays emanating from the outer surface of a plate composed of any material permeable by cathode rays, as aluminium, which forms a portion of a wall of a vacuum tube, or which is mounted within the tube and exposed to radiation from the cathode. Lenard rays are similar in all their known properties to cathode rays. So called from the German physicist Philipp Lenard (b. 1862), who first described them.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lenard tube</ent><br/
<hw>Lenard tube</hw>. <fld>(Elec.)</fld> <def>A tube for producing Lenard rays.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lend</ent><br/
<hw>Lend</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/nd)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lent</conjf> <pr>(l<ecr/nt)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lending</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>lenen</ets>, AS. <ets>l<aemac/nan</ets>, fr. <ets>l<aemac/n</ets> loan; akin to G. <ets>lehnen</ets> to lend. See <er>Loan</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To allow the custody and use of, on condition of the return of the same; to grant the temporary use of; <as>as, to <ex>lend</ex> a book</as>; -- opposed to <contr>borrow</contr>.</def><br/
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<p><q>Give me that ring.<br/
I'll <qex>lend</qex> it thee, my dear, but have no power<br/
To give it from me.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To allow the possession and use of, on condition of the return of an equivalent in kind; <as>as, to <ex>lend</ex> money or some article of food</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor <qex>lend</qex> him thy victuals for increase.</q> <rj><qau>Levit. xxv. 37.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To afford; to grant or furnish in general; <as>as, to <ex>lend</ex> assistance; to <ex>lend</ex> one's name or influence.</as></def><br/
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<p><q>Cato, <qex>lend</qex> me for a while thy patience.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Mountain lines and distant horizons <qex>lend</qex> space and largeness to his compositions.</q> <rj><qau>J. A. Symonds.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To let for hire or compensation; <as>as, to <ex>lend</ex> a horse or gig</as>.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ This use of the word is rare in the United States, except with reference to money.</note><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>To lend a hand</b></col>, <cd>to give assistance; to help.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> -- <mcol><col><b>To lend one's ears</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>To lend an ear</b></col></mcol>, <cd>to give attention.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lendable</ent><br/
<hw>Lend"a*ble</hw> <pr>(-<adot/*b'l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Such as can be lent.</def> <rj><au>Sherwood.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lender</ent><br/
<hw>Lend"er</hw> <pr>(-<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who lends.</def><br/
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<p><q>The borrower is servant to the <qex>lender</qex>. </q> <rj><qau>Prov. xxii. 7.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lendes</ent><br/
<hw>Lend"es</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/nd"<ecr/z)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <def>See <er>Lends</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lending</ent><br/
<hw>Lend"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of one who lends.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is lent or furnished.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lend-lease</ent><br/
<hw>lend-lease</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>the temporary transfer of goods and services to an ally to aid in a common cause; <as>as, <ex>lend-lease</ex> during World War II was extremely generous</as>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lease-lend.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lends</ent><br/
<hw>Lends</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/ndz)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>lend</ets>, <ets>lenden</ets>; akin to D. & G. <ets>lende</ets>, OHG. <ets>lenti</ets>, Icel. <ets>lend</ets>, and perh to E. <ets>loin</ets>.]</ety> <def>Loins.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Wyclif.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lene</ent><br/
<hw>Lene</hw> <pr>(l<emac/n)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lend</er>.]</ety> <def>To lend; to grant; to permit.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lene</ent><br/
<hw>Le"ne</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"n<esl/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lenis</ets> smooth.]</ety> <fld>(Phonetics)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Smooth; <as>as, the <ex>lene</ex> breathing</as>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Applied to certain mute consonants, as <it>p</it>, <it>k</it>, and <it>t</it> (or Gr. <pi/, <kappa/, <tau/).</def> <rj><au>W. E. Jelf.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lene</ent><br/
<hw>Le"ne</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Phonetics)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The smooth breathing (spiritus lenis).</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Any one of the lene consonants, as <it>p</it>, <it>k</it>, or <it>t</it> (or Gr. <pi/, <kappa/, <tau/).</def> <rj><au>W. E. Jelf.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lengest</ent><br/
<ent>Lenger</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Leng"er</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/ng"<etil/r)</pr>, <hw>Leng"est</hw> }</mhw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Longer; longest; -- obsolete compar. and superl. of <xex>long</xex>.</def> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Length</ent><br/
<hw>Length</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/ngth)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>lengthe</ets>, AS. <ets>leng<edh/</ets>, fr. <ets>lang</ets>, <ets>long</ets>, long; akin to D. <ets>lengte</ets>, Dan. <ets>l<ae/ngde</ets>, Sw. <ets>l<aum/ngd</ets>, Icel. <ets>lengd</ets>. See <er>Long</er>, <pos>a.</pos> ]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The longest, or longer, dimension of any object, in distinction from <contr>breadth</contr> or <contr>width</contr>; extent of anything from end to end; the longest line which can be drawn through a body, parallel to its sides; <as>as, the <ex>length</ex> of a church, or of a ship; the <ex>length</ex> of a rope or line.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A portion of space or of time considered as measured by its length; -- often in the plural.</def><br/
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<p><q>Large <qex>lengths</qex> of seas and shores.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>The future but a <qex>length</qex> behind the past.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The quality or state of being long, in space or time; extent; duration; <as>as, some sea birds are remarkable for the <ex>length</ex> of their wings; he was tired by the <ex>length</ex> of the sermon, and the <ex>length</ex> of his walk.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A single piece or subdivision of a series, or of a number of long pieces which may be connected together; <as>as, a <ex>length</ex> of pipe; a <ex>length</ex> of fence.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Detail or amplification; unfolding; continuance as, to pursue a subject to a great <xex>length</xex>.</def><br/
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<p><q>May Heaven, great monarch, still augment your bliss<br/
With <qex>length</qex> of days, and every day like this.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>Distance.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>He had marched to the <qex>length</qex> of Exeter.</q> <rj><qau>Clarendon.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>At length</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>At or in the full extent; without abbreviation; as, let the name be inserted <xex>at length</xex>.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>At the end or conclusion; after a long period. See <sc>Syn.</sc> of <xex>At last</xex>, under <er>Last</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>At arm's length</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Arm</er>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Length</ent><br/
<hw>Length</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To lengthen.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lengthen</ent><br/
<hw>Length"en</hw> <pr>(-'n)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lengthened</conjf> <pr>(-'nd)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lengthening</conjf> <pr>(-'n*<icr/ng)</pr>.]</vmorph> <def>To extent in length; to make longer in extent or duration; <as>as, to <ex>lengthen</ex> a line or a road; to <ex>lengthen</ex> life; -- sometimes followed by <ptcl>out</ptcl>.</as></def><br/
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<p><q>What if I please to <qex>lengthen</qex> out his date.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lengthen</ent><br/
<hw>Length"en</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To become longer.</def> <rj><au>Locke.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lengthful</ent><br/
<hw>Length"ful</hw> <pr>(-f<usdot/l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Long.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Pope.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lengthily</ent><br/
<hw>Length"i*ly</hw> <pr>(-<icr/*l<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a lengthy manner; at great length or extent.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lengthiness</ent><br/
<hw>Length"i*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or quality of being lengthy; prolixity.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lengthwise</ent><br/
<ent>Lengthways</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Length"ways`</hw> <pr>(-w<amac/z`)</pr>, <hw>Length"wise`</hw> <pr>(-w<imac/z`)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In the direction of the length; running or extending in the direction of the length of a thing; in a longitudinal direction.  Contrasted with <ant>crosswise</ant>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lengthy</ent><br/
<hw>Length"y</hw> <pr>(-<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Lengthier</adjf> <pr>(-<icr/*<etil/r)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Lengthiest</adjf>.]</amorph> <def>Having length; rather long or too long; prolix; not brief; -- said chiefly of discourses, writings, and the like.</def> <ldquo/<xex>Lengthy</xex> periods.<rdquo/ <au>Washington.</au> <ldquo/Some <xex>lengthy</xex> additions.<rdquo/ <au>Byron.</au> <ldquo/These would be details too <xex>lengthy</xex>.<rdquo/ <au>Jefferson.</au> <ldquo/To cut short <xex>lengthy</xex> explanations.<rdquo/ <rj><au>Trench.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leniency</ent><br/
<ent>Lenience</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Le"ni*ence</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"n<icr/*<eit/ns <or/ l<emac/n"y<eit/ns; 106)</pr>, <hw>Le"ni*en*cy</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"n<icr/*<eit/n*s<ycr/ <or/ l<emac/n"y<eit/n*s<ycr/)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being lenient; lenity; clemency.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lenient</ent><br/
<hw>Le"ni*ent</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"n<icr/*<eit/nt <or/ l<emac/n"y<eit/nt)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>leniens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>lenire</ets> to soften, fr. <ets>lenis</ets> soft, mild. Cf. <er>Lithe</er>.]</ety><br/
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>Relaxing; emollient; softening; assuasive; -- sometimes followed by <xex>of</xex>.</def> <ldquo/<xex>Lenient</xex> of grief.<rdquo/ <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>O<?/<?/ relax the fibers, are <qex>lenient</qex>, balsamic.</q> <rj><qau>Arbuthnot.</qau></rj> <-- illegible: oils? --><br/
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<p><q>Time, that on all things lays his <qex>lenient</qex> hand.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Mild; clement; merciful; not rigorous or severe; <as>as, a <ex>lenient</ex> disposition; a <ex>lenient</ex> judge or sentence.</as></def><br/
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<p><ent>Lenient</ent><br/
<hw>Le"ni*ent</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A lenitive; an emollient.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leniently</ent><br/
<hw>Le"ni*ent*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a lenient manner.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lenify</ent><br/
<hw>Len"i*fy</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/n"<icr/*f<imac/)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lenis</ets> soft, mild + <ets>-fy</ets>: cf. F. <ets>l<eacute/nifier</ets>.]</ety> <def>To assuage; to soften; to mitigate; to alleviate.</def> <rj><au>Bacon.</au> <au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leniment</ent><br/
<hw>Len"i*ment</hw> <pr>(-m<eit/nt)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lenimentum</ets>: cf. OF. <ets>leniment</ets>. See <er>Lenient</er>.]</ety> <def>An assuasive.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Leningrad</ent><br/
<hw>Leningrad</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A city in the European part of Soviet Russia; the former capital of Russia.  The name was formerly <altname>St. Petersburg</altname> and <altname>Petrograd</altname>, and was changed back to <altname>Saint Petersburg</altname> (<tran>Sankt Peterburg</tran> in Russian) in 1992.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> St. Petersburg, Peterburg, Petrograd, Saint Petersburg.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Leninism</ent><br/
<hw>Leninism</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>a form of communism based on the writings of Marx and Lenin; called also <altname>Marxism-Leninism</altname>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> bolshevism, collectivism, Marxism-Leninism, Marxism, Sovietism, sovietism.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lenitive</ent><br/
<hw>Len"i*tive</hw> <pr>(-t<icr/v)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>l<eacute/nitif</ets>. See <er>Lenient</er>.]</ety> <def>Having the quality of softening or mitigating, as pain or acrimony; assuasive; emollient.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lenitive</ent><br/
<hw>Len"i*tive</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>l<eacute/nitif</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A medicine or application that has the quality of easing pain or protecting from the action of irritants.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A mild purgative; a laxative.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which softens or mitigates; that which tends to allay passion, excitement, or pain; a palliative.</def><br/
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<p><q>There is one sweet <qex>lenitive</qex> at least for evils, which Nature holds out; so I took it kindly at her hands, and fell asleep.</q> <rj><qau>Sterne.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lenitiveness</ent><br/
<hw>Len"i*tive*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality of being lenitive.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lenitude</ent><br/
<hw>Len"i*tude</hw> <pr>(-t<umac/d)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lenitudo</ets>.]</ety> <def>The quality or habit of being lenient; lenity.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Blount.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lenity</ent><br/
<hw>Len"i*ty</hw> <pr>(-t<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lenitas</ets>, fr. <ets>lenis</ets> soft, mild: cf. OF. <ets>lenit<eacute/</ets>. See <er>Lenient</er>.]</ety> <def>The state or quality of being lenient; mildness of temper or disposition; gentleness of treatment; softness; tenderness; clemency; -- opposed to <ant>severity</ant> and <ant>rigor</ant>.</def><br/
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<p><q>His exceeding <qex>lenity</qex> disposes us to be somewhat too severe.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Gentleness; kindness; tenderness; softness; humanity; clemency; mercy.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lenni-Lenape</ent><br/
<hw>Len`ni-Len*a"pe</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/n`n<icr/-l<ecr/n*<aum/"p<asl/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld> <def>A general name for a group of Algonquin tribes which formerly occupied the coast region of North America from Connecticut to Virginia. They included the Mohicans, Delawares, Shawnees, and several other tribes.</def><br/
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<p><-- p. 843 pr=VMG --></p>

<p><ent>Leno</ent><br/
<hw>Le"no</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"n<osl/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. It. <ets>leno</ets> weak, flexible.]</ety> <def>A light open cotton fabric used for window curtains.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lenocinant</ent><br/
<hw>Le*noc"i*nant</hw> <pr>(l<esl/*n<ocr/s"<icr/*n<ait/nt)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lenocinans</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>lenocinari</ets> to pander, cajole; akin to <ets>leno</ets> pimp.]</ety> <def>Given to lewdness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lens</ent><br/
<hw>Lens</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/nz)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Lenses</plw> <pr>(-<ecr/z)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>lens</ets> a lentil. So named from the resemblance in shape of a double convex lens to the seed of a lentil. Cf. <er>Lentil</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Opt.)</fld> <def>A piece of glass, or other transparent substance, ground with two opposite regular surfaces, either both curved, or one curved and the other plane, and commonly used, either singly or combined, in optical instruments, for changing the direction of rays of light, and thus magnifying objects, or otherwise modifying vision. In practice, the curved surfaces are usually spherical, though rarely cylindrical, or of some other figure.</def><br/
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<p><figure><figtitle>Lenses</figtitle></figure><br/
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<p><note><hand/ Of spherical lenses, there are six varieties, as shown in section in the figures herewith given: viz., <figref>a</figref> plano-concave; <figref>b</figref> double-concave; <figref>c</figref> plano-convex; <figref>d</figref> double-convex; <figref>e</figref> converging concavo-convex, or converging meniscus; <figref>f</figref> diverging concavo-convex, or diverging meniscus.</note><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Crossed lens</b></col> <fld>(Opt.)</fld>, <cd>a double-convex lens with one radius equal to six times the other.</cd> -- <col><b>Crystalline lens</b></col>. <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Eye</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Fresnel lens</b></col> <fld>(Opt.)</fld>, <cd>a compound lens formed by placing around a central convex lens rings of glass so curved as to have the same focus; used, especially in lighthouses, for concentrating light in a particular direction; -- so called from the inventor.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Multiplying lens</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>Multiplying glass</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Opt.)</fld>, <cd>a lens one side of which is plane and the other convex, but made up of a number of plane faces inclined to one another, each of which presents a separate image of the object viewed through it, so that the object is, as it were, multiplied.</cd> -- <col><b>Polyzonal lens</b></col>. <cd>See <er>Polyzonal</er>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lent</ent><br/
<hw>Lent</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/nt)</pr>, <def><pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> of <er>Lend</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lent</ent><br/
<hw>Lent</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>lente</ets>, <ets>lenten</ets>, <ets>leynte</ets>, AS. <ets>lengten</ets>, <ets>lencten</ets>, spring, lent, akin to D. <ets>lente</ets>, OHG. <ets>lenzin</ets>, <ets>langiz</ets>, G. <ets>lenz</ets>, and perh. fr. AS. <ets>lang</ets> long, E. <ets>long</ets>, because at this season of the year the days lengthen.]</ety> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>A fast of forty days, beginning with Ash Wednesday and continuing till Easter, observed by some Christian churches as commemorative of the fast of our Savior.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lent lily</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the daffodil; -- so named from its blossoming in spring.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lent</ent><br/
<hw>Lent</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lentus</ets>; akin to <ets>lenis</ets> soft, mild: cf. F. <ets>lent</ets>. See <er>Lenient</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Slow; mild; gentle; <as>as, <ex>lenter</ex> heats</as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>B. Jonson.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>See <er>Lento</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lentamente</ent><br/
||<hw>Len`ta*men"te</hw> <pr>(l<asl/n`t<adot/*m<asl/n"t<asl/; E. l<ecr/n`t<adot/*m<ecr/n"t<esl/)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[It.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Slowly; in slow time.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lentando</ent><br/
||<hw>Len*tan"do</hw> <pr>(l<asl/n*t<aum/n"d<osl/; E. l<ecr/n*t<acr/n"d<osl/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[It., p. pr. of <ets>lentare</ets> to make slow. See <er>Lent</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Slackening; retarding. Same as <er>Rallentando</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lenten</ent><br/
<hw>Lent"en</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/nt"'n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Lent.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Piers Plowman.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lenten</ent><br/
<hw>Lent"en</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[From OE. <ets>lenten</ets> lent. See <er>Lent</er>, <pos>n.</pos> ]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the fast called Lent; used in, or suitable to, Lent; <as>as, the <ex>Lenten</ex> season</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>She quenched her fury at the flood,<br/
And with a <qex>Lenten</qex> salad cooled her blood.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Spare; meager; plain; somber; unostentatious; not abundant or showy.</def> <ldquo/<xex>Lenten</xex> entertainment.<rdquo/ <ldquo/ <xex>Lenten</xex> answer.<rdquo/ <au>Shak.</au> <ldquo/ <xex>Lenten</xex> suit.<rdquo/ <au>Beau. & Fl.</au><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lenten color</b></col>, <cd>black or violet.</cd> <rj><au>F. G. Lee.</au></rj></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lententide</ent><br/
<hw>Lent"en*tide`</hw> <pr>(-t<imac/d`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The season of Lenten or Lent.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lenticel</ent><br/
<hw>Len"ti*cel</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/n"t<icr/*s<ecr/l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>lenticelle</ets>, dim. fr. L. <ets>lens</ets>, <ets>lentis</ets>, a lentil. Cf. <er>Lentil</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>One of the small, oval, rounded spots upon the stem or branch of a plant, from which the underlying tissues may protrude or roots may issue, either in the air, or more commonly when the stem or branch is covered with water or earth.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A small, lens-shaped gland on the under side of some leaves.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lenticellate</ent><br/
<hw>Len`ti*cel"late</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/n`t<icr/*s<ecr/l"l<asl/t)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Producing lenticels; dotted with lenticels.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lenticelle</ent><br/
<hw>Len`ti*celle"</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/n`t<icr/*s<ecr/l")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Lenticel.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lenticula</ent><br/
||<hw>Len*tic"u*la</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/n*t<icr/k"<usl/*l<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> E. <plw>Lenticulas</plw> <pr>(-l<adot/z)</pr>, L. <plw>Lenticul<ae/</plw> <pr>(-l<emac/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. See <er>Lenticel</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A kind of eruption upon the skin; lentigo; freckle.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Opt.)</fld> <def>A lens of small size.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A lenticel.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lenticular</ent><br/
<hw>Len*tic"u*lar</hw> <pr>(-l<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lenticularis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>lenticulaire</ets>. See <er>Lenticel</er>.]</ety> <def>Resembling a lentil in size or form; having the form of a double-convex lens.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lenticularly</ent><br/
<hw>Len*tic"u*lar*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In the manner of a lens; with a curve.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lentiform</ent><br/
<hw>Len"ti*form</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/n"t<icr/*f<ocir/rm)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lens</ets>, <ets>lentis</ets>, lentil + <ets>-form</ets>: cf. F. <ets>lentiforme</ets>.]</ety> <def>Lenticular.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lentiginose</ent><br/
<hw>Len*tig"i*nose`</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/n*t<icr/j"<icr/*n<omac/s`)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lentiginous</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Bearing numerous dots resembling freckles.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lentiginous</ent><br/
<hw>Len*tig"i*nous</hw> <pr>(-n<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lentiginosus</ets>. See <er>Lentigo</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to lentigo; freckly; scurfy; furfuraceous.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lentigo</ent><br/
||<hw>Len*ti"go</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/n*t<imac/"g<osl/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., fr. <ets>lens</ets>, <ets>lentis</ets>, lentil.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A freckly eruption on the skin; freckles.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lentil</ent><br/
<hw>Len"til</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/n"t<icr/l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>lentille</ets>, fr. L. <ets>lenticula</ets>, dim. of <ets>lens</ets>, <ets>lentis</ets>, lentil. Cf. <er>Lens</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A leguminous plant of the genus <gen>Ervum</gen> (<spn>Ervum Lens</spn>), of small size, common in the fields in Europe. Also, its seed, which is used for food on the continent.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ The <xex>lentil</xex> of the Scriptures probably included several other vetchlike plants.</note><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lentil shell</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>a small bivalve shell of the genus <gen>Ervillia</gen>, family <fam>Tellinid<ae/</fam>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lentinus</ent><br/
<hw>Lentinus</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>The most important genus of mushrooms in the Far East.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Lentinus</gen>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lentisk</ent><br/
<ent>Lentiscus</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Len*tis"cus</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/n*t<icr/s"k<ucr/s)</pr>, <hw>Len"tisk</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/n"t<icr/sk)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lentiscus</ets>, <ets>lentiscum</ets>: cf. F. <ets>lentisque</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A tree; the mastic. See <er>Mastic</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lentissimo</ent><br/
<hw>lentissimo</hw> <pos>a. & adv.</pos> <fld>(Music)</fld> <def>very slow; very slowly; -- of music tempo.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lentitude</ent><br/
<hw>Len"ti*tude</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/n"t<icr/*t<umac/d)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lentitudo</ets>, fr. <ets>lentus</ets> slow: cf. OF. <ets>lentitude</ets>. See <er>Lent</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <def>Slowness; sluggishness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lento</ent><br/
||<hw>Len"to</hw> <pr>(l<asl/n"t<osl/; E. l<ecr/n"t<osl/)</pr>, <pos>a. & adv.</pos> <ety>[It.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Slow; in slow time; slowly; -- rarely written <altname>lente</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lentoid</ent><br/
<hw>Len"toid</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/n"toid)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Lens</ets> + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having the form of a lens; lens-shaped.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lentor</ent><br/
||<hw>Len"tor</hw> <pr>(-t<ocr/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., fr. <ets>lentus</ets> pliant, tough, slow. See <er>Lent</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Tenacity; viscidity, as of fluids.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Slowness; delay; sluggishness.</def> <au>Arbuthnot.</au><br/
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<p><ent>Lentous</ent><br/
<hw>Len"tous</hw> <pr>(-t<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lentus</ets>. See <er>Lentor</er>.]</ety> <def>Viscid; viscous; tenacious.</def><br/
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<p><q>Spawn of a <qex>lentous</qex> and transparent body.</q> <rj><qau>Sir T. Browne.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>L'envoy</ent><br/
<ent>L'envoi</ent><br/
<mhw>||<hw>L'en`voi"</hw>, <it>or</it> <hw>L'en`voy"</hw> <pr>(l<aum/n`vw<aum/")</pr></mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>le</ets> the + <ets>envoi</ets> a sending. See <er>Envoy</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One or more detached verses at the end of a literary composition, serving to convey the moral, or to address the poem to a particular person; -- orig. employed in old French poetry.</def> <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A conclusion; a result.</def> <rj><au>Massinger.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leo</ent><br/
||<hw>Le"o</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"<omac/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. See <er>Lion</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The Lion, the fifth sign of the zodiac, marked thus [<Leo/] in almanacs.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A northern constellation east of Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus at the end of the handle of the Sickle.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Leo Minor</b></col>, <cd>a small constellation between Leo and the Great Bear.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Leod</ent><br/
<hw>Le"od</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"<ocr/d)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>le<oacute/d</ets> people, nation, man, chief; akin to OS. <ets>liud</ets>, OHG. <ets>liut</ets>, pl. <ets>liuti</ets>, G. <ets>leute</ets>, pl., fr. AS. <ets>le<oacute/dan</ets> to grow, akin to Goth. <ets>liudan</ets>, OS. <ets>liodan</ets>, <ets>OHG</ets>. <ets>liotan</ets> to grow; cf. Skr. <ets>ruh</ets>. <root/123.]</ety> <def>People; a nation; a man.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Piers Plowman. Bp. Gibson.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leon</ent><br/
<hw>Le"on</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"<ocr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A lion.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leonced</ent><br/
<hw>Le"onced</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"<ocr/nst)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>See <er>Lionced</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leonese</ent><br/
<hw>Le`o*nese"</hw> <pr>(l<emac/`<osl/*n<emac/z" <it>or</it> -n<emac/s")</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to Leon, in Spain.</def> -- <def2><pos>n. sing. & pl.</pos> <def>A native or natives of Leon.</def></def2><br/
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<p><ent>Leonid</ent><br/
<hw>Le"o*nid</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"<osl/*n<icr/d)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Leo</er>: cf. F. <ets>l<eacute/onides</ets>, pl.]</ety> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>One of the shooting stars which constitute the star shower that recurs near the fourteenth of November at intervals of about thirty-three years; -- so called because these shooting stars appear on the heavens to move in lines directed from the constellation Leo.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leonine</ent><br/
<hw>Le"o*nine</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"<osl/*n<imac/n)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>leoninus</ets>, fr. <ets>leo</ets>, <ets>leonis</ets>, lion: cf. F. <ets>l<eacute/onin</ets>. See <er>Lion</er>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the lion; <as>as, a <ex>leonine</ex> look; <ex>leonine</ex> rapacity.</as></def> -- <wordforms><wf>Le"o*nine*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Leonine verse</b></col>, <cd>a kind of verse, in which the end of the line rhymes with the middle; -- so named from <etsep>Leo</etsep>, or <etsep>Leoninus</etsep>, a Benedictine and canon of Paris in the twelfth century, who wrote largely in this measure, though he was not the inventor. The following line is an example:</cd></cs><br/
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<p><q>Gloria <xex>factorum</xex> temere conceditur <xex>horum</xex>.</q><br/
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<p><ent>Leonotis</ent><br/
<hw>Leonotis</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A small genus of tropical herbs and subshrubs of S Africa.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Leonotis</gen>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Leontocebus</ent><br/
<hw>Leontocebus</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A genus of marmosets including some of the tamarins.  Called also <altname><gen>Leontopithecus</gen></altname> and <altname><gen>Leontideus</gen></altname>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Leontocebus</gen>, genus <gen>Leontideus</gen>, genus <gen>Leontopithecus</gen>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Leontopodium</ent><br/
<hw>Leontopodium</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A genus of plants including the edelweiss (<spn>Leontopodium alpinum</spn>).</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Leontopodium</gen>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Leontodon</ent><br/
<hw>Le*on"to*don</hw> <pr>(l<esl/*<ocr/n"t<osl/*d<ocr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>le`wn</grk>, <grk>le`ontos</grk>, lion + <grk>'odoy`s</grk>, <grk>'odo`ntos</grk>, tooth. Cf. <er>Lion's-tooth</er>, <er>Dandelion</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of liguliflorous composite plants, including the fall dandelion (<spn>Leontodon autumnale</spn>), and formerly the true dandelion; -- called also <altname>lion's tooth</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leonurus</ent><br/
<hw>Leonurus</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A genus of stout Old World herbs having cut-lobed leaves and flowers in whorls.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Leonurus</gen>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Leopard</ent><br/
<hw>Leop"ard</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/p"<etil/rd)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>leopart</ets>, <ets>leparde</ets>, <ets>lebarde</ets>, <ets>libbard</ets>, OF. <ets>leopard</ets>, <ets>liepart</ets>, F. <ets>l<eacute/opard</ets>, L. <ets>leopardus</ets>, fr. Gr. <grk>leo`pardos</grk>; <grk>le`wn</grk> lion + <grk>pa`rdos</grk> pard. See <er>Lion</er>, and <er>Pard</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A large, savage, carnivorous mammal (<spn>Felis leopardus</spn>). It is of a yellow or fawn color, with rings or roselike clusters of black spots along the back and sides. It is found in Southern Asia and Africa. By some the panther (<spn>Felis pardus</spn>) is regarded as a variety of leopard.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Hunting leopard</b></col>. <cd>See <er>Cheetah</er>.</cd> --<col><b>Leopard cat</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <cd>any one of several species or varieties of small, spotted cats found in Africa, Southern Asia, and the East Indies; esp., <spn>Felis Bengalensis</spn>.</cd> -- <col><b>Leopard marmot</b></col>. <cd>See <er>Gopher</er>, 2.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>leopardbane</ent><br/
<hw>leop"ard*bane</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/p"<etil/rd*b<amac/n`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Any of several herbs of the genus <gen>Doronicum</gen> (as <spn>Doronicum acaule</spn> syn. <spn>Arnica acaulis</spn>) having alternate often clasping stem leaves cultivated for their long stalks of yellow flower heads.  See <er>leopard's bane</er>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> leopard's-bane, leopard's bane.</syn><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>false" leop`ard*bane</b></col> <pr>(f<add/ls" l<ecr/p`<etil/rd*b<amac/n`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <cd>Any of several herbs of the genus <gen>Doronicum</gen>, such as the <stype>great false leopardbane</stype> (<spn>Doronicum pardalianches</spn>) of North America and the <stype>oriental false leopardbane</stype> (<spn>Doronicum orientale</spn> syn. <spn>Doronicum caucasicum</spn>).</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>leopardess</ent><br/
<hw>leop"ard*ess</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/p"<etil/rd*<ecr/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A female leopard.</def><br/
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<p><ent>leopard's bane</ent><br/
<hw>leop"ard's bane`</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/p"<etil/rdz b<amac/n`)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A name of several harmless plants, as <spn>Arnica montana</spn> (<spn>Arnica acaulis</spn> syn. <spn>Doronicum acaule</spn>), <spn>Senecio Doronicum</spn>, and <spn>Paris quadrifolia</spn>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> leopardbane, leopard's-bane.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>leopardwood</ent><br/
<hw>leop"ard*wood`</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Letterwood</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lep</ent><br/
<hw>lep</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/p)</pr>, <mark>obs.</mark> <pos>strong imp.</pos> <mord>of <er>Leap</er></mord>. <def>Leaped.</def> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lepadidae</ent><br/
<hw>Lepadidae</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A natural family of crustaceans including the goose barnacles.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> family <fam>Lepadidae</fam>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lepadite</ent><br/
<hw>Lep"a*dite</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/p"<adot/*d<imac/t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lepas</ets>, <ets>lepadis</ets>, limpet, Gr. <grk>lepa`s</grk>, <grk>lepa`dos</grk>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Lepadoid</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lepadoid</ent><br/
<hw>Lep"a*doid</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/p"<adot/*doid)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Lepas</ets> + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A stalked barnacle of the genus Lepas, or family <fam>Lepadid<ae/</fam>; a goose barnacle. Also used adjectively.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lepal</ent><br/
<hw>Lep"al</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/p"<ait/l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>lepi`s</grk> a scale: cf. F. <ets>l<eacute/pale</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A sterile transformed stamen.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lepanto</ent><br/
<hw>Lepanto</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>The name of a battle in which Turkish seapower was destroyed by the Christian League in 1571.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> battle of Lepanto.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lepas</ent><br/
||<hw>Le"pas</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"p<acr/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., a limpet, fr. Gr. <grk>lepa`s</grk>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Any one of various species of <gen>Lepas</gen>, a genus of pedunculated barnacles found attached to floating timber, bottoms of ships, Gulf weed, etc.; -- called also <altname>goose barnacle</altname>. See <er>Barnacle</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leper</ent><br/
<hw>Lep"er</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/p"<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>lepre</ets> leprosy, F. <ets>l<egrave/pre</ets>, L. <ets>leprae</ets>, <ets>lepra</ets>, fr. Gr. <grk>le`pra</grk>, fr. <grk>lepro`s</grk> scaly, fr. <grk>le`pos</grk> scale, <grk>le`pein</grk> to peel.]</ety> <def>A person affected with leprosy.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lepered</ent><br/
<hw>Lep"ered</hw> <pr>(-<etil/rd)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Affected or tainted with leprosy.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leperize</ent><br/
<hw>Lep"er*ize</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/p"<etil/r*<imac/z)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To affect with leprosy.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leperous</ent><br/
<hw>Lep"er*ous</hw> <pr>(-<etil/r*<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Leprous; infectious; corrupting; poisonous.</def> <ldquo/The <xex>leperous</xex> distillment.<rdquo/ <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lepid</ent><br/
<hw>Lep"id</hw> <pr>(-<icr/d)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lepidus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pleasant; jocose.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>The joyous and <qex>lepid</qex> consul.</q> <rj><qau>Sydney Smith.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lepidine</ent><br/
<hw>Lep"i*dine</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/p"<icr/*d<icr/n <it>or</it> *d<emac/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An organic base, <chform>C9H6.N.CH3</chform>, metameric with quinaldine, and obtained by the distillation of cinchonine.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lepidodendrales</ent><br/
<hw>Lepidodendrales</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>An order of fossil arborescent plants arising during the Lower Devonian and conspicuous throughout the Carboniferous.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> order <ord>Lepidodendrales</ord>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lepidodendrid</ent><br/
<hw>Lep`i*do*den"drid</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/p`<icr/*d<osl/*d<ecr/n"dr<icr/d)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>One of an extinct family of trees allied to the modern club mosses, and including <gen>Lepidodendron</gen> and its allies.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lepidodendroid</ent><br/
<hw>Lep`i*do*den"droid</hw> <pr>(-droid)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>Allied to, or resembling, Lepidodendron.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>A lepidodendrid.</def></def2><br/
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<p><ent>Lepidodendron</ent><br/
||<hw>Lep`i*do*den"dron</hw> <pr>(-dr<ocr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>lepi`s</grk> <grk>-i`dos</grk>, a scale + <grk>de`ndron</grk> tree.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>A genus of fossil trees of the Devonian and Carboniferous ages, having the exterior marked with scars, mostly in quincunx order, produced by the separation of the leafstalks.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lepidoganoid</ent><br/
<hw>Lep`i*do*ga"noid</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/p`<icr/*d<osl/*g<amac/"noid <it>or</it> -g<acr/n"oid)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>lepi`s</grk> <grk>-i`dos</grk>, a scale + E. <ets>ganoid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Any one of a division (<ord>Lepidoganoidei</ord>) of ganoid fishes, including those that have scales forming a coat of mail. Also used adjectively.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lepidolite</ent><br/
<hw>Le*pid"o*lite</hw> <pr>(l<esl/*p<icr/d"<osl/*l<imac/t; 277)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>lepi`s</grk> <grk>-i`dos</grk>, a scale + <ets>-lite</ets>: cf. F. <ets>l<eacute/pidolithe</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A species of mica, of a lilac or rose-violet color, containing lithia. It usually occurs in masses consisting of small scales. See <er>Mica</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lepidomelane</ent><br/
<hw>Lep`i*dom"e*lane</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/p`<icr/*d<ocr/m"<esl/*l<amac/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>lepi`s</grk> <grk>-i`dos</grk>, a scale + <grk>me`las</grk>, <grk>me`laina</grk>, black.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>An iron-potash mica, of a raven-black color, usually found in granitic rocks in small six-sided tables, or as an aggregation of minute opaque scales. See <er>Mica</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lepidopter</ent><br/
<hw>Lep`i*dop"ter</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/p`<icr/*d<ocr/p"t<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>l<eacute/pidopt<egrave/re</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>One of the Lepidoptera.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lepidoptera</ent><br/
||<hw>Lep`i*dop"te*ra</hw> <pr>(-d<ocr/p"t<esl/*r<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>lepi`s</grk> <grk>-i`dos</grk>, a scale + <grk>ptero`n</grk> a feather, wing.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>An order of insects, which includes the butterflies and moths. They have broad wings, covered with minute overlapping scales, usually brightly colored.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ They have a tubular proboscis, or haustellum, formed by the two slender maxill<ae/. The labial palpi are usually large, and the proboscis, when not in use, can be coiled up spirally between them. The mandibles are rudimentary. The larv<ae/, called <stage>caterpillars</stage>, are often brightly colored, and they commonly feed on leaves. The adults feed chiefly on the honey of flowers.</note><br/
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<p><ent>Lepidopterous</ent><br/
<ent>Lepidopteral</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lep`i*dop"ter*al</hw> <pr>(-t<etil/r*<ait/l)</pr>, <hw>Lep`i*dop"ter*ous</hw> <pr>(-<ucr/s)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the Lepidoptera.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lepidopteran</ent><br/
<hw>lepidopteran</hw> <pos>a.</pos> <def>Same as <er>lepidopterous</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lepidopteran</ent><br/
<hw>lepidopteran</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>An insect that in the adult state has four wings more or less covered with tiny scales; a lepidopterous insect.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lepidopterous insect, lepidopteron.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lepidopterist</ent><br/
<hw>Lep`i*dop"ter*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>One who studies the Lepidoptera.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lepidopteron</ent><br/
<hw>lepidopteron</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>An insect that in the adult state has four wings more or less covered with tiny scales.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lepidopterous insect, lepidopteran.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>lepidopterous</ent><br/
<hw>lepidopterous</hw> <pos>a.</pos>  <def>See <er>lepidopteral</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lepidosauria</ent><br/
||<hw>Lep`i*do*sau"ri*a</hw> <pr>(-d<osl/*s<add/"r<icr/*<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>lepi`s</grk> <grk>-i`dos</grk>, a scale + <grk>say^ros</grk> a lizard.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A division of reptiles, including the serpents and lizards; the Plagiotremata.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lepidosiren</ent><br/
<hw>Lep`i*do*si"ren</hw> <pr>(-s<imac/"r<ecr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>lepi`s</grk> <grk>-i`dos</grk>, a scale + <grk>seirh`n</grk> a siren.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>An eel-shaped ganoid fish of the order Dipnoi, having both gills and lungs. It inhabits the rivers of South America. The name is also applied to a related African species (<spn>Protopterus annectens</spn>). The lepidosirens grow to a length of from four to six feet. Called also <altname>doko</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lepidoted</ent><br/
<ent>Lepidote</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lep"i*dote</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/p"<icr/*d<omac/t)</pr>, <hw>Lep"i*do`ted</hw> <pr>(-d<omac/`t<ecr/d)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>lepidwto`s</grk> covered with scales, fr. <grk>lepi`s</grk> <grk>-i`dos</grk>, a scale.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having a coat of scurfy scales, as the leaves of the oleaster.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lepiota</ent><br/
<hw>lepiota</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>any fungus of the genus <gen>Lepiota</gen>.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lepisma</ent><br/
||<hw>Le*pis"ma</hw> <pr>(l<esl/*p<icr/z"m<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>le`pisma</grk> peel, fr. <grk>lepi`s</grk> <grk>-i`dos</grk>, a scale.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A genus of wingless thysanurous insects having an elongated flattened body, covered with shining scales and terminated by seven unequal bristles. A common species (<spn>Lepisma saccharina</spn>) is found in houses, and often injures books and furniture; it feeds on starch and eats sized paper and starched clothes. Called also <altname>shiner</altname>, <altname>silverfish</altname>, <altname>silver witch</altname>, <altname>silver moth</altname>, and <altname>furniture bug</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lepismoid</ent><br/
<hw>Le*pis"moid</hw> <pr>(-moid)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Lepisma</ets> + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Like or pertaining to the Lepisma.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lepomis</ent><br/
<hw>Lepomis</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A genus of freshwater sunfishes, inclding some of the breams.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Lepomis</gen>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>leporid</ent><br/
<hw>leporid</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A mammal of the family <fam>Leporidae</fam>, including the rabbits and hares.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> leporid mammal.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Leporidae</ent><br/
<hw>Leporidae</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A natural family of mammals comprising the hares and rabbits.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> family <fam>Leporidae</fam>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>leporide</ent><br/
<hw>leporide</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>red breed of domestic rabbits, also called <altname>Belgian hare</altname>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Belgian hare.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Leporine</ent><br/
<hw>Lep"o*rine</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/p"<osl/*r<imac/n <it>or</it> -r<icr/n)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>leporinus</ets>, fr. <ets>lepus</ets>, <ets>leporis</ets>, hare. See <er>Leveret</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to a hare; like or characteristic of, a hare.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>leppy</ent><br/
<hw>leppy</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A motherless calf in a range herd of cattle.</def> <mark>[Western U. S.]</mark> <br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> dogie, dogy, dogey.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lepra</ent><br/
||<hw>Le"pra</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"pr<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. See <er>Leper</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Leprosy.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note><hand/ The term <xex>lepra</xex> was formerly given to various skin diseases, the leprosy of modern authors being <stype>Lepra Arabum</stype>. See <er>Leprosy</er>.</note><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><-- p. 844 pr=VMG --></p>

<p><ent>Lepre</ent><br/
<hw>Lep"re</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/p"<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Leprosy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Wyclif.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>leprechaun</ent><br/
<hw>leprechaun</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Irish folklore)</fld>  <def>A small mischevous elf or spirit in Irish folklore; it is often depicted in literature as a dwarfish bearded old man; -- legend tells that if a leprechaun is captured, he will reveal the location of his hidden pot of gold.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Leprose</ent><br/
<hw>Lep"rose`</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/p"r<omac/s`)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Leprous</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Nat. Hist.)</fld> <def>Covered with thin, scurfy scales.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Leprosity</ent><br/
<hw>Le*pros"i*ty</hw> <pr>(l<esl/*pr<ocr/s"<icr/*t<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or quality of being leprous or scaly; also, a scale.</def> <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Leprosy</ent><br/
<hw>Lep"ro*sy</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/p"r<osl/*s<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Leprous</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A cutaneous disease which first appears as blebs or as reddish, shining, slightly prominent spots, with spreading edges. These are often followed by an eruption of dark or yellowish prominent nodules, frequently producing great deformity. In one variety of the disease, an<ae/sthesia of the skin is a prominent symptom. In addition there may be wasting of the muscles, falling out of the hair and nails, and distortion of the hands and feet with destruction of the bones and joints. It is incurable, and is probably contagious.</def><-- caused by the bacterium <spn>Mycobacterium leprae</spn>, curable in most cases by therapy with a combination of antibiotics, but cases resistant to therapy are increasing. --><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note><hand/ The disease now called leprosy, also designated as <xex>Lepra</xex> or <xex>Lepra Arabum</xex>, and <xex>Elephantiasis Gr<ae/corum</xex>, is not the same as the leprosy of the ancients. The latter was, indeed, a generic name for many varieties of skin disease (including our modern leprosy, psoriasis, etc.), some of which, among the Hebrews, rendered a person ceremonially unclean. A variety of leprosy of the Hebrews (probably identical with modern leprosy) was characterized by the presence of smooth, shining, depressed white patches or scales, the hair on which participated in the whiteness, while the skin and adjacent flesh became insensible. It was an incurable disease.</note><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Leprous</ent><br/
<hw>Lep"rous</hw> <pr>(-r<umac/s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>leprous</ets>, <ets>lepros</ets>, F. <ets>l<eacute/preux</ets>, fr. L. <ets>leprosus</ets>, fr. <ets>lepra</ets>, <ets>leprae</ets>, leprosy. See <er>Leper</er>.]</ety><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>Infected with leprosy; pertaining to or resembling leprosy.</def> <ldquo/His hand was <xex>leprous</xex> as snow.<rdquo/ <rj><au>Ex. iv. 6.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Nat. Hist.)</fld> <def>Leprose.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Lep"rous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Lep"rous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lepry</ent><br/
<hw>Lep"ry</hw> <pr>(-r<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Leprosy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Holland.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Leptiform</ent><br/
<hw>Lep"ti*form</hw> <pr>(-t<icr/*f<ocir/rm)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Leptus</ets> + <ets>-form</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Having a form somewhat like leptus; -- said of active insect larvae having three pairs of legs. See <er>Larva</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Leptocardia</ent><br/
||<hw>Lep`to*car"di*a</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/p`t<osl/*k<aum/r"d<icr/*<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>lepto`s</grk> small + <grk>kardi`a</grk> the heart.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The lowest class of Vertebrata, including only the Amphioxus. The heart is represented only by a simple pulsating vessel. The blood is colorless; the brain, renal organs, and limbs are wanting, and the backbone is represented only by a simple, unsegmented notochord. See <er>Amphioxus</er>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Leptocardii</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Leptocardian</ent><br/
<hw>Lep`to*car"di*an</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/p`t<osl/*k<aum/r"d<icr/*<ait/n)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the <er>Leptocardia</er>.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>One of the Leptocardia.</def></def2><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Leptocercous</ent><br/
<ent>Leptocercal</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>Lep`to*cer"cal</hw>,  <pr>(l<ecr/p`t<osl/*s<etil/r"k<ait/l)</pr>, <hw>Lep`to*cerc"ous</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/p`t<osl/*s<etil/rk"<ucr/s)</pr>,</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Having a long slender tail.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Leptodactyl</ent><br/
<hw>Lep`to*dac"tyl</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/p`t<osl/*d<acr/k"t<icr/l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>lepto`s</grk> small, thin + <grk>da`ktylos</grk> finger, toe.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A bird or other animal having slender toes.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>lepodactyle</asp>.]</altsp><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Leptodactylidae</ent><br/
<hw>Leptodactylidae</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>leptodactyl</er>.]</ety> <def>A natural family of New World frogs; in some classifications it is essentially coextensive with the family <fam>Bufonidae</fam>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> family <fam>Leptodactylidae</fam>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Leptodactylous</ent><br/
<hw>Lep`to*dac"tyl*ous</hw> <pr>(-<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having slender toes.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Leptodactylus</ent><br/
<hw>Leptodactylus</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>The type genus of the <fam>Leptodactylidae</fam>; in some classifications it is placed in the family <fam>Bufonidae</fam>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus Leptodactylus.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Leptoglossus</ent><br/
<hw>Leptoglossus</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A genus of leaf-footed bugs.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Leptoglossus</gen>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Leptology</ent><br/
<hw>Lep*tol"o*gy</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/p*t<ocr/l"<osl/*j<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>leptologi`a</grk>; <grk>lepto`s</grk> small, subtile + <grk>lo`gos</grk> discourse.]</ety> <def>A minute and tedious discourse on trifling things.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Leptomeningitis</ent><br/
||<hw>Lep`to*men`in*gi"tis</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/p`t<osl/*m<ecr/n`<icr/n*j<imac/"t<icr/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>lepto`s</grk> small + <ets>meningitis</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Inflammation of the <xex>pia mater</xex> or of the arachnoid membrane.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>lepton</ent><br/
<hw>lepton</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>an elementary particle that participates in weak interactions but does not participate in the strong interaction; it has a baryon number of 0.  Some known leptons are the <stype>electron</stype>, the <stype>negative muon</stype>, the <stype>tau-minus particle</stype>, and the neutrinos associated with each of these particles.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Leptopteris</ent><br/
<hw>Leptopteris</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A genus including some ferns sometimes placed in genus <gen>Todea</gen>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Leptopteris</gen>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Leptoptilus</ent><br/
<hw>Leptoptilus</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A genus of birds including the adjutant bird (<spn>Leptoptilus dubius</spn>, also called adjutant stork) and marabous.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Leptoptilus</gen>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Leptorhine</ent><br/
<hw>Lep"to*rhine</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/p"t<osl/*r<imac/n <or/ *r<icr/n)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>lepto`s</grk> small + <grk>"ri`s</grk>, <grk>"rino`s</grk>, the nose.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Having the nose narrow; -- said especially of the skull.  Opposed to <contr>platyrhine</contr>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Leptostraca</ent><br/
||<hw>Lep*tos"tra*ca</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/p*t<ocr/s"tr<adot/*k<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>lepto`s</grk> thin, slender + <grk>'o`strakon</grk> shell of a testacean.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>An order of Crustacea, including Nebalia and allied forms.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Leptothrix</ent><br/
||<hw>Lep"to*thrix</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/p"t<osl/*thr<icr/ks)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>lepto`s</grk> small + <grk>qri`x</grk> hair.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>A genus of bacteria, characterized by having their filaments very long, slender, and indistinctly articulated.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Leptothrix</ent><br/
||<hw>Lep"to*thrix</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Leptothrix</er>, <pos>n.</pos> ]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Having the form of a little chain; -- applied to bacteria when, as in multiplication by fission, they form a chain of filiform individuals.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Leptus</ent><br/
||<hw>Lep"tus</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/p"t<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <grk>lepto`s</grk> thin, small.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The six-legged young, or larva, of certain mites; -- sometimes used as a generic name. See <cref>Harvest mite</cref>, under <er>Harvest</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Leptynite</ent><br/
<hw>Lep"ty*nite</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/p"t<icr/*n<imac/t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>See <er>Granulite</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lepus</ent><br/
<hw>Lepus</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>The type genus of the <fam>Leporidae</fam>, comprising the hares.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <fam>Lepus</fam>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Ler</ent><br/
<hw>Ler</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Irish mythology)</fld> <def>the sea personified; father of Manannan; corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Lir.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lere</ent><br/
<hw>Lere</hw> <pr>(l<emac/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lore</er> knowledge.]</ety> <def>Learning; lesson; lore.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lere</ent><br/
<hw>Lere</hw>, <pos>v. t. & i.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>leeren</ets>, <ets>leren</ets>, AS. <ets>l<aemac/ran</ets>. See <er>Lore</er>, <er>Learn</er>.]</ety> <def>To learn; to teach.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lere</ent><br/
<hw>Lere</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Empty.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <see>See <er>Leer</er>, <pos>a.</pos></see><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lere</ent><br/
<hw>Lere</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>lira</ets> flesh; cf. Icel. <ets>l<ae/r</ets> thigh.]</ety> <def>Flesh; skin.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <ldquo/His white <xex>leer</xex>.<rdquo/ <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lered</ent><br/
<hw>Ler"ed</hw> <pr>(l<emac/r"<ecr/d)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[From <ets>lere</ets>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety> <def>Learned.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <ldquo/ Lewed man or <xex>lered</xex>.<rdquo/ <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lernaea</ent><br/
||<hw>Ler*n<ae/"a</hw> <pr>(l<etil/r*n<emac/"<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>Lernaeus</ets> Lern<ae/an, fr. <ets>Lerna</ets>, Gr. <grk>Le`rnh</grk>, a forest and marsh near Argos, the mythological abode of the hydra.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A Linn<ae/an genus of parasitic Entomostraca, -- the same as the family <fam>Lern<ae/id<ae/</fam>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note><hand/ The genus is restricted by modern Zoologists to a limited number of species similar to <spn>Lern<ae/a branchialis</spn> found on the gills of the cod.</note><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lernaeacea</ent><br/
||<hw>Ler`n<ae/*a"ce*a</hw> <pr>(l<etil/r`n<esl/*<amac/"sh<esl/*<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Lern<ae/a</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A suborder of copepod Crustacea, including a large number of remarkable forms, mostly parasitic on fishes. The young, however, are active and swim freely. See <xex>Illustration</xex> in Appendix.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lernean</ent><br/
<hw>Ler*ne"an</hw> <pr>(l<etil/r*n<emac/"<ait/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lern<ae/a</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>One of a family (<fam>Lern<ae/id<ae/</fam>) of parasitic Crustacea found attached to fishes and other marine animals. Some species penetrate the skin and flesh with the elongated head, and feed on the viscera. See <xex>Illust.</xex> in Appendix.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lerot</ent><br/
<ent>lerot</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>lerot</hw>, ||<hw>L<eacute/`rot"</hw></mhw> <pr>(l<asl/`r<osl/")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A small rodent (<spn>Eliomys nitela</spn>) of Europe and Northern Africa, allied to the dormouse.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Les</ent><br/
<hw>Les</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A leash.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lesbian</ent><br/
<hw>Les"bi*an</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/z"b<icr/*<ait/n)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the island anciently called <etsep>Lesbos</etsep>, now Mitylene, in the Grecian Archipelago.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Amatory; erotic; -- in allusion to the reputed sensuality of the Lesbian people and literature; <as>as, <ex>Lesbian</ex> novels</as>.</def> <mark>[archaic]</mark><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Homosexual; -- applied to female homosexuals.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lesbian</ent><br/
<hw>Les"bi*an</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/z"b<icr/*<ait/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A female homosexual.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> dyke[vulgar, deprecatory].</syn>
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lesbianism</ent><br/
<hw>Les"bi*an*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Homosexual relations between women.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lesbian love</ent><br/
<hw>Lesbian love</hw>. <def>See <er>Lesbianism</er>.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lese</ent><br/
<hw>Lese</hw> <pr>(l<emac/z)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To lose.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lese-majesty</ent><br/
<hw>Lese`-maj"es*ty</hw> <pr>(l<emac/z`-m<acr/j"<ecr/s*t<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Leze majesty</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lesion</ent><br/
<hw>Le"sion</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"zh<ucr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>l<eacute/sion</ets>, L. <ets>laesio</ets>, fr. <ets>laedere</ets>, <ets>laesum</ets>, to hurt, injure.]</ety> <def>A hurt; an injury.</def> Specifically: <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Civil Law)</fld> <def>Loss sustained from failure to fulfill a bargain or contract.</def> <au>Burrill.</au> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Any morbid change in the exercise of functions or the texture of organs.</def> <rj><au>Dunglison.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>lespedeza</ent><br/
<hw>lespedeza</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Any shrubby or herbaceous plant of the genus <gen>Lespedeza</gen>, widely used for forage, soil improvement, and especially hay in the Southern U.S.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> bush clover.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lesquerella</ent><br/
<hw>Lesquerella</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A genus of low-growing hairy herbs, comprising some of the bladderpods.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Lesquerella</gen>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>-less</ent><br/
<hw>-less</hw> <pr>(-l<ecr/s)</pr> <pr>suff.</pr> <ety>[AS. <ets>le<aacute/s</ets> loose, false; akin to OS. <ets>l<omac/s</ets> loose, false, D. <ets>los</ets> loose, <ets>loos</ets> false, sly, G. <ets>los</ets> loose, Icel. <ets>lauss</ets> loose, vacant, Goth. <ets>laus</ets> empty, vain, and also to E. <ets>loose</ets>, <ets>lose</ets>. <root/127. See <er>Lose</er>, and cf. <er>Loose</er>, <er>Leasing</er>.]</ety> <def>A privative adjective suffix, denoting <xex>without</xex>, <xex>destitute of</xex>, <xex>not having</xex>; as wit<xex>less</xex>, child<xex>less</xex>, father<xex>less</xex>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Less</ent><br/
<hw>Less</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/s)</pr>, <pos>conj.</pos> <def>Unless.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>B. Jonson.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Less</ent><br/
<hw>Less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>lesse</ets>, AS. <ets>l<aemac/ssa</ets>; akin to OFries. <ets>l<emac/ssa</ets>; a compar. from a lost positive form. Cf. <er>Lesser</er>, <er>Lest</er>, <er>Least</er>. <ets>Less</ets> has the sense of the comparative degree of <ets>little</ets>.]</ety> <def>Smaller; not so large or great; not so much; shorter; inferior; <as>as, a <ex>less</ex> quantity or number; a horse of <ex>less</ex> size or value; in <ex>less</ex> time than before.</as></def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ The substantive which <xex>less</xex> qualifies is often omitted; as, the purse contained <xex>less</xex> (money) than ten dollars. See <er>Less</er>, <pos>n.</pos></note><br/
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<p><q>Thus in <qex>less</qex> [time] than a hundred years from the coming of Augustine, all England became Christian.</q> <rj><qau>E. A. Freeman.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Less</ent><br/
<hw>Less</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>l<aemac/s</ets>. See <er>Less</er>, <pos>adj.</pos>, and cf. <er>Lest</er>.]</ety> <def>Not so much; in a smaller or lower degree; <as>as, <ex>less</ex> bright or loud; <ex>less</ex> beautiful.</as></def><br/
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<p><ent>Less</ent><br/
<hw>Less</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A smaller portion or quantity.</def><br/
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<p><q>The children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some <qex>less</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Ex. xvi. 17.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The inferior, younger, or smaller.</def><br/
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<p><q>The <qex>less</qex> is blessed of the better.</q> <rj><qau>Heb. vii. 7. </qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Less</ent><br/
<hw>Less</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To make less; to lessen.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Gower.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lessee</ent><br/
<hw>Les*see"</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/s*s<emac/")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>laiss<eacute/</ets>, p. p. of <ets>laisser</ets>. See <er>Lease</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The person to whom a lease is given, or who takes an estate by lease.</def> <rj><au>Blackstone.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lessen</ent><br/
<hw>Less"en</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/s"'n)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lessened</conjf> <pr>(-'nd)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lessening</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[From <er>Less</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <def>To make less; to reduce; to make smaller, or fewer; to diminish; to lower; to degrade; <as>as, to <ex>lessen</ex> a kingdom, or a population; to <ex>lessen</ex> speed, rank, fortune.</as></def><br/
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<p><q>Charity . . . shall <qex>lessen</qex> his punishment.</q> <rj><qau>Calamy.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>St. Paul chose to magnify his office when ill men conspired to <qex>lessen</qex> it.</q> <rj><qau>Atterbury.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- To diminish; reduce; abate; decrease; lower; impair; weaken; degrade.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lessen</ent><br/
<hw>Less"en</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To become less; to shrink; to contract; to decrease; to be diminished; <as>as, the apparent magnitude of objects <ex>lessens</ex> as we recede from them; his care, or his wealth, <ex>lessened</ex>.</as></def><br/
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<p><q>The objection <qex>lessens</qex> much, and comes to no more than this: there was one witness of no good reputation.</q> <rj><qau>Atterbury.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lessener</ent><br/
<hw>Less"en*er</hw> <pr>(-<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or that which, lessens.</def><br/
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<p><q>His wife . . . is the <qex>lessener</qex> of his pain, and the augmenter of his pleasure.</q> <rj><qau>J. Rogers (1839). </qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>lessening</ent><br/
<hw>lessening</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>becoming less in dimension or degree; <as>as, the <ex>lessening</ex> distance between us</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lessening</ent><br/
<hw>lessening</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a change downward; a decrease; a reduction.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> decrease, drop-off.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lesser</ent><br/
<hw>Less"er</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/s"<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[This word is formed by adding anew the compar. suffix <ets>-er</ets> (in which <ets>r</ets> is from an original <ets>s</ets>) to <ets>less</ets>. See <er>Less</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <def>Less; smaller; inferior.</def><br/
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<p><q>God made . . . the <qex>lesser</qex> light to rule the night.</q> <rj><qau>Gen. i. 15.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><note><hand/ <xex>Lesser</xex> is used for <xex>less</xex>, now the compar. of <xex>little</xex>, in certain special instances in which its employment has become established by custom; as, <xex>Lesser</xex> Asia (i. e., Asia Minor), the <xex>lesser</xex> light, and some others; also in poetry, for the sake of the meter, and in prose where its use renders the passage more euphonious.</note><br/
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<p><q>The more my prayer, the <qex>lesser</qex> is my grace.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>The larger here, and there the <qex>lesser</qex> lambs.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>By the same reason may a man, in the state of nature, punish the <qex>lesser</qex> breaches of the law.</q> <rj><qau>Locke.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lesser</ent><br/
<hw>Less"er</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Less.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lesses</ent><br/
<hw>Les"ses</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/s"s<ecr/z)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>laiss<eacute/es</ets>, from <ets>laisser</ets> to leave. See <er>Lease</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety> <def>The leavings or dung of beasts.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lesson</ent><br/
<hw>Les"son</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/s"s'n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>lessoun</ets>, F. <ets>le<cced/on</ets> lesson, reading, fr. L. <ets>lectio</ets> a reading, fr. <ets>legere</ets> to read, collect. See <er>Legend</er>, and cf. <er>Lection</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Anything read or recited to a teacher by a pupil or learner; something, as a portion of a book, assigned to a pupil to be studied or learned at one time.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is learned or taught by an express effort; instruction derived from precept, experience, observation, or deduction; a precept; a doctrine; <as>as, to take or give a <ex>lesson</ex> in drawing</as>.</def><ldquo/ A smooth and pleasing <xex>lesson</xex>.<rdquo/ <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>Emprinteth well this <qex>lesson</qex> in your mind.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A portion of Scripture read in divine service for instruction; <as>as, here endeth the first <ex>lesson</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A severe lecture; reproof; rebuke; warning.</def><br/
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<p><q>She would give her a <qex>lesson</qex> for walking so late.</q> <rj><qau>Sir. P. Sidney.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def> An exercise; a composition serving an educational purpose; a study.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lesson</ent><br/
<hw>Les"son</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lessoned</conjf> <pr>(-s'nd)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lessoning</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To teach; to instruct.</def> <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>To rest the weary, and to soothe the sad,<br/
Doth <qex>lesson</qex> happier men, and shame at least the bad.</q> <rj><qau>Byron.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lessor</ent><br/
<hw>Les"sor</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/s"s<ocr/r <or/ l<ecr/s*s<ocir/r")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lessee</er>, <er>Lease</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>One who leases; the person who lets to farm, or gives a lease.</def> <rj><au>Blackstone.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>less-traveled</ent><br/
<hw>less-traveled</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>not visited by many travelers; <as>as, the tourist's desire to visit <ex>less-traveled</ex> countries</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lest</ent><br/
<hw>Lest</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/st)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To listen.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer. Spenser.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lest</ent><br/
<hw>Lest</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See List to choose.]</ety> <def>Lust; desire; pleasure.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lest</ent><br/
<hw>Lest</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Last; least.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lest</ent><br/
<hw>Lest</hw>, <pos>conj.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>leste</ets>, fr. AS. <ets><edh/<ymac/ l<aemac/s <edh/<emac/</ets> the less that, where <ets><edh/<ymac/</ets> is the instrumental case of the definite article, and <ets><edh/<emac/</ets> is an indeclinable relative particle, <ets>that</ets>, <ets>who</ets>, <ets>which</ets>. See <er>The</er>, <er>Less</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>For fear that; that . . . not; in order that . . . not.</def><br/
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<p><q>Love not sleep, <qex>lest</qex> thou come to poverty.</q> <rj><qau>Prov. xx. 13.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed <qex>lest</qex> he fall.</q> <rj><qau>1 Cor. x. 12.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That (without the negative particle); -- after certain expressions denoting <xex>fear</xex> or <xex>apprehension</xex>.</def><br/
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<p><q>I feared<br/
<qex>Lest</qex> I might anger thee.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lester</ent><br/
||<hw>Les"ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Pg., prob. fr. Fr. <ets>l'est</ets> the east.]</ety> <fld>(Meteor.)</fld> <def>A dry sirocco in the Madeira Islands.</def><br/
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<p><ent>-let</ent><br/
<hw>-let</hw> <pr>(-l<ecr/t)</pr> <pos>suff.</pos> <ety>[From two French dim. endings <ets>-el</ets> (L. <ets>-ellus</ets>) and <ets>-et</ets>, as in brace<ets>let</ets>.]</ety> <def>A noun suffix having a diminutive force; <as>as in stream<ex>let</ex>, wave<ex>let</ex>, arm<ex>let</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Let</ent><br/
<hw>Let</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/t)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>letten</ets>, AS. <ets>lettan</ets> to delay, to hinder, fr. <ets>l<ae/t</ets> slow; akin to D. <ets>letten</ets> to hinder, G. <ets>verletzen</ets> to hurt, Icel. <ets>letja</ets> to hold back, Goth. <ets>latjan</ets>. See <er>Late</er>.]</ety> <def>To retard; to hinder; to impede; to oppose.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark><br/
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<p><q>He was so strong that no man might him <qex>let</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>He who now <qex>letteth</qex> will <qex>let</qex>, until he be taken out of the way.</q> <rj><qau>2. Thess. ii. 7.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Mine ancient wound is hardly whole,<br/
And <qex>lets</qex> me from the saddle.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Let</ent><br/
<hw>Let</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A retarding; hindrance; obstacle; impediment; delay; -- common in the phrase <xex>without let or hindrance</xex>, but elsewhere archaic.</def> <rj><au>Keats.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>Consider whether your doings be to the <qex>let</qex> of your salvation or not.</q> <rj><qau>Latimer.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Lawn Tennis)</fld> <def>A stroke in which a ball touches the top of the net in passing over.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Let</ent><br/
<hw>Let</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Let</conjf> (<conjf>Letted</conjf> <pr>(l<ecr/t"t<ecr/d)</pr>, <mark>[Obs]</mark>.); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Letting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>leten</ets>, <ets>l<ae/ten</ets> (past tense <ets>lat</ets>, <ets>let</ets>, p. p. <ets>laten</ets>, <ets>leten</ets>, <ets>lete</ets>), AS. <ets>l<aemac/tan</ets> (past tense <ets>l<emac/t</ets>, p. p. <ets>l<aemac/ten</ets>); akin to OFries. <ets>l<emac/ta</ets>, OS. <ets>l<amac/tan</ets>, D. <ets>laten</ets>, G. <ets>lassen</ets>, OHG. <ets>l<amac/zzan</ets>, Icel. <ets>l<amac/ta</ets>, Sw. <ets>l<aring/ta</ets>, Dan. <ets>lade</ets>, Goth. <ets>l<emac/tan</ets>, and L. <ets>lassus</ets> weary. The original meaning seems to have been, to let loose, let go, let drop. Cf. <er>Alas</er>, <er>Late</er>, <er>Lassitude</er>, <er>Let</er> to hinder.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To leave; to relinquish; to abandon.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Archaic, except when followed by <xex>alone</xex> or <xex>be</xex>.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>He . . . prayed him his voyage for to <qex>let</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Yet neither spins nor cards, ne cares nor frets,<br/
But to her mother Nature all her care she <qex>lets</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q><qex>Let</qex> me alone in choosing of my wife.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To consider; to think; to esteem.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To cause; to make; -- used with the infinitive in the active form but in the passive sense; <as>as, <ex>let</ex> make, <it>i. e.</it>, cause to be made; <ex>let</ex> bring, <it>i. e.</it>, cause to be brought</as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>This irous, cursed wretch<br/
<qex>Let</qex> this knight's son anon before him fetch.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>He . . . thus <qex>let</qex> do slay hem all three.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Anon he <qex>let</qex> two coffers make.</q> <rj><qau>Gower.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To permit; to allow; to suffer; -- either affirmatively, by positive act, or negatively, by neglecting to restrain or prevent.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ In this sense, when followed by an infinitive, the latter is commonly without the sign <xex>to</xex>; <as>as to <ex>let</ex> us walk, <it>i. e.</it>, to permit or suffer us to walk</as>. Sometimes there is entire omission of the verb; <as>as, to <ex>let</ex> [to be or to go] loose</as>.</note><br/
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<p><q>Pharaoh said, I will <qex>let</qex> you go.</q> <rj><qau>Ex. viii. 28.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>If your name be Horatio, as I am <qex>let</qex> to know it is.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To allow to be used or occupied for a compensation; to lease; to rent; to hire out; -- often with <ptcl>out</ptcl>; <as>as, to <ex>let</ex> a farm; to <ex>let</ex> a house; to <ex>let</ex> out horses.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>To give, grant, or assign, as a work, privilege, or contract; -- often with <ptcl>out</ptcl>; <as>as, to <ex>let</ex> the building of a bridge; to <ex>let</ex> out the lathing and the plastering.</as></def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ The active form of the infinitive of <xex>let</xex>, as of many other English verbs, is often used in a passive sense; as, a house <xex>to let</xex> (<it>i. e.</it>, for letting, or to be let). This form of expression conforms to the use of the Anglo-Saxon gerund with <xex>to</xex> (dative infinitive) which was commonly so employed. See <er>Gerund</er>, 2. <ldquo/ Your elegant house in Harley Street is <xex>to let</xex>.<rdquo/ <au>Thackeray.</au>
  In the imperative mood, before the first person plural, <xex>let</xex> has a hortative force. <ldquo/ Rise up, <xex>let</xex> us go.<rdquo/ <au>Mark xiv. 42.</au> <ldquo/ <xex>Let</xex> us seek out some desolate shade.<rdquo/ <au>Shak.</au></note><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>To let alone</b></col>, <cd>to leave; to withdraw from; to refrain from interfering with.</cd> -- <col><b>To let blood</b></col>, <cd>to cause blood to flow; to bleed.</cd> -- <col><b>To let down</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To lower.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To soften in tempering; as, <xex>to let down</xex> tools, cutlery, and the like.</cd><-- to let (someone) down. to disappoint (someone) by failing to perform as expected. --> -- <mcol><col><b>To let fly</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>To let drive</b></col></mcol>, <cd>to discharge with violence, as a blow, an arrow, or stone. See under <er>Drive</er>, and <er>Fly</er>.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>To let in</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>To let into</b></col></mcol>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To permit or suffer to enter; to admit.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To insert, or imbed, as a piece of wood, in a recess formed in a surface for the purpose.</cd> -- <col><b>To let loose</b></col>, <cd>to remove restraint from; to permit to wander at large.</cd> -- <col><b>To let off</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To discharge; to let fly, as an arrow; to fire the charge of, as a gun.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To release, as from an engagement or obligation.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> -- <col><b>To let out</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To allow to go forth; <as>as, <ex>to let out</ex> a prisoner</as>.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To extend or loosen, as the folds of a garment; to enlarge; to suffer to run out, as a cord.</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To lease; to give out for performance by contract, as a job.</cd> <sd>(d)</sd> <cd>To divulge.</cd> -- <col><b>To let slide</b></col>, <cd>to let go; to cease to care for.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> <ldquo/ <xex>Let</xex> the world <xex>slide</xex>.<rdquo/ <au>Shak.</au></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Let</ent><br/
<hw>Let</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To forbear.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To be let or leased; <as>as, the farm <ex>lets</ex> for $500 a year</as>. See note under <er>Let</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos></def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>To let on</b></col>, <cd>to tell; to tattle; to divulge something.</cd> <mark>[Low]</mark> -- <col><b>To let up</b></col>, <cd>to become less severe; to diminish; to cease; <as>as, when the storm <ex>lets up</ex>.</as></cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Let-alone</ent><br/
<hw>Let"-a*lone"</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/t"<adot/*l<omac/n")</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Letting alone.</def><br/
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>The let-alone principle</b></col>, <col><b>The let-alone doctrine</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>The let-alone policy</b></col></mcol>. <fld>(Polit. Econ.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Laissez faire</er>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Letch</ent><br/
<hw>Letch</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/ch)</pr>, <pos>v. & n.</pos> <def>See <er>Leach</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Letch</ent><br/
<hw>Letch</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lech</er>, <er>Lecher</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Strong desire; passion; especially, lust.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark><br/
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<p><q>Some people have a <qex>letch</qex> for unmasking impostors, or for avenging the wrongs of others.</q> <rj><qau>De Quincey.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A <er>lecher</er>.</def> <mark>[slang]</mark> <br/
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<p><ent>Letchy</ent><br/
<hw>Letch"y</hw> <pr>(-<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>See <er>Leachy</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lete</ent><br/
<hw>Lete</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/t)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To let; to leave.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Leten</ent><br/
<hw>Let"en</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/t"<eit/n)</pr>, <mark>obs.</mark> <def><pos>p. p.</pos> of <er>Lete</er>.</def> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lethal</ent><br/
<hw>Leth"al</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/th"<acr/l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>L</ets>auric + <ets>eth</ets>er + <ets>al</ets>cohol.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>One of the higher alcohols of the paraffine series obtained from spermaceti as a white crystalline solid. It is so called because it occurs in the ethereal salt of lauric acid.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lethal</ent><br/
<hw>Le"thal</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"th<ait/l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lethalis</ets>, <ets>letalis</ets>, fr. <ets>lethum</ets>, <ets>letum</ets>, death: cf. F. <ets>l<eacute/thal</ets>.]</ety> <def>Deadly; mortal; fatal.</def> <ldquo/The <xex>lethal</xex> blow.<rdquo/ <au>W. Richardson.</au> -- <wordforms><wf>Le"thal*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/
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<p><ent>Lethality</ent><br/
<hw>Le*thal"i*ty</hw> <pr>(l<esl/*th<acr/l"<icr/*t<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>l<eacute/thalit<eacute/</ets>.]</ety> <def>The quality of being lethal; mortality.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lethargical</ent><br/
<ent>Lethargic</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Le*thar"gic</hw> <pr>(l<esl/*th<aum/r"j<icr/k)</pr>, <hw>Le*thar"gic*al</hw> <pr>(-j<icr/*k<ait/l)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lethargicus</ets>, Gr. <grk>lhqargiko`s</grk>: cf. F. <ets>l<eacute/thargique</ets>. See <er>Lethargy</er>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, affected with, or resembling, lethargy; morbidly drowsy; dull; heavy.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Le*thar"gic*al*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Le*thar"gic*al*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> -- <wf>Le*thar"gic*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/
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<p><ent>Lethargize</ent><br/
<hw>Leth"ar*gize</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/th"<adot/r*j<imac/z)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lethargized</conjf> <pr>(-j<imac/zd)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lethargizing</conjf> <pr>(-j<imac/`z<icr/ng)</pr>.]</vmorph> <def>To make lethargic.</def><br/
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<p><q>All bitters are poison, and act by stilling, and depressing, and <qex>lethargizing</qex> the irritability.</q> <rj><qau>Coleridge.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lethargy</ent><br/
<hw>Leth"ar*gy</hw> <pr>(-j<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>-gies</plw> <pr>(-j<icr/z)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[F. <ets>l<eacute/thargie</ets>, L. <ets>lethargia</ets>, Gr. <grk>lhqargi`a</grk>, fr. <grk>lh`qargos</grk> forgetful, fr. <grk>lh`qh</grk> forgetfulness. See <er>Lethe</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Morbid drowsiness; continued or profound sleep, from which a person can scarcely be awaked.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A state of inaction or indifference.</def><br/
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<p><q>Europe lay then under a deep <qex>lethargy</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Atterbury.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lethargy</ent><br/
<hw>Leth"ar*gy</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To lethargize.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lethe</ent><br/
<hw>Le"the</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"th<esl/ <or/ l<emac/th)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lethal</er>.]</ety> <def>Death.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lethe</ent><br/
<hw>Le"the</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"th<esl/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <grk>lh`qh</grk>, prop., forgetfulness; akin to <grk>lanqa`nesqai</grk> to forget, <grk>lanqa`nein</grk> to escape notice.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Class. Myth.)</fld> <def>A river of Hades whose waters when drunk caused forgetfulness of the past.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Oblivion; a draught of oblivion; forgetfulness.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lethean</ent><br/
<hw>Le*the"an</hw> <pr>(l<esl/*th<emac/"<ait/n)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>Lethaeus</ets>, Gr. <grk>lh`qaios</grk> or <grk>lhqai^os</grk>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to Lethe; resembling in effect the water of Lethe.</def> <rj><au>Milton. Barrow.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Letheed</ent><br/
<hw>Le"theed</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"th<emac/d)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Caused by Lethe.</def> <ldquo/ <xex>Letheed</xex> dullness.<rdquo/ <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Letheon</ent><br/
<hw>Le"the*on</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"th<esl/*<ocr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>lh`qh</grk>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Sulphuric ether used as an an<ae/sthetic agent.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Letheonize</ent><br/
<hw>Le"the*on*ize</hw> <pr>(-<imac/z)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To subject to the influence of letheon.</def> <mark>[R. or Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lethiferous</ent><br/
<hw>Le*thif"er*ous</hw> <pr>(l<esl/*th<icr/f"<etil/r*<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lethifer</ets>, <ets>letifer</ets>, fr. <ets>lethum</ets>, <ets>letum</ets>, death + <ets>ferre</ets> to bear, to bring: cf. F. <ets>l<eacute/thif<egrave/re</ets>.]</ety> <def>Deadly; bringing death or destruction.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lethy</ent><br/
<hw>Le"thy</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"th<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Lethean.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Marston.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Let-off</ent><br/
<hw>Let"-off`</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/t"<ocr/f`; 115)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>A device for letting off, releasing, or giving forth, as the warp from the cylinder of a loom.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lette</ent><br/
<hw>Let"te</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/t"t<eit/)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Letted</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To let; to hinder. See <er>Let</er>, to hinder.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Letter</ent><br/
<hw>Let"ter</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/t"t<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Let</er> to permit.]</ety> <def>One who lets or permits; one who lets anything for hire.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Letter</ent><br/
<hw>Let"ter</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Let</er> to hinder.]</ety> <def>One who retards or hinders.</def> <mark>[Archaic.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Letter</ent><br/
<hw>Let"ter</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>lettre</ets>, F. <ets>lettre</ets>, OF. <ets>letre</ets>, fr. L. <ets>littera</ets>, <ets>litera</ets>, a letter; pl., an epistle, a writing, literature, fr. <ets>linere</ets>, <ets>litum</ets>, to besmear, to spread or rub over; because one of the earliest modes of writing was by graving the characters upon tablets smeared over or covered with wax. <au>Pliny, xiii. 11.</au> See <er>Liniment</er>, and cf. <er>Literal</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>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.</def><br/
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<p><q>And a superscription also was written over him in <qex>letters</qex> of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew.</q> <rj><qau>Luke xxiii. 38.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A written or printed communication; a message expressed in intelligible characters on something adapted to conveyance, as paper, parchment, etc.; an epistle.</def><br/
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<p><q>The style of <qex>letters</qex> ought to be free, easy, and natural.</q> <rj><qau>Walsh.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A writing; an inscription.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>None could expound what this <qex>letter</qex> meant.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Verbal expression; literal statement or meaning; exact signification or requirement.</def><br/
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<p><q>We must observe the <qex>letter</qex> of the law, without doing violence to the reason of the law and the intention of the lawgiver.</q> <rj><qau>Jer. Taylor.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>I broke the <qex>letter</qex> of it to keep the sense.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Print.)</fld> <def>A single type; type, collectively; a style of type.</def><br/
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<p><q>Under these buildings . . . was the king's printing house, and that famous <qex>letter</qex> so much esteemed.</q> <rj><qau>Evelyn.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>Learning; erudition; <as>as, a man of <ex>letters</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>A letter; an epistle.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <fld>(Teleg.)</fld> <def>A telegram longer than an ordinary message sent at rates lower than the standard message rate in consideration of its being sent and delivered subject to priority in service of regular messages. Such telegrams are called by the Western Union Company <altname>day letters</altname>, <it>or</it> <altname>night letters</altname> according to the time of sending, and by The Postal Telegraph Company <altname>day lettergrams</altname>, <it>or</it> <altname>night lettergrams</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Dead letter</b></col>, <col><b>Drop letter</b></col></mcol>, <cd>etc. See under <er>Dead</er>, <er>Drop</er>, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>Letter book</b></col>, <cd>a book in which copies of letters are kept.</cd> -- <col><b>Letter box</b></col>, <cd>a box for the reception of letters to be mailed or delivered.</cd> -- <col><b>Letter carrier</b></col>, <cd>a person who carries letters; a postman; specif., an officer of the post office who carries letters to the persons to whom they are addressed, and collects letters to be mailed.</cd> -- <col><b>Letter cutter</b></col>, <cd>one who engraves letters or letter punches.</cd> -- <col><b>Letter lock</b></col>, <cd>a lock that can not be opened when fastened, unless certain movable lettered rings or disks forming a part of it are in such a position (indicated by a particular combination of the letters) as to permit the bolt to be withdrawn.</cd><br/
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<p><q>A strange lock that opens with AMEN.</q> <rj><qau>Beau. & Fl.</qau></rj></p>

<p>-- <col><b>Letter paper</b></col>, <cd>paper for writing letters on; especially, a size of paper intermediate between note paper and foolscap. See <er>Paper</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Letter punch</b></col>, <cd>a steel punch with a letter engraved on the end, used in making the matrices for type.</cd> -- <col><b>Letters of administration</b></col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>the instrument by which an administrator or administratrix is authorized to administer the goods and estate of a deceased person.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Letter of attorney</b></col>, <col><b>Letter of credit</b></col></mcol>, etc. <cd>See under <er>Attorney</er>, <er>Credit</er>, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>Letter of license</b></col>, <cd>a paper by which creditors extend a debtor's time for paying his debts.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Letters close</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>Letters clause</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Eng. Law.)</fld>, <cd>letters or writs directed to particular persons for particular purposes, and hence <xex>closed</xex> or sealed on the outside; -- distinguished from <contr>letters patent</contr>.</cd> <au>Burrill.</au> -- <col><b>Letters of orders</b></col> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld>, <cd>a document duly signed and sealed, by which a bishop makes it known that he has regularly ordained a certain person as priest, deacon, etc.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Letters patent</b></col>, <col><b>Letters overt</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Letters open</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Eng. Law)</fld>, <cd>a writing executed and sealed, by which power and authority are granted to a person to do some act, or enjoy some right; <as>as, <ex>letters patent</ex> under the seal of England</as>.  The common commercial <er>patent</er> is a derivative form of such a right.</cd> -- <col><b>Letter-sheet envelope</b></col>, <cd>a stamped sheet of letter paper issued by the government, prepared to be folded and sealed for transmission by mail without an envelope.</cd> -- <col><b>Letters testamentary</b></col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>an instrument granted by the proper officer to an executor after probate of a will, authorizing him to act as executor.</cd> -- <col><b>Letter writer</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>One who writes letters.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A machine for copying letters.</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>A book giving directions and forms for the writing of letters.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Letter</ent><br/
<hw>Let"ter</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/t"t<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lettered</conjf> <pr>(-t<etil/rd)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lettering</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To impress with letters; to mark with letters or words; <as>as, a book gilt and <ex>lettered</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>letter-bomb</ent><br/
<ent>letter bomb</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>let"ter bomb`</hw>, <hw>let"ter-bomb`</hw></mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A bomb disguised as a letter and sent through the mail, usually rigged to explode and kill or harm the recipient when opened.</def><br/
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<p><ent>letter-bomb</ent><br/
<hw>letter-bomb</hw> <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>to send a letter-bomb to.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lettercard</ent><br/
<hw>lettercard</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a postcard that folds so that the message is inside.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lettered</ent><br/
<hw>Let"tered</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/t"t<etil/rd)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Literate; educated; versed in literature.</def> <ldquo/ Are you not <xex>lettered</xex>?<rdquo/ <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>The unlettered barbarians willingly accepted the aid of the <qex>lettered</qex> clergy, still chiefly of Roman birth, to reduce to writing the institutes of their forefathers.</q> <rj><qau>Milman.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to learning or literature; learned.</def> <ldquo/ A <xex>lettered</xex> education.<rdquo/ <rj><au>Collier.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Inscribed or stamped with letters.</def> <rj><au>Addison.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Letterer</ent><br/
<hw>Let"ter*er</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/t"t<etil/r*<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who makes, inscribes, or engraves, alphabetical letters.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lettergram</ent><br/
<hw>Let"ter*gram</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Letter{8}</er>, above.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lettering</ent><br/
<hw>Let"ter*ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or business of making, or marking with, letters, as by cutting or painting.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The letters made; <as>as, the <ex>lettering</ex> of a sign</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Letterless</ent><br/
<hw>Let"ter*less</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/t"t<etil/r*l<ecr/s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Not having a letter.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Illiterate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>E. Waterhouse.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lettern</ent><br/
<hw>Let"tern</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/t"t<etil/rn)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Lecturn</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>letter-perfect</ent><br/
<hw>letter-perfect</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>correct to the last detail; especially being in or following the exact words; <as>as, a <ex>letter-perfect</ex> rendition of the soliloquy</as>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> word-perfect.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Letterpress</ent><br/
<hw>Let"ter*press`</hw> <pr>(-t<etil/r*pr<ecr/s`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Print; letters and words impressed on paper or other material by types; -- often used of the reading matter in distinction from the illustrations.</def><br/
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<p><q>Letterpress printing, printing directly from type, in distinction from printing from plates.</q><br/
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<p><ent>Letterure</ent><br/
<hw>Let"ter*ure</hw> <pr>(-<usl/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Letters; literature.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <ldquo/To teach him <xex>letterure</xex> and courtesy.<rdquo/ <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Letterwood</ent><br/
<hw>Let"ter*wood`</hw> <pr>(-w<oocr/d`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The beautiful and highly elastic wood of a tree of the genus <gen>Brosimum</gen> (<spn>Brosimum Aubletii</spn>), found in Guiana; -- so called from black spots in it which bear some resemblance to hieroglyphics; also called <altname>snakewood</altname>, and <altname>leopardwood</altname>. It is much used for bows and for walking sticks.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lettic</ent><br/
<hw>Let"tic</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/t"t<icr/k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Of or pertaining to the Letts; Lettish.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Of or pertaining to a branch of the Slavic family, subdivided into Lettish, Lithuanian, and Old Prussian.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The language of the Letts; Lettish.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The language of the Lettic race, including Lettish, Lithuanian, and Old Prussian.</def></def2><br/
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<p><ent>Lettish</ent><br/
<hw>Let"tish</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/t"t<icr/sh)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to the Letts.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>The language spoken by the Letts. See <er>Lettic</er>.</def></def2><br/
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<p><ent>Lettrure</ent><br/
<hw>Let"trure</hw> <pr>(-tr<usdot/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Letterure</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Letts</ent><br/
<hw>Letts</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/ts)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos>; <sing>sing. <singw>Lett</singw> <pr>(l<ecr/t)</pr></sing>. <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld> <def>An Indo-European people, allied to the Lithuanians and Old Prussians, and inhabiting a part of the Baltic provinces of Russia.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lettuce</ent><br/
<hw>Let"tuce</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/t"t<icr/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>letuce</ets>, prob. through Old French from some Late Latin derivative of L. <ets>lactuca</ets> lettuce, which, according to Varro, is fr. <ets>lac</ets>, <ets>lactis</ets>, milk, on account of the milky white juice which flows from it when it is cut: cf. F. <ets>laitue</ets>. Cf. <er>Lacteal</er>, <er>Lactucic</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A composite plant of the genus <gen>Lactuca</gen> (<spn>Lactuca sativa</spn>), the leaves of which are used as salad.  Plants of this genus yield a milky juice, from which lactucarium is obtained.  The commonest wild lettuce of the United States is <spn>Lactuca Canadensis</spn>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>United States currency; dollar bills; greenbacks.</def> <mark>[slang]</mark><br/
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Hare's lettuce</b></col>, <col><b>Lamb's lettuce</b></col></mcol>. <cd>See under <er>Hare</er>, and <er>Lamb</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Lettuce opium</b></col>. <cd>See <er>Lactucarium</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Sea lettuce</b></col>, <cd>certain papery green seaweeds of the genus <gen>Ulva</gen>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Letuary</ent><br/
<hw>Let"u*a*ry</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/t"<usl/*<asl/*r<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Electuary.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Let-up</ent><br/
<hw>Let"-up`</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/t"<ucr/p`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Let</er> to forbear.]</ety> <def>Abatement; also, cessation; <as>as, it blew a gale for three days without any <ex>let-up</ex></as>.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Leuc-</ent><br/
<hw>Leuc-</hw> <pr>(l<umac/k-)</pr> <pos>pref.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Leuco-</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leucadendron</ent><br/
||<hw>Leu`ca*den"dron</hw> <pr>(l<umac/`k<adot/*d<ecr/n"dr<ocr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>leyko`s</grk> white + <grk>de`ndron</grk> tree.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of evergreen shrubs from the Cape of Good Hope, having handsome foliage. <spn>Leucadendron argenteum</spn> is the <stype>silverboom</stype> of the colonists.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leucaniline</ent><br/
<hw>Leu*can"i*line</hw> <pr>(l<usl/*k<acr/n"<icr/*l<icr/n <or/ -l<emac/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Leuc-</ets> + <ets>aniline</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A colorless, crystalline, organic base, obtained from rosaniline by reduction, and also from other sources. It forms colorless salts.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leuchaemia</ent><br/
||<hw>Leu*ch<ae/"mi*a</hw> <pr>(l<usl/*k<emac/"m<icr/*<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>leyko`s</grk> white + <grk>a"i^ma</grk> blood.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>See <er>Leukemia</er>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>leukemia</asp>, <asp>leukaemia</asp>,a nd <asp>leucemia</asp>.]</altsp><br/
-- <wordforms><wf>Leu*ch<ae/m"ic</wf> <pr>(l<usl/*k<ecr/m"<icr/k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos>  <altsp>[Written also <asp>leukemic</asp> and <asp>leukaemic</asp>.]</altsp></wordforms><br/
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<p><ent>Leucinic</ent><br/
<ent>Leucic</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Leu"cic</hw> <pr>(l<umac/"s<icr/k)</pr>, <hw>Leu*cin"ic</hw> <pr>(l<usl/*s<icr/n"<icr/k)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from leucin, and called also <altname>oxycaproic acid</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leucin</ent><br/
<ent>Leucine</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>Leu"cine</hw> <pr>(l<oomac/"s<emac/n)</pr>, <hw>Leu"cin</hw></mhw> <pr>(l<umac/"s<icr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>leyko`s</grk> white.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>a naturally occurring alpha-amino acid (<chform>(CH3)2CH.CH2.CH(NH2)-COOH</chform>), one of the building units of almost all proteins of living organisms, both animal and vegetable.  It is one of the essential amino acids (not synthesized by the human body, a required component for proper nutrition), and is hydrophobic in character when bound in proteins. In isolated form it is a white, crystalline, zwitterionic substance formed, e. g. by the decomposition of proteins by pancreatic digestion, by the action of boiling dilute mineral acid, or by putrefaction. Chemically it is to be considered as amido-caproic acid.  It occurs as two optical isomers, the L- and D-forms.  The L-form, L-leucine, is the natural form, present in most proteins.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leuciscus</ent><br/
<hw>Leuciscus</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A genus of freshwater fishes including the dace (<spn>Leuciscus leuciscus</spn>).</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Leuciscus</gen>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Leucite</ent><br/
<hw>Leu"cite</hw> <pr>(l<umac/"s<imac/t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>leyko`s</grk> white: cf. F. <ets>leucite</ets>.]</ety><br/
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A mineral having a glassy fracture, occurring in translucent trapezohedral crystals. It is a silicate of alumina and potash <chform>KAlSi2O6</chform>.  It is found in the volcanic rocks of Italy, especially at Vesuvius.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A leucoplast.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leucitic</ent><br/
<hw>Leu*cit"ic</hw> <pr>(l<usl/*s<icr/t"<icr/k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Containing leucite; <as>as, <ex>leucitic</ex> rocks</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leucitoid</ent><br/
<hw>Leu"ci*toid</hw> <pr>(l<umac/"s<icr/*toid)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Leucite</ets> + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Crystallog.)</fld> <def>The trapezohedron or tetragonal trisoctahedron; -- so called as being the form of the mineral leucite.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leuc-</ent><br/
<ent>Leuco-</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Leu"co-</hw> <pr>(l<umac/"k<osl/-)</pr>, <hw>Leuc-</hw> <pr>(l<umac/k-)</pr>. }</mhw> <pos>pref.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>leyko`s</grk> white.]</ety> <def>A combining form signifying <xex>white</xex>, <xex>colorless</xex>; specif. <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, denoting an extensive series of <xex>colorless</xex> organic compounds, obtained by reduction from certain other <xex>colored</xex> compounds; <as>as, <ex>leuc</ex>aniline, <ex>leuc</ex>aurin, etc.</as></def><br/
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<p><ent>Leucocyte</ent><br/
<hw>Leu"co*cyte</hw> <pr>(l<umac/"k<osl/*s<imac/t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Leuco-</ets> + Gr. <grk>ky`tos</grk> a hollow vessel.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>A colorless corpuscle, as one of the white blood corpuscles, or those found in lymph, marrow of bone, connective tissue, etc.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ They all consist of more or less spherical masses of protoplasm, without any surrounding membrane or wall, and are capable of motion.</note><br/
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<p><ent>Leucocythemia</ent><br/
<ent>Leucocythaemia</ent><br/
<mhw>{ ||<hw>Leu`co*cy*th<ae/"mi*a</hw> ||<hw>Leu`co*cy*the"mi*a</hw> } </mhw> <pr>(l<umac/`k<osl/*s<isl/*th<emac/"m<icr/*<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>leyko`s</grk> white + <grk>ky`tos</grk> a hollow vessel + <grk>a"i^ma</grk> blood.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>leukemia</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leucocytogenesis</ent><br/
<hw>Leu`co*cy`to*gen"e*sis</hw> <pr>(-s<imac/`t<osl/*j<ecr/n"<esl/*s<icr/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Leucocyte</ets> + <ets>genesis</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>The formation of leucocytes.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leucoethiopic</ent><br/
<hw>Leu`co*e`thi*op"ic</hw> <pr>(-<emac/`th<icr/*<ocr/p"<icr/k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Leuco-</ets> + <ets>Ethiopic</ets>.]</ety> <def>White and black; -- said of a white animal of a black species, or the albino of the negro race.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leucoethiops</ent><br/
<hw>Leu`co*e"thi*ops</hw> <pr>(-<emac/"th<icr/*<ocr/ps)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Leuco-</ets> + <ets>Aethiops</ets>.]</ety> <def>An albino.</def> <altsp>[Also written <asp>leuc<oe/thiops</asp>.]</altsp><br/
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<p><ent>Leucoline</ent><br/
<hw>Leu"co*line</hw> <pr>(l<umac/"k<osl/*l<icr/n <or/ -l<emac/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Leuc-</ets> + L. <ets>ol</ets>eum oil.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A nitrogenous organic base from coal tar, and identical with quinoline. Cf. <er>Quinoline</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leucoma</ent><br/
||<hw>Leu*co"ma</hw> <pr>(l<usl/*k<omac/"m<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>ley`kwma</grk>, fr. <grk>leyko`s</grk> white.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A white opacity in the cornea of the eye; -- called also <altname>albugo</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leucomaine</ent><br/
<hw>Leu*co"ma*ine</hw> <pr>(l<usl/*k<omac/"m<adot/*<icr/n <or/ -<emac/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Leuco-</ets> + <ets>-maine</ets>, as in <ets>ptomaine</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>An animal base or alkaloid, appearing in the tissue during life; hence, a vital alkaloid, as distinguished from a <contr>ptomaine</contr> or cadaveric poison.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leuconic</ent><br/
<hw>Leu*con"ic</hw> <pr>(-k<ocr/n"<icr/k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Leuc-</ets> + croc<ets>onic</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or designating, a complex organic acid, obtained as a yellowish white gum by the oxidation of croconic acid.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leucopathy</ent><br/
<hw>Leu*cop"a*thy</hw> <pr>(l<usl/*k<ocr/p"<adot/*th<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Leuco-</ets> + Gr. <grk>pa`schein</grk>, <grk>paqei^n</grk> to suffer.]</ety> <def>The state of an albino, or of a white child of black parents.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leucophane</ent><br/
<hw>Leu"co*phane</hw> <pr>(l<umac/"k<osl/*f<amac/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>leykofanh`s</grk> appearing bright or white; <grk>leyko`s</grk> white + <grk>fai`nein</grk> to show: cf. G. <ets>leukophan</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A mineral of a greenish yellow color; it is a silicate of glucina, lime, and soda with fluorine. Called also <altname>leucophanite</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leucophlegmacy</ent><br/
<hw>Leu`co*phleg"ma*cy</hw> <pr>(l<umac/`k<osl/*fl<ecr/g"m<adot/*s<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>leykoflegmati`a</grk>; <grk>leyko`s</grk> white + <grk>fle`gma</grk> phlegm: cf. F. <ets>leucophlegmasie</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A dropsical habit of body, or the commencement of anasarca; paleness, with viscid juices and cold sweats.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leucophlegmatic</ent><br/
<hw>Leu`co*phleg*mat"ic</hw> <pr>(-fl<ecr/g*m<acr/t"<icr/k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>leucophlegmatique</ets>, Gr. <grk>leykofle`gmatos</grk>.]</ety> <def>Having a dropsical habit of body, with a white bloated skin.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leucophyll</ent><br/
<hw>Leu"co*phyll</hw> <pr>(l<umac/"k<osl/*f<icr/l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Leuco-</ets> + Gr. <grk>fy`llon</grk> a leaf.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A colorless substance isomeric with chlorophyll, contained in parts of plants capable of becoming green.</def> <rj><au>Watts.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leucophyllous</ent><br/
<hw>Leu*coph"yl*lous</hw> <pr>(l<usl/*k<ocr/f"<icr/l*l<ucr/s <or/ l<umac/`k<osl/*f<icr/l"l<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>leyko`fyllos</grk>; <grk>leyko`s</grk> white + <grk>fy`llon</grk> a leaf.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having white or silvery foliage.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leucoplastid</ent><br/
<ent>Leucoplast</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Leu"co*plast</hw> <pr>(l<umac/"k<osl/*pl<acr/st)</pr>, <hw>Leu`co*plas"tid</hw> <pr>(-pl<acr/s"t<icr/d)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Leuco-</ets> + Gr. <grk>pla`ssein</grk> to mold.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>One of certain very minute whitish or colorless granules occurring in the protoplasm of plants and supposed to be the nuclei around which starch granules will form.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leucopyrite</ent><br/
<hw>Leu*cop"y*rite</hw> <pr>(l<usl/*k<ocr/p"<icr/*r<imac/t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Leuco-</ets> + <ets>pyrites</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A mineral of a color between white and steel-gray, with a metallic luster, and consisting chiefly of arsenic and iron.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leucorrhoea</ent><br/
<hw>Leu`cor*rh<oe/"a</hw> <pr>(l<umac/`k<ocr/r*r<emac/"<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Leuco-</ets> + Gr. <grk>"rei^n</grk> to flow.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A discharge of a white, yellowish, or greenish, viscid mucus, resulting from inflammation or irritation of the membrane lining the genital organs of the female; the whites.</def><-- leukorrhea, leukorrhagia --> <rj><au>Dunglison.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leucoryx</ent><br/
||<hw>Leu"co*ryx</hw> <pr>(l<umac/"k<osl/*r<icr/ks)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <grk>leyko`s</grk> + <grk>'o`ryx</grk> a kind of gazelle.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A large antelope of North Africa (<spn>Oryx leucoryx</spn>), allied to the gemsbok.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leucoscope</ent><br/
<hw>Leu"co*scope</hw> <pr>(l<umac/"k<osl/*sk<omac/p)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Leuco-</ets> + <ets>-scope</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>An instrument, devised by Professor Helmholtz, for testing the color perception of the eye, or for comparing different lights, as to their constituent colors or their relative whiteness.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leucosoid</ent><br/
<hw>Leu"co*soid</hw> <pr>(-soid)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[NL. <ets>Leucosia</ets>, the typical genus (fr. Gr. <grk>leyko`s</grk> white) + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Like or pertaining to the <fam>Leucosoidea</fam>, a tribe of marine crabs including the box crab or <gen>Calappa</gen>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leucosphere</ent><br/
<hw>Leu"co*sphere</hw> <pr>(-sf<emac/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Leuco-</ets> + <ets>sphere</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>The inner corona.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Leucoturic</ent><br/
<hw>Leu`co*tu"ric</hw> <pr>(l<umac/`k<osl/*t<umac/"r<icr/k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Leuco-</ets> + allan<ets>t</ets>oic + <ets>uric</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous organic substance of the uric acid group, called <xex>leucoturic</xex> acid or <xex>oxalantin</xex>. See <er>Oxalantin</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leucous</ent><br/
<hw>Leu"cous</hw> <pr>(l<umac/"k<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>leyko`s</grk>.]</ety> <def>White; -- applied to albinos, from the whiteness of their skin and hair.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leucoxene</ent><br/
<hw>Leu*cox"ene</hw> <pr>(l<usl/*k<ocr/ks"<emac/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Leuco-</ets> + Gr. <grk>xe`nos</grk> stranger.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A nearly opaque white mineral, in part identical with titanite, observed in some igneous rocks as the result of the alteration of titanic iron.</def><br/
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<p><ent>leukaemia</ent><br/
<ent>leukemia</ent><br/
<hw>leu*k<ae/"mi*a</hw> <pr>(l<usl/*k<emac/"m<icr/*<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A disease in which the white corpuscles of the blood are largely increased in number, and there is enlargement of the spleen, or the lymphatic glands; formerly called <altname>leucocythaemia</altname>.  It is due to a cancer of the bone marrow, and results in anemia and increased susceptibility to infectious disease.</def>  <altsp>[Also spelled <asp>leucemia</asp>  and <asp>leuchaemia</asp>.]</altsp><br/
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<p><ent>Leukeness</ent><br/
<ent>Leuke</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>Leuke</hw> <pr>(l<umac/k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos>, <hw>Leuke"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos></mhw> <def>See <er>Luke</er>, etc.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leukoplast</ent><br/
<hw>Leu"ko*plast</hw> <pr>(l<umac/"k<osl/*pl<acr/st)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Leucoplast</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Levana</ent><br/
||<hw>Le*va"na</hw> <pr>(l<esl/*v<amac/"n<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., fr. <ets>levare</ets> to raise.]</ety> <fld>(Rom. Myth.)</fld> <def>A goddess who protected newborn infants.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Levant</ent><br/
<hw>Le"vant</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"v<ait/nt)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F., p. pr. of <ets>lever</ets> to raise.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Rising or having risen from rest; -- said of cattle. See <cref>Couchant and levant</cref>, under <er>Couchant</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Levant</ent><br/
<hw>Le*vant"</hw> <pr>(l<esl/*v<acr/nt")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[It. <ets>levante</ets> the point where the sun rises, the east, the Levant, fr. <ets>levare</ets> to raise, <ets>levarsi</ets> to rise: cf. F. <ets>levant</ets>. See <er>Lever</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The countries washed by the eastern part of the Mediterranean and its contiguous waters.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A levanter (the wind so called).</def><br/
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<p><ent>Levant</ent><br/
<hw>Le"vant</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"v<ait/nt; 277)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Eastern.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>Forth rush the <qex>levant</qex> and the ponent winds.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Levant</ent><br/
<hw>Le*vant"</hw> <pr>(l<esl/*v<acr/nt")</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[Cf. Sp. <ets>levantar</ets> to raise, go from one place to another.]</ety> <def>To run away from one's debts; to decamp.</def> <mark>[Colloq. Eng.]</mark> <rj><au>Thackeray.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Levanter</ent><br/
<hw>Le*vant"er</hw> <pr>(l<esl/*v<acr/nt"<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Levant</er>, <pos>v.</pos>]</ety> <def>One who levants, or decamps.</def> <mark>[Colloq. Eng.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Levanter</ent><br/
<hw>Le*vant"er</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Levant</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <def>A strong easterly wind peculiar to the Mediterranean.</def> <rj><au>W. H. Russell.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Levantine</ent><br/
<hw>Le*vant"ine</hw> <pr>(l<esl/*v<acr/nt"<icr/n <or/ l<ecr/v"<ait/nt*<imac/n; 277)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>levantin</ets>, or It. <ets>levantino</ets>. See <er>Levant</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the Levant.</def> <rj><au>J. Spencer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Levantine</ent><br/
<hw>Le*vant"ine</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A native or inhabitant of the Levant.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <ety>[F. <ets>levantine</ets>, or It. <ets>levantina</ets>.]</ety> <def>A stout twilled silk fabric, formerly made in the Levant.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Levari facias</ent><br/
||<hw>Le*va`ri fa"ci*as</hw> <pr>(l<esl/*v<amac/`r<isl/ f<amac/"sh<icr/*<acr/s)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Law L., cause to be levied.]</ety> <def>A writ of execution at common law.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Levation</ent><br/
<hw>Le*va"tion</hw> <pr>(l<esl/*v<amac/"sh<ucr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>levatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of raising; elevation; upward motion, as that produced by the action of a <xex>levator</xex> muscle.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Levator</ent><br/
<hw>Le*va"tor</hw> <pr>(l<esl/*v<amac/"t<ocr/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>levare</ets> to raise. See <er>Lever</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A muscle that serves to raise some part, as the lip or the eyelid.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>A surgical instrument used to raise a depressed part of the skull.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leve</ent><br/
<hw>Leve</hw> <pr>(l<emac/v)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Dear. See <er>Lief</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leve</ent><br/
<hw>Leve</hw>, <pos>n. & v.</pos> <def>Same as 3d & 4th <er>Leave</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Leve</ent><br/
<hw>Leve</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To live.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leve</ent><br/
<hw>Leve</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[OE., fr. AS. <ets>l<emac/fan</ets>, abbrev. fr. <ets>gel<emac/fan</ets>. See <er>Believe</er>.]</ety> <def>To believe.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leve</ent><br/
<hw>Leve</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>leven</ets>, AS. <ets>l<emac/fan</ets>, <ets>l<ymac/fan</ets>. See <er>Leave</er> permission.]</ety> <def>To grant; -- used esp. in exclamations or prayers followed by a dependent clause.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>God <qex>leve</qex> all be well.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leveche</ent><br/
||<hw>Le*ve"che</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp. Cf. <er>Lebeccio</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Meteor.)</fld> <def>A dry sirocco of Spain.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Levee</ent><br/
<hw>Lev"ee</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/v"<esl/; <it>often</it> l<ecr/v*<emac/" in U. S.)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>lever</ets>, fr. <ets>lever</ets> to raise, <ets>se lever</ets> to rise. See <er>Lever</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of rising.</def> <ldquo/ The sun's <xex>levee</xex>.<rdquo/ <rj><au>Gray.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A morning assembly or reception of visitors, -- in distinction from a <contr>soir<eacute/e</contr>, or evening assembly; a <altname>matin<eacute/e</altname>; hence, also, any general or somewhat miscellaneous gathering of guests, whether in the daytime or evening; <as>as, the president's <ex>levee</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ In England a ceremonious day reception, when attended by both ladies and gentlemen, is called a <stype>drawing-room</stype>.</note><br/
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<p><ent>Levee</ent><br/
<hw>Lev"ee</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To attend the levee or levees of.</def><br/
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<p><q>He <qex>levees</qex> all the great.</q> <rj><qau>Young.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Levee</ent><br/
<hw>Lev"ee</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>lev<eacute/e</ets>, fr. <ets>lever</ets> to raise. See <er>Lever</er>, and cf. <er>Levy</er>.]</ety> <def>An embankment to prevent inundation; <as>as, the <ex>levees</ex> along the Mississippi</as>; sometimes, the steep bank of a river.</def> <mark>[U. S.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Levee</ent><br/
<hw>Lev"ee</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To keep within a channel by means of levees; <as>as, to <ex>levee</ex> a river</as>.</def> <mark>[U. S.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Levee en masse</ent><br/
||<hw>Le*v<eacute/e" en` masse"</hw> <pr>(l<eit/*v<asl/" <aum/N` m<adot/s")</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>See <cref>Levy in mass</cref>, under <er>Levy</er>, <pos>n.</pos></def><br/
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<p><ent>Leveful</ent><br/
<hw>Leve"ful</hw> <pr>(l<emac/v"f<usdot/l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Leve</ets>, <pos>n.</pos> + <ets>-ful</ets>.]</ety> <def>Allowable; permissible; lawful.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Level</ent><br/
<hw>Lev"el</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/v"<ecr/l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>level</ets>, <ets>livel</ets>, OF. <ets>livel</ets>, F. <ets>niveau</ets>, fr. L. <ets>libella</ets> level, water level, a plumb level, dim. of <ets>libra</ets> pound, measure for liquids, balance, water poise, level. Cf. <er>Librate</er>, <er>Libella</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A line or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or plumb line is perpendicular; a line or surface which is everywhere parallel to the surface of still water; -- this is the <xex>true level</xex>, and is a curve or surface in which all points are equally distant from the center of the earth, or rather would be so if the earth were an exact sphere.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A horizontal line or plane; that is, a straight line or a plane which is tangent to a true level at a given point and hence parallel to the horizon at that point; -- this is the <xex>apparent level</xex> at the given point.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>An approximately horizontal line or surface at a certain degree of altitude, or distance from the center of the earth; <as>as, to climb from the <ex>level</ex> of the coast to the <ex>level</ex> of the plateau and then descend to the <ex>level</ex> of the valley or of the sea</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>After draining of the <qex>level</qex> in Northamptonshire.</q> <rj><qau>Sir M. Hale.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Shot from the deadly <qex>level</qex> of a gun.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Hence, figuratively, a certain position, rank, standard, degree, quality, character, etc., conceived of as in one of several planes of different elevation.</def><br/
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<p><q>Providence, for the most part, sets us on a <qex>level</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Somebody there of his own <qex>level</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Swift.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Be the fair <qex>level</qex> of thy actions laid<br/
As temperance wills and prudence may persuade.</q> <rj><qau>Prior.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>A uniform or average height; a normal plane or altitude; a condition conformable to natural law or which will secure a level surface; <as>as, moving fluids seek a <ex>level</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>When merit shall find its <qex>level</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>F. W. Robertson.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Mech. & Surv.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An instrument by which to find a horizontal line, or adjust something with reference to a horizontal line.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A measurement of the difference of altitude of two points, by means of a level; <as>as, to take a <ex>level</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>A horizontal passage, drift, or adit, in a mine.</def><br/
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Air level</b></col>, <col><b>a spirit level</b></col></mcol>. <cd>See <cref>Spirit level</cref> (below).</cd> -- <col><b>Box level</b></col>, <cd>a spirit level in which a glass-covered box is used instead of a tube.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Carpenter's level</b></col>, <col><b>Mason's level</b></col></mcol>, <cd>either the <xex>plumb level</xex> or a straight bar of wood, in which is imbedded a small spirit level.</cd> -- <col><b>Level of the sea</b></col>, <cd>the imaginary level from which heights and depths are calculated, taken at a mean distance between high and low water.</cd> -- <col><b>Line of levels</b></col>, <cd>a connected series of measurements, by means of a level, along a given line, as of a railroad, to ascertain the profile of the ground.</cd> -- <col><b>Plumb level</b></col>, <cd>one in which a horizontal bar is placed in true position by means of a plumb line, to which it is at right angles.</cd> -- <col><b>Spirit level</b></col>, <cd>one in which the adjustment to the horizon is shown by the position of a bubble in alcohol or ether contained in a nearly horizontal glass tube, or a circular box with a glass cover.</cd> -- <col><b>Surveyor's level</b></col>, <cd>a telescope, with a spirit level attached, and with suitable screws, etc., for accurate adjustment, the whole mounted on a tripod, for use in leveling; -- called also <altname>leveling instrument</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>Water level</b></col>, <cd>an instrument to show the level by means of the surface of water in a trough, or in upright tubes connected by a pipe.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Level</ent><br/
<hw>Lev"el</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/v"<ecr/l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Even; flat; having no part higher than another; having, or conforming to, the curvature which belongs to the undisturbed liquid parts of the earth's surface; <as>as, a <ex>level</ex> field; <ex>level</ex> ground; the <ex>level</ex> surface of a pond or lake.</as></def><br/
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<p><q>Ample spaces o'er the smooth<br/
And <qex>level</qex> pavement.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Coinciding or parallel with the plane of the horizon; horizontal; <as>as, the telescope is now <ex>level</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Even with anything else; of the same height; on the same line or plane; on the same footing; of equal importance; -- followed by <xex>with</xex>, sometimes by <xex>to</xex>.</def><br/
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<p><q>Young boys and girls<br/
Are <qex>level</qex> now with men; the odds is gone.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Everything lies <qex>level</qex> to our wish.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Straightforward; direct; clear; open.</def><br/
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<p><q>A very plain and <qex>level</qex> account.</q> <rj><qau>M. Arnold.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Well balanced; even; just; steady; impartial; <as>as, a <ex>level</ex> head; a <ex>level</ex> understanding. <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> </as></def> <ldquo/ A <xex>level</xex> consideration.<rdquo/ <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Phonetics)</fld> <def>Of even tone; without rising or falling inflection.</def> <rj><au>H. Sweet.</au></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Level line</b></col> <fld>(Shipbuilding)</fld>, <cd>the outline of a section which is horizontal crosswise, and parallel with the rabbet of the keel lengthwise.</cd> -- <col><b>Level surface</b></col> <fld>(Physics)</fld>, <cd>an equipotential surface at right angles at every point to the lines of force.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Level</ent><br/
<hw>Lev"el</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Leveled</conjf> <pr>(-<ecr/ld)</pr> or <conjf>Levelled</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Leveling</conjf> or <conjf>Levelling</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To make level; to make horizontal; to bring to the condition of a level line or surface; hence, to make flat or even; <as>as, to <ex>level</ex> a road, a walk, or a garden</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To bring to a lower level; to overthrow; to topple down; to reduce to a flat surface; to lower.</def><br/
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<p><q>And their proud structures <qex>level</qex> with the ground.</q> <rj><qau>Sandys.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>He <qex>levels</qex> mountains and he raises plains.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To bring to a horizontal position, as a gun; hence, to point in taking aim; to aim; to direct.</def><br/
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<p><q>Bertram de Gordon, standing on the castle wall, <qex>leveled</qex> a quarrel out of a crossbow.</q> <rj><qau>Stow.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Figuratively, to bring to a common level or plane, in respect of rank, condition, character, privilege, etc.; <as>as, to <ex>level</ex> all the ranks and conditions of men</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To adjust or adapt to a certain level; <as>as, to <ex>level</ex> remarks to the capacity of children</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>For all his mind on honor fixed is,<br/
To which he <qex>levels</qex> all his purposes.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Level</ent><br/
<hw>Lev"el</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To be level; to be on a level with, or on an equality with, something; hence, to accord; to agree; to suit.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>With such accommodation and besort<br/
As <qex>levels</qex> with her breeding.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To aim a gun, spear, etc., horizontally; hence, to aim or point a weapon in direct line with the mark; fig., to direct the eye, mind, or effort, directly to an object; <as>as, he <ex>leveled</ex> a gun at the bandit and fired</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>The foeman may with as great aim <qex>level</qex> at the edge of a penknife.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>The glory of God and the good of his church . . . ought to be the mark whereat we also <qex>level</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Hooker.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>She <qex>leveled</qex> at our purposes.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leveler</ent><br/
<hw>Lev"el*er</hw> <pr>(-<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Written also <ets>leveller</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who, or that which, levels.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>One who would remove social inequalities or distinctions; a socialist.</def><br/
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<p><ent>levelheaded</ent><br/
<hw>lev"el*head"ed</hw> <pos>a.</pos>  <def>exercising or showing good judgment or common sense; sensible.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> healthy, intelligent, sound.</syn><br/
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>lev"el*head"ed*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>lev"el*head"ed*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/
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<p><ent>Leveling</ent><br/
<hw>Lev"el*ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Written also <ets>levelling</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or operation of making level.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Surveying)</fld> <def>The art or operation of using a leveling instrument for finding a horizontal line, for ascertaining the differences of level between different points of the earth's surface included in a survey, for establishing grades, etc., as in finding the descent of a river, or locating a line of railroad.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Leveling instrument</b></col>. <cd>See <cref>Surveyor's level</cref>, under <er>Level</er>, <pos>n.</pos></cd> -- <col><b>Leveling staff</b></col>, <cd>a graduated rod or staff used in connection with a leveling instrument for measuring differences of level between points.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Levelism</ent><br/
<hw>Lev"el*ism</hw> <pr>(-<icr/z'm)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The disposition or endeavor to level all distinctions of rank in society.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Levelly</ent><br/
<hw>Lev"el*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an even or level manner.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Levelness</ent><br/
<hw>Lev"el*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or quality of being level.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leven</ent><br/
<hw>Lev"en</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/v"<eit/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Levin</er>.]</ety> <def>Lightning.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>Wild thunder dint and fiery <qex>leven</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lever</ent><br/
<hw>Lev"er</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"v<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Old compar. of <ets>leve</ets> or <ets>lief</ets>.]</ety> <def>More agreeable; more pleasing.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>To be lever than</b></col>. <cd>See <cref>Had as lief</cref>, under <er>Had</er>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lever</ent><br/
<hw>Lev"er</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Rather.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>For <qex>lever</qex> had I die than see his deadly face.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lever</ent><br/
<hw>Le"ver</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"v<etil/r <or/ l<ecr/v"<etil/r; 277)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>levour</ets>, OF. <ets>leveor</ets>, prop., a lifter, fr. F. <ets>lever</ets> to raise, L. <ets>levare</ets>; akin to <ets>levis</ets> light in weight, E. <ets>levity</ets>, and perh. to E. <ets>light</ets> not heavy: cf. F. <ets>levier</ets>. Cf. <er>Alleviate</er>, <er>Elevate</er>, <er>Leaven</er>, <er>Legerdemain</er>, <er>Levee</er>, <er>Levy</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>A rigid piece which is capable of turning about one point, or axis (the fulcrum), and in which are two or more other points where forces are applied; -- used for transmitting and modifying force and motion. Specif., a bar of metal, wood, or other rigid substance, used to exert a pressure, or sustain a weight, at one point of its length, by receiving a force or power at a second, and turning at a third on a fixed point called a <xex>fulcrum</xex>. It is usually named as the first of the six mechanical powers, and is of three kinds, according as either the <xex>fulcrum</xex> F, the <xex>weight</xex> W, or the <xex>power</xex> P, respectively, is situated between the other two, as in the figures.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A bar, as a capstan bar, applied to a rotatory piece to turn it.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>An arm on a rock shaft, to give motion to the shaft or to obtain motion from it.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Compound lever</b></col>, <cd>a machine consisting of two or more levers acting upon each other.</cd> -- <col><b>Lever escapement</b></col>. <cd>See <er>Escapement</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Lever jack</b></col>. <cd>See <er>Jack</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 5.</cd> -- <col><b>Lever watch</b></col>, <cd>a watch having a vibrating lever to connect the action of the escape wheel with that of the balance.</cd> -- <col><b>Universal lever</b></col>, <cd>a machine formed by a combination of a lever with the wheel and axle, in such a manner as to convert the reciprocating motion of the lever into a continued rectilinear motion of some body to which the power is applied.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Leverage</ent><br/
<hw>Lev"er*age</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/v"<etil/r*<asl/j <or/ l<emac/"v<etil/r*<asl/j)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The action of a lever; mechanical advantage gained by the lever.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Leverage of a couple</b></col> <fld>(Mech.)</fld>, <cd>the perpendicular distance between the lines of action of two forces which act in parallel and opposite directions.</cd> -- <col><b>Leverage of a force</b></col>, <cd>the perpendicular distance from the line in which a force acts upon a body to a point about which the body may be supposed to turn.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Leveret</ent><br/
<hw>Lev"er*et</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/v"<etil/r*<ecr/t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>levraut</ets>, dim. of <ets>li<egrave/vre</ets> hare, L. <ets>lepus</ets>. Cf. <er>Leporine</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A hare in the first year of its age.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leverock</ent><br/
<hw>Lev"er*ock</hw> <pr>(-<ocr/k)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lark</er>.]</ety> <def>A lark.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Leverwood</ent><br/
<hw>Lev"er*wood`</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/v"<etil/r*w<oocr/d`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The American hop hornbeam (<spn>Ostrya Virginica</spn>), a small tree with very tough wood.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Levesel</ent><br/
<hw>Lev"e*sel</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/v"<esl/*s<ecr/l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>le<aacute/f</ets> a leaf + <ets>s<ae/l</ets>, <ets>sel</ets>, a room, a hall.]</ety> <def>A leafy shelter; a place covered with foliage.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>Behind the mill, under a <qex>levesel</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Levet</ent><br/
<hw>Lev"et</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/v"<ecr/t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lever</ets> to raise.]</ety> <def>A trumpet call for rousing soldiers; a reveille.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Hudibras.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leviable</ent><br/
<hw>Lev"i*a*ble</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/v"<icr/*<adot/*b'l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Levy</er> to assess.]</ety> <def>Fit to be levied; capable of being assessed and collected; <as>as, sums <ex>leviable</ex> by course of law</as>.</def> <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leviathan</ent><br/
<hw>Le*vi"a*than</hw> <pr>(l<esl/*v<imac/"<adot/*th<ait/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Heb. <ets>livy<amac/th<amac/n</ets>.]</ety><br/
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>An aquatic animal, described in the book of Job, ch. xli., and mentioned in other passages of Scripture.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ It is not certainly known what animal is intended, whether the crocodile, the whale, or some sort of serpent.</note><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The whale, or a great whale.</def> <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Levier</ent><br/
<hw>Lev"i*er</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/v"<icr/*<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who levies.</def> <rj><au>Cartwright.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Levigable</ent><br/
<hw>Lev"i*ga*ble</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/v"<icr/*g<adot/*b'l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Levigate</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety> <def>Capable of being levigated.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Levigate</ent><br/
<hw>Lev"i*gate</hw> <pr>(-g<asl/t)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>levigatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>levigare</ets> to lighten, fr. <ets>l<ecr/vis</ets> light.]</ety> <def>Made less harsh or burdensome; alleviated.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Sir T. Elyot.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Levigate</ent><br/
<hw>Lev"i*gate</hw> <pr>(-g<amac/t)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Levigated</conjf> <pr>(-g<amac/`t<ecr/d)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Levigating</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>levigatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>levigare</ets> to make smooth, fr. <ets>l<emac/vis</ets> smooth; akin to Gr. <grk>lei^os</grk>.]</ety> <def>To make smooth in various senses</def>: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>To free from grit; to reduce to an impalpable powder or paste.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>To mix thoroughly, as liquids or semiliquids.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>To polish.</def> <sd>(d)</sd> <def>To make smooth in action.</def> <ldquo/ When use hath <xex>levigated</xex> the organs.<rdquo/ <au>Barrow.</au> <sd>(e)</sd> <def>Technically, to make smooth by rubbing in a moist condition between hard surfaces, as in grinding pigments.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Levigate</ent><br/
<hw>Lev"i*gate</hw> <pr>(-g<asl/t)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>levigatus</ets>, <ets>p. p.</ets>]</ety> <def>Made smooth, as if polished.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Levigation</ent><br/
<hw>Lev`i*ga"tion</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/v`<icr/*g<amac/"sh<ucr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>levigatio</ets> a smoothing: cf. F. <ets>l<eacute/vigation</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act or operation of levigating.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Levin</ent><br/
<hw>Lev"in</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/v"<icr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Etymol. uncertain. Cf. <er>Leven</er>.]</ety> <def>Lightning.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Levin brand</b></col>, <cd>a thunderbolt.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Leviner</ent><br/
<hw>Lev"in*er</hw> <pr>(-<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A swift hound.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Levir</ent><br/
<hw>Le"vir</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"v<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>A husband's brother; -- used in reference to levirate marriages.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leviratical</ent><br/
<ent>Levirate</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lev"i*rate</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/v"<icr/*r<asl/t)</pr>, <hw>Lev`i*rat"ic*al</hw> <pr>(-r<acr/t"<icr/*k<ait/l)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>levir</ets> a husband's brother, brother-in-law; akin to Gr. <grk>dah`r</grk>: cf. F. <ets>l<eacute/virat</ets> leviration.]</ety> <def>Of, pertaining to, or in accordance with, a law of the ancient Israelites and other tribes and races, according to which a woman, whose husband died without issue, was married to the husband's brother.</def><br/
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<p><q>The firstborn son of a <qex>leviratical</qex> marriage was reckoned and registered as the son of the deceased brother.</q> <rj><qau>Alford.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leviration</ent><br/
<hw>Lev`i*ra"tion</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/v`<icr/*r<amac/"sh<ucr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Levirate marriage or marriages.</def> <rj><au>Kitto.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Levirostres</ent><br/
||<hw>Lev`i*ros"tres</hw> <pr>(-r<ocr/s"tr<emac/z)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>levis</ets> light + <ets>rostrum</ets> beak.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A group of birds, including the hornbills, kingfishers, and related forms.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Levitate</ent><br/
<hw>Lev"i*tate</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/v"<icr/*t<amac/t)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>levitas</ets>, <ets>-atis</ets>, lightness. See <er>Levity</er>.]</ety> <def>To rise, or tend to rise, as if lighter than the surrounding medium; to become buoyant; -- opposed to <ant>gravitate</ant>.</def> <rj><au>Sir. J. Herschel.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Levitate</ent><br/
<hw>Lev"i*tate</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <fld>(Spiritualism)</fld> <def>To make buoyant; to cause to float in the air; <as>as, to <ex>levitate</ex> a table</as>.</def> <mark>[Cant]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Levitation</ent><br/
<hw>Lev`i*ta"tion</hw> <pr>(-t<amac/"sh<ucr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>levis</ets> light in weight.]</ety><br/
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>Lightness; buoyancy; act of making light.</def> <rj><au>Paley.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The act or process of making buoyant.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Levite</ent><br/
<hw>Le"vite</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"v<imac/t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>Levites</ets>, Gr. <grk>Leyi:`ths</grk>, fr. Heb. <ets>Levi</ets>, one of the sons of Jacob.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bib. Hist.)</fld> <def>One of the tribe or family of Levi; a descendant of Levi; esp., one subordinate to the priests (who were of the same tribe) and employed in various duties connected with the tabernacle first, and afterward the temple, such as the care of the building, bringing of wood and other necessaries for the sacrifices, the music of the services, etc.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A priest; -- so called in contempt or ridicule.</def><br/
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<p><-- p. 847 pr=VMG --></p>

<p><ent>Levitical</ent><br/
<hw>Le*vit"ic*al</hw> <pr>(l<esl/*v<icr/t"<icr/*k<ait/l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>Leviticus</ets>, Gr. <grk>Leyitiko`s</grk>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to a Levite or the Levites.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Priestly.</def> <ldquo/ <xex>Levitical</xex> questions.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to, or designating, the law contained in the book of Leviticus.</def>  <rj><au>Ayliffe.</au></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Levitical degrees</b></col>, <cd>degrees of relationship named in Leviticus, within which marriage is forbidden.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Levitically</ent><br/
<hw>Le*vit"ic*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>After the manner of the Levites; in accordance with the levitical law.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leviticus</ent><br/
<hw>Le*vit"i*cus</hw> <pr>(-<icr/*k<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Levitical</er>.]</ety> <def>The third canonical book of the Old Testament, containing the laws and regulations relating to the priests and Levites among the Hebrews, or the body of the ceremonial law.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Levity</ent><br/
<hw>Lev"i*ty</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/v"<icr/*t<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>levitas</ets>, fr. <ets>levis</ets> light in weight; akin to <ets>levare</ets> to raise. See <er>Lever</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality of weighing less than something else of equal bulk; relative lightness, especially as shown by rising through, or floating upon, a contiguous substance; buoyancy; -- opposed to <ant>gravity</ant>.</def><br/
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<p><q>He gave the form of <qex>levity</qex> to that which ascended; to that which descended, the form of gravity.</q> <rj><qau>Sir. W. Raleigh.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>This bubble by reason of its comparative <qex>levity</qex> to the fluidity that incloses it, would ascend to the top.</q> <rj><qau>Bentley.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Lack of gravity and earnestness in deportment or character; trifling gayety; frivolity; sportiveness; vanity.</def> <ldquo/ A spirit of <xex>levity</xex> and libertinism.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Atterbury.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>He never employed his omnipotence out of <qex>levity</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Calamy.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Lack of steadiness or constancy; disposition to change; fickleness; volatility.</def><br/
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<p><q>The <qex>levity</qex> that is fatigued and disgusted with everything of which it is in possession.</q> <rj><qau>Burke.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Inconstancy; thoughtlessness; unsteadiness; inconsideration; volatility; flightiness.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Levity</er>, <er>Volatility</er>, <er>Flightiness</er>. All these words relate to outward conduct. <xex>Levity</xex> springs from a lightness of mind which produces a disregard of the proprieties of time and place.<xex>Volatility</xex> is a degree of levity which causes the thoughts to fly from one object to another, without resting on any for a moment. <xex>Flightiness</xex> is volatility carried to an extreme which often betrays its subject into gross impropriety or weakness. <xex>Levity</xex> of deportment, of conduct, of remark; <xex>volatility</xex> of temper, of spirits; <xex>flightiness</xex> of mind or disposition.</usage><br/
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<p><ent>Levo-</ent><br/
<hw>Le"vo-</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"v<osl/-)</pr> <pos>pref.</pos> <def>A prefix from L. <ets>laevus</ets></def>, meaning: <sd>(a)</sd> <def><it>Pertaining to, or toward, the left</it>; <as>as, <ex>levo</ex>rotatory</as>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Chem. & Opt.)</fld> <def><it>Turning the plane of polarized light to the left</it>; <as>as, <ex>levo</ex>tartaric acid; <ex>levo</ex>racemic acid; <ex>levo</ex>gyratory crystals, etc.</as></def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>l<ae/vo-</asp>.]</altsp><br/
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<p><ent>levodopa</ent><br/
<hw>le`vo*do"pa</hw> <pr>(l<emac/`v<osl/*d<omac/"p<adot/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Levo-</ets> + <ets>DOPA</ets>, <ets>d</ets>ihydr<ets>o</ets>xy<ets>p</ets>henyl<ets>a</ets>lanine.]</ety> <fld>(Chem. & Biochem.)</fld> <def>A substance used as a therapy for <er>Parkinson's Disease</er>; the L form of Dopa; L-dihydroxyphenylalanine; L-hydroxytyrosine (<chform>C9H11NO4</chform>); also called <altname>L-dopa</altname>.  In the body it is converted by the enzyme dopa-decarboxylase into <cnvto>dopamine</cnvto>, the form in which it is active in the brain, affecting neural impulse transmission.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Levogyrate</ent><br/
<hw>Le`vo*gy"rate</hw> <pr>(-j<imac/"r<asl/t)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Levo-</ets> + <ets>gyrate</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem., Physics, Biochem.)</fld> <def>Turning or twisting the plane of polarization of light towards the left, as levulose, levotartaric acid, etc.; levorotatory.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>l<ae/vogyrate</asp>.]</altsp><br/
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<p><ent>levorotary</ent><br/
<hw>le`vo*ro"ta*ry</hw> <pr>(-r<omac/"t<adot/*r<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Levo-</ets> + <ets>rotary</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem. & Physics)</fld> <def>Same as <er>levorotatory</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Levorotation</ent><br/
<hw>Le`vo*ro*ta"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <altsp>[Written also <asp>l<ae/vorotation</asp>.]</altsp> <ety>[<ets>Levo-</ets> + <ets>rotation</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physics & Chem.)</fld> <def>Rotation in the direction of an outgoing right-handed screw; counter-clockwise rotation; -- applied chiefly to the turning of the plane of polarization of light.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Levorotatory</ent><br/
<hw>Le`vo*ro"ta*to*ry</hw> <pr>(-r<omac/"t<adot/*t<osl/*r<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Levo-</ets> + <ets>rotatory</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem. & Physics)</fld> <def>Turning or rotating the plane of polarization of light towards the left; -- applied to crystals and compounds exhibiting optical activity, such as levulose, left-handed quartz crystals, etc.  Opposite of <ant>dextrorotatory</ant>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>l<ae/vorotatory</asp>.]</altsp><br/
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<p><ent>Levulin</ent><br/
<hw>Lev"u*lin</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/v"<usl/*l<icr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A substance resembling dextrin, obtained from the bulbs of the dahlia, the artichoke, and other sources, as a colorless, spongy, amorphous material. It is so called because by decomposition it yields <xex>levulose</xex>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>l<ae/vulin</asp>.]</altsp><br/
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<p><ent>Levulinic</ent><br/
<hw>Lev`u*lin"ic</hw> <pr>(-l<icr/n"<icr/k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or denoting, an acid (called also <altname>acetyl-propionic</altname> <xex>acid</xex>), <chform>C5H8O3</chform>, obtained by the action of dilute acids on various sugars (as levulose).</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>laevulinic</asp>.]</altsp><br/
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<p><ent>Levulosan</ent><br/
<hw>Lev`u*lo"san</hw> <pr>(-l<omac/"s<ait/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An unfermentable carbohydrate obtained by gently heating levulose.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Levulose</ent><br/
<hw>Lev"u*lose`</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/v"<usl/*l<omac/s`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Levo-</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A sirupy variety of sugar, rarely obtained crystallized, occurring widely in honey, ripe fruits, etc., and hence called also <altname>fruit sugar</altname>; also called <altname>fructose</altname>.  Chemical formula: <chform>C6H12O6</chform>.  It is called <xex>levulose</xex>, because it rotates the plane of polarization of light to the left, in contrast to <contr>dextrose</contr>, the other product of the hydrolysis of sucrose.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>laevulose</asp>.]</altsp><br/
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<p><note><hand/ It is obtained, together with an equal quantity of dextrose, by the inversion of ordinary cane or beet sugar, and hence, as being an ingredient of <xex>invert sugar</xex>, is often so called.  It is fermentable, nearly as sweet as cane sugar, and is metameric with dextrose.  Cf. <er>Dextrose</er>.</note><br/
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<p><ent>Levy</ent><br/
<hw>Lev"y</hw> <pr>(-<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Levies</plw> <pr>(-<icr/z)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[A contr. of <ets>elevenpence</ets> or <ets>elevenpenny bit</ets>.]</ety> <def>A name formerly given in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia to the Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar (or 12<frac12/ cents), valued at eleven pence when the dollar was rated at 7s. 6d.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Levy</ent><br/
<hw>Lev"y</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>lev<eacute/e</ets>, fr. <ets>lever</ets> to raise. See <er>Lever</er>, and cf. <er>Levee</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of levying or collecting by authority; <as>as, the <ex>levy</ex> of troops, taxes, etc.</as></def><br/
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<p><q>A <qex>levy</qex> of all the men left under sixty.</q> <rj><qau>Thirlwall.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is levied, as an army, force, tribute, etc.</def> <ldquo/ The Irish <xex>levies</xex>.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Macaulay.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The taking or seizure of property on executions to satisfy judgments, or on warrants for the collection of taxes; a collecting by execution.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Levy in mass</b></col> <ety>[F. <ets>lev<eacute/e en masse</ets>]</ety>, <cd>a requisition of all able-bodied men for military service.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Levy</ent><br/
<hw>Lev"y</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Levied</conjf> <pr>(l<ecr/v"<icr/d)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Levying</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To raise, as a siege.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <au>Holland.</au><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription, etc.</def><br/
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<p><q>Augustine . . . inflamed Ethelbert, king of Kent, to <qex>levy</qex> his power, and to war against them.</q> <rj><qau>Fuller.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority; <as>as, to <ex>levy</ex> taxes, toll, tribute, or contributions</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>If they do this . . . my ransom, then,<br/
Will soon be <qex>levied</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>To gather or exact; <as>as, to <ex>levy</ex> money</as>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up; <as>as, to <ex>levy</ex> a mill, dike, ditch, a nuisance, etc.</as></def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <au>Cowell.</au> <au>Blackstone.</au> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>To take or seize on execution; to collect by execution.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>To levy a fine</b></col>, <cd>to commence and carry on a suit for assuring the title to lands or tenements.</cd> <au>Blackstone.</au> -- <col><b>To levy war</b></col>, <cd>to make or begin war; to take arms for attack; to attack.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Levy</ent><br/
<hw>Lev"y</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To seize property, real or personal, or subject it to the operation of an execution; to make a levy; <as>as, to <ex>levy</ex> on property; the usual mode of <ex>levying</ex>, in England, is by seizing the goods.</as></def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>To levy on goods and chattels</b></col>, <cd>to take into custody or seize specific property in satisfaction of a writ.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Levynite</ent><br/
<ent>Levyne</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lev"yne</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/v"<icr/n)</pr>, <hw>Lev"yn*ite</hw> <pr>(-<icr/n*<imac/t)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From Mr. <ets>Levy</ets>, an English mineralogist.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A whitish, reddish, or yellowish, transparent or translucent mineral, allied to chabazite.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lew</ent><br/
<hw>Lew</hw> <pr>(l<umac/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <ets>lee</ets> a calm or sheltered place, <ets>luke</ets>warm.]</ety> <def>Lukewarm; tepid.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Wyclif.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lewd</ent><br/
<hw>Lewd</hw> <pr>(l<umac/d)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Lewder</adjf> <pr>(-<etil/r)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Lewdest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[<er>OE</er>. <ets>lewed</ets>, <ets>lewd</ets>, lay, ignorant, vile, AS. <ets>l<aemac/wed</ets> laical, belonging to the laity.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Not clerical; laic; laical; hence, unlearned; simple.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>For if a priest be foul, on whom we trust,<br/
No wonder is a <qex>lewed</qex> man to rust.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>So these great clerks their little wisdom show<br/
To mock the <qex>lewd</qex>, as learn'd in this as they.</q> <rj><qau>Sir. J. Davies.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Belonging to the lower classes, or the rabble; idle and lawless; bad; vicious.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>But the Jews, which believed not, . . . took unto them certain <qex>lewd</qex> fellows of the baser sort, . . . and assaulted the house of Jason.</q> <rj><qau>Acts xvii. 5.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Too <qex>lewd</qex> to work, and ready for any kind of mischief.</q> <rj><qau>Southey.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Given to the promiscuous indulgence of lust; dissolute; lustful; libidinous.</def>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Suiting, or proceeding from, lustfulness; involving unlawful sexual desire; <as>as, <ex>lewd</ex> thoughts, conduct, or language</as>.</def><br/
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Lustful; libidinous; licentious; profligate; dissolute; sensual; unchaste; impure; lascivious; lecherous; rakish; debauched.</syn></p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Lewd"ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Lewd"ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/
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<p><ent>Lewdster</ent><br/
<hw>Lewd"ster</hw> <pr>(-st<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A lewd person.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lewisson</ent><br/
<ent>Lewis</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lew"is</hw> <pr>(l<umac/"<icr/s)</pr>, <hw>Lew"is*son</hw> <pr>(-s<ucr/n)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An iron dovetailed tenon, made in sections, which can be fitted into a dovetail mortise; -- used in hoisting large stones, etc.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A kind of shears used in cropping woolen cloth.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lewis hole</b></col>, <cd>a hole wider at the bottom than at the mouth, into which a <xex>lewis</xex> is fitted.</cd>  <rj><au>De Foe.</au></rj></cs></p>

<p><-- Lewis acid (Chem) A compound without dissociable hydrogen which acts as an acid (bonding with Lewis bases) in chemical reaction. --><br/
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<p><ent>Lex</ent><br/
||<hw>Lex</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/ks)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Leges</plw> <pr>(l<emac/"j<emac/z)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. See <er>Legal</er>.]</ety> <def>Law; <as>as, <ex>lex talionis</ex>, the law of retaliation; <ex>lex terr<ae/</ex>, the law of the land; <ex>lex fori</ex>, the law of the forum or court; <ex>lex loci</ex>, the law of the place; <ex>lex mercatoria</ex>, the law or custom of merchants.</as></def><br/
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<p><ent>lexical</ent><br/
<hw>lex"ic*al</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/ks"<icr/*k<ait/l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to a lexicon, to lexicography, or words; according or conforming to a lexicon.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Lex"ic*al*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/
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<p><ent>lexicalize</ent><br/
<hw>lex"i*cal*ize</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/ks"<icr/*k<ait/l*<imac/z)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To make into a word, coin into a word; <as>as, The concept expressed by German "Gemuetlichkeit" is not <ex>lexicalized</ex> in English</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To increase the importance of, or emphasis on, words as opposed to other parts of a theory or program; -- said of grammatical theories and computer programs, especially programs for understanding language; <as>as, <ex>lexicalized</ex> tree-adjoining grammar</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lexicographer</ent><br/
<hw>Lex`i*cog"ra*pher</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/ks`<icr/*k<ocr/g"r<adot/*f<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>lexikogra`fos</grk>; <grk>lexiko`n</grk> dictionary + <grk>gra`fein</grk> to write: cf. F. <ets>lexicographe</ets>. See <er>Lexicon</er>.]</ety> <def>The author or compiler of a lexicon or dictionary.</def><br/
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<p><q>Every other author may aspire to praise; the <qex>lexicographer</qex> can only hope to escape reproach; and even this negative recompense has been yet granted to very few.</q> <rj><qau>Johnson.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lexicographical</ent><br/
<ent>Lexicographic</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lex`i*co*graph"ic</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/ks`<icr/*k<osl/*gr<acr/f"<icr/k)</pr>, <hw>Lex`i*co*graph"ic*al</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/ks`<icr/*k<osl/*gr<acr/f"<icr/*k<ait/l)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lexicographi</ets>que.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to, or according to, lexicography.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Lex`i*co*graph"ic*al*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/
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<p><ent>Lexicographist</ent><br/
<hw>Lex`i*cog"ra*phist</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/ks`<icr/*k<ocr/g"r<adot/*f<icr/st)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A lexicographer.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Southey.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lexicography</ent><br/
<hw>Lex`i*cog"ra*phy</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/ks`<icr/*k<ocr/g"r<adot/*f<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lexicographie</ets>.]</ety> <def>The art, process, or occupation of making a lexicon or dictionary; the principles which are applied in making dictionaries; <as>as, with so many words <ex>lexicography</ex> can be interesting in parts but at length is rather tedious labor</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lexicologist</ent><br/
<hw>Lex`i*col"o*gist</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/ks`<icr/*k<ocr/l"<osl/*j<icr/st)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One versed in lexicology.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lexicology</ent><br/
<hw>Lex`i*col"o*gy</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/ks`<icr/*k<ocr/l"<osl/*j<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>lexiko`n</grk> lexicon + <ets>-logy</ets>: cf. F. <ets>lexicologie</ets>.]</ety> <def>The science of the derivation and signification of words; that branch of learning which treats of the signification and application of words.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lexicon</ent><br/
<hw>Lex"i*con</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/ks"<icr/*k<ocr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>lexiko`n</grk> (sc. <grk>bibli`on</grk>), neut. of <grk>lexiko`s</grk> of or belonging to words, fr. <grk>le`xis</grk> a speaking, speech, a way of speaking, a single word or phrase, fr. <grk>le`gein</grk> to say, to speak. See <er>Legend</er>.]</ety> <def>A vocabulary, or book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language or of a considerable number of them, with the definition of each; a dictionary; especially, a dictionary of the Greek, Hebrew, or Latin language.</def>
<-- also, a dictionary for use in computational linguistics --><br/
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<p><ent>Lexiconist</ent><br/
<hw>Lex"i*con*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A writer of a lexicon.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lexigraphic</ent><br/
<hw>Lex`i*graph"ic</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/ks"<icr/*gr<acr/f"<icr/k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lexigraphique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to lexigraphy.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lexigraphy</ent><br/
<hw>Lex*ig"ra*phy</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/ks*<icr/g"r<adot/*f<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>le`xis</grk> word + <ets>-graphy</ets>: cf. F. <ets>lexigraphie</ets>.]</ety> <def>The art or practice of defining words; definition of words.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lexiphanic</ent><br/
<hw>Lex`i*phan"ic</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/ks`<icr/*f<acr/n"<icr/k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>lexifa`nis</grk> a phrase monger; <grk>le`xis</grk> speech + <grk>fai`nein</grk> to show.]</ety> <def>Using, or interlarded with, pretentious words; bombastic; <as>as, a <ex>lexiphanic</ex> writer or speaker; <ex>lexiphanic</ex> writing.</as></def><br/
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<p><ent>Lexiphanicism</ent><br/
<hw>Lex`i*phan"i*cism</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/ks`<icr/*f<acr/n"<icr/*s<icr/z'm)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The use of pretentious words, language, or style.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lexipharmic</ent><br/
<hw>Lex`i*phar"mic</hw> <pr>(l<ecr/ks`<icr/*f<aum/r"m<icr/k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>See <er>Alexipharmic</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Ley</ent><br/
<hw>Ley</hw> <pr>(l<amac/)</pr>, <pos>v. t. & i.</pos> <def>To lay; to wager.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Ley</ent><br/
<hw>Ley</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF.]</ety> <def>Law.</def>  <rj><au>Abbott.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Ley</ent><br/
<hw>Ley</hw> <pr>(l<imac/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <def>See <er>Lye</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Ley</ent><br/
<hw>Ley</hw> <pr>(l<emac/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Grass or meadow land; a lea.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Ley</ent><br/
<hw>Ley</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Fallow; unseeded.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Beau. & Fl.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Leyden phial</ent><br/
<ent>Leyden jar</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Ley"den jar"</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"d'n j<aum/r"; 277)</pr> <hw>Ley"den phi"al</hw> <pr>(f<imac/"<ait/l)</pr>.}</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Elec.)</fld> <def>A glass jar or bottle used to accumulate electricity.  It is coated with tin foil, within and without, nearly to its top, and is surmounted by a brass knob which communicates with the inner coating, for the purpose of charging it with electricity. It is so named from having been invented in <etsep>Leyden</etsep>, Holland.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Leymus</ent><br/
<hw>Leymus</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A genus that in some classifications overlaps the genus <gen>Elymus</gen>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Leymus</gen>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Leyte</ent><br/
<hw>Leyte</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>The name of an island in the Pacific Ocean and of a battle in World War II, at which the American forces experienced the first use of Kamikaze aircraft by the Japanese.  The return of U. S. troops to the Philippines after their expulsion by the Japanese began with landings on Leyte Island in October 1944.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Leyte Island, Leyte invasion, Battle of Leyte Gulf.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Leyser</ent><br/
<hw>Ley"ser</hw> <pr>(l<amac/"z<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Leisure.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lese majesty</ent><br/
<ent>Leze majesty</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>Lese` maj"es*ty</hw>, <hw>Leze` maj"es*ty</hw></mhw> <pr>(l<emac/z` m<acr/j"<ecr/s*t<ycr/)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>lese-majest<eacute/</ets>, fr. L. <ets>laesus</ets>, fem. <ets>laesa</ets>, injured (see <er>Lesion</er>) + <ets>majestas</ets> majesty; that is, <ets>crimen laesae majestatis</ets>.]</ety> <altsp>[Written also <asp>l<egrave/se majesty</asp>.]</altsp> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Any crime committed against the sovereign power, or against a ruler.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Any affront to the dignity of an eminent or respected person.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>An attack against an institution or custom revered by the majority in a society.</def><br/
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<p><ent>LF</ent><br/
<hw>LF</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Electronics)</fld> <def>Low frequency, a term used to refer to radio waves of a frequency from 30 to 300 kilohertz.  Contrasted to <contr>HF</contr>, high frequency.</def> <mark>[Acronym]</mark><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> low frequency.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>LH</ent><br/
<hw>LH</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Biochem.)</fld>  <def>An abbreviation for <sig>luteinizing hormone</sig>, a gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the pituitary and stimulates ovulation in female mammals, and stimulates androgen release in male mammals.</def> <mark>[Acronym]</mark> <br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> luteinizing hormone, interstitial cell-stimulating hormone.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lhasa</ent><br/
<hw>Lhasa</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>The capital city of Tibet; it is the sacred city of Lamaism.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Lassa, Lasa, capital of Tibet.</syn><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A breed of terrier having a long heavy coat raised in Tibet as watchdogs; also called <altname>Lhasa apso</altname>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Lhasa apso.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lherzolite</ent><br/
<hw>Lher"zo*lite</hw> <pr>(l<etil/r"z<osl/*l<imac/t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <ets>Lherz</ets>, a place in the Pyrenees + <ets>-lite</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>An igneous rock consisting largely of chrysolite, with pyroxene and picotite (a variety of spinel containing chromium).</def><br/
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<p><ent>Li</ent><br/
<hw>Li</hw> <pr>(l<emac/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A Chinese measure of distance, being a little more than one third of a mile.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A Chinese copper coin; a cash. See <er>Cash</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Liability</ent><br/
<hw>Li`a*bil"i*ty</hw> <pr>(l<imac/`<adot/*b<icr/l"<icr/*t<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Liabilities</plw> <pr>(-t<icr/z)</pr>.</plu><br/
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>The state of being liable; <as>as, the <ex>liability</ex> of an insurer; <ex>liability</ex> to accidents; <ex>liability</ex> to the law.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which one is under obligation to pay, or for which one is liable.</def> Specifically, in the <pluf>pl.</pluf>, <def>the sum of one's pecuniary obligations; -- opposed to <contr>assets</contr>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Limited liability</b></col>. <cd>See <cref>Limited company</cref>, under <er>Limited</er>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Liable</ent><br/
<hw>Li"a*ble</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"<adot/*b'l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[From F. <ets>lier</ets> to bind, L. <ets>ligare</ets>.  Cf. <er>Ally</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>, <er>Ligature</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable; <as>as, the surety is <ex>liable</ex> for the debt of his principal</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Exposed to a certain contingency or casualty, more or less probable; -- with <ptcl>to</ptcl> and an infinitive or noun; <as>as, <ex>liable</ex> to slip; <ex>liable</ex> to accident.</as></def><br/
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Accountable; responsible; answerable; bound; subject; obnoxious; exposed.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Liable</er>, <er>Subject</er>. <xex>Liable</xex> refers to a future possible or probable happening which may not actually occur; as, horses are <xex>liable</xex> to slip; even the sagacious are <xex>liable</xex> to make mistakes. <xex>Subject</xex> refers to any actual state or condition belonging to the nature or circumstances of the person or thing spoken of, or to that which often befalls one. One whose father was <xex>subject</xex> to attacks of the gout is himself <xex>liable</xex> to have that disease. Men are constantly <xex>subject</xex> to the law, but <xex>liable</xex> to suffer by its infraction.</usage><br/
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<p><q>Proudly secure, yet <qex>liable</qex> to fall.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>All human things are <qex>subject</qex> to decay.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Liableness</ent><br/
<hw>Li"a*ble*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Quality of being liable; liability.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Liage</ent><br/
<hw>Li"age</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"<asl/j)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>liage</ets> a bond. See <er>Liable</er>.]</ety> <def>Union by league; alliance.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>liaise</ent><br/
<hw>li*aise"</hw> <pr>(l<emac/*<amac/z")</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[By back-formation from <er>liaison</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To form or maintain a liaison{3}.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To act as a liaison{4}.</def><br/
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<p><ent>liaison</ent><br/
<hw>li`ai`son"</hw> <pr>(l<esl/`<asl/`z<ocir/N")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>ligatio</ets>, fr. <ets>ligare</ets> to bind. See <er>Ligature</er>, and cf. <er>Ligation</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A union, or bond of union; an intimacy; an interrelationship.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <specif>Specifically,</specif> <def>An illicit sexual relation between a man and a woman; a sexual afffair.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <specif>Specifically</specif>: <def>A process of communication between parts of an organization or between two organizations acting together for a common purpose.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <def>A person whose function it is to maintain such communication.</def><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Phonetics)</fld> <def>A pronunciation of a consonant sound that would be otherwise silent, such as the final consonant of certain French words, when the following word begins with a vowel sound.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Liana</ent><br/
<ent>Liane</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Li*ane"</hw> <pr>(l<isl/*<amac/n")</pr>, <hw>Li*a"na</hw> <pr>(l<isl/*<amac/"n<adot/)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>liane</ets>; prob. akin to <ets>lien</ets> a band, fr. L. <ets>ligamen</ets>, fr. <ets>ligare</ets> to bind.  Cf. <er>Lien</er>, <pos>n.</pos> ]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A luxuriant woody plant, climbing high trees and having ropelike stems. The grapevine often has the habit of a liane. Lianes are abundant in the forests of the Amazon region.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Liar</ent><br/
<hw>Li"ar</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>liere</ets>. See <er>Lie</er> to falsify.]</ety> <def>A person who knowingly utters falsehood; one who lies.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Liard</ent><br/
<hw>Li"ard</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"<etil/rd)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>liart</ets>, LL. <ets>liardus</ets> gray, dapple.]</ety> <def>Gray.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><note><hand/ Used by Chaucer as an epithet of a gray or dapple gray horse. Also used as a name for such a horse.</note><br/
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<p><ent>Liard</ent><br/
||<hw>Liard</hw> <pr>(ly<aum/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A French copper coin of one fourth the value of a sou.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lias</ent><br/
<hw>Li"as</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"<ait/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lias</ets>, fr. <ets>liais</ets> sort of limestone, OF. also <ets>liois</ets>; perh. of Celtic origin, cf. Armor. <ets>liach</ets>, <ets>leach</ets>, a stone, Gael. <ets>leac</ets>, W. <ets>llech</ets>.  Cf. <er>Cromlech</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>The lowest of the three divisions of the Jurassic period; a name given in England and Europe to a series of marine limestones underlying the O<oum/lite. See the Chart of <er>Geology</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Liassic</ent><br/
<hw>Li*as"sic</hw> <pr>(l<isl/*<acr/s"s<icr/k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>Of the age of the Lias; pertaining to the Lias formation.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Lias</er>.</def></def2><br/
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<p><ent>Lib</ent><br/
<hw>Lib</hw> <pr>(l<icr/b)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Glib</er> to geld.]</ety> <def>To castrate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Libament</ent><br/
<hw>Lib"a*ment</hw> <pr>(l<icr/b"<adot/*m<eit/nt)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>libamentum</ets>.]</ety> <def>Libation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Holland.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Libant</ent><br/
<hw>Li"bant</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"b<ait/nt)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>libans</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>libare</ets> to taste, touch.]</ety> <def>Sipping; touching lightly.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Landor.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Libation</ent><br/
<hw>Li*ba"tion</hw> <pr>(l<isl/*b<amac/"sh<ucr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>libatio</ets>, fr. <ets>libare</ets> to take a little from anything, to taste, to pour out as an offering: cf. F. <ets>libation</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of pouring a liquid or liquor, usually wine, either on the ground or on a victim in sacrifice, in honor of some deity; also, the wine or liquid thus poured out.</def>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>A heathen sacrifice or <qex>libation</qex> to the earth.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Libatory</ent><br/
<hw>Li"ba*to*ry</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"b<adot/*t<osl/*r<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to libation.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Libbard</ent><br/
<hw>Lib"bard</hw> <pr>(l<icr/b"b<etil/rd)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Leopard</er>.]</ety> <def>A leopard.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Poetic]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser. Keats.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Libbard's bane</ent><br/
<hw>Lib"bard's bane`</hw> <pr>(-b<etil/rdz b<amac/n`)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Leopard's bane.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Libel</ent><br/
<hw>Li"bel</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"b<ecr/l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>libellus</ets> a little book, pamphlet, libel, lampoon, dim. of <ets>liber</ets> the liber or inner bark of a tree; also (because the ancients wrote on this bark), paper, parchment, or a roll of any material used to write upon, and hence, a book or treatise: cf. F. <ets>libelle</ets>.]</ety><br/
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>A brief writing of any kind, esp. a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>A <qex>libel</qex> of forsaking [divorcement].</q> <rj><qau>Wyclif (Matt. v. 31).</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A malicious publication expressed either in print or in writing, or by pictures, effigies, or other signs, tending to expose another to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule. Such publication is indictable at common law.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ The term, in a more extended sense, includes the publication of such writings, pictures, and the like, as are of a blasphemous, treasonable, seditious, or obscene character. These also are indictable at common law.</note><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The crime of issuing a malicious defamatory publication.</def><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Civil Law & Courts of Admiralty)</fld> <def>A written declaration or statement by the plaintiff of his cause of action, and of the relief he seeks.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Libel</ent><br/
<hw>Li"bel</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Libeled</conjf> <pr>(-b<ecr/ld)</pr> or <conjf>Libelled</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Libeling</conjf> or <conjf>Libelling</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To defame, or expose to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule, by a writing, picture, sign, etc.; to lampoon.</def><br/
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<p><q>Some wicked wits have <qex>libeled</qex> all the fair.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>To proceed against by filing a libel, particularly against a ship or goods.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Libel</ent><br/
<hw>Li"bel</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"b<ecr/l)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To spread defamation, written or printed; -- with <ptcl>against</ptcl>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>What's this but <qex>libeling</qex> against the senate?</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>[He] <qex>libels</qex> now 'gainst each great man.</q> <rj><qau>Donne.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Libelant</ent><br/
<hw>Li"bel*ant</hw> <pr>(-<ait/nt)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who libels; one who institutes a suit in an ecclesiastical or admiralty court.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>libellant</asp>.]</altsp>  <rj><au>Cranch.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Libeler</ent><br/
<hw>Li"bel*er</hw> <pr>(-<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who libels.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>libeller</asp>.]</altsp> <ldquo/ <xex>Libelers</xex> of others.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Buckminster.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Libelist</ent><br/
<hw>Li"bel*ist</hw> <pr>(-<icr/st)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A libeler.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Li bella</ent><br/
||<hw>Li *bel"la</hw> <pr>(l<isl/*b<ecr/l"l<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., dim. of <ets>libra</ets> balance. See <er>Level</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A small balance.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A level, or leveling instrument.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Libellee</ent><br/
<hw>Li`bel*lee"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The party against whom a libel has been filed; -- corresponding to <altname>defendant</altname> in a common law action.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The defendant in an action of libel.</def><br/
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<p><ent>libellulid</ent><br/
<hw>li*bel"lu*lid</hw> <pr>(l<isl/*b<ecr/l"l<usl/*l<icr/d)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A dragon fly; -- from <gen>Libellula</gen>, the name of the typical genus.</def><br/
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<p><ent>libelluloid</ent><br/
<hw>li*bel"lu*loid</hw> <pr>(l<isl/*b<ecr/l"l<usl/*loid)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[NL. <ets>Libellula</ets>, the name of the typical genus + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Like or pertaining to the dragon flies.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Libelous</ent><br/
<hw>Li"bel*ous</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"b<ecr/l*<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Containing or involving a libel; defamatory; containing that which exposes some person to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule; <as>as, a <ex>libelous</ex> pamphlet</as>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>libellous</asp>.]</altsp> -- <wordforms><wf>Li"bel*ous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/
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<p><ent>Liber</ent><br/
||<hw>Li"ber</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"b<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. See <er>Libel</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The inner bark of plants, lying next to the wood. It usually contains a large proportion of woody, fibrous cells, and is, therefore, the part from which the fiber of the plant is obtained, as that of hemp, etc.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Liber cells</b></col>, <cd>elongated woody cells found in the liber.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Liberal</ent><br/
<hw>Lib"er*al</hw> <pr>(l<icr/b"<etil/r*<ait/l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>lib<eacute/ral</ets>, L. <ets>liberalis</ets>, from <ets>liber</ets> free; perh. akin to <ets>libet</ets>, <ets>lubet</ets>, it pleases, E. <ets>lief</ets>.  Cf. <er>Deliver</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Free by birth; hence, befitting a freeman or gentleman; refined; noble; independent; free; not servile or mean; <as>as, a <ex>liberal</ex> ancestry; a <ex>liberal</ex> spirit; <ex>liberal</ex> arts or studies.</as></def> <ldquo/ <xex>Liberal</xex> education.<rdquo/ <au>Macaulay.</au> <ldquo/ A <xex>liberal</xex> tongue.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Bestowing in a large and noble way, as a freeman; generous; bounteous; open-handed; <as>as, a <ex>liberal</ex> giver</as>.</def> <ldquo/ <xex>Liberal</xex> of praise.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>Infinitely good, and of his good<br/
As <qex>liberal</qex> and free as infinite.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Bestowed in a large way; hence, more than sufficient; abundant; bountiful; ample; profuse; <as>as, a <ex>liberal</ex> gift; a <ex>liberal</ex> discharge of matter or of water.</as></def><br/
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<p><q>His wealth doth warrant a <qex>liberal</qex> dower.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Not strict or rigorous; not confined or restricted to the literal sense; free; <as>as, a <ex>liberal</ex> translation of a classic, or a <ex>liberal</ex> construction of law or of language</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Not narrow or contracted in mind; not selfish; enlarged in spirit; catholic.</def><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>Free to excess; regardless of law or moral restraint; licentious.</def> <ldquo/ Most like a <xex>liberal</xex> villain.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>Not bound by orthodox tenets or established forms in political or religious philosophy; independent in opinion; not conservative; friendly to great freedom in the constitution or administration of government; having tendency toward democratic or republican, as distinguished from monarchical or aristocratic, forms; <as>as, <ex>liberal</ex> thinkers; <ex>liberal</ex> Christians; the <ex>Liberal</ex> party.</as></def><br/
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<p><q>I confess I see nothing <qex>liberal</qex> in this <ldquo/ order of thoughts,<rdquo/ as Hobbes elsewhere expresses it.</q> <rj><qau>Hazlitt.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><note><hand/ <xex>Liberal</xex> has <xex>of</xex>, sometimes <xex>with</xex>, before the thing bestowed, <xex>in</xex> before a word signifying action, and <xex>to</xex> before a person or object on which anything is bestowed; as, to be <xex>liberal of</xex>  praise or censure; <xex>liberal with</xex> money; <xex>liberal in</xex> giving; <xex>liberal to</xex> the poor.</note><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>The liberal arts</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Art</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Liberal education</b></col>, <cd>education that enlarges and disciplines the mind and makes it master of its own powers, irrespective of the particular business or profession one may follow.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Generous; bountiful; munificent; beneficent; ample; large; profuse; free.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Liberal</er>, <er>Generous</er>. <xex>Liberal</xex> is <xex>freeborn</xex>, and <xex>generous</xex> is <xex>highborn</xex>. The former is opposed to the ordinary feelings of a servile state, and implies largeness of spirit in giving, judging, acting, etc. The latter expresses that nobleness of soul which is peculiarly appropriate to those of high rank, -- a spirit that goes out of self, and finds its enjoyment in consulting the feelings and happiness of others. <xex>Generosity</xex> is measured by the extent of the sacrifices it makes; <xex>liberality</xex>, by the warmth of feeling which it manifests.</usage><br/
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<p><ent>Liberal</ent><br/
<hw>Lib"er*al</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who favors greater freedom in political or religious matters; an opponent of the established systems; a reformer; in English politics, a member of the Liberal party, so called.  Cf. <er>Whig</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>liberalisation</ent><br/
<hw>liberalisation</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as liberalization.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> liberalization, relaxation.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Liberalism</ent><br/
<hw>Lib"er*al*ism</hw> <pr>(-<icr/z'm)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lib<eacute/ralisme</ets>.]</ety> <def>Liberal principles; the principles and methods of the liberals in politics or religion; specifically, the principles of the Liberal party.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Liberalist</ent><br/
<hw>Lib"er*al*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A liberal.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Liberalistic</ent><br/
<hw>Lib`er*al*is"tic</hw> <pr>(-<icr/s"t<icr/k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to, or characterized by, liberalism; <as>as, <ex>liberalistic</ex> opinions</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Liberality</ent><br/
<hw>Lib`er*al"i*ty</hw> <pr>(-<acr/l"<icr/*t<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Liberalities</plw> <pr>(-t<icr/z)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>liberalitas</ets>: cf. F. <ets>lib<eacute/ralit<eacute/</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality or state of being liberal; liberal disposition or practice; freedom from narrowness or prejudice; generosity; candor; charity.</def><br/
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<p><q>That <qex>liberality</qex> is but cast away<br/
Which makes us borrow what we can not pay.</q> <rj><qau>Denham.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A gift; a gratuity; -- sometimes in the plural; <as>as, a prudent man is not impoverished by his <ex>liberalities</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Liberalization</ent><br/
<hw>Lib`er*al*i*za"tion</hw> <pr>(-<ait/l*<icr/*z<amac/"sh<ucr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of liberalizing; the act of making less strict.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> liberalization, relaxation.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Liberalize</ent><br/
<hw>Lib"er*al*ize</hw> <pr>(l<icr/b"<etil/r*<ait/l*<imac/z)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Liberalized</conjf> <pr>(-<imac/zd)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Liberalizing</conjf> <pr>(-<imac/`z<icr/ng)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lib<eacute/raliser</ets>.]</ety> <def>To make liberal; to free from narrow views or prejudices; to make less strict.</def><br/
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<p><q>To open and to <qex>liberalize</qex> the mind.</q> <rj><qau>Burke.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Liberalizer</ent><br/
<hw>Lib"er*al*i`zer</hw> <pr>(-<imac/`z<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or that which, liberalizes.</def>  <rj><au>Emerson.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Liberally</ent><br/
<hw>Lib"er*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a liberal manner.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Liberate</ent><br/
<hw>Lib"er*ate</hw> <pr>(-<amac/t)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Liberated</conjf> <pr>(-<amac/`t<ecr/d)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Liberating</conjf> <pr>(-<amac/`t<icr/ng)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>liberatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>liberare</ets> to free, fr. <ets>liber</ets> free. See <er>Liberal</er>, <pos>a.</pos>, and cf. <er>Deliver</er>.]</ety> <def>To release from restraint or bondage; to set at liberty; to free; to manumit; to disengage; <as>as, to <ex>liberate</ex> a slave or prisoner; to <ex>liberate</ex> the mind from prejudice; to <ex>liberate</ex> gases.</as></def><br/
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- To deliver; free; release. See <er>Deliver</er>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>liberated</ent><br/
<hw>liberated</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <sn>1.</sn> <def>released from chemical combination, or as a consequence of chemical reaction; -- of a gas.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>freed from bondage; -- of people.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> emancipated, freed.</syn><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn>  <def>free from traditional social restraints; <as>as, a <ex>liberated</ex> lifestyle</as>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> emancipated.</syn><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>stolen.</def> <mark>[jocose]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>liberating</ent><br/
<hw>liberating</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>giving freedom from restriction or restraint.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> emancipating, emancipative, freeing.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Liberation</ent><br/
<hw>Lib`er*a"tion</hw> <pr>(l<icr/b`<etil/r*<amac/"sh<ucr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>liberatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>lib<eacute/ration</ets>.  Cf. <er>Livraison</er>.]</ety> <def>The act of liberating or the state of being liberated.</def><br/
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<p><q>This mode of analysis requires perfect <qex>liberation</qex> from all prejudged system.</q> <rj><qau>Pownall.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Liberator</ent><br/
<hw>Lib"er*a`tor</hw> <pr>(l<icr/b"<etil/r*<amac/`t<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>One who, or that which, liberates; a deliverer.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Liberatory</ent><br/
<hw>Lib"er*a*to*ry</hw> <pr>(-<adot/*t<osl/*r<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Tending, or serving, to liberate.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Liberian</ent><br/
<hw>Liberian</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to Liberia; <as>as, <ex>Liberian</ex> ship owners; a ship of <ex>Liberian</ex> registry</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Liberia; <as>as, <ex>Liberian</ex> rebels</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Liberian</ent><br/
<hw>Liberian</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A native or inhabitant of Liberia.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Libertarian</ent><br/
<hw>Lib`er*ta"ri*an</hw> <pr>(-t<amac/"r<icr/*<ait/n)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Liberty</er>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to liberty, or to the doctrine of free will, as opposed to the doctrine of necessity.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Libertarian</ent><br/
<hw>Lib`er*ta"ri*an</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who holds to the doctrine of free will.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Libertarianism</ent><br/
<hw>Lib`er*ta"ri*an*ism</hw> <pr>(-<icr/z'm)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Libertarian principles or doctrines.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Liberticide</ent><br/
<hw>Lib"er*ti*cide</hw> <pr>(l<icr/b"<etil/r*t<icr/*s<imac/d)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>libertas</ets> liberty + <ets>caedere</ets> to kill: cf. (for sense 2) F. <ets>liberticide</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The destruction of civil liberty.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A destroyer of civil liberty.</def>  <rj><au>B. F. Wade.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Libertinage</ent><br/
<hw>Lib"er*tin*age</hw> <pr>(-t<icr/n*<asl/j)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>libertinage</ets>. See <er>Libertine</er>.]</ety> <def>Libertinism; license.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Libertine</ent><br/
<hw>Lib"er*tine</hw> <pr>(-t<icr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>libertinus</ets> freedman, from <ets>libertus</ets> one made free, fr. <ets>liber</ets> free: cf. F. <ets>libertin</ets>. See <er>Liberal</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Rom. Antiq.)</fld> <def>A manumitted slave; a freedman; also, the son of a freedman.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>One of a sect of Anabaptists, in the fifteenth and early part of the sixteenth century, who rejected many of the customs and decencies of life, and advocated a community of goods and of women.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>One free from restraint; one who acts according to his impulses and desires; now, specifically, one who gives rein to lust; a rake; a debauchee.</def><br/
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<p><q>Like a puffed and reckless <qex>libertine</qex>,<br/
Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A defamatory name for a freethinker.</def> <mark>[Obsolescent]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Libertine</ent><br/
<hw>Lib"er*tine</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>libertinus</ets> of a freedman: cf. F. <ets>libertin</ets>. See <er>Libertine</er>, <pos>n.</pos> ]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Free from restraint; uncontrolled.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>You are too much <qex>libertine</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Beau. & Fl.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Dissolute; licentious; profligate; loose in morals; <as>as, <ex>libertine</ex> principles or manners</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Libertinism</ent><br/
<hw>Lib"er*tin*ism</hw> <pr>(-t<icr/n*<icr/z'm)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The state of a libertine or freedman.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Hammond.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Licentious conduct; debauchery; lewdness.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Licentiousness of principle or opinion.</def><br/
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<p><q>That spirit of religion and seriousness vanished all at once, and a spirit of liberty and <qex>libertinism</qex>, of infidelity and profaneness, started up in the room of it.</q> <rj><qau>Atterbury.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Liberty</ent><br/
<hw>Lib"er*ty</hw> <pr>(l<icr/b"<etil/r*t<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Liberties</plw> <pr>(-t<icr/z)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[OE. <ets>liberte</ets>, F. <ets>libert<eacute/</ets>, fr. L. <ets>libertas</ets>, fr. <ets>liber</ets> free. See <er>Liberal</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The state of a free person; exemption from subjection to the will of another claiming ownership of the person or services; freedom; -- opposed to slavery, serfdom, bondage, or subjection.</def><br/
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<p><q>But ye . . . caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid whom he had set at <qex>liberty</qex> at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection.</q> <rj><qau>Jer. xxxiv. 16.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Delivered fro the bondage of corruption into the glorious <qex>liberty</qex> of the sons of God.</q> <rj><qau>Bible, 1551. Rom. viii. 21.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Freedom from imprisonment, bonds, or other restraint upon locomotion.</def><br/
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<p><q>Being pent from <qex>liberty</qex>, as I am now.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A privilege conferred by a superior power; permission granted; leave; <as>as, <ex>liberty</ex> given to a child to play, or to a witness to leave a court, and the like</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Privilege; exemption; franchise; immunity enjoyed by prescription or by grant; <as>as, the <ex>liberties</ex> of the commercial cities of Europe</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>His majesty gave not an entire county to any; much less did he grant . . . any extraordinary <qex>liberties</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Sir J. Davies.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>The place within which certain immunities are enjoyed, or jurisdiction is exercised.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>Brought forth into some public or open place within the <qex>liberty</qex> of the city, and there . . . burned.</q> <rj><qau>Fuller.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>A certain amount of freedom; permission to go freely within certain limits; also, the place or limits within which such freedom is exercised; <as>as, the <ex>liberties</ex> of a prison</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>A privilege or license in violation of the laws of etiquette or propriety; <as>as, to permit, or take, a <ex>liberty</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>He was repeatedly provoked into striking those who had taken <qex>liberties</qex> with him.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>The power of choice; freedom from necessity; freedom from compulsion or constraint in willing.</def><br/
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<p><q>The idea of <qex>liberty</qex> is the idea of a power in any agent to do or forbear any particular action, according to the determination or thought of the mind, whereby either of them is preferred to the other.</q> <rj><qau>Locke.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>This <qex>liberty</qex> of judgment did not of necessity lead to lawlessness.</q> <rj><qau>J. A. Symonds.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>9.</sn> <fld>(Manege)</fld> <def>A curve or arch in a bit to afford room for the tongue of the horse.</def><br/
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<p><sn>10.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>Leave of absence; permission to go on shore.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>At liberty</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>Unconfined; free.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>At leisure.</cd> -- <col><b>Civil liberty</b></col>, <cd>exemption from arbitrary interference with person, opinion, or property, on the part of the government under which one lives, and freedom to take part in modifying that government or its laws.</cd> -- <col><b>Liberty bell</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Bell</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Liberty cap</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The Roman <xex>pileus</xex> which was given to a slave at his manumission.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A limp, close-fitting cap with which the head of representations of the goddess of liberty is often decked. It is sometimes represented on a spear or a liberty pole.</cd> -- <col><b>Liberty of the press</b></col>, <cd>freedom to print and publish without official supervision.</cd> <col><b>Liberty party</b></col>, <cd>the party, in the American Revolution, which favored independence of England; in more recent usage, a party which favored the emancipation of the slaves.</cd> -- <col><b>Liberty pole</b></col>, <cd>a tall flagstaff planted in the ground, often surmounted by a liberty cap.</cd> <mark>[U. S.]</mark> -- <col><b>Moral liberty</b></col>, <cd>that liberty of choice which is essential to moral responsibility.</cd> -- <col><b>Religious liberty</b></col>, <cd>freedom of religious opinion and worship.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Leave; permission; license.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Liberty</er>, <er>Freedom</er>. These words, though often interchanged, are distinct in some of  their applications. <xex>Liberty</xex> has reference to previous restraint; <xex>freedom</xex>, to the simple, unrepressed exercise of our powers. A slave is set at <xex>liberty</xex>; his master had always been in a state of <xex>freedom</xex>. A prisoner under trial may ask <xex>liberty</xex> (exemption from restraint) to speak his sentiments with <xex>freedom</xex> (the spontaneous and bold utterance of his feelings). The <xex>liberty</xex> of the press is our great security for <xex>freedom</xex> of thought.</usage><br/
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<p><ent>Libethenite</ent><br/
<hw>Li*beth"en*ite</hw> <pr>(l<icr/*b<ecr/th"<ecr/n*<imac/t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <ets>Libethen</ets>, in Hungary, where it was first found.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A mineral of an olive-green color, commonly in orthorhombic crystals. It is a hydrous phosphate of copper.</def><br/
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<p><ent>libidinal</ent><br/
<hw>libidinal</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to the libido; caused by libido; <as>as, <ex>libidinal</ex> gratification; <ex>libidinal</ex> impulses</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Libidinist</ent><br/
<hw>Li*bid"i*nist</hw> <pr>(l<icr/*b<icr/d"<icr/*n<icr/st)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Libidinous</er>.]</ety> <def>One given to lewdness.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Libidinosity</ent><br/
<hw>Li*bid`i*nos"i*ty</hw> <pr>(-n<ocr/s"<icr/*t<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or quality of being libidinous; libidinousness.</def>
 <rj><qau>Skelton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Libidinous</ent><br/
<hw>Li*bid"i*nous</hw> <pr>(-n<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>libidinosus</ets>, fr. <ets>libido</ets>, <ets>libidinis</ets>, pleasure, desire, lust, fr. <ets>libet</ets>, <ets>lubet</ets>, it pleases: cf. F. <ets>libidineux</ets>. See <er>Lief</er>.]</ety> <def>Having lustful desires; characterized by lewdness; sensual; lascivious.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Li*bid"i*nous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Li*bid"i*nous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Lewd; lustful; lascivious; unchaste; impure; sensual; licentious; lecherous; salacious.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>libido</ent><br/
<hw>li*bi"do</hw> <pr>(l<icr/*b<emac/"d<osl/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Sexual desire; the sexual instinct; the sex drive.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Psychoanalysis)</fld> <def>Those desires and instinctual energies which are derived from the id.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Libkin</ent><br/
<ent>Libken</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lib"ken</hw> <pr>(l<icr/b"k<ecr/n)</pr>, <hw>Lib"kin</hw> <pr>(l<icr/b"k<icr/n)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>libban</ets>, E. <ets>live</ets>, v. i. + <ets>-kin</ets>.]</ety> <def>A house or lodging.</def> <mark>[Old Slang]</mark>  <rj><au>B. Jonson.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Libocedrus</ent><br/
<hw>Libocedrus</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A genus of cedarlike cypresses.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Libocedrus</gen>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Libra</ent><br/
<ent>Librae</ent><br/
||<hw>Li"bra</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"br<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Libr<ae/</plw> <pr>(l<imac/"br<emac/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., a balance.]</ety> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The Balance; the seventh sign in the zodiac, which the sun enters at the autumnal equinox in September, marked thus <libra/ in almanacs, etc.</def> <sd>(b )</sd> <def>A southern constellation between Virgo and Scorpio.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Libral</ent><br/
<hw>Li"bral</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"br<ait/l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>libralis</ets>, fr. <ets>libra</ets> the Roman pound.]</ety> <def>Of a pound weight.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Johnson.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Librarian</ent><br/
<hw>Li*bra"ri*an</hw> <pr>(l<isl/*br<amac/"r<icr/*<ait/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Library</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who has the care or charge of a library.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>One who copies manuscript books.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Broome.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Librarianship</ent><br/
<hw>Li*bra"ri*an*ship</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The office of a librarian.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Library</ent><br/
<hw>Li"bra*ry</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"br<asl/*r<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Libraries</plw> <pr>(-r<icr/z)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[OE. <ets>librairie</ets>, F. <ets>librairie</ets> bookseller's shop, book trade, formerly, a library, fr. <ets>libraire</ets> bookseller, L. <ets>librarius</ets>, from <ets>liber</ets> book; cf. <ets>libraria</ets> bookseller's shop, <ets>librarium</ets> bookcase, It. <ets>libreria</ets>. See <er>Libel</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A considerable collection of books kept for use, and not as merchandise; <as>as, a private <ex>library</ex>; a public <ex>library</ex>.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A building or apartment appropriated for holding such a collection of books.</def>  <rj><au>Holland.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Librate</ent><br/
<hw>Li"brate</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"br<amac/t)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Librated</conjf> <pr>(l<imac/"br<asl/*t<ecr/d)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Librating</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>libratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>librare</ets> to balance, to make even, fr. <ets>libra</ets>.  Cf. <er>Level</er>, <er>Deliberate</er>, <er>Equilibrium</er>.]</ety> <def>To vibrate as a balance does before resting in equilibrium; hence, to be poised.</def><br/
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<p><q>Their parts all <qex>librate</qex> on too nice a beam.</q> <rj><qau>Clifton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Librate</ent><br/
<hw>Li"brate</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To poise; to balance.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Libration</ent><br/
<hw>Li*bra"tion</hw> <pr>(l<isl/*br<amac/"sh<ucr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>libratio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>libration</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or state of librating.</def>  <rj><au>Jer. Taylor.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>A real or apparent libratory motion, like that of a balance before coming to rest.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Libration of the moon</b></col>, <cd>any one of those small periodical changes in the position of the moon's surface relatively to the earth, in consequence of which narrow portions at opposite limbs become visible or invisible alternately. It receives different names according to the manner in which it takes place; as: <stype>(a)</stype> <xex>Libration in longitude</xex>, that which, depending on the place of the moon in its elliptic orbit, causes small portions near the eastern and western borders alternately to appear and disappear each month. (<stype>b</stype>) <xex>Libration in latitude</xex>, that which depends on the varying position of the moon's axis in respect to the spectator, causing the alternate appearance and disappearance of either pole. (<stype>c</stype>) <xex>Diurnal</xex> or <xex>parallactic libration</xex>, that which brings into view on the upper limb, at rising and setting, some parts not in the average visible hemisphere.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Libration point</ent><br/
<hw>Li*bra"tion point`</hw> <pr>(l<isl/*br<amac/"sh<ucr/n point`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>any one of five points in the plane of a system of two large astronomical bodies orbiting each other, as the Earth-moon system, where the gravitational pull of the two bodies on an object are approximately equal, and in opposite directions.  A solid object moving in the same velocity and direction as such a <ex>libration point</ex> will remain in gravitational equilibrium with the two bodies of the system and not fall toward either body.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Libratory</ent><br/
<hw>Li"bra*to*ry</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"br<adot/*t<osl/*r<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Balancing; moving like a balance, as it tends to an equipoise or level.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Librettist</ent><br/
<hw>Li*bret"tist</hw> <pr>(l<icr/*br<ecr/t"t<icr/st)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who makes a libretto.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Libretto</ent><br/
<hw>Li*bret"to</hw> <pr>(l<icr/*br<ecr/t"t<osl/; It. l<esl/*br<asl/t"t<osl/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> E. <plw>Librettos</plw> <pr>(-t<omac/z)</pr>, It. <plw>Libretti</plw> <pr>(-t<esl/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[It., dim. of <ets>libro</ets> book, L. <ets>liber</ets>. See <er>Libel</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A book containing the words of an opera or extended piece of music.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The words themselves.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Libriform</ent><br/
<hw>Li"bri*form</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"br<icr/*f<ocir/rm)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Liber</ets> + <ets>-form</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having the form of liber, or resembling liber.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Libriform cells</b></col>, <cd>peculiar wood cells which are very slender and relatively thick-walled, and occasionally are furnished with bordered pits.</cd>  <rj><au>Goodale.</au></rj></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Libya</ent><br/
<hw>Libya</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos>  <def>A country in Northern Africa, between Egypt and Tunisia, bordering the Mediterranean Sea.  It also borders on Algeria, Chad, Niger, and Sudan.  It is an Arabic-speaking country with over 97% of the population Sunni Moslem.  The population in 1995 was about 5,248,000.  The capital is Tripoli.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/  Until the formation of the modern nation of Libya in 1952, the name had been applied to the same territory that had been ruled by Italy, and after World War II, by Britain and France.  In ancient times, Libya was the name given to all of that part of Africa between Egypt and the Atlantic Ocean, and sometimes to Africa as a whole.</note><br/
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<p><ent>Libyan</ent><br/
<hw>Lib"y*an</hw> <pr>(l<icr/b"<icr/*<ait/n)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, the country Libya or its inhabitants.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lice</ent><br/
<hw>Lice</hw> <pr>(l<imac/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <def><pos>pl.</pos> of <er>Louse</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>licencee</ent><br/
<ent>licenced</ent><br/
<ent>licence</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>licence</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"s<eit/ns)</pr>, <hw>licenced</hw>, <hw>licencee</hw></mhw> <def>Same as <er>license</er>, <er>licensed</er>, <er>licensee</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Licensable</ent><br/
<hw>Li"cens*a*ble</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"s<eit/ns*<adot/*b'l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>That can be licensed.</def><br/
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<p><ent>License</ent><br/
<hw>Li"cense</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"s<eit/ns)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <altsp>[Written also <asp>licence</asp>.]</altsp> <ety>[F. <ets>licence</ets>, L. <ets>licentia</ets>, fr. <ets>licere</ets> to be permitted, prob. orig., to be left free to one; akin to <ets>linquere</ets> to leave. See <er>Loan</er>, and cf. <er>Illicit</er>, <er>Leisure</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Authority or liberty given to do or forbear any act; especially, a formal permission from the proper authorities to perform certain acts or to carry on a certain business, which without such permission would be illegal; a grant of permission; <as>as, a <ex>license</ex> to preach, to practice medicine, to sell gunpowder or intoxicating liquors</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>To have a <qex>license</qex> and a leave at London to dwell.</q> <rj><qau>P. Plowman.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The document granting such permission.</def>  <rj><au>Addison.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Excess of liberty; freedom abused, or used in contempt of law or decorum; disregard of law or propriety.</def><br/
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<p><q><qex>License</qex> they mean when they cry liberty.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>That deviation from strict fact, form, or rule, in which an artist or writer indulges, assuming that it will be permitted for the sake of the advantage or effect gained; <as>as, poetic <ex>license</ex>; grammatical <ex>license</ex>, etc.</as></def><br/
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Leave; liberty; permission.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>License</ent><br/
<hw>Li"cense</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"s<eit/ns)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Licensed</conjf> <pr>(l<imac/"s<eit/nst)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Licensing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To permit or authorize by license; to give license to; <as>as, to <ex>license</ex> a man to preach</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Milton.</au>  <au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> licence, certify.</syn>
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<p><ent>Licensed</ent><br/
<hw>Li"censed</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"s<eit/nst)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having a license; permitted or authorized by license; <as>as, a <ex>licensed</ex> victualer; a <ex>licensed</ex> traffic.</as></def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> accredited, commissioned, licenced.</syn><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Licensed victualer</b></col>, <cd>one who has a license to keep an inn or eating house; esp., a victualer who has a license to sell intoxicating liquors.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Licensee</ent><br/
<hw>Li`cen*see"</hw> <pr>(l<imac/`s<eit/n*s<emac/")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The person to whom a license is given.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Licenser</ent><br/
<hw>Li"cens*er</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"s<eit/ns*<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who gives a license; <as>as, a <ex>licenser</ex> of the press</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Licensure</ent><br/
<hw>Li"cen*sure</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"s<eit/n*sh<usl/r; 135)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A licensing.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Licentiate</ent><br/
<hw>Li*cen"ti*ate</hw> <pr>(l<isl/*s<ecr/n"sh<icr/*<asl/t <or/ -sh<asl/t; 106)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[LL. <ets>licentiatus</ets>, fr. <ets>licentiare</ets> to allow to do anything, fr. L. <ets>licentia</ets> license. See <er>License</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who has a license to exercise a profession; <as>as, a <ex>licentiate</ex> in medicine or theology</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>The college of physicians, in July, 1687, published an edict, requiring all the fellows, candidates, and <qex>licentiates</qex>, to give gratuitous advice to the neighboring poor.</q> <rj><qau>Johnson.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A friar authorized to receive confessions and grant absolution in all places, independently of the local clergy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>One who acts without restraint, or takes a liberty, as if having a license therefor.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bp. Hall.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>On the continent of Europe, a university degree intermediate between that of bachelor and that of doctor.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Licentiate</ent><br/
<hw>Li*cen"ti*ate</hw> <pr>(-sh<icr/*<amac/t)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To give a license to.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>L'Estrange.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Licentious</ent><br/
<hw>Li*cen"tious</hw> <pr>(-sh<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>licentiosus</ets>:  cf. F. <ets>licencieux</ets>. See <er>License</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Characterized by license; passing due bounds; excessive; abusive of freedom; wantonly offensive; <as>as, a <ex>licentious</ex> press</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>A wit that no <qex>licentious</qex> pertness knows.</q> <rj><qau>Savage.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Unrestrained by law or morality; lawless; immoral; dissolute; lewd; lascivious; <as>as, a <ex>licentious</ex> man; a <ex>licentious</ex> life.</as></def> <ldquo/<xex>Licentious</xex> wickedness.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Unrestrained; uncurbed; uncontrolled; unruly; riotous; ungovernable; wanton; profligate; dissolute; lax; loose; sensual; impure; unchaste; lascivious; immoral.</syn><br/
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Li*cen"tious*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Li*cen"tious*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/
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<p><ent>Lich</ent><br/
<hw>Lich</hw> <pr>(l<icr/k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Like.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au>  <au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lich</ent><br/
<hw>Lich</hw> <pr>(l<icr/ch)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>l<imac/c</ets> body. See <er>Like</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <def>A dead body; a corpse.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lich fowl</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>the European goatsucker; -- called also <altname>lich owl</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>Lich gate</b></col>, <cd>a covered gate through which the corpse was carried to the church or burial place, and where the bier was placed to await the clergyman; a corpse gate.</cd> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark> <au>Halliwell.</au> -- <col><b>Lich wake</b></col>, <cd>the wake, or watching, held over a corpse before burial.</cd> <mark>[Prov Eng.]</mark> <au>Chaucer.</au> -- <col><b>Lich wall</b></col>, <cd>the wall of a churchyard or burying ground.</cd> -- <col><b>Lich way</b></col>, <cd>the path by which the dead are carried to the grave.</cd> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lichanura</ent><br/
<hw>Lichanura</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A genus of boas of western North America.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Lichanura</gen>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>lichee</ent><br/
<hw>lichee</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A Chinese tree (<spn>Litchi chinensis</spn>) cultivated especially in the Philippines and India for its edible fruit, the <prod>litchi nut</prod>; sometimes placed in the genus <gen>Nephelium</gen>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> litchi, litchi tree, <spn>Litchi chinensis</spn>, Nephelium litchi.</syn><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> litchi, litchi nut, litchee, lichi, leechee, lychee.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lichen</ent><br/
<hw>Li"chen</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"k<ecr/n; 277)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <grk>leichh`n</grk>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>One of a class of cellular, flowerless plants, (technically called <altname>Lichenes</altname>), having no distinction of leaf and stem, usually of scaly, expanded, frond-like forms, but sometimes erect or pendulous and variously branched. They derive their nourishment from the air, and generate by means of spores. The species are very widely distributed, and form irregular spots or patches, usually of a greenish or yellowish color, upon rocks, trees, and various bodies, to which they adhere with great tenacity. They are often improperly called <altname>rock moss</altname> or <altname>tree moss</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ A favorite modern theory of lichens (called after its inventor the <xex>Schwendener hypothesis</xex>), is that they are not autonomous plants, but that they consist of ascigerous fungi, parasitic on alg<ae/. Each lichen is composed of white filaments and green, or greenish, rounded cells, and it is argued that the two are of different nature, the one living at the expense of the other. See <er>Hyph<ae/</er>, and <er>Gonidia</er>.</note><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A name given to several varieties of skin disease, esp. to one characterized by the eruption of small, conical or flat, reddish pimples, which, if unchecked, tend to spread and produce great and even fatal exhaustion.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lichened</ent><br/
<hw>Li"chened</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"k<ecr/nd)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Belonging to, or covered with, lichens.</def>  <rj><au>Tennyson.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lichenic</ent><br/
<hw>Li*chen"ic</hw> <pr>(l<isl/*k<ecr/n"<icr/k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, lichens.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lichenic acid</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>An organic acid, <chform>C14H24O3</chform>, obtained from Iceland moss.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>An old name of fumaric acid.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Licheniform</ent><br/
<hw>Li*chen"i*form</hw> <pr>(-<icr/*f<ocir/rm)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having the form of a lichen.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lichenin</ent><br/
<hw>Li"chen*in</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"k<ecr/n*<icr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A substance isomeric with starch, extracted from several species of moss and lichen, esp. from Iceland moss.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lichenographical</ent><br/
<ent>Lichenographic</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Li`chen*o*graph"ic</hw> <pr>(l<imac/`k<ecr/n*<osl/*gr<acr/f"<icr/k)</pr>, <hw>Li`chen*o*graph"ic*al</hw> <pr>(-<icr/*k<ait/l)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lich<eacute/nographique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to lichenography.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lichenographist</ent><br/
<hw>Li`chen*og"ra*phist</hw> <pr>(-<ocr/g"r<adot/*f<icr/st)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who describes lichens; one versed in lichenography.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lichenography</ent><br/
<hw>Li`chen*og"ra*phy</hw> <pr>(l<imac/`k<ecr/n*<ocr/g"r<adot/*f<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Lichen</ets> + <ets>-graphy</ets>: cf. F.  <ets>lich<eacute/nographie</ets>.]</ety> <def>A description of lichens; the science which illustrates the natural history of lichens.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lichenologist</ent><br/
<hw>Li`chen*ol"o*gist</hw> <pr>(-<ocr/l"<osl/*j<icr/st)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One versed in lichenology.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lichenology</ent><br/
<hw>Li`chen*ol"o*gy</hw> <pr>(-j<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Lichen</ets> + <ets>-logy</ets>.]</ety> <def>The science which treats of lichens.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lichenous</ent><br/
<hw>Li"chen*ous</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"k<ecr/n*<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of, pertaining to, or resembling, lichens; abounding in lichens; covered with lichens.</def>  <rj><au>G. Eliot.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lichi</ent><br/
<hw>Li"chi`</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"ch<emac/`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Litchi</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lichwale</ent><br/
<hw>Lich"wale`</hw> <pr>(l<icr/ch"w<amac/l`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The gromwell.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lichwort</ent><br/
<hw>Lich"wort`</hw> <pr>(-w<ucir/rt`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An herb, the wall pellitory. See <er>Pellitory</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Licit</ent><br/
<hw>Lic"it</hw> <pr>(l<icr/s"<icr/t)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>licitus</ets> permitted, lawful, from <ets>licere</ets>: cf. F. <ets>licite</ets>. See <er>License</er>.]</ety> <def>Lawful.</def> <ldquo/<xex>Licit</xex> establishments.<rdquo/ <au>Carlyle.</au> -- <wordforms><wf>Lic"it*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Lic"it*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/
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<p><ent>Licitation</ent><br/
<hw>Lic`i*ta"tion</hw> <pr>(l<icr/s`<icr/*t<amac/"sh<ucr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>licitatio</ets>, fr. <ets>licitari</ets>, <ets>liceri</ets>, to bid, offer a price.]</ety> <def>The act of offering for sale to the highest bidder.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lick</ent><br/
<hw>Lick</hw> <pr>(l<icr/k)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Licked</conjf> <pr>(l<icr/kt)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Licking</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[AS. <ets>liccian</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>likk<omac/n</ets>, D. <ets>likken</ets>, OHG. <ets>lecch<omac/n</ets>, G. <ets>lecken</ets>, Goth. <ets>bi-laig<omac/n</ets>, Russ. <ets>lizate</ets>, L. <ets>lingere</ets>, Gr. <grk>lei`chein</grk> , Skr. <ets>lih</ets>, <ets>rih</ets>. <root/121.  Cf. <er>Lecher</er>, <er>Relish</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To draw or pass the tongue over; <as>as, a dog <ex>licks</ex> his master's hand</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Addison.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To lap; to take in with the tongue; <as>as, a dog or cat <ex>licks</ex> milk</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>To lick the dust</b></col>, <cd>to be slain; to fall in battle.</cd> <ldquo/His enemies shall <xex>lick the dust</xex>.<rdquo/  <au>Ps. lxxii. 9.</au> -- <col><b>To lick into shape</b></col>, <cd>to give proper form to; -- from a notion that the bear's cubs are born shapeless and subsequently formed by licking.</cd> <au>Hudibras.</au> -- <col><b>To lick the spittle of</b></col>, <cd>to fawn upon.</cd> <au>South.</au> -- <col><b>To lick up</b></col>, <cd>to take all of by licking; to devour; to consume entirely.</cd> <au>Shak.</au> <au>Num. xxii. 4.</au></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lick</ent><br/
<hw>Lick</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lick</er>, <pos>v.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A stroke of the tongue in licking.</def> <ldquo/A <xex>lick</xex> at the honey pot.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue, or of something which acts like a tongue; <as>as, to put on colors with a <ex>lick</ex> of the brush</as>. Also, a small quantity of any substance so applied.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>A <qex>lick</qex> of court whitewash.</q> <rj><qau>Gray.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A place where salt is found on the surface of the earth, to which wild animals resort to lick it up; -- often, but not always, near salt springs.  Called also <altname>salt lick</altname>.</def> <mark>[U. S.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lick</ent><br/
<hw>Lick</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[Cf. OSw. <ets>l<aum/gga</ets> to place, strike, prick.]</ety> <def>To strike with repeated blows for punishment; to flog; to whip or conquer, as in a pugilistic encounter.</def> <mark>[Colloq. or Low]</mark><-- to defeat in a contest? -->  <rj><au>Carlyle.</au> <au>Thackeray.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lick</ent><br/
<hw>Lick</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A slap; a quick stroke.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> <ldquo/A <xex>lick</xex> across the face.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Licker</ent><br/
<hw>Lick"er</hw> <pr>(l<icr/k"<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Lecher</er>.]</ety> <def>One who, or that which, licks.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Licker in</b></col> <fld>(Carding Machine)</fld>, <cd>the drum, or cylinder, by which the lap is taken from the feed rollers.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lickerish</ent><br/
<hw>Lick"er*ish</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Lecherous</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Eager; craving; urged by desire; eager to taste or enjoy; greedy.</def> <ldquo/The <xex>lickerish</xex> palate of the glutton.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Bp. Hall.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Tempting the appetite; dainty.</def> <ldquo/<xex>Lickerish</xex> baits, fit to insnare a brute.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Lecherous; lustful.</def>  <rj><au>Robert of Brunne.</au></rj><br/
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Lick"er*ish*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Lick"er*ish*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/
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<p><ent>Lickerous</ent><br/
<hw>Lick"er*ous</hw> <pr>(-<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Lickerish; eager; lustful.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Lick"er*ous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></wordforms>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Licking</ent><br/
<hw>Lick"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A lapping with the tongue.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A flogging or castigation.</def> <mark>[Colloq. or Low]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lickpenny</ent><br/
<hw>Lick"pen`ny</hw> <pr>(-p<ecr/n`n<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A devourer or absorber of money.</def> <ldquo/Law is a <xex>lickpenny</xex>.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Sir W. Scott.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lick-spigot</ent><br/
<hw>Lick"-spig`ot</hw> <pr>(-sp<icr/g`<ucr/t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A tapster.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lick-spittle</ent><br/
<hw>Lick"-spit`tle</hw> <pr>(-sp<icr/t`t'l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An abject flatterer or parasite.</def>  <rj><au>Theodore Hook.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Licorice</ent><br/
<hw>Lic"o*rice</hw> <pr>(l<icr/k"<osl/*r<icr/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>licoris</ets>, through old French, fr. L. <ets>liquiritia</ets>, corrupted fr. <ets>glycyrrhiza</ets>, Gr. <grk>glyky`rriza</grk>; <grk>glyky`s</grk> sweet + <grk>"ri`za</grk> root.  Cf. <er>Glycerin</er>, <er>Glycyrrhiza</er>, <er>Wort</er>.]</ety> <altsp>[Written also <asp>liquorice</asp>.]</altsp> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant of the genus <gen>Glycyrrhiza</gen> (<spn>Glycyrrhiza glabra</spn>), the root of which abounds with a sweet juice, and is much used in demulcent compositions.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The inspissated juice of licorice root, used as a confection and for medicinal purposes.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Licorice fern</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a name of several kinds of polypody which have rootstocks of a sweetish flavor.</cd> -- <col><b>Licorice sugar</b></col>. <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Glycyrrhizin</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Licorice weed</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the tropical plant <spn>Scapania dulcis</spn>.</cd> -- <col><b>Mountain licorice</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a kind of clover (<spn>Trifolium alpinum</spn>), found in the Alps. It has large purplish flowers and a sweetish perennial rootstock.</cd> -- <col><b>Wild licorice</b></col>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The North American perennial herb <spn>Glycyrrhiza lepidota</spn>.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>Certain broad-leaved cleavers (<spn>Galium circ<ae/zans</spn> and <spn>Galium lanceolatum</spn>).</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>The leguminous climber <spn>Abrus precatorius</spn>, whose scarlet and black seeds are called <cref>black-eyed Susans</cref>. Its roots are used as a substitute for those of true licorice (<spn>Glycyrrhiza glabra</spn>).</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Licorous</ent><br/
<hw>Lic"o*rous</hw> <pr>(l<icr/k"<osl/*r<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>See <er>Lickerish</er>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Lic"o*rous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></wordforms>  <rj><au>Herbert.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Licour</ent><br/
<hw>Lic"our</hw> <pr>(l<icr/k"<ocr/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Liquor.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lictor</ent><br/
<hw>Lic"tor</hw> <pr>(l<icr/k"t<ocr/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <fld>(Rom. Antiq.)</fld> <def>An officer who bore an ax and fasces or rods, as ensigns of his office. His duty was to attend the chief magistrates when they appeared in public, to clear the way, and cause due respect to be paid to them, also to apprehend and punish criminals.</def><br/
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<p><q><qex>Lictors</qex> and rods, the ensigns of their power.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lid</ent><br/
<hw>Lid</hw> <pr>(l<icr/d)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>hlid</ets>, fr. <ets>hl<imac/dan</ets> (in comp.) to cover, shut; akin to OS. <ets>hl<imac/dan</ets> (in comp.), D. <ets>lid</ets> lid, OHG. <ets>hlit</ets>, G. augen<ets>lid</ets> eyelid, Icel. <ets>hli<edh/</ets> gate, gateway. <root/40.]</ety><br/
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>That which covers the opening of a vessel or box, etc.; a movable cover; <as>as, the <ex>lid</ex> of a chest or trunk</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The cover of the eye; an eyelid.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>Tears, big tears, gushed from the rough soldier's <qex>lid</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Byron.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The cover of the spore cases of mosses.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A calyx which separates from the flower, and falls off in a single piece, as in the Australian <fam>Eucalypti</fam>.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The top of an ovary which opens transversely, as in the fruit of the purslane and the tree which yields Brazil nuts.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lidded</ent><br/
<hw>Lid"ded</hw> <pr>(l<icr/d"d<ecr/d)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Covered with a lid.</def>  <rj><au>Keats.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lidge</ent><br/
<hw>Lidge</hw> <pr>(l<icr/j)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Ledge</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lidless</ent><br/
<hw>Lid"less</hw> <pr>(l<icr/d"l<ecr/s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having no lid, or not covered with the lids, as the eyes; hence, sleepless; watchful.</def><br/
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<p><q>A <qex>lidless</qex> watcher of the public weal.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>lido</ent><br/
<hw>lido</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <ety>[After the <ets>Lido</ets>, a group of sandy barrier islands between the lagoon of Venice and the Adriatic, a popular beach resort.]</ety> <def>A recreational facility, especially one including a swimming pool for water sports.</def> <mark>[British]</mark> <br/
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<p><ent>Lie</ent><br/
<hw>Lie</hw> <pr>(l<imac/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Lye</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lie</ent><br/
<hw>Lie</hw> <pr>(l<imac/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>lyge</ets>; akin to D. <ets>leugen</ets>, OHG. <ets>lugi</ets>, G. <ets>l<uum/ge</ets>, <ets>lug</ets>, Icel. <ets>lygi</ets>, Dan. & Sw. <ets>l<oum/gn</ets>, Goth. <ets>liugn</ets>. See <er>Lie</er> to utter a falsehood.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A falsehood uttered or acted for the purpose of deception; an intentional violation of truth; an untruth spoken with the intention to deceive.</def><br/
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<p><q>The proper notion of a <qex>lie</qex> is an endeavoring to deceive another by signifying that to him as true, which we ourselves think not to be so.</q> <rj><qau>S. Clarke.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>It is willful deceit that makes a <qex>lie</qex>. A man may act a <qex>lie</qex>, as by pointing his finger in a wrong direction when a traveler inquires of him his road.</q> <rj><qau>Paley.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A fiction; a fable; an untruth.</def>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Anything which misleads or disappoints.</def><br/
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<p><q>Wishing this <qex>lie</qex> of life was o'er.</q> <rj><qau>Trench.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>To give the lie to</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To charge with falsehood; <as>as, the man <ex>gave <plain>him</plain> the lie</ex></as>.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To reveal to be false; <as>as, a man's actions may <ex>give the lie to</ex> his words</as>.</cd> -- <col><b>White lie</b></col>, <cd>a euphemism for such lies as one finds it convenient to tell, and excuses himself for telling.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Untruth; falsehood; fiction; deception.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Lie</er>, <er>Untruth</er>. A man may state what is <xex>untrue</xex> from ignorance or misconception; hence, to impute an <xex>untruth</xex> to one is not necessarily the same as charging him with a <xex>lie</xex>. Every <xex>lie</xex> is an <xex>untruth</xex>, but not every <xex>untruth</xex> is a <xex>lie</xex>.  Cf. <er>Falsity</er>.</usage><br/
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<p><ent>Lie</ent><br/
<hw>Lie</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lied</conjf> <pr>(l<imac/d)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lying</conjf> <pr>(l<imac/"<icr/ng)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>lien</ets>, <ets>li<yogh/en</ets>, <ets>le<yogh/en</ets>, <ets>leo<yogh/en</ets>, AS. <ets>le<oacute/gan</ets>; akin to D. <ets>liegen</ets>, OS. &  OHG. <ets>liogan</ets>, G. <ets>l<uum/gen</ets>, Icel. <ets>lj<umac/ga</ets>, Sw. <ets>ljuga</ets>, Dan. <ets>lyve</ets>, Goth. <ets>liugan</ets>, Russ. <ets>lgate</ets>.]</ety> <def>To utter falsehood with an intention to deceive; to say or do that which is intended to deceive another, when he a right to know the truth, or when morality requires a just representation.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lie</ent><br/
<hw>Lie</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp.</pos> <conjf>Lay</conjf> <pr>(l<amac/)</pr>; <pos>p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lain</conjf> <pr>(l<amac/n)</pr>, (<conjf>Lien</conjf> <pr>(l<imac/"<ecr/n)</pr>, <mark>Obs.</mark>); <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lying</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>lien</ets>, <ets>liggen</ets>, AS. <ets>licgan</ets>; akin to D. <ets>liggen</ets>, OHG. <ets>ligen</ets>, <ets>licken</ets>, G. <ets>liegen</ets>, Icel. <ets>liggja</ets>, Sw. <ets>ligga</ets>, Dan. <ets>ligge</ets>, Goth.  <ets>ligan</ets>, Russ. <ets>lejate</ets>, L. <ets>lectus</ets> bed, Gr. <grk>le`chos</grk> bed, <grk>le`xasqai</grk> to lie.  Cf. <er>Lair</er>, <er>Law</er>, <er>Lay</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>, <er>Litter</er>, <er>Low</er>, <pos>adj.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To rest extended on the ground, a bed, or any support; to be, or to put one's self, in an horizontal position, or nearly so; to be prostate; to be stretched out; -- often with <ptcl>down</ptcl>, when predicated of living creatures; <as>as, the book <ex>lies</ex> on the table; the snow <ex>lies</ex> on the roof; he <ex>lies</ex> in his coffin.</as></def><br/
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<p><q>The watchful traveler . . . <br/
<qex>Lay</qex> down again, and closed his weary eyes.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To be situated; to occupy a certain place; <as>as, Ireland <ex>lies</ex> west of England; the meadows <ex>lie</ex> along the river; the ship <ex>lay</ex> in port.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition; <as>as, to <ex>lie</ex> waste; to <ex>lie</ex> fallow; to <ex>lie</ex> open; to <ex>lie</ex> hid; to <ex>lie</ex> grieving; to <ex>lie</ex> under one's displeasure; to <ex>lie</ex> at the mercy of the waves; the paper does not <ex>lie</ex> smooth on the wall.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist; -- with <xex>in</xex>.</def><br/
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<p><q>Envy <qex>lies</qex> between beings equal in nature, though unequal in circumstances.</q> <rj><qau>Collier.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>He that thinks that diversion may not <qex>lie</qex> in hard labor, forgets the early rising and hard riding of huntsmen.</q> <rj><qau>Locke.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To lodge; to sleep.</def><br/
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<p><q>Whiles I was now trifling at home, I saw London, . . . where I <qex>lay</qex> one night only.</q> <rj><qau>Evelyn.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Mr. Quinion <qex>lay</qex> at our house that night.</q> <rj><qau>Dickens.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.</def><br/
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<p><q>The wind is loud and will not <qex>lie</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.</def> <ldquo/An appeal <xex>lies</xex> in this case.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Parsons.</au></rj><br/
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<p><note><hand/ Through ignorance or carelessness speakers and writers often confuse the forms of the two distinct verbs <xex>lay</xex> and <xex>lie</xex>. <xex>Lay</xex> is a transitive verb, and has for its preterit <xex>laid</xex>; as, he told me to <xex>lay</xex> it down, and I <xex>laid</xex> it down. <xex>Lie</xex> is intransitive, and has for its preterit <xex>lay</xex>; as, he told me to <xex>lie</xex> down, and I <xex>lay</xex> down.  Some persons blunder by using <xex>laid</xex> for the preterit of <xex>lie</xex>; as, he told me to <xex>lie</xex> down, and I <xex>laid</xex> down. So persons often say incorrectly, the ship <xex>laid</xex> at anchor; they <xex>laid</xex> by during the storm; the book was <xex>laying</xex> on the shelf, etc. It is only necessary to remember, in all such cases, that <xex>laid</xex> is the preterit of <xex>lay</xex>, and not of <xex>lie</xex>.</note><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>To lie along the shore</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>to coast, keeping land in sight.</cd> -- <col><b>To lie at the door of</b></col>, <cd>to be imputable to; as, the sin, blame, etc., <xex>lies at your door</xex>.</cd> -- <col><b>To lie at the heart</b></col>, <cd>to be an object of affection, desire, or anxiety.</cd> <au>Sir W. Temple.</au> -- <col><b>To lie at the mercy of</b></col>, <cd>to be in the power of.</cd> -- <col><b>To lie by</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To remain with; to be at hand; <as>as, he has the manuscript <ex>lying by</ex> him</as>.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To rest; to intermit labor; as, we <xex>lay by</xex> during the heat of the day.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>To lie hard</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>To lie heavy</b></col></mcol>, <cd>to press or weigh; to bear hard.</cd> -- <col><b>To lie in</b></col>, <cd>to be in childbed; to bring forth young.</cd> -- <col><b>To lie in one</b></col>, <cd>to be in the power of; to belong to.</cd> <ldquo/As much as <xex>lieth in you</xex>, live peaceably with all men.<rdquo/ <au>Rom. xii. 18.</au> -- <col><b>To lie in the way</b></col>, <cd>to be an obstacle or impediment.</cd> -- <col><b>To lie in wait</b></col> , <cd>to wait in concealment; to lie in ambush.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>To lie on</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>To lie upon</b></col></mcol>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To depend on; <as>as, his life <ex>lies on</ex> the result</as>.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To bear, rest, press, or weigh on.</cd> -- <col><b>To lie low</b></col>, <cd>to remain in concealment or inactive.</cd> <mark>[Slang]</mark> -- <col><b>To lie on hand</b></col>, <col><b>To lie on one's hands</b></col>, <cd>to remain unsold or unused; <as>as, the goods are still <ex>lying on his hands</ex>; they have too much time <ex>lying on their hands</ex></as>.</cd> -- <col><b>To lie on the head of</b></col>, <cd>to be imputed to.</cd><br/
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<p><q>What he gets more of her than sharp words, let it <qex>lie on my head</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p>-- <col><b>To lie over</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To remain unpaid after the time when payment is due, as a note in bank.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To be deferred to some future occasion, as a resolution in a public deliberative body.</cd> -- <col><b>To lie to</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>to stop or delay; especially, to head as near the wind as possible as being the position of greatest safety in a gale; -- said of a ship.  Cf. <cref>To bring to</cref>, under <er>Bring</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>To lie under</b></col>, <cd>to be subject to; to suffer; to be oppressed by.</cd> -- <col><b>To lie with</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To lodge or sleep with.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To have sexual intercourse with.</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To belong to; <as>as, it <ex>lies with</ex> you to make amends</as>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><-- p. 850 pr=VMG --></p>

<p><ent>Lie</ent><br/
<hw>Lie</hw> <pr>(l<imac/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The position or way in which anything lies; the lay, as of land or country.</def>  <rj><au>J. H. Newman.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>He surveyed with his own eyes . . . the <qex>lie</qex> of the country on the side towards Thrace.</q> <rj><qau>Jowett (Thucyd.).</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lieberkuehn</ent><br/
<ent>Lieberkuhn</ent><br/
<hw>Lie"ber*k<uum/hn</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"b<etil/r*k<usdot/n)</pr>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <ety>[Named after a German physician and instrument maker, <person>J. N. <etsep>Lieberk<uum/hn</etsep></person>.]</ety> <fld>(Optics)</fld> <def>A concave metallic mirror attached to the object-glass end of a microscope, to throw down light on opaque objects; a reflector.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lieberkuehn's glands</ent><br/
<hw>Lie"ber*k<uum/hn's glands`</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"b<etil/r*k<usdot/nz gl<acr/ndz`)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lieberkuehn</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The simple tubular glands of the small intestines; -- called also <altname>crypts of Lieberkuehn</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>liebfraumilch</ent><br/
<hw>liebfraumilch</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From the <ets>liebfrau</ets>enstift, a convent in Worms where the wine was first made. <au>RHUD</au>]</ety> <def>A white Rhenish-type wine produced especially in Hesse in western Germany.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Liechtenstein</ent><br/
<hw>Liechtenstein</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>a small principality in central Europe.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Liechtensteiner</ent><br/
<hw>Liechtensteiner</hw> <pos>prop. a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>of or pertaining to Liechtenstein; <as>as, <ex>Liechtensteiner</ex> castles</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Liechtenstein; <as>as, <ex>Liechtensteiner</ex> writers</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Liechtensteiner</ent><br/
<hw>Liechtensteiner</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A native or inhabitant of Leichtenstein.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lied</ent><br/
||<hw>Lied</hw> <pr>(l<emac/t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Lieder</plw> <pr>(l<emac/"d<etil/r)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[G.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A lay; a German song.  It differs from the French <contr>chanson</contr>, and the Italian <contr>canzone</contr>, all three being national.</def><br/
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<p><q>The German <qex>Lied</qex> is perhaps the most faithful reflection of the national sentiment.</q> <rj><qau>Grove.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Liederkranz</ent><br/
||<hw>Lie"der*kranz</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[G. See <ets>Lied</ets>, and <ets>Grants</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Lit., wreath of songs; -- used as the title of a group of songs, and esp. as the common name for German vocal clubs of men.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Liedertafel</ent><br/
||<hw>Lie"der*ta`fel</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"d<etil/r*t<aum/`f'l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[G., lit., a song table.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A popular name for any society or club which meets for the practice of male part songs.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lief</ent><br/
<hw>Lief</hw> <pr>(l<emac/f)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Lif</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lief</ent><br/
<hw>Lief</hw> <pr>(l<emac/f)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <altsp>[Written also <asp>lieve</asp>.]</altsp> <ety>[OE. <ets>leef</ets>, <ets>lef</ets>, <ets>leof</ets>, AS. <ets>le<iacute/f</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>liof</ets>, OFries. <ets>liaf</ets>, D. <ets>lief</ets>, G. <ets>lieb</ets>, OHG. <ets>liob</ets>, Icel. <ets>lj<?/fr</ets>, Sw. <ets>ljuf</ets>, Goth. <ets>liubs</ets>, and E. <ets>love</ets>. <root/124.  See <er>Love</er>, and cf. <er>Believe</er>, <er>Leave</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, <er>Furlough</er>, <er>Libidinous</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Dear; beloved.</def> <mark>[Obs., except in poetry.]</mark> <ldquo/My <xex>liefe</xex> mother.<rdquo/ <au>Chaucer.</au> <ldquo/My <xex>liefest</xex> liege.<rdquo/ <au>Shak.</au><br/
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<p><q>As thou art <qex>lief</qex> and dear.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <note>(Used with a form of the verb <xex>to be</xex>, and the dative of the personal pronoun.)</note> <def>Pleasing; agreeable; acceptable; preferable.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <see>See <er>Lief</er>, <pos>adv.</pos>, and <xex>Had as lief</xex>, under <er>Had</er>.</see><br/
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<p><q>Full <qex>lief</qex> me were this counsel for to hide.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Death me <qex>liefer</qex> were than such despite.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Willing; disposed.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>I am not <qex>lief</qex> to gab.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>He up arose, however <qex>lief</qex> or loth.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lief</ent><br/
<hw>Lief</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A dear one; a sweetheart.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lief</ent><br/
<hw>Lief</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Gladly; willingly; freely; -- now used only in the phrases, <ecol><b>had as lief</b></ecol>, and <ecol><b>would as lief</b></ecol>; <as>as, I had, or would, as <ex>lief</ex> go as not</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>All women <qex>liefest</qex> would<br/
Be sovereign of man's love.</q> <rj><qau>Gower.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>I had as <qex>lief</qex> the town crier spoke my lines.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Far <qex>liefer</qex> by his dear hand had I die.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><note><hand/ The comparative <xex>liefer</xex> with <xex>had or would</xex>, and followed by the infinitive, either with or without the sign <xex>to</xex>, signifies <xex>prefer</xex>, <xex>choose as preferable</xex>, <xex>would</xex> or <xex>had rather</xex>. In the 16th century <xex>rather</xex> was substituted for <xex>liefer</xex> in such constructions in literary English, and has continued to be generally so used. See <cref>Had as lief</cref>, <cref>Had rather</cref>, etc. , under <er>Had</er>.</note><br/
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<p><ent>Liefsome</ent><br/
<hw>Lief"some</hw> <pr>(l<emac/f"s<ucr/m)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pleasing; delightful.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Liegance</ent><br/
<hw>Lieg"ance</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"j<ait/ns)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Ligeance</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Liege</ent><br/
<hw>Liege</hw> <pr>(l<emac/j)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>lige</ets>, <ets>lege</ets>, F. <ets>lige</ets>, LL. <ets>ligius</ets>, <ets>legius</ets>, liege, unlimited, complete, prob. of German origin; cf. G. <ets>ledig</ets> free from bonds and obstacles, MHG. <ets>ledec</ets>, <ets>ledic</ets>, <ets>lidic</ets>, freed, loosed, and Charta Ottonis de Benthem, ann. 1253, <ldquo/<ets>ligius homo</ets> quod Teutonic<egrave/ dicitur <ets>ledigman</ets>,<rdquo/ i. e., uni soli homagio obligatus, free from all obligations to others; influenced by L. <ets>ligare</ets> to bind. G. <ets>ledig</ets> perh. orig. meant, free to go where one pleases, and is perh. akin to E. <ets>lead</ets> to conduct.  Cf. <er>Lead</er> to guide.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Sovereign; independent; having authority or right to allegiance; <as>as, a <ex>liege</ex> lord</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>She looked as grand as doomsday and as grave;<br/
And he, he reverenced his <qex>liege</qex> lady there.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>serving an independent sovereign or master; bound by a feudal tenure; obliged to be faithful and loyal to a superior, as a vassal to his lord; faithful; loyal; <as>as, a <ex>liege</ex> man; a <ex>liege</ex> subject.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Old Law)</fld> <def>Full; perfect; complete; pure.</def> <au>Burrill.</au><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Liege homage</b></col> <fld>(Feudal Custom)</fld>, <cd>that homage of one sovereign or prince to another which acknowledged an obligation of fealty and services.</cd> -- <col><b>Liege poustie</b></col> <ety>[L. <ets>legitima potestas</ets>]</ety> <fld>(Scots Law)</fld>, <cd>perfect, <it>i. e.</it>, legal, power; specif., having health requisite to do legal acts.</cd> -- <col><b>Liege widowhood</b></col>, <cd>perfect, <it>i. e.</it>, pure, widowhood.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Liege</ent><br/
<hw>Liege</hw> <pr>(l<emac/j)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A free and independent person; specif., a lord paramount; a sovereign.</def> <au>Mrs. Browning.</au><br/
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<p><q>The anointed sovereign of sighs and groans,<br/
<qex>Liege</qex> of all loiterers and malcontents.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman.</def><br/
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<p><q>A liege lord seems to have been a lord of a free band; and his <qex>lieges</qex>, though serving under him, were privileged men, free from all other obligations, their name being due to their freedom, not to their service.</q> <rj><qau>Skeat.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Liegeman</ent><br/
<hw>Liege"man</hw> <pr>(l<emac/j"m<ait/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Liegemen</plw> <pr>(l<emac/j"m<eit/n)</pr>.</plu> <def>Same as <er>Liege</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 2.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer. Spenser.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lieger</ent><br/
<hw>Lie"ger</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"j<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Leger</er>, <er>Ledger</er>.]</ety> <def>A resident ambassador.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <see>See <er>Leger</er>.</see>  <rj><au>Denham.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Liegiancy</ent><br/
<hw>Lie"gian*cy</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"j<ait/n*s<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Ligeance</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lien</ent><br/
<hw>Li"en</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"<ecr/n)</pr>, <mark>obs.</mark> <def><pos>p. p.</pos> of <er>Lie</er>. See <er>lain</er>.</def>  <rj><au>Ps. lxviii. 13.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lien</ent><br/
<hw>Lien</hw> <pr>(l<emac/n <or/ l<imac/"<ecr/n; 277)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>lien</ets> band, bond, tie, fr. L. <ets>ligamen</ets>, fr.  <ets>ligare</ets> to bind.  Cf. <er>League</er> a union, <er>Leam</er> a string, <er>Leamer</er>, <er>Ligament</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A legal claim; a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty; a right in one to control or hold and retain the property of another until some claim of the former is paid or satisfied.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lienal</ent><br/
<hw>Li*e"nal</hw> <pr>(l<isl/*<emac/"n<ait/l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lien</ets> the spleen.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the spleen; splenic.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lienculus</ent><br/
||<hw>Li*en"cu*lus</hw> <pr>(l<isl/*<ecr/<nsm/"k<usl/*l<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Lienculi</plw> <pr>(l<isl/*<ecr/<nsm/"k<usl/*l<imac/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[NL., dim. of L. <ets>lien</ets> the spleen.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>One of the small nodules sometimes found in the neighborhood of the spleen; an accessory or supplementary spleen.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lieno-intestinal</ent><br/
<hw>Li*e`no-in*tes"ti*nal</hw> <pr>(l<isl/*<emac/`n<osl/-<icr/n*t<ecr/s"t<icr/*n<ait/l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[l. <ets>lien</ets> the spleen + E. <ets>intestinal</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the spleen and intestine; <as>as, the <ex>lieno-intestinal</ex> vein of the frog</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lienteric</ent><br/
<hw>Li`en*ter"ic</hw> <pr>(l<imac/`<ecr/n*t<ecr/r"<icr/k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lientericus</ets>, Gr. <grk>leienteriko`s</grk>: cf. F. <ets>lient<eacute/rique</ets>. See <er>Lientery</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to, or of the nature of, a lientery.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A lientery.</def></def2>  <rj><au>Grew.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lientery</ent><br/
<hw>Li"en*ter*y</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"<ecr/n*t<ecr/r*<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>leienteri`a</grk>; <grk>lei^os</grk> smooth, soft + <grk>'e`nteron</grk> an intestine: cf. F. <ets>lient<eacute/rie</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A diarrhea, in which the food is discharged imperfectly digested, or with but little change.</def>  <rj><au>Dunglison.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lier</ent><br/
<hw>Li"er</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Lie</er>. ]</ety> <def>One who lies down; one who rests or remains, as in concealment.</def><br/
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<p><q>There were <qex>liers</qex> in a ambush against him.</q> <rj><qau>Josh. viii. 14.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lierne rib</ent><br/
<hw>Lierne" rib`</hw> <pr>(ly<acir/rn" r<icr/b`)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>lierne</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>In Gothic vaulting, any rib which does not spring from the impost and is not a ridge rib, but passes from one boss or intersection of the principal ribs to another.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lieu</ent><br/
<hw>Lieu</hw> <pr>(l<umac/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., OF. also <ets>liu</ets>, <ets>leu</ets>, <ets>lou</ets>, fr. L. <ets>locus</ets> place. See <er>Local</er>, <er>Locus</er>.]</ety> <def>Place; room; stead; -- used only in the phrase <ecol><b>in lieu of</b></ecol>, that is, <xex>instead of</xex>.</def><br/
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<p><q>The plan of extortion had been adopted in <qex>lieu</qex> of the scheme of confiscation.</q> <rj><qau>Burke.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lieutenancy</ent><br/
<hw>Lieu*ten"an*cy</hw> <pr>(l<usl/*t<ecr/n"<ait/n*s<ycr/; 277)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The office, rank, or commission, of a lieutenant.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The body of lieutenants or subordinates.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>The list of the <qex>lieutenancy</qex> of our metropolis.</q> <rj><qau>Felton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lieutenant</ent><br/
<hw>Lieu*ten"ant</hw> <pr>(l<usl/*t<ecr/n"<ait/nt)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>lieu</ets> place + <ets>tenant</ets> holding, p. pr. of <ets>tenir</ets> to hold, L. <ets>tenere</ets>. See <er>Lieu</er>, and <er>Tenant</er>, and cf. <er>Locum tenens</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An officer who supplies the place of a superior in his absence; a representative of, or substitute for, another in the performance of any duty.</def><br/
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<p><q>The lawful magistrate, who is the vicegerent or <qex>lieutenant</qex> of God.</q> <rj><qau>Abp. Bramhall.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A commissioned officer in the army, next below a captain.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A commissioned officer in the British navy, in rank next below a commander.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A commissioned officer in the United States navy, in rank next below a lieutenant commander.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ <xex>Lieutenant</xex> is often used, either adjectively or in hyphened compounds, to denote an officer, in rank next below another, especially when the duties of the higher officer may devolve upon the lower one; as, <xex>lieutenant</xex> general, or <xex>lieutenant-</xex>general; <xex>lieutenant</xex> colonel, or <xex>lieutenant-</xex>colonel; <xex>lieutenant</xex> governor, etc.</note><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Deputy lieutenant</b></col>, <cd>the title of any one of the deputies or assistants of the lord lieutenant of a county.</cd> <mark>[Eng.]</mark> -- <col><b>Lieutenant colonel</b></col>, <cd>an army officer next in rank above major, and below colonel.</cd> -- <col><b>Lieutenant commander</b></col>, <cd>an officer in the United States navy, in rank next below a commander and next above a lieutenant.</cd> -- <col><b>Lieutenant general</b></col>. <cd>See in Vocabulary.</cd> -- <col><b>Lieutenant governor</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>An officer of a State, being next in rank to the governor, and in case of the death or resignation of the latter, himself acting as governor.</cd> <mark>[U. S.]</mark> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A deputy governor acting as the chief civil officer of one of several colonies under a governor general.</cd> <mark>[Eng.]</mark></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lieutenant general</ent><br/
<hw>Lieu*ten"ant gen"er*al</hw> <pr>(l<usl/*t<ecr/n"<ait/nt j<ecr/n"<etil/r*<ait/l)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <def>An army officer in rank next below a general and next above a major general.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ In the United States, before the civil war, this rank had been conferred only on <person>George Washington</person> and (in brevet) on <person>Winfield Scott</person>. In 1864 it was revived by Congress and conferred on <person>Ulysses S. Grant</person>, and subsequently, by promotion, on <person>William T. Sherman</person> and <person>Philip H. Sheridan</person>, each of whom was advanced to the rank of <cref>general of the army</cref>. When <person>Sheridan</person> was made general (in 1888) the rank of lieutenant general was suffered to lapse. See <er>General</er>.</note><br/
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<p><ent>Lieutenantry</ent><br/
<hw>Lieu*ten"ant*ry</hw> <pr>(l<usl/*t<ecr/n"<ait/nt*r<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Lieutenancy</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lieutenantship</ent><br/
<hw>Lieu*ten"ant*ship</hw> <pr>(l<usl/*t<ecr/n"<ait/nt*sh<icr/p)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Lieutenancy</er>, 1.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lieve</ent><br/
<hw>Lieve</hw> <pr>(l<emac/v)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Lief</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lif</ent><br/
<hw>Lif</hw> <pr>(l<icr/f)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Written also <ets>lief</ets>.]</ety> <def>The fiber by which the petioles of the date palm are bound together, from which various kinds of cordage are made.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Life</ent><br/
<hw>Life</hw> <pr>(l<imac/f)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Lives</plw> <pr>(l<imac/vz)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[AS. <ets>l<imac/f</ets>; akin to D. <ets>lijf</ets> body, G. <ets>leib</ets> body, MHG. <ets>l<imac/p</ets> life, body, OHG. <ets>l<imac/b</ets> life, Icel. <ets>l<imac/f</ets>, life, body, Sw. <ets>lif</ets>, Dan. <ets>liv</ets>, and E. <ets>live</ets>, v. <root/119. See <er>Live</er>, and cf. <er>Alive</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The state of being which begins with generation, birth, or germination, and ends with death; also, the time during which this state continues; that state of an animal or plant in which all or any of its organs are capable of performing all or any of their functions; -- used of all animal and vegetable organisms.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Of human beings: The union of the soul and body; also, the duration of their union; sometimes, the deathless quality or existence of the soul; <as>as, man is a creature having an immortal <ex>life</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>She shows a body rather than a <qex>life</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Philos.)</fld> <def>The potential principle, or force, by which the organs of animals and plants are started and continued in the performance of their several and cooperative functions; the vital force, whether regarded as physical or spiritual.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Figuratively: The potential or animating principle, also, the period of duration, of anything that is conceived of as resembling a natural organism in structure or functions; <as>as, the <ex>life</ex> of a state, a machine, or a book; authority is the <ex>life</ex> of government.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>A certain way or manner of living with respect to conditions, circumstances, character, conduct, occupation, etc.; hence, human affairs; also, lives, considered collectively, as a distinct class or type; <as>as, low <ex>life</ex>; a good or evil <ex>life</ex>; the <ex>life</ex> of Indians, or of miners.</as></def><br/
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<p><q>That which before us lies in daily <qex>life</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>By experience of <qex>life</qex> abroad in the world.</q> <rj><qau>Ascham.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q><qex>Lives</qex> of great men all remind us<br/
We can make our <qex>lives</qex> sublime.</q> <rj><qau>Longfellow.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>'T is from high <qex>life</qex> high characters are drawn.</q> <rj><qau>Pope</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>Animation; spirit; vivacity; vigor; energy.</def><br/
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<p><q>No notion of <qex>life</qex> and fire in fancy and in words.</q> <rj><qau>Felton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>That gives thy gestures grace and <qex>life</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Wordsworth.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>That which imparts or excites spirit or vigor; that upon which enjoyment or success depends; <as>as, he was the <ex>life</ex> of the company, or of the enterprise</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>The living or actual form, person, thing, or state; <as>as, a picture or a description from, the <ex>life</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>9.</sn> <def>A person; a living being, usually a human being; <as>as, many <ex>lives</ex> were sacrificed</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>10.</sn> <def>The system of animal nature; animals in general, or considered collectively.</def><br/
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<p><q>Full nature swarms with <qex>life</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Thomson.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>11.</sn> <def>An essential constituent of life, esp: the blood.</def><br/
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<p><q>The words that I speak unto you . . . they are <qex>life</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>John vi. 63.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>The warm <qex>life</qex> came issuing through the wound.</q> <rj><qau>Pope</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>12.</sn> <def>A history of the acts and events of a life; a biography; <as>as, Johnson wrote the <ex>life</ex> of Milton</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>13.</sn> <def>Enjoyment in the right use of the powers; especially, a spiritual existence; happiness in the favor of God; heavenly felicity.</def><br/
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<p><sn>14.</sn> <def>Something dear to one as one's existence; a darling; -- used as a term of endearment.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ <xex>Life</xex> forms the first part of many compounds, for the most part of obvious meaning; as, <xex>life-</xex>giving, <xex>life-</xex>sustaining, etc.</note><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Life annuity</b></col>, <cd>an annuity payable during one's life.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Life arrow</b></col>, <col><b>Life rocket</b></col>, <col><b>Life shot</b></col></mcol>, <cd>an arrow, rocket, or shot, for carrying an attached line to a vessel in distress in order to save life.</cd> -- <col><b>Life assurance</b></col>. <cd>See <cref>Life insurance</cref>, below.</cd> <-- no life boat?--> -- <col><b>Life buoy</b></col>. <cd>See <er>Buoy</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Life car</b></col>, <cd>a water-tight boat or box, traveling on a line from a wrecked vessel to the shore. In it person are hauled through the waves and surf.</cd> -- <col><b>Life drop</b></col>, <cd>a drop of vital blood.</cd> <au>Byron.</au> -- <col><b>Life estate</b></col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>an estate which is held during the term of some certain person's life, but does not pass by inheritance.</cd> -- <col><b>Life everlasting</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a plant with white or yellow persistent scales about the heads of the flowers, as <gen>Antennaria</gen>, and <gen>Gnaphalium</gen>; cudweed.</cd> -- <col><b>Life of an execution</b></col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>the period when an execution is in force, or before it expires.</cd> -- <col><b>Life guard</b></col>. <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Guard</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Life insurance</b></col>, <cd>the act or system of insuring against death; a contract by which the insurer undertakes, in consideration of the payment of a premium (usually at stated periods), to pay a stipulated sum in the event of the death of the insured or of a third person in whose life the insured has an interest.</cd> -- <col><b>Life interest</b></col>, <cd>an estate or interest which lasts during one's life, or the life of another person, but does not pass by inheritance.</cd> -- <col><b>Life land</b></col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>land held by lease for the term of a life or lives.</cd> -- <col><b>Life line</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <cd>A line along any part of a vessel for the security of sailors.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A line attached to a life boat, or to any life saving apparatus, to be grasped by a person in the water.</cd> -- <col><b>Life rate</b></col>, <cd>rate of premium for insuring a life.</cd> -- <col><b>Life rent</b></col>, <cd>the rent of a life estate; rent or property to which one is entitled during one's life.</cd> -- <col><b>Life school</b></col>, <cd>a school for artists in which they model, paint, or draw from living models.</cd> -- <col><b>Lifetable</b></col>, <cd>a table showing the probability of life at different ages.</cd> -- <col><b>To lose one's life</b></col>, <cd>to die.</cd> -- <col><b>To seek the life of</b></col>, <cd>to seek to kill.</cd> -- <col><b>To the life</b></col>, <cd>so as closely to resemble the living person or the subject; <as>as, the portrait was drawn <ex>to the life</ex></as>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lifeblood</ent><br/
<hw>Life"blood`</hw> <pr>(l<imac/f"bl<ucr/d`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The blood necessary to life; vital blood.</def>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Fig.: That which gives strength and energy.</def><br/
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<p><q>Money [is] the <qex>lifeblood</qex> of the nation.</q> <rj><qau>Swift.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lifeboat</ent><br/
<hw>Life"boat`</hw> <pr>(l<imac/f"b<omac/t`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A strong, buoyant boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lifeful</ent><br/
<hw>Life"ful</hw> <pr>(l<imac/f"f<usdot/l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Full of vitality.</def>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>life-giving</ent><br/
<hw>life"-giv`ing</hw> <pr>(l<imac/f"g<icr/v`<icr/ng)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Giving life or spirit; having power to give life; inspiriting; invigorating; <as>as, <ex>life-giving</ex> love and praise</as>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> vital, vitalizing.</syn><br/
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<p><q>returning the <qex>life-giving</qex> humus to the land.</q> <rj><qau>Louis Bromfield.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lifehold</ent><br/
<hw>Life"hold`</hw> <pr>(l<imac/f"h<omac/ld`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Land held by a life estate.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lifeless</ent><br/
<hw>Life"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Destitute of life, or deprived of life; not containing, or inhabited by, living beings or vegetation; dead, or apparently dead; spiritless; powerless; dull; <as>as, a <ex>lifeless</ex> carcass; <ex>lifeless</ex> matter; a <ex>lifeless</ex> desert; a <ex>lifeless</ex> wine; a <ex>lifeless</ex> story.</as></def> -- <wordforms><wf>Life"less*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Life"less*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Dead; soulless; inanimate; torpid; inert; inactive; dull; heavy; unanimated; spiritless; frigid; pointless; vapid; flat; tasteless.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Lifeless</er>, <er>Dull</er>, <er>Inanimate</er>, <er>Dead</er>. In a moral sense, <xex>lifeless</xex> denotes a lack of vital energy; <xex>inanimate</xex>, a lack of expression as to any feeling that may be possessed; <xex>dull</xex> implies a torpor of soul which checks all mental activity; <xex>dead</xex> supposes a destitution of feeling. A person is said to be <xex>lifeless</xex> who has lost the spirits which he once had; he is said to be <xex>inanimate</xex> when he is naturally wanting in spirits; one is <xex>dull</xex> from an original deficiency of mental power; he who is <xex>dead</xex> to moral sentiment is wholly bereft of the highest attribute of his nature.</usage><br/
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<p><ent>lifelessness</ent><br/
<hw>life"less*ness</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>not having life.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> inanimateness.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lifelike</ent><br/
<hw>Life"like`</hw> <pr>(l<imac/f"l<imac/k`)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Lively</er>.]</ety> <def>Like a living being; resembling life; giving an accurate representation; <as>as, a <ex>lifelike</ex> portrait</as>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Life"like`ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms>  <rj><au>Poe.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>lifeline</ent><br/
<hw>lifeline</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The anem given to one of the creases on the palm; its length is said by palmists to indicate how long one will live.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> line of life, life line.</syn><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A line or rope which raises or lowers a deep-sea diver.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A line from a vessel that people in a body of water can cling to to save themselves from drowning.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lifelong</ent><br/
<hw>Life"long</hw> <pr>(l<imac/f"l<ocr/ng`)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Life</ets> + <ets>long</ets>.  Cf. <er>Livelong</er>.]</ety> <def>Lasting or continuing through life.</def>  <rj><au>Tennyson.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lifely</ent><br/
<hw>Life"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Lively</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <def>In a lifelike manner.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lifemate</ent><br/
<hw>Life"mate`</hw> <pr>(l<imac/f"m<amac/t`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Companion for life.</def>  <rj><au>Hawthorne.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lifen</ent><br/
<hw>Lif"en</hw> <pr>(l<imac/f"'n)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To enliven.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Marston.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>life-of-man</ent><br/
<hw>life-of-man</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>An unarmed woody rhizomatous perennial plant (<spn>Aralia racemosa</spn>) distinguished from wild sarsaparilla by more aromatic roots and panicled umbels; it grows from Southeastern North America to Mexico.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> American spikenard, petty morel, <spn>Aralia racemosa</spn>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Life-preserver</ent><br/
<hw>Life"-pre*serv`er</hw> <pr>(l<imac/f"pr<esl/*z<etil/rv`<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An apparatus, made in very various forms, and of various materials, for saving one from drowning by buoying up the body while in the water.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Life"-pre*serv`ing</wf>, <pos>a.</pos></wordforms><br/
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<p><ent>Life-saving</ent><br/
<hw>Life"-sav`ing</hw> <pr>(l<imac/f"s<amac/v`<icr/ng)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>That saves life, or is suited to save life, esp. from drowning; <as>as, the <ex>life-saving</ex> service; a <ex>life-saving</ex> station.</as></def><br/
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<p><ent>life-sized</ent><br/
<ent>life-size</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>life"-size`</hw>, <hw>life"-sized`</hw></mhw> <pr>(l<imac/f"s<imac/z`)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of full size; of the natural size; of the same size as an original; <as>as, a <ex>life-size</ex> sculpture; a <ex>life-size</ex> portrait of the general</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>life-sustaining</ent><br/
<hw>life-sustaining</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>being the seat or source of life; performing a necessary function in the living body; <as>as, the need for <ex>life-sustaining</ex> air and water</as>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> vital.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lifesome</ent><br/
<hw>Life"some</hw> <pr>(l<imac/f"s<ucr/m)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Animated; sprightly.</def> <mark>[Poetic]</mark> <au>Coleridge.</au> -- <wordforms><wf>Life"some*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/
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<p><ent>Lifespring</ent><br/
<hw>Life"spring`</hw> <pr>(l<imac/f"spr<icr/ng`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Spring or source of life.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lifestring</ent><br/
<hw>Life"string"</hw> <pr>(l<imac/f"str<icr/ng`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A nerve, or string, that is imagined to be essential to life.</def>  <rj><au>Daniel.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lifetime</ent><br/
<hw>Life"time`</hw> <pr>(l<imac/f"t<imac/m`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The time that life continues.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Life-weary</ent><br/
<hw>Life"-wea`ry</hw> <pr>(l<imac/f"w<emac/`r<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Weary of living.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Liflode</ent><br/
<hw>Lif"lode</hw> <pr>(l<imac/f"l<omac/d)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Livelihood.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lift</ent><br/
<hw>Lift</hw> <pr>(l<icr/ft)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>lyft</ets> air. See <er>Loft</er>.]</ety> <def>The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Scot.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lift</ent><br/
<hw>Lift</hw> <pr>(l<icr/ft)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lifted</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lifting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Icel. <ets>lypta</ets>, fr. <ets>lopt</ets> air; akin to Sw. <ets>lyfta</ets> to lift, Dan. <ets>l<oum/fte</ets>, G. <ets>l<uum/ften</ets>; -- prop., to raise into the air. See <er>Loft</er>, and cf. 1st <er>Lift</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To move in a direction opposite to that of gravitation; to raise; to elevate; to bring up from a lower place to a higher; to upheave; sometimes implying a continued support or holding in the higher place; -- said of material things; <as>as, to <ex>lift</ex> the foot or the hand; to <ex>lift</ex> a chair or a burden</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To raise, elevate, exalt, improve, in rank, condition, estimation, character, etc.; -- often with <xex>up</xex>.</def><br/
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<p><q>The Roman virtues <qex>lift</qex> up mortal man.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Lest, being <qex>lifted</qex> up with pride.</q> <rj><qau>1 Tim. iii. 6.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To bear; to support.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To collect, as moneys due; to raise.</def><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <ety>[Perh. a different word, and akin to Goth. <ets>hliftus</ets> thief, <ets>hlifan</ets> to steal, L. <ets>clepere</ets>, Gr. <grk>kle`ptein</grk>.  Cf. <er>Shoplifter</er>.]</ety> <def>To steal; to carry off by theft (esp. cattle); <as>as, to <ex>lift</ex> a drove of cattle</as>.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ In old writers, <xex>lift</xex> is sometimes used for <xex>lifted</xex>.</note><br/
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<p><q>He ne'er <qex>lift</qex> up his hand but conquered.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>To lift up</b></col>, <cd>to raise or elevate; in the Scriptures, specifically, to elevate upon the cross.</cd> <au>John viii. 28.</au> -- <col><b>To lift up the eyes</b></col>. <cd>To look up; to raise the eyes, as in prayer.</cd> <au>Ps. cxxi. 1.</au> -- <col><b>To lift up the feet</b></col>, <cd>to come speedily to one's relief.</cd> <au>Ps. lxxiv. 3.</au> -- <col><b>To lift up the hand</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To take an oath.</cd> <au>Gen. xiv. 22.</au> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To pray.</cd> <au>Ps. xxviii. 2.</au> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To engage in duty.</cd> <au>Heb. xii. 12.</au> -- <col><b>To lift up the hand against</b></col>, <cd>to rebel against; to assault; to attack; to injure; to oppress.</cd> <au>Job xxxi. 21.</au> -- <col><b>To lift up one's head</b></col>, <cd>to cause one to be exalted or to rejoice.</cd> <au>Gen. xl. 13.</au> <au>Luke xxi. 28.</au> -- <col><b>To lift up the heel against</b></col>, <cd>to treat with insolence or unkindness.</cd> <au>John xiii.18.</au> -- <col><b>To lift up the voice</b></col>, <cd>to cry aloud; to call out.</cd> <au>Gen. xxi. 16.</au></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lift</ent><br/
<hw>Lift</hw> <pr>(l<icr/ft)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.</def><br/
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<p><q>Strained by <qex>lifting</qex> at a weight too heavy.</q> <rj><qau>Locke.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To rise; to become or appear raised or elevated; <as>as, the fog <ex>lifts</ex>; the land <ex>lifts</ex> to a ship approaching it.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <ety>[See <er>Lift</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>, 5.]</ety> <def>To steal; also, to live by theft.</def>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lift</ent><br/
<hw>Lift</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Act of lifting; also, that which is lifted.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The space or distance through which anything is lifted; <as>as, a long <ex>lift</ex></as>.</def>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Help; assistance, as by lifting.</def> <specif>Hence:</specif> <def>A ride in a vehicle, given by the vehicle's owner to another person as a favor -- usually in <ldquo/give a lift<rdquo/ or <ldquo/got a lift<rdquo/; <as>as, to give one a <ex>lift</ex> in a wagon; Jack gave me a <ex>lift</ex> into town</as>.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>The goat gives the fox a <qex>lift</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>L'Estrange.</qau></rj></p>

<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>That by means of which a person or thing lifts or is lifted</def>; <specif>as:</specif> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A hoisting machine; an elevator; a dumb waiter.</def> <mark>[Chiefly Brit.]</mark> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>An exercising machine.</def><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>A rise; a degree of elevation; <as>as, the <ex>lift</ex> of a lock in canals</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>A lift gate. See <cref>Lift gate</cref>, below.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below; -- used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.</def><br/
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>One of the steps of a cone pulley.</def><br/
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<p><sn>9.</sn> <fld>(Shoemaking)</fld> <def>A layer of leather in the heel.</def><br/
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<p><sn>10.</sn> <fld>(Horology)</fld> <def>That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.</def>  <rj><au>Saunier.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>11.</sn> <def>A brightening of the spirits; encouragement; <as>as, the campaign workers got a <ex>lift</ex> from the President's endorsement</as>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Dead lift</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Dead</er>.</cd> <au>Swift.</au> -- <col><b>Lift bridge</b></col>, <cd>a kind of drawbridge, the movable part of which is lifted, instead of being drawn aside.</cd> -- <col><b>Lift gate</b></col>, <cd>a gate that is opened by lifting.</cd> -- <col><b>Lift hammer</b></col>. <cd>See <er>Tilt hammer</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Lift lock</b></col>, <cd>a canal lock.</cd> -- <col><b>Lift pump</b></col>, <cd>a lifting pump.</cd> -- <col><b>Lift tenter</b></col> <fld>(Windmills)</fld>, <cd>a governor for regulating the speed by adjusting the sails, or for adjusting the action of grinding machinery according to the speed.</cd> -- <col><b>Lift wall</b></col> <fld>(Canal Lock)</fld>, <cd>the cross wall at the head of the lock.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Liftable</ent><br/
<hw>Lift"a*ble</hw> <pr>(l<icr/ft"<adot/*b'l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Such as can be lifted.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lifted</ent><br/
<hw>lifted</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>turned upward; <as>as, she left the room with her face <ex>lifted</ex></as>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> upraised.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lifter</ent><br/
<hw>Lift"er</hw> <pr>(l<icr/ft"<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who, or that which, lifts.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Founding)</fld> <def>A tool for lifting loose sand from the mold; also, a contrivance attached to a cope, to hold the sand together when the cope is lifted.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lifting</ent><br/
<hw>Lift"ing</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Used in, or for, or by, lifting.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lifting bridge</b></col>, <cd>a lift bridge.</cd> -- <col><b>Lifting jack</b></col>. <cd>See 2d <er>Jack</er>, 5.</cd> -- <col><b>Lifting machine</b></col>. <cd>See <cref>Health lift</cref>, under <er>Health</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Lifting pump</b></col>. <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A kind of pump having a bucket, or valved piston, instead of a solid piston, for drawing water and lifting it to a high level.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A pump which lifts the water only to the top of the pump, or delivers it through a spout; a lift pump.</cd> -- <col><b>Lifting rod</b></col>, <cd>a vertical rod lifted by a rock shaft, and imparting motion to a puppet valve; -- used in the engines of river steamboats.</cd> -- <col><b>Lifting sail</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>one which tends to lift a vessel's bow out of water, as jibs and square foresails.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>liftoff</ent><br/
<hw>liftoff</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Rocketry)</fld> <def>the initial ascent of a rocket from its launching pad.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lig</ent><br/
<hw>Lig</hw> <pr>(l<icr/g)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lie</er> to be prostrate.]</ety> <def>To recline; to lie still.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Scot.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer. Spenser.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Ligament</ent><br/
<hw>Lig"a*ment</hw> <pr>(l<icr/g"<adot/*m<eit/nt)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>ligamentum</ets>, fr. <ets>ligare</ets> to bind; cf. f. <ets>ligament</ets>.  Cf. <er>Lien</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, <er>Ligature</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Anything that ties or unites one thing or part to another; a bandage; a bond.</def>  <rj><au>Hawthorne.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>Interwoven is the love of liberty with every <qex>ligament</qex> of your hearts.</q> <rj><qau>Washington.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A tough band or plate of dense, fibrous, connective tissue or fibrocartilage serving to unite bones or form joints.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A band of connective tissue, or a membranous fold, which supports or retains an organ in place; <as>as, the gastrophrenic <ex>ligament</ex>, connecting the diaphragm and stomach</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Ligamentous</ent><br/
<ent>Ligamental</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lig`a*men"tal</hw> <pr>(l<icr/g"<adot/*m<ecr/n"t<ait/l)</pr>, <hw>Lig`a*men"tous</hw> <pr>(l<icr/g"<adot/*m<ecr/n"t<ucr/s)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>ligamenteux</ets>.]</ety> <def>Composing a ligament; of the nature of a ligament; binding; <as>as, a strong <ex>ligamentous</ex> membrane</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Ligan</ent><br/
<hw>Li"gan</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"g<ait/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. L. <ets>ligare</ets> to bind, to tie, <ets>ligamen</ets> band, bandage, E. <ets>ligament</ets>, or <ets>ligsam</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Goods sunk in the sea, with a buoy attached in order that they may be found again. See <er>Jetsam</er> and <er>Flotsam</er>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>lagan</asp>.]</altsp>  <rj><au>Blackstone.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>ligase</ent><br/
<hw>ligase</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Biochem.)</fld> <def>An enzyme which catalyzes creation of a covalent bond between two substrates, resulting in a larger product which is a combination of the two starting materials;  especially, <stype>DNA ligase</stype>, an enzyme which creates a phosphate bond between 5<prime/ and 3<prime/ ends of a DNA chain, resulting in a longer chain of DNA.  DNA ligase is important in normal biosynthesis of DNA in the replication cycle of cells.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Ligate</ent><br/
<hw>Li"gate</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"g<amac/t)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>ligatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>ligare</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To tie with a ligature; to bind around; to bandage.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Molecular biology)</fld> <def>To concatenate two strands of (nucleic acid, usually DNA), in an end-to-end fashion, using a ligase.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Ligation</ent><br/
<hw>Li*ga"tion</hw> <pr>(l<isl/*g<amac/"sh<ucr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>ligatio</ets>, fr. <ets>ligare</ets> to bind.  Cf. <er>Liaison</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of binding, or the state of being bound.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which binds; bond; connection.</def><br/
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<p><q>Tied with tape, and sealed at each fold and <qex>ligation</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Scott.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Ligator</ent><br/
<hw>Li*ga"tor</hw> <pr>(l<isl/*g<amac/"t<ocr/r)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Ligate</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>An instrument for ligating, or for placing and fastening a ligature.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Ligature</ent><br/
<hw>Lig"a*ture</hw> <pr>(l<icr/g"<adot/*t<usl/r; 135)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>ligatura</ets>, fr. <ets>ligare</ets>, <ets>ligatum</ets>, to bind: cf. F. <ets>ligature</ets>.  Cf. <er>Ally</er>, <er>League</er>, <er>Legatura</er>, <er>Liable</er>, <er>Ligament</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of binding.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Anything that binds; a band or bandage.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A thread or string for tying the blood vessels, particularly the arteries, to prevent hemorrhage.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A thread or wire used to remove tumors, etc.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>The state of being bound or stiffened; stiffness; <as>as, the <ex>ligature</ex> of a joint</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Impotence caused by magic or charms.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A curve or line connecting notes; a slur.</def><br/
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <fld>(Print.)</fld> <def>A double character, or a type consisting of two or more letters or characters united, as <it><ae/</it>, <it><filig/</it>, <it><ffllig/</it>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Ligature</ent><br/
<hw>Lig"a*ture</hw> <pr>(l<icr/g"<adot/*t<usl/r)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>To ligate; to tie.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lige</ent><br/
<hw>Lig"e</hw> <pr>(l<icr/g"<eit/)</pr>, <pos>v. t. & i.</pos> <def>To lie; to tell lies.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Ligeance</ent><br/
<hw>Li"geance</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"j<ait/ns)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>ligeance</ets>, <ets>ligance</ets>. See <er>Liege</er>.]</ety> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld> <def>The connection between sovereign and subject by which they were mutually bound, the former to protection and the securing of justice, the latter to faithful service; allegiance.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>ligeancy</asp> and <asp>liegance</asp>.]</altsp>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Ligement</ent><br/
<hw>Lige"ment</hw> <pr>(l<icr/j"m<eit/nt)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Ledgment</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Ligge</ent><br/
<hw>Lig"ge</hw> <pr>(l<icr/g"g<eit/)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To lie or recline.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Ligger</ent><br/
<hw>Lig"ger</hw> <pr>(l<icr/g"g<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A baited line attached to a float, for night fishing. See <er>Leger</er>, <pos>a.</pos></def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>See <er>Ledger</er>, 2.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Light</ent><br/
<hw>Light</hw> <pr>(l<imac/t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>light</ets>, <ets>liht</ets>, AS. <ets>le<iacute/ht</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>lioht</ets>, D. & G. <ets>licht</ets>, OHG. <ets>lioht</ets>, Goth. <ets>liuha<thorn/</ets>, Icel. <ets>lj<omac/s</ets>, L. <ets>lux</ets> light, <ets>lucere</ets> to shine, Gr. <grk>leyko`s</grk> white, Skr. <ets>ruc</ets> to shine. <root/122.  Cf. <er>Lucid</er>, <er>Lunar</er>, <er>Luminous</er>, <er>Lynx</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ <xex>Light</xex> was regarded formerly as consisting of material particles, or corpuscules, sent off in all directions from luminous bodies, and traversing space, in right lines, with the known velocity of about 186,300 miles per second; but it is now generally understood to consist, not in any actual transmission of particles or substance, but in the propagation of vibrations or undulations in a subtile, elastic medium, or ether, assumed to pervade all space, and to be thus set in vibratory motion by the action of luminous bodies, as the atmosphere is by sonorous bodies. This view of the nature of light is known as the <xex>undulatory or wave theory</xex>; the other, advocated by Newton (but long since abandoned), as the <xex>corpuscular</xex>, <xex>emission</xex>, or <xex>Newtonian theory</xex>. A more recent theory makes light to consist in electrical oscillations, and is known as the <xex>electro-magnetic theory</xex> of light.</note><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which furnishes, or is a source of, light, as the sun, a star, a candle, a lighthouse, etc.</def><br/
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<p><q>Then he called for a <qex>light</qex>, and sprang in.</q> <rj><qau>Acts xvi. 29.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>And God made two great <qex>lights</qex>; the greater <qex>light</qex> to rule the day, and the lesser <qex>light</qex> to rule the night.</q> <rj><qau>Gen. i. 16.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The time during which the light of the sun is visible; day; especially, the dawn of day.</def><br/
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<p><q>The murderer, rising with the <qex>light</qex>, killeth the poor and needy.</q> <rj><qau>Job xxiv. 14.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>The brightness of the eye or eyes.</def><br/
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<p><q>He seemed to find his way without his eyes;<br/
For out o'door he went without their helps,<br/
And, to the last, bended their <qex>light</qex> on me.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>The medium through which light is admitted, as a window, or window pane; a skylight; in architecture, one of the compartments of a window made by a mullion or mullions.</def><br/
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<p><q>There were windows in three rows, and <qex>light</qex> was against <qex>light</qex> in three ranks.</q> <rj><qau>I Kings vii.4.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>Life; existence.</def><br/
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<p><q>O, spring to <qex>light</qex>, auspicious Babe, be born !</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>Open view; a visible state or condition; public observation; publicity.</def><br/
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<p><q>The duke yet would have dark deeds darkly answered; he would never bring them to <qex>light</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>The power of perception by vision.</def><br/
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<p><q>My strength faileth me; as for the <qex>light</qex> of my eyes, it also is gone from me.</q> <rj><qau>Ps. xxxviii. 10.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>9.</sn> <def>That which illumines or makes clear to the mind; mental or spiritual illumination; enlightenment; knowledge; information.</def><br/
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<p><q>He shall never know<br/
That I had any <qex>light</qex> of this from thee.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>10.</sn> <def>Prosperity; happiness; joy; felicity.</def><br/
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<p><q>Then shall thy <qex>light</qex> break forth as the morning, and thy health shall spring forth speedily.</q> <rj><qau>Is. lviii. 8.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>11.</sn> <fld>(Paint.)</fld> <def>The manner in which the light strikes upon a picture; that part of a picture which represents those objects upon which the light is supposed to fall; the more illuminated part of a landscape or other scene; -- opposed to <ant>shade</ant>.  Cf. <er>Chiaroscuro</er>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>12.</sn> <def>Appearance due to the particular facts and circumstances presented to view; point of view; <as>as, to state things fairly and put them in the right <ex>light</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>Frequent consideration of a thing . . . shows it in its several <qex>lights</qex> and various ways of appearance.</q> <rj><qau>South.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>13.</sn> <def>One who is conspicuous or noteworthy; a model or example; <as>as, the <ex>lights</ex> of the age or of antiquity</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>Joan of Arc,<br/
A <qex>light</qex> of ancient France.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>14.</sn> <fld>(Pyrotech.)</fld> <def>A firework made by filling a case with a substance which burns brilliantly with a white or colored flame; <as>as, a Bengal <ex>light</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ <xex>Light</xex> is used figuratively to denote that which resembles physical light in any respect, as illuminating, benefiting, enlightening, or enlivening mankind.</note><br/
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Ancient lights</b></col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <col><b>Calcium light</b></col>, <col><b>Flash light</b></col>, etc.</mcol> <cd>See under <er>Ancient</er>, <er>Calcium</er>, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>Light ball</b></col> <fld>(Mil.)</fld>, <cd>a ball of combustible materials, used to afford light; -- sometimes made so as to be fired from a cannon or mortar, or to be carried up by a rocket.</cd> -- <col><b>Light barrel</b></col> <fld>(Mil.)</fld>, <cd>an empty power barrel pierced with holes and filled with shavings soaked in pitch, used to light up a ditch or a breach.</cd> --
<col><b>Light dues</b></col> <fld>(Com.)</fld>, <cd>tolls levied on ships navigating certain waters, for the maintenance of lighthouses.</cd> -- <col><b>Light iron</b></col>, <cd>a candlestick.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> -- <col><b>Light keeper</b></col>, <cd>a person appointed to take care of a lighthouse or light-ship.</cd> -- <col><b>Light money</b></col>, <cd>charges laid by government on shipping entering a port, for the maintenance of lighthouses and light-ships.</cd> -- <col><b>The light of the countenance</b></col>, <cd>favor; kindness; smiles.</cd><br/
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<p><q>Lord, lift thou up <qex>the light of thy countenance</qex> upon us.</q> <rj><qau>Ps. iv. 6.</qau></rj></p>

<p>-- <col><b>Northern lights</b></col>. <cd>See <cref>Aurora borealis</cref>, under <er>Aurora</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>To bring to light</b></col>, <cd>to cause to be disclosed.</cd> -- <col><b>To come to light</b></col>, <cd>to be disclosed.</cd> -- <col><b>To see the light</b></col>, <cd>to come into the light; hence, to come into the world or into public notice; <as>as, his book never <ex>saw the light</ex></as>.</cd><-- also, see the light of day; (b) to come to understand (sometimes used ironically, said of a person who professes to change his opinion after he has been convinced that it will be in his own interest if the facts are different from his initial beliefs) -->  -- <col><b>To stand in one's own light</b></col>, <cd>to take a position which is injurious to one's own interest.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Light</ent><br/
<hw>Light</hw> <pr>(l<imac/t)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>le<iacute/ht</ets>. See <er>Light</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <amorph>[<pos>Compar</pos>. <adjf>Lighter</adjf> <pr>(l<imac/t"<etil/r)</pr>; <pos>superl</pos>. <adjf>Lightest</adjf>.]</amorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having light; not dark or obscure; bright; clear; <as>as, the apartment is <ex>light</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>White or whitish; not intense or very marked; not of a deep shade; moderately colored; <as>as, a <ex>light</ex> color; a <ex>light</ex> brown; a <ex>light</ex> complexion.</as></def><br/
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<p><ent>Light</ent><br/
<hw>Light</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lighted</conjf> <pr>(l<imac/t"<ecr/d)</pr> or <conjf>Lit</conjf> <pr>(l<icr/t)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lighting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[AS. <ets>l<ymac/htan</ets>, <ets>l<imac/htan</ets>, to shine. <root/122. See <er>Light</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To set fire to; to cause to burn; to set burning; to ignite; to kindle; <as>as, to <ex>light</ex> a candle or lamp; to <ex>light</ex> the gas</as>; -- sometimes with <ptcl>up</ptcl>.</def><br/
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<p><q>If a thousand candles be all <qex>lighted</qex> from one.</q> <rj><qau>Hakewill.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>And the largest lamp is <qex>lit</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Absence might cure it, or a second mistress<br/
<qex>Light</qex> up another flame, and put out this.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To give light to; to illuminate; to fill with light; to spread over with light; -- often with <xex>up</xex>.</def><br/
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<p><q>Ah, hopeless, lasting flames! like those that burn<br/
To <qex>light</qex> the dead.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>One hundred years ago, to have <qex>lit</qex> this theater as brilliantly as it is now <qex>lighted</qex> would have cost, I suppose, fifty pounds.</q> <rj><qau>F. Harrison.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>The sun has set, and Vesper, to supply<br/
His absent beams, has <qex>lighted</qex> up the sky.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light.</def><br/
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<p><q>His bishops lead him forth, and <qex>light</qex> him on.</q> <rj><qau>Landor.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>To light a fire</b></col>, <cd>to kindle the material of a fire.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Light</ent><br/
<hw>Light</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To become ignited; to take fire; <as>as, the match will not <ex>light</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To be illuminated; to receive light; to brighten; -- with <xex>up</xex>; <as>as, the room <ex>light</ex> up very well</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Light</ent><br/
<hw>Light</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Lighter</adjf> <pr>(l<imac/t"<etil/r)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Lightest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>light</ets>, <ets>liht</ets>, AS. <ets>l<imac/ht</ets>, <ets>le<iacute/ht</ets>; akin to D. <ets>ligt</ets>, G. <ets>leicht</ets>, OHG. <ets>l<imac/hti</ets>, Icel. <ets>l<emac/ttr</ets>, Dan. <ets>let</ets>, Sw. <ets>l<aum/tt</ets>, Goth. <ets>leihts</ets>, and perh. to L. <ets>levis</ets> (cf. <er>Levity</er>), Gr. <grk>'elachy`s</grk> small, Skr. <ets>laghu</ets> light. <root/125.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having little, or comparatively little, weight; not tending to be the center of gravity with force; not heavy.</def><br/
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<p><q>These weights did not exert their natural gravity, . . . insomuch that I could not guess which was <qex>light</qex> or heavy whilst I held them in my hand.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Not burdensome; easy to be lifted, borne, or carried by physical strength; <as>as, a <ex>light</ex> burden, or load</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>Ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is <qex>light</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Matt. xi. 29, 30.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Easy to be endured or performed; not severe; not difficult; <as>as, a <ex>light</ex> affliction or task</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q><qex>Light</qex> sufferings give us leisure to complain.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Easy to be digested; not oppressive to the stomach; <as>as, <ex>light</ex> food</as>; also, containing little nutriment.</def><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Not heavily armed; armed with light weapons; <as>as, <ex>light</ex> troops; a troop of <ex>light</ex> horse.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>Not encumbered; unembarrassed; clear of impediments; hence, active; nimble; swift.</def><br/
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<p><q>Unmarried men are best friends, best masters . . . but not always best subjects, for they are <qex>light</qex> to run away.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>Not heavily burdened; not deeply laden; not sufficiently ballasted; <as>as, the ship returned <ex>light</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>Slight; not important; <as>as, a <ex>light</ex> error</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>9.</sn> <def>Well leavened; not heavy; <as>as, <ex>light</ex> bread</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>10.</sn> <def>Not copious or heavy; not dense; not inconsiderable; <as>as, a <ex>light</ex> rain; a <ex>light</ex> snow; <ex>light</ex> vapors.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>11.</sn> <def>Not strong or violent; moderate; <as>as, a <ex>light</ex> wind</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>12.</sn> <def>Not pressing heavily or hard upon; hence, having an easy, graceful manner; delicate; <as>as, a <ex>light</ex> touch; a <ex>light</ex> style of execution.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>13.</sn> <def>Easy to admit influence; inconsiderate; easily influenced by trifling considerations; unsteady; unsettled; volatile; <as>as, a <ex>light</ex>, vain person; a <ex>light</ex> mind.</as></def><br/
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<p><q>There is no greater argument of a <qex>light</qex> and inconsiderate person than profanely to scoff at religion.</q> <rj><qau>Tillotson.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>14.</sn> <def>Indulging in, or inclined to, levity; wanting dignity or solemnity; trifling; gay; frivolous; airy; unsubstantial.</def><br/
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<p><q>Seneca can not be too heavy, nor Plautus too <qex>light</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Specimens of New England humor laboriously <qex>light</qex> and lamentably mirthful.</q> <rj><qau>Hawthorne.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>15.</sn> <def>Not quite sound or normal; somewhat impaired or deranged; dizzy; giddy.</def><br/
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<p><q>Are his wits safe? Is he not <qex>light</qex> of brain ?</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>16.</sn> <def>Easily bestowed; inconsiderately rendered.</def><br/
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<p><q>To a fair semblance doth <qex>light</qex> faith annex.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>17.</sn> <def>Wanton; unchaste; <as>as, a woman of <ex>light</ex> character</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>A <qex>light</qex> wife doth make a heavy husband.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>18.</sn> <def>Not of the legal, standard, or usual weight; clipped; diminished; <as>as, <ex>light</ex> coin</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>19.</sn> <def>Loose; sandy; easily pulverized; <as>as, a <ex>light</ex> soil</as>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Light cavalry</b></col>, <col><b>Light horse</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Mil.)</fld>, <cd>light-armed soldiers mounted on strong and active horses.</cd> -- <col><b>Light eater</b></col>, <cd>one who eats but little.</cd> -- <col><b>Light infantry</b></col>, <cd>infantry soldiers selected and trained for rapid evolutions.</cd> -- <col><b>Light of foot</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>Having a light step.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>Fleet.</cd> -- <col><b>Light of heart</b></col>, <cd>gay, cheerful.</cd> -- <col><b>Light oil</b></col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>the oily product, lighter than water, forming the chief part of the first distillate of coal tar, and consisting largely of benzene and toluene.</cd> -- <col><b>Light sails</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>all the sails above the topsails, with, also, the studding sails and flying jib.</cd> <au>Dana.</au> -- <col><b>Light sleeper</b></col>, <cd>one easily wakened.</cd> -- <col><b>Light weight</b></col>, <cd>a prize fighter, boxer, wrestler, or jockey, who is below a standard medium weight.  Cf. <cref>Feather weight</cref>, under <er>Feather</er>.</cd> <mark>[Cant]</mark> -- <col><b>To make light of</b></col>, <cd>to treat as of little consequence; to slight; to disregard.</cd> -- <col><b>To set light by</b></col>, <cd>to undervalue; to slight; to treat as of no importance; to despise.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Light</ent><br/
<hw>Light</hw> <pr>(l<imac/t)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Lightly; cheaply.</def>  <rj><au>Hooker.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Light</ent><br/
<hw>Light</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Light</er> not heavy, and cf. <er>Light</er> to alight, and <er>Lighten</er> to make less heavy.]</ety> <def>To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>From his head the heavy burgonet did <qex>light</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Light</ent><br/
<hw>Light</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lighted</conjf> <pr>(l<imac/t"<ecr/d)</pr> <it>or</it> <conjf>Lit</conjf> <pr>(l<icr/t)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lighting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[AS. <ets>l<imac/htan</ets> to alight orig., to relieve (a horse) of the rider's burden, to make less heavy, fr. <ets>l<imac/ht</ets> light. See <er>Light</er> not heavy, and cf. <er>Alight</er>, <er>Lighten</er> to make light.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To dismount; to descend, as from a horse or carriage; to alight; -- with <ptcl>from</ptcl>, <ptcl>off</ptcl>, <ptcl>on</ptcl>, <ptcl>upon</ptcl>, <ptcl>at</ptcl>, <ptcl>in</ptcl>.</def><br/
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<p><q>When she saw Isaac, she <qex>lighted</qex> off the camel.</q> <rj><qau>Gen. xxiv. 64.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Slowly rode across a withered heath,<br/
And <qex>lighted</qex> at a ruined inn.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To feel light; to be made happy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>It made all their hearts to <qex>light</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To descend from flight, and rest, perch, or settle, as a bird or insect.</def><br/
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<p><q>[The bee] <qex>lights</qex> on that, and this, and tasteth all.</q> <rj><qau>Sir. J. Davies.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>On the tree tops a crested peacock <qex>lit</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To come down suddenly and forcibly; to fall; -- with <ptcl>on</ptcl> or <ptcl>upon</ptcl>.</def><br/
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<p><q>On me, me only, as the source and spring<br/
Of all corruption, all the blame <qex>lights</qex> due.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To come by chance; to happen; -- with <ptcl>on</ptcl> or <ptcl>upon</ptcl>; formerly with <ptcl>into</ptcl>.</def><br/
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<p><q>The several degrees of vision, which the assistance of glasses (casually at first <qex>lit</qex> on) has taught us to conceive.</q> <rj><qau>Locke.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>They shall <qex>light</qex> into atheistical company.</q> <rj><qau>South.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>And here we <qex>lit</qex> on Aunt Elizabeth,<br/
And Lilia with the rest.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lightable</ent><br/
<hw>Light"a*ble</hw> <pr>(l<imac/t"<adot/*b'l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Such as can be lighted.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Light-armed</ent><br/
<hw>Light"-armed`</hw> <pr>(l<imac/t"<aum/rmd`)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Armed with light weapons or accouterments.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Light-boat</ent><br/
<hw>Light"-boat`</hw> <pr>(l<imac/t"b<omac/t`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Light-ship.</def><br/
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<p><ent>light bulb</ent><br/
<ent>lightbulb</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>lightbulb</hw>, <hw>light bulb</hw></mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A glass bulb with metallic contacts on the outside connected to a wire filament (usually tungsten) inside that emits light when heated by passage of electricity through the filament; -- used as the replaceable light-emitting component of an electric lamp, flashlight, lighting fixture, etc.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> light bulb, bulb, incandescent lamp, electric light, electric-light bulb.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>light-coloured</ent><br/
<hw>light-coloured</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>having low color saturation; pale-colored.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> pale, palish, pastel, whitish, light-colored.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>light-duty</ent><br/
<hw>light-duty</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>not designed for heavy or demanding work; <as>as, a <ex>light-duty</ex> detergent</as>.  Opposite of <ant>heavy-duty</ant>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lighte</ent><br/
<hw>Light"e</hw> <pr>(l<imac/t"<eit/)</pr>, <mark>obs.</mark> <def><pos>imp.</pos> of <er>Light</er>, to alight.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>lighted</ent><br/
<hw>lighted</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>set afire or burning.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> ignited, enkindled, kindled, lit.</syn><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>Illuminated by artificial light; <as>as, <ex>lighted</ex> by a high-powered searchligh</as>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> illuminated, lit, well-lighted.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lighten</ent><br/
<hw>Light"en</hw> <pr>(l<imac/t"'n)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Light</er> to alight.]</ety> <def>To descend; to light.</def><br/
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<p><q>O Lord, let thy mercy <qex>lighten</qex> upon us.</q> <rj><qau>Book of Common Prayer [Eng. Ed.].</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lighten</ent><br/
<hw>Light"en</hw> <pr>(l<imac/t"'n)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lightened</conjf> <pr>(l<imac/t"'nd)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lightening</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>lightenen</ets>. See <er>Light</er> to kindle, illuminate.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To burst forth or dart, as lightning; to shine with, or like, lightning; to display a flash or flashes of lightning; to flash.</def><br/
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<p><q>This dreadful night,<br/
That thunders, <qex>lightens</qex>, opens graves, and roars<br/
As doth the lion.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To grow lighter; to become less dark or lowering; to brighten; to clear, as the sky.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lighten</ent><br/
<hw>Light"en</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Light</er> to illuminate.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To make light or clear; to light; to illuminate; <as>as, to <ex>lighten</ex> an apartment with lamps or gas; to <ex>lighten</ex> the streets.</as></def> <mark>[In this sense less common than <xex>light.</xex>]</mark><br/
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<p><q>A key of fire ran all along the shore,<br/
And <qex>lightened</qex> all the river with a blaze.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To illuminate with knowledge; to enlighten.</def> <mark>[In this sense less common than <xex>enlighten</xex>.]</mark><br/
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<p><q><qex>Lighten</qex> my spirit with one clear heavenly ray.</q> <rj><qau>Sir J. Davies.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To emit or disclose in, or as in, lightning; to flash out, like lightning.</def><br/
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<p><q>His eye . . . <qex>lightens</qex> forth<br/
Controlling majesty.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To free from trouble and fill with joy.</def><br/
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<p><q>They looked unto him, and were <qex>lightened</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Ps. xxxiv. 5.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lighten</ent><br/
<hw>Light"en</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Light</er> not heavy.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To make lighter, or less heavy; to reduce in weight; to relieve of part of a load or burden; <as>as, to <ex>lighten</ex> a ship by unloading; to <ex>lighten</ex> a load or burden.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To make less burdensome or afflictive; to alleviate; <as>as, to <ex>lighten</ex> the cares of life or the burden of grief</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To cheer; to exhilarate.</def><br/
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<p><q><qex>Lightens</qex> my humor with his merry jests.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>lightening</ent><br/
<hw>lightening</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>The process of changing to a lighter color.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> whitening.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lighter</ent><br/
<hw>Light"er</hw> <pr>(l<imac/t"<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or that which, lights; <as>as, a <ex>lighter</ex> of lamps</as>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>cigarette lighter</b></col> <cd>A small portable device which produces a flame when a button is pushed, carried on the person to allow one to light cigarettes conveniently, and taking the place of a match.  It may have a reservoir of liquid fuel conveyed by a wick, or may contain compressed butane as the fuel.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lighter</ent><br/
<hw>Light"er</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[D. <ets>ligter</ets>, fr. <ets>ligt</ets> light. See <er>Light</er> not heavy.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A large boat or barge, mainly used in unloading or loading vessels which can not reach the wharves at the place of shipment or delivery.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lighter screw</b></col> <fld>(Mach.)</fld>, <cd>a screw for adjusting the distance between the stones in a grinding mill by raising or lowering the bridgetree.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lighter</ent><br/
<hw>Light"er</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To convey by a lighter, as to or from the shore; <as>as, to <ex>lighter</ex> the cargo of a ship</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lighterage</ent><br/
<hw>Light"er*age</hw> <pr>(l<imac/t"<etil/r*<asl/j; 48)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The price paid for conveyance of goods on a lighter.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The act of unloading into a lighter, or of conveying by a lighter.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lighterman</ent><br/
<hw>Light"er*man</hw> <pr>(l<imac/t"<etil/r*m<acr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Lightermen</plw> <pr>(l<imac/t"<etil/r*m<eit/n)</pr>.</plu> <def>A person employed on, or who manages, a lighter.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Light-fingered</ent><br/
<hw>Light"-fin`gered</hw> <pr>(l<imac/t"f<icr/<nsm/`g<etil/rd)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Dexterous in taking and conveying away; thievish; pilfering; addicted to petty thefts.</def>  <rj><au>Fuller.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Light-footed</ent><br/
<ent>Light-foot</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Light"-foot`</hw> <pr>(l<imac/t"f<oocr/t`)</pr>, <hw>Light"-foot`ed</hw>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having a light, springy step; moving lightly and nimbly; nimble in running or dancing; active; <as>as, <ex>light-foot</ex> Iris</as>.  Opposite of <ant>heavy-footed</ant>.</def>  <rj><au>Tennyson.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lightful</ent><br/
<hw>Light"ful</hw> <pr>(l<imac/t"f<usdot/l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Full of light; bright.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> <ldquo/<xex>Lightful</xex> presence.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Marston.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>light-green</ent><br/
<hw>light-green</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>Having a light green color, similar to the color of fresh grass.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> green, greenish, dark-green.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>light-haired</ent><br/
<hw>light-haired</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>being or having light colored skin and hair; <as>as, a certain <ex>light-haired</ex> girl</as>.  Contrasted to <ant>brunet</ant>.</def> [Narrower terms: <stype>redheaded</stype>]<br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> blond, blonde.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Light-handed</ent><br/
<hw>Light"-hand`ed</hw> <pr>(l<imac/t"h<acr/nd`<ecr/d)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>Not having a full complement of men; <as>as, a vessel <ex>light-handed</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>having a metaphorically delicate touch.</def> <ant>heavy-handed</ant><br/
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<p><q>the translation is . . . <qex>light-handed</qex> . . . and generally unobtrusive.</q>  <rj><qau>New Yorker.</qau></rj></p>

<p><ent>Light-headed</ent><br/
<hw>Light"-head`ed</hw> <pr>(l<imac/t"h<ecr/d`<ecr/d)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Disordered in the head; dizzy; feeling faint; delirious.</def> <wns>[wns=1]</wns> <rj><au>Walpole.</au></rj><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> faint, swooning, lightheaded.</syn><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Thoughtless; heedless; volatile; unsteady; fickle; loose; lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; <as>as, <ex>light-headed</ex> teenagers</as>.</def> <wns>[wns=2]</wns>  <ldquo/<xex>Light-headed</xex>, weak men.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Clarendon.</au></rj><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, lightheaded, silly.</syn><br/
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Light"-head`ed*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/
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<p><ent>Light-hearted</ent><br/
<hw>Light"-heart`ed</hw> <pr>(l<imac/t"h<aum/rt`<ecr/d)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Free from grief or anxiety; gay; cheerful; merry.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Light"-heart`ed*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Light"-heart`ed*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/
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<p><ent>Light-heeled</ent><br/
<hw>Light"-heeled`</hw> <pr>(l<imac/t"h<emac/ld`)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Lively in walking or running; brisk; light-footed.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Light-horseman</ent><br/
<hw>Light"-horse`man</hw> <pr>(l<imac/t"h<ocir/rs`m<ait/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>-men</plw> <pr>(l<imac/t"h<ocir/rs`m<eit/n)</pr>.</plu> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A soldier who serves in the light horse. See under 5th <er>Light</er>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A West Indian fish of the genus <gen>Ephippus</gen>, remarkable for its high dorsal fin and brilliant colors.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lighthouse</ent><br/
<hw>Light"house`</hw> <pr>(l<imac/t"hous`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Lighthouses</plw> <pr>(l<imac/t"houz`<ecr/z)</pr>.</plu> <def>A tower or other building with a powerful light at top, erected at the entrance of a port, or at some important point on a coast, to serve as a guide to mariners at night; a pharos.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lighting</ent><br/
<hw>Light"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Metal.)</fld> <def>A name sometimes applied to the process of annealing metals.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Light-legged</ent><br/
<hw>Light"-legged`</hw> <pr>(l<imac/t"l<ecr/gd`)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Nimble; swift of foot.</def>  <rj><au>Sir P. Sidney.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lightless</ent><br/
<hw>Light"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Destitute of light; dark.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>lightlessness</ent><br/
<hw>lightlessness</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>total absence of light; blackness.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> total darkness, blackness.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lightly</ent><br/
<hw>Light"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>With little weight; with little force; <as>as, to tread <ex>lightly</ex>; to press <ex>lightly</ex>.</as></def><br/
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<p><q>Yet shall thy grave with rising flowers be drest,<br/
And the green turf lie <qex>lightly</qex> on thy breast.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Him thus intent Ithuriel with his spear<br/
Touched <qex>lightly</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Swiftly; nimbly; with agility.</def><br/
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<p><q>So mikle was that barge, it might not <qex>lightly</qex> sail.</q> <rj><qau>R. of Brunne.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Watch what thou seest and <qex>lightly</qex> bring me word.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Without deep impression.</def><br/
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<p><q>The soft ideas of the cheerful note,<br/
<qex>Lightly</qex> received, were easily forgot.</q> <rj><qau>Prior.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>In a small degree; slightly; not severely.</def><br/
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<p><q>At the first he <qex>lightly</qex> afflicted the land of Zebulun . . . and afterward did more grievously afflict her.</q> <rj><qau>Is. ix. 1.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>With little effort or difficulty; easily; readily.</def><br/
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<p><q>That <qex>lightly</qex> come, shall <qex>lightly</qex> go.</q> <rj><qau>Old Proverb.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>They come <qex>lightly</qex> by the malt, and need not spare it.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Scott.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>Without reason, or for reasons of little weight.</def><br/
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<p><q>Flatter not the rich, neither do thou willingly or <qex>lightly</qex> appear before great personages.</q> <rj><qau>Jer. Taylor.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>Commonly; usually.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bp. Fisher.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>The great thieves of a state are <qex>lightly</qex> the officers of the crown.</q> <rj><qau>B. Jonson.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>Without dejection; cheerfully.</def> <ldquo/Seeming to bear it <xex>lightly</xex>.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>9.</sn> <def>Without heed or care; with levity; gayly; airily.</def><br/
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<p><q>Matrimony . . . is not by any to be enterprised, nor taken in hand, unadvisedly, <qex>lightly</qex>, or wantonly.</q> <rj><qau>Book of Common Prayer [Eng. Ed.].</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>10.</sn> <def>Not chastely; wantonly.</def>  <rj><au>Swift.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lightman</ent><br/
<hw>Light"man</hw> <pr>(l<imac/t"m<acr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>-men</plw> <pr>(l<imac/t"m<ecr/n)</pr>.</plu> <def>A man who carries or takes care of a light.</def>  <rj><au>T. Brown.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Light-minded</ent><br/
<hw>Light"-mind`ed</hw> <pr>(l<imac/t"m<imac/nd`<ecr/d)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Unsettled; unsteady; volatile; not considerate.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>showing inappropriate levity.</def> <wns>[wns=1]</wns><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> flippant.</syn><br/
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<p> -- <wordforms><wf>Light"-mind`ed*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/
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<p><ent>Lightness</ent><br/
<hw>Light"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Light</er> not heavy.]</ety> <def>The state, condition, or quality, of being light or not heavy; buoyancy; levity; fickleness; nimbleness; delicacy; grace.</def><br/
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Levity; volatility; instability; inconstancy; unsteadiness; giddiness; flightiness; airiness; gayety; liveliness; agility; nimbleness; sprightliness; briskness; swiftness; ease; facility.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lightness</ent><br/
<hw>Light"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Light</er> bright.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Illumination, or degree of illumination; <as>as, the <ex>lightness</ex> of a room</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Absence of depth or of duskiness in color; <as>as, the <ex>lightness</ex> of a tint; <ex>lightness</ex> of complexion.</as></def><br/
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<p><ent>Lightning</ent><br/
<hw>Light"ning</hw> <pr>(l<imac/t"n<icr/ng)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[For <ets>lightening</ets>, fr. <ets>lighten</ets> to flash.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A discharge of atmospheric electricity, accompanied by a vivid flash of light, commonly from one cloud to another, sometimes from a cloud to the earth. The sound produced by the electricity in passing rapidly through the atmosphere constitutes thunder.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The act of making bright, or the state of being made bright; enlightenment; brightening, as of the mental powers.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Ball lightning</b></col>, <cd>a rare form of lightning sometimes seen as a globe of fire moving from the clouds to the earth.</cd> -- <col><b>Chain lightning</b></col>, <cd>lightning in angular, zigzag, or forked flashes.</cd> -- <col><b>Heat lightning</b></col>, <cd>more or less vivid and extensive flashes of electric light, without thunder, seen near the horizon, esp. at the close of a hot day.</cd> -- <col><b>Lightning arrester</b></col> <fld>(Telegraphy)</fld>, <cd>a device, at the place where a wire enters a building, for preventing injury by lightning to an operator or instrument. It consists of a short circuit to the ground interrupted by a thin nonconductor over which lightning jumps. Called also <altname>lightning discharger</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>Lightning bug</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>a luminous beetle. See <er>Firefly</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Lightning conductor</b></col>, <cd>a lightning rod.</cd> -- <col><b>Lightning glance</b></col>, <cd>a quick, penetrating glance of a brilliant eye.</cd> -- <col><b>Lightning rod</b></col>, <cd>a metallic rod set up on a building, or on the mast of a vessel, and connected with the earth or water below, for the purpose of protecting the building or vessel from lightning.</cd> -- <col><b>Sheet lightning</b></col>, <cd>a diffused glow of electric light flashing out from the clouds, and illumining their outlines. The appearance is sometimes due to the reflection of light from distant flashes of lightning by the nearer clouds.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lightning</ent><br/
<hw>Light"ning</hw> <pr>(l<imac/t"n<icr/ng)</pr>, <pos>vb. n.</pos> <def>Lightening.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Light-o'-love</ent><br/
<hw>Light"-o'-love`</hw> <pr>(l<imac/t"<osl/-l<ucr/v`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An old tune of a dance, the name of which made it a proverbial expression of levity, especially in love matters.</def> <au>Nares.</au> <ldquo/Best sing it to the tune of <xex>light-o'-love</xex>.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Hence: A light or wanton woman; a woman inconstant in love.  Called also <altname>light-of-love</altname>.</def>  <rj><au>Beau. & Fl.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lightroom</ent><br/
<hw>Light"room`</hw> <pr>(l<imac/t"r<oomac/m`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A small room from which the magazine of a naval vessel is lighted, being separated from the magazine by heavy glass windows.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lights</ent><br/
<hw>lights</hw> <pr>(l<imac/ts)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[So called from their <ets>lightness</ets>.]</ety> <def>The lungs of an animal or bird; -- sometimes coarsely applied to the lungs of a human being.</def><br/
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<p><ent>light-sensitive</ent><br/
<hw>light-sensitive</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Affected by light; <as>as, the <ex>light-sensitive</ex> pigments in the retina</as>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> photosensitive.</syn><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Decomposing under the influence of light; unstable when exposed to light; -- of chemical compounds.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Light-ship</ent><br/
<ent>lightship</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>light"ship`</hw>, <hw>Light"-ship`</hw></mhw> <pr>(l<imac/t"sh<icr/p`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A vessel equipped like a lighthouse, carrying at the masthead a brilliant light, and moored off a shoal or place of dangerous navigation where a permanent lighthouse would be impracticable, to serve as a guide for mariners; <as>as, the Ambrose <ex>lightship</ex> off New York was rammed and damaged in 1950 by the Santa Monica</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source> + <source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>light-skinned</ent><br/
<hw>light-skinned</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>having skin of a light colored hue.</def> [Narrower terms: <stype>white (vs. black) </stype>] <source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lightsome</ent><br/
<hw>Light"some</hw> <pr>(l<imac/t"s<ucr/m)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having light; lighted; not dark or gloomy; bright.</def><br/
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<p><q>White walls make rooms more <qex>lightsome</qex> than black.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Gay; airy; cheering; exhilarating.</def><br/
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<p><q>That <qex>lightsome</qex> affection of joy.</q> <rj><qau>Hooker.</qau></rj></p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Light"some*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Light"some*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/
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<p><q>Happiness may walk soberly in dark attire, as well as dance <qex>lightsomely</qex> in a gala dress.</q> <rj><qau>Hawthorne.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>lights-out</ent><br/
<hw>lights-out</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a signal to turn the lights out.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> taps.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Light-struck</ent><br/
<hw>Light"-struck`</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Photog.)</fld> <def>Damaged by accidental exposure to light; light-fogged; -- said of plates or films.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lightweight</ent><br/
<hw>Light"weight`</hw> <pr>(l<imac/t"w<amac/t`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One of less than average weight;</def> <specif>specif.:</specif>  <def>In boxing, wrestling, etc., one weighing not more than 133 pounds (U. S. amateur rules 135 pounds, Eng. 140 pounds).</def> <wns>[wns=1]</wns><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A person of small importance or mental ability, especially one who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous.</def> <wns>[wns=2]</wns> <mark>[Colloq., Chiefly U. S.]</mark><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> whippersnapper, jackanapes.</syn><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source> + <source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>a wrestler who weighs 139-154 pounds.</def> <wns>[wns=3]</wns><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lightweight</ent><br/
<hw>Light"weight`</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Light in weight, as a coin; specif., applied to a man or animal who is a lightweight.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>made of thin cloth, of relatively little weight; -- of clothing or fabrics; <as>as, <ex>lightweight</ex> fabrics</as>.</def> <wns>[wns=1]</wns><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Light-winged</ent><br/
<hw>Light"-winged`</hw> <pr>(l<imac/t"w<icr/ngd`)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having light and active wings; volatile; fleeting.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lightwood</ent><br/
<hw>Light"wood`</hw> <pr>(l<imac/t"w<oocr/d`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Pine wood abounding in pitch, used for torches in the Southern United States; pine knots, dry sticks, and the like, for kindling a fire quickly or making a blaze.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lighty</ent><br/
<hw>Light"y</hw> <pr>(l<imac/t"<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Illuminated.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Wyclif.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Light year</ent><br/
<ent>Light-year</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>Light-year</hw>, <hw>Light year</hw></mhw>. <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The distance over which light can travel in a year's time in a vacuum, 5.88 trillion miles (9.46 trillion kilometers); -- used as a unit in expressing stellar distances. It is more than 63,000 times as great as the distance from the earth to the sun.  The star nearest to the earth's sun is about 4 light years distant.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>a very large difference; -- used figuratively to express great differences (of distance, quality, time) in comparisons.</def> <ldquo/Although having the same rank and salary, they were <ex>light-years</ex> apart in their ability to perform their jobs.<rdquo/<br/
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<p><ent>Lign-aloes</ent><br/
<hw>Lign`-al"oes</hw> <pr>(l<imac/n`<acr/l"<omac/z <or/ l<icr/g*n<acr/l"<omac/z)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>ligne aloes</ets>, fr. L. <ets>lignum</ets> wood + <ets>aloe</ets> aloe.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Aloes wood, or agallochum. See     <er>Agallochum</er>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A fragrant tree mentioned in the Bible.</def>  <rj><au>Num. xxiv. 6.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Ligneous</ent><br/
<hw>Lig"ne*ous</hw> <pr>(l<icr/g"n<esl/*<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>ligneus</ets>, fr. <ets>lignum</ets> wood.  Cf. <er>Lignous</er>.]</ety> <def>Made of wood; consisting of wood; of the nature of, or resembling, wood; woody.</def><br/
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<p><q>It should be tried with shoots of vines and roots of red roses; for it may be they, being of a more<qex>ligneous</qex> nature, will incorporate with the tree itself.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Ligneous marble</b></col>, <cd>wood coated or prepared so as to resemble marble.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Ligniferous</ent><br/
<hw>Lig*nif"er*ous</hw> <pr>(l<icr/g*n<icr/f"<etil/r*<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lignifer</ets>; <ets>lignum</ets> wood + <ets>ferre</ets> to bear: cf. F.  <ets>lignif<egrave/re</ets>.]</ety> <def>Yielding or producing wood.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lignification</ent><br/
<hw>Lig`ni*fi*ca"tion</hw> <pr>(l<icr/g`n<icr/*f<icr/*k<amac/"sh<ucr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lignification</ets>. See <er>Lignify</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A change in the character of a cell wall, by which it becomes harder. It is supposed to be due to an incrustation of lignin.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Ligniform</ent><br/
<hw>Lig"ni*form</hw> <pr>(l<icr/g"n<icr/*f<ocir/rm)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lignum</ets> wood + <ets>-form</ets>: cf. F. <ets>ligniforme</ets>.]</ety> <def>Like wood.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lignify</ent><br/
<hw>Lig"ni*fy</hw> <pr>(l<icr/g"n<icr/*f<imac/)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lignified</conjf> <pr>(l<icr/g"n<icr/*f<imac/d)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lignifying</conjf> <pr>(l<icr/g"n<icr/*f<imac/`<icr/ng)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>lignum</ets> wood + <ets>-fy</ets>: cf. F. <ets>lignifier</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>To convert into wood or into a ligneous substance.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lignify</ent><br/
<hw>Lig"ni*fy</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>To become wood.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lignin</ent><br/
<hw>Lig"nin</hw> <pr>(l<icr/g"n<icr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lignum</ets> wood: cf. F. <ets>lignine</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A substance characterizing wood cells and differing from cellulose in its conduct with certain chemical reagents.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ Recent authors have distinguished four forms of this substance, naming them <xex>lignose</xex>, <xex>lignin</xex>, <xex>lignone</xex>, and <xex>lignireose</xex>.</note><br/
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<p><ent>Ligniperdous</ent><br/
<hw>Lig`ni*per"dous</hw> <pr>(l<icr/g`n<icr/*p<etil/r"d<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lignum</ets> wood + <ets>perdere</ets> to destroy: cf. F.  <ets>ligniperde</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Wood-destroying; -- said of certain insects.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lignireose</ent><br/
<hw>Lig*nir"e*ose`</hw> <pr>(l<icr/g*n<icr/r"<esl/*<omac/s`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Lignin</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lignite</ent><br/
<hw>Lig"nite</hw> <pr>(l<icr/g"n<imac/t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lignum</ets> wood: cf. F. <ets>lignite</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Mineral coal retaining the texture of the wood from which it was formed, and burning with an empyreumatic odor. It is of more recent origin than the anthracite and bituminous coal of the proper coal series. Called also <altname>brown coal</altname>, <altname>wood coal</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lignitic</ent><br/
<hw>Lig*nit"ic</hw> <pr>(l<icr/g*n<icr/t"<icr/k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Containing lignite; resembling, or of the nature of, lignite; <as>as, <ex>lignitic</ex> clay</as>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lignitic group</b></col>. <cd>See <er>Laramie Group</er>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lignitiferous</ent><br/
<hw>Lig`ni*tif"er*ous</hw> <pr>(l<icr/g`n<icr/*t<icr/f"<etil/r*<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Lignite</ets> + <ets>-ferous</ets>.]</ety> <def>Producing or containing lignite; lignitic.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lignoceric</ent><br/
<hw>Lig`no*cer"ic</hw> <pr>(l<icr/g`n<osl/*s<ecr/r"<icr/k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lignum</ets> wood + <ets>cera</ets> wax.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the formic acid series, found in the tar, wax, or paraffine obtained by distilling certain kinds of wood, as the beech.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lignone</ent><br/
<hw>Lig"none`</hw> <pr>(l<icr/g"n<omac/n`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Lignin</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lignous</ent><br/
<ent>Lignose</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lig*nose"</hw> <pr>(l<icr/g*n<omac/s")</pr>, <hw>Lig"nous</hw> <pr>(l<icr/g"n<ucr/s)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lignosus</ets>, fr. <ets>lignum</ets> wood: cf. F. <ets>ligneux</ets>.  Cf. <er>Ligneous</er>.]</ety> <def>Ligneous.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Evelyn.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lignose</ent><br/
<hw>Lig"nose`</hw> <pr>(l<icr/g"n<omac/s`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Lignin</er>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An explosive compound of wood fiber and nitroglycerin. See <er>Nitroglycerin</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lignum rhodium</ent><br/
||<hw>Lig"num rho"di*um</hw> <pr>(l<icr/g"n<ucr/m r<omac/"d<icr/*<ucr/m)</pr>. <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>lignum</ets> wood + Gr. <grk>"ro`don</grk> a rose.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The fragrant wood of several shrubs and trees, especially of species of <gen>Rhodorhiza</gen> from the Canary Islands, and of the West Indian <spn>Amyris balsamifera</spn>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lignum-vitae</ent><br/
||<hw>Lig"num-vi"tae</hw> <pr>(l<icr/g"n<ucr/m v<imac/"t<emac/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., wood of life; <ets>lignum</ets> wood + <ets>vita</ets>, genitive <ets>vit<ae/</ets>, life.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A tree (<spn>Guaiacum officinale</spn>) found in the warm latitudes of America, from which the <prod>guaiacum</prod> of medicine is procured. Its wood is very hard and heavy, and is used for various mechanical purposes, as for the wheels of ships' blocks, cogs, bearings, and the like. See <er>Guaiacum</er>.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ In New Zealand the <spn>Metrosideros buxifolia</spn> is called lignum-vit<ae/, and in Australia a species of <gen>Acacia</gen>. The bastard lignum-vit<ae/ is a West Indian tree (<spn>Sarcomphalus laurinus</spn>).</note><br/
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<p><ent>Ligroin</ent><br/
<hw>Lig"ro*in</hw> <pr>(l<icr/g"r<osl/*<icr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A trade name applied somewhat indefinitely to some of the volatile products obtained in refining crude petroleum. It is a complex and variable mixture of several hydrocarbons, generally boils below 170<deg/ Fahr., and is more inflammable than safe kerosene. It is used as a solvent, as a carburetant for air gas, and for illumination in special lamps.</def><br/
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<p><-- p. 853 pr=VMG --></p>

<p><ent>Ligsam</ent><br/
<hw>Lig"sam</hw> <pr>(l<icr/g"s<ait/m)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. D. <ets>liggen</ets> to lie, E. <ets>lie</ets> to be prostrate, and E. <ets>flotsam</ets>, <ets>jetsam</ets>, or <ets>ligan</ets>.]</ety> <def>Same as <er>Ligan</er>.</def>  <rj><au>Brande & C.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Ligula</ent><br/
<ent>Ligulae</ent><br/
||<hw>Lig"u*la</hw> <pr>(l<icr/g"<usl/*l<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> L. <plw>Ligul<ae/</plw> <pr>(-l<emac/)</pr>, E. <plw>Ligulas</plw> <pr>(-l<adot/z)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., a little tongue. See <er>Ligule</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Ligule</er>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The central process, or front edge, of the labium of insects. It sometimes serves as a tongue or proboscis, as in bees.</def> <see>[See <xex>Illust.</xex>  under <er>Labium</er>, and <er>Hymenoptera</er>.]</see> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A tongue-shaped lobe of the parapodia of annelids. See <er>Parapodium</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Ligulated</ent><br/
<ent>Ligulate</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lig"u*late</hw> <pr>(l<icr/g"<usl/*l<asl/t)</pr>, <hw>Lig"u*la`ted</hw> <pr>(l<icr/g"<usl/*l<amac/`t<ecr/d)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>ligul<eacute/</ets>. See <er>Ligule</er>, and cf. <er>Lingulate</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Like a bandage, or strap; strap-shaped.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Composed of ligules.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Ligulate flower</b></col>, <cd>a species of compound flower, the florets of which have their corollets flat, spreading out toward the end, with the base only tubular.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Ligule</ent><br/
<hw>Lig"ule</hw> <pr>(l<icr/g"<usl/l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>ligula</ets>, <ets>lingula</ets>, little tongue, dim of <ets>lingua</ets> tongue : cf. F. <ets>ligule</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The thin and scarious projection from the upper end of the sheath of a leaf of grass.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A strap-shaped corolla of flowers of Composit<ae/.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A band of white matter in the wall of fourth ventricle of the brain.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Liguliflorous</ent><br/
<hw>Lig`u*li*flo"rous</hw> <pr>(l<icr/g`<usl/*l<icr/*fl<omac/"r<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Ligule</ets> + L. <ets>flos</ets>, <ets>floris</ets>, a flower.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Bearing only ligulate flowers; -- said of a large suborder of composite plants, such as the dandelion, lettuce, hawkweed, etc.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Ligure</ent><br/
<hw>Lig"ure</hw> <pr>(l<icr/g"<usl/r; 277)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>ligurius</ets>, Gr. <grk>ligy`rion</grk>, <grk>liggoy`rion</grk>, <grk>ligkoy`rion</grk>, <grk>lygkoy`rion</grk>, equiv. to Heb. <ets>leshem</ets>.]</ety> <def>A kind of precious stone.</def><br/
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<p><q>The third row a <qex>ligure</qex>, an agate, and an amethyst.</q> <rj><qau>Ex. xxviii. 19.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Ligustrin</ent><br/
<hw>Li*gus"trin</hw> <pr>(l<isl/*g<ucr/s"tr<icr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A bitter principle found in the bark of the privet <spn>(Ligustrum vulgare)</spn>, and extracted as a white crystalline substance with a warm, bitter taste; -- called also <altname>ligustron</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Likable</ent><br/
<hw>Lik"a*ble</hw> <pr>(l<imac/k"<adot/*b'l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Such as can be liked; such as to attract liking; easy to like; evoking sympathy; <as>as, a <ex>likable</ex> person</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Thackeray.</au></rj> <wns>[wns=1+2]</wns><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> appealing, likable.</syn><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>disposed to please.</def> <wns>[wns=3]</wns><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> amiable, agreeable, good-humored, good-humoured, likable.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Like</ent><br/
<hw>Like</hw> <pr>(l<imac/k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Liker</adjf> <pr>(l<imac/k"<etil/r)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Likest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>lik</ets>, <ets>ilik</ets>, <ets>gelic</ets>, AS. <ets>gel<imac/c</ets>, fr. pref. <ets>ge-</ets> + <ets>l<imac/c</ets> body, and orig. meaning, having the same body, shape, or appearance, and hence, like; akin to OS. <ets>gil<imac/k</ets>, D. <ets>gelijk</ets>, G. <ets>gleich</ets>, OHG. <ets>gil<imac/h</ets>, Icel. <ets>l<imac/kr</ets>, <ets>gl<imac/kr</ets>, Dan. <ets>lig</ets>, Sw. <ets>lik</ets>, Goth. <ets>galeiks</ets>, OS. <ets>lik</ets> body, D. <ets>lijk</ets>, G. <ets>leiche</ets>, Icel. <ets>l<imac/k</ets>, Sw. <ets>lik</ets>, Goth. <ets>leik</ets>. The English adverbial ending<ets>-ly</ets> is from the same adjective.  Cf. <er>Each</er>, <er>Such</er>, <er>Which</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having the same, or nearly the same, appearance, qualities, or characteristics; resembling; similar to; similar; alike; -- often with <xex>in</xex> and the particulars of the resemblance; <as>as, they are <ex>like</ex> each other in features, complexion, and many traits of character</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>'T is as <qex>like</qex> you<br/
As cherry is to cherry.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q><qex>Like</qex> master, <qex>like</qex> man.</q> <rj><qau>Old Prov.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>He giveth snow <qex>like</qex> wool; he scattereth the hoar-frost <qex>like</qex> ashes.</q> <rj><qau>Ps. cxlvii. 16.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><note><hand/ <xex>To</xex>, which formerly often followed <xex>like</xex>, is now usually omitted.</note><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Equal, or nearly equal; <as>as, fields of <ex>like</ex> extent</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>More clergymen were impoverished by the late war than ever in the <qex>like</qex> space before.</q> <rj><qau>Sprat.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Having probability; affording probability; probable; likely.</def> <usage>[<xex>Likely</xex> is more used now.]</usage>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>But it is <qex>like</qex> the jolly world about us will scoff at the paradox of these practices.</q> <rj><qau>South.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Many were not easy to be governed, nor <qex>like</qex> to conform themselves to strict rules.</q> <rj><qau>Clarendon.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Inclined toward; disposed to; <as>as, to feel <ex>like</ex> taking a walk</as>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Had like</b></col> (followed by the infinitive), <cd>had nearly; came little short of.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><q><qex>Had like</qex> to have been my utter overthrow.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Raleigh</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Ramona <qex>had like</qex> to have said the literal truth, . . . but recollected herself in time.</q> <rj><qau>Mrs. H. H. Jackson.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Like figures</b></col> <fld>(Geom.)</fld>, <cd>similar figures.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><note><hand/ <xex>Like</xex> is used as a suffix, converting nouns into adjectives expressing resemblance to the noun; as, man<xex>like</xex>, like a man; child<xex>like</xex>, like a child; god<xex>like</xex>, like a god, etc. Such compounds are readily formed whenever convenient, and several, as <xex>crescentlike</xex>, <xex>serpentlike</xex>, <xex>hairlike</xex>, etc., are used in this book, although, in some cases, not entered in the vocabulary. Such combinations as <xex>bell-like</xex>, <xex>ball-like</xex>, etc., are hyphened.</note><br/
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<p><ent>Like</ent><br/
<hw>Like</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>That which is equal or similar to another; the counterpart; an exact resemblance; a copy.</def><br/
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<p><q>He was a man, take him for all in all,<br/
I shall not look upon his <qex>like</qex> again.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A liking; a preference; inclination; -- usually in <pluf>pl.</pluf>; <as>as, we all have <ex>likes</ex> and dislikes</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Golf)</fld> <def>The stroke which equalizes the number of strokes played by the opposing player or side; <as>as, to play the <ex>like</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Like</ent><br/
<hw>Like</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>gel<imac/ce</ets>. See <er>Like</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>In a manner like that of; in a manner similar to; <as>as, do not act <ex>like</ex> him</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>He maketh them to stagger <qex>like</qex> a drunken man.</q> <rj><qau>Job xii. 25.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><note><hand/ <xex>Like</xex>, as here used, is regarded by some grammarians as a preposition.</note><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>In a like or similar manner.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q><qex>Like</qex> as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.</q> <rj><qau>Ps. ciii. 13.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Likely; probably.</def> <ldquo/<xex>Like</xex> enough it will.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Like</ent><br/
<hw>Like</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Liked</conjf> <pr>(l<imac/kt)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Liking</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>liken</ets> to please, AS. <ets>l<imac/cian</ets>, <ets>gel<imac/cian</ets>, fr. <ets>gel<imac/c</ets>. See <er>Like</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To suit; to please; to be agreeable to.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>Cornwall him <qex>liked</qex> best, therefore he chose there.</q> <rj><qau>R. of Gloucester.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>I willingly confess that it <qex>likes</qex> me much better when I find virtue in a fair lodging than when I am bound to seek it in an ill-favored creature.</q> <rj><qau>Sir P. Sidney.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To be pleased with in a moderate degree; to approve; to take satisfaction in; to enjoy.</def><br/
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<p><q>He proceeded from looking to <qex>liking</qex>, and from <qex>liking</qex> to loving.</q> <rj><qau>Sir P. Sidney.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To liken; to compare.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q><qex>Like</qex> me to the peasant boys of France.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Like</ent><br/
<hw>Like</hw> <pr>(l<imac/k)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To be pleased; to choose.</def><br/
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<p><q>He may either go or stay, as he best <qex>likes</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Locke.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To have an appearance or expression; to look; to seem to be (in a specified condition).</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>You <qex>like</qex> well, and bear your years very well.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To come near; to avoid with difficulty; to escape narrowly; <as>as, he <ex>liked</ex> to have been too late</as>.  Cf. <xex>Had like</xex>, under <er>Like</er>, <pos>a.</pos></def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>He probably got his death, as he <qex>liked</qex> to have done two years ago, by viewing the troops for the expedition from the wall of Kensington Garden.</q> <rj><qau>Walpole.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>To like of</b></col>, <cd>to be pleased with.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Massinger.</au></rj></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Likeable</ent><br/
<hw>Like"a*ble</hw> <pr>(l<imac/k"<adot/*b'l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>See <er>Likable.</er></def><br/
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<p><ent>Likehood</ent><br/
<hw>Like"hood</hw> <pr>(l<imac/k"h<oocr/d)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Likelihood.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>South.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Likelihood</ent><br/
<hw>Like"li*hood</hw> <pr>(l<imac/k"l<icr/*h<oocr/d)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Likely</ets> + <ets>-hood</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Appearance; show; sign; expression.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>What of his heart perceive you in his face<br/
By any <qex>likelihood</qex> he showed to-day ?</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Likeness; resemblance.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>There is no <qex>likelihood</qex> between pure light and black darkness, or between righteousness and reprobation.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Raleigh.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Appearance of truth or reality; probability; verisimilitude.</def>  <rj><au>Tennyson.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Statistical probability; probability of being true or of occurring in the future; <as>as, the <ex>likelihood</ex> of being abducted by aliens is close to zero.</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Likeliness</ent><br/
<hw>Like"li*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Likelihood; probability.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Suitableness; agreeableness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Likely</ent><br/
<hw>Like"ly</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Likelier</adjf> <pr>(l<imac/k"l<icr/*<etil/r)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Likeliest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[That is, <ets>like-like</ets>. See <er>Like</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Worthy of belief; probable; credible; <as>as, a <ex>likely</ex> story</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>It seems <qex>likely</qex> that he was in hope of being busy and conspicuous.</q> <rj><qau>Johnson.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Having probability; having or giving reason to expect; -- followed by the infinitive; <as>as, it is <ex>likely</ex> to rain</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Similar; like; alike.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Such as suits; good-looking; pleasing; agreeable; handsome.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au>  <au>Milton.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Having such qualities as make success probable; well adapted to the place; promising; <as>as, a <ex>likely</ex> young man; a <ex>likely</ex> servant.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>Improbable; unlikely; -- used ironically; <as>as, a <ex>likely</ex> story</as>.</def> <mark>[informal]</mark> <br/
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<p><ent>Likely</ent><br/
<hw>Like"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In all probability; probably.</def><br/
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<p><q>While man was innocent he was <qex>likely</qex> ignorant of nothing that imported him to know.</q> <rj><qau>Glanvill.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Like-minded</ent><br/
<hw>Like"-mind`ed</hw> <pr>(l<imac/k"m<imac/nd`<ecr/d)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having a like disposition or purpose; of the same mind.</def>  <rj><au>Tillotson.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Liken</ent><br/
<hw>Lik"en</hw> <pr>(l<imac/k"'n)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Likened</conjf> <pr>(l<imac/k"'nd)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Likening</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>liknen</ets>. See <er>Like</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To allege, or think, to be like; to represent as like; to compare; <as>as, to <ex>liken</ex> life to a pilgrimage</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>Whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will <qex>liken</qex> him unto a wise man which built his house upon a rock.</q> <rj><qau>Matt. vii. 24.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To make or cause to be like.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Brougham.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Likeness</ent><br/
<hw>Like"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>gel<imac/cnes</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The state or quality of being like; similitude; resemblance; similarity; <as>as, the <ex>likeness</ex> of the one to the other is remarkable</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Appearance or form; guise.</def><br/
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<p><q>An enemy in the <qex>likeness</qex> of a friend.</q> <rj><qau>L'Estrange.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>That which closely resembles; a portrait.</def><br/
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<p><q>[How he looked] the <qex>likenesses</qex> of him which still remain enable us to imagine.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A comparison; parable; proverb.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>He said to them, Soothly ye shall say to me this <qex>likeness</qex>, Leech, heal thyself.</q> <rj><qau>Wyclif (Luke iv. 23).</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Similarity; parallel; similitude; representation; portrait; effigy.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Likerousness</ent><br/
<ent>Likerous</ent><br/
<mhw>{<hw>Lik"er*ous</hw> <pr>(l<icr/k"<etil/r*<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos>, <hw>Lik"er*ous*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> }</mhw> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <def>See <er>Lickerish</er>, <er>Lickerishness</er>.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Likewise</ent><br/
<hw>Like"wise`</hw> <pr>(l<imac/k"w<imac/z`)</pr>, <pos>adv. & conj.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Wise</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <def>In like manner; also; moreover; too. See <er>Also</er>.</def><br/
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<p><q>Go, and do thou <qex>likewise</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Luke x. 37.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>For he seeth that wise men die; <qex>likewise</qex> the fool and the brutish person perish.</q> <rj><qau>Ps. xlix. 10.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Likin</ent><br/
||<hw>Li"kin`</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <altsp>[Written also <asp>lekin</asp>.]</altsp> <ety>[ Chin. <ets>li kin</ets>; <ets>li</ets> the thousandth part of a tael + <ets>kin</ets> money.]</ety> <def>A Chinese provincial tax levied at many inland stations upon imports or articles in transit.</def><br/
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<p><q><ldquo/<qex>Likin</qex>,<rdquo/ which used to be regarded as illegal, as one of the many, <ldquo/squeezes<rdquo/ imposed by the mandarins, is, in Jamieson's opinion, just as legal as any other form of taxation.</q>  <rj><qau>A. R. Colquhoun.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Liking</ent><br/
<hw>Lik"ing</hw> <pr>(l<imac/k"<icr/ng)</pr>, <pos>p. a.</pos> <def>Looking; appearing; <as>as, better or worse <ex>liking</ex></as>. See <er>Like</er>, to look.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>Why should he see your faces worse <qex>liking</qex> than the children which are of your sort?</q> <rj><qau>Dan. i. 10.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Liking</ent><br/
<hw>Lik"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The state of being pleasing; a suiting. See <cref>On liking</cref>, below.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The state of being pleased with, or attracted toward, some thing or person; hence, inclination; desire; pleasure; preference; -- often with <ptcl>for</ptcl>, formerly with <ptcl>to</ptcl>; <as>as, it is an amusement I have no <ex>liking</ex> for</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>If the human intellect hath once taken a <qex>liking</qex> to any doctrine, . . . it draws everything else into harmony with that doctrine, and to its support.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Appearance; look; figure; state of body as to health or condition.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark><br/
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<p><q>I shall think the worse of fat men, as long as I have an eye to make difference of men's <qex>liking</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Their young ones are in good <qex>liking</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Job. xxxix. 4.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>On liking</b></col>, <cd>on condition of being pleasing to or suiting; also, on condition of being pleased with; as, to hold a place of service <xex>on liking</xex>; to engage a servant <xex>on liking</xex>.</cd> <mark>[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]</mark></cs><br/
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<p><q>Would he be the degenerate scion of that royal line . . . to be a king <xex>on liking</xex> and on sufferance?</q> <rj><qau>Hazlitt.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lilac</ent><br/
<hw>Li"lac</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"l<ait/k)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <altsp>[Also <asp>lilach</asp>.]</altsp> <ety>[Sp. <ets>lilac</ets>, <ets>lila</ets>, Ar. <ets>l<imac/lak</ets>, fr. Per. <ets>l<imac/laj</ets>, <ets>l<imac/lanj</ets>, <ets>l<imac/lang</ets>, <ets>n<imac/laj</ets>, <ets>n<imac/l</ets>, the indigo plant, or from the kindred <ets>l<imac/lak</ets> bluish, the flowers being named from the color.  Cf. <er>Anil</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A shrub of the genus <gen>Syringa</gen>. There are six species, natives of Europe and Asia.  <spn>Syringa vulgaris</spn>, the common lilac, and <spn>Syringa Persica</spn>, the Persian lilac, are frequently cultivated for the fragrance and beauty of their purplish or white flowers. In the British colonies various other shrubs have this name.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A light purplish color like that of the flower of the purplish lilac.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>California lilac</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a low shrub with dense clusters of purplish flowers (<spn>Ceanothus thyrsiflorus</spn>).</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lilacin</ent><br/
<hw>Lil"a*cin</hw> <pr>(l<icr/l"<adot/*s<icr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>See <er>Syringin</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Liliaceous</ent><br/
<hw>Lil`i*a"ceous</hw> <pr>(l<icr/l`<icr/*<amac/"sh<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>liliaceus</ets>, fr. <ets>lilium</ets> lily. See <er>Lily</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Of or pertaining to a natural order of which the lily, tulip, and hyacinth are well-known examples.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Like the blossom of a lily in general form.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lilial</ent><br/
<hw>Lil"i*al</hw> <pr>(l<icr/l"<icr/*<ait/l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having a general resemblance to lilies or to liliaceous plants.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lilied</ent><br/
<hw>Lil"ied</hw> <pr>(l<icr/l"<icr/d)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Covered with, or having many, lilies.</def><br/
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<p><q>By sandy Ladon's <qex>lilied</qex> banks.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Liliidae</ent><br/
<hw>Liliidae</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>one of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones; it comprises 17 families including: <fam>Liliaceae</fam>; <fam>Alliaceae</fam>; <fam>Amaryllidaceae</fam>; <fam>Iridaceae</fam>; <fam>Orchidaceae</fam>; <fam>Trilliaceae</fam>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> subclass <subclass>Liliidae</subclass>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>liliopsid</ent><br/
<hw>liliopsid</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A flowering plant.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> monocot, monocotyledon.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Liliopsida</ent><br/
<hw>Liliopsida</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A class comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with a single cotyledon and parallel-veined leaves.  It includes the grasses; lilies; palms; and orchids.  It is divided into four subclasses or superorders: Alismatidae; Arecidae; Commelinidae; and Liliidae.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Monocotyledones, class Monocotyledones, Monocotyledonae, class Monocotyledonae, class Liliopsida.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lilith</ent><br/
<hw>Lilith</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a female demon who attacks children.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lilium</ent><br/
<hw>Lilium</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>The type genus of the <fam>Liliaceae</fam>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Lilium</gen>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lill</ent><br/
<hw>Lill</hw> <pr>(l<icr/l)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To loll.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Prov.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lilliputian</ent><br/
<hw>Lil`li*pu"tian</hw> <pr>(l<icr/l`l<icr/*p<umac/"sh<ait/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One belonging to a very diminutive race described in Swift's <ldquo/Voyage to Lilliput<rdquo/ or <ldquo/Gulliver's Travels<rdquo/.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <def>A person or thing of very small size.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lilliputian</ent><br/
<hw>Lil`li*pu"tian</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the imaginary island of <etsep>Lilliput</etsep> described by Swift, or to its inhabitants.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <def>Of very small size; diminutive; insignificant; dwarfed.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lilly-pilly</ent><br/
<hw>Lil"ly-pil`ly</hw> <pr>(l<icr/l"l<ycr/-p<icr/l`l<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An Australian myrtaceous tree (<spn>Eugenia Smithii</spn>), having smooth ovate leaves, and panicles of small white flowers. The wood is hard and fine-grained.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lilt</ent><br/
<hw>Lilt</hw> <pr>(l<icr/lt)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[Cf. Norw. <ets>lilla</ets>, <ets>lirla</ets>, to sing in a high tone.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To do anything with animation and quickness, as to skip, fly, or hop.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Wordsworth.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To sing cheerfully.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lilt</ent><br/
<hw>Lilt</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To utter with spirit, animation, or gayety; to sing with spirit and liveliness.</def><br/
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<p><q>A classic lecture, rich in sentiment,<br/
With scraps of thundrous epic <qex>lilted</qex> out<br/
By violet-hooded doctors.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lilt</ent><br/
<hw>Lilt</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Animated, brisk motion; spirited rhythm; sprightliness.</def><br/
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<p><q>The movement, the <qex>lilt</qex>, and the subtle charm of the verse.</q> <rj><qau>F. Harrison.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A lively song or dance; a cheerful tune.</def><br/
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<p><q>The housewife went about her work, or spun at her wheel, with a <qex>lilt</qex> upon her lips.</q> <rj><qau>J. C. Shairp.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>lilting</ent><br/
<hw>lilting</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>having a light rhythmical cadence; <as>as, an easy <ex>lilting</ex> stride; a <ex>lilting</ex> melody</as>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> swinging, swingy, tripping.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lily</ent><br/
<hw>Lil"y</hw> <pr>(l<icr/l"<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Lilies</plw> <pr>(l<icr/l"<icr/z)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[AS. <ets>lilie</ets>, L. <ets>lilium</ets>, Gr. <grk>lei`rion</grk>.  Cf. <er>Flower-de-luce</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant and flower of the genus <gen>Lilium</gen>, endogenous bulbous plants, having a regular perianth of six colored pieces, six stamens, and a superior three-celled ovary.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ There are nearly fifty species, all found in the North Temperate zone. <spn>Lilium candidum</spn> and <spn>Lilium longiflorum</spn> are the common white lilies of gardens; <spn>Lilium Philadelphicum</spn> is the wild red lily of the Atlantic States. <spn>Lilium Chalcedonicum</spn> is supposed to be the <ldquo/lily of the field<rdquo/ in our Lord's parable; <spn>Lilium auratum</spn> is the great gold-banded lily of Japan.</note><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A name given to handsome flowering plants of several genera, having some resemblance in color or form to a true lily, as <gen>Pancratium</gen>, <gen>Crinum</gen>, <gen>Amaryllis</gen>, <gen>Nerine</gen>, etc.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>That end of a compass needle which should point to the north; -- so called as often ornamented with the figure of a lily or fleur-de-lis.</def><br/
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<p><q>But sailing further, it veers its <qex>lily</qex> to the west.</q> <rj><qau>Sir T. Browne. </qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Auction Bridge)</fld> <def>A royal spade; -- usually in <pluf>pl.</pluf> See <er>Royal spade</er>, below.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>African lily</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the blue-flowered <spn>Agapanthus umbellatus</spn>.</cd> -- <col><b>Atamasco lily</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a plant of the genus <gen>Zephyranthes</gen> (<spn>Zephyranthes Atamasco</spn>), having a white and pink funnelform perianth, with six petal-like divisions resembling those of a lily.</cd> <au>Gray.</au> -- <col><b>Blackberry lily</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the <spn>Pardanthus Chinensis</spn>, the black seeds of which form a dense mass like a blackberry.</cd> -- <col><b>Bourbon lily</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd><spn>Lilium candidum</spn>. See <xex>Illust.</xex></cd> -- <col><b>Butterfly lily</b></col>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <cd>Same as <er>Mariposa lily</er>, in the Vocabulary.</cd> -- <col><b>Lily beetle</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>a European beetle (<spn>Crioceris merdigera</spn>) which feeds upon the white lily.</cd> -- <col><b>Lily daffodil</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a plant of the genus <gen>Narcissus</gen>, and its flower.</cd> -- <col><b>Lily encrinite</b></col> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld>, <cd>a fossil encrinite, esp. <spn>Encrinus liliiformis</spn>. See <er>Encrinite</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Lily hyacinth</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a plant of the genus <gen>Hyacinthus</gen>.</cd> -- <col><b>Lily iron</b></col>, <cd>a kind of harpoon with a detachable head of peculiar shape, used in capturing swordfish.</cd>
<-- illustration: Lily Iron -->
 -- <col><b>Lily of the valley</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a low perennial herb (<spn>Convallaria majalis</spn>), having a raceme of nodding, fragrant, white flowers.</cd>
<-- illustration: Lily of the valley -->
 -- <col><b>Lily pad</b></col>, <cd>the large floating leaf of the water lily.</cd> <mark>[U. S.]</mark> <au>Lowell.</au> -- <col><b>Tiger lily</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd><spn>Lilium tigrinum</spn>, the sepals of which are blotched with black.</cd> -- <col><b>Turk's-cap lily</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <cd><spn>Lilium Martagon</spn>, a red lily with recurved sepals; also, the similar American lily, <spn>Lilium superbum</spn>.</cd> -- <col><b>Water lily</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the <gen>Nymph<ae/a</gen>, a plant with floating roundish leaves, and large flowers having many petals, usually white, but sometimes pink, red, blue, or yellow. [See <xex>Illust.</xex> of <er>Nymph<ae/a</er>.]</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lily-handed</ent><br/
<hw>Lil"y-hand`ed</hw> <pr>(l<icr/l"<ycr/-h<acr/nd`<ecr/d)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having white, delicate hands.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lily-livered</ent><br/
<hw>Lil"y-liv`ered</hw> <pr>(l<icr/l"<ycr/-l<icr/v`<etil/rd)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>White-livered; cowardly.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lilyturf</ent><br/
<hw>lilyturf</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Asiatic perennial tufted herb (<spn>Liriope muscari</spn>) with grasslike evergreen foliage and clusters of dark mauve grapelike flowers; grown as ground cover.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lily turf, <spn>Liriope muscari</spn>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lilywort</ent><br/
<hw>Lil"y*wort`</hw> <pr>(l<icr/l"<ycr/*w<ucir/rt`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Any plant of the Lily family or order.</def>  <rj><au>Lindley.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lim</ent><br/
<hw>Lim</hw> <pr>(l<icr/m)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Limb</er>.]</ety> <def>A limb.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lima</ent><br/
<hw>Li"ma</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"m<adot/ <or/ l<imac/"m<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The capital city of Peru, in South America.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lima bean</b></col>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A variety of climbing or pole bean (<spn>Phaseolus lunatus</spn>), which has very large flattish seeds.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The seed of this plant, much used for food.</cd> -- <col><b>Lima wood</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the beautiful dark wood of the South American tree <spn>C<ae/salpinia echinata</spn>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><-- p. 854 pr=VMG --></p>

<p><ent>Limaceous</ent><br/
<hw>Li*ma"ceous</hw> <pr>(l<isl/*m<amac/"sh<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>limax</ets>, <ets>limacis</ets>, slug, snail: cf. F. <ets>limac<eacute/</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or like, Limax, or the slugs.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Limacina</ent><br/
||<hw>Lim`a*ci"na</hw> <pr>(l<icr/m`<adot/*s<imac/"n<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., From L. <ets>limax</ets>, <ets>limacis</ets>, a slug.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A genus of small spiral pteropods, common in the Arctic and Antarctic seas. It contributes to the food of the right whales.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Limacon</ent><br/
||<hw>Li`ma`<cced/on"</hw> <pr>(l<esl/`m<adot/`s<ocir/N")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>lima<cced/on</ets>, lit., a snail.]</ety> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>A curve of the fourth degree, invented by Pascal. Its polar equation is <mathex>r = a cos <theta/ + b</mathex>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Limaille</ent><br/
<hw>Li"maille</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"m<amac/l; F. l<esl/`m<aum/"y')</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>limer</ets> to file. See <er>Limation</er>.]</ety> <def>Filings of metal.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <ldquo/An ounce . . . of silver <xex>lymaille</xex>.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Liman</ent><br/
<hw>Li"man</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"m<ait/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>limon</ets>, fr. L. <ets>limus</ets> slime.]</ety> <def>The deposit of slime at the mouth of a river; slime.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Limation</ent><br/
<hw>Li*ma"tion</hw> <pr>(l<isl/*m<amac/"sh<ucr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>limatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>limare</ets> to file, fr. <ets>lima</ets> file : cf. F. <ets>limation</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of filing or polishing.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Limature</ent><br/
<hw>Li"ma*ture</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"m<adot/*t<usl/r; 135)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>limatura</ets>. See <er>Limation</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of filing.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is filed off; filings.</def>  <rj><au>Johnson.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Limax</ent><br/
||<hw>Li"max</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"m<acr/ks)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A genus of airbreathing mollusks, including the common garden slugs. They have a small rudimentary shell. The breathing pore is on the right side of the neck. Several species are troublesome in gardens. See <er>Slug</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Limb</ent><br/
<hw>Limb</hw> <pr>(l<icr/m)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>lim</ets>, AS. <ets>lim</ets>; akin to Icel. <ets>limr</ets> limb, <ets>lim</ets> branch of a tree, Sw. & Dan. <ets>lem</ets> limb; cf. also AS. <ets>li<edh/</ets>, OHG. <ets>lid</ets>, <ets>gilid</ets>, G. <ets>glied</ets>, Goth. <ets>li<thorn/us</ets>.  Cf. <er>Lith</er>, <er>Limber</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A part of a tree which extends from the trunk and separates into branches and twigs; a large branch.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An arm or a leg of a human being; a leg, arm, or wing of an animal.</def><br/
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<p><q>A second Hector for his grim aspect,<br/
And large proportion of his strong-knit <qex>limbs</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>That little <qex>limb</qex> of the devil has cheated the gallows.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Scott.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Limb of the law</b></col>, <cd>a lawyer or an officer of the law.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>  <au>Landor.</au></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Limb</ent><br/
<hw>Limb</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To supply with limbs.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To dismember; to tear off the limbs of.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Limb</ent><br/
<hw>Limb</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>limbus</ets> border.  Cf. <er>Limbo</er>, <er>Limbus</er>.]</ety> <def>A border or edge, in certain special uses.</def> <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corolla, or of a petal, or sepal; blade.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>The border or edge of the disk of a heavenly body, especially of the sun and moon.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The graduated margin of an arc or circle, in an instrument for measuring angles.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Limbat</ent><br/
<hw>Lim"bat</hw> <pr>(l<icr/m"b<acr/t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Etymol. uncertain.]</ety> <def>A cooling periodical wind in the Isle of Cyprus, blowing from the northwest from eight o'clock, <sc>A. M.</sc>, to the middle of the day or later.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Limbate</ent><br/
<hw>Lim"bate</hw> <pr>(l<icr/m"b<asl/t)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>limbatus</ets>, fr. <ets>limbus</ets> border, edge. See <er>Limbus</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot. &  Zool.)</fld> <def>Bordered, as when one color is surrounded by an edging of another.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Limbec</ent><br/
<hw>Lim"bec</hw> <pr>(l<icr/m"b<ecr/k)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Abbrev. of <ets>alembic</ets>.]</ety> <def>An alembic; a still.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser. Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Limbec</ent><br/
<hw>Lim"bec</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To distill.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Limbed</ent><br/
<hw>Limbed</hw> <pr>(l<icr/md)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having limbs; -- much used in composition; <as>as, large<ex>-limbed</ex>; short<ex>-limbed</ex>.</as></def><br/
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<p><q>Innumerous living creatures, perfect forms,<br/
<qex>Limbed</qex> and full grown.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Limber</ent><br/
<hw>Lim"ber</hw> <pr>(l<icr/m"b<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[For <ets>limmer</ets>, Icel. <ets>limar</ets> branches, boughs, pl. of <ets>lim</ets>; akin to E. <ets>limb</ets>. See <er>Limb</er> a branch.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>The detachable fore part of a gun carriage, consisting of two wheels, an axle, and a shaft to which the horses are attached. On top is an ammunition box upon which the cannoneers sit.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to afford a passage for water to the pump well.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Limber boards</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>short pieces of plank forming part of the lining of a ship's floor immediately above the timbers, so as to prevent the limbers from becoming clogged.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Limber box</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>Limber chest</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Mil.)</fld>, <cd>a box on the limber for carrying ammunition.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Limber rope</b></col>, <col><b>Limber chain</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>Limber clearer</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a rope or chain passing through the limbers of a ship, by which they may be cleared of dirt that chokes them.</cd> <au>Totten.</au> -- <col><b>Limber strake</b></col> <fld>(Shipbuilding)</fld>, <cd>the first course of inside planking next the keelson.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Limber</ent><br/
<hw>Lim"ber</hw> <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Limbered</conjf> <pr>(l<icr/m"b<etil/rd)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Limbering</conjf>.]</vmorph> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>To attach to the limber; <as>as, to <ex>limber</ex> a gun</as>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>To limber up</b></col>, <cd>to change a gun carriage into a four-wheeled vehicle by attaching the limber.</cd></cs>
<-- (b) to render limber, esp. to perform light exercises so as to stretch the muscles and tendons gently in preparation for vigorous activity (and thus to avoid straining the muscles by too sudden exertion after prolonged inactivity) --> <br/
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<p><ent>Limber</ent><br/
<hw>Lim"ber</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Akin to <ets>limp</ets>, a. <root/125.  See <er>Limp</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <def>Easily bent; flexible; pliant; yielding.</def>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>The bargeman that doth row with long and <qex>limber</qex> oar.</q> <rj><qau>Turbervile.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Limber</ent><br/
<hw>Lim"ber</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant.</def>  <rj><au>Richardson.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Limberness</ent><br/
<hw>Lim"ber*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being limber; flexibleness.</def>  <rj><au>Boyle.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>limbic</ent><br/
<hw>limbic</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>of or pertaining to the limbic system; <as>as, the <ex>limbic</ex> system</as>.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>limbic system</ent><br/
<hw>limbic system</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Anatomy, Neurophysiology)</fld> <def>A group of neural structures in the brain below the cerebral cortex, centered on the hypothalamus and including the hippocampus and amygdala, involved with control of emotion, motivation, memory, and some homeostatic regulatory processes.</def><br/
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<p><q>At the most ancient part of the human brain lies the spinal cord; the medulla and pons, which comprise the hindbrain; and the midbrain.  This cobination of spinal cord, hindbrain, and midbrain MacLean calls the neural chassis.  It contains the basic neural machinery for reproduction and self-preservation, . . .  MacLean has distinguished three sorts of [more recent brain structures controlling] the neural chassis.  The most ancient of them surround the midbrain. . . .  We share it with the other mammals and the reptiles.  It probably evolved several hundred million years ago.  MacLean calls it the reptilian or R-complex.  Surrounding the R-complex is the <ex>limbic system</ex>, so called because it borders on the underlying brain.  (Our arms and legs are called limbs because they are peripheral to the rest of the body.)  We share the limbic system with other mammals, but not, in its full elaboration, with the reptiles.  It probably evolved more than one hundred fifty million years ago.  Finally, surrounding the rest of the brain and clearly the most recent evolutionary accretion, is the neocortex.</q> <rj><qau>Carl Sagan (The Dragons of Eden, New York, Random House, 1977).</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Limbless</ent><br/
<hw>Limb"less</hw> <pr>(l<icr/m"l<ecr/s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Destitute of limbs.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Limbmeal</ent><br/
<hw>Limb"meal`</hw> <pr>(l<icr/m"m<emac/l`)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Limb</er>, and <er>Piecemeal</er>.]</ety> <def>Piecemeal.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <ldquo/To tear her <xex>limbmeal</xex>.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Limbus</ent><br/
<ent>Limbo</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lim"bo</hw> <pr>(l<icr/m"b<osl/)</pr>, <hw>Lim"bus</hw> <pr>(l<icr/m"b<ucr/s)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>limbus</ets> border, edge <ets>in limbo</ets> on the border.  Cf. <er>Limb</er> border.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Scholastic Theol.)</fld> <def>An spiritual region where certain classes of souls were supposed to await the last judgment.</def><br/
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<p><q>As far from help as <qex>Limbo</qex> is from bliss.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>A <qex>Limbo</qex> large and broad, since called<br/
The Paradise of fools.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><note><hand/ The <xex>limbus patrum</xex> was considered as a place for the souls of good men who lived before the coming of our Savior. The <xex>limbus infantium</xex> was said to be a similar place for the souls of unbaptized infants.  To these was added, in the popular belief, the <xex>limbus fatuorum</xex>, or fool's paradise, regarded as a receptacle of all vanity and nonsense.</note><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Hence: Any real or imaginary place of restraint or confinement; a prison; <as>as, to put a man in <ex>limbo</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <def>A state of waiting, or uncertainty, in which final judgment concerning the outcome of a decision is postponed, perhaps indefinitely; neglect for an indefinite time; <as>as, the proposal was left in <ex>limbo</ex> while opponents and proponents refused to compromise</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A border or margin; <as>as, the <ex>limbus</ex> of the cornea</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Limbo</ent><br/
<hw>Lim"bo</hw> <pr>(l<icr/m"b<osl/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Jamaican E. <ets>limba</ets> to bend, fr. E. <ets>limber</ets> (1950) <au>MW10</au>]</ety> <def>A West Indian dance contest, in which participants must dance under a pole which is lowered successively until only one participant can successfully pass under, without falling. It is  often performed at celebrations, such as weddings.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Limbous</ent><br/
<hw>Lim"bous</hw> <pr>(l<icr/m"b<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Limbus</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>With slightly overlapping borders; -- said of a suture.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Limburger cheese</ent><br/
<ent>Limburger</ent><br/
<ent>Limburg cheese</ent><br/
<mhw>{<hw>Lim"burg cheese</hw>, <hw>Lim"burg*er</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>, <hw>Lim"burg*er cheese</hw>}</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A soft cheese made in the Belgian province of Limburg (Limbourg), and usually not eaten until the curing has developed a peculiar and, to most people, unpleasant odor.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lime</ent><br/
<hw>Lime</hw> <pr>(l<imac/m)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Leam</er> a string.]</ety> <def>A thong by which a dog is led; a leash.</def>  <rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lime</ent><br/
<hw>Lime</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Formerly <ets>line</ets>, for earlier <ets>lind</ets>. See <er>Linden</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The linden tree. See <er>Linden</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lime</ent><br/
<hw>Lime</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>lime</ets>; of Persian origin. See <er>Lemon</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The fruit of the <spn>Citrus aurantifolia</spn>, allied to the lemon, but greener in color; also, the tree which bears it.</def>  <note>The term <ex>lime</ex> was formerly also applied to variants of the closely related <contr>citron</contr>, of which there are two varieties, <spn>Citrus Medica</spn>, var. <varn>acida</varn> which is intensely sour, and the <col><b>sweet lime</b></col> (<spn>Citrus Medica</spn>, var. <varn>Limetta</varn>) which is only slightly sour.  See <er>citron</er>.</note><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The color of the lime{1}, a yellowish-green.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lime</ent><br/
<hw>Lime</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>l<imac/m</ets>; akin to D. <ets>lijm</ets>, G. <ets>leim</ets>, OHG. <ets>l<imac/m</ets>, Icel. <ets>l<imac/m</ets>, Sw. <ets>lim</ets>, Dan. <ets>liim</ets>, L. <ets>limus</ets> mud, <ets>linere</ets> to smear, and E. <ets>loam</ets>. <root/126.  Cf. <er>Loam</er>, <er>Liniment</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Birdlime.</def><br/
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<p><q>Like the <qex>lime</qex><br/
That foolish birds are caught with.</q> <rj><qau>Wordsworth.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Oxide of calcium, <chform>CaO</chform>; the white or gray, caustic substance, usually called <altname>quicklime</altname>, obtained by calcining limestone or shells, the heat driving off carbon dioxide and leaving lime. It develops great heat when treated with water, forming <er>slaked lime</er>, and is an essential ingredient of cement, plastering, mortar, etc.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ Lime is the principal constituent of limestone, marble, chalk, bones, shells, etc.</note><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Caustic lime</b></col>, <cd>Calcium hydroxide or slaked lime; also, in a less technical sense, calcium oxide or quicklime.</cd> -- <col><b>Lime burner</b></col>, <cd>one who burns limestone, shells, etc., to make lime.</cd> -- <col><b>Lime pit</b></col>, <cd>a limestone quarry.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Lime rod</b></col>, <col><b>Lime twig</b></col></mcol>, <cd>a twig smeared with birdlime; hence, that which catches; a snare.</cd> <au>Chaucer.</au></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lime</ent><br/
<hw>Lime</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Limed</conjf> <pr>(l<imac/md)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Liming</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf. AS. <ets>gel<imac/man</ets> to glue or join together. See <er>Lime</er> a viscous substance.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To smear with a viscous substance, as birdlime.</def><br/
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<p><q>These twigs, in time, will come to be <qex>limed</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>L'Estrange.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To entangle; to insnare.</def><br/
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<p><q>We had <qex>limed</qex> ourselves<br/
With open eyes, and we must take the chance.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To treat with lime, or oxide or hydrate of calcium; to manure with lime; <as>as, to <ex>lime</ex> hides for removing the hair; to <ex>lime</ex> sails in order to whiten them; to <ex>lime</ex> the lawn to decrease acidity of the soil.</as></def><br/
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<p><q>Land may be improved by draining, marling, and <qex>liming</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Sir J. Child.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To cement.</def> <ldquo/Who gave his blood to <xex>lime</xex> the stones together.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj></p>

<p><ent>lime</ent><br/
<hw>lime</hw> <pr>(l<imac/m")</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>having a yellowish-green color like that of the lime (the fruit).</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>limeade</ent><br/
<hw>limeade</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A sweetened beverage of lime juice and water.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Limehound</ent><br/
<hw>Lime"hound`</hw> <pr>(l<imac/m"hound`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Lime</ets> a leash + <ets>hound</ets>.]</ety> <def>A dog used in hunting the wild boar; a leamer.</def>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Limekiln</ent><br/
<hw>Lime"kiln`</hw> <pr>(l<imac/m"k<icr/ln`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A kiln or furnace in which limestone or shells are burned and reduced to lime.</def><br/
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<p><ent>limelight</ent><br/
<ent>lime light</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>lime" light`</hw>, <hw>lime"light`</hw></mhw> <def>An intense light produced by heating lime.  See <cref>Calcium light</cref> under <er>Calcium</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>limelight</ent><br/
<hw>lime"light`</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Theat.)</fld> <def>That part of the stage upon which the limelight is cast, usually where the most important action is progressing or where the leading player or players are placed and upon which the attention of the spectators is therefore concentrated.</def>  <specif>Hence,</specif> <def>a conspicuous position before the public; the center of public attention; -- used mostly in the phrase <ecol><b>in the limelight</b></ecol>; <as>as, politicians who are never happy except in the <ex>limelight</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>limen</ent><br/
<hw>limen</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Psychol.)</fld> <def>a threshhold, especially the point where a psychological or physiological effect begins to occur.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Limenean</ent><br/
<hw>Li*men"e*an</hw> <pr>(l<esl/*m<ecr/n"<esl/*<ait/n)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to Lima, or to the inhabitants of Lima, in Peru.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>A native or inhabitant of Lima.</def></def2><br/
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<p><ent>Limenitis</ent><br/
<hw>Limenitis</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A genus comprising mainly dark northern butterflies with white wing bars.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Limenitis</gen>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Limer</ent><br/
<hw>Lim"er</hw> <pr>(l<imac/m"<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A limehound; a limmer.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Limerick</ent><br/
<hw>Lim"er*ick</hw> <pr>(l<icr/m"<etil/r*<icr/k)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Said to be from a song with the same verse construction, current in Ireland, the refrain of which  contains the place name <ets>Limerick</ets>.]</ety> <def>A humorous, often nonsensical, and sometimes risq<eacute/ poem of five anapestic lines, of which  lines 1, 2, and 5 are of three feet, and rhyme, and lines 3 and 4 are of two feet, and rhyme.</def>  <note>It often begins with "There once was a . . ." or "There was a . . ."; as --</p>

<p><q>There was a young lady, Amanda,<br/
Whose <it>Ballades Lyriques</it> were quite <it>fin de</it><br/
<it>Si<egrave/cle</it>, I deem<br/
But her <it>Journal Intime</it><br/
Was what sent her papa to Uganda.</q><br/
</note><br/
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<p><ent>Limestone</ent><br/
<hw>Lime"stone`</hw> <pr>(l<imac/m"st<omac/n`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A rock consisting chiefly of calcium carbonate or carbonate of lime. It sometimes contains also magnesium carbonate, and is then called <xex>magnesian</xex> or <xex>dolomitic limestone</xex>. Crystalline limestone is called <xex>marble</xex>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lime twig</ent><br/
<hw>Lime twig</hw>. <def>See under 4th <er>Lime</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lime-twigged</ent><br/
<hw>Lime"-twigged`</hw> <pr>(l<imac/m"tw<icr/gd`)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Beset with snares; insnared, as with birdlime.</def>  <rj><au>L. Addison.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Limewater</ent><br/
<hw>Lime"wa`ter</hw> <pr>(l<imac/m"w<add/`t<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Water impregnated with lime; esp., an artificial solution of lime for medicinal purposes.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Limicolae</ent><br/
||<hw>Li*mic"o*l<ae/</hw> <pr>(l<isl/*m<icr/k"<osl/*l<emac/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>limicola</ets> a dweller in the mud; <ets>limus</ets> mud + <ets>colere</ets> to dwell.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A group of shore birds, embracing the plovers, sandpipers, snipe, curlew, etc.; the Grall<ae/.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Limicoline</ent><br/
<hw>Li*mic"o*line</hw> <pr>(l<isl/*m<icr/k"<osl/*l<icr/n)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Shore-inhabiting; of or pertaining to the Limicol<ae/.</def><br/
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<p><ent>liminal</ent><br/
<hw>liminal</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>of or pertaining to a limen, especially a sensory threshhold.</def> <see>See <er>liminality</er>.</see><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>marginally perceptible.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>liminality</ent><br/
<hw>liminality</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Anthropology)</fld> <def>that temporary state during a rite of passage when the participant lacks social status or rank, is required to follow specified forms of conduct, and is expected to show obedience and humility.</def> <au>RHU</au><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Liminess</ent><br/
<hw>Lim"i*ness</hw> <pr>(l<imac/m"<icr/*n<ecr/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or quality of being limy.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Limit</ent><br/
<hw>Lim"it</hw> <pr>(l<icr/m"<icr/t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From L. <ets>limes</ets>, <ets>limitis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>limite</ets>; <ets>-or</ets> from E. <ets>limit</ets>, v.  See <er>Limit</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>That which terminates, circumscribes, restrains, or confines; the bound, border, or edge; the utmost extent; <as>as, the <ex>limit</ex> of a walk, of a town, of a country; the <ex>limits</ex> of human knowledge or endeavor.</as></def><br/
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<p><q>As eager of the chase, the maid<br/
Beyond the forest's verdant <qex>limits</qex> strayed.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The space or thing defined by limits.</def><br/
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<p><q>The archdeacon hath divided it<br/
Into three <qex>limits</qex> very equally.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent.</def><br/
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<p><q>The dateless <qex>limit</qex> of thy dear exile.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>The <qex>limit</qex> of your lives is out.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A restriction; a check; a curb; a hindrance.</def><br/
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<p><q>I prithee, give no <qex>limits</qex> to my tongue.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Logic & Metaph.)</fld> <def>A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic; a differentia.</def><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>A determinate quantity, to which a variable one continually approaches, and may differ from it by less than any given difference, but to which, under the law of variation, the variable can never become exactly equivalent.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Elastic limit</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Elastic</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Prison limits</b></col>, <cd>a definite, extent of space in or around a prison, within which a prisoner has liberty to go and come.</cd></cs></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Boundary; border; edge; termination; restriction; bound; confine.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Limit</ent><br/
<hw>Lim"it</hw> <pr>(l<icr/m"<icr/t)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Limited</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Limiting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[F. <ets>limiter</ets>, L. <ets>limitare</ets>, fr.  <ets>limes</ets>, <ets>limitis</ets>, limit; prob. akin to <ets>limen</ets> threshold, E. <ets>eliminate</ets>; cf. L. <ets>limus</ets> sidelong.]</ety> <def>To apply a limit to, or set a limit for; to terminate, circumscribe, or restrict, by a limit or limits; <as>as, to <ex>limit</ex> the acreage of a crop; to <ex>limit</ex> the issue of paper money; to <ex>limit</ex> one's ambitions or aspirations; to <ex>limit</ex> the meaning of a word.</as></def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Limiting parallels</b></col> <fld>(Astron.)</fld>, <cd>those parallels of latitude between which only an occultation of a star or planet by the moon, in a given case, can occur.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Limit</ent><br/
<hw>Lim"it</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region; <as>as, a <ex>limiting</ex> friar</as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Limitable</ent><br/
<hw>Lim"it*a*ble</hw> <pr>(l<icr/m"<icr/t*<adot/*b'l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of being limited.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Limitaneous</ent><br/
<hw>Lim`i*ta"ne*ous</hw> <pr>(l<icr/m`<icr/*t<amac/"n<esl/*<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>limitaneus</ets>. See <er>Limit</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to a limit.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Limitarian</ent><br/
<hw>Lim`i*ta"ri*an</hw> <pr>(l<icr/m`<icr/*t<amac/"r<icr/*<ait/n)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Tending to limit.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Limitary</ent><br/
<hw>Lim"i*ta*ry</hw> <pr>(l<icr/m"<icr/*t<asl/*r<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>limitaris</ets>. See <er>Limit</er> , <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Placed at the limit, as a guard.</def> <ldquo/Proud <xex>limitary</xex> cherub.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Confined within limits; limited in extent, authority, power, etc.</def> <ldquo/The <xex>limitary</xex> ocean.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Trench.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>The poor, <qex>limitary</qex> creature calling himself a man of the world.</q> <rj><qau>De Quincey.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Limiting, or tending to limit; restrictive.</def><br/
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<p><q>Doctrines <qex>limitary</qex>, if not subversive of the papal power.</q> <rj><qau>Milman.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Limitary</ent><br/
<hw>Lim"i*ta*ry</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>limitaries</plw> <pr>(l<icr/m"<icr/*t<asl/*r<icr/z)</pr>.</plu> <sn>1.</sn> <def>That which serves to limit; a boundary; border land.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Fuller.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A limiter. See <er>Limiter</er>, 2.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Limitate</ent><br/
<hw>Lim"i*tate</hw> <pr>(l<icr/m"<icr/*t<asl/t)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>limitatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>limitare</ets> to limit. See <er>Limit</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos> ]</ety> <def>Bounded by a distinct line.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Limitation</ent><br/
<hw>Lim`i*ta"tion</hw> <pr>(-t<amac/"sh<ucr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>limitatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>limitation</ets>. See <er>Limit</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of limiting; the state or condition of being limited; <as>as, the <ex>limitation</ex> of his authority was approved by the council</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>They had no right to mistake the <qex>limitation</qex> . . . of their own faculties, for an inherent <qex>limitation</qex> of the possible modes of existence in the universe.</q> <rj><qau>J. S. Mill.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which limits; a restriction; a qualification; a restraining condition, defining circumstance, or qualifying conception; <as>as, <ex>limitations</ex> of thought</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>The cause of error is ignorance what restraints and <qex>limitations</qex> all principles have in regard of the matter whereunto they are applicable.</q> <rj><qau>Hooker.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A certain precinct within which friars were allowed to beg, or exercise their functions; also, the time during which they were permitted to exercise their functions in such a district.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer. Latimer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A limited time within or during which something is to be done.</def><br/
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<p><q>You have stood your <qex>limitation</qex>, and the tribunes<br/
Endue you with the people's voice.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A certain period limited by statute after which the claimant shall not enforce his claims by suit.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A settling of an estate or property by specific rules.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A restriction of power; <as>as, a constitutional <ex>limitation</ex></as>.</def>  <rj><au>Wharton. Bouvier.</au></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>To know one's own limitations</b></col>, <cd>to know the reach and limits of one's abilities.</cd>  <rj><au>A. R. Wallace.</au></rj></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Limited</ent><br/
<hw>Lim"it*ed</hw> <pr>(l<icr/m"<icr/t*<ecr/d)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Confined within limits; narrow; circumscribed; restricted; <as>as, our views of nature are very <ex>limited</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Limited company</b></col>, <cd>a company in which the liability of each shareholder is limited by the number of shares he has taken, so that he can not be called on to contribute beyond the amount of his shares.</cd> <mark>[Eng.]</mark> <au>Mozley & W.</au></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Limitedly</ent><br/
<hw>Lim"it*ed*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>With limitation.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Limitedness</ent><br/
<hw>Lim"it*ed*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality of being limited.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Limiter</ent><br/
<hw>Lim"it*er</hw> <pr>(l<icr/m"<icr/t*<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who, or that which, limits.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A friar licensed to beg within certain bounds, or whose duty was limited to a certain district.</def> <altsp>[Formerly written also <asp>limitour</asp>.]</altsp>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>A <qex>limitour</qex> of the Gray Friars, in the time of his limitation, preached many times, and had but one sermon at all times.</q> <rj><qau>Latimer.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Limitive</ent><br/
<hw>Lim"it*ive</hw> <pr>(l<icr/m"<icr/t*<icr/v)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Involving a limit; <as>as, a <ex>limitive</ex> law, one designed to limit existing powers</as>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Limitless</ent><br/
<hw>Lim"it*less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having no limits; unbounded; boundless.</def>  <rj><au>Davies (Wit's Pilgr.).</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Limitour</ent><br/
<hw>Lim"it*our</hw> <pr>(l<icr/m"<icr/t*<oomac/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Limiter</er>, 2.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Limmer</ent><br/
<hw>Lim"mer</hw> <pr>(l<icr/m"m<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Limber.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Holland.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Limmer</ent><br/
<hw>Lim"mer</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>limier</ets>. See <er>Leamer</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A limehound; a leamer.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A mongrel, as a cross between the mastiff and hound.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A low, base fellow; also, a prostitute.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>Thieves, <qex>limmers</qex>, and broken men of the Highlands.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Scott.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A man rope at the side of a ladder.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Limn</ent><br/
<hw>Limn</hw> <pr>(l<icr/m)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Limned</conjf> <pr>(l<icr/md)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &  vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Limning</conjf> <pr>(l<icr/m"n<icr/ng <or/ l<icr/m"<icr/ng)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>limnen</ets>, fr. <ets>luminen</ets>, for <ets>enluminen</ets>, F. <ets>enluminer</ets> to illuminate, to limn, LL. <ets>illuminare</ets> to paint. <root/122.  See <er>Illuminate</er>, <er>Luminous</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To draw or paint; especially, to represent in an artistic way with pencil or brush.</def><br/
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<p><q>Let a painter carelessly <qex>limn</qex> out a million of faces, and you shall find them all different.</q> <rj><qau>Sir T. Browne. </qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <def>To picture in words; to describe in graphic terms.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To illumine, as books or parchments, with ornamental figures, letters, or borders.</def><br/
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<p><-- p. 855 pr=VMG --></p>

<p><ent>Limnaea</ent><br/
||<hw>Lim*n<ae/"a</hw> <pr>(l<icr/m*n<emac/"<adot/)</pr>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>limnai^os</grk> pertaining to a marsh, fr. <grk>li`mh</grk> a marsh.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A genus of fresh-water air-breathing mollusks, abundant in ponds and streams; -- called also <altname>pond snail</altname>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Lymn<ae/a</asp>.]</altsp><br/
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<p><ent>Limner</ent><br/
<hw>Lim"ner</hw> <pr>(l<icr/m"n<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>enlumineur</ets>, LL. <ets>illuminator</ets>. See <er>Limn</er>, and cf. <er>Alluminor</er>.]</ety> <def>A painter; an artist</def>; esp.: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>One who paints portraits.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>One who illuminates books.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Limniad</ent><br/
<hw>Lim"ni*ad</hw> <pr>(l<icr/m"n<icr/*<acr/d)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>li`mh</grk> a pool.]</ety> <fld>(Myth.)</fld> <def>See <er>Limoniad</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Limning</ent><br/
<hw>Lim"ning</hw> <pr>(l<icr/m"n<icr/ng <or/ l<icr/m"<icr/ng)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act, process, or art of one who limns; the picture or decoration so produced.</def><br/
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<p><q>Adorned with illumination which we now call <qex>limning</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Wood.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Limnodromus</ent><br/
<hw>Limnodromus</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A genus of shore birds including the dowitchers.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Limnodromus</gen>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>limnology</ent><br/
<hw>limnology</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>the scientific study of bodies of fresh water for their biological and physical and geological properties.</def><br/
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<p><ent>limo</ent><br/
<hw>limo</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Limousine; -- a shortened form.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> limousine.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Limoges</ent><br/
<hw>Li*moges"</hw> <pr>(l<esl/*m<omac/zh")</pr>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A city of Southern France.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A variety of fine porcelain manufactured at Limoges{1}; also called <altname>Limoges ware</altname> or <altname>Limoges China</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Limoges enamel</b></col>, <cd>a kind of enamel ware in which the enamel is applied to the whole surface of a metal plaque, vase, or the like, and painted in enamel colors. The art was brought to a high degree of perfection in Limoges in the 16th century.</cd> -- <col><b>Limoges ware</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>Articles decorated with Limoges enamel.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>Articles of porcelain, etc., manufactured at Limoges.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>limonene</ent><br/
<hw>limonene</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a liquid terpene with a lemon odor; found in lemons and oranges and other essential oils.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Limoniad</ent><br/
<hw>Li*mo"ni*ad</hw> <pr>(l<isl/*m<omac/"n<icr/*<acr/d)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>limoniades</ets>, pl., Gr. <grk>leimwnia`des</grk>, fr. <grk>leimw`n</grk> meadow.]</ety> <fld>(Class. Myth.)</fld> <def>A nymph of the meadows; -- called also <altname>Limniad</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Limonin</ent><br/
<hw>Li*mo"nin</hw> <pr>(l<isl/*m<omac/"n<icr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From NL. Citrus Medica, var. <ets>Limonum</ets>, the scientific name of the lemon.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A bitter, white, crystalline substance found in orange and lemon seeds.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Limonite</ent><br/
<hw>Li"mon*ite</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"m<ocr/n*<imac/t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>leimw`n</grk> any moist grassy place, a meadow: cf. F. <ets>limonite</ets>, G. <ets>limonit</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Hydrous sesquioxide of iron, an important ore of iron, occurring in stalactitic, mammillary, or earthy forms, of a dark brown color, and yellowish brown powder. It includes bog iron. Also called <altname>brown hematite</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Limosis</ent><br/
||<hw>Li*mo"sis</hw> <pr>(l<isl/*m<omac/"s<icr/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>limo`s</grk> hunger.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A ravenous appetite caused by disease; excessive and morbid hunger.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Limous</ent><br/
<hw>Li"mous</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"m<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>limosus</ets>, fr. <ets>limus</ets> slime, mud.]</ety> <def>Muddy; slimy; thick.</def>  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Limousine</ent><br/
<hw>Li`mou*sine"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>limousine</ets> a kind of cloak, fr. <etsep>Limousin</etsep>, an old province in central France.]</ety> <def>an elongated, luxurious automobile, designed to be driven by a chauffeur and often having a glass partition between the driver's seat and the passengers' compartment behind.</def> <note>When intended for use in transporting businessmen, the limousine may be equipped with a telephone and other conveniences to permit work during travel.  Limousines are often rented for travel to and from airports, and as a luxurious perquisite on special occasions, as weddings or school prm nights.  Originally (1913) the term referred to an automobile body with seats and permanent top like a coup<eacute/, and with the top projecting over the driver and a projecting front, or an automobile with such a body.</note><br/
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<p><ent>Limousine liberal</ent><br/
<hw>Li`mou*sine" lib`er*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>a wealthy or well-to-do person of liberal political inclination.  It is sometimes used as a term of contempt for those espousing the cause of poor people, without having to endure the discomfort that their policies may inflict on others, such as the lower middle class.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Limp</ent><br/
<hw>Limp</hw> <pr>(l<icr/mp)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Limped</conjf> <pr>(l<icr/mt; 215)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Limping</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf. AS. <ets>lemp</ets>healt lame, OHG. <ets>limphen</ets> to limp, be weak; perh. akin to E. <ets>lame</ets>, or to <ets>limp</ets>, a <root/120.]</ety> <def>To halt; to walk lamely. Also used figuratively.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Limp</ent><br/
<hw>Limp</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A manner of walking in which the movement of one or both legs is noticeably abnormal, usually due to injury or disease; a halt; the act of limping.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Limp</ent><br/
<hw>Limp</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Ore Washing)</fld> <def>A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Limp</ent><br/
<hw>Limp</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. Icel. <ets>limpa</ets> limpness, weakness, and E. <ets>lap</ets>, <pos>n.</pos>, <ets>lop</ets>, <pos>v. t.</pos> Cf. <er>Limber</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Flaccid; flabby, as flesh.</def>  <rj><au>Walton.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Lacking stiffness; flimsy; <as>as, a <ex>limp</ex> cravat</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Limpa</ent><br/
<hw>Limp"a</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Swedish]</ety> <def>a type of rye bread, made using molasses or brown sugar.</def> <au>MW10</au><br/
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<p><ent>Limper</ent><br/
<hw>Limp"er</hw> <pr>(l<icr/mp"<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who limps.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Limpet</ent><br/
<hw>Lim"pet</hw> <pr>(l<icr/m"p<ecr/t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Prob. through French fr. L. <ets>lepas</ets>, <ets>-adis</ets>, Gr. <grk>lepa`s</grk>, <grk>-a`dos</grk>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <sn>1.</sn> <def>In a general sense, any hatshaped, or conical, gastropod shell.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Any one of many species of marine shellfish of the order <ord>Docoglossa</ord>, mostly found adhering to rocks, between tides.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ The common European limpets of the genus <gen>Patella</gen> (esp. <spn>Patella vulgata</spn>) are extensively used as food. The common New England species is <spn>Acm<ae/a testudinalis</spn>. Numerous species of limpets occur on the Pacific coast of America, some of them of large size.</note><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> Hence: <def>Somthing or someone that clings tenaciously to another object or person;</def> <specif>specifically</specif> <def>a military explosive device having magnets allowing it to cling to a metallic target object, such as the hull of a ship.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Any species of <gen>Siphonaria</gen>, a genus of limpet-shaped Pulmonifera, living between tides, on rocks.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A keyhole limpet. See <er>Fissurella</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Limpid</ent><br/
<hw>Lim"pid</hw> <pr>(l<icr/m"p<icr/d)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>limpidus</ets>; akin to Gr. <grk>la`mpein</grk> to shine: cf. F. <ets>limpide</ets>.  Cf. <er>Lamp</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Characterized by clearness or transparency; clear; <as>as, a <ex>limpid</ex> stream</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>Springs which were clear, fresh, and <qex>limpid</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Woodward.</qau></rj></p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Clear and unambiguous; lucid; easy to understand; -- of speech and writing; <as>as, <ex>limpid</ex> prose</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Calm, untroubled, and without worry; serene.</def><br/
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Clear; transparent; pellucid; lucid; pure; crystal; translucent; bright.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Limpidity</ent><br/
<hw>Lim*pid"i*ty</hw> <pr>(l<icr/m*p<icr/d"<icr/*t<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>limpiditas</ets>: cf. F. <ets>limpidit<eacute/</ets>.]</ety> <def>The quality or state of being limpid.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Limpidness</ent><br/
<hw>Lim"pid*ness</hw> <pr>(l<icr/m"p<icr/d*n<ecr/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Quality of being limpid; limpidity.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Limpin</ent><br/
<hw>Lim"pin</hw> <pr>(l<icr/m"p<icr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A limpet.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Holland.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Limpingly</ent><br/
<hw>Limp"ing*ly</hw> <pr>(l<icr/mp"<icr/ng*l<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a limping manner.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Limpitude</ent><br/
<hw>Limp"i*tude</hw> <pr>(l<icr/mp"<icr/*t<umac/d)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Limpidity.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Limpkin</ent><br/
<hw>Limp"kin</hw> <pr>(l<icr/mp"k<icr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Either one of two species of wading birds of the genus <gen>Aramus</gen>, intermediate between the cranes and rails. The limpkins are remarkable for the great length of the toes. One species (<spn>Aramus giganteus</spn>) inhabits Florida and the West Indies; the other (<spn>Aramus scolopaceus</spn>) is found in South America. Called also <altname>courlan</altname>, and <altname>crying bird</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Limpness</ent><br/
<hw>Limp"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being limp.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Limsy</ent><br/
<ent>Limpsy</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Limp"sy</hw> <pr>(l<icr/mp"s<ycr/)</pr>, <hw>Lim"sy</hw> <pr>(l<icr/m"s<ycr/)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Limp</er>, <pos>a.</pos>, and cf. W. <ets>llymsi</ets> having a fickle motion, weak.  Cf. <er>Flimsy</er>.]</ety> <def>Limp; flexible; flimsy.</def> <mark>[Local, U. S.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Limu</ent><br/
||<hw>Li"mu</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"m<oomac/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The Hawaiian name for seaweeds. Over sixty kinds are used as food, and have species names, as <spn>Limu Lipoa</spn>, <spn>Limu palawai</spn>, etc.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Limule</ent><br/
<hw>Lim"ule</hw> <pr>(l<icr/m"<usl/l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A limulus.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Limuloidea</ent><br/
||<hw>Lim`u*loi"de*a</hw> <pr>(l<icr/m`<usl/*loi"d<esl/*<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Limulus</er>, and <er>-oid</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>An order of <class>Merostomata</class>, including among living animals the genus <gen>Limulus</gen>, with various allied fossil genera, mostly of the Carboniferous period. Called also <altname><ord>Xiphosura</ord></altname>.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ There are six pairs of leglike organs, surrounding the mouth, most of which terminate in claws; those of the first pair (probably mandibles) are the smallest; the others have the basal joints thickened and spinose, to serve as jaws, while the terminal joints serve as legs. This group is intermediate, in some characteristics, between crustaceans and certain arachnids (scorpions), but the respiration is by means of lamellate gills borne upon the five posterior abdominal appendages, which are flat and united in pairs by their inner edges, and are protected by the lidlike anterior pair, which also bear the genital orifices.</note><br/
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<p><ent>Limulus</ent><br/
||<hw>Lim"u*lus</hw> <pr>(l<icr/m"<usl/*l<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Limuli</plw> <pr>(-l<imac/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., dim. of <ets>limus</ets> sidelong, askance.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The only existing genus of Merostomata. It includes only a few species from the East Indies, and one (<spn>Limulus polyphemus</spn>) from the Atlantic coast of North America. Called also <altname>Molucca crab</altname>, <altname>king crab</altname>, <altname>horseshoe crab</altname>, and <altname>horsefoot</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Limy</ent><br/
<hw>Lim"y</hw> <pr>(l<imac/m"<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See 4th <er>Lime</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Smeared with, or consisting of, lime; viscous.</def> <ldquo/<xex>Limy</xex> snares.<rdquo/ <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Containing lime; <as>as, a <ex>limy</ex> soil</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Resembling lime; having the qualities of lime.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lin</ent><br/
<hw>Lin</hw> <pr>(l<icr/n)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>linnan</ets>. See <er>Lithe</er>.]</ety> <def>To yield; to stop; to cease.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Scot.]</mark>  <rj><au>Marston.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lin</ent><br/
<hw>Lin</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To cease from.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Scot.]</mark></p>

<p><ent>Lin</ent><br/
<hw>Lin</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Ir. <ets>linn</ets>, or Gael. <ets>linne</ets>; akin to W. <ets>llyn</ets> a pool, pond, lake, but in senses 2 and 3 prob. from AS. <ets>hlynn</ets> torrent.  Cf. <er>Dunlin</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A pool or collection of water, particularly one above or below a fall of water.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A waterfall, or cataract; <as>as, a roaring <ex>lin</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A steep ravine.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ Written also <xex>linn</xex> and <xex>lyn</xex>.</note><br/
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<p><ent>Linage</ent><br/
<hw>Lin"age</hw> <pr>(l<icr/n"<asl/j)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Lineage</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Holland.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Linament</ent><br/
<hw>Lin"a*ment</hw> <pr>(l<icr/n"<adot/*m<eit/nt)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>linamentum</ets>, fr. <ets>linum</ets> flax.]</ety> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>Lint; esp., lint made into a tent for insertion into wounds or ulcers.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Linaria</ent><br/
<hw>Linaria</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A genus of herbs and subshrubs having showy flowers: spurred snapdragon.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Linaria</gen>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Linarite</ent><br/
<hw>Li*nar"ite</hw> <pr>(l<esl/*n<aum/r"<imac/t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[So called because formerly supposed to occur at <etsep>Linares</etsep>, in Spain.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A hydrous sulphate of lead and copper occurring in bright blue monoclinic crystals.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Linch</ent><br/
<hw>Linch</hw> <pr>(l<icr/nch)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>hlinc</ets> a hill.]</ety> <def>A ledge; a right-angled projection.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Linchi</ent><br/
||<hw>Lin"chi</hw> <pr>(l<icr/n"ch<icr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Native Chinese name.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>An esculent swallow.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Linchpin</ent><br/
<hw>Linch"pin`</hw> <pr>(l<icr/nch"p<icr/n`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>lynis</ets> the axletree; akin to D. <ets>luns</ets> linchpin, OS. <ets>lunisa</ets>, LG. <ets>lunse</ets>, G. <ets>l<uum/nse</ets>, OHG. <ets>lun</ets> peg, bolt.]</ety> <def>A pin used to prevent the wheel of a vehicle from sliding off the axletree.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lincoln green</ent><br/
<hw>Lin"coln green"</hw> <pr>(l<icr/<nsm/"k<ucr/n gr<emac/n")</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A color of cloth formerly made in <etsep>Lincoln</etsep>, England; the cloth itself.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lincolnian</ent><br/
<hw>Lincolnian</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>of or pertaining to <person>Abraham <etsep>Lincoln</etsep></person>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Lincolnesque.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>lincomycin</ent><br/
<hw>lincomycin</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>An antibacterial antibiotic obtained from the bacterium <spn>Streptomyces lincolnensis</spn> and used in the treatment of certain penicillin-resistant infections.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Linctus</ent><br/
<ent>Lincture</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Linc"ture</hw> <pr>(l<icr/<nsm/k"t<usl/r; 135)</pr>, <hw>Linc"tus</hw> <pr>(l<icr/<nsm/k"t<ucr/s)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lingere</ets>, <ets>linctum</ets>, to lick.]</ety> <def>Medicine taken by licking with the tongue.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lind</ent><br/
<hw>Lind</hw> <pr>(l<icr/nd)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The linden. See <er>Linden</er>.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>lindane</ent><br/
<hw>lindane</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A chemical substance (<chform>C6H6Cl6</chform>) used as an agricultural insecticide.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> hexachlorocyclohexane, gamma benzene hexachloride.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Linden</ent><br/
<hw>Lin"den</hw> <pr>(l<icr/n"d<eit/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Orig. an adj. from <ets>lind</ets> linden tree, AS. <ets>lind</ets>; akin to D. & G. <ets>linde</ets>, OHG. <ets>linta</ets>, Icel., Sw., & Dan. <ets>lind</ets>.  Cf. <er>Lime</er> linden.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A handsome tree (<spn>Tilia Europ<ae/a</spn>), having cymes of light yellow flowers, and large cordate leaves. The tree is common in Europe.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>In America, the basswood, or <spn>Tilia Americana</spn>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lindera</ent><br/
<hw>Lindera</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A genus of aromatic evergreen or deciduous dioecious shrubs or trees of eastern Asia and North America.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Lindera</gen>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lindheimera</ent><br/
<hw>Lindheimera</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A genus having only one species, the Texas star.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Lindheimera</gen>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lindia</ent><br/
||<hw>Lin"di*a</hw> <pr>(l<icr/n"d<icr/*<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A peculiar genus of rotifers, remarkable for the absence of ciliated disks. By some Zoologists it is thought to be like the ancestral form of the Arthropoda.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lindiform</ent><br/
<hw>Lin"di*form</hw> <pr>(l<icr/n"d<icr/*f<ocir/rm)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Lindia</ets> + <ets>-form</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Resembling the genus Lindia; -- said of certain apodous insect larv<ae/.</def> <mark>[See Illust. under <er>Larva</er>.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>lindy</ent><br/
<hw>lin"dy</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>an energetic American dance that was popular in the 1930s (probably named for the aviator <person>Charles Lindbergh</person>).</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lindy hop.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Line</ent><br/
<hw>Line</hw> <pr>(l<imac/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>lin</ets>. See <er>Linen</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Flax; linen.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <ldquo/Garments made of <xex>line</xex>.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The longer and finer fiber of flax.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Line</ent><br/
<hw>Line</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lined</conjf> <pr>(l<imac/nd)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lining</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[See <er>Line</er> flax.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To cover the inner surface of; <as>as, to <ex>line</ex> a cloak with silk or fur; to <ex>line</ex> a box with paper or tin.</as></def><br/
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<p><q>The inside <qex>lined</qex> with rich carnation silk.</q> <rj><qau>W. Browne.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To put something in the inside of; to fill; to supply, as a purse with money.</def><br/
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<p><q>The charge amounteth very high for any one man's purse, except <qex>lined</qex> beyond ordinary, to reach unto.</q> <rj><qau>Carew.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Till coffee has her stomach <qex>lined</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Swift.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding anything; to fortify; <as>as, to <ex>line</ex> works with soldiers</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q><qex>Line</qex> and new repair our towns of war<br/
With men of courage and with means defendant.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To impregnate; -- applied to brute animals.</def>  <rj><au>Creech.</au></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lined gold</b></col>, <cd>gold foil having a lining of another metal.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Line</ent><br/
<hw>Line</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>line</ets>, AS. <ets>l<imac/ne</ets> cable, hawser, prob. from L. <ets>linea</ets> a linen thread, string, line, fr. <ets>linum</ets> flax, thread, linen, cable; but the English word was influenced by F. <ets>ligne</ets> line, from the same L. word <ets>linea</ets>. See <er>Linen</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A linen thread or string; a slender, strong cord; also, a cord of any thickness; a rope; a hawser; <as>as, a fishing <ex>line</ex>; a <ex>line</ex> for snaring birds; a clothes<ex>line</ex>; a tow<ex>line</ex>.</as></def><br/
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<p><q>Who so layeth <qex>lines</qex> for to latch fowls.</q> <rj><qau>Piers Plowman.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A more or less threadlike mark of pen, pencil, or graver; any long mark; <as>as, a chalk <ex>line</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The course followed by anything in motion; hence, a road or route; <as>as, the arrow descended in a curved <ex>line</ex>; the place is remote from <ex>lines</ex> of travel.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Direction; <as>as, the <ex>line</ex> of sight or vision</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>A row of letters, words, etc., written or printed; esp., a row of words extending across a page or column.</def><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>A short letter; a note; <as>as, a <ex>line</ex> from a friend</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <fld>(Poet.)</fld> <def>A verse, or the words which form a certain number of feet, according to the measure.</def><br/
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<p><q>In the preceding <qex>line</qex> Ulysses speaks of Nausicaa.</q> <rj><qau>Broome.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity.</def><br/
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<p><q>He is uncommonly powerful in his own <qex>line</qex>, but it is not the <qex>line</qex> of a first-rate man.</q> <rj><qau>Coleridge.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>9.</sn> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>That which has length, but not breadth or thickness.</def><br/
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<p><sn>10.</sn> <def>The exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory; boundary; contour; outline.</def><br/
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<p><q>Eden stretched her <qex>line</qex><br/
From Auran eastward to the royal towers<br/
Of great Seleucia.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>11.</sn> <def>A threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence, characteristic mark.</def><br/
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<p><q>Though on his brow were graven <qex>lines</qex> austere.</q> <rj><qau>Byron.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>He tipples palmistry, and dines<br/
On all her fortune-telling <qex>lines</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Cleveland.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>12.</sn> <def>Lineament; feature; figure.</def> <ldquo/The <xex>lines</xex> of my boy's face.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>13.</sn> <def>A straight row; a continued series or rank; <as>as, a <ex>line</ex> of houses, or of soldiers; a <ex>line</ex> of barriers.</as></def><br/
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<p><q>Unite thy forces and attack their <qex>lines</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>14.</sn> <def>A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; <as>as, the ascending or descending <ex>line</ex>; the <ex>line</ex> of descent; the male <ex>line</ex>; a <ex>line</ex> of kings.</as></def><br/
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<p><q>Of his lineage am I, and his offspring<br/
By very <qex>line</qex>, as of the stock real.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>15.</sn> <def>A connected series of public conveyances, and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.; <as>as, a <ex>line</ex> of stages; an express <ex>line</ex>.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>16.</sn> <fld>(Geog.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The equator; -- usually called <xex>the line</xex>, or <xex>equinoctial line</xex>; <as>as, to cross <ex>the line</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>17.</sn> <def>A long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a tapeline.</def><br/
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<p><sn>18.</sn> <fld>(Script.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A measuring line or cord.</def><br/
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<p><q>He marketh it out with a <qex>line</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Is. xliv. 13.</qau></rj></p>

<p><sd>(b)</sd> <def>That which was measured by a line, as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode.</def><br/
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<p><q>The <qex>lines</qex> are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.</q> <rj><qau>Ps. xvi. 6.</qau></rj></p>

<p><sd>(c)</sd> <def>Instruction; doctrine.</def><br/
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<p><q>Their <qex>line</qex> is gone out through all the earth.</q> <rj><qau>Ps. xix. 4.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>19.</sn> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>The proper relative position or adjustment of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working; <as>as, the engine is in <ex>line</ex> or out of <ex>line</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>20.</sn> <def>The track and roadbed of a railway; railroad.</def><br/
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<p><sn>21.</sn> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A row of men who are abreast of one another, whether side by side or some distance apart; -- opposed to <contr>column</contr>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, etc.</def><br/
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<p><sn>22.</sn> <fld>(Fort.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A trench or rampart.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting a front in but one direction to an enemy.</def><br/
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<p><sn>23.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <fld>(Shipbuilding)</fld> <def>Form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections.</def><br/
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<p><sn>24.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed.</def><br/
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<p><sn>25.</sn> <fld>(Stock Exchange)</fld> <def>A number of shares taken by a jobber.</def><br/
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<p><sn>26.</sn> <fld>(Trade)</fld> <def>A series of various qualities and values of the same general class of articles; <as>as, a full <ex>line</ex> of hosiery; a <ex>line</ex> of merinos, etc.</as></def>  <rj><au>McElrath.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>27.</sn> <def>The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, or the whole of a system of telegraph wires under one management and name.</def><br/
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<p><sn>28.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>The reins with which a horse is guided by his driver.</def> <mark>[U. S.]</mark><br/
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<p><sn>29.</sn> <def>A measure of length; one twelfth of an inch.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Hard lines</b></col>, <cd>hard lot.</cd> <au>C. Kingsley.</au> [See Def. 18.] -- <col><b>Line breeding</b></col> <fld>(Stockbreeding)</fld>, <cd>breeding by a certain family line of descent, especially in the selection of the dam or mother.</cd> -- <col><b>Line conch</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>a spiral marine shell (<spn>Fasciolaria distans</spn>), of Florida and the West Indies. It is marked by narrow, dark, revolving lines.</cd> -- <col><b>Line engraving</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>Engraving in which the effects are produced by lines of different width and closeness, cut with the burin upon copper or similar material; also, a plate so engraved.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A picture produced by printing from such an engraving.</cd> -- <col><b>Line of battle</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Mil. Tactics)</fld> <cd>The position of troops drawn up in their usual order without any determined maneuver.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Naval)</fld> <cd>The line or arrangement formed by vessels of war in an engagement.</cd> -- <col><b>Line of battle ship</b></col>. <cd>See <cref>Ship of the line</cref>, below.</cd> -- <col><b>Line of beauty</b></col> <fld>(Fine Arts)</fld>,<cd>an abstract line supposed to be beautiful in itself and absolutely; -- differently represented by different authors, often as a kind of elongated <it>S</it> (like the one drawn by Hogarth).</cd> -- <col><b>Line of centers</b></col>. <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A line joining two centers, or fulcra, as of wheels or levers.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A line which determines a dead center. See <cref>Dead center</cref>, under <er>Dead</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Line of dip</b></col> <fld>(Geol.)</fld>, <cd>a line in the plane of a stratum, or part of a stratum, perpendicular to its intersection with a horizontal plane; the line of greatest inclination of a stratum to the horizon.</cd> -- <col><b>Line of fire</b></col> <fld>(Mil.)</fld>, <cd>the direction of fire.</cd> -- <col><b>Line of force</b></col> <fld>(Physics)</fld>, <cd>any line in a space in which forces are acting, so drawn that at every point of the line its tangent is the direction of the resultant of all the forces. It cuts at right angles every equipotential surface which it meets. Specifically <fld>(Magnetism)</fld>, a line in proximity to a magnet so drawn that any point in it is tangential with the direction of a short compass needle held at that point.</cd> <au>Faraday.</au> -- <col><b>Line of life</b></col> <fld>(Palmistry)</fld>, <cd>a line on the inside of the hand, curving about the base of the thumb, supposed to indicate, by its form or position, the length of a person's life.</cd> -- <col><b>Line of lines</b></col>. <cd>See <er>Gunter's line</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Line of march</b></col>. <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>Arrangement of troops for marching.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>Course or direction taken by an army or body of troops in marching.</cd> -- <col><b>Line of operations</b></col>, <cd>that portion of a theater of war which an army passes over in attaining its object.</cd> <au>H. W. Halleck.</au> -- <col><b>Line of sight</b></col> <fld>(Firearms)</fld>, <cd>the line which passes through the front and rear sight, at any elevation, when they are sighted at an object.</cd> -- <col><b>Line tub</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a tub in which the line carried by a whaleboat is coiled.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Mason and Dixon's line</b></col>, <col><b>Mason-Dixon line</b></col></mcol>, <cd>the boundary line between Pennsylvania and Maryland, as run before the Revolution (1764-1767) by two English astronomers named <person>Charles Mason</person> and <person>Jeremiah Dixon</person>. In an extended sense, the line between the free and the slave States; <as>as, below the <ex>Mason-Dixon line</ex>, i.e. in the South</as>.</cd> -- <col><b>On the line</b></col>, <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>on a level with the eye of the spectator; -- said of a picture, as hung in an exhibition of pictures.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>at risk (dependent upon success) in a contest or enterprise; <as>as, the survival of the company is <ex>on the line</ex> in this project</as>.</cd> -- <col><b>Right line</b></col>, <cd>a straight line; the shortest line that can be drawn between two points.</cd> -- <col><b>Ship of the line</b></col>, <cd>formerly, a ship of war large enough to have a place in the line of battle; a vessel superior to a frigate; usually, a seventy-four, or three-decker; -- called also <altname>line of battle ship</altname> or <altname>battleship</altname>.</cd> <au>Totten.</au> -- <col><b>To cross the line</b></col>, <cd>to cross the equator, as a vessel at sea.</cd> -- <col><b>To give a person line</b></col>, <cd>to allow him more or less liberty until it is convenient to stop or check him, like a hooked fish that swims away with the line.</cd> -- <col><b>Water line</b></col> <fld>(Shipbuilding)</fld>, <cd>the outline of a horizontal section of a vessel, as when floating in the water.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Line</ent><br/
<hw>Line</hw> <pr>(l<imac/n)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To mark with a line or lines; to cover with lines; <as>as, to <ex>line</ex> a copy book</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>He had a healthy color in his cheeks, and his face, though <qex>lined</qex>, bore few traces of anxiety.</q> <rj><qau>Dickens.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To represent by lines; to delineate; to portray.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> <ldquo/Pictures fairest <xex>lined</xex>.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To read or repeat line by line; <as>as, to <ex>line</ex> out a hymn</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>This custom of reading or <qex>lining</qex>, or, as it was frequently called <ldquo/deaconing<rdquo/ the hymn or psalm in the churches, was brought about partly from necessity.</q> <rj><qau>N. D. Gould.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To form into a line; to align; <as>as, to <ex>line</ex> troops</as>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>To line bees</b></col>, <cd>to track wild bees to their nest by following their line of flight.</cd> -- <col><b>To line up</b></col> <fld>(Mach.)</fld>, <cd>to put in alignment; to put in correct adjustment for smooth running. See 3d <er>Line</er>, 19.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lineage</ent><br/
<hw>Lin"e*age</hw> <pr>(l<icr/n"<esl/*<asl/j; 48)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>linage</ets>, F. <ets>lignage</ets>, fr. L. <ets>linea</ets> line. See 3d <er>Line</er>.]</ety> <def>Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; race; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.</def><br/
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<p><q>Both the <qex>lineage</qex> and the certain sire<br/
From which I sprung, from me are hidden yet.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lineal</ent><br/
<hw>Lin"e*al</hw> <pr>(l<icr/n"<esl/*<ait/l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>linealis</ets> belonging to a line, fr. <ets>linea</ets> line: cf. F. <ets>lin<eacute/al</ets>. See 3d <er>Line</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Descending in a direct line from an ancestor; hereditary; derived from ancestors; -- opposed to <contr>collateral</contr>; <as>as, a <ex>lineal</ex> descent or a <ex>lineal</ex> descendant</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>The prime and ancient right of <qex>lineal</qex> succession.</q> <rj><qau>Locke.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Inheriting by direct descent; having the right by direct descent to succeed (<ptcl>to</ptcl>).</def><br/
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<p><q>For only you are <qex>lineal</qex> to the throne.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Composed of lines; delineated; <as>as, <ex>lineal</ex> designs</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>In the direction of a line; of or pertaining to a line; measured on, or ascertained by, a line; linear; <as>as, <ex>lineal</ex> magnitude</as>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lineal measure</b></col>, <cd>the measure of length; -- usually written <altname>linear measure</altname>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lineality</ent><br/
<hw>Lin`e*al"i*ty</hw> <pr>(l<icr/n`<esl/*<acr/l"<icr/*t<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality of being lineal.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lineally</ent><br/
<hw>Lin"e*al*ly</hw> <pr>(l<icr/n"<esl/*<ait/l*l<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a lineal manner; <as>as, the prince is <ex>lineally</ex> descended from the Conqueror</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lineament</ent><br/
<hw>Lin"e*a*ment</hw> <pr>(l<icr/n"<esl/*<adot/*m<eit/nt)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lineamentum</ets>, fr. <ets>linea</ets> line: cf. F. <ets>lin<eacute/ament</ets>. See 3d <er>Line</er>.]</ety> <def>One of the outlines, exterior features, or distinctive marks, of a body or figure, particularly of the face; feature; form; mark; -- usually in the <xex>plural</xex>.</def>  <ldquo/The <xex>lineaments</xex> of the body.<rdquo/ <au>Locke.</au> <ldquo/<xex>Lineaments</xex> in the character.<rdquo/ <au>Swift.</au><br/
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<p><q>Man he seems<br/
In all his <qex>lineaments</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Linear</ent><br/
<hw>Lin"e*ar</hw> <pr>(l<icr/n"<esl/*<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>linearis</ets>, <ets>linearius</ets>, fr. <ets>linea</ets> line: cf. F. <ets>lin<eacute/aire</ets>. See 3d <er>Line</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to a line; consisting of lines; in a straight direction; lineal.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Like a line; narrow; of the same breadth throughout, except at the extremities; <as>as, a <ex>linear</ex> leaf</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Thinking in a step-by-step analytical and logical fashion; contrasted with <contr>holistic</contr>, i.e. thinking in terms of complex interrelated patterns; <as>as, <ex>linear</ex> thinkers</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q><qex>Linear</qex> thinkers concluded that by taking
 the world apart, the actions of people were more predictable and
 controllable.</q> <rj><qau>David Morris (Conference presentation, Fairfield University, October 31, 1997)</qau></rj></p>

<p><cs><col><b>Linear differential equation</b></col> <fld>(Math.)</fld>, <cd>an equation which is of the first degree, when the expression which is equated to zero is regarded as a function of the dependent variable and its differential coefficients.</cd> -- <col><b>Linear equation</b></col> <fld>(Math.)</fld>, <cd>an equation of the first degree between two variables; -- so called because every such equation may be considered as representing a right line.<-- = straight line! --></cd> -- <col><b>Linear measure</b></col>, <cd>the measurement of length.</cd> -- <col><b>Linear numbers</b></col> <fld>(Math.)</fld>, <cd>such numbers as have relation to length only: such is a number which represents one side of a plane figure. If the plane figure is square, the linear figure is called a <xex>root</xex>.</cd> -- <col><b>Linear problem</b></col> <fld>(Geom.)</fld>, <cd>a problem which may be solved geometrically by the use of right lines alone.</cd> -- <col><b>Linear transformation</b></col> <fld>(Alg.)</fld>, <cd>a change of variables where each variable is replaced by a function of the first degree in the new variable.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Linearensate</ent><br/
<hw>Lin`e*ar*en"sate</hw> <pr>(l<icr/n`<esl/*<etil/r*<ecr/n"s<asl/t)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having the form of a sword, but very long and narrow.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Linearly</ent><br/
<hw>Lin"e*ar*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a linear manner; with lines.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Linear-shaped</ent><br/
<hw>Lin"e*ar-shaped`</hw> <pr>(l<icr/n"<esl/*<etil/r*sh<amac/pt`)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of a linear shape.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lineary</ent><br/
<hw>Lin"e*a*ry</hw> <pr>(l<icr/n"<esl/*<asl/*r<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Linear.</def>  <rj><au>Holland.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lineated</ent><br/
<ent>Lineate</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lin"e*ate</hw> <pr>(l<icr/n"<esl/*<asl/t)</pr>, <hw>Lin"e*a`ted</hw> <pr>(l<icr/n"<esl/*<amac/`t<ecr/d)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lineatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>lineare</ets> to reduce to a straight line, fr. <ets>linea</ets> line.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Marked with lines.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Marked longitudinally with depressed parallel lines; <as>as, a <ex>lineate</ex> leaf</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lineation</ent><br/
<hw>Lin`e*a"tion</hw> <pr>(l<icr/n`<esl/*<amac/"sh<ucr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lineatio</ets> the drawing of a line, fr. <ets>lineare</ets>.]</ety> <def>Delineation; a line or lines.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lineature</ent><br/
<hw>Lin"e*a*ture</hw> <pr>(l<icr/n"<esl/*<adot/*t<usl/r; 135)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Anything having an outline.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> <rj><au>Holland.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>linecut</ent><br/
<hw>linecut</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a print obtained from a line drawing.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> line engraving.</syn><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>a block that has been etched or engraved.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> line block, line engraving.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>lined</ent><br/
<hw>lined</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>furnished with items in a line or as if in a line.</def> <note>Often used in hyphenated form, prefixed by the item arranged in a line; <as>as, tree-<ex>lined</ex> streets</as>.</note><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>having visible lines; -- used especially of skin; <as>as, their <ex>lined</ex> faces were immeasurably sad</as>.  Contrasted to <ant>smooth</ant>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> furrowed, seamed.</syn><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>having a lining or a liner; often used in combination; <as>as, a <ex>lined</ex> skirt; a silk-<ex>lined</ex> jacket</as>.  Opposite of <ant>unlined</ant>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>linelike</ent><br/
<hw>linelike</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>resembling a line; long, thin, and narrow.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lineman</ent><br/
<hw>Line"man</hw> <pr>(l<imac/n"m<acr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Linemen</plw> <pr>(l<imac/n"m<ecr/n)</pr>.</plu> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who carries the line in surveying, etc.; the surveyor who marks positions with a range pole.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A man employed to examine the rails of a railroad to see if they are in good condition; also, a man employed to install or repair telegraph, telephone, television cable, or power lines.  Also called <altname>linesman</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Football)</fld> <def>A player whose position is in the first (forward) line, as opposed to a <contr>back</contr>; one who plays on the line of scrimmage.</def> <specif>specifically:</specif> <def>a center, guard, or tackle.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A ladies' man who is especially adept at inventing effective introductory phrases (<ecol><b>pick-up lines</b></ecol>) to gain a woman's attention.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>the position of a player on a football team who is stationed on the line of scrimmage.</def> <wns>[wns=4]</wns><br/
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<p><ent>linemen</ent><br/
<hw>linemen</hw> <pos>n. pl.</pos> <sing><singw>lineman</singw></sing>. <def>the football players who line up on the line of scrimmage.</def> <wnote>WN hypen is odd for this def.</wnote><br/
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<p><ent>Linen</ent><br/
<hw>Lin"en</hw> <pr>(l<icr/n"<ecr/n)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[OE., fr. <ets>lin</ets> linen. See <er>Linen</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Made of linen; <as>as, <ex>linen</ex> cloth; a <ex>linen</ex> stocking.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Resembling linen cloth; white; pale.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Linen</ent><br/
<hw>Lin"en</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Prop. an adj. from OE. <ets>lin</ets> flax, AS. <ets>l<imac/n</ets> flax, whence <ets>l<imac/nen</ets> made of flax; akin to OS., Icel., & MHG. <ets>l<imac/n</ets> flax and linen, G. <ets>lein</ets>, <ets>leinen</ets>, linen, Sw. <ets>lin</ets> flax, Goth. <ets>lein</ets> linen, L. <ets>linum</ets> flax, linen, Gr. <grk>li`non</grk>.  Cf. <er>Line</er>, <er>Linseed</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Thread or cloth made of flax or (rarely) of hemp; -- used in a general sense to include cambric, shirting, sheeting, towels, tablecloths, etc.; <as>as, bed <ex>linens</ex></as></def> <ldquo/In <xex>linen</xex> white as milk.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Robert of Brunne.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Underclothing, esp. the shirt, as being, in former times, chiefly made of linen.</def><br/
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<p><-- 3. pl. bed linens --><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Linen draper</b></col>, <cd>a dealer in linen.</cd> -- <col><b>Linen prover</b></col>, <cd>a small microscope for counting the threads in a given space in linen fabrics.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Linen scroll</b></col>, <col><b>Linen pattern</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>an ornament for filling panels, copied from the folds of a piece of stuff symmetrically disposed.</cd></cs>
<-- bed linens, sheets and pillowcases for a bed. --><br/
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<p><ent>Linener</ent><br/
<hw>Lin"en*er</hw> <pr>(l<icr/n"<ecr/n*<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A dealer in linen; a linen draper.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lineolate</ent><br/
<hw>Lin"e*o*late</hw> <pr>(l<icr/n"<esl/*<osl/*l<asl/t)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lineola</ets>, dim. of <ets>linea</ets> line.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Marked with little lines.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Marked longitudinally with fine lines.</def>  <rj><au>Gray.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Liner</ent><br/
<hw>Lin"er</hw> <pr>(l<imac/n"<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who lines, <as>as, a <ex>liner</ex> of shoes or clothing</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An airplane or ship belonging to a transportation company;</def> <specif>also,</specif> <def>a line-of-battle ship; a ship of the line.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>A thin piece placed between two parts to hold or adjust them, fill a space, etc.; a shim.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A <er>lining</er>{2}.</def> <specif>Specifically:</specif> <fld>(Steam Engine)</fld> <def>A lining within the cylinder, in which the piston works and between which and the outer shell of the cylinder a space is left to form a steam jacket.</def><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>A slab on which small pieces of marble, tile, etc., are fastened for grinding.</def><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Baseball)</fld> <def>A ball which, when struck, flies through the air in a nearly straight line not far from the ground; also called <altname>line drive</altname>; <as>as, he hit a sharp <ex>liner</ex> to right</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>A protective envelope for a phonograph record or other object.</def><br/
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>A <er>lining</er>; <as>as, a removable coat <ex>liner</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>9.</sn> <def>Same as <er>eyeliner</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>line-shooter</ent><br/
<hw>line-shooter</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a very boastful and talkative person.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> braggart, boaster, blowhard, vaunter.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>linesman</ent><br/
<hw>linesman</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>the official (in tennis or soccer) who watches the lines.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>a person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> electrician, lineman.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lineup</ent><br/
<ent>Line-up</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Line"-up`</hw>, <hw>Line"up`</hw>  }</mhw> <pr>(l<imac/n"<ucr/p)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The members of a team who are scheduled to play a game.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <specif>Specifically:</specif> <def>The formation of football players before the start or a restart of play.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <specif>Specifically:</specif> <fld>(baseball)</fld> <def>a list of batters in the order in which they will bat.</def> <wns>[wns=1]</wns><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> batting order, card, lineup.</syn><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <def>any arrangement of persons (rarely, of things), esp. when having a common purpose or sentiment; <as>as, the <ex>line-up</ex> at a ticket-office window; the <ex>line-up</ex> of political factions</as>.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>A group of persons including a suspect in a police investigation, arranged so as to be observed by a witness, who is requested to identify the perpetrator, if he/she is present in the group.  Such an identification may be used as evidence of guilt of the suspect. Also called a <altname>police lineup</altname>.</def> <wns>[wns=2]</wns><br/
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<p><ent>-ling</ent><br/
<hw>-ling</hw> <pr>(-l<icr/ng)</pr> <pos>suff.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>-ling</ets>.]</ety> <def>A noun suffix, commonly having a <xex>diminutive</xex> or a <xex>depreciatory</xex> force; as in duck<xex>ling</xex>, gos<xex>ling</xex>, hire<xex>ling</xex>, foster<xex>ling</xex>, first<xex>ling</xex>, under<xex>ling</xex>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>-ling</ent><br/
<hw>-ling</hw>. <def>An adverbial suffix; <as>as, dark<ex>ling</ex>, flat<ex>ling</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Ling</ent><br/
<hw>Ling</hw> <pr>(l<icr/ng)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>lenge</ets>; akin to D. <ets>leng</ets>, G. <ets>l<aum/nge</ets>, Dan. <ets>lange</ets>, Sw. <ets>l<aring/nga</ets>, Icel. <ets>langa</ets>. So named from its being <ets>long</ets>. See <er>Long</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A large, marine, gadoid fish (<spn>Molva vulgaris</spn>) of Northern Europe and Greenland. It is valued as a food fish and is largely salted and dried. Called also <altname>drizzle</altname>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The burbot of Lake Ontario.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>An American hake of the genus <gen>Phycis</gen>.</def> <mark>[Canada]</mark> <sd>(d)</sd> <def>A New Zealand food fish of the genus <gen>Genypterus</gen>. The name is also locally applied to other fishes, as the cultus cod, the mutton fish, and the cobia.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Ling</ent><br/
<hw>Ling</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Icel. <ets>lyng</ets>; akin to Dan. <ets>lyng</ets>, Sw. <ets>ljung</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Heather (<spn>Calluna vulgaris</spn>).</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Ling honey</b></col>, <cd>a sort of wild honey, made from the flowers of the heather.</cd>  <rj><au>Holland.</au></rj></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lingam</ent><br/
<ent>Linga</ent><br/
<mhw>{ ||<hw>Lin"ga</hw> <pr>(l<icr/<nsm/"g<adot/)</pr>, <hw>Lin"gam</hw> <pr>(l<icr/<nsm/"g<acr/m)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Skr. <ets>li<ndot/ga</ets>.]</ety> <def>The phallic symbol under which Siva is principally worshiped in his character of the creative and reproductive power.</def>  <rj><au>Whitworth. E. Arnold.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Ling-bird</ent><br/
<hw>Ling"-bird`</hw> <pr>(l<icr/ng"b<etil/rd`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The European meadow pipit; -- called also <altname>titling</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lingcod</ent><br/
<hw>lingcod</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The flesh of a lean-fleshed fish  caught off the U.S. Pacific coast.</def> <wns>[wns=1]</wns><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A food fish (<spn>Ophiodon elongatus</spn>) of Northern Pacific waters related to greenlings.</def> <wns>[wns=2]</wns><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Ophiodon elongatus.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lingel</ent><br/
<hw>Lin"gel</hw> <pr>(l<icr/<nsm/"g<ecr/l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>ligneul</ets>, dim. of L. <ets>linea</ets> a linen thread.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A shoemaker's thread.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A little tongue or thong of leather; a lacing for belts.</def>  <rj><au>Crabb.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>lingenberry</ent><br/
<hw>lingenberry</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>low evergreen shrub (<spn>Vaccinium vitis-idaea</spn>) of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> cowberry, mountain cranberry, lingonberry, lingberry, foxberry, <spn>Vaccinium vitis-idaea</spn>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lingence</ent><br/
<hw>Lin"gence</hw> <pr>(l<icr/n"j<eit/ns)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lingere</ets> to lick.]</ety> <def>A linctus.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Fuller.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Linger</ent><br/
<hw>Lin"ger</hw> <pr>(l<icr/<nsm/"g<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &  p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lingered</conjf> <pr>(l<icr/<nsm/"g<etil/rd)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lingering</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>lengen</ets> to tarry, AS. <ets>lengan</ets> to prolong, put off, fr. <ets>lang</ets> long. <root/125.  See <er>Long</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <def>To delay; to loiter; to remain or wait long; to be slow or reluctant in parting or moving; to be slow in deciding; to be in suspense; to hesitate.</def><br/
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<p><q>Nor cast one longing, <qex>lingering</qex> look behind.</q> <rj><qau>Gray.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Perhaps thou <qex>linger'st</qex>, in deep thoughts detained.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- To loiter; lag; saunter; delay; tarry; stop; hesitate.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Linger</ent><br/
<hw>Lin"ger</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To protract; to draw out.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>She <qex>lingers</qex> my desires.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To spend or pass in a lingering manner; -- with <xex>out</xex>; <as>as, to <ex>linger</ex> out one's days on a sick bed</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lingerer</ent><br/
<hw>Lin"ger*er</hw> <pr>(l<icr/<nsm/"g<etil/r*<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who lingers.</def>  <rj><au>Guardian.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lingerie</ent><br/
||<hw>Lin`ge*rie"</hw> <pr>(l<acr/N`zh<eit/`r<esl/")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>Linen goods collectively; linen underwear or nightclothes, esp. of women; the clothing of linen and cotton with its lace, etc., worn by a women.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lingering</ent><br/
<hw>Lin"ger*ing</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Delaying.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Drawn out in time; remaining long; protracted; <as>as, a <ex>lingering</ex> disease</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>To die is the fate of man; but to die with <qex>lingering</qex> anguish is generally his folly.</q> <rj><qau>Rambler.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lingeringly</ent><br/
<hw>Lin"ger*ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>With delay; slowly; tediously.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Linget</ent><br/
<hw>Lin"get</hw> <pr>(l<icr/<nsm/"g<ecr/t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>lingot</ets>, perh. fr. L. <ets>lingua</ets> tongue (see <er>Tongue</er>).  Cf. <er>Ingot</er>.]</ety> <def>An ingot.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>lingot</asp>.]</altsp><br/
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<p><ent>Lingism</ent><br/
<hw>Ling"ism</hw> <pr>(l<icr/ng"<icr/z'm)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A mode of treating certain diseases, as obesity, by gymnastics; -- proposed by <person>Pehr Henrik <etsep>Ling</etsep></person>, a Swede. See <er>Kinesiatrics</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lingle</ent><br/
<hw>Lin"gle</hw> <pr>(l<icr/<nsm/"g'l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Lingel</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lingo</ent><br/
<hw>Lin"go</hw> <pr>(l<icr/<nsm/"g<osl/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lingua</ets> tongue, language. See <er>Lingual</er>.]</ety> <def>Language; speech; dialect.</def> <mark>[Slang]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lingoa wood</ent><br/
<hw>Lin*go"a wood`</hw> <pr>(l<icr/<nsm/*g<omac/"<adot/ w<oocr/d`)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Amboyna wood.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lingot</ent><br/
<hw>Lin"got</hw> <pr>(l<icr/<nsm/"g<ocr/t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A linget or ingot; also, a mold for casting metals. See <er>Linget</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lingua</ent><br/
<ent>Linguae</ent><br/
||<hw>Lin"gua</hw> <pr>(l<icr/<nsm/"gw<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Lingu<ae/</plw> <pr>(l<icr/<nsm/"gw<emac/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., the tongue.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A tongue.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A median process of the labium, at the under side of the mouth in insects, and serving as a tongue.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Linguacious</ent><br/
<hw>Lin*gua"cious</hw> <pr>(l<icr/<nsm/*gw<amac/"sh<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>linguax</ets>, <ets>-acis</ets>, loquacious, fr. <ets>lingua</ets> tongue.]</ety> <def>Given to the use of the tongue; loquacious.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Linguadental</ent><br/
<hw>Lin`gua*den"tal</hw> <pr>(l<icr/<nsm/`gw<adot/*d<ecr/n"t<ait/l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lingua</ets> tongue + E. <ets>dental</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Phonetics)</fld> <def>Formed or uttered by the joint use of the tongue and teeth, or rather that part of the gum just above the front teeth; dentolingual, as the letters <xex>d</xex> and <xex>t</xex>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Linguadental</ent><br/
<hw>Lin`gua*den"tal</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Phonetics)</fld> <def>An articulation pronounced by the aid or use of the tongue and teeth.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lingua Franca</ent><br/
<hw>Lin"gua Fran"ca</hw> <pr>(l<icr/<nsm/"gw<adot/ fr<acr/<nsm/"k<adot/)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[It., prop., language of the Franks.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The commercial language of the Levant, -- a mixture of the languages of the people of the region and of foreign traders.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Any hybrid or other language used over a wide area as a common or commercial tongue among peoples of different speech.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lingual</ent><br/
<hw>Lin"gual</hw> <pr>(l<icr/<nsm/"gw<ait/l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lingua</ets> tongue: cf. F. <ets>lingual</ets>. See <er>Tongue</er>, and cf. <er>Language</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the tongue; uttered by the aid of the tongue; glossal; <as>as, the <ex>lingual</ex> nerves; a <ex>lingual</ex> letter.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>lying near the tongue; especially, in dentistry, on the surface of the tooth next to the tongue.  Contrasted with <contr>buccal</contr>, the side of a tooth touching the cheek, i. e. the side opposite to the <ex>lingual</ex> side.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lingual ribbon</b></col>. <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Odontophore</er>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lingual</ent><br/
<hw>Lin"gual</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A consonant sound formed by the aid of the tongue; -- a term especially applied to certain articulations (as those of <xex>t</xex>, <xex>d</xex>, <xex>th</xex>, and <xex>n</xex>) and to the letters denoting them.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ In Sanskrit grammar certain letters, as <xex><tsdot/</xex>, <xex><tsdot/h</xex>, <xex><dsdot/</xex>, <xex><dsdot/h</xex>, <xex><nsdot/</xex>, are called linguals, cerebrals, or cacuminals. They are uttered with the tip of the tongue turned up and drawn back into the dome of the palate.</note><br/
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<p><ent>Linguality</ent><br/
<hw>Lin*gual"i*ty</hw> <pr>(l<icr/<nsm/*gw<acr/l"<icr/*t<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality of being lingual.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Linguatulida</ent><br/
||<hw>Lin`gua*tu"li*da</hw> <pr>(l<icr/<nsm/`gw<adot/*t<umac/"l<icr/*d<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>lingua</ets> tongue.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Linguatulina</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Linguatulina</ent><br/
||<hw>Lin*guat`u*li"na</hw> <pr>(l<icr/<nsm/*gw<acr/t`<usl/*l<imac/"n<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>lingua</ets> tongue.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>An order of wormlike, degraded, parasitic arachnids. They have two pairs of retractile hooks, near the mouth. Called also <altname>Pentastomida</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ The adults of some species inhabit the nostrils and nasal sinuses of dogs and other carnivores. The young, after being swallowed by sheep, rabbits, etc., find their way to the lungs and liver and become encysted. These, when eaten by carnivores, develop into the adult forms.</note><br/
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<p><ent>Linguidental</ent><br/
<hw>Lin`gui*den"tal</hw> <pr>(l<icr/<nsm/`gw<icr/*d<ecr/n"t<ait/l)</pr>, <pos>a. & n.</pos> <def>Linguadental.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Linguiform</ent><br/
<hw>Lin"gui*form</hw> <pr>(l<icr/<nsm/"gw<icr/*f<ocir/rm)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lingua</ets> tongue + <ets>-form</ets>:  cf. F.  <ets>linguiforme</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having the form of the tongue; tongue-shaped.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Linguist</ent><br/
<hw>Lin"guist</hw> <pr>(l<icr/<nsm/"gw<icr/st)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lingua</ets> tongue, speech, language: cf. F.  <ets>linguiste</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A master of the use of language; a talker.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>I'll dispute with him;<br/
He's a rare <qex>linguist</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>J. Webster.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A person skilled in languages.</def><br/
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<p><q>There too were Gibbon, the greatest historian, and Jones, the greatest <qex>linguist</qex>, of the age.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Linguistical</ent><br/
<ent>Linguistic</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lin*guis"tic</hw> <pr>(l<icr/<nsm/*gw<icr/s"t<icr/k)</pr>, <hw>Lin*guis"tic*al</hw> <pr>(l<icr/<nsm/*gw<icr/s"t<icr/*k<ait/l)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>linguistique.</ets>]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to language; relating to linguistics, or to the affinities of languages.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Linguistically</ent><br/
<hw>Lin*guis"tic*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a linguistic manner; from the point of view of a linguist.</def>  <rj><au>Tylor.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Linguistics</ent><br/
<hw>Lin*guis"tics</hw> <pr>(l<icr/<nsm/*gw<icr/s"t<icr/ks)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>linguistique</ets>.]</ety> <def>The science of languages, or of the origin, signification, and application of words; glossology.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lingula</ent><br/
<ent>lingulae</ent><br/
||<hw>lin"gu*la</hw> <pr>(l<icr/<nsm/"g<usl/*l<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>lin"gu*l<ae/</plw> <pr>(l<icr/<nsm/"g<usl/*l<emac/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., a little tongue.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A tonguelike process or part.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Any one of numerous species of brachiopod shells belonging to the genus <gen>Lingula</gen>, and related genera. See <er>Brachiopoda</er>, and <xex>Illustration</xex> in Appendix.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lingula flags</b></col> <fld>(Geol.)</fld>, <cd>a group of strata in the lower Silurian or Cambrian system of Wales, in which some of the layers contain vast numbers of a species of Lingula.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lingulate</ent><br/
<hw>Lin"gu*late</hw> <pr>(l<icr/<nsm/"g<usl/*l<asl/t)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lingulatus</ets>, fr. <ets>lingula</ets> a little tongue.  Cf. <er>Ligulate</er>.]</ety> <def>Shaped like the tongue or a strap; ligulate.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Linigerous</ent><br/
<hw>Li*nig"er*ous</hw> <pr>(l<icr/*n<icr/j"<etil/r*<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>linum</ets> flax + <ets>-gerous</ets>.]</ety> <def>Bearing flax; producing linen.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Liniment</ent><br/
<hw>Lin"i*ment</hw> <pr>(l<icr/n"<icr/*m<eit/nt)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>linimentum</ets>, fr. <ets>linire</ets>, <ets>linere</ets>, to besmear, anoint : cf. F. <ets>liniment</ets>.  Cf. <er>Letter</er>, <er>Lime</er> a viscous substance.]</ety> <def>A liquid or semiliquid preparation of a consistence thinner than an ointment, applied to the skin by friction, esp. one used as a sedative or a stimulant.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lining</ent><br/
<hw>Lin"ing</hw> <pr>(l<imac/n"<icr/ng)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Line</er> to cover the in side.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of one who lines; the act or process of making lines, or of inserting a lining.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which covers the inner surface of anything, as of a garment or a box; also, the contents of anything.</def><br/
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<p><q>The <qex>lining</qex> of his coffers shall make coats<br/
To deck our soldiers.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Link</ent><br/
<hw>Link</hw> <pr>(l<icr/<nsm/k)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Prob. corrupted from <ets>lint</ets> and this for <ets>lunt</ets> a torch, match, D. <ets>lont</ets> match; akin to G. <ets>lunte</ets>, cf. MHG. <ets>l<uum/nden</ets> to burn.  Cf. <er>Lunt</er>, <er>Linstock</er>.]</ety> <def>A torch made of tow and pitch, or the like.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Link</ent><br/
<hw>Link</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>linke</ets>, AS. <ets>hlence</ets>; akin to Sw. <ets>l<aum/nk</ets> ring of a chain, Dan. <ets>l<ae/nke</ets> chain, Icel. <ets>hlekkr</ets>; cf. G. <ets>gelenk</ets> joint, link, ring of a chain, <ets>lenken</ets> to bend.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A single ring or division of a chain.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Hence: Anything, whether material or not, which binds together, or connects, separate things; a part of a connected series; a tie; a bond.</def> <ldquo/<xex>Links</xex> of iron.<rdquo/ <au>Shak.</au><br/
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<p><-- p. 857 pr=VMG --></p>

<p><q>The <qex>link</qex> of brotherhood, by which<br/
One common Maker bound me to the kind.</q> <rj><qau>Cowper.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>And so by double <qex>links</qex> enchained themselves in lover's life.</q> <rj><qau>Gascoigne.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Anything doubled and closed like a link; <as>as, a <ex>link</ex> of horsehair</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Mortimer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Kinematics)</fld> <def>Any one of the several elementary pieces of a mechanism, as the fixed frame, or a rod, wheel, mass of confined liquid, etc., by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained.</def><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>Any intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion, especially a short connecting rod with a bearing at each end; specifically <fld>(Steam Engine)</fld>, the slotted bar, or connecting piece, to the opposite ends of which the eccentric rods are jointed, and by means of which the movement of the valve is varied, in a <xex>link motion</xex>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Surveying)</fld> <def>The length of one joint of Gunter's chain, being the hundredth part of it, or 7.92 inches, the chain being 66 feet in length.  Cf. <er>Chain</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 4.</def><br/
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A bond of affinity, or a unit of valence between atoms; -- applied to a unit of chemical force or attraction.</def><br/
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>Sausages; -- because linked together.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark></p>

<p><ent>Link</ent><br/
<hw>Link</hw> <pr>(l<icr/<nsm/k)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Linch</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A hill or ridge, as a sand hill, or a wooded or turfy bank between cultivated fields, etc.</def> <mark>[Scot. & Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>A winding of a river; also, the ground along such a winding; a meander; -- usually in <pluf>pl.</pluf></def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark></p>

<p><q>The windings or <ldquo/<qex>links</qex><rdquo/ of the Forth above and below Stirling are extremely tortuous.</q>  <rj><qau>Encyc. Brit.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn>  <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>Sand hills with the surrounding level or undulating land, such as occur along the seashore, a river bank, etc.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark></p>

<p><q>Golf may be played on any park or common, but its original home is the <ldquo/<qex>links</qex><rdquo/ or common land which is found by  the seashore, where the short close tuft, the sandy subsoil, and the many natural obstacles in the shape of bents, whins, sand holes, and banks, supply the conditions which are essential to the proper pursuit of the game.</q>  <rj><qau>Encyc. of Sport.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn>  <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>Hence, any such piece of ground where golf is played; a golf course.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Link</ent><br/
<hw>Link</hw> <pr>(l<icr/<nsm/k)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Linked</conjf> <pr>(l<icr/<nsm/kt)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Linking</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To connect or unite with a link or as with a link; to join; to attach; to unite; to couple.</def><br/
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<p><q>All the tribes and nations that composed it [the Roman Empire] were <qex>linked</qex> together, not only by the same laws and the same government, but by all the facilities of commodious intercourse, and of frequent communication.</q> <rj><qau>Eustace.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Link</ent><br/
<hw>Link</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To be connected.</def><br/
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<p><q>No one generation could <qex>link</qex> with the other.</q> <rj><qau>Burke.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Linkage</ent><br/
<hw>Link"age</hw> <pr>(l<icr/<nsm/k"<asl/j; 48)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of linking; the state of being linked; also, a system of links.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Manner of linking or of being linked; -- said of the union of atoms or radicals in the molecule.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>A system of straight lines or bars, fastened together by joints, and having certain of their points fixed in a plane. It is used to describe straight lines and curves in the plane.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Any object, factor, or relationship that creates a bond or association between two other objects.</def><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <specif>Specifically:</specif> <fld>(Genetics)</fld> <def>The proximity of two or more genes on the genome of an organism that causes those genes to be inherited, transferred, or moved together with a frequency greater than for genes not associated.  The linkage is a continuous variable, and is inversely related to the distance between genes on the genome.</def><br/
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<p><ent>linked</ent><br/
<hw>linked</hw> <pr>(l<icr/<nsm/kt)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Associated.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Genetics)</fld>  <def>Exhibiting <er>linkage</er>{5}.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Having a connection.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Linkman</ent><br/
<ent>Linkboy</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Link"boy`</hw> <pr>(l<icr/<nsm/k"boi`)</pr>, <hw>Link"man</hw> <pr>(l<icr/<nsm/k"m<acr/n)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See 1st <er>Link</er>.]</ety> <def>A boy or man that carried a link or torch to light passengers.</def><-- sic --><br/
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<p><ent>Link motion</ent><br/
<hw>Link" mo"tion</hw> <pr>(l<icr/<nsm/k" m<omac/"sh<ucr/n)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Steam Engine)</fld> <def>A valve gear, consisting of two eccentrics with their rods, giving motion to a slide valve by an adjustable connecting bar, called the <xex>link</xex>, in such a way that the motion of the engine can be reversed, or the cut-off varied, at will; -- used very generally in locomotives and marine engines.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ The illustration shows a link motion for a vertical engine, <iref>c</iref> representing the shaft carrying two eccentrics, <iref>a</iref> and <iref>b</iref>, for making the engine run forward and backward, respectively, their rods <iref>e</iref> and <iref>d</iref> being jointed to opposite ends of the slotted link <iref>f</iref>, in the opening of which is a pin <iref>g</iref> which is attached to the valve rod <iref>h</iref>. The valve will receive the motion of the forward eccentric when the link is in the position shown, and the motion of the backward eccentric when the link is shifted so far to the right as to bring <iref>e</iref> in line with <iref>h</iref>, or a compound motion derived from both eccentrics when the link is shifted to intermediate positions, the compound motion causing the valve to cut off the steam at a point determined by the position to which the link may have been shifted.</note><br/
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<p><ent>Links</ent><br/
<hw>Links</hw> <pr>(l<icr/<nsm/ks)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[The pl. form of <er>Link</er>, but often construed as a singular.]</ety> <def>A tract of ground laid out for the game of golf; a golfing green.</def><br/
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<p><q>A second <qex>links</qex> has recently been opened at Prestwick, and another at Troon, on the same coast.</q>  <rj><qau>P. P. Alexander.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>linkup</ent><br/
<hw>linkup</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>something that serves to join or link.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> link, tie, tie-in.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Linkwork</ent><br/
<hw>Link"work`</hw> <pr>(l<icr/<nsm/k"w<ucir/rk`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A fabric consisting of links made of metal or other material fastened together; also, a chain.</def><br/
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<p><q>And thou shalt make hooks of gold, and two chains of fine gold; <qex>linkwork</qex> and wreathed.</q> <rj><qau>Udall.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Mechanism in which links, or intermediate connecting pieces, are employed to transmit motion from one part to another.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Linnaea</ent><br/
<hw>Linnaea</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A genus with only one species, the twinflower.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Linnaea</gen>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Linnaeus</ent><br/
<hw>Linnaeus</hw> <pr>(l<icr/*n<emac/"<ucr/s)</pr> <pos>n.</pos>  <def><person>Carolus Linnaeus</person>, also called <altname>Karl von Linn<eacute/</altname>.  Born at R<aring/shult, Sm<aring/land, Sweden, May 13, 1707: died at Upsala, Sweden, Jan. 10, 1778.  A celebrated Swedish botanist and naturalist, founder of the <er>Linnean system</er> in botany.  He made a journey to Lapland in 1732; resided in the Netherlands 1735-38; and became professor of medicine (later of botany) at Upsala in 1741.  Among his works are <ldquo/Systema natur<ae/<rdquo/ (1735), <ldquo/Fundamenta botanica<rdquo/ (1736), <ldquo/Genera plantarum<rdquo/ (1737), <ldquo/Flora lapponica<rdquo/ (1737),
<ldquo/Philosophia botanica<rdquo/ (1751), and <ldquo/Species plantarum<rdquo/ (1753).</def><br/
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<p><ent>Linnaea borealis</ent><br/
||<hw>Lin*n<ae/"a bo`re*a"lis</hw> <pr>(l<icr/n*n<emac/"<adot/ b<omac/`r<esl/*<amac/"l<icr/s)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. <ets>Linnaeus</ets> Linn<ae/an + L. <ets>borealis</ets> northern.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The twin flower which grows in cold northern climates.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Linnaean</ent><br/
<ent>Linnean</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lin*n<ae/"an</hw>, <hw>Lin*ne"an</hw>  }</mhw> <pr>(l<icr/n*n<emac/"<ait/n)</pr>, <pos>prop. a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to <etsep>Linn<ae/us</etsep>, the celebrated Swedish botanist.</def><br/
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Linnaean system</b></col>, <col><b>Linnean system</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the system in which the classes of plants are founded mainly upon the number of stamens, and the orders upon the pistils; the artificial or sexual system.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Linnaeite</ent><br/
<hw>Lin*n<ae/"ite</hw> <pr>(l<icr/n*n<emac/"<imac/t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Linn<ae/an</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A mineral of pale steel-gray color and metallic luster, occurring in isometric crystals, and also massive. It is a sulphide of cobalt containing some nickel or copper.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Linne</ent><br/
<hw>Linne</hw> <pr>(l<icr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Flax. See <er>Linen</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Linnet</ent><br/
<hw>Lin"net</hw> <pr>(l<icr/n"n<ecr/t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>linot</ets>, <ets>linotte</ets>, from L. <ets>linum</ets> flax; or perh. shortened from AS. <ets>l<imac/netwige</ets>, fr. AS. <ets>l<imac/n</ets> flax; -- so called because it feeds on the seeds of flax and hemp. See <er>Linen</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genera <gen>Linota</gen>, <gen>Acanthis</gen>, and allied genera, esp. the common European species (<spn>Linota cannabina</spn>), which, in full summer plumage, is chestnut brown above, with the breast more or less crimson. The feathers of its head are grayish brown, tipped with crimson. Called also <altname>gray linnet</altname>, <altname>red linnet</altname>, <altname>rose linnet</altname>, <altname>brown linnet</altname>, <altname>lintie</altname>, <altname>lintwhite</altname>, <altname>gorse thatcher</altname>, <altname>linnet finch</altname>, and <altname>greater redpoll</altname>. The American redpoll linnet (<spn>Acanthis linaria</spn>) often has the crown and throat rosy. See <er>Redpoll</er>, and <er>Twite</er>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Green linnet</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>the European green finch.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Linoleate</ent><br/
<hw>Li*no"le*ate</hw> <pr>(l<icr/*n<omac/"l<esl/*<asl/t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt of linoleic acid.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Linoleic</ent><br/
<hw>Li*no"le*ic</hw> <pr>(l<icr/*n<omac/"l<esl/*<icr/k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to, or derived from, linoleum, or linseed oil; specifically <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, designating an organic acid, a thin yellow oil, found combined as a salt of glycerin in oils of linseed, poppy, hemp, and certain nuts.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Linoleum</ent><br/
<hw>Li*no"le*um</hw> <pr>(l<icr/*n<omac/"l<esl/*<ucr/m)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lin</ets>um flax + <ets>oleum</ets> oil.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Linseed oil brought to various degrees of hardness by some oxidizing process, as by exposure to heated air, or by treatment with chloride of sulphur. In this condition it is used for many of the purposes to which India rubber has been applied.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A kind of floor cloth made by laying hardened linseed oil mixed with ground cork on a canvas backing.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Linotype</ent><br/
<hw>Lin"o*type</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Line</er>; <er>Type</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Print.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A kind of typesetting machine which produces castings, each of which corresponds to a line of separate types. By pressing the keys of a keyboard like one on a typewriter, the matrices for one line are properly arranged; the entire line, or stereotype, or slug, is then cast and planed, and the matrices are returned to their proper places, the whole process being automatic.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The slug produced by the machine, or matter composed in such lines.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Lin"o*typ`ist</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/
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<p><ent>Linoxin</ent><br/
<hw>Li*nox"in</hw> <pr>(l<icr/*n<ocr/ks"<icr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Lino</ets>leic + <ets>ox</ets>ygen.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A resinous substance obtained as an oxidation product of linoleic acid.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>linoxyn</asp>.]</altsp><br/
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<p><ent>Linsang</ent><br/
<hw>Lin*sang"</hw> <pr>(l<icr/n*s<aum/ng")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Any viverrine mammal of the genus <gen>Prionodon</gen>, inhabiting the East Indies and Southern Asia. The common East Indian linsang (<spn>Prionodon gracilis</spn>) is white, crossed by broad, black bands. The Guinea linsang (<spn>Porana Richardsonii</spn>) is brown with black spots.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Linseed</ent><br/
<hw>Lin"seed`</hw> <pr>(l<icr/n"s<emac/d`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>lin</ets> flax + <ets>seed</ets>. See <er>Linen</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The seeds of flax, from which linseed oil is obtained.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>lintseed</asp>.]</altsp><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Linseed cake</b></col>, <cd>the solid mass or cake which remains when oil is expressed from flaxseed.</cd> -- <col><b>Linseed meal</b></col>, <cd>linseed cake reduced to powder.</cd> -- <col><b>Linseed oil</b></col>, <cd>oil obtained by pressure from flaxseed.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Linsey</ent><br/
<hw>Lin"sey</hw> <pr>(l<icr/n"s<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Linen</er>.]</ety> <def>Linsey-woolsey.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Linsey-woolsey</ent><br/
<hw>Lin"sey-wool"sey</hw> <pr>(l<icr/n"s<ycr/*w<oocr/l"s<ycr/; 277)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Cloth made of linen and wool, mixed.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Jargon.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Linsey-woolsey</ent><br/
<hw>Lin"sey-wool"sey</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Made of linen and wool; hence, of different and unsuitable parts; mean.</def>  <rj><au>Johnson.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Linstock</ent><br/
<hw>Lin"stock</hw> <pr>(l<icr/n"st<ocr/k)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Corrupt. fr. <ets>luntstock</ets>, D. <ets>lontstok</ets>; <ets>lont</ets> lunt + <ets>stok</ets> stock, stick. See <er>Link</er> a torch, <er>Lunt</er>, and <er>Stock</er>.]</ety> <def>A pointed forked staff, shod with iron at the foot, to hold a lighted match for firing cannon.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>lintstock</asp>.]</altsp><br/
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<p><ent>Lint</ent><br/
<hw>Lint</hw> <pr>(l<icr/nt)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>l<imac/net</ets> flax, hemp, fr. <ets>l<imac/n</ets> flax; or, perh. borrowed fr. L. <ets>linteum</ets> a linen cloth, linen, from <ets>linteus</ets> linen, a., fr. <ets>linum</ets> flax, lint. See <er>Linen</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Flax.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Linen scraped or otherwise made into a soft, downy or fleecy substance for dressing wounds and sores; also, fine ravelings, down, fluff, or loose short fibers from yarn or fabrics.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lint doctor</b></col> <fld>(Calico-printing Mach.)</fld>, <cd>a scraper to remove lint from a printing cylinder.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lintel</ent><br/
<hw>Lin"tel</hw> <pr>(l<icr/n"t<ecr/l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>lintel</ets>, F. <ets>linteau</ets>, LL. <ets>lintellus</ets>, for <ets>limitellus</ets>, a dim. fr. L. <ets>limes</ets> limit. See <er>Limit</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A horizontal member spanning an opening, and carrying the superincumbent weight by means of its strength in resisting crosswise fracture.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lintwhite</ent><br/
<ent>Lintie</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lin"tie</hw> <pr>(l<icr/n"t<icr/)</pr>, <hw>Lint"white`</hw> <pr>(l<icr/nt"hw<imac/t`)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>l<imac/netwige</ets>. See <er>Linnet</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>See <er>Linnet</er>.</def>  <rj><au>Tennyson.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lintseed</ent><br/
<hw>Lint"seed`</hw> <pr>(l<icr/nt"s<emac/d`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Linseed</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Linum</ent><br/
||<hw>Li"num</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"n<ucr/m)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., flax.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of herbaceous plants including the flax (<spn>Linum usitatissimum</spn>).</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lion</ent><br/
<hw>Li"on</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"<ucr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>lion</ets>, L. <ets>leo</ets>, <ets>-onis</ets>, akin to Gr. <grk>le`wn</grk>.  Cf. <er>Chameleon</er>, <er>Dandelion</er>, <er>Leopard</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A large carnivorous feline mammal (<spn>Panthera leo</spn>, formerly <spn>Felis leo</spn>), found in Southern Asia and in most parts of Africa, distinct varieties occurring in the different countries. The adult male, in most varieties, has a thick mane of long shaggy hair that adds to his apparent size, which is less than that of the largest tigers. The length, however, is sometimes eleven feet to the base of the tail. The color is a tawny yellow or yellowish brown; the mane is darker, and the terminal tuft of the tail is black. In one variety, called the <stype>maneless lion</stype>, the male has only a slight mane.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>A sign and a constellation; Leo.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>An object of interest and curiosity, especially a person who is so regarded; <as>as, he was quite a <ex>lion</ex> in London at that time</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>Such society was far more enjoyable than that of Edinburgh, for here he was not a <qex>lion</qex>, but a man.</q> <rj><qau>Prof. Wilson.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>American lion</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>the puma or cougar.</cd> -- <col><b>Lion ant</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>the ant-lion.</cd> -- <col><b>Lion dog</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>a fancy dog with a flowing mane, usually clipped to resemble a lion's mane.</cd> -- <col><b>Lion lizard</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>the basilisk.</cd> -- <col><b>Lion's share</b></col>, <cd>all, or nearly all; the best or largest part; -- from Aesop's fable of the lion hunting in company with certain smaller beasts, and appropriating to himself all the prey.</cd> -- <col><b>Lion of Lucerne</b></col>,  <cd>a famous sculptured lion at Lucerne, Switzerland, designed by Thorwaldsen and dedicated in 1821 as a memorial to the Swiss Guards who fell defending Louis XVI. in the attack of the mob on the Tuileries, Aug. 10, 1792. The animal, which is hewn out of the face of a rock, is represented as transfixed with a broken spear and dying, but still trying to protect with its paw a shield bearing the fleur-de-lis of France.</cd> -- <col><b>Lion of St. Mark</b></col>, <cd>a winged lion, the emblem of the evangelist Mark, especially that of bronze surmounting a granite column in the Piazzetta at Venice, and holding in its fore paws an open book representing St. Mark's Gospel.</cd> -- <col><b>Lion of the North</b></col>, <cd>Gustavus Adolphus (1594-1632), King of Sweden, the hero of the Protestant faith in the Thirty Years' War.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lionced</ent><br/
<hw>Li"onced</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"<ucr/nst)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Adorned with lions' heads; having arms terminating in lions' heads; -- said of a cross.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>leonced</asp>.]</altsp><br/
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<p><ent>Lioncel</ent><br/
<hw>Li"on*cel</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"<ucr/n*s<ecr/l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF., F. <ets>lionceau</ets>, dim. of <ets>lion</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>A small lion, especially one of several borne in the same coat of arms.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lionel</ent><br/
<hw>Li"on*el</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"<ucr/n*<ecr/l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF., dim. of <ets>lion</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The whelp of a lioness; a young lion.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lioness</ent><br/
<hw>Li"on*ess</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"<ucr/n*<ecr/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>lionesse</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A female lion.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lionet</ent><br/
<hw>Li"on*et</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"<ucr/n*<ecr/t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF., dim. of <ets>lion</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A young or small lion.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lion-heart</ent><br/
<hw>Li"on-heart`</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"<ucr/n*h<aum/rt`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A very brave person.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lion-hearted</ent><br/
<hw>Li"on-heart`ed</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"<ucr/n*h<aum/rt`<ecr/d)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Very brave; brave and magnanimous.</def>  <rj><au>Sir W. Scott.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lionhood</ent><br/
<hw>Li"on*hood</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"<ucr/n*h<oocr/d)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>State of being a lion.</def>  <rj><au>Carlyle.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>lion-hunter</ent><br/
<hw>lion-hunter</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>someone who tries to attract social lions as guests.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>someone who hunts lions.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lionism</ent><br/
<hw>Li"on*ism</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"<ucr/n*<icr/z'm)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An attracting of attention, as a lion; also, the treating or regarding as a lion.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lionize</ent><br/
<hw>Li"on*ize</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"<ucr/n*<imac/z)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &  p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lionized</conjf> <pr>(l<imac/"<ucr/n*<imac/zd)</pr>, <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lionizing</conjf> <pr>(l<imac/"<ucr/n*<imac/`z<icr/ng)</pr>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To treat or regard as a lion or object of great interest.</def>  <rj><au>J. D. Forbes.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To show the lions or objects of interest to; to conduct about among objects of interest.</def>  <rj><au>Macaulay.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lionlike</ent><br/
<hw>Li"on*like`</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"<ucr/n*l<imac/k`)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Like a lion; brave as a lion.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lionly</ent><br/
<hw>Li"on*ly</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Like a lion; fierce.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lion's ear</ent><br/
<hw>Li"on's ear`</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"<ucr/nz <emac/r`)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A name given in Western South America to certain plants with shaggy tomentose leaves, as species of <gen>Culcitium</gen>, and <gen>Espeletia</gen>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lion's foot</ent><br/
<hw>Li"on's foot`</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"<ucr/nz f<oocr/t`)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def> A composite plant of the genus <gen>Prenanthes</gen>, of which several species are found in the United States.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The edelweiss.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lionship</ent><br/
<hw>Li"on*ship</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"<ucr/n*sh<icr/p)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of being a lion.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lion's leaf</ent><br/
<hw>Li"on's leaf`</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"<ucr/nz l<emac/f`)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A South European plant of the genus <gen>Leontice</gen> (<spn>Leontice leontopetalum</spn>), the tuberous roots of which contain so much alkali that they are sometimes used as a substitute for soap.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lion's tail</ent><br/
<hw>Li"on's tail`</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"<ucr/nz t<amac/l`)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of labiate plants (<gen>Leonurus</gen>); -- so called from a fancied resemblance of its flower spikes to the tuft of a lion's tail. <spn>Leonurus Cardiaca</spn> is the common <stype>motherwort</stype>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lion's tooth</ent><br/
<hw>Li"on's tooth`</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"<ucr/nz t<oomac/th`)</pr>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Lions' teeth</plw> <pr>(l<imac/"<ucr/nz t<emac/th`)</pr>.</plu> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Leontodon</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lip</ent><br/
<hw>Lip</hw> <pr>(l<icr/p)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>lippe</ets>, AS. <ets>lippa</ets>; akin to D. <ets>lip</ets>, G. <ets>lippe</ets>, <ets>lefze</ets>, OHG. <ets>lefs</ets>, Dan. <ets>l<ae/be</ets>, Sw. <ets>l<aum/pp</ets>, L. <ets>labium</ets>, <ets>labrum</ets>.  Cf. <er>Labial</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One of the two fleshy folds which surround the orifice of the mouth in man and many other animals. In man the lips are organs of speech essential to certain articulations. Hence, by a figure they denote the mouth, or all the organs of speech, and sometimes speech itself.</def><br/
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<p><q>Thine own <qex>lips</qex> testify against thee.</q> <rj><qau>Job xv. 6.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An edge of an opening; a thin projecting part of anything; a kind of short open spout; <as>as, the <ex>lip</ex> of a vessel</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corolla.</def> (b) <def>The odd and peculiar petal in the <gen>Orchis</gen> family. See <er>Orchidaceous</er>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell.</def><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn>  <def>Impudent or abusive talk; <as>as, don't give me any of your <ex>lip</ex></as>.</def> <mark>[Slang]</mark><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> jaw.</syn><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lip bit</b></col>, <cd>a pod auger. See <er>Auger</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Lip comfort</b></col>, <cd>comfort that is given with words only.</cd> -- <col><b>Lip comforter</b></col>, <cd>one who comforts with words only.</cd> -- <col><b>Lip labor</b></col>, <cd>unfelt or insincere speech; hypocrisy.</cd> <au>Bale.</au> -- <col><b>Lip reading</b></col>, <cd>the catching of the words or meaning of one speaking by watching the motion of his lips without hearing his voice.</cd> <au>Carpenter.</au> -- <col><b>Lip salve</b></col>, <cd>a salve for sore lips.</cd> -- <col><b>Lip service</b></col>, <cd>expression by the lips of obedience and devotion without the performance of acts suitable to such sentiments.</cd> -- <col><b>Lip wisdom</b></col>, <cd>wise talk without practice, or unsupported by experience.</cd> -- <col><b>Lip work</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>Talk.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>Kissing.</cd> <mark>[Humorous]</mark> <au>B. Jonson.</au> -- <col><b>To make a lip</b></col>, <cd>to drop the under lip in sullenness or contempt.</cd> <au>Shak.</au> -- <col><b>To shoot out the lip</b></col> <fld>(Script.)</fld>, <cd>to show contempt by protruding the lip.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lip</ent><br/
<hw>Lip</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &  p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lipped</conjf> <pr>(l<icr/pt)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lipping</conjf> <pr>(-p<icr/ng)</pr>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To touch with the lips; to put the lips to; hence, to kiss.</def><br/
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<p><q>The bubble on the wine which breaks<br/
Before you <qex>lip</qex> the glass.</q> <rj><qau>Praed.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>A hand that kings<br/
Have <qex>lipped</qex> and trembled kissing.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To utter; to speak.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Keats.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lip</ent><br/
<hw>Lip</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To clip; to trim.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Holland.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>lipaemia</ent><br/
<ent>lipemia</ent><br/
||<hw>Li*p<ae/"mi*a</hw> <pr>(l<icr/*p<emac/"m<icr/*<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>li`pos</grk> fat + <grk>a"i^ma</grk> blood.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A condition in which fat occurs in the blood.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lipans</ent><br/
<hw>Li*pans"</hw> <pr>(l<esl/*p<aum/nz")</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos>; <sing>sing. <singw>Lipan</singw> <pr>(l<esl/*p<aum/n")</pr>.</sing> <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld> <def>A tribe of North American Indians, inhabiting the northern part of Mexico. They belong to the Tinneh stock, and are closely related to the Apaches.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Liparian</ent><br/
<hw>Li*pa"ri*an</hw> <pr>(l<icr/*p<amac/"r<icr/*<ait/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Any species of a family (<fam>Liparid<ae/</fam>) of destructive bombycid moths, as the tussock moths.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Liparididae</ent><br/
<ent>Liparidae</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>Liparidae</hw>, <hw>Liparididae</hw></mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A natural family including the snailfishes.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> family <fam>Liparididae</fam>, family <fam>Liparidae</fam>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>liparis</ent><br/
<hw>liparis</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>an orchid of the genus <gen>Liparis</gen> having few leaves and usually fairly small yellow-green or dull purple flowers in terminal racemes.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The type genus of the <fam>Liparididae</fam>, consisting of certain of the snailfishes.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Liparis</gen>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Liparite</ent><br/
<hw>Lip"a*rite</hw> <pr>(l<icr/p"<adot/*r<imac/t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[So called from <ets>Lipari</ets>, the island.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A quartzose trachyte; rhyolite.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lipemia</ent><br/
<hw>lip*e"mi*a</hw> <pr>(l<icr/p*<emac/"m<esl/*<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>li`pos</grk> fat + <grk>'ai^ma</grk> blood.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The presence of an abnormally high concentration of lipid in the blood.  Called also <altname>hyperlipemia</altname>, <altname>hyperlipidemia</altname>, <altname>hyperlipoidemia</altname>, <altname>lipidemia</altname>, <altname>lipoidemia</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lip fern</ent><br/
<ent>lipfern</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>lipfern</hw>, <hw>lip fern</hw></mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>any of various terrestrial ferns of the genus <gen>Cheilanthes</gen>; they are cosmopolitan in arid and semi-arid temperate or tropical regions.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lipic</ent><br/
<hw>Lip"ic</hw> <pr>(l<icr/p"<icr/k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>li`pos</grk> fat.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or derived from, fat. The word was formerly used specifically to designate a supposed acid obtained by the oxidation of oleic acid, tallow, wax, etc.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lipid</ent><br/
<hw>lip"id</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>li`pos</grk> fat.]</ety> <fld>(Chem., Biochem.)</fld> <def>Any of a variety of oily or greasy organic compounds found as major structural components of living cells; they are insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents such as alcohol and ether, and include the common <stype>fats</stype>, <stype>cholesterol</stype> and other steroids, <stype>phospholipids</stype>, <stype>sphingolipids</stype>, <stype>waxes</stype>, and <stype>fatty acids</stype>; some of the lipids, together with proteins and carbohydrates, form an essential structural component of living cells, as in the cell walls and membranes.  The term <ex>lipid</ex> refers to its solubility in nonpolar solvents, and has no significance with regard to chemical structure.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lipide, lipoid.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>lipide</ent><br/
<hw>lipide</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>lipid</er>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lipid, lipoid.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>lipidemia</ent><br/
<hw>lip`id*e"mi*a</hw> <pr>(l<icr/p`<icr/d*<emac/"m<esl/*<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>  <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>lipemia</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lipid-lowering</ent><br/
<hw>lipid-lowering</hw> <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Serving to reduce the concentration of lipid, such as cholesterol, in the blood; -- of medications, such as <er>Mevinolin</er>, that are used especially to reduce blood cholesterol, as a preventive measure against heart disease.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lipidosis</ent><br/
<hw>lip`id*o"sis</hw> <pr>(l<icr/p`<icr/d*<omac/"s<icr/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A disorder of lipid metabolism, whether congenital or acquired.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lipinic</ent><br/
<hw>Li*pin"ic</hw> <pr>(l<icr/*p<icr/n"<icr/k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Lipic.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lipless</ent><br/
<hw>Lip"less</hw> <pr>(l<icr/p"l<ecr/s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having no lips.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Liplet</ent><br/
<hw>Lip"let</hw> <pr>(l<icr/p"l<ecr/t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A little lip.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lipocephala</ent><br/
||<hw>Lip`o*ceph"a*la</hw> <pr>(l<icr/p`<osl/*s<ecr/f"<adot/*l<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>lei`pesqai</grk> to be lacking + <grk>kefalh`</grk> head.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Lamellibranchia</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lipochrin</ent><br/
<hw>Lip"o*chrin</hw> <pr>(l<icr/p"<osl/*kr<icr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>li`pos</grk> fat + <grk>chro`a</grk> color.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>A yellow coloring matter, soluble in ether, contained in the small round fat drops in the retinal epithelium cells. It is best obtained from the eyes of frogs.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lipogram</ent><br/
<hw>Lip"o*gram</hw> <pr>(l<icr/p"<osl/*gr<acr/m; 277)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>lei`pein</grk>, <grk>lipei^n</grk>, to leave, omit + <ets>-gram</ets>.]</ety> <def>A writing composed of words not having a certain letter or letters; -- as in the Odyssey of Tryphiodorus there was no A in the first book, no B in the second, and so on.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lipogrammatic</ent><br/
<hw>Lip`o*gram*mat"ic</hw> <pr>(l<icr/p`<osl/*gr<acr/m*m<acr/t"<icr/k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>lipogra`mmatos</grk>: cf. F. <ets>lipogrammatique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Omitting a letter; composed of words not having a certain letter or letters; <as>as, <ex>lipogrammatic</ex> writings</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lipogrammatist</ent><br/
<hw>Lip`o*gram"ma*tist</hw> <pr>(-gr<acr/m"m<adot/*t<icr/st)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lipogrammatiste</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who makes a lipogram.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lipoidemia</ent><br/
<hw>lip`oi*de"mi*a</hw> <pr>(l<icr/p`oi*d<emac/"m<esl/*<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>  <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>lipemia</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lipoma</ent><br/
||<hw>Li*po"ma</hw> <pr>(l<icr/*p<omac/"m<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <grk>li`pos</grk> fat + <ets>-oma</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A tumor consisting of fat or adipose tissue.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Li*pom"a*tous</wf> <pr>(-p<ocr/m"<adot/*t<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos></wordforms><br/
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<p><ent>lipophilic</ent><br/
<hw>lipophilic</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>having an affinity for lipids; -- of chemical substances or parts of molecules.  Contrasted to <contr>lipophobic</contr> or <contr>polar</contr>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lipotropic, nonpolar.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>lipophobic</ent><br/
<hw>lipophobic</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Not soluble in lipids, or in non-polar solvents; -- of chemical substances or parts of molecules; <as>as, the <ex>lipophobic</ex> end of a detergent is solvated in water</as>.  Contrasted to <contr>lipophilic</contr> or <contr>nonpolar</contr>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lipothymic</ent><br/
<hw>Li`po*thym"ic</hw> <pr>(l<imac/`p<osl/*th<icr/m"<icr/k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>leipoqymiko`s</grk>, <grk>lipoqymiko`s</grk>.]</ety> <def>Tending to swoon; fainting.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>leipothymic</asp>.]</altsp><br/
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<p><ent>Lipothymous</ent><br/
<hw>Li*poth"y*mous</hw> <pr>(l<isl/*p<ocr/th"<icr/*m<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>lei`pein</grk> to leave, to lack + <grk>qymo`s</grk> soul, life.]</ety> <def>Pertaining, or given, to swooning; fainting.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lipothymy</ent><br/
<hw>Li*poth"y*my</hw> <pr>(l<isl/*p<ocr/th"<icr/*m<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>lipoqymi`a</grk>: cf. F. <ets>lipothymie</ets>.]</ety> <def>A fainting; a swoon.</def>  <rj><au>Jer. Taylor.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>lipotropic</ent><br/
<hw>lipotropic</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>having an affinity for lipids.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lipophilic.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lipotyphla</ent><br/
<hw>Lipotyphla</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A suborder of mammals including the moles; hedgehogs; and true shrews.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> suborder Lipotyphla.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lipped</ent><br/
<hw>Lipped</hw> <pr>(l<icr/pt)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having a lip or lips; having a raised or rounded edge resembling the lip; -- often used in composition; <as>as, thick<ex>-lipped</ex>, thin<ex>-lipped</ex>, etc.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Labiate.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lippitude</ent><br/
<hw>Lip"pi*tude</hw> <pr>(l<icr/p"p<icr/*t<umac/d)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lippitudo</ets>, fr. <ets>lippus</ets> blear-eyed: cf. F. <ets>lippitude</ets>.]</ety> <def>Soreness of eyes; the state of being blear-eyed; blearedness.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lipse</ent><br/
<hw>Lipse</hw> <pr>(l<icr/ps)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To lisp.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lipyl</ent><br/
<hw>Lip"yl</hw> <pr>(l<icr/p"<icr/l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>li`pos</grk> fat + <ets>-yl</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A hypothetical radical of glycerin.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Berzelius.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Liquable</ent><br/
<hw>Liq"ua*ble</hw> <pr>(l<icr/k"w<adot/*b'l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>liquabilis</ets>. See <er>Liquate</er>, <pos>v. i.</pos>]</ety> <def>Capable of being melted.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Liquate</ent><br/
<hw>Li"quate</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"kw<amac/t)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>liquatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>liquare</ets> to melt.]</ety> <def>To melt; to become liquid.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Woodward.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Liquate</ent><br/
<hw>Li"quate</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <fld>(Metal.)</fld> <def>To separate by fusion, as a more fusible from a less fusible material.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Liquation</ent><br/
<hw>Li*qua"tion</hw> <pr>(l<isl/*kw<amac/"sh<ucr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>liquatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>liquation</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or operation of making or becoming liquid; also, the capacity of becoming liquid.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Metal.)</fld> <def>The process of separating, by heat, an easily fusible metal from one less fusible; eliquation.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Liquefacient</ent><br/
<hw>Liq`ue*fa"cient</hw> <pr>(l<icr/k`w<esl/*f<amac/"sh<eit/nt)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>liquefaciens</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>liquefacere</ets>. See <er>Liquefy</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>That which serves to liquefy.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>An agent, as mercury, iodine, etc., which promotes the liquefying processes of the system, and increases the secretions.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Liquefaction</ent><br/
<hw>Liq`ue*fac"tion</hw> <pr>(l<icr/k`w<esl/*f<acr/k"sh<ucr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>liquefactio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>liqu<eacute/faction</ets>. See <er>Liquefy</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or operation of making or becoming liquid; especially, the conversion of a solid into a liquid by the sole agency of heat.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The state of being liquid.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Chem. Physics)</fld> <def>The act, process, or method, of reducing a gas or vapor to a liquid by means of cold or pressure; <as>as, the <ex>liquefaction</ex> of oxygen or hydrogen</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Liquefiable</ent><br/
<hw>Liq"ue*fi`a*ble</hw> <pr>(l<icr/k"w<esl/*f<imac/`<adot/*b'l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>liqu<eacute/fiable</ets>. See <er>Liquefy</er>.]</ety> <def>Capable of being changed from a solid to a liquid state.</def><br/
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<p><ent>liquefied</ent><br/
<hw>liquefied</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>  <def>converted to a liquid; <as>as, <ex>liquified</ex> natural gas; <ex>liquified</ex> coal</as>.</def>.<br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> liquified.</syn><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>rendered liquid by heating; changed from a solid to a liquid state; melted.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> molten, liquified.</syn><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn>  <def>rendered liquid by dissolution in a solvent; -- of solids.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> dissolved, liquified.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Liquefier</ent><br/
<hw>Liq"ue*fi`er</hw> <pr>(l<icr/k"w<esl/*f<imac/`<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>That which liquefies.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Liquefy</ent><br/
<hw>Liq"ue*fy</hw> <pr>(l<icr/k"w<esl/*f<imac/)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Liquefied</conjf> <pr>(-f<imac/d)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Liquefying</conjf> <pr>(-f<imac/`<icr/ng)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[F. <ets>liqu<eacute/fier</ets>, L. <ets>liquere</ets> to be liquid + <ets>facere</ets>, <ets>-ficare</ets> (in comp.), to make. See <er>Liquid</er>, and <er>-fy</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To convert from a solid form to that of a liquid; to melt; to dissolve; and technically, to melt by the sole agency of heat.</def> <wns>[wns=1]</wns><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To convert from a gaseous form into a liquid; <as>as, to liquefy natural gas</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Liquefy</ent><br/
<hw>Liq"ue*fy</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To become liquid.</def> <wns>[wns=2]</wns><br/
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<p><ent>Liquescency</ent><br/
<hw>Li*ques"cen*cy</hw> <pr>(l<isl/*kw<ecr/s"s<eit/n*s<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Liquescent</er>.]</ety> <def>The quality or state of being liquescent.</def>  <rj><au>Johnson.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Liquescent</ent><br/
<hw>Li*ques"cent</hw> <pr>(l<isl/*kw<ecr/s"s<eit/nt)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>liquescens</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>liquescere</ets> to become liquid, incho. fr. <ets>liquere</ets> to be liquid.]</ety> <def>Tending to become liquid; inclined to melt; melting.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Liqueur</ent><br/
||<hw>Li`queur"</hw> <pr>(l<esl/`k<etil/r")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. See <er>Liquor</er>.]</ety> <def>An aromatic alcoholic cordial.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ Some <xex>liqueurs</xex> are prepared by infusing certain woods, fruits, or flowers, in either water or alcohol, and adding sugar, etc. Others are distilled from aromatic or flavoring agents.</note><br/
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<p><ent>Liquid</ent><br/
<hw>Liq"uid</hw> <pr>(l<icr/k"w<icr/d)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>liquidus</ets>, fr. <ets>liquere</ets> to be fluid or liquid; cf. Skr. <ets>r<imac/</ets> to ooze, drop, <ets>l<imac/</ets> to melt.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid.</def><br/
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<p><q>Yea, though he go upon the plane and <qex>liquid</qex> water which will receive no step.</q> <rj><qau>Tyndale.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>Being in such a state that the component molecules move freely among themselves, but have a definite volume changing only slightly with changes of pressure, and do not tend to separate from each other as the particles of gases and vapors do when the volume of the container is increased; neither solid nor gaseous; <as>as, <ex>liquid</ex> mercury, in distinction from mercury solidified or in a state of vapor</as>.</def> <note>Liquid substances may form a definite interface with gases, whereas the molecules of different gases freely intermingle with each other.</note><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Flowing or sounding smoothly or without abrupt transitions or harsh tones.</def> <ldquo/<xex>Liquid</xex> melody.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Crashaw.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Pronounced without any jar or harshness; smooth; <as>as, <ex>l</ex> and <ex>r</ex> are <ex>liquid</ex> letters</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Fluid and transparent; <as>as, the <ex>liquid</ex> air</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>Clear; definite in terms or amount.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <ldquo/Though the debt should be entirely <xex>liquid</xex>.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Ayliffe.</au></rj></p>

<p><sn>7.</sn> <fld>(Finance)</fld> <def>In cash or readily convertible into cash without loss of principle; -- said of assets, such as bank accounts, or short-term bonds tradable on a major stock exchange.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Liquid glass</b></col>. <cd>See <cref>Soluble glass</cref>, under <er>Glass</er>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Liquid</ent><br/
<hw>Liq"uid</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A substance whose parts change their relative position on the slightest pressure, and therefore retain no definite form; any substance in the state of liquidity; a fluid that is not gaseous and has a definite volume independent, of the container in which it is held. Liquids have a fixed volume at any given pressure, but their shape is determined by the container in which it is contained.  Liquids, in contrast to gases, cannot expand indefinitely to fill an expanding container, and are only slightly compressible by application of pressure.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ <xex>Liquid</xex> and <xex>fluid</xex> are terms often used synonymously, but <xex>fluid</xex> has the broader signification. All liquids are fluids, but many fluids, as air and the gases, are not liquids.</note><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Phon.)</fld> <def>A letter which has a smooth, flowing sound, or which flows smoothly after a mute; <as>as, <ex>l</ex> and <ex>r</ex>, in <ex>bla</ex>, <ex>bra</ex></as>. <xex>M</xex> and <xex>n</xex> also are called <xex>liquids</xex>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Liquid measure</b></col>, <cd>a measure, or system of measuring, for liquids, by the gallon, quart, pint, gill, etc.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Liquid air</ent><br/
<hw>Liq"uid air</hw>. <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>A transparent limpid liquid, slightly blue in color, consisting of a mixture of liquefied oxygen and nitrogen. It is prepared by subjecting air to great pressure and then cooling it by its own expansion to a temperature below the boiling point of its constituents  (N: -194<deg/ C; O: -183<deg/ C.).</def><br/
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<p><ent>Liquidambar</ent><br/
<hw>Liq"uid*am`bar</hw> <pr>(l<icr/k"w<icr/d*<acr/m`b<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Liquid</ets> + <ets>amber</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus consisting of two species of tall trees having star-shaped leaves, and woody burlike fruit. <spn>Liquidambar styraciflua</spn> is the North American <stype>sweet qum</stype>, and <spn>Liquidambar Orientalis</spn> is found in Asia Minor.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The balsamic juice which is obtained from these trees by incision.  The liquid balsam of the Oriental tree is <xex>liquid storax</xex>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Liquidamber</ent><br/
<hw>Liq"uid*am`ber</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Liquidambar</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Liquidate</ent><br/
<hw>Liq"ui*date</hw> <pr>(l<icr/k"w<icr/*d<amac/t)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Liquidated</conjf> <pr>(-d<amac/`t<ecr/d)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Liquidating</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[LL. <ets>liquidatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>liquidare</ets> to liquidate, fr. L. <ets>liquidus</ets> liquid, clear. See <er>Liquid</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>To determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness); or, where there is an indebtedness to more than one person, to determine the precise amount of (each indebtedness); to make the amount of (an indebtedness) clear and certain.</def><br/
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<p><q>A debt or demand is <qex>liquidated</qex> whenever the amount due is agreed on by the parties, or fixed by the operation of law.</q> <rj><qau>15 Ga. Rep. 321.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>If our epistolary accounts were fairly <qex>liquidated</qex>, I believe you would be brought in considerable debtor.</q> <rj><qau>Chesterfield.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>In an extended sense: To ascertain the amount, or the several amounts, of, and apply assets toward the discharge of (an indebtedness).</def>  <rj><au>Abbott.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To discharge; to pay off or settle, as an indebtedness.</def><br/
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<p><q>Friburg was ceded to Zurich by Sigismund to <qex>liquidate</qex> a debt of a thousand florins.</q> <rj><qau>W. Coxe.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To make clear and intelligible.</def><br/
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<p><q>Time only can <qex>liquidate</qex> the meaning of all parts of a compound system.</q> <rj><qau>A. Hamilton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To make liquid.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>To convert (assets) into cash.</def><br/
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>To kill; -- used mostly of governments or organizations killing their enemies; <as>as, Stalin <ex>liquidated</ex> many of the Kulaks</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>To dissolve (an organization); to terminate (an activity).</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Liquidated damages</b></col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>damages the amount of which is fixed or ascertained.</cd>  <rj><au>Abbott.</au></rj></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Liquidation</ent><br/
<hw>Liq`ui*da"tion</hw> <pr>(l<icr/k`w<icr/*d<amac/"sh<ucr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>liquidation</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act or process of liquidating; the state of being liquidated.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>To go into liquidation</b></col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>to turn over to a trustee one's assets and accounts, in order that the several amounts of one's indebtedness may be authoritatively ascertained, and that the assets may be applied toward their discharge.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Liquidator</ent><br/
<hw>Liq"ui*da`tor</hw> <pr>(l<icr/k"w<icr/*d<amac/`t<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>liquidateur</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who, or that which, liquidates.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An officer appointed to conduct the winding up of a company, to bring and defend actions and suits in its name, and to do all necessary acts on behalf of the company.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Mozley & W.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>liquidise</ent><br/
<hw>liquidise</hw> <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>Same as <er>liquidize</er>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> liquefy, liquify, make liquid, liquidize, make fluid.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Liquidity</ent><br/
<hw>Li*quid"i*ty</hw> <pr>(l<icr/*kw<icr/d"<icr/*t<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>liquiditas</ets>, fr. <ets>liquidus</ets> liquid: cf. F.  <ets>liquidit<eacute/</ets>.]</ety> <def>The state or quality of being liquid.</def><br/
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<p><-- (Finance) the quality of being readily convertible to cash. --><br/
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<p><ent>Liquidize</ent><br/
<hw>Liq"uid*ize</hw> <pr>(l<icr/k"w<icr/d*<imac/z)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Liquidized</conjf> <pr>(-<imac/zd)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Liquidizing</conjf> <pr>(-<imac/`z<icr/ng)</pr>.]</vmorph> <def>To render liquid.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Liquidly</ent><br/
<hw>Liq"uid*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a liquid manner; flowingly.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Liquidness</ent><br/
<hw>Liq"uid*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being liquid; liquidity; fluency.</def><br/
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<p><ent>liquified</ent><br/
<hw>liquified</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>Same as <er>liquefied</er>.</def>.<br/
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<p><ent>liquify</ent><br/
<hw>liquify</hw> <pos>v. t. & i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Same as <er>liquefy</er>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> , make liquid, liquidize, liquidise, make fluid.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Liquor</ent><br/
<hw>Liq"uor</hw> <pr>(l<icr/k"<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>licour</ets>, <ets>licur</ets>, OF. <ets>licur</ets>, F. <ets>liqueur</ets>, fr. L. <ets>liquor</ets>, fr. <ets>liquere</ets> to be liquid. See <er>Liquid</er>, and cf. <er>Liqueur</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Any liquid substance, as water, milk, blood, sap, juice, or the like.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Specifically, alcoholic or spirituous fluid, either distilled or fermented, as brandy, wine, whisky, beer, etc.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Pharm.)</fld> <def>A solution of a medicinal substance in water; -- distinguished from <contr>tincture</contr> and <contr>aqua</contr>.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ The U. S. Pharmacopoeia includes, in this class of preparations, all <xex>aqueous</xex> solutions without sugar, in which the substance acted on is wholly soluble in water, excluding those in which the dissolved matter is gaseous or very volatile, as in the aqu<ae/ or waters.</note>  <rj><au>U. S. Disp.</au></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Labarraque's liquor</b></col> <fld>(Old Chem.)</fld>, <cd>a solution of an alkaline hypochlorite, as sodium hypochlorite, used in bleaching and as a disinfectant.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Liquor of flints</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Liquor silicum</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Old Chem.)</fld>, <cd>soluble glass; -- so called because formerly made from powdered flints. See <cref>Soluble glass</cref>, under <er>Glass</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Liquor of Libavius</b></col>. <fld>(Old Chem.)</fld> <cd>See <cref>Fuming liquor of Libavius</cref>, under <er>Fuming</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Liquor sanguinis</b></col> <pr>(s<acr/n"gw<icr/n*<icr/s)</pr>, <fld>(Physiol.)</fld>, <cd>the blood plasma.</cd> -- <col><b>Liquor thief</b></col>, <cd>a tube for taking samples of liquor from a cask through the bung hole.</cd> -- <col><b>To be in liquor</b></col>, <cd>to be intoxicated.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Liquor</ent><br/
<hw>Liq"uor</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Liquored</conjf> <pr>(l<icr/k"<etil/rd)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Liquoring</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To supply with liquor.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To grease.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q><qex>Liquor</qex> fishermen's boots.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj></p>

<p><-- liquored up. intoxicated by liquor --><br/
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<p><ent>Liquorice</ent><br/
<hw>Liq"uor*ice</hw> <pr>(l<icr/k"<etil/r*<icr/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Licorice</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Liquorish</ent><br/
<hw>Liq"uor*ish</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>See <er>Lickerish</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Liquorous</ent><br/
<hw>Liq"uor*ous</hw> <pr>(l<icr/k"<etil/r*<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Eagerly desirous. See <er>Lickerish</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Marston.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lira</ent><br/
||<hw>Li"ra</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"r<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Lire</plw> <pr>(l<emac/"r<asl/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[It., fr. L. <ets>libra</ets> the Roman pound.  Cf. <er>Livre</er>.]</ety> <def>An Italian coin equivalent in value to the French franc.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lirella</ent><br/
||<hw>Li*rel"la</hw> <pr>(l<isl/*r<ecr/l"l<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., dim. of L. <ets>lira</ets> a furrow.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A linear apothecium furrowed along the middle; the fruit of certain lichens.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lirelliform</ent><br/
<hw>Li*rel"li*form</hw> <pr>(l<isl/*r<ecr/l"l<icr/*f<ocir/rm)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Lirella</ets> + <ets>-form</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Like a lirella.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>lirell<ae/form</asp>.]</altsp><br/
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<p><ent>Liriodendron</ent><br/
||<hw>Lir`i*o*den"dron</hw> <pr>(l<icr/r`<icr/*<osl/*d<ecr/n"dr<ocr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Liriodendra</plw> <pr>(-dr<adot/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>lei`rion</grk> lily + <grk>de`ndron</grk> tree.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of large and very beautiful trees of North America, having smooth, shining leaves, and handsome, tuliplike flowers; tulip tree; whitewood; -- called also <altname>canoewood</altname>. <spn>Liriodendron tulipifera</spn> is the only extant species, but there were several others in the Cretaceous epoch.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Liripipe</ent><br/
<hw>Lir"i*pipe</hw> <pr>(l<icr/r"<icr/*p<imac/p)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <def>See <er>Liripoop</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Liripoop</ent><br/
<hw>Lir"i*poop</hw> <pr>(l<icr/r"<icr/*p<oomac/p)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>liripipion</ets>, <ets>liripion</ets>, LL. <ets>liripipium</ets>. Said to be corrupted from L. <ets>cleri ephippium</ets>, lit., the clergy's caparison.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A pendent part of the old clerical tippet; afterwards, a tippet; a scarf; -- worn also by doctors, learned men, etc.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Acuteness; smartness; also, a smart trick or stratagem.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Stanihurst.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A silly person.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>A <qex>liripoop</qex>, vel <qex>lerripoop</qex>, a silly, empty creature; an old dotard.</q> <rj><qau>Milles. MS. Devon Gloss.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Liroconite</ent><br/
<hw>Li*roc"o*nite</hw> <pr>(l<isl/*r<ocr/k"<osl/*n<imac/t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>leiro`s</grk> pale + <grk>koni`a</grk> powder.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A hydrated arseniate of copper, occurring in obtuse pyramidal crystals of a sky-blue or verdigris-green color.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lisbon</ent><br/
<hw>Lis"bon</hw> <pr>(l<icr/z"b<ocr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A sweet, light-colored species of wine, produced in the province of Estremadura, and so called as being shipped from Lisbon, in Portugal.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lisle</ent><br/
<hw>Lisle</hw> <pr>(l<imac/l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A city of France celebrated for certain manufactures.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lisle glove</b></col>, <cd>a fine summer glove, made of Lisle thread.</cd> -- <col><b>Lisle lace</b></col>, <cd>a fine handmade lace, made at Lisle.</cd> -- <col><b>Lisle thread</b></col>, <cd>a hard twisted cotton thread, originally produced at Lisle.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lisne</ent><br/
<hw>Lisne</hw> <pr>(l<imac/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Prov. E. <ets>lissen</ets>, <ets>lisne</ets>, a cleft in a rock.]</ety> <def>A cavity or hollow.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir M. Hale.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lisp</ent><br/
<hw>Lisp</hw> <pr>(l<icr/sp)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lisped</conjf> <pr>(l<icr/spt)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lisping</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>lispen</ets>, <ets>lipsen</ets>, AS. <ets>wlisp</ets> stammering, lisping; akin to D. & OHG. <ets>lispen</ets> to lisp, G. <ets>lispeln</ets>, Sw. <ets>l<aum/spa</ets>, Dan. <ets>lespe</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To pronounce the sibilant letter <xex>s</xex> imperfectly; to give <xex>s</xex> and <xex>z</xex> the sound of <xex>th</xex>; -- a defect common among children.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To speak with imperfect articulation; to mispronounce, as a child learning to talk.</def><br/
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<p><q>As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame,<br/
I <qex>lisped</qex> in numbers, for the numbers came.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To speak hesitatingly with a low voice, as if afraid.</def><br/
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<p><q>Lest when my <qex>lisping</qex>, guilty tongue should halt.</q> <rj><qau>Drayton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lisp</ent><br/
<hw>Lisp</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To pronounce with a lisp.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To utter with imperfect articulation; to express with words pronounced imperfectly or indistinctly, as a child speaks; hence, to express by the use of simple, childlike language.</def><br/
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<p><q>To speak unto them after their own capacity, and to <qex>lisp</qex> the words unto them according as the babes and children of that age might sound them again.</q> <rj><qau>Tyndale.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To speak with reserve or concealment; to utter timidly or confidentially; <as>as, to <ex>lisp</ex> treason</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lisp</ent><br/
<hw>Lisp</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The habit or act of lisping. See <er>Lisp</er>, <pos>v. i.</pos>, 1.</def><br/
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<p><q>I overheard her answer, with a very pretty <qex>lisp</qex>, <ldquo/O! Strephon, you are a dangerous creature.<rdquo/</q>  <rj><au>Tatler.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>LISP</ent><br/
<hw>LISP</hw> <pr>(l<icr/sp)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Computers)</fld> <ety>[<ets>Lis</ets>t <ets>P</ets>rocessing.]</ety> <def>a high-level computer programming language in which statements and data are in the form of lists, enclosed in parentheses; -- used especially for rapid development of prototype programs in artificial intelligence applications .</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lisper</ent><br/
<hw>Lisp"er</hw> <pr>(l<icr/sp"<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who lisps.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lispingly</ent><br/
<hw>Lisp"ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>With a lisp; in a lisping manner.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Liss</ent><br/
<hw>Liss</hw> <pr>(l<icr/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>liss</ets>.]</ety> <def>Release; remission; ease; relief.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <ldquo/Of penance had a <xex>lisse</xex>.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Liss</ent><br/
<hw>Liss</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>lissan</ets>.]</ety> <def>To free, as from care or pain; to relieve.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <ldquo/<xex>Lissed</xex> of his care.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lissencephala</ent><br/
||<hw>Lis`sen*ceph"a*la</hw> <pr>(l<icr/s`s<ecr/n*s<ecr/f"<adot/*l<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>lisso`s</grk> smooth + <grk>'egke`falos</grk> the brain.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A general name for all those placental mammals that have a brain with few or no cerebral convolutions, as Rodentia, Insectivora, etc.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lissome</ent><br/
<ent>Lissom</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lis"som</hw>, <hw>Lis"some</hw>  }</mhw> <pr>(l<icr/s"s<ucr/m)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[For <ets>lithesome</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Limber; supple; flexible; lithe; lithesome.</def><br/
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<p><q>Straight, but as <qex>lissome</qex> as a hazel wand.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Light; nimble; active.</def>  <rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj></p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Lis"some*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/
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<p><ent>List</ent><br/
<hw>List</hw> <pr>(l<icr/st)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>lice</ets>, LL. <ets>liciae</ets>, pl., from L. <ets>licium</ets> thread, girdle.]</ety> <def>A line inclosing or forming the extremity of a piece of ground, or field of combat; hence, in the plural (<xex>lists</xex>), the ground or field inclosed for a race or combat.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>In measured <qex>lists</qex> to toss the weighty lance.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>To enter the lists</b></col>, <cd>to accept a challenge, or engage in contest.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>List</ent><br/
<hw>List</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To inclose for combat; <as>as, to <ex>list</ex> a field</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>List</ent><br/
<hw>List</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Listen</er>.]</ety> <def>To hearken; to attend; to listen.</def> <mark>[Obs. <plain>except in poetry</plain>.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>Stand close, and <qex>list</qex> to him.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>List</ent><br/
<hw>List</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To listen or hearken to.</def><br/
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<p><q>Then weigh what loss your honor may sustain,<br/
If with too credent ear you <qex>list</qex> his songs.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>List</ent><br/
<hw>List</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>listen</ets>, <ets>lusten</ets>, AS. <ets>lystan</ets>, from <ets>lust</ets> pleasure. See <er>Lust</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To desire or choose; to please.</def><br/
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<p><q>The wind bloweth where it <qex>listeth</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>John iii. 8.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Them that add to the Word of God what them <qex>listeth</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Hooker.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Let other men think of your devices as they <qex>list</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Whitgift.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>To lean; to incline; <as>as, the ship <ex>lists</ex> to port</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>List</ent><br/
<hw>List</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Inclination; desire.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>An inclination to one side; <as>as, the ship has a <ex>list</ex> to starboard</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>List</ent><br/
<hw>List</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>l<imac/st</ets> a list of cloth; akin to D. <ets>lijst</ets>, G. <ets>leiste</ets>, OHG. <ets>l<imac/sta</ets>, Icel. <ets>lista</ets>, <ets>listi</ets>, Sw. <ets>list</ets>, Dan. <ets>liste</ets>. In sense 5 from F. <ets>liste</ets>, of German origin, and thus ultimately the same word.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A strip forming the woven border or selvedge of cloth, particularly of broadcloth, and serving to strengthen it; hence, a strip of cloth; a fillet.</def> <ldquo/Gartered with a red and blue <xex>list</xex>.<rdquo/ <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><-- p. 859 --></p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A limit or boundary; a border.</def><br/
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<p><q>The very <qex>list</qex>, the very utmost bound,<br/
Of all our fortunes.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The lobe of the ear; the ear itself.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A stripe.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>A roll or catalogue, that is, row or line; a record of names; <as>as, a <ex>list</ex> of names, books, articles; a <ex>list</ex> of ratable estate.</as></def><br/
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<p><q>He was the ablest emperor of all the <qex>list</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A little square molding; a fillet; -- called also <altname>listel</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <fld>(Carp.)</fld> <def>A narrow strip of wood, esp. sapwood, cut from the edge of a plank or board.</def><br/
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <fld>(Rope Making)</fld> <def>A piece of woolen cloth with which the yarns are grasped by a workman.</def><br/
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<p><sn>9.</sn> <fld>(Tin-plate Manuf.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The first thin coat of tin.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A wirelike rim of tin left on an edge of the plate after it is coated.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Civil list</b></col> (<mark>Great Britain & U.S.</mark>), <cd>the civil officers of government, as judges, ambassadors, secretaries, etc. Hence, the revenues or appropriations of public money for the support of the civil officers. More recently, the <xex>civil list</xex>, in England, embraces only the expenses of the reigning monarch's household.</cd> -- <col><b>Free list</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A list of articles admitted to a country free of duty.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A list of persons admitted to any entertainment, as a theater or opera, without payment, or to whom a periodical, or the like, is furnished without cost.</cd></cs></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Roll; catalogue; register; inventory; schedule.</syn> <usage> -- <er>List</er>, <er>Roll</er>, <er>Catalogue</er>, <er>Register</er>, <er>Inventory</er>, <er>Schedule</er>. A <xex>list</xex> is properly a simple series of names, etc., in a brief form, such as might naturally be entered in a narrow strip of paper. A <xex>roll</xex> was originally a list containing the names of persons belonging to a public body (as Parliament, etc.), which was <xex>rolled</xex> up and laid aside among its archives. A <xex>catalogue</xex> is a list of persons or things arranged in order, and usually containing some description of the same, more or less extended. A <xex>register</xex> is designed for record or preservation. An <xex>inventory</xex> is a list of articles, found on hand in a store of goods, or in the estate of a deceased person, or under similar circumstances. A <xex>schedule</xex> is a formal list or inventory prepared for legal or business purposes.</usage><br/
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<p><ent>List</ent><br/
<hw>List</hw> <pr>(l<icr/st)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Listed</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Listing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[From <ets>list</ets> a roll.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of colors, or form a border.</def>  <rj><au>Sir H. Wotton.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To cover with list, or with strips of cloth; to put list on; <as>as, to <ex>list</ex> a door</as>; to stripe as if with list.</def><br/
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<p><q>The tree that stood white-<qex>listed</qex> through the gloom.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To enroll; to place or register in a list.</def><br/
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<p><q><qex>Listed</qex> among the upper serving men.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To engage, as a soldier; to enlist.</def><br/
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<p><q>I will <qex>list</qex> you for my soldier.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Scott.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Carp.)</fld> <def>To cut away a narrow strip, as of sapwood, from the edge of; <as>as, to <ex>list</ex> a board</as>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>To list a stock</b></col> <fld>(Stock Exchange)</fld>, <cd>to put it in the list of stocks called at the meeting of the board.</cd></cs><-- to put it on a list of stocks which may be traded on a specific stock exchange --><br/
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<p><ent>List</ent><br/
<hw>List</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To engage in public service by enrolling one's name; to enlist.</def><br/
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<p><ent>List</ent><br/
<hw>List</hw> <pr>(l<icr/st)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To plow and plant with a lister.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>In cotton culture, to prepare, as land, for the crop by making alternating beds and alleys with the hoe.</def> <mark>[Southern U. S.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>listed</ent><br/
<hw>listed</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>placed on a list.  Opposite of <ant>unlisted</ant>.</def> [Narrower terms: <stype>catalogued</stype>; <stype>recorded </stype>; <stype>traded </stype>]<br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>officially entered in a roll or list; <as>as, <ex>listed</ex> on a stock exchange; a <ex>listed</ex> securities trader</as>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> enrolled.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Listel</ent><br/
<hw>List"el</hw> <pr>(l<icr/s"t<ecr/l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>listel</ets>, dim. of <ets>liste</ets> fillet, list. See <er>List</er> the edge.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>List</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 6.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Listen</ent><br/
<hw>Lis"ten</hw> <pr>(l<icr/s"'n)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Listened</conjf> <pr>(l<icr/s"'nd)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Listening</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>listnen</ets>, <ets>listen</ets>, <ets>lustnen</ets>, <ets>lusten</ets>, AS. <ets>hlystan</ets>; akin to <ets>hlyst</ets> hearing, OS. <ets>hlust</ets>, Icel. <ets>hlusta</ets> to listen, <ets>hlust</ets> ear, AS. <ets>hlosnian</ets> to wait in suspense, OHG. <ets>hlos<emac/n</ets> to listen, Gr. <grk>kly`ein</grk>, and E. <ets>loud</ets>. <root/41. See <er>Loud</er>, and cf. <er>List</er> to listen.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To give close attention with the purpose of hearing; to give ear; to hearken; to attend.</def><br/
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<p><q>When we have occasion to <qex>listen</qex>, and give a more particular attention to some sound, the tympanum is drawn to a more than ordinary tension.</q> <rj><qau>Holder.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To give heed; to yield to advice; to follow admonition; to obey.</def><br/
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<p><q><qex>Listen</qex> to me, and by me be ruled.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>To listen after</b></col>, <cd>to take an interest in.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></cs><br/
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<p><q>Soldiers note forts, armories, and magazines; scholars <qex>listen after</qex> libraries, disputations, and professors.</q> <rj><qau>Fuller.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- To attend; hearken. See <er>Attend</er>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Listen</ent><br/
<hw>Lis"ten</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To attend to.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Listener</ent><br/
<hw>Lis"ten*er</hw> <pr>(l<icr/s"'n*<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who listens; a hearkener.</def><br/
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<p><ent>listening</ent><br/
<hw>listening</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>the act of hearing attentively.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> hearing.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lister</ent><br/
<hw>List"er</hw> <pr>(l<icr/st"<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who makes a list or roll.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lister</ent><br/
<hw>Lis"ter</hw> <pr>(l<icr/s"t<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Leister</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lister</ent><br/
<hw>List"er</hw> <pr>(l<icr/st"<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>List</er> a strip, border, prob. applied to the furrow or the ridge of earth along the furrow.]</ety> <def>A double-moldboard plow which throws a deep furrow, and at the same time plants and covers grain in the bottom of the furrow.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Listerian</ent><br/
<hw>Lis*te"ri*an</hw> <pr>(l<icr/s*t<emac/"r<icr/*<ait/n)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to listerism.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Listerism</ent><br/
<hw>Lis"ter*ism</hw> <pr>(l<icr/s"t<etil/r*<icr/z'm)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The systematic use of antiseptics in the performance of operations and the treatment of wounds; -- so called from <person>Joseph <etsep>Lister</etsep></person>, an English surgeon.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Listerize</ent><br/
<hw>Lis"ter*ize</hw> <pr>(l<icr/s"t<etil/r*<imac/z)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos>  <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Listerized</conjf> <pr>(l<icr/s"t<etil/r*<imac/zd)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Listerizing</conjf> <pr>(l<icr/s"t<etil/r*<imac/z*<icr/ng)</pr>.]</vmorph> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>To make antiseptic.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Listful</ent><br/
<hw>List"ful</hw> <pr>(l<icr/st"f<usdot/l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Attentive.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Listing</ent><br/
<hw>List"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or process of one who lists (in any sense of the verb); <as>as, the <ex>listing</ex> of a door; the <ex>listing</ex> of a stock at the Stock Exchange.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The selvedge of cloth; list.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Carp.)</fld> <def>The sapwood cut from the edge of a board.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Agric.)</fld> <def>The throwing up of the soil into ridges, -- a method adopted in the culture of beets and some garden crops.</def> <mark>[Local, U. S.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Listless</ent><br/
<hw>List"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>listles</ets>, <ets>lustles</ets>. See <er>Lust</er>.]</ety> <def>Having no desire or inclination; indifferent; heedless; spiritless.</def> <ldquo/ A <xex>listless</xex> unconcern.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Thomson.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>Benumbed with cold, and <qex>listless</qex> of their gain.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>I was <qex>listless</qex>, and desponding.</q> <rj><qau>Swift.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Heedless; careless; indifferent; vacant; uninterested; languid; spiritless; supine; indolent.</syn></p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>List"less*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>List"less*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/
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<p><ent>Lit</ent><br/
<hw>Lit</hw> <pr>(l<icr/t)</pr>, <sn>1.</sn> <def>a form of the <pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> of <er>Light</er>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Under the influence of alcohol; intoxicated; inebriated; drunk; -- often used with <ptcl>up</ptcl>.</def> <mark>[slang]</mark> <br/
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<p><ent>Litany</ent><br/
<hw>Lit"a*ny</hw> <pr>(l<icr/t"<adot/*n<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Litanies</plw> <pr>(l<icr/t"<adot/*n<icr/z)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[OE. <ets>letanie</ets>, OF. <ets>letanie</ets>, F. <ets>litanie</ets>, L. <ets>litania</ets>, Gr. <grk>litanei`a</grk>, fr. <grk>litaney`ein</grk> to pray, akin to <grk>li`tesqai</grk>, <grk>li`ssesqai</grk>, to pray, <grk>lith`</grk> prayer.]</ety> <def>A solemn form of supplication in the public worship of various churches, in which the clergy and congregation join, the former leading and the latter responding in alternate sentences. It is usually of a penitential character.</def><br/
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<p><q>Supplications . . . for the appeasing of God's wrath were of the Greek church termed <qex>litanies</qex>, and rogations of the Latin.</q> <rj><qau>Hooker.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Litarge</ent><br/
<hw>Lit"arge</hw> <pr>(l<icr/t"<adot/rj)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Litharge.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Litchi</ent><br/
<hw>Li"tchi`</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"ch<emac/`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The fruit of a tree native to China (<spn>Nephelium Litchi</spn>). It is nutlike, having a rough but tender shell, containing an aromatic pulp, and a single large seed. In the dried fruit which is exported the pulp somewhat resembles a raisin in color and form.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>lichi</asp>, and <asp>lychee</asp>.]</altsp><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of East Indian sapindaceous trees consisting of a single species (<spn>Litchi Chinensis</spn>, syn. <spn>Nephelium Litchi</spn>) which bears the litchi nut.</def><br/
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<p><ent>-lite</ent><br/
<hw>-lite</hw> <pr>(-l<imac/t)</pr> <pos>suff.</pos> <def>See <er>-lith</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lite</ent><br/
<hw>Lite</hw> <pr>(l<imac/t)</pr>, <pos>a., adv., & n.</pos> <def>Little.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Litre</ent><br/
<ent>Liter</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Li"ter</hw>, <hw>Li"tre</hw>  }</mhw> <pr>(l<emac/"t<etil/r; 277)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>litre</ets>, Gr. <grk>li`tra</grk> a silver coin.]</ety> <def>A measure of capacity in the metric system, being a cubic decimeter, equal to 61.022 cubic inches, or 2.113 American pints, or 1.76 English pints.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Literacy</ent><br/
<hw>Lit"er*a*cy</hw> <pr>(l<icr/t"<etil/r*<adot/*s<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>State of being literate.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Literal</ent><br/
<hw>Lit"er*al</hw> <pr>(l<icr/t"<etil/r*<ait/l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>lit<eacute/ral</ets>, <ets>litt<eacute/ral</ets>, L. <ets>litteralis</ets>, <ets>literalis</ets>, fr. <ets>littera</ets>, <ets>litera</ets>, a letter. See <er>Letter</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>According to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical; <as>as, the <ex>literal</ex> meaning of a phrase</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>It hath but one simple <qex>literal</qex> sense whose light the owls can not abide.</q> <rj><qau>Tyndale.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Following the letter or exact words; not free.</def><br/
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<p><q>A middle course between the rigor of <qex>literal</qex> translations and the liberty of paraphrasts.</q> <rj><qau>Hooker.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Consisting of, or expressed by, letters.</def><br/
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<p><q>The <qex>literal</qex> notation of numbers was known to Europeans before the ciphers.</q> <rj><qau>Johnson.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Giving a strict or literal construction; unimaginative; matter-of-fact; -- applied to persons.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Literal contract</b></col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>a contract of which the whole evidence is given in writing.</cd> <au>Bouvier.</au> -- <col><b>Literal equation</b></col> <fld>(Math.)</fld>, <cd>an equation in which known quantities are expressed either wholly or in part by means of letters; -- distinguished from a <contr>numerical equation</contr>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Literal</ent><br/
<hw>Lit"er*al</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Literal meaning.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <au>Sir T. Browne.</au><br/
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<p><ent>Literalism</ent><br/
<hw>Lit"er*al*ism</hw> <pr>(l<icr/t"<etil/r*<ait/l*<icr/z'm)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>That which accords with the letter; a mode of interpreting literally; adherence to the letter.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Fine Arts)</fld> <def>The tendency or disposition to represent objects faithfully, without abstraction, conventionalities, or idealization.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Literalist</ent><br/
<hw>Lit"er*al*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who adheres to the letter or exact word; an interpreter according to the letter.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Literality</ent><br/
<hw>Lit`er*al"i*ty</hw> <pr>(l<icr/t`<etil/r*<acr/l"<icr/*t<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>litt<eacute/ralit<eacute/</ets>.]</ety> <def>The state or quality of being literal.</def>  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Literalization</ent><br/
<hw>Lit`er*al*i*za"tion</hw> <pr>(l<icr/t`<etil/r*<ait/l*<icr/*z<amac/"sh<ucr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of literalizing; reduction to a literal meaning.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Literalize</ent><br/
<hw>Lit"er*al*ize</hw> <pr>(l<icr/t"<etil/r*<ait/l*<imac/z)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Literalized</conjf> <pr>(l<icr/t"<etil/r*<ait/l*<imac/zd)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Literalizing</conjf> <pr>(l<icr/t"<etil/r*<ait/l*<imac/*z<icr/ng)</pr>.]</vmorph> <def>To make literal; to interpret or put in practice according to the strict meaning of the words; -- opposed to <contr>spiritualize</contr>; <as>as, to <ex>literalize</ex> Scripture</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Literalizer</ent><br/
<hw>Lit"er*al*i`zer</hw> <pr>(l<icr/t"<etil/r*<ait/l*<imac/*z<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A literalist.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Literally</ent><br/
<hw>Lit"er*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>According to the primary and natural import of words; not figuratively; <as>as, a man and his wife can not be <ex>literally</ex> one flesh</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>With close adherence to words; word by word.</def><br/
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<p><q>So wild and ungovernable a poet can not be translated <qex>literally</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Literalness</ent><br/
<hw>Lit"er*al*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being literal; literal import.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Literary</ent><br/
<hw>Lit"er*a*ry</hw> <pr>(l<icr/t"<etil/r*<asl/*r<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>litterarius</ets>, <ets>literarius</ets>, fr. <ets>littera</ets>, <ets>litera</ets>, a letter: cf. F. <ets>litt<eacute/raire</ets>. See <er>Letter</er>.]</ety><br/
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to letters or literature; pertaining to learning or learned men; <as>as, <ex>literary</ex> fame; a <ex>literary</ex> history; <ex>literary</ex> conversation.</as></def><br/
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<p><q>He has long outlived his century, the term commonly fixed as the test of <qex>literary</qex> merit.</q> <rj><qau>Johnson.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Versed in, or acquainted with, literature; occupied with literature as a profession; connected with literature or with men of letters; <as>as, a <ex>literary</ex> man</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>In the <qex>literary</qex> as well as fashionable world.</q> <rj><qau>Mason.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Literary property</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>Property which consists in written or printed compositions.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The exclusive right of publication as recognized and limited by law.</cd></cs><--- e.g. a copyright --><br/
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<p><ent>Literate</ent><br/
<hw>Lit"er*ate</hw> <pr>(l<icr/t"<etil/r*<asl/t)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>litteratus</ets>, <ets>literatus</ets>. See <er>Letter</er>.]</ety> <def>Instructed in learning, science, or literature; learned; lettered.</def><br/
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<p><q>The <qex>literate</qex> now chose their emperor, as the military chose theirs.</q> <rj><qau>Landor.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Literate</ent><br/
<hw>Lit"er*ate</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One educated, but not having taken a university degree; especially, such a person who is prepared to take holy orders.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A literary man.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Literati</ent><br/
||<hw>Lit`e*ra"ti</hw> <pr>(l<icr/t`<esl/*r<aum/"t<emac/; l<icr/t`<esl/*r<amac/"t<imac/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Literatus</er>.]</ety> <def>Learned or literary men. See <er>Literatus</er>.</def><br/
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<p><q>Shakespearean commentators, and other <qex>literati</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Craik.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Literatim</ent><br/
||<hw>Lit`e*ra"tim</hw> <pr>(l<icr/t`<esl/*r<aum/"t<icr/m)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[LL., fr. L. <ets>littera</ets>, <ets>litera</ets>, letter.]</ety> <def>Letter for letter.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Literation</ent><br/
<hw>Lit`er*a"tion</hw> <pr>(l<icr/t`<etil/r*<amac/"sh<ucr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>littera</ets>, <ets>litera</ets>, letter.]</ety> <def>The act or process of representing by letters.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Literator</ent><br/
<hw>Lit"er*a`tor</hw> <pr>(l<icr/t"<etil/r*<amac/`t<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>litterator</ets>, <ets>literator</ets>. See <er>Letter</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who teaches the letters or elements of knowledge; a petty schoolmaster.</def>  <rj><au>Burke.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A person devoted to the study of literary trifles, esp. trifles belonging to the literature of a former age.</def><br/
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<p><q>That class of subjects which are interesting to the regular <qex>literator</qex> or black-letter <ldquo/ bibliomane,<rdquo/ simply because they have once been interesting.</q> <rj><qau>De Quincey.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A learned person; a literatus.</def>  <rj><au>Sir W. Hamilton.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Literature</ent><br/
<hw>Lit"er*a*ture</hw> <pr>(l<icr/t"<etil/r*<adot/*t<usl/r; 135)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>litt<eacute/rature</ets>, L. <ets>litteratura</ets>, <ets>literatura</ets>, learning, grammar, writing, fr. <ets>littera</ets>, <ets>litera</ets>, letter. See <er>Letter</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Learning; acquaintance with letters or books.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The collective body of literary productions, embracing the entire results of knowledge and fancy preserved in writing; also, the whole body of literary productions or writings upon a given subject, or in reference to a particular science or branch of knowledge, or of a given country or period; <as>as, the <ex>literature</ex> of Biblical criticism; the <ex>literature</ex> of chemistry.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The class of writings distinguished for beauty of style or expression, as poetry, essays, or history, in distinction from scientific treatises and works which contain positive knowledge; belles-lettres.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>The occupation, profession, or business of doing literary work.</def>  <rj><au>Lamb.</au></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Science; learning; erudition; belles-lettres.</syn> <usage> See <er>Science</er>. -- <er>Literature</er>, <er>Learning</er>, <er>Erudition</er>. <xex>Literature</xex>, in its widest sense, embraces all compositions in writing or print which preserve the results of observation, thought, or fancy; but those upon the positive sciences (mathematics, etc.) are usually excluded. It is often confined, however, to <xex>belles-lettres</xex>, or works of taste and sentiment, as poetry, eloquence, history, etc., excluding abstract discussions and mere erudition. A man of <xex>literature</xex> (in this narrowest sense) is one who is versed in <xex>belles-lettres</xex>; a man of <xex>learning</xex> excels in what is taught in the schools, and has a wide extent of knowledge, especially, in respect to the past; a man of <xex>erudition</xex> is one who is skilled in the more recondite branches of learned inquiry.</usage><br/
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<p><q>The origin of all positive science and philosophy, as well as of all <qex>literature</qex> and art, in the forms in which they exist in civilized Europe, must be traced to the Greeks.</q> <rj><qau>Sir G. C. Lewis.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q><qex>Learning</qex> thy talent is, but mine is sense.</q> <rj><qau>Prior.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Some gentlemen, abounding in their university <qex>erudition</qex>, fill their sermons with philosophical terms.</q> <rj><qau>Swift.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Literatus</ent><br/
||<hw>Lit`e*ra"tus</hw> <pr>(l<icr/t`<esl/*r<aum/"t<ucr/s; l<icr/t`<esl/*r<amac/"t<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Literati</plw> <pr>(l<icr/t`<esl/*r<aum/"t<emac/; l<icr/t`<esl/*r<amac/"t<imac/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>litteratus</ets>, <ets>literatus</ets>.]</ety> <def>A learned man; a man acquainted with literature; -- chiefly used in the <xex>plural</xex>.</def><br/
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<p><q>Now we are to consider that our bright ideal of a <qex>literatus</qex> may chance to be maimed.</q> <rj><qau>De Quincey.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>-lite</ent><br/
<ent>-lith</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>-lith</hw> <pr>(-l<icr/th)</pr>, <hw>-lite</hw> <pr>(-l<imac/t)</pr>. }</mhw> <pos>suff.</pos> <def>Combining forms fr. Gr. <grk>li`qos</grk> <xlati>a stone</xlati>; -- used chiefly in naming minerals and rocks.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lith</ent><br/
<hw>Lith</hw> <pr>(l<imac/th)</pr>, <mark>obs.</mark> <def><pos>3d pers. sing. pres.</pos> of <er>Lie</er>, to recline, for <xex>lieth</xex>.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lith</ent><br/
<hw>Lith</hw> <pr>(l<icr/th)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>li<edh/</ets>.]</ety> <def>A joint or limb; a division; a member; a part formed by growth, and articulated to, or symmetrical with, other parts.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>lithaemia</ent><br/
<ent>lithemia</ent><br/
||<hw>li*th<ae/"mi*a</hw> <pr>(l<isl/*th<emac/"m<icr/*<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>li`qos</grk> stone + <grk>a"i^ma</grk> blood.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A condition in which uric (lithic) acid is present in the blood.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lithagogue</ent><br/
<hw>Lith"a*gogue</hw> <pr>(l<icr/th"<adot/*g<ocr/g)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>li`qos</grk> stone + <grk>'agwgo`s</grk> leading.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A medicine having, or supposed to have, the power of expelling calculous matter with the urine.</def>  <rj><au>Hooper.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Litharge</ent><br/
<hw>Lith"arge</hw> <pr>(l<icr/th"<adot/rj)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>litarge</ets>, F. <ets>litharge</ets>, L. <ets>lithargyrus</ets>, Gr. <grk>liqa`rgyros</grk> the scum or foam of silver; <grk>li`qos</grk> stone + <grk>'a`rgyros</grk> silver. Litharge is found in silverbearing lead ore.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Lead monoxide; a yellowish red substance, obtained as an amorphous powder, or crystallized in fine scales, by heating lead moderately in a current of air or by calcining lead nitrate or carbonate. It is used in making flint glass, in glazing earthenware, in making red lead or minium, etc. Called also <altname>massicot</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lithargyrum</ent><br/
||<hw>Li*thar"gy*rum</hw> <pr>(l<icr/*th<aum/r"j<icr/*r<ucr/m)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Litharge</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Old Chem.)</fld> <def>Crystallized litharge, obtained by fusion in the form of fine yellow scales.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lithate</ent><br/
<hw>Lith"ate</hw> <pr>(l<icr/th"<asl/t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Old Med. Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt of lithic or uric acid; a urate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <altsp>[Written also <asp>lithiate</asp>.]</altsp><br/
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<p><ent>Lithe</ent><br/
<hw>Lithe</hw> <pr>(l<imac/<th/)</pr>, <pos>v. t. & i.</pos> <ety>[Icel <ets>hl<ymac/<edh/a</ets>. See <er>Listen</er>.]</ety> <def>To listen or listen to; to hearken to.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>P. Plowman.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lithe</ent><br/
<hw>Lithe</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>l<imac/<edh/e</ets>, for <ets>lin<edh/e</ets> tender, mild, gentle; akin to G. <ets>lind</ets>, <ets>gelind</ets>, OHG. <ets>lindi</ets>, Icel. <ets>linr</ets>, L. <ets>lenis</ets> soft, mild, <ets>lentus</ets> flexible, and AS. <ets>linnan</ets> to yield.  Cf. <er>Lenient</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Mild; calm; <as>as, <ex>lithe</ex> weather</as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Capable of being easily bent; pliant; flexible; limber; <as>as, the elephant's <ex>lithe</ex> proboscis</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lithesome.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lithe</ent><br/
<hw>Lithe</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>l<imac/<edh/ian</ets>. See <er>Lithe</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <def>To smooth; to soften; to palliate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lithely</ent><br/
<hw>Lithe"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a lithe, pliant, or flexible manner.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Litheness</ent><br/
<hw>Lithe"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being lithe; flexibility; limberness.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lither</ent><br/
<hw>Li"ther</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"<th/<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>l<ymac/<edh/er</ets> bad, wicked.]</ety> <def>Bad; wicked; false; worthless; slothful.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>Not <qex>lither</qex> in business, fervent in spirit.</q> <rj><qau>Bp. Woolton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><note><hand/ Professor Skeat thinks <ldquo/ the <xex>lither</xex> sky<rdquo/ as found in Shakespeare's Henry VI. ((Part I. IV. VII., 21) means the stagnant or pestilential sky.</note></p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Li"ther*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>. -- <wf>Li"ther*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></wordforms><br/
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<p><ent>Litherly</ent><br/
<hw>Li"ther*ly</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Crafty; cunning; mischievous; wicked; treacherous; lazy.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark><br/
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<p><q>He [the dwarf] was waspish, arch, and <qex>litherly</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Scott.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lithesome</ent><br/
<hw>Lithe"some</hw> <pr>(l<imac/<th/"s<ucr/m)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lithe</er>, <pos>a.</pos>, and cf. <er>Lissom</er>.]</ety> <def>Pliant; limber; flexible; supple; nimble; lissom.</def><br/
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Lithe"some*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/
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<p><ent>Lithia</ent><br/
<hw>Lith"i*a</hw> <pr>(l<icr/th"<icr/*<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <grk>li`qos</grk> stone.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>The oxide of lithium; a strong alkaline caustic similar to potash and soda, but weaker. See <er>Lithium</er>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lithia emerald</b></col>. <cd>See <er>Hiddenite</er>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lithiasis</ent><br/
||<hw>Li*thi"a*sis</hw> <pr>(l<icr/*th<imac/"<adot/*s<icr/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>liqi`asis</grk>, fr. <grk>li`qos</grk> stone.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The formation of stony concretions or calculi in any part of the body, especially in the bladder and urinary passages.</def>  <rj><au>Dunglison.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lithic</ent><br/
<hw>Lith"ic</hw> <pr>(l<icr/th"<icr/k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>liqiko`s</grk> of or belonging to stones, fr. <grk>li`qos</grk> stone: cf. F. <ets>lithique</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to stone; <as>as, <ex>lithic</ex> architecture</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to the formation of uric-acid concretions (stone) in the bladder and other parts of the body; <as>as, <ex>lithic</ex> diathesis</as>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lithic acid</b></col> <fld>(Old Med. Chem.)</fld>, <cd>uric acid. See <cref>Uric acid</cref>, under <er>Uric</er>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lithic</ent><br/
<hw>Lith"ic</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A medicine which tends to prevent stone in the bladder.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lithic</ent><br/
<hw>Lith"ic</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Lithium</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to or denoting lithium or some of its compounds.</def>  <rj><au>Frankland.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lithiophilite</ent><br/
<hw>Lith`i*oph"i*lite</hw> <pr>(l<icr/th`<icr/*<ocr/f"<icr/*l<imac/t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Lithium</ets> + Gr. <grk>fi`los</grk> friend.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A phosphate of manganese and lithium; a variety of triphylite.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lithium</ent><br/
<hw>Lith"i*um</hw> <pr>(l<icr/th"<icr/*<ucr/m)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <grk>li`qeios</grk> of stone, fr. <grk>li`qos</grk> stone.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A metallic element of the alkaline group, occurring in several minerals, as petalite, spodumene, lepidolite, triphylite, etc., and otherwise widely disseminated, though in small quantities.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ When isolated it is a soft, silver white metal, tarnishing and oxidizing very rapidly in the air. It is the lightest solid element known, specific gravity being 0.59. Symbol Li. Atomic weight 7.0 So called from having been discovered in a mineral.</note><br/
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<p><ent>Litho</ent><br/
<hw>Lith"o</hw> <pr>(l<icr/th"<osl/)</pr> <def>A combining form from Gr. <grk>li`qos</grk>, <xlati>stone</xlati>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lithobilic</ent><br/
<hw>Lith`o*bil"ic</hw> <pr>(-b<icr/l"<icr/k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Litho</ets> + <ets>bile</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to or designating an organic acid of the tartaric acid series, distinct from lithofellic acid, but, like it, obtained from certain bile products, as bezoar stones.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lithocarp</ent><br/
<hw>Lith"o*carp</hw> <pr>(l<icr/th"<osl/*k<aum/rp)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Litho-</ets> + Gr. <grk>karpo`s</grk> fruit: cf. F. <ets>lithocarpe</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>Fossil fruit; a fruit petrified; a carpolite.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lithochromatics</ent><br/
<hw>Lith`o*chro*mat"ics</hw> <pr>(-kr<osl/*m<acr/t"<icr/ks)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Lithochromics</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lithochromics</ent><br/
<hw>Lith`o*chro"mics</hw> <pr>(-kr<omac/"m<icr/ks)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Litho-</ets> + Gr. <grk>chrw^ma</grk> color.]</ety> <def>The art of printing colored pictures on canvas from oil paintings on stone.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lithoclast</ent><br/
<hw>Lith"o*clast</hw> <pr>(l<icr/th"<osl/*kl<acr/st)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Litho-</ets> + Gr. <grk>kla^n</grk> to break.]</ety> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>An instrument for crushing stones in the bladder.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lithocyst</ent><br/
<hw>Lith"o*cyst</hw> <pr>(l<icr/th"<osl/*s<icr/st)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Litho-</ets> + <ets>cyst</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A sac containing small, calcareous concretions (<xex>otoliths</xex>). They are found in many Medus<ae/, and other invertebrates, and are supposed to be auditory organs.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lithodome</ent><br/
<hw>Lith"o*dome</hw> <pr>(-d<omac/m)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Litho-</ets> + Gr. <grk>do`mos</grk> house: cf. F. <ets>lithodome</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Any one of several species of bivalves, which form holes in limestone, in which they live; esp., any species of the genus <gen>Lithodomus</gen>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lithodomous</ent><br/
<hw>Li*thod"o*mous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Like, or pertaining to, Lithodomus; lithophagous.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lithodomus</ent><br/
||<hw>Li*thod"o*mus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Lithodome</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A genus of elongated bivalve shells, allied to the mussels, and remarkable for their ability to bore holes for shelter, in solid limestone, shells, etc. Called also <altname>Lithophagus</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ These holes are at first very small and shallow, but are enlarged with the growth of the shell, sometimes becoming two or three inches deep and nearly an inch diameter.</note><br/
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<p><ent>Lithofellic</ent><br/
<hw>Lith"o*fel"lic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Litho-</ets> + L. <ets>fel</ets>, <ets>fellis</ets>, gall.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or designating, a crystalline, organic acid, resembling cholic acid, found in the biliary intestinal concretions (bezoar stones) common in certain species of antelope.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lithofracteur</ent><br/
||<hw>Lith`o*frac"teur</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. <grk>li`qos</grk> stone + L. <ets>frangere</ets>, <ets>fractum</ets>, to break.]</ety> <def>An explosive compound of nitroglycerin. See <er>Nitroglycerin</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lithogenesy</ent><br/
<hw>Lith`o*gen"e*sy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Litho-</ets> Gr. <grk>ge`nesis</grk> origin, generation: cf. F. <ets>lithog<eacute/n<eacute/sie</ets>. See <er>Genesis</er>.]</ety> <def>The doctrine or science of the origin of the minerals composing the globe.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lithogenous</ent><br/
<hw>li*thog"e*nous</hw> <pr>(l<icr/*th<ocr/j"<esl/*n<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Litho-</ets> + <ets>-genous</ets>.]</ety> <def>Stone-producing; -- said of polyps which form coral.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lithoglyph</ent><br/
<hw>lith"o*glyph</hw> <pr>(l<icr/th"<osl/*gl<icr/f)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>liqoglyfi`a</grk>; <grk>li`qos</grk> stone + <grk>gly`fein</grk> to engrave.]</ety> <def>An engraving on a gem.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lithoglypher</ent><br/
<hw>li*thog"ly*pher</hw> <pr>(l<icr/*th<ocr/g"r<adot/*f<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who curs or engraves precious stones.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lithoglyphic</ent><br/
<hw>lith`o*glyph"ic</hw> <pr>(l<icr/th`<osl/*gl<icr/f"<icr/k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to the art of cutting and engraving precious stones.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lithoglyptics</ent><br/
<hw>lith`o*glyp"tics</hw> <pr>(l<icr/th`<osl/*gl<icr/p"t<icr/ks)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The art of cutting and engraving gems.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lithograph</ent><br/
<hw>lith"o*graph</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>lithographed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>lithographing</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[<ets>litho-</ets> + <ets>-graph</ets>: cf. F. <ets>lithographier</ets>.]</ety> <def>To trace on stone by the process of lithography so as to transfer the design to paper by printing; <as>as, to <ex>lithograph</ex> a design; to <ex>lithograph</ex> a painting. See <er>lithography</er>.</as></def><br/
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<p><ent>lithograph</ent><br/
<hw>lith"o*graph</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A print made by lithography.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lithographer</ent><br/
<hw>li*thog"ra*pher</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who lithographs; one who practices lithography.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lithographical</ent><br/
<ent>lithographic</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>lith`o*graph"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>lith`o*graph"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lithographique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to lithography; made by lithography; <as>as, the <ex>lithographic</ex> art; a <ex>lithographic</ex> picture</as>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lithographic limestone</b></col> <fld>(Min.)</fld>, <cd>a compact, fine-grained limestone, obtained largely from the Lias and O<oum/lite, esp. of Bavaria, and extensively used in lithography.</cd></cs></p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Lith`o*graph"ic*al*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/
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<p><ent>Lithography</ent><br/
<hw>Li*thog"ra*phy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lithographie</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The art or process of putting designs or writing, with a greasy material, on stone, and of producing printed impressions therefrom. The process depends, in the main, upon the antipathy between grease and water, which prevents a printing ink containing oil from adhering to wetted parts of the stone not covered by the design. See <cref>Lithographic limestone</cref>, under <er>Lithographic</er>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>a printing process for reproducing images, using any flat surface, such as a metal plate, in a manner similar to <er>lithography{1}</er>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The process of producing patterns on semiconductor crystals by exposing photosensitive coatings on a matrix, such as silicon, to light patterns in the form desired for the circuit, and subsequently treating (e.g., chemically) the patterns thus formed in such a way as to create integrated semiconductor circuits with the desired properties.  This is the principle method  (1990's) to create the high-density integrated circuits used in the digital computers on which you are reading this.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lithoidal</ent><br/
<ent>Lithoid</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lith"oid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <hw>Li*thoid"al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Litho-</ets> + <ets>-oid</ets>: cf. F. <ets>litho<ium/de</ets>.]</ety> <def>Like a stone; having a stony structure.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Litholatry</ent><br/
<hw>Li*thol"a*try</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Litho-</ets> + Gr. <?/ worship.]</ety> <def>The worship of a stone or stones.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lithological</ent><br/
<ent>Lithologic</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lith`o*log"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Lith`o*log"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lithologique</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the character of a rock, as derived from the nature and mode of aggregation of its mineral contents.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to lithology.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lithologically</ent><br/
<hw>Lith`o*log"ic*al*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>From a lithological point of view; <as>as, to consider a stratum <ex>lithologically</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lithologist</ent><br/
<hw>Li*thol"o*gist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who is skilled in lithology.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lithology</ent><br/
<hw>Li*thol"o*gy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Litho-</ets> + <ets>-logy</ets>: cf. F. <ets>lithologie</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The science which treats of rocks, as regards their mineral constitution and classification, and their mode of occurrence in nature.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A treatise on stones found in the body.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lithomancy</ent><br/
<hw>Lith"o*man`cy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Litho-</ets> + <ets>-mancy</ets>: cf. F. <ets>lithomancie</ets>.]</ety> <def>Divination by means of stones.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lithomarge</ent><br/
<hw>Lith"o*marge</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Litho-</ets> + L. <ets>marga</ets> marl.]</ety> <def>A clay of a fine smooth texture, and very sectile.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lithonthryptic</ent><br/
<ent>Lithonthriptic</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lith`on*thrip"tic</hw>, <hw>Lith`on*thryp"tic</hw>  }</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a. & n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Litho-</ets> + Gr. <?/ to crush.]</ety> <def>Same as <er>Lithontriptic</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lithontriptic</ent><br/
<hw>Lith`on*trip"tic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>li`qos</grk>, acc. <?/, a stone + <?/ to rub, grind: cf. F. <ets>lithontriptique</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Having the quality of, or used for, dissolving or destroying stone in the bladder or kidneys; <as>as, <ex>lithontriptic</ex> forc<eacute/ps</as>.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>A lithontriptic remedy or agent, as distilled water.</def></def2><br/
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<p><ent>Lithontriptist</ent><br/
<hw>Lith"on*trip"tist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Lithotriptist</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lithontriptor</ent><br/
<hw>Lith"on*trip`tor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>See <er>Lithotriptor</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lithophagous</ent><br/
<hw>Li*thoph"a*gous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Litho-</ets> + Gr. <?/ to eat.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Eating or swallowing stones or gravel, as the ostrich.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Eating or destroying stone; -- applied to various animals which make burrows in stone, as many bivalve mollusks, certain sponges, annelids, and sea urchins. See <er>Lithodomus</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lithophane</ent><br/
<hw>Lith"o*phane</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>  <ety>[<ets>Litho-</ets> + Gr. <grk>fai`nein</grk> to show, reveal.]</ety> <def>Porcelain impressed with figures which are made distinct by transmitted light, as in a lamp shade or when hung in a window.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Lith`o*phan"ic</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> -- <wf>Li*thoph"a*ny</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/
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<p><ent>Lithophosphor</ent><br/
<hw>Lith"o*phos`phor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Litho-</ets> + <ets>phosphor</ets>.]</ety> <def>A stone that becomes phosphoric by heat.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lithophosphoric</ent><br/
<hw>Lith`o*phos*phor"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to lithophosphor; becoming phosphoric by heat.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lithophotography</ent><br/
<hw>Lith`o*pho*tog"ra*phy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Litho-</ets> + <ets>photography</ets>.]</ety> <def>Same as <er>Photolithography</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lithophyll</ent><br/
<hw>Lith"o*phyll</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>li`qos</grk> a stone + <?/ a leaf: cf. F. <ets>lithophylle</ets>.]</ety> <def>A fossil leaf or impression of a leaf.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lithophyse</ent><br/
<hw>Lith"o*physe</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Litho-</ets> + Gr. <?/ a flatus, air bubble.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A spherulitic cavity often with concentric chambers, observed in some volcanic rocks, as in rhyolitic lavas. It is supposed to be produced by expanding gas, whence the name.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lithophyte</ent><br/
<hw>Lith"o*phyte</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Litho-</ets> + Gr. <?/ plant: cf. F. <ets>lithophyte</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A hard, or stony, plantlike organism, as the gorgonians, corals, and corallines, esp. those gorgonians having a calcareous axis. All the lithophytes except the corallines are animals.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lithophytic</ent><br/
<hw>Lith`o*phyt"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to lithophytes.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lithophytous</ent><br/
<hw>Li*thoph"y*tous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Lithophytic.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lithosian</ent><br/
<hw>Li*tho"sian</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From NL. <ets>Lithosia</ets>, the typical genus, fr. Gr. <grk>li`qos</grk> a stone, a rock.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Any one of various species of moths belonging to the family <fam>Lithosid<ae/</fam>. Many of them are beautifully colored.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lithosphere</ent><br/
<hw>Lith"o*sphere</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>  <ety>[<ets>Litho-</ets> + <ets>sphere</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Phys. Geog.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The solid earth as distinguished from its fluid envelopes, the hydrosphere and atmosphere.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The outer part of the solid earth, the portion undergoing change through the gradual transfer of material by volcanic eruption, the circulation of underground water, and the process of erosion and deposition. It is, therefore, regarded as a third mobile envelope comparable with the hydrosphere and atmosphere.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lithotint</ent><br/
<hw>Lith"o*tint</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Litho-</ets> + <ets>tint</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A kind of lithography by which the effect of a tinted drawing is produced, as if made with India ink.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A picture produced by this process.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lithotome</ent><br/
<hw>Lith"o*tome</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/ cutting stones; <grk>li`qos</grk> stone + <?/ to cut: cf. F. <ets>lithotome</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A stone so formed by nature as to appear as if cut by art.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>An instrument used for cutting the bladder in operations for the stone.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lithotomical</ent><br/
<ent>Lithotomic</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lith`o*tom"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Lith`o*tom"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>li`qos</grk> stone cutting: cf. F. <ets>lithotomique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, or performed by, lithotomy.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lithotomist</ent><br/
<hw>Li*thot"o*mist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lithotomiste</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who performs the operation of cutting for stone in the bladder, or one who is skilled in the operation.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lithotomy</ent><br/
<hw>Li*thot"o*my</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lithotomia</ets>, Gr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>lithotomie</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>The operation, art, or practice of cutting for stone in the bladder.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lithotripsy</ent><br/
<hw>Lith"o*trip`sy</hw> <pr>(l<icr/th"<osl/*tr<icr/p`s<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Litho-</ets> + Gr. <grk>tri`bein</grk> to rub, grind: cf. F. <ets>lithotripsie</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>The operation of crushing a stone in the bladder or urethra to reduce it to particles small enough to be voided; lithotrity.  It may be performed with an instrument called <xex>lithotriptor</xex> or <xex>lithotrite</xex> (also called a lithoclast); or, more recently, may be accomplished by devices using ultrasonic waves to fragment the stones.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lithotriptic</ent><br/
<hw>Lith`o*trip"tic</hw> <pr>(l<icr/th`<osl/*tr<icr/p"t<icr/k)</pr>, <pos>a. & n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Lithontriptic</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lithotriptist</ent><br/
<hw>Lith"o*trip`tist</hw> <pr>(l<icr/th"<osl/*tr<icr/p`t<icr/st)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One skilled in breaking and extracting stone in the bladder.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lithotriptor</ent><br/
<hw>Lith"o*trip`tor</hw> <pr>(l<icr/th"<osl/*tr<icr/p`t<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>An instrument for triturating the stone in the bladder; a lithotrite.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lithotritor</ent><br/
<ent>Lithotrite</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lith"o*trite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Lith"o*tri"tor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <ety>[See <er>Lithotrity</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>A lithotriptor.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lithotritist</ent><br/
<hw>Li*thot"ri*tist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A lithotriptist.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lithotrity</ent><br/
<hw>Li*thot"ri*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Litho-</ets> + L. <ets>terere</ets>, <ets>tritum</ets>, to rub, grind.]</ety> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>The operation of breaking a stone in the bladder or urethrea into small pieces capable of being voided; lithotripsy.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lithotype</ent><br/
<hw>Lith"o*type</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An etched stone surface for printing, having the design in relief; also, the process of printing from such a surface, or that which is printed from it.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>A machine, with a keyboard like that of a typewriter, for making a lithographic transfer sheet. It produces a perforated strip of paper which controls the printing.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lithotype</ent><br/
<hw>Lith"o*type</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lithotyped</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lithotyping</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <def>To prepare for printing with plates made by the process of lithotypy. See <er>Lithotypy</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lithotypic</ent><br/
<hw>Lith`o*typ"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of, pertaining to, or produced by, lithotypy.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lithotypy</ent><br/
<hw>Li*thot"y*py</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Litho-</ets> + <ets>-typy</ets>.]</ety> <def>The art or process of making a kind of hard, stereotype plate, by pressing into a mold, taken from a page of type or other matter, a composition of gum shellac and sand of a fine quality, together with a little tar and linseed oil, all in a heated state.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lithoxyl</ent><br/
<hw>Li*thox`yl</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Written also <ets>lithoxyle</ets>.]</ety> <ety>[<ets>Litho-</ets> + Gr. <?/ wood: cf. F. <ets>lithoxyle</ets>.]</ety> <def>Petrified wood.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lithuanian</ent><br/
<hw>Lith`u*a"ni*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to Lithuania (formerly a principality united with Poland, then part of the Soviet Union, but since 1992 an independent nation).</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lithuanian</ent><br/
<hw>Lith`u*a"ni*an</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A native, or one of the people, of Lithuania; also, the language of the Lithuanian people.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lithy</ent><br/
<hw>Lith"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lithe</er>.]</ety> <def>Easily bent; pliable.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lithy tree</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a European shrub (<spn>Viburnum Lantana</spn>); -- so named from its tough and flexible stem.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Litigable</ent><br/
<hw>Lit"i*ga*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Such as can be litigated.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Litigant</ent><br/
<hw>Lit"i*gant</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>litigans</ets>, <ets>-antis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>litigare</ets>: cf. F. <ets>litigant</ets>. See <er>Litigate</er>.]</ety> <def>Disposed to litigate; contending in law; engaged in a lawsuit; <as>as, the parties <ex>litigant</ex></as>.</def>  <rj><au>Ayliffe.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Litigant</ent><br/
<hw>Lit"i*gant</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A person engaged in a lawsuit.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Litigate</ent><br/
<hw>Lit"i*gate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Litigated</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Litigating</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[See <er>Litigation</er>.]</ety> <def>To make the subject of a lawsuit; to contest in law; to prosecute or defend by pleadings, exhibition of evidence, and judicial debate in a court; <as>as, to <ex>litigate</ex> a cause</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Litigate</ent><br/
<hw>Lit"i*gate</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To carry on a suit by judicial process.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Litigation</ent><br/
<hw>Lit`i*ga"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>litigatio</ets>, fr. <ets>litigare</ets> to dispute, litigate; <ets>lis</ets>, <ets>litis</ets>, dispute, lawsuit (OL. <ets>stlis</ets>) + <ets>agere</ets> to carry on. See <er>Agent</er>.]</ety> <def>The act or process of litigating; a suit at law; a judicial contest.</def><br/
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<p><ent>litigatious</ent><br/
<hw>litigatious</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>of or pertaining to litigation.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> litiginous.</syn><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>prone to initiate litigation.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> litiginous.</syn><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn>  <def>same as <er>contentious</er>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> litigatious, litiginous, contentious, disputatious; quarrelsome; argumentative.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Litigator</ent><br/
<hw>Lit"i*ga`tor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>One who litigates.</def><br/
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<p><ent>litiginous</ent><br/
<hw>litiginous</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>same as <er>litigatious</er>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> litigatious.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Litigious</ent><br/
<hw>Li*ti"gious</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>litigiosus</ets>, fr. <ets>litigium</ets> dispute, quarrel, fr. <ets>litigare</ets>: cf. F. <ets>litigieux</ets>. See <er>Litigation</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Inclined to initiate lawsuits; given to the practice of contending in law; fond of litigation.</def> <ldquo/ A pettifogging attorney or a <xex>litigious</xex> client.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Macaulay.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>Soldiers find wars, and lawyers find out still<br/
<qex>Litigious</qex> men, who quarrels move.</q> <rj><qau>Donne.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <def>Quarrelsome; contentious; argumentative.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Subject to contention; disputable; controvertible; debatable; doubtful; precarious.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>No fences, parted fields, nor marks, nor bounds,<br/
Distinguished acres of <qex>litigious</qex> grounds.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to legal disputes.</def><br/
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<p><q>Nor brothers cite to the <qex>litigious</qex> bar.</q> <rj><qau>Young.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Litigiously</ent><br/
<hw>Li*ti"gious*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a litigious manner.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Litigiousness</ent><br/
<hw>Li*ti"gious*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of being litigious; disposition to engage in or carry on lawsuits.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Litmus</ent><br/
<hw>Lit"mus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[D. <ets>lakmoes</ets>; <ets>lak</ets> lacker + <ets>moes</ets> a thick preparation of fruit, pap, prob. akin to E. <ets>meat</ets>: cf. G. <ets>lackmus</ets>. See <er>Lac</er> a resinous substance.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A dyestuff extracted from certain lichens (<spn>Roccella tinctoria</spn>, <spn>Lecanora tartarea</spn>, etc.), as a blue amorphous mass which consists of a compound of the alkaline carbonates with certain coloring matters related to orcin and orcein.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ Litmus is used as a dye, and being turned red by acids and restored to its blue color by alkalies, is a common indicator or test for acidity and alkalinity.</note><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Litmus paper</b></col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>unsized paper saturated with blue or red litmus, -- used in testing for acids or alkalies.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>litmus test</ent><br/
<hw>litmus test</hw>, <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A test to determine acidity or alkalinity, using litmus as an inddicator.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <mark>(Fig.)</mark> <def>A test for a single factor, which has only two outcomes, positive or negative;</def> <specif>specifically:</specif> <fld>(Politics)</fld>  <def>the question of whether a candidate for office is for or against a particular position on an issue; -- used, e.g. by voters concerned predominantly with a single issue, to decide whether to vote for or against a candidate; <as>as, many voters take a candidate's position on abortion as their <ex>litmus test</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Litocranius</ent><br/
<hw>Litocranius</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A genus of East African antelopes including the gerenuks.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Litocranius</gen>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>litoral</ent><br/
<hw>litoral</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Littoral</er>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> littoral, littoral zone, sands.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Litotes</ent><br/
||<hw>Li"to*tes</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"t<osl/*t<emac/z)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>lito`ths</grk>, from <grk>lito`s</grk> plain, simple.]</ety> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>A diminution or softening of statement for the sake of avoiding censure or increasing the effect by contrast with the moderation shown in the form of expression; a form of <isa>understatement</isa>; <as>as, <ldquo/ a citizen of no mean city,<rdquo/ that is, of an illustrious city; or, <ldquo/not bad<rdquo/, meaning <ldquo/good<rdquo/</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Litraneter</ent><br/
<hw>Li*tran"e*ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>li`tra</grk> + <ets>-meter</ets>. See <er>Liter</er>]</ety> <def>An instrument for ascertaining the specific gravity of liquids.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Litre</ent><br/
<hw>Li"tre</hw> <pr>(l<emac/"t<etil/r; 277)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>Same as <er>Liter</er>.</def> <mark>[Chiefly Brit.]</mark> <br/
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<p><ent>Litter</ent><br/
<hw>Lit"ter</hw> <pr>(l<icr/t"t<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>liti<egrave/re</ets>, LL. <ets>lectaria</ets>, fr. L. <ets>lectus</ets> couch, bed. See <er>Lie</er> to be prostrated, and cf. <er>Coverlet</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A bed or stretcher so arranged that a person, esp. a sick or wounded person, may be easily carried in or upon it.</def><br/
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<p><q>There is a <qex>litter</qex> ready; lay him in 't.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Straw, hay, etc., scattered on a floor, as bedding for animals to rest on; also, a covering of straw for plants.</def><br/
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<p><q>To crouch in <qex>litter</qex> of your stable planks.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Take off the <qex>litter</qex> from your kernel beds.</q> <rj><qau>Evelyn.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Things lying scattered about in a manner indicating slovenliness; scattered rubbish.</def><br/
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<p><q>Strephon, who found the room was void.<br/
Stole in, and took a strict survey<br/
Of all the <qex>litter</qex> as it lay.</q> <rj><qau>Swift.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Disorder or untidiness resulting from scattered rubbish, or from thongs lying about uncared for; <as>as, a room in a state of <ex>litter</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>The young brought forth at one time, by a cat, dog, sow or other multiparous animal, taken collectively. Also Fig.</def><br/
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<p><q>A wolf came to a sow, and very kindly offered to take care of her <qex>litter</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>D. Estrange.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Reflect upon that numerous <qex>litter</qex> of strange, senseless opinions that crawl about the world.</q> <rj><qau>South.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Litter</ent><br/
<hw>Lit"ter</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Littered</conjf> <pr>(l<icr/t"t<etil/rd)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Littering</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To supply with litter, as cattle; to cover with litter, as the floor of a stall.</def><br/
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<p><q>Tell them how they <qex>litter</qex> their jades.</q> <rj><qau>Bp. Hackett.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>For his ease, well <qex>littered</qex> was the floor.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To put into a confused or disordered condition; to strew with scattered articles; <as>as, to <ex>litter</ex> a room</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>The room with volumes <qex>littered</qex> round.</q> <rj><qau>Swift.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To give birth to; to bear; -- said of brutes, esp. those which produce more than one at a birth, and also of human beings, in abhorrence or contempt.</def><br/
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<p><q>We might conceive that dogs were created blind, because we observe they were <qex>littered</qex> so with us.</q> <rj><qau>Sir T. Browne.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>The son that she did <qex>litter</qex> here,<br/
A freckled whelp hagborn.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Litter</ent><br/
<hw>Lit"ter</hw> <pr>(l<icr/t"t<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To be supplied with litter as bedding; to sleep or make one's bed in litter.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>The inn<br/
Where he and his horse <qex>littered</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Habington.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To produce a litter.</def><br/
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<p><q>A desert . . . where the she-wolf still <qex>littered</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Litterateur</ent><br/
||<hw>Lit`te`ra`teur"</hw> <pr>(l<esl/`t<asl/`r<adot/`t<etil/r")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>One who occupies himself with literature; a literary man; a literatus.</def> <ldquo/ Befriended by one kind-hearted <xex>litt<eacute/rateur</xex> after another.<rdquo/  <rj><au>C. Kingsley.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>litter-bearer</ent><br/
<hw>litter-bearer</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>one who helps carry a stretcher.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> stretcher-bearer.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>litterbin</ent><br/
<hw>lit"ter*bin`</hw> <pr>(l<icr/t"t<etil/r*b<icr/n`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>a bin (usually in or outside a public building) into which the public can put rubbish.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> litterbasket.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>litterbug</ent><br/
<hw>lit"ter*bug`</hw> <pr>(l<icr/t"t<etil/r*b<ucr/g)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>a person who litters public places with refuse.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> litterer, litter lout.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>littered</ent><br/
<hw>lit"tered</hw> <pr>(l<icr/t"t<etil/rd)</pr>, <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>having articles scattered about in a disorderly fashion.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> cluttered, messy, mussy, untidy.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>litterer</ent><br/
<hw>lit"ter*er</hw> <pr>(l<icr/t"t<etil/r*<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>a person who litters public places with refuse.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> litterbug, litter lout.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>littermate</ent><br/
<hw>lit"ter*mate`</hw> <pr>(l<icr/t"t<etil/r*m<amac/t`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One of two or more animals born into the same litter.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Littery</ent><br/
<hw>Lit"ter*y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Covered or encumbered with litter; consisting of or constituting litter.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Little</ent><br/
<hw>Lit"tle</hw> <pr>(l<icr/t"t'l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[The regular comparative and superlative of this word, <it>littler</it> and <it>littlest</it>, are often used as comparatives of the sense <it>small</it>; but in the sense <it>few</it>, <it>less</it>, or, rarely, <it>lesser</it> is the proper comparative and <it>least</it> is the superlative. See <er>Lesser</er>. The regular form, <it>littlest</it>, occurs also in some of the English provinces, and occasionally in colloquial language. <ldquo/ Where love is great, the <qex>littlest</qex> doubts are fear.<rdquo/ <au>Shak.</au>]</amorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>litel</ets>, <ets>lutel</ets>, AS. <ets>l<ymac/tel</ets>, <ets>l<imac/tel</ets>, <ets>l<ymac/t</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>littil</ets>, D. <ets>luttel</ets>, LG. <ets>l<uum/tt</ets>, OHG. <ets>luzzil</ets>, MHG. <ets>l<uum/tzel</ets>; and perh. to AS. <ets>lytig</ets> deceitful, <ets>lot</ets> deceit, Goth. <ets>liuts</ets> deceitful, <ets>lut<omac/n</ets> to deceive; cf. also Icel. <ets>l<imac/till</ets> little, Sw. <ets>liten</ets>, Dan. <ets>liden</ets>, <ets>lille</ets>, Goth. <ets>leitils</ets>, which appear to have a different root vowel.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Small in size or extent; not big; diminutive; -- opposed to <ant>big</ant> or <ant>large</ant>; <as>as, a <ex>little</ex> body; a <ex>little</ex> animal; a <ex>little</ex> piece of ground; a <ex>little</ex> hill; a <ex>little</ex> distance; a <ex>little</ex> child.</as></def><br/
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<p><q>He sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was <qex>little</qex> of stature.</q> <rj><qau>Luke xix. 3.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Short in duration; brief; <as>as, a <ex>little</ex> sleep</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>Best him enough: after a <qex>little</qex> time,<br/
I'll beat him too.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Small in quantity or amount; not much; <as>as, a <ex>little</ex> food; a <ex>little</ex> air or water.</as></def><br/
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<p><q>Conceited of their <qex>little</qex> wisdoms, and doting upon their own fancies.</q> <rj><qau>Barrow.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Small in dignity, power, or importance; not great; insignificant; contemptible.</def><br/
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<p><q>When thou wast <qex>little</qex> in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes?</q> <rj><qau>I Sam. xv. 17.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Small in force or efficiency; not strong; weak; slight; inconsiderable; <as>as, <ex>little</ex> attention or exertion;<ex>little</ex> effort; <ex>little</ex> care or diligence.</as></def><br/
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<p><q>By sad experiment I know<br/
How <qex>little</qex> weight my words with thee can find.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>Small in extent of views or sympathies; narrow; shallow; contracted; mean; illiberal; ungenerous.</def><br/
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<p><q>The long-necked geese of the world that are ever hissing dispraise,<br/
Because their natures are <qex>little</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Little chief</b></col>. <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Chief hare</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Little Englander</b></col>, <cd>an Englishman opposed to territorial expansion of the British Empire. See <er>Antiimperialism</er>, above.</cd> Hence: <col><b>Little Englandism</b></col>. -- <col><b>Little finger</b></col>, <cd>the fourth and smallest finger of the hand.</cd> -- <col><b>Little go</b></col> <fld>(Eng. Universities)</fld>, <cd>a public examination about the middle of the course, which is less strict and important than the final one; -- called also <altname>smalls</altname>.  Cf. <cref>Great go</cref>, under <er>Great</er>.</cd> <au>Thackeray.</au> -- <col><b>Little hours</b></col> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld>, <cd>the offices of prime, tierce, sext, and nones. Vespers and compline are sometimes included.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Little-neck clam</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Little neck</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>the quahog, or round clam.</cd> -- <col><b>Little ones</b></col>, <cd>young children.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><q>The men, and the women, and the <qex>little ones</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Deut. ii. 34.</qau></rj><br/
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<p>-- <col><b>Little peach</b></col>, <cd>a disease of peaches in which the fruit is much dwarfed, and the leaves grow small and thin. The cause is not known.</cd> -- <col><b>Little Rhod"y</b></col> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <cd>Rhode Island; -- a nickname alluding to its small size. It is the smallest State of the United States.</cd> -- <col><b>Little Sisters of the Poor</b></col> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld>, <cd>an order of women who care for old men and women and infirm poor, for whom special houses are built. It was established at St. Servan, Britany, France, in 1840, by the <person>Abb<eacute/ Le Pailleur</person>.</cd> -- <col><b>Little slam</b></col> <fld>(Bridge Whist)</fld>, <cd>the winning of 12 out of the 13 tricks.  It counts 20 points on the honor score.  Contrasted with <contr>grand slam</contr>.</cd><br/
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<p><ent>Little</ent><br/
<hw>Lit"tle</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>That which is little; a small quantity, amount, space, or the like.</def><br/
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<p><q>Much was in <qex>little</qex> writ.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>There are many expressions, which carrying with them no clear ideas, are like to remove but <qex>little</qex> of my ignorance.</q> <rj><qau>Locke.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A small degree or scale; miniature.</def> <ldquo/ His picture in <xex>little</xex>.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>A little, to or in a small degree; to a limited extent; somewhat; for a short time. <ldquo/ Stay a <qex>little</qex>.<rdquo/</q>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>The painter flattered her a <qex>little</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj></p>

<p>-- <mcol><col><b>By little and little</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Little by little</b></col></mcol>, <cd>by slow degrees; piecemeal; gradually.</cd><br/
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<p><ent>Little</ent><br/
<hw>Lit"tle</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a small quantity or degree; not much; slightly; somewhat; -- often with a preceding it.</def> <ldquo/ The poor sleep <xex>little</xex>.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Otway.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Little-ease</ent><br/
<hw>Lit"tle-ease`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An old slang name for the pillory, stocks, etc., of a prison.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Latimer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>littleneck</ent><br/
<hw>littleneck</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>a quahog when young and small; frequently eaten raw.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> littleneck clam.</syn><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>a young quahog suitable to be eaten raw.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> littleneck clam.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Littleness</ent><br/
<hw>Lit"tle*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or quality of being little; <as>as, <ex>littleness</ex> of size, thought, duration, power, etc.</as></def><br/
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Smallness; slightness; inconsiderableness; narrowness; insignificance; meanness; penuriousness.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>littler</ent><br/
<hw>littler</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <ety>[<pos>compar.</pos> of <er>little</er>.]</ety>  <def>small or little relative to something else.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> smaller.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>littlest</ent><br/
<hw>littlest</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <ety>[<pos>superl.</pos> of <er>little</er>.]</ety> <def>having or being distinguished by diminutive size.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> least, smallest.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Littoral</ent><br/
<hw>Lit"to*ral</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>littoralis</ets>, <ets>litoralis</ets>, from <ets>littus</ets>, <ets>litus</ets>, the seashore: cf. F. <ets>littoral</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to a shore, as of the sea.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Inhabiting the seashore, esp. the zone between high-water and low-water mark.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Littorina</ent><br/
||<hw>Lit"to*ri"na</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Littoral</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A genus of small pectinibranch mollusks, having thick spiral shells, abundant between tides on nearly all rocky seacoasts. They feed on seaweeds. The common periwinkle is a well-known example. See <er>Periwinkle</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Littress</ent><br/
<hw>Lit"tress</hw> <pr>(l<icr/t"tr<ecr/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A smooth kind of cartridge paper used for making cards.</def>  <rj><au>Knight.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lituate</ent><br/
<hw>Lit"u*ate</hw> <pr>(l<icr/t"u*<asl/t; 135)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lituus</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Forked, with the points slightly curved outward.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lituiform</ent><br/
<hw>Lit"u*i*form</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Lituus</ets> + <ets>-form</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having the form of a lituus; like a lituite.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lituite</ent><br/
<hw>Lit"u*ite</hw> <pr>(l<icr/t"u*<isl/t; 135)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lituus</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>Any species of ammonites of the genus <gen>Lituites</gen>. They are found in the Cretaceous formation.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Liturate</ent><br/
<hw>Lit"u*rate</hw> <pr>(l<icr/t"u*r<asl/t)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lituratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>liturare</ets> to erase, fr. <ets>litura</ets> a blur.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Having indistinct spots, paler at their margins.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Spotted, as if from abrasions of the surface.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Liturgical</ent><br/
<ent>Liturgic</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Li*tur"gic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Li*tur"gic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <ety>[Gr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>liturgique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, of or the nature of, a liturgy; of or pertaining to public prayer and worship.</def>  <rj><au>T. Warton.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Liturgically</ent><br/
<hw>Li*tur"gic*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In the manner of a liturgy.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Liturgics</ent><br/
<hw>Li*tur"gics</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The science of worship; history, doctrine, and interpretation of liturgies.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Liturgiologist</ent><br/
<hw>Li*tur`gi*ol"o*gist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One versed in liturgiology.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Liturgiology</ent><br/
<hw>Li*tur`gi*ol"o*gy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Liturgy</ets> + <ets>-logy</ets>.]</ety> <def>The science treating of liturgical matters; a treatise on, or description of, liturgies.</def>  <rj><au>Shipley.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Liturgist</ent><br/
<hw>Lit"ur*gist</hw> <pr>(l<icr/t"<ucr/r*j<icr/st)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who favors or adheres strictly to a liturgy.</def>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Liturgy</ent><br/
<hw>Lit"ur*gy</hw> <pr>(l<icr/t"<ucr/r*j<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Liturgies</plw> <pr>(l<icr/t"<ucr/r*j<icr/z)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[F. <ets>liturgie</ets>, LL. <ets>liturgia</ets>, Gr. <grk>leitoyrgi`a</grk> a public service, the public service of God, public worship; (assumed) <grk>le`i:tos</grk>, <grk>lei^tos</grk>, belonging to the people, public (fr. <grk>lao`s</grk>, <grk>lew`s</grk>, the people) + the root of <grk>'e`rgon</grk> work. See <er>Lay</er>, <pos>a.</pos>, and <er>Work</er>.]</ety> <def>An established formula for public worship, or the entire ritual for public worship in a church which uses prescribed forms; a formulary for public prayer or devotion. In the Roman Catholic Church it includes all forms and services in any language, in any part of the world, for the celebration of Mass.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lituus</ent><br/
||<hw>Lit"u*us</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Litui</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Rom. Antig.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A curved staff used by the augurs in quartering the heavens.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>An instrument of martial music; a kind of trumpet of a somewhat curved form and shrill note.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>A spiral whose polar equation is <mathex>r<exp>2</exp><theta/ = a</mathex>; that is, a curve the square of whose radius vector varies inversely as the angle which the radius vector makes with a given line.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Livable</ent><br/
<hw>Liv"a*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Such as can be lived.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Such as is pleasant to live in; fit or suitable to live in.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>A more delightful or <qex>livable</qex> region is not easily to be found.</q> <rj><qau>T. Arnold.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Live</ent><br/
<hw>Live</hw> <pr>(l<icr/v)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lived</conjf> <pr>(l<icr/vd)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Living</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>liven</ets>, <ets>livien</ets>, AS. <ets>libban</ets>, <ets>lifian</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>libbian</ets>, D. <ets>leven</ets>, G. <ets>leben</ets>, OHG. <ets>leb<emac/n</ets>, Dan. <ets>leve</ets>, Sw. <ets>lefva</ets>, Icel. <ets>lifa</ets> to live, to be left, to remain, Goth. <ets>liban</ets> to live; akin to E. <ets>leave</ets> to forsake, and <ets>life</ets>, Gr. <grk>liparei^n</grk> to persist, <grk>liparo`s</grk> oily, shining, sleek, <grk>li`pos</grk> fat, lard, Skr. <ets>lip</ets> to anoint, smear; -- the first sense prob. was, to cleave to, stick to; hence, to remain, stay; and hence, to live.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To be alive; to have life; to have, as an animal or a plant, the capacity of assimilating matter as food, and to be dependent on such assimilation for a continuance of existence; <as>as, animals and plants that <ex>live</ex> to a great age are long in reaching maturity</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones; Behold, I will . . . lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall <qex>live</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Ezek. xxxvii. 5, 6.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To pass one's time; to pass life or time in a certain manner, as to habits, conduct, or circumstances; <as>as, to <ex>live</ex> in ease or affluence; to <ex>live</ex> happily or usefully.</as></def><br/
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<p><q>O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that <qex>liveth</qex> at rest in his possessions!</q> <rj><qau>Ecclus. xli. 1. </qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To make one's abiding place or home; to abide; to dwell; to reside; <as>as, to <ex>live</ex> in a cottage by the sea</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>Jacob <qex>lived</qex> in the land of Egypt seventeen years.</q> <rj><qau>Gen. xlvii. 28.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To be or continue in existence; to exist; to remain; to be permanent; to last; -- said of inanimate objects, ideas, etc.</def><br/
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<p><q>Men's evil manners <qex>live</qex> in brass; their virtues<br/
We write in water.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To enjoy or make the most of life; to be in a state of happiness; <as>as, people want not just to exist, but to <ex>live</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>What greater curse could envious fortune give<br/
Than just to die when I began to <qex>live</qex>?</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>To feed; to subsist; to be nourished or supported; -- with <xex>on</xex>; <as>as, horses <ex>live</ex> on grass and grain</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>To have a spiritual existence; to be quickened, nourished, and actuated by divine influence or faith.</def><br/
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<p><q>The just shall <qex>live</qex> by faith.</q> <rj><qau>Gal. iii. ll.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>To be maintained in life; to acquire a livelihood; to subsist; -- with <xex>on</xex> or <xex>by</xex>; <as>as, to <ex>live</ex> on spoils</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>Those who <qex>live</qex> by labor.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Temple.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>9.</sn> <def>To outlast danger; to float; -- said of a ship, boat, etc.; <as>as, no ship could <ex>live</ex> in such a storm</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>A strong mast that <qex>lived</qex> upon the sea.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>To live out</b></col>, <cd>to be at service; to live away from home as a servant.</cd> <mark>[U. S.]</mark> -- <col><b>To live with</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To dwell or to be a lodger with.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To cohabit with; to have intercourse with, as male with female.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Live</ent><br/
<hw>Live</hw> <pr>(l<icr/v)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually; <as>as, to <ex>live</ex> an idle or a useful life</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To act habitually in conformity with; to practice.</def><br/
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<p><q>To <qex>live</qex> the Gospel.</q> <rj><qau>Foxe.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>To live down</b></col>, <cd>to live so as to subdue or refute; as, <xex>to live down</xex> slander.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Live</ent><br/
<hw>Live</hw> <pr>(l<imac/v)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Abbreviated from <ets>alive</ets>. See <er>Alive</er>, <er>Life</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having life; alive; living; not dead.</def><br/
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<p><q>If one man's ox hurt another's, that he die; then they shall sell the <qex>live</qex> ox, and divide the money of it.</q> <rj><qau>Ex. xxi. 35.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Being in a state of ignition; burning; having active properties; <as>as, a <ex>live</ex> coal; <ex>live</ex> embers.</as></def> <ldquo/ The <xex>live</xex> ether.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Thomson.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Full of earnestness; active; wide awake; glowing; <as>as, a <ex>live</ex> man, or orator</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Vivid; bright.</def> <ldquo/ The <xex>live</xex> carnation.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Thomson.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Engin.)</fld> <def>Imparting power; having motion; <as>as, the <ex>live</ex> spindle of a lathe; <ex>live</ex> steam</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Elec.)</fld> <def>Connected to a voltage source; <as>as, a <ex>live</ex> wire</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <fld>(Broadcasting)</fld> <def>Being transmitted instantaneously, as events occur, in contrast to <contr>recorded</contr>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>8.</sn>  <fld>(Sport)</fld> <def>Still in active play; -- of a ball being used in a game; <as>as, a <ex>live</ex> ball</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>9.</sn>  <def>Pertaining to an entertainment event which was performed (and possibly recorded) in front of an audience; contrasted to performances recorded in a studio without an audience.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Live birth</b></col>, <cd>the condition of being born in such a state that acts of life are manifested after the extrusion of the whole body.</cd> <au>Dunglison.</au> -- <col><b>Live box</b></col>, <cd>a cell for holding living objects under microscopical examination.</cd> <au>P. H. Gosse.</au> -- <col><b>Live feathers</b></col>, <cd>feathers which have been plucked from the living bird, and are therefore stronger and more elastic.</cd> -- <col><b>Live gang</b></col>. <fld>(Sawing)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Gang</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Live grass</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a grass of the genus <gen>Eragrostis</gen>.</cd> -- <col><b>Live load</b></col> <fld>(Engin.)</fld>, <cd>a suddenly applied load; a varying load; a moving load; as a moving train of cars on a bridge, or wind pressure on a roof.</cd> <col><b>Live oak</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a species of oak (<spn>Quercus virens</spn>), growing in the Southern States, of great durability, and highly esteemed for ship timber. In California the <spn>Quercus chrysolepis</spn> and some other species are also called <ex>live oaks</ex>.</cd> -- <col><b>Live ring</b></col> <fld>(Engin.)</fld>, <cd>a circular train of rollers upon which a swing bridge, or turntable, rests, and which travels around a circular track when the bridge or table turns.</cd> -- <col><b>Live steam</b></col> , <cd>steam direct from the boiler, used for any purpose, in distinction from <contr>exhaust steam</contr>.</cd> -- <col><b>Live stock</b></col>, <cd>horses, cattle, and other domestic animals kept on a farm.  whole body.</cd> -- <col><b>live wire</b></col> <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Elec.)</fld>  <cd>a wire connected to a power source, having a voltage potential; -- used esp. of a power line with a high potential relative to ground, capable of harming a person who touches it.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <mark>(Fig.)</mark>  <cd>a person who is unusually active, alert, or aggressive.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Live</ent><br/
<hw>Live</hw> <pr>(l<imac/v)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Life.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>On live</b></col>, <cd>in life; alive.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <see>See <er>Alive</er>.</see>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj></cs><br/
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<p><ent>liveable</ent><br/
<hw>liveable</hw> <pos>a.</pos>  <def>Same as <er>livable</er>; <as>as, <ex>liveable</ex> conditions</as>.  Opposite of <ant>unlivable</ant>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>live-bearer</ent><br/
<hw>live-bearer</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Any fish of the family <fam>Poeciliiidae</fam>, small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters, often used in mosquito control.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> topminnow, poeciliid fish, poeciliid.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lived</ent><br/
<hw>Lived</hw> <pr>(l<imac/vd)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having life; -- used only in composition; <as>as, long-<ex>lived</ex>; short-<ex>lived</ex>.</as></def><br/
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<p><ent>lived-in</ent><br/
<hw>lived-in</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>having residents; <as>as, a house with a <ex>lived-in</ex> look</as>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> inhabited, tenanted.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Live-forever</ent><br/
<hw>Live"-for*ev`er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant (<spn>Sedum Telephium</spn>) with fleshy leaves, which has extreme powers of resisting drought; garden ox-pine.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Livelihed</ent><br/
<hw>Live"li*hed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Livelihood</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Livelihood</ent><br/
<hw>Live"li*hood</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>livelode</ets>, <ets>liflode</ets>, prop., course of life, life's support, maintenance, fr. AS. <ets>l<imac/f</ets> life + <ets>l<amac/d</ets> road, way, maintenance. Confused with <ets>livelihood</ets> liveliness. See <er>Life</er>, and <er>Lode</er>.]</ety> <def>Subsistence or living, as dependent on some means of support; the means for support of life; maintenance.</def><br/
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<p><q>The opportunities of gaining an honest <qex>livelihood</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>It is their profession and <qex>livelihood</qex> to get their living by practices for which they deserve to forfeit their lives.</q> <rj><qau>South.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Livelihood</ent><br/
<hw>Live"li*hood</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Lively</ets> + <ets>-hood</ets>.]</ety> <def>Liveliness; appearance of life.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Livelily</ent><br/
<hw>Live"li*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a lively manner.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Lamb.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Liveliness</ent><br/
<hw>Live"li*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Lively</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality or state of being lively or animated; sprightliness; vivacity; animation; spirit; <as>as, the <ex>liveliness</ex> of youth, contrasted with the gravity of age</as>.</def>  <rj><au>B. Jonson.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An appearance of life, animation, or spirit; <as>as, the <ex>liveliness</ex> of the eye or the countenance in a portrait</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Briskness; activity; effervescence, as of liquors.</def><br/
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Sprightliness; gayety; animation; vivacity; smartness; briskness; activity. -- <er>Liveliness</er>, <er>Gayety</er>, <er>Animation</er>, <er>Vivacity</er>. <xex>Liveliness</xex> is an habitual feeling of life and interest; <xex>gayety</xex> refers more to a temporary excitement of the animal spirits; <xex>animation</xex> implies a warmth of emotion and a corresponding vividness of expressing it, awakened by the presence of something which strongly affects the mind; <xex>vivacity</xex> is a feeling between liveliness and animation, having the permanency of the one, and, to some extent, the warmth of the other. <xex>Liveliness</xex> of imagination; <xex>gayety</xex> of heart; <xex>animation</xex> of countenance; <xex>vivacity</xex> of gesture or conversation.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Livelode</ent><br/
<hw>Live"lode`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See 1st <er>Livelihood</er>.]</ety> <def>Course of life; means of support; livelihood.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Livelong</ent><br/
<hw>Live"long`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[For <ets>lifelong</ets>.  Cf. <er>Lifelong</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Whole; entire; long in passing; -- used of time, as day or night, in adverbial phrases, and usually with a sense of tediousness.</def><br/
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<p><q>The obscure bird<br/
Clamored the <qex>livelong</qex> night.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>How could she sit the <qex>livelong</qex> day,<br/
Yet never ask us once to play?</q> <rj><qau>Swift.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Lasting; durable.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>Thou hast built thyself a <qex>livelong</qex> monument.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lively</ent><br/
<hw>Live"ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Livelier</adjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Liveliest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[For <ets>lifely</ets>.  Cf. <er>Lifelike</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Endowed with or manifesting life; living.</def><br/
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<p><q>Chaplets of gold and silver resembling <qex>lively</qex> flowers and leaves.</q> <rj><qau>Holland.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Brisk; vivacious; active; <as>as, a <ex>lively</ex> youth</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>But wherefore comes old Manoa in such haste,<br/
With youthful steps ? Much <qex>livelier</qex> than erewhile<br/
He seems.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Gay; airy; animated; spirited.</def><br/
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<p><q>From grave to gay, from <qex>lively</qex> to severe.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Representing life; lifelike.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>I spied the <qex>lively</qex> picture of my father.</q> <rj><qau>Massinger.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Bright; vivid; glowing; strong; vigorous.</def><br/
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<p><q>The colors of the prism are manifestly more full, intense, and <qex>lively</qex> that those of natural bodies.</q> <rj><qau>Sir I. Newton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>His faith must be not only living, but <qex>lively</qex> too.</q> <rj><qau>South.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lively stones</b></col> <fld>(Script.)</fld>, <cd>saints, as being quickened by the Spirit, and active in holiness.</cd></cs></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Brisk; vigorous; quick; nimble; smart; active; alert; sprightly; animated; spirited; prompt; earnest; strong; energetic; vivid; vivacious; blithe; gleeful; airy; gay; jocund.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lively</ent><br/
<hw>Live"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>In a brisk, active, or animated manner; briskly; vigorously.</def>  <rj><au>Hayward.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>With strong resemblance of life.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>Thou counterfeitest most <qex>lively</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>liven</ent><br/
<hw>liven</hw> <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>to make lively; -- sometimes used with <ptcl>up</ptcl>; <as>as, to <ex>liven</ex> up the party with some music</as>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> enliven, liven up, make lively, invigorate, animate.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>liveness</ent><br/
<hw>liveness</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality of having animal life as distinguished from plant life.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> animateness, aliveness.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Liver</ent><br/
<hw>Liv"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who, or that which, lives.</def><br/
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<p><q>And try if life be worth the <qex>liver's</qex> care.</q> <rj><qau>Prior.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A resident; a dweller; <as>as, a <ex>liver</ex> in Brooklyn</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>One whose course of life has some marked characteristic (expressed by an adjective); <as>as, a free <ex>liver</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Fast liver</b></col>, <cd>one who lives in an extravagant and dissipated way.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Free liver</b></col>, <col><b>Good liver</b></col></mcol>, <cd>one given to the pleasures of the table.</cd> -- <col><b>Loose liver</b></col>, <cd>a person who lives a somewhat dissolute life.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Liver</ent><br/
<hw>Liv"er</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>lifer</ets>; akin to D. <ets>liver</ets>, G. <ets>leber</ets>, OHG. <ets>lebara</ets>, Icel. <ets>lifr</ets>, Sw. <ets>lefver</ets>, and perh. to Gr. <?/ fat, E. <ets>live</ets>, v.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A very large glandular and vascular organ in the visceral cavity of all vertebrates.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ Most of the venous blood from the alimentary canal passes through it on its way back to the heart; and it secretes the bile, produces glycogen, and in other ways changes the blood which passes through it. In man it is situated immediately beneath the diaphragm and mainly on the right side. See <er>Bile</er>, <er>Digestive</er>, and <er>Glycogen</er>.  The liver of invertebrate animals is usually made up of c<ae/cal tubes, and differs materially, in form and function, from that of vertebrates.</note><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Floating liver</b></col>. <cd>See <cref>Wandering liver</cref>, under <er>Wandering</er>.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Liver of antimony</b></col>, <col><b>Liver of sulphur</b></col></mcol>. <fld>(Old Chem.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Hepar</er>.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Liver brown</b></col>, <col><b>Liver color</b></col></mcol>, <cd>the color of liver, a dark, reddish brown.</cd> -- <col><b>Liver shark</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>a very large shark (<spn>Cetorhinus maximus</spn>), inhabiting the northern coasts both of Europe and North America. It sometimes becomes forty feet in length, being one of the largest sharks known; but it has small simple teeth, and is not dangerous. It is captured for the sake of its liver, which often yields several barrels of oil. It has gill rakers, resembling whalebone, by means of which it separates small animals from the sea water.  Called also <altname>basking shark</altname>, <altname>bone shark</altname>, <altname>hoemother</altname>, <altname>homer</altname>, and <altname>sailfish</altname>; it is sometimes referred to as <altname>whale shark</altname>, but that name is more commonly used for the <spn>Rhincodon typus</spn>, which grows even larger</cd>. -- <col><b>Liver spots</b></col>, <cd>yellowish brown patches on the skin, or spots of chloasma.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Liver</ent><br/
<hw>Liv"er</hw> <pr>(l<icr/v"<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The glossy ibis (<spn>Ibis falcinellus</spn>); -- said to have given its name to the city of Liverpool.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Liver-colored</ent><br/
<hw>Liv"er-col`ored</hw> <pr>(l<icr/v"<etil/r-k<ucr/l`<etil/rd)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having a color like liver; dark reddish brown.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Livered</ent><br/
<hw>Liv"ered</hw> <pr>(l<icr/v"<etil/rd)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having (such) a liver; used in composition; <as>as, white-<ex>livered</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Liver-grown</ent><br/
<hw>Liv"er-grown`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having an enlarged liver.</def>  <rj><au>Dunglison.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Liveried</ent><br/
<hw>Liv"er*ied</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Wearing a livery. See <er>Livery</er>, 3.</def><br/
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<p><q>The <qex>liveried</qex> servants wait.</q> <rj><qau>Parnell.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Livering</ent><br/
<hw>Liv"er*ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A kind of pudding or sausage made of liver or pork.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chapman.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Liverleaf</ent><br/
<hw>Liv"er*leaf`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Liverwort</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Liverpudlian</ent><br/
<hw>Liverpudlian</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Liverpool; <as>as, <ex>Liverpudlian</ex> street urchins</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>of or pertaining to Liverpool; <as>as, <ex>Liverpudlian</ex> streets</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Liverpudlian</ent><br/
<hw>Liverpudlian</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A resident of Liverpool.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Liverwort</ent><br/
<hw>Liv"er*wort`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A ranunculaceous plant (<spn>Anemone Hepatica</spn>) with pretty white or bluish flowers and a three-lobed leaf; -- called also <altname>squirrel cups</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A flowerless plant (<spn>Marchantia polymorpha</spn>), having an irregularly lobed, spreading, and forking frond.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ From this plant many others of the same order (<ord>Hepatic<ae/</ord>) have been vaguely called liverworts, esp. those of the tribe <fam>Marchantiace<ae/</fam>. See <xex>Illust.</xex> of <er>Hepatica</er>.</note><br/
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<p><ent>Livery</ent><br/
<hw>Liv"er*y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Liveries</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[OE. <ets>livere</ets>, F. <ets>livr<eacute/e</ets>, formerly, a gift of clothes made by the master to his servants, prop., a thing delivered, fr. <ets>livrer</ets> to deliver, L. <ets>liberare</ets> to set free, in LL., to deliver up. See <er>Liberate</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Eng. Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The act of delivering possession of lands or tenements.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The writ by which possession is obtained.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ It is usual to say, <altname>livery of seizin</altname>, which is a feudal investiture, made by the delivery of a turf, of a rod, a twig, or a key from the feoffor to the feoffee as a symbol of delivery of the whole property.  There was a distinction of <stype>livery in deed</stype> when this ceremony was performed on the property being transferred, and <stype>livery in law</stype> when performed in sight of the property, but not on it.  In the United States, and now in Great Britain, no such ceremony is necessary, the delivery of a deed being sufficient as a <ex>livery of seizin</ex>, regardless of where performed.</note> <au>Black's 4th Ed.</au><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Release from wardship; deliverance.</def><br/
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<p><q>It concerned them first to sue out their <qex>livery</qex> from the unjust wardship of his encroaching prerogative.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>That which is delivered out statedly or formally, as clothing, food, etc.</def>; especially: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The uniform clothing issued by feudal superiors to their retainers and serving as a badge when in military service.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The peculiar dress by which the servants of a nobleman or gentleman are distinguished; <as>as, a claret-colored <ex>livery</ex></as>.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>Hence, also, the peculiar dress or garb appropriated by any association or body of persons to their own use; <as>as, the <ex>livery</ex> of the London tradesmen, of a priest, of a charity school, etc.</as>; also, the whole body or company of persons wearing such a garb, and entitled to the privileges of the association; <as>as, the whole <ex>livery</ex> of London</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>A Haberdasher and a Carpenter,<br/
A Webbe, a Dyer, and a Tapicer,<br/
And they were clothed all in one <qex>livery</qex><br/
Of a solempne and a gret fraternite.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>From the periodical deliveries of these characteristic articles of servile costume (blue coats) came our word <qex>livery</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>De Quincey.</qau></rj></p>

<p><sd>(d)</sd> <def>Hence, any characteristic dress or outward appearance.</def> <ldquo/ April's <xex>livery</xex>.<rdquo/  <au>Sir P. Sidney.</au><br/
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<p><q>Now came still evening on, and twilight gray<br/
Had in her sober <qex>livery</qex> all things clad.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj></p>

<p><sd>(e)</sd> <def>An allowance of food statedly given out; a ration, as to a family, to servants, to horses, etc.</def><br/
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<p><q>The emperor's officers every night went through the town from house to house whereat any English gentleman did repast or lodge, and served their <qex>liveries</qex> for all night: first, the officers brought into the house a cast of fine manchet [white bread], and of silver two great pots, and white wine, and sugar.</q> <rj><qau>Cavendish.</qau></rj></p>

<p><sd>(f)</sd> <def>The feeding, stabling, and care of horses for compensation; boarding; <as>as, to keep one's horses at <ex>livery</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>What <qex>livery</qex> is, we by common use in England know well enough, namely, that is, allowance of horse meat, as to keep horses at <qex>livery</qex>, the which word, I guess, is derived of livering or delivering forth their nightly food.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>It need hardly be observed that the explanation of <qex>livery</qex> which Spenser offers is perfectly correct, but . . . it is no longer applied to the ration or stated portion of food delivered at stated periods.</q> <rj><qau>Trench.</qau></rj></p>

<p><sd>(g)</sd> <def>The keeping of horses in readiness to be hired temporarily for riding or driving; the state of being so kept; also, the place where horses are so kept, also called a <altname>livery stable</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><q>Pegasus does not stand at <qex>livery</qex> even at the largest establishment in Moorfields.</q>  <rj><qau>Lowell.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A low grade of wool.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Livery gown</b></col>, <cd>the gown worn by a liveryman in London.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Livery</ent><br/
<hw>Liv"er*y</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To clothe in, or as in, livery.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Liveryman</ent><br/
<hw>Liv"er*y*man</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Liverymen</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.</plu> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who wears a livery, as a servant.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A freeman of the city, in London, who, having paid certain fees, is entitled to wear the distinguishing dress or <xex>livery</xex> of the company, guild, or district to which he belongs, and also to enjoy certain other privileges, as the right of voting in an election for the lord mayor, sheriffs, chamberlain, etc.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>One who keeps a livery stable.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Livery stable</ent><br/
<hw>Liv"er*y sta`ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A stable where horses are kept for hire, and where stabling is provided. See <er>Livery</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 3 <sd>(e)</sd> <sd>(f)</sd> & <sd>(g)</sd>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lives</ent><br/
<hw>Lives</hw> <pr>(l<imac/vz)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <def><pos>pl.</pos> of <er>Life</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lives</ent><br/
<hw>Lives</hw> <pr>(l<imac/vz)</pr>, <pos>a. & adv.</pos> <ety>[Orig. a genitive sing. of <ets>life</ets>.]</ety> <def>Alive; living; with life.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <ldquo/ Any <xex>lives</xex> creature.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Livid</ent><br/
<hw>Liv"id</hw> <pr>(l<icr/v"<icr/d)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lividus</ets>, from <ets>livere</ets> to be of a blush color, to be black and blue: cf. F. <ets>livide</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Black and blue; grayish blue; of a lead color; discolored, as flesh may be from a contusion.</def>  <rj><au>Cowper.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>There followed no carbuncles, no purple or <qex>livid</qex> spots, the mass of the blood not being tainted.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Extremely angry; enraged; infuriated.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Pallid; ashen; -- of the skin.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lividity</ent><br/
<hw>Li*vid"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lividit<eacute/</ets>.]</ety> <def>The state or quality of being livid.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lividness</ent><br/
<hw>Liv"id*ness</hw> <pr>(l<icr/v"<icr/d*n<ecr/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Lividity.</def>  <rj><au>Walpole.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Living</ent><br/
<hw>Liv"ing</hw> <pr>(l<icr/v"<icr/ng)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Live</er>, <pos>v. i.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Being alive; having life; <as>as, a <ex>living</ex> creature</as>.  Opposed to <ant>dead</ant>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Active; lively; vigorous; -- said esp. of states of the mind, and sometimes of abstract things; <as>as, a <ex>living</ex> faith; a <ex>living</ex> principle.</as></def> <ldquo/ <xex>Living</xex> hope. <rdquo/  <rj><au>Wyclif.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Issuing continually from the earth; running; flowing; <as>as, a <ex>living</ex> spring</as>; -- opposed to <ant>stagnant</ant>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Producing life, action, animation, or vigor; quickening.</def> <ldquo/<xex>Living</xex> light.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Ignited; glowing with heat; burning; live.</def><br/
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<p><q>Then on the <qex>living</qex> coals wine they pour.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Living force</b></col>. <cd>See <cref>Vis viva</cref>, under <er>Vis</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Living gale</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a heavy gale.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Living rock</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>Living stone</b></col></mcol>, <cd>rock in its native or original state or location; rock not quarried.</cd> <ldquo/ I now found myself on a rude and narrow stairway, the steps of which were cut out of the <xex>living rock</xex>.<rdquo/ <au>Moore.</au> -- <col><b>The living</b></col>, <cd>those who are alive, or one who is alive.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Living</ent><br/
<hw>Liv"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The state of one who, or that which, lives; lives; life; existence.</def> <ldquo/Health and <xex>living</xex>.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Manner of life; <as>as, riotous <ex>living</ex>; penurious <ex>living</ex>; earnest <ex>living</ex>.</as></def> <ldquo/ A vicious <xex>living</xex>.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Means of subsistence; sustenance; estate; <as>as, to make a comfortable <ex>living</ex> from writing</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>She can spin for her <qex>living</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>He divided unto them his <qex>living</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Luke xv. 12.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Power of continuing life; the act of living, or living comfortably.</def><br/
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<p><q>There is no <qex>living</qex> without trusting somebody or other in some cases.</q> <rj><qau>L' Estrange.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>The benefice of a clergyman; an ecclesiastical charge which a minister receives.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>He could not get a deanery, a prebend, or even a <qex>living</qex></q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Livingly</ent><br/
<hw>Liv"ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a living state.</def>  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Livingness</ent><br/
<hw>Liv"ing*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or quality of being alive; possession of energy or vigor; animation; quickening.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Living picture</ent><br/
<hw>Liv"ing pic"ture</hw>. <def>A tableau in which persons take part; also, specif., such a tableau as imitating a work of art.</def><br/
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<p><ent>living room</ent><br/
<hw>liv"ing room`</hw>. <def>A room in a house used by all or most of the family, where the family entertain guests or relax together for leisure activities.  It usually contains at least one couch, and does not contain a dining table.</def><br/
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<p><ent>living wage</ent><br/
<hw>liv"ing wage"</hw>. <def>A wage or salary that permits a worker to live at least with minimal customary amenities, and above conditions of poverty.</def><br/
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<p><ent>living will</ent><br/
<hw>liv"ing will</hw>. <def>A document signed by an individual expressing his/her desire that, in the event of an illness from which there is no reasonable expectation of recovery, aggressive or extraordinary measures to prolong life, such as resuscitation and life-support equipment, should not be used.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Livistona</ent><br/
<hw>Livistona</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A genus of fan palms of Asia and Australia and Malaysia.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Livistona</gen>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Livonian</ent><br/
<hw>Li*vo"ni*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to Livonia, a district on the Baltic Sea formerly part of Russia, now part of Latvia and Estonia.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Livonian</ent><br/
<hw>Li*vo"ni*an</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A native or an inhabitant of Livonia; the language (allied to the Finnish) of the Livonians.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Livor</ent><br/
||<hw>Li"vor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>Malignity.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Burton.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Livraison</ent><br/
||<hw>Li`vrai`son"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>liberatio</ets> a setting free, in LL., a delivering up. See <er>Liberation</er>.]</ety> <def>A part of a book or literary composition printed and delivered by itself; a number; a part.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Livre</ent><br/
<hw>Li"vre</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>libra</ets> a pound of twelve ounces.  Cf. <er>Lira</er>.]</ety> <def>A French money of account, afterward a silver coin equal to 20 sous. It is not now in use, having been superseded by the franc.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lixivial</ent><br/
<hw>Lix*iv"i*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lixivius</ets>, fr. <ets>lix</ets> ashes, lye ashes, lye: cf. F. <ets>lixiviel</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Impregnated with, or consisting of, alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes; impregnated with a salt or salts like a lixivium.</def>
 <rj><qau>Boyle.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Of the color of lye; resembling lye.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Having the qualities of alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lixivial salts</b></col> <fld>(Old Chem.)</fld>, <cd>salts which are obtained by passing water through ashes, or by pouring it on them.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lixivited</ent><br/
<ent>Lixiviate</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lix*iv"i*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Lix*iv"i*`ted</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Lixivium</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to lye or lixivium; of the quality of alkaline salts.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Impregnated with salts from wood ashes.</def>  <rj><au>Boyle.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lixiviate</ent><br/
<hw>Lix*iv"i*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lixiviated</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lixiviating</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <def>To subject to a washing process for the purpose of separating soluble material from that which is insoluble; to leach, as ashes, for the purpose of extracting the alkaline substances.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lixiviation</ent><br/
<hw>Lix*iv`i*a"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F.  <ets>lixiviation</ets>.]</ety> <def>Lixiviating; the process of separating a soluble substance from one that is insoluble, by washing with some solvent, as water; leaching.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lixivious</ent><br/
<hw>Lix*iv"i*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>See <er>Lixivial</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lixivium</ent><br/
<hw>Lix*iv"i*um</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lixivium</ets>, <ets>lixivia</ets>. See <er>Lixivial</er>.]</ety> <def>A solution of alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes; hence, any solution obtained by lixiviation.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lixt</ent><br/
<hw>Lixt</hw> <pr>(l<icr/kst)</pr>, <mark>obs.</mark> <def><pos>2d pers. sing. pres.</pos> of <er>Lige</er>, to lie, to tell lies, -- contracted for <xex>ligest</xex>.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Liza</ent><br/
||<hw>Li"za</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The American white mullet (<spn>Mugil curema</spn>).</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lizard</ent><br/
<hw>Liz"ard</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>lesarde</ets>, OF. <ets>lesarde</ets>, F. <ets>l<eacute/zard</ets>, L. <ets>lacerta</ets>, <ets>lacertus</ets>.  Cf. <er>Alligator</er>, <er>Lacerta</er>.]</ety><br/
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Any one of the numerous species of reptiles belonging to the order <ord>Lacertilia</ord>; sometimes, also applied to reptiles of other orders, as the <ord>Hatteria</ord>.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ Most lizards have an elongated body, with four legs, and a long tail; but there are some without legs, and some with a short, thick tail. Most have scales, but some are naked; most have eyelids, but some do not. The tongue is varied in form and structure. In some it is forked, in others, as the chameleons, club-shaped, and very extensible. See <er>Amphisb<ae/na</er>, <er>Chameleon</er>, <er>Gecko</er>, <er>Gila monster</er>, <er>Horned toad</er>, <er>Iguana</er>, and <er>Dragon</er>, 6.</note><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A piece of rope with thimble or block spliced into one or both of the ends.</def>  <rj><au>R. H. Dana, Ir.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A piece of timber with a forked end, used in dragging a heavy stone, a log, or the like, from a field.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lizard snake</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>the garter snake (<spn>Eut<ae/nia sirtalis</spn>).</cd> -- <col><b>Lizard stone</b></col> <fld>(Min.)</fld>, <cd>a kind of serpentine from near Lizard Point, Cornwall, England, -- used for ornamental purposes.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>lizard fish</ent><br/
<ent>lizardfish</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>lizardfish</hw>, <hw>lizard fish</hw></mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Any of several mostly tropical marine scopeloid fish of the family <fam>Synodontidae</fam> having large mouths in lizardlike heads, especially the <stype>inshore lizardfish</stype> (<spn>Synodus foetens</spn> syn. <spn>Synodus poeyi</spn>) of Mideastern and Southern United States and West Indies; -- sometimes called <altname>sand pike</altname>.</def>  <note>A freshwater perch, the sauger, a different fish, is also called the <it>sand pike</it>.</note><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> snakefish.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lizard's tail</ent><br/
<hw>Liz"ard's tail`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A perennial plant of the genus <gen>Saururus</gen> (<spn>Saururus cernuus</spn>), growing in marshes, and having white flowers crowded in a slender terminal spike, somewhat resembling in form a lizard's tail; whence the name.</def>  <rj><au>Gray.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Llama</ent><br/
<hw>Lla"ma</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Peruv.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A South American ruminant (<spn>Auchenia llama</spn>), allied to the camels, but much smaller and without a hump. It is supposed to be a domesticated variety of the guanaco. It was formerly much used as a beast of burden in the Andes, and is also kept on some ranches in the United States.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The fleece of the llama{1}, a fine, soft wool-like hair.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Llandeilo group</ent><br/
<hw>Llan*dei"lo group`</hw>. <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>A series of strata in the lower Silurian formations of Great Britain; -- so named from <ets>Llandeilo</ets> in Southern Wales. See <xex>Chart</xex> of <er>Geology</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Llanero</ent><br/
||<hw>Lla*ne"ro</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp. Amer.]</ety> <def>One of the inhabitants of the llanos of South America.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Llano</ent><br/
<hw>Lla"no</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Llanos</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[Sp., plain even, level. See <er>Plain</er>.]</ety> <def>An extensive plain with or without vegetation.</def> <mark>[Spanish America]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lloyd's</ent><br/
<hw>Lloyd's</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An association of underwriters and others in London, for the collection and diffusion of marine intelligence, the insurance, classification, registration, and certifying of vessels, and the transaction of business of various kinds connected with shipping.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A part of the Royal Exchange, in London, appropriated to the use of underwriters and insurance brokers; -- called also <altname>Lloyd's Rooms</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ The name is derived from <xex>Lloyd's</xex> Coffee House, in Lombard Street, where there were formerly rooms for the same purpose. The name <xex>Lloyd</xex> or <xex>Lloyd's</xex> has been taken by several associations, in different parts of Europe, established for purposes similar to those of the original association.</note><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lloyd's agents</b></col>, <cd>persons employed in various parts of the world, by the association called Lloyd's, to serve its interests.</cd> -- <col><b>Lloyd's list</b></col>, <cd>a publication of the latest news respecting shipping matters, with lists of vessels, etc., made under the direction of Lloyd's.</cd> <au>Brande & C.</au> -- <col><b>Lloyd's register</b></col>, <cd>a register of vessels rated according to their quality, published yearly.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Llullaillaco</ent><br/
<hw>Llullaillaco</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A mountain in Argentina and Chile, 22,057 feet high.</def> <mark>proper name</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Llyr</ent><br/
<hw>Llyr</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <fld>(Welsh mythology)</fld> <def>the sea personified, father of <persfn>Manawydan</persfn>; corresponds to the Irish <altname>Ler</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lo</ent><br/
<hw>Lo</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>interj.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>lo</ets>, <ets>low</ets>; perh. akin to E. <ets>look</ets>, v.]</ety> <def>Look; see; behold; observe.</def> <ldquo/<xex>Lo</xex>, here is Christ.<rdquo/ <au>Matt. xxiv. 23.</au> <ldquo/<xex>Lo</xex>, we turn to the Gentiles.<rdquo/ <au>Acts xiii. 46.</au><br/
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<p><ent>Loach</ent><br/
<hw>Loach</hw> <pr>(l<omac/ch)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>loche</ets>, F. <ets>loche</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Any one of several small, fresh-water, cyprinoid fishes of the genera <gen>Cobitis</gen>, <gen>Nemachilus</gen>, and allied genera, having six or more barbules around the mouth. They are found in Europe and Asia. The common European species (<spn>Nemachilus barbatulus</spn>) is used as a food fish.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Load</ent><br/
<hw>Load</hw> <pr>(l<omac/d)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>lode</ets> load, way; properly the same word as <ets>lode</ets>, but confused with <ets>lade</ets>, <ets>load</ets>, v. See <er>Lade</er>, <er>Lead</er>, <pos>v.</pos>, <er>Lode</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A burden; that which is laid on or put in anything for conveyance; that which is borne or sustained; a weight; <as>as, a heavy <ex>load</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>He might such a <qex>load</qex><br/
To town with his ass carry.</q> <rj><qau>Gower.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The quantity which can be carried or drawn in some specified way; the contents of a cart, barrow, or vessel; that which will constitute a cargo; lading.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>That which burdens, oppresses, or grieves the mind or spirits; <as>as, a <ex>load</ex> of care</as>.</def> <ldquo/ A . . . <xex>load</xex> of guilt.<rdquo/ <au>Ray.</au> <ldquo/ Our life's a <xex>load</xex>.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A particular measure for certain articles, being as much as may be carried at one time by the conveyance commonly used for the article measured; <as>as, a <ex>load</ex> of wood; a <ex>load</ex> of hay</as>; specifically, five quarters.</def><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>The charge of a firearm; <as>as, a <ex>load</ex> of powder</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>Weight or violence of blows.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>The work done by a steam engine or other prime mover when working.</def><br/
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>The amount of work that a person, group, or machine is assigned to perform; <as>as, the boss distributed the <ex>load</ex> evenly among his employees</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>9.</sn> <fld>(Elec.)</fld> <def>The device or devices that consume power from a power supply.</def><br/
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<p><sn>10.</sn> <fld>(Engineering)</fld> <def>The weight or force that a structural support bears or is designed to bear; the object that creates that force.</def><br/
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Load line</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Load water line</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>the line on the outside of a vessel indicating the depth to which it sinks in the water when loaded.</cd></cs></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Burden; lading; weight; cargo. See <er>Burden</er>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Load</ent><br/
<hw>Load</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Loaded</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Loading</conjf>. <xex>Loaden</xex> is obsolete, and <xex>laden</xex> belongs to <xex>lade</xex>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To lay a load or burden on or in, as on a horse or in a cart; to charge with a load, as a gun; to furnish with a lading or cargo, as a ship; hence, to add weight to, so as to oppress or embarrass; to heap upon.</def><br/
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<p><q>I strive all in vain to <qex>load</qex> the cart.</q> <rj><qau>Gascoigne.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>I have <qex>loaden</qex> me with many spoils.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Those honors deep and broad, wherewith<br/
Your majesty <qex>loads</qex> our house.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To adulterate or drug; <as>as, to <ex>load</ex> wine</as>.</def> <mark>[Cant]</mark><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To magnetize.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Prior.</au></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Loaded dice</b></col>, <cd>dice with one side made heavier than the others, so that the number on the opposite side will come up oftenest.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>load-bearing</ent><br/
<hw>load-bearing</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>Supporting a load{10} from parts of a structure above; <as>as, a <ex>load-bearing</ex> wall</as>.</def> <mark>[prenominal]</mark><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> supporting(prenominal).</syn><br/
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<p><ent>loaded</ent><br/
<hw>loaded</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>  <def>containing as much or as many as is possible; -- of containers, vehicles, trays, etc.; <as>as, a tray <ex>loaded</ex> with dishes</as></def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> laden.</syn><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>containing a shell or an explosive charge ready for firing; -- of firearms.  Opposite of <ant>unloaded</ant>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>charged with associative significance and often meant to mislead or influence; -- of statements or questions; <as>as, a <ex>loaded</ex> question</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn>  <def>having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value; <as>as, She was not merely rich but <ex>loaded</ex></as>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> affluent, flush, moneyed, wealthy.</syn><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn>  <def>very drunk.</def> <mark>[slang]</mark><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> blotto, crocked, fuddled, pissed, pixilated, plastered, potty, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tiddly, tiddley, tight, tipsy, wet.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Loader</ent><br/
<hw>Load"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or that which, loads; a mechanical contrivance for loading, as a gun.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loading</ent><br/
<hw>Load"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of putting a load on or into.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A load; cargo; burden.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lodemanage</ent><br/
<ent>Loadmanage</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Load"man*age</hw>, <hw>Lode"man*age</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Pilotage; skill of a pilot or loadsman.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>loads</ent><br/
<hw>loads</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A large quantity; a lot; <as>as, <ex>loads</ex> of fun</as>.</def> <mark>[informal]</mark> <br/
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<p><ent>load-shedding</ent><br/
<hw>load-shedding</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act or process of disconnecting the electric current on certain lines when the demand becomes greater than the supply.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lodesman</ent><br/
<ent>Loadsman</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Loads"man</hw>, <hw>Lodes"man</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Load</ets>, <ets>lode</ets> + <ets>man.</ets> See <er>Lode</er>.]</ety> <def>A pilot.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lodestar</ent><br/
<ent>Loadstar</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Load"star`</hw>, <hw>Lode"star`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Load</ets>, <ets>lode</ets> + <ets>star.</ets>  See <er>Lode</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A star that leads; a guiding star; esp., the polestar, Polaris; also, the constellation containing the pole star, the cynosure (Ursa Minor).</def> <au>Chaucer.</au> <ldquo/ Your eyes are <xex>lodestars</xex>.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>The pilot can no <qex>loadstar</qex> see.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Something that serves as a guide or provides direction; a cynosure{2}.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Something that attracts attention or on which the atention is fixed; a cynosure{3}.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lodestone</ent><br/
<ent>Loadstone</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Load"stone`</hw>, <hw>Lode"stone</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Load</ets>, <ets>lode</ets> + <ets>stone</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A piece of magnetite, a magnetic iron ore, possessing polarity like a magnetic needle, having the power to attract as well as to be attracted magnetically. See <er>Magnetite</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loaf</ent><br/
<hw>Loaf</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Loaves</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[OE. <ets>lof</ets>, <ets>laf</ets>, AS. <ets>hl<amac/f</ets>; akin to G. <ets>laib</ets>, OHG. <ets>hleip</ets>, Icel. <ets>hleifr</ets>, Goth. <ets>hlaifs</ets>, Russ. <ets>khlieb'</ets>, Lith. <ets>kl<eum/pas</ets>.  Cf. <er>Lady</er>, <er>Lammas</er>, <er>Lord</er>.]</ety> <def>Any thick lump, mass, or cake; especially, a large regularly shaped or molded mass, as of bread, sugar, or cake.</def>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Loaf sugar</b></col>, <cd>refined sugar that has been formed into a conical loaf in a mold.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Loaf</ent><br/
<hw>Loaf</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Loafed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Loafing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[G. <ets>laufen</ets> to run, Prov. G. <ets>loofen</ets>. See <er>Leap</er>.]</ety> <def>To spend time in idleness; to lounge or loiter about.</def> <ldquo/ <xex>Loafing</xex> vagabonds.<rdquo/  <rj><au>W. Black.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Loaf</ent><br/
<hw>Loaf</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To spend in idleness; -- with <ptcl>away</ptcl>; <as>as, to <ex>loaf</ex> time away</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loafer</ent><br/
<hw>Loaf"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[G. <ets>l<aum/ufer</ets> a runner, Prov. G. <ets>laufer</ets>, <ets>lofer</ets>, fr. <ets>laufen</ets> to run. See <er>Leap</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who loafs; a lazy lounger.</def>  <rj><au>Lowell.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A type of shoe without laces which can be easily slipped on or off; -- originally a trademark; <as>as, he bought a new pair of <ex>loafers</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>loafing</ent><br/
<hw>loaf"ing</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>having no employment; being idle intentionally.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> idleness, idling.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Loam</ent><br/
<hw>Loam</hw> <pr>(l<omac/m)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>l<amac/m</ets>; akin to D. <ets>leem</ets>, G. <ets>lehm</ets>, and E. <ets>lime</ets>. See 4th <er>Lime</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A kind of soil; an earthy mixture of clay and sand, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.</def><br/
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<p><q>We wash a wall of <qex>loam</qex>; we labor in vain.</q> <rj><qau>Hooker.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Founding)</fld> <def>A mixture of sand, clay, and other materials, used in making molds for large castings, often without a pattern.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Loam mold</b></col> <fld>(Founding)</fld>, <cd>a mold made with loam. See <er>Loam</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 2.</cd> -- <col><b>Loam molding</b></col>, <cd>the process or business of making loam molds.</cd> <col><b>Loam plate</b></col>, <cd>an iron plate upon which a section of a loam mold rests, or from which it is suspended.</cd> -- <col><b>Loam work</b></col>, <cd>loam molding or loam molds.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Loam</ent><br/
<hw>Loam</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Loamed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Loaming</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To cover, smear, or fill with loam.</def><br/
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<p><ent>loamless</ent><br/
<hw>loamless</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>having no loam; -- of soil; <as>as, a stony <ex>loamless</ex> yard</as>.  Contrasted with <ant>loamy</ant>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loamy</ent><br/
<hw>Loam"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Consisting of loam; partaking of the nature of loam; resembling loam.</def>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Loan</ent><br/
<hw>Loan</hw> <pr>(l<omac/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lawn</er>.]</ety> <def>A loanin.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Loan</ent><br/
<hw>Loan</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>lone</ets>, <ets>lane</ets>, AS. <ets>l<amac/n</ets>, <ets>l<ae/n</ets>, fr. <ets>le<iacute/n</ets> to lend; akin to D. <ets>leen</ets> loan, fief, G. <ets>lehen</ets> fief, Icel. <ets>l<amac/n</ets>, G. <ets>leihen</ets> to lend, OHG. <ets>l<imac/han</ets>, Icel. <ets>lj<imac/</ets>, Goth. <ets>leihwan</ets>, L. <ets>linquere</ets> to leave, Gr. <grk>lei`pein</grk>, Skr. <ets>ric</ets>.  <root/119.  Cf. <er>Delinquent</er>, <er>Eclipse</er>, <er>Eleven</er>, <er>Ellipse</er>, <er>Lend</er>, <er>License</er>, <er>Relic</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of lending; a lending; permission to use; <as>as, the <ex>loan</ex> of a book, money, services</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which one lends or borrows, especially a sum of money lent at interest; <as>as, he repaid the <ex>loan</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Loan office</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>An office at which loans are negotiated, or at which the accounts of loans are kept, and the interest paid to the lender.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A pawnbroker's shop.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Loan</ent><br/
<hw>Loan</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Loaned</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Loaning</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To lend; -- sometimes with <ptcl>out</ptcl>.</def>  <rj><au>Kent.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>By way of location or <qex>loaning</qex> them out.</q> <rj><qau>J. Langley (1644).</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Loanable</ent><br/
<hw>Loan"a*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Such as can be lent; available for lending; <as>as, <ex>loanable</ex> funds</as>; -- used mostly in financial business and writings.</def><br/
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<p><ent>loanblend</ent><br/
<hw>loan"blend</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a word that is composed of parts from different languages; e.g. <examp>monolingual</examp> has a Greek prefix and a Latin root.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> hybrid.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>loaner</ent><br/
<hw>loaner</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lender.</syn><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Something borrowed or lent.</def> <mark>[informal]</mark> <br/
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<p><ent>Loaning</ent><br/
<ent>Loanin</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Loan"in</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Loan"ing</hw>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From Scotch <ets>loan</ets>, E. <ets>lawn</ets>.]</ety> <def>An open space between cultivated fields through which cattle are driven, and where the cows are sometimes milked; also, a lane.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir W. Scott.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Loanmonger</ent><br/
<hw>Loan"mon`ger</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A dealer in, or negotiator of, loans.</def><br/
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<p><q>The millions of the <qex>loanmonger</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Beaconsfield.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>loanword</ent><br/
<hw>loanword</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a word borrowed from another language; e.g. <examp>blitz</examp> is a German word borrowed into modern English.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> loan.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>loasa</ent><br/
<hw>loasa</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>any of various perennial South American plants of the genus <gen>Loasa</gen> having stinging hairs and showy white or yellow or reddish-orange flowers.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loasaceae</ent><br/
<hw>Loasaceae</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A natural family of bristly hairy sometimes climbing plants; America and Africa and Southern Arabia.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> family <fam>Loasaceae</fam>, loasa family.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Loath</ent><br/
<hw>Loath</hw> <pr>(l<omac/th)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>looth</ets>, <ets>loth</ets>, AS. <ets>l<amac/<edh/</ets> hostile, odious; akin to OS. <ets>l<amac/<edh/</ets>, G. <ets>leid</ets>, Icel. <ets>lei<edh/r</ets>, Sw. <ets>led</ets>, G. <ets>leiden</ets> to suffer, OHG. <ets>l<imac/dan</ets> to suffer, go, cf. AS. <ets>l<imac/<edh/an</ets> to go, Goth. <ets>leipan</ets>, and E. <ets>lead</ets> to guide.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Hateful; odious; disliked.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Filled with disgust or aversion; averse; unwilling; reluctant; <as>as, <ex>loath</ex> to part</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>Full <qex>loth</qex> were him to curse for his tithes.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Why, then, though <qex>loath</qex>, yet must I be content.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Loathe</ent><br/
<hw>Loathe</hw> <pr>(l<omac/<th/)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Loathed</conjf> <pr>(l<omac/<th/d)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Loathing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[AS. <ets>l<amac/<edh/ian</ets> to hate. See <er>Loath</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To feel extreme disgust at, or aversion for.</def><br/
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<p><q><qex>Loathing</qex> the honeyed cakes, I Ionged for bread.</q> <rj><qau>Cowley.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To dislike greatly; to abhor; to hate; to detest.</def><br/
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<p><q>The secret which I <qex>loathe</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Waller.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>She <qex>loathes</qex> the vital sir.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- To hate; abhor; detest; abominate. See <er>Hate</er>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Loathe</ent><br/
<hw>Loathe</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To feel disgust or nausea.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Loather</ent><br/
<hw>Loath"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who loathes.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loathful</ent><br/
<hw>Loath"ful</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Full of loathing; hating; abhorring.</def> <ldquo/<xex>Loathful</xex> eyes.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Causing a feeling of loathing; disgusting.</def><br/
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<p><q>Above the reach of <qex>loathful</qex>, sinful lust.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Loathing</ent><br/
<hw>Loath"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Extreme disgust; a feeling of aversion, nausea, abhorrence, or detestation.</def><br/
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<p><q>The mutual fear and <qex>loathing</qex> of the hostile races.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Loathingly</ent><br/
<hw>Loath"ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>With loathing.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loathliness</ent><br/
<hw>Loath"li*ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Loathsomeness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Loathly</ent><br/
<hw>Loath"ly</hw> <pr>(l<omac/<th/"l<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>l<amac/<edh/lic</ets>.]</ety> <def>Loathsome.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <ldquo/ <xex>Loathly</xex> mouth.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Loathly</ent><br/
<hw>Loath"ly</hw> <pr>(l<omac/th"l<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Unwillingly; reluctantly.</def><br/
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<p><q>This shows that you from nature <qex>loathly</qex> stray.</q> <rj><qau>Donne.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <pr>(l<omac/<th/"l<ycr/)</pr> <def>So as to cause loathing.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>With dust and blood his locks were <qex>loathly</qex> dight.</q> <rj><qau>Fairfax.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Loathness</ent><br/
<hw>Loath"ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Unwillingness; reluctance.</def><br/
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<p><q>A general silence and <qex>loathness</qex> to speak.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Loathsome</ent><br/
<hw>Loath"some</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Fitted to cause loathing; exciting disgust; disgusting; <as>as, a <ex>loathsome</ex> disease</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>The most <qex>loathsome</qex> and deadly forms of infection.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj></p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Loath"some*ly</wf>. <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Loath"some*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/
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<p><ent>Loathy</ent><br/
<hw>Loath"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Loathsome.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Loaves</ent><br/
<hw>Loaves</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <def><pos>pl.</pos> of <er>Loaf</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lob</ent><br/
<hw>Lob</hw> <pr>(l<ocr/b)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[W. <ets>llob</ets> an unwieldy lump, a dull fellow, a blockhead.  Cf. <er>Looby</er>, <er>Lubber</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A dull, heavy person.</def> <ldquo/ Country <xex>lobs</xex>.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Gauden.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Something thick and heavy.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lob</ent><br/
<hw>Lob</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lobbed</conjf> <pr>(l<ocr/bd)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lobbing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>2.</sn> <def>To let fall heavily or lazily.</def><br/
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<p><q>And their poor jades<br/
<qex>Lob</qex> down their heads.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>to propel (relatively slowly) in a high arcing trajectory; <as>as, to <ex>lob</ex> a grenade at the enemy</as>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>To lob a ball</b></col> <fld>(Lawn Tennis)</fld>, <cd>to strike a ball so as to send it up into the air.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lob</ent><br/
<hw>Lob</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>See <er>Cob</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos></def><br/
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<p><ent>Lob</ent><br/
<hw>Lob</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Dan. <ets>lubbe</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The European pollock.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lob</ent><br/
<hw>Lob</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of lobbing;</def> <specif>specif.,</specif> <def>an (often gentle) stroke which sends a ball up into the air, as in tennis to avoid a player at the net.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lobar</ent><br/
<hw>Lo"bar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to a lobe; characterized by, or like, a lobe or lobes.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lobated</ent><br/
<ent>Lobate</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lo"bate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Lo"ba*ted</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lobe</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Consisting of, or having, lobes; lobed; <as>as, a <ex>lobate</ex> leaf</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Having lobes; -- said of the tails of certain fishes having the integument continued to the bases of the fin rays.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Furnished with membranous flaps, as the toes of a coot. See <xex>Illust.</xex> <iref>(m)</iref> under <er>Aves</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lobately</ent><br/
<hw>Lo"bate*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>As a lobe; so as to make a lobe; in a lobate manner.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lobbish</ent><br/
<hw>Lob"bish</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Like a lob; consisting of lobs.</def>  <rj><au>Sir. P. Sidney.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lobby</ent><br/
<hw>Lob"by</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Lobbies</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[LL. <ets>lobium</ets>, <ets>lobia</ets>, <ets>laubia</ets>, a covered portico fit for walking, fr. OHG. <ets>louba</ets>, G. <ets>laube</ets>, arbor. See <er>Lodge</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A passage or hall of communication, especially when large enough to serve also as a waiting room. It differs from an <xex>antechamber</xex> in that a <xex>lobby</xex> communicates between several rooms, an <xex>antechamber</xex> to one only; but this distinction is not carefully preserved.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the official use of the assembly; hence, the persons, collectively, who frequent such a place to transact business with the legislators;</def> <specif>hence:</specif> <def>any persons, not members of a legislative body, who strive to influence its proceedings by personal agency; a group of lobbyists for a particular cause; <as>as, the drug industry <ex>lobby</ex></as>.</def> <mark>[U. S.]</mark><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Agric.)</fld> <def>A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges. trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lobby member</b></col>, <cd>a lobbyist.</cd> <mark>[Humorous cant, U. S.]</mark></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lobby</ent><br/
<hw>Lob"by</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lobbied</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lobbying</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To address or solicit members of a legislative body in the lobby or elsewhere, with the purpose to influence their votes; in an extended sense, to try to influence decision-makers in any circumstance.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bartlett.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lobby</ent><br/
<hw>Lob"by</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To urge the adoption or passage of by soliciting members of a legislative body; <as>as, to <ex>lobby</ex> a bill</as>; -- also used with the legislators as object; <as>as, to lobby the state legislatuire for protection</as>.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lobbyist</ent><br/
<hw>Lob"by*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A member of the lobby; a person who solicits members of a legislature for the purpose of influencing legislation.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lobcock</ent><br/
<hw>Lob"cock`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A dull, sluggish person; a lubber; a lob.</def> <mark>[Low]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lobe</ent><br/
<hw>Lobe</hw> <pr>(l<omac/b)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>lobe</ets>, Gr. <grk>lobo`s</grk>.]</ety> <def>Any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form</def>; as: <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A rounded projection or division of a leaf.</def> <au>Gray.</au> <sd>(b)</sd><fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A membranous flap on the sides of the toes of certain birds, as the coot.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A round projecting part of an organ, as of the liver, lungs, brain, etc. See <xex>Illust.</xex> of <er>Brain</er>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>The projecting part of a cam wheel or of a non-circular gear wheel.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lobe of the ear</b></col>, <cd>the soft, fleshy prominence in which the human ear terminates below, also called the <altname>earlobe</altname>. See. <xex>Illust.</xex> of <er>Ear</er>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>lobectomy</ent><br/
<hw>lobectomy</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>surgical removal of a lobe from any organ of the body (such as the lung or brain).</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lobed</ent><br/
<hw>Lobed</hw> <pr>(l<omac/bd)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having lobes; lobate.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lobefoot</ent><br/
<hw>Lobe"foot`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A bird having lobate toes; esp., a phalarope.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lobe-footed</ent><br/
<hw>Lobe"-foot`ed</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Lobiped.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lobelet</ent><br/
<hw>Lobe"let</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A small lobe; a lobule.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lobelia</ent><br/
<hw>Lo*be"li*a</hw> <pr>(?; 106)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. So called from <etsep>Lobel</etsep>, botanist to King James I.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of plants, including a great number of species. <spn>Lobelia inflata</spn>, or Indian tobacco, is an annual plant of North America, whose leaves contain a poisonous white viscid juice, of an acrid taste. It has often been used in medicine as an emetic, expectorant, etc.  <spn>Lobelia cardinalis</spn> is the cardinal flower, remarkable for the deep and vivid red color of its flowers.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lobeliaceae</ent><br/
<hw>Lobeliaceae</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A natural family of plants not recognized in all classification systems; in some classifications lobeliaceous plants are included in family <fam>Campanulaceae</fam>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> family <fam>Lobeliaceae</fam>, lobelia family.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lobeliaceous</ent><br/
<hw>Lo*be`li*a"ceous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants of which the genus <gen>Lobelia</gen> is the type.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lobelin</ent><br/
<hw>Lo*be"lin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A yellowish green resin from <gen>Lobelia</gen>, used as an emetic and diaphoretic.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lobeline</ent><br/
<hw>Lo*be"line</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A poisonous narcotic alkaloid extracted from the leaves of Indian tobacco (<spn>Lobelia inflata</spn>) as a yellow oil, having a tobaccolike taste and odor.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lobiped</ent><br/
<hw>Lo"bi*ped</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Lobe</ets> + L. <ets>pes</ets>, <ets>pedis</ets>, foot.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Having lobate toes, as a coot.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loblolly</ent><br/
<hw>Lob"lol`ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Etymol. uncertain.]</ety> <def>Gruel; porridge; -- so called among seamen.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Loblolly bay</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>an elegant white-flowered evergreen shrub or small tree, of the genus <gen>Gordonia</gen> (<spn>Gordonia Lasianthus</spn>), growing in the maritime parts of the Southern United States. Its bark is sometimes used in tanning. Also, a similar West Indian tree (<spn>Laplacea h<ae/matoxylon</spn>).</cd> -- <col><b>Loblolly boy</b></col>, <cd>a surgeon's attendant on shipboard.</cd> <au>Smollett.</au> -- <col><b>Loblolly pine</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a kind of pitch pine found from Delaware southward along the coast; old field pine (<spn>Pinus T<ae/da</spn>). Also, <spn>Pinus Bahamensis</spn>, of the West Indies.</cd> -- <col><b>Loblolly tree</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a name of several West Indian trees, having more or less leathery foliage, but alike in no other respect; as <spn>Pisonia subcordata</spn>, <spn>Cordia alba</spn>, and <spn>Cupania glabra</spn>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lobosa</ent><br/
||<hw>Lo*bo"sa</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Lobe</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>An order of Rhizopoda, in which the pseudopodia are thick and irregular in form, as in the <it>Am<oe/ba</it>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lobotes</ent><br/
<hw>Lobotes</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>The type genus of the <fam>Lobotidae</fam>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Lobotes</gen>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lobotidae</ent><br/
<hw>Lobotidae</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A natural family of fishes including the tripletails.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> family <fam>Lobotidae</fam>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>lobotomy</ent><br/
<hw>lobotomy</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Med., Surgery)</fld> <def>The surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain, by cutting into the brain.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> prefrontal lobotomy, prefrontal leucotomy.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lobscouse</ent><br/
<hw>Lob"scouse`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Written also <ets>lobscourse</ets> from which <ets>lobscouse</ets> is corrupted.]</ety> <ety>[<ets>Lob</ets> + <ets>course</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A combination of meat with vegetables, bread, etc., usually stewed, sometimes baked; an olio.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lobsided</ent><br/
<hw>Lob"sid`ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>See <er>Lopsided</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lobspound</ent><br/
<hw>Lobs"pound`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Lob</ets> + <ets>pound</ets> a prison.]</ety> <def>A prison.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Hudibras.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lobster</ent><br/
<hw>Lob"ster</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>loppestre</ets>, <ets>lopystre</ets> prob., corrupted fr. L. <ets>locusta</ets> a marine shellfish, a kind of lobster, a locust.  Cf. <er>Locust</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Any large macrurous crustacean used as food, esp. those of the genus <gen>Homarus</gen>; as the American lobster (<spn>Homarus Americanus</spn>), and the European lobster (<spn>Homarus vulgaris</spn>). The Norwegian lobster (<spn>Nephrops Norvegicus</spn>) is similar in form.  All these have a pair of large unequal claws.  The spiny lobsters of more southern waters, belonging to <gen>Palinurus</gen>, <gen>Panulirus</gen>, and allied genera, have no large claws. The fresh-water crayfishes are sometimes called <ex>lobsters</ex>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>As a term of opprobrium or contempt: A gullible, awkward, bungling, or undesirable person.</def> <mark>[Slang]</mark><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lobster caterpillar</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>the caterpillar of a European bombycid moth (<spn>Stauropus fagi</spn>); -- so called from its form.</cd> <col><b>Lobster louse</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>a copepod crustacean (<spn>Nicotho<eum/ astaci</spn>) parasitic on the gills of the European lobster.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>lobsterback</ent><br/
<hw>lobsterback</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(American History)</fld> <def>A British soldier in the 1700's; -- so-called because of his red coat, esp. during the American Revolutionary War.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> redcoat.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>lobster-backed</ent><br/
<hw>lobster-backed</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <fld>(American History)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to British soldiers during the Revolutionary War in America; -- so called because of their red coats.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> red-coated.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lobster pot</ent><br/
<hw>Lob"ster pot</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>a device used to trap lobsters, consisting of a semi-cylindrical structure made of wooden slats, with openings formed of funnel-shaped nets allowing lobsters to enter, but impeding their exit.  It is also called a <altname>lobster trap</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lobsters thermidor</ent><br/
<ent>Lobster thermidor</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>Lob"ster ther"mi*dor</hw>, <hw>Lob"sters ther"mi*dor</hw></mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>a dish of lobster meat cooked with a rich creamy wine sauce, stuffed back into the lobster shell, sprinkled with grated cheese, and browned.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lobster trap</ent><br/
<hw>Lob"ster trap</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>same as <er>lobster pot</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lobular</ent><br/
<hw>Lob"u*lar</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lobulaire</ets>.]</ety> <def>Like a lobule; pertaining to a lobule or lobules.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lobularity</ent><br/
<hw>lobularity</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>the property of having lobules.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lobulated</ent><br/
<ent>Lobulate</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lob"u*late</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Lob"u*la`ted</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <def>Made up of, or divided into, lobules; <as>as, a <ex>lobulated</ex> gland</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lobule</ent><br/
<hw>Lob"ule</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lobule</ets>, dim. of <ets>lobe</ets>. See <er>Lobe</er>.]</ety> <def>A small lobe; a subdivision of a lobe.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lobule of the ear</b></col>. <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <cd>Same as <cref>Lobe of the ear</cref>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lobulette</ent><br/
<hw>Lob`u*lette"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Dim. of <ets>lobule</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A little lobule, or subdivision of a lobule.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lobworm</ent><br/
<hw>Lob"worm`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The lugworm.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Local</ent><br/
<hw>Lo"cal</hw> <pr>(l<omac/"k<ait/l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>localis</ets>, fr. <ets>locus</ets> place: cf. F. <ets>local</ets>. See <er>Lieu</er>, <er>Locus</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to a particular place, or to a definite region or portion of space; restricted to one place or region; <as>as, a <ex>local</ex> custom</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>Gives to airy nothing<br/
A <qex>local</qex> habitation and a name.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Local actions</b></col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>actions such as must be brought in a particular county, where the cause arises; -- distinguished from <contr>transitory actions</contr>.</cd> -- <col><b>Local affection</b></col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>a disease or ailment confined to a particular part or organ, and not directly affecting the system.</cd> -- <col><b>Local attraction</b></col> <fld>(Magnetism)</fld>, <cd>an attraction near a compass, causing its needle to deviate from its proper direction, especially on shipboard.</cd> -- <col><b>Local battery</b></col> <fld>(Teleg.)</fld>, <cd>the battery which actuates the recording instruments of a telegraphic station, as distinguished from the battery furnishing a current for the line.</cd> -- <col><b>Local circuit</b></col> <fld>(Teleg.)</fld>, <cd>the circuit of the local battery.</cd> -- <col><b>Local color</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Paint.)</fld> <cd>The color which belongs to an object, and is not caused by accidental influences, as of reflection, shadow, etc.</cd>  <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Literature)</fld> <cd>Peculiarities of the place and its inhabitants where the scene of an action or story is laid.</cd> -- <col><b>Local option</b></col>, <cd>the right or obligation of determining by popular vote within certain districts, as in each county, city, or town, whether the sale of alcoholic beverages within the district shall be allowed.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Local</ent><br/
<hw>Lo"cal</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Railroad)</fld> <def>A train which receives and deposits passengers or freight along the line of the road; a train for the accommodation of a certain district.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark></p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>In newspaper cant, an item of news relating to the place where the paper is published.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A train or bus which stops at all stations along a line, as contrasted with an <contr>express</contr>, which stops only at certain stations designated as express stops.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Locale</ent><br/
||<hw>Lo`cale"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>local</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A place, spot, or location.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A principle, practice, form of speech, or other thing of local use, or limited to a locality.</def><br/
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<p><ent>localisation</ent><br/
<hw>localisation</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>localization</er>.</def> <mark>[Chiefly Brit.]</mark><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> , location, locating, fix.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>localise</ent><br/
<hw>localise</hw> <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>Same as <er>localize</er>.</def> <mark>[Chiefly Brit.]</mark><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> localize.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Localism</ent><br/
<hw>Lo"cal*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The state or quality of being local; affection for a particular place.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A method of speaking or acting peculiar to a certain district; a local idiom or phrase.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Locality</ent><br/
<hw>Lo*cal"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Localitiees</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>localitas</ets>: cf. F. <ets>localit<eacute/</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The state, or condition, of belonging to a definite place, or of being contained within definite limits.</def><br/
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<p><q>It is thought that the soul and angels are devoid of quantity<br/
and dimension, and that they have nothing to do with grosser <qex>locality</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Glanvill.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Position; situation; a place; a spot; esp., a geographical place or situation, as of a mineral or plant.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Limitation to a county, district, or place; <as>as, <ex>locality</ex> of trial</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Blackstone.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Phren.)</fld> <def>The perceptive faculty concerned with the ability to remember the relative positions of places.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Localization</ent><br/
<hw>Lo`cal*i*za"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>localisation</ets>.]</ety> <def>Act of localizing, or state of being localized.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Cerebral localization</b></col> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld>, <cd>the localization of the control of special functions, as of sight or of the various movements of the body, in special regions of the brain.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Localize</ent><br/
<hw>Lo"cal*ize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Localized</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Localizing</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>localiser</ets>. See <er>Local</er>.]</ety> <def>To make local; to fix in, or assign to, a definite place.</def>  <rj><au>H. Spencer.</au>  <au>Wordsworth.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>localized</ent><br/
<hw>localized</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Medicine)</fld> <def>confined or restricted to a particular location; <as>as, the <ex>localized</ex> infection formed a definite abscess</as>.   Contrasted with <contr>disseminated</contr> or <contr>systemic</contr>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>made local or oriented locally; <as>as, a decentralized and <ex>localized</ex> political authority</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Locally</ent><br/
<hw>Lo"cal*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>With respect to place; in place; <as>as, to be <ex>locally</ex> separated or distant</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Locate</ent><br/
<hw>Lo"cate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Located</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Locating</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>locatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>locare</ets> to place, fr. <ets>locus</ets> place. See <er>Local</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To place; to set in a particular spot or position.</def><br/
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<p><q>The captives and emigrants whom he brought with him were <qex>located</qex> in the trans-Tiberine quarter.</q> <rj><qau>B. F. Westcott.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To designate the site or place of; to define the limits of; <as>as, to <ex>locate</ex> a public building; to <ex>locate</ex> a mining claim; to <ex>locate</ex> (the land granted by) a land warrant.</as></def><br/
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<p><q>That part of the body in which the sense of touch is <qex>located</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>H. Spencer.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To discover the location or site of; <as>as, to <ex>locate</ex> the source of a radio transmission; to <ex>locate</ex> a leak; to <ex>locate</ex> the malfunction in a system</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Locate</ent><br/
<hw>Lo"cate</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To place one's self; to take up one's residence; to settle; <as>as, to <ex>locate</ex> in Seattle</as>.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>located</ent><br/
<hw>located</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>situated in a particular spot or position; <as>as, valuable centrally <ex>located</ex> urban land</as>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> placed, set, situated.</syn><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>situated: often used in combination; <as>as, a well-<ex>located</ex> business</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>locating</ent><br/
<hw>locating</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>the act of putting something in a certain place or location.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> location, placement, position, positioning, emplacement, situating.</syn><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>a determination of the location of something.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> localization, localisation, location, fix.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Location</ent><br/
<hw>Lo*ca"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>locatio</ets>, fr. <ets>locare</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or process of locating.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Situation; place; locality.</def>  <rj><au>Locke.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>That which is located; a tract of land designated in place.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Civil Law)</fld> <def>A leasing on rent.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Scots Law)</fld> <def>A contract for the use of a thing, or service of a person, for hire.</def> <au>Wharton.</au> <sd>(c)</sd> <fld>(Amer. Law)</fld> <def>The marking out of the boundaries, or identifying the place or site of, a piece of land, according to the description given in an entry, plan, map, etc.</def>  <rj><au>Burrill. Bouvier.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Locative</ent><br/
<hw>Loc"a*tive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>Indicating place, or the place where, or wherein; <as>as, a <ex>locative</ex> adjective; <ex>locative</ex> case of a noun.</as></def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>The locative case.</def></def2><br/
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<p><ent>Locator</ent><br/
<hw>Lo"ca*tor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who locates, or is entitled to locate, land or a mining claim.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Locellate</ent><br/
<hw>Lo*cel"late</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>locellus</ets> a compartment, dim. of <ets>locus</ets> a place.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Divided into secondary compartments or cells, as where one cavity is separated into several smaller ones.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loch</ent><br/
<hw>Loch</hw> <pr>(l<ocr/k)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gael. & Olr. <ets>loch</ets>. See <er>Lake</er> of water.]</ety> <def>A lake; a bay or arm of the sea.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Loch</ent><br/
<hw>Loch</hw> <pr>(l<ocr/k)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>looch</ets>, Ar. <ets>la'<umac/g</ets>, an electuary, or any medicine which may be licked or sucked, fr. <ets>la'<umac/q</ets> to lick.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A kind of medicine to be taken by licking with the tongue; a lambative; a lincture.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lochaber axe</ent><br/
<ent>Lochaber ax</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Loch*a"ber ax"</hw>, <hw>Loch*a"ber axe"</hw>  }</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[So called from <etsep>Lochaber</etsep>, in Scotland.]</ety> <def>A weapon of war, consisting of a pole armed with an axhead at its end, formerly used by the Scotch Highlanders.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lochage</ent><br/
<hw>Loch"age</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr.<?/.]</ety> <fld>(Gr. Antiq.)</fld> <def>An officer who commanded a company; a captain.</def>  <rj><au>Mitford.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lochan</ent><br/
<hw>Loch"an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gael. See 1st <er>Loch</er>.]</ety> <def>A small lake; a pond.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>A pond or <qex>lochan</qex> rather than a lake.</q> <rj><qau>H. Miller.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Loche</ent><br/
<hw>Loche</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>See <er>Loach</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lochia</ent><br/
||<hw>Lo*chi"a</hw> <pr>(l<omac/"k<icr/*<adot/ <it>or</it> l<osl/*k<imac/"<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/, pl., fr. <?/ belonging to childbirth, <?/ a lying in, childbirth.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The discharge from the womb and vagina which follows childbirth.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lochial</ent><br/
<hw>Lo"chi*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lochial</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the lochia.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lock</ent><br/
<hw>Lock</hw> <pr>(l<ocr/k)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>locc</ets>; akin to D. <ets>lok</ets>, G. <ets>locke</ets>, OHG. loc, Icel. <ets>lokkr</ets>, and perh. to Gr. <?/ to bend, twist.]</ety> <def>A tuft of hair; a flock or small quantity of wool, hay, or other like substance; a tress or ringlet of hair.</def><br/
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<p><q>These gray <qex>locks</qex>, the pursuivants of death.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lock</ent><br/
<hw>Lock</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>loc</ets> inclosure, an inclosed place, the fastening of a door, fr. <ets>l<umac/can</ets> to lock, fasten; akin to OS. <ets>l<umac/kan</ets> (in comp.), D. <ets>luiken</ets>, OHG. <ets>l<umac/hhan</ets>, Icel. <ets>l<umac/ka</ets>, Goth. <ets>l<umac/kan</ets> (in comp.); cf. Skr. <ets>ruj</ets> to break.  Cf. <er>Locket</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Anything that fastens; specifically, a fastening, as for a door, a lid, a trunk, a drawer, and the like, in which a bolt is moved by a key so as to hold or to release the thing fastened.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.</def><br/
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<p><q>Albemarle Street closed by a <qex>lock</qex> of carriages.</q> <rj><qau>De Quincey.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A place from which egress is prevented, as by a lock.</def>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>The barrier or works which confine the water of a stream or canal.</def><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>An inclosure in a canal with gates at each end, used in raising or lowering boats as they pass from one level to another; -- called also <altname>lift lock</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>That part or apparatus of a firearm by which the charge is exploded; <as>as, a match<ex>lock</ex>, flint<ex>lock</ex>, percussion <ex>lock</ex>, etc.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>A device for keeping a wheel from turning.</def><br/
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>A grapple in wrestling.</def>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Detector lock</b></col>, <cd>a lock containing a contrivance for showing whether it as has been tampered with.</cd> -- <col><b>Lock bay</b></col> <fld>(Canals)</fld>, <cd>the body of water in a lock chamber.</cd> -- <col><b>Lock chamber</b></col>, <cd>the inclosed space between the gates of a canal lock.</cd> -- <col><b>Lock nut</b></col>. <cd>See <cref>Check nut</cref>, under <er>Check</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Lock plate</b></col>, <cd>a plate to which the mechanism of a gunlock is attached.</cd> -- <col><b>Lock rail</b></col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>in ordinary paneled doors, the rail nearest the lock.</cd> <col><b>Lock rand</b></col> <fld>(Masonry)</fld>, <cd>a range of bond stone.</cd> <au>Knight.</au> -- <col><b>Mortise lock</b></col>, <cd>a door lock inserted in a mortise.</cd> -- <col><b>Rim lock</b></col>, <cd>a lock fastened to the face of a door, thus differing from a <cref>mortise lock</cref>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lock</ent><br/
<hw>Lock</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Locked</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Locking</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To fasten with a lock, or as with a lock; to make fast; to prevent free movement of; <as>as, to <ex>lock</ex> a door, a carriage wheel, a river, etc.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To prevent ingress or access to, or exit from, by fastening the lock or locks of; -- often with <ptcl>up</ptcl>; <as>as, to <ex>lock</ex> or <ex>lock up</ex>, a house, jail, room, trunk</as>. etc.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To fasten in or out, or to make secure by means of, or as with, locks; to confine, or to shut in or out -- often with <ptcl>up</ptcl>; <as>as, to <ex>lock</ex> one's self in a room; to <ex>lock</ex> up the prisoners; to <ex>lock</ex> up one's silver; to <ex>lock</ex> intruders out of the house; to <ex>lock</ex> money into a vault; to <ex>lock</ex> a child in one's arms; to <ex>lock</ex> a secret in one's breast.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To link together; to clasp closely; <as>as, to <ex>lock</ex> arms</as>.</def> <ldquo/ <xex>Lock</xex> hand in hand.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Canals)</fld> <def>To furnish with locks; also, to raise or lower (a boat) in a lock.</def><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Fencing)</fld> <def>To seize, as the sword arm of an antagonist, by turning the left arm around it, to disarm him.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lock</ent><br/
<hw>Lock</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To become fast, as by means of a lock or by interlacing; <as>as, the door <ex>locks</ex> close</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>When it <qex>locked</qex> none might through it pass.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>To lock into</b></col>, <cd>to fit or slide into; <as>as, they <ex>lock into</ex> each other</as>.</cd>  <rj><au>Boyle.</au></rj></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lockage</ent><br/
<hw>Lock"age</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Materials for locks in a canal, or the works forming a lock or locks.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Toll paid for passing the locks of a canal.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Amount of elevation and descent made by the locks of a canal.</def><br/
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<p><q>The entire <qex>lock</qex> will be about fifty feet.</q> <rj><qau>De Witt Clinton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>lockbox</ent><br/
<hw>lock"box`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A box of strong and durable construction, fitted with a lock, used for the purpose of protecting valuable items, such as money or jewelry; a strongbox.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lock-down</ent><br/
<hw>Lock"-down`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting; -- used by lumbermen.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Locked-jaw</ent><br/
<hw>Locked"-jaw`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Lockjaw</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Locken</ent><br/
<hw>Lock"en</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <mark>obs.</mark> <def><pos>p. p.</pos> of <er>Lock</er>.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Locken</ent><br/
<hw>Lock"en</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The globeflower (<gen>Trollius</gen>).</def><br/
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<p><ent>Locker</ent><br/
<hw>Lock"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who, or that which, locks.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A drawer, cupboard, compartment, or chest, esp. one in a ship, that may be closed with a lock.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Chain locker</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a compartment in the hold of a vessel, for holding the chain cables.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Davy Jones's locker</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Davy's locker</b></col></mcol>. <cd>See <er>Davy Jones</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Shot locker</b></col>, <cd>a compartment where shot are deposited.</cd>  <rj><au>Totten.</au></rj></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Locket</ent><br/
<hw>Lock"et</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>loquet</ets> latch, dim. of OF. <ets>loc</ets> latch, lock; of German origin. See <er>Lock</er> a fastening.]</ety><br/
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>A small lock; a catch or spring to fasten a necklace or other ornament.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A little case for holding a miniature picture or lock of hair, usually suspended from a necklace or watch chain.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lock-gate</ent><br/
<hw>lock-gate</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a gate that can be locked.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lock hospital</ent><br/
<hw>Lock" hos"pi*tal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A hospital for the treatment of venereal diseases.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lockjaw</ent><br/
<hw>Lock"jaw`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A contraction of the muscles of the jaw by which its motion is suspended; a variety of tetanus; trismus.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lockless</ent><br/
<hw>Lock"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Destitute of a lock.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lockman</ent><br/
<hw>Lock"man</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A public executioner.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>lockmaster</ent><br/
<hw>lockmaster</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a worker in charge of a lock (on a canal).</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lockman, lockkeeper.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>lock nut</ent><br/
<ent>locknut</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>locknut</hw>, <hw>lock nut</hw></mhw> <pos>n.</pos>  <def>a supplementary nut that is screwed down on a primary nut to prevent it from loosening; a check nut.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lockout</ent><br/
<hw>Lock"out`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The closing of a factory or workshop by an employer, usually in order to bring the workmen to satisfactory terms by a suspension of wages.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lockram</ent><br/
<hw>Lock"ram</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>locrenan</ets>, <ets>locronan</ets>; from <ets>Locronan</ets>, in Brittany, where it is said to have been made.]</ety> <def>A kind of linen cloth anciently used in England, originally imported from Brittany.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Locksmith</ent><br/
<hw>Lock"smith`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A person whose occupation is to make, mend, or install locks, or to make keys for locks.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lock step</ent><br/
<hw>Lock" step`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A mode of marching by a body of men going one after another as closely as possible, in which the leg of each moves at the same time with the corresponding leg of the person before him.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <mark>(fig.)</mark> <def>The slavish copying of one person's actions by another; <as>as, party members who vote in <ex>lockstep</ex> with the leadership</as>.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lock stitch</ent><br/
<hw>Lock" stitch`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A peculiar sort of stitch formed by the locking of two threads together, as in the work done by some sewing machines. See <er>Stitch</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lockup</ent><br/
<hw>Lock"up`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <sn>1.</sn> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A place where persons under arrest are temporarily locked up; a watchhouse; a jail.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The act or state of temporary imprisonment in a lockup{1}.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A malfunction in a machine having moving parts, such that the moving part cannot move; a seizure.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lock washer</ent><br/
<hw>Lock" wash`er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A washer that is not completely smooth or flat, designed to prevent a nut from loosening, placed under the nut on a screw or bolt.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lock-weir</ent><br/
<hw>Lock"-weir`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A waste weir for a canal, discharging into a lock chamber.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Locky</ent><br/
<hw>Lock"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having locks or tufts.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sherwood.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Loco</ent><br/
||<hw>Lo"co</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[It.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A direction in written or printed music to return to the proper pitch after having played an octave higher.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Loco</ent><br/
<hw>Lo"co</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp. <ets>loco</ets> insane.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant (<spn>Astragalus Hornii</spn>) growing in the Southwestern United States, which is said to poison horses and cattle, first making them insane. The name is also given vaguely to several other species of the same genus. Called also <altname>loco weed</altname>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Any one of various leguminous plants or weeds besides <gen>Astragalus</gen>, whose herbage is poisonous to cattle, as <spn>Spiesia Lambertii</spn>, syn. <spn>Oxytropis Lambertii</spn>.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Loco</ent><br/
<hw>Lo"co</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos>  <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Locoed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Locoing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To poison with loco; to affect with the loco disease; hence (<mark>Colloq.</mark>), to render insane or mad.</def> <ldquo/The <xex>locoed</xex> novelist.<rdquo/  <rj><au>W. D. Howells.</au></rj><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Loco</ent><br/
<hw>Lo"co</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A locomotive.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>  <rj><au>Kipling.</au></rj><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>loco</ent><br/
<hw>lo"co</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Sp. <ets>loco</ets> insane.]</ety> <def>Insane; crazy.</def> <mark>[Originally Southwestern U. S., now slang]</mark><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Loco disease</ent><br/
<hw>Loco disease</hw>. <fld>(Veter.)</fld> <def>A chronic nervous affection of cattle, horses, and sheep, caused by eating the loco weed and characterized by a slow, measured gait, high step, glassy eyes with defective vision, delirium, and gradual emaciation.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Locofoco</ent><br/
<hw>Lo`co*fo"co</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Of uncertain etymol.; perh. for L. <ets>loco foci</ets> instead of fire; or, according to Bartlett, it was called so from a self-lighting cigar, with a match composition at the end, invented in 1834 by <person>John Marck</person> of New York, and called by him <ets>locofoco cigar</ets>, in imitation of the word <ets>locomotive</ets>, which by the uneducated was supposed to mean, self-moving.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A friction match.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A nickname formerly given to a member of the Democratic party.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note><hand/ The name was first applied, in 1834, to a portion of the Democratic party, because, at a meeting in Tammany Hall, New York, in which there was great diversity of sentiment, the chairman left his seat, and the lights were extinguished, for the purpose of dissolving the meeting; when those who were opposed to an adjournment produced <xex>locofoco</xex> matches, rekindled the lights, continued the meeting, and accomplished their object.</note><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>locoism</ent><br/
<hw>locoism</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a disease of livestock caused by locoweed poisoning; characterized by weakness and lack of coordination and trembling and partial paralysis.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> loco disease.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>locomote</ent><br/
<hw>locomote</hw> <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[by back-formation from <ets>locomotion</ets>.]</ety>  <def>To change location; move, travel, or proceed.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> travel, go, move.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Locomotion</ent><br/
<hw>Lo`co*mo"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>locus</ets> place +  <ets>motio</ets> motion: cf. F. <ets>locomotion</ets>. See <er>Local</er>, and <er>Motion</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of moving from place to place.</def> <ldquo/ Animal <xex>locomotion</xex>.<rdquo/ <au>Milton.</au><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The power of moving from place to place, characteristic of the higher animals and some of the lower forms of plant life.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The name of a song and a dance, briefly popular in the 1960's; <as>as, do the <ex>locomotion</ex></as>.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Locomotive</ent><br/
<hw>Lo"co*mo`tive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>locomotif</ets>. See <er>Locomotion</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Moving from place to place; changing place, or able to change place; <as>as, a <ex>locomotive</ex> animal</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Used in producing motion; <as>as, the <ex>locomotive</ex> organs of an animal</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Locomotive</ent><br/
<hw>Lo"co*mo`tive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A locomotive engine; a self-propelling wheel carriage, especially one which bears a steam boiler and one or more steam engines which communicate motion to the wheels and thus propel the carriage, -- used to convey goods or passengers, or to draw wagons, railroad cars, etc. See <xex>Illustration</xex> in Appendix.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Consolidation locomotive</b></col>, <cd>a locomotive having four pairs of connected drivers.</cd> -- <col><b>Locomotive car</b></col>, <cd>a locomotive and a car combined in one vehicle; a dummy engine.</cd> <mark>[U.S.]</mark> -- <col><b>Locomotive engine</b></col>. <cd>Same as <er>Locomotive</er>, above.</cd> -- <col><b>Mogul locomotive</b></col>. <cd>See <er>Mogul</er>.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Locomotivity</ent><br/
<ent>Locomotiveness</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lo"co*mo`tive*ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Lo`co*mo*tiv"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>locomotivit<eacute/</ets>.]</ety> <def>The power of changing place.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Locomotor</ent><br/
<hw>Lo`co*mo"tor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Locomotion</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to movement or locomotion.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Locomotor ataxia</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Progressive locomotor ataxy</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>a disease of the spinal cord characterized by peculiar disturbances of gait, and difficulty in coordinating voluntary movements.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Loculament</ent><br/
<hw>Loc"u*la*ment</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>loculamentum</ets> case, box, fr. <ets>loculus</ets> a compartment, dim. of <ets>locus</ets> place.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The cell of a pericarp in which the seed is lodged.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Locular</ent><br/
<hw>Loc"u*lar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>locularis</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Of or relating to the cell or compartment of an ovary, etc.; in composition, having cells; as tri<xex>locular</xex>.</def>  <rj><au>Gray.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Loculate</ent><br/
<hw>Loc"u*late</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>loculatus</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Divided into compartments.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Locule</ent><br/
<hw>Loc"ule</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>locule</ets>. See <er>Loculus</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A little hollow; a loculus.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Loculicidal</ent><br/
<hw>Loc"u*li*ci`dal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>loculus</ets> cell + <ets>caedere</ets> to cut: cf. F. <ets>loculicide</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Dehiscent through the middle of the back of each cell; -- said of capsules.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Loculous</ent><br/
<ent>Loculose</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Loc"u*lose`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Loc"u*lous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>loculosus</ets>. See <er>Loculament</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Divided by internal partitions into cells, as the pith of the pokeweed.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Loculus</ent><br/
<hw>Loc"u*lus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Loculi</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., little place, a compartment.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>One of the spaces between the septa in the Anthozoa.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>One of the compartments of a several-celled ovary; loculament.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Locum tenens</ent><br/
||<hw>Lo"cum te"nens</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., holding the place; <ets>locus</ets> place + <ets>tenens</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>tenere</ets> to hold.  Cf. <er>Lieutenant</er>.]</ety> <def>A substitute or deputy; one filling an office for a time.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Locus</ent><br/
<hw>Lo"cus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Loci</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>, & <plw>Loca</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., place.  Cf. <er>Allow</er>, <er>Couch</er>, <er>Lieu</er>, <er>Local</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A place; a locality.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>The line traced by a point which varies its position according to some determinate law; the surface described by a point or line that moves according to a given law.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Plane locus</b></col>, <cd>a locus that is a straight line, or a circle.</cd> -- <col><b>Solid locus</b></col>, <cd>a locus that is one of the conic sections.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Locust</ent><br/
<hw>Lo"cust</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>locusta</ets> locust, grasshopper.  Cf. <er>Lobster</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Any one of numerous species of long-winged, migratory, orthopterous insects, of the family <fam>Acridid<ae/</fam>, allied to the grasshoppers; esp., (<spn>Edipoda migratoria</spn>, syn. <spn>Pachytylus migratoria</spn>, and <spn>Acridium perigrinum</spn>, of Southern Europe, Asia, and Africa. In the United States the related species with similar habits are usually called <altname>grasshoppers</altname>. See <er>Grasshopper</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note><hand/ These insects are at times so numerous in Africa and the south of Asia as to devour every green thing; and when they migrate, they fly in an immense cloud. In the United States the harvest flies are improperly called <xex>locusts</xex>. See <er>Cicada</er>.</note><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Locust beetle</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>a longicorn beetle (<spn>Cyllene robini<ae/</spn>), which, in the larval state, bores holes in the wood of the locust tree.  Its color is brownish black, barred with yellow. Called also <altname>locust borer</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>Locust bird</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <cd>the rose-colored starling or pastor of India. See <er>Pastor</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Locust hunter</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>an African bird; the beefeater.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <ety>[Etymol. uncertain.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The locust tree. See <er>Locust Tree</er> (definition, note, and phrases).</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Locust bean</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a commercial name for the sweet pod of the carob tree.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Locusta</ent><br/
<hw>Lo*cus"ta</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL.: cf. <ets>locuste</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The spikelet or flower cluster of grasses.</def>  <rj><au>Gray.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Locustella</ent><br/
<hw>Lo`cus*tel"la</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>locusta</ets> a locust.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The European cricket warbler.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Locustic</ent><br/
<hw>Lo*cus"tic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or derived from, the locust; -- formerly used to designate a supposed acid.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Locusting</ent><br/
<hw>Lo"cust*ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>p. a.</pos> <def>Swarming and devastating like locusts.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Tennyson.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Locust tree</ent><br/
<hw>Lo"cust tree`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Etymol. uncertain.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A large North American tree of the genus <gen>Robinia</gen> (<spn>Robinia Pseudacacia</spn>), producing large slender racemes of white, fragrant, papilionaceous flowers, and often cultivated as an ornamental tree. In England it is called <altname>acacia</altname>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note><hand/ The name is also applied to other trees of different genera, especially to those of the genus <gen>Hymen<ae/a</gen>, of which <spn>Hymen<ae/a Courbaril</spn> is a lofty, spreading tree of South America; also to the carob tree (<spn>Ceratonia siliqua</spn>), a tree growing in the Mediterranean region.</note><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Honey locust tree</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a tree of the genus <gen>Gleditschia</gen> ) <spn>Gleditschia triacanthus</spn>), having pinnate leaves and strong branching thorns; -- so called from a sweet pulp found between the seeds in the pods. Called also simply <altname>honey locust</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>Water locust tree</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a small swamp tree (<spn>Gleditschia monosperma</spn>), of the Southern United States.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><-- p. 865 --></p>

<p><ent>Locution</ent><br/
<hw>Lo*cu"tion</hw> <pr>(l<osl/*k<umac/"sh<ucr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>locutio</ets>, fr. <ets>loqui</ets> to speak: cf. F. <ets>locution</ets>. ]</ety> <def>Speech or discourse; a phrase; a form or mode of expression.</def> <ldquo/ Stumbling <xex>locutions</xex>.<rdquo/  <rj><au>G. Eliot.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>I hate these figures in <qex>locution</qex>,<br/
These about phrases forced by ceremony.</q> <rj><qau>Marston.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Locutory</ent><br/
<hw>Loc"u*to*ry</hw> <pr>(l<ocr/k"<usl/*t<osl/*r<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A room for conversation; especially, a room in monasteries, where the monks were allowed to converse.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lodde</ent><br/
<hw>Lod"de</hw> <pr>(l<ocr/d'd<esl/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The capelin.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lode</ent><br/
<hw>Lode</hw> <pr>(l<omac/d)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>l<amac/d</ets> way, journey, fr. <ets>l<imac/<edh/an</ets> to go. See <er>Lead</er> to guide, and cf. <er>Load</er> a burden.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A water course or way; a reach of water.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Down that long, dark <qex>lode</qex> . . .  he and his brother skated home in triumph.</q> <rj><qau>C. Kingsley.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn>  <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>A body of ore visibly separated from adjacent rock.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <specif>Especially:</specif> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>Any regular vein or course of valuable mineral, whether metallic or not.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>4.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <def>A concentrated supply or source of something valuable.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>mother lode</b></col> <cd>a large concentrated source of mineral or other valuable thing, from which lesser sources have been derived; -- often used figuratively.  The term may have been originally applied to real or imagined large deposits of gold from which smaller granules were washed downstream, there constituting a diluted source of gold, and hinting at the richer source from which they were derived; <as>as, to hit the <ex>mother lode</ex></as>.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lodemanage</ent><br/
<hw>Lode"man*age</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>lodemenage</ets>. <ets>Chaucer</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pilotage.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lode-ship</ent><br/
<hw>Lode"-ship`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An old name for a pilot boat.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lodesman</ent><br/
<hw>Lodes"man</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Loadsman</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lodestar</ent><br/
<hw>Lode"star`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Loadstar</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lodestone</ent><br/
<hw>Lode"stone`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Loadstone</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lodge</ent><br/
<hw>Lodge</hw> <pr>(l<ocr/j)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>loge</ets>, <ets>logge</ets>, F. <ets>loge</ets>, LL. <ets>laubia</ets> porch, gallery, fr. OHG. <ets>louba</ets>, G. <ets>laube</ets>, arbor, bower, fr. <ets>lab</ets> foliage. See <er>Leaf</er>, and cf. <er>Lobby</er>, <er>Loggia</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A shelter in which one may rest;</def> <specif>as:</specif> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A shed; a rude cabin; a hut; <as>as, an Indian's <ex>lodge</ex></as>.</def> <au>Chaucer.</au><br/
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<p><q>Their <qex>lodges</qex> and their tentis up they gan bigge [to build].</q> <rj><qau>Robert of Brunne.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>O for a <qex>lodge</qex> in some vast wilderness!</q> <rj><qau>Cowper.</qau></rj></p>

<p><sd>(b)</sd> <def>A small dwelling house, as for a gamekeeper or gatekeeper of an estate.</def> <au>Shak.</au> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A den or cave.</def> <sd>(d)</sd> <def>The meeting room of an association; hence, the regularly constituted body of members which meets there; <as>as, a masonic <ex>lodge</ex></as>.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The chamber of an abbot, prior, or head of a college.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>The space at the mouth of a level next the shaft, widened to permit wagons to pass, or ore to be deposited for hoisting; -- called also <altname>platt</altname>.</def>  <rj><au>Raymond.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A collection of objects lodged together.</def><br/
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<p><q>The Maldives, a famous <qex>lodge</qex> of islands.</q> <rj><qau>De Foe.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A family of North American Indians, or the persons who usually occupy an Indian lodge, -- as a unit of enumeration, reckoned from four to six persons; <as>as, the tribe consists of about two hundred <ex>lodges</ex>, that is, of about a thousand individuals</as>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lodge gate</b></col>, <cd>a park gate, or entrance gate, near the lodge. See <er>Lodge</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 1 <sd>(b)</sd>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lodge</ent><br/
<hw>Lodge</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lodged</conjf> <pr>(l<ocr/jd)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lodging</conjf> <pr>(l<ocr/j"<icr/ng)</pr>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To rest or remain a lodge house, or other shelter; to rest; to stay; to abide; esp., to sleep at night; <as>as, to <ex>lodge</ex> in York Street</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>Stay and <qex>lodge</qex> by me this night.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Something holy <qex>lodges</qex> in that breast.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To fall or lie down, as grass or grain, when overgrown or beaten down by the wind.</def>  <rj><au>Mortimer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To come to a rest; to stop and remain; to become stuck or caught; <as>as, the bullet <ex>lodged</ex> in the bark of a tree; a piece of meat <ex>lodged</ex> in his throat</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lodge</ent><br/
<hw>Lodge</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>loggen</ets>, OF. <ets>logier</ets>, F. <ets>loger</ets>. See <er>Lodge</er>, <pos>n.</pos> ]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To give shelter or rest to; especially, to furnish a sleeping place for; to harbor; to shelter; hence, to receive; to hold.</def><br/
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<p><q>Every house was proud to <qex>lodge</qex> a knight.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>The memory can <qex>lodge</qex> a greater store of images than all the senses can present at one time.</q> <rj><qau>Cheyne.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To drive to shelter; to track to covert.</def><br/
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<p><q>The deer is <qex>lodged</qex>; I have tracked her to her covert.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To deposit for keeping or preservation; <as>as, the men <ex>lodged</ex> their arms in the arsenal</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To cause to stop or rest in; to implant.</def><br/
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<p><q>He <qex>lodged</qex> an arrow in a tender breast.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To lay down; to prostrate.</def><br/
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<p><q>Though bladed corn be <qex>lodged</qex>, and trees blown down.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>To present or bring (information, a complaint) before a court or other authority; <as>as, to <ex>lodge</ex> a complaint</as>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>To lodge an information</b></col>, <cd>to enter a formal complaint.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lodgeable</ent><br/
<hw>Lodge"a*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>logeable</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>That may be or can be lodged; <as>as, so many persons are not <ex>lodgeable</ex> in this village</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Capable of affording lodging; fit for lodging in.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> <ldquo/ The <xex>lodgeable</xex> area of the earth.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Jeffrey.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lodged</ent><br/
<hw>Lodged</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Lying down; -- used of beasts of the chase, as <contr>couchant</contr> is of beasts of prey.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lodgement</ent><br/
<hw>Lodge"ment</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Lodgment</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lodgepole</ent><br/
<hw>lodgepole</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>The lodgepole pine..</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> shore pine, , spruce pine, Pinus contorta.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>lodgepole pine</ent><br/
<hw>lodgepole pine</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A tall, narrow 2-needled pine (<spn>Pinus contorta</spn>) of the coastal Northwestern U. S., having a red to yellow-brown bark fissured into small squares and bearing egg-shaped cones.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> shore pine, lodgepole pine, spruce pine, <spn>Pinus contorta</spn>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lodger</ent><br/
<hw>Lodg"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or that which, lodges; one who occupies a hired room in another's house.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lodging</ent><br/
<hw>Lodg"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of one who, or that which, lodges.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A place of rest, or of temporary habitation; esp., a sleeping apartment; -- often in the plural with a singular meaning.</def>  <rj><au>Gower.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>Wits take <qex>lodgings</qex> in the sound of Bow.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Abiding place; harbor; cover.</def><br/
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<p><q>Fair bosom . . . the <qex>lodging</qex> of delight.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lodging house</b></col>, <cd>a house where lodgings are provided and let.</cd> -- <col><b>Lodging room</b></col>, <cd>a room in which a person lodges, esp. a hired room.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>lodgings</ent><br/
<hw>lodgings</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[pl. of <er>lodging</er>{2}.]</ety> <def>temporary living quarters.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> diggings, digs, domiciliation, pad.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lodgment</ent><br/
<hw>Lodg"ment</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <altsp>[Written also <asp>lodgement</asp>.]</altsp> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>logement</ets>. See <er>Lodge</er>, <pos>v.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of lodging, or the state of being lodged.</def><br/
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<p><q>Any particle which is of size enough to make a <qex>lodgment</qex> afterwards in the small arteries.</q> <rj><qau>Paley.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A lodging place; a room.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>An accumulation or collection of something deposited in a place or remaining at rest.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>The occupation and holding of a position, as by a besieging party; an instrument thrown up in a captured position; <as>as, to effect a <ex>lodgment</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lodicule</ent><br/
<hw>Lod"i*cule</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lodicula</ets>. dim, of <ets>lodix</ets>, <ets>lodicis</ets>, a coverlet: cf. F. <ets>lodicule</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>One of the two or three delicate membranous scales which are next to the stamens in grasses.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loellingite</ent><br/
<hw>Loel"ling*ite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[So called from <etsep>L<oum/lling</etsep>, in Austria.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A tin-white arsenide of iron, isomorphous with arsenopyrite.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loess</ent><br/
<hw>Loess</hw> <pr>(l<etil/e)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[G. <ets>l<oum/ss</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>A quaternary deposit, usually consisting of a fine yellowish earth, on the banks of the Rhine and other large rivers.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loeven's larva</ent><br/
<hw>Loev"en's lar"va</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Named after the Swedish Zoologist, <person>S. F. <etsep>L<oum/ven</etsep></person>, who discovered it.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The peculiar larva of Polygordius. See <er>Polygordius</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loffe</ent><br/
<hw>Loffe</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To laugh.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Loft</ent><br/
<hw>Loft</hw> <pr>(l<ocr/ft)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Icel. <ets>lopt</ets> air, heaven, loft, upper room; akin to AS. <ets>lyft</ets> air, G. <ets>luft</ets>, Dan. <ets>loft</ets> loft, Goth. <ets>luftus</ets> air.  Cf. <er>Lift</er>, <pos>v.</pos> & <pos>n.</pos> ]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>That which is lifted up; an elevation.</def> <specif>Hence, especially:</specif> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The room or space under a roof and above the ceiling of the uppermost story.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc.; <as>as, an organ <ex>loft</ex></as>.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A floor or room placed above another; a story.</def> <specif>especially</specif>, <def>an upper story located in a building with a business below, often having no partitions, and in cities sometimes converted into living quarters, or used as studios for artists.</def><br/
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<p><q>Eutychus . . . fell down from the third <qex>loft</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Acts xx. 9.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Golf)</fld> <def>Pitch or slope of the face of a club (tending to drive the ball upward).</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>On loft</b></col>, <cd>aloft; on high.  Cf. <er>Onloft</er>.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Loft</ent><br/
<hw>Loft</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Lofty; proud.</def> <mark>[R. & Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Surrey.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Loft</ent><br/
<hw>Loft</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To make or furnish with a loft; to cause to have loft; <as>as, a <ex>lofted</ex> house; a <ex>lofted</ex> golf-club head</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>A wooden club with a <qex>lofted</qex> face.</q>  <rj><qau>Encyc. of Sport.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Loft</ent><br/
<hw>Loft</hw>, <pos>v. t. & i.</pos>  <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lofted</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lofting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To raise aloft; to send into the air;</def> <specif>esp.</specif> <fld>(Golf)</fld>, <def>to strike (the ball) so that it will go over an obstacle.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lofter</ent><br/
<hw>Loft"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Golf)</fld> <def>An iron club with a sloped face, used in lofting the ball; -- called also <altname>lofting iron</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loftily</ent><br/
<hw>Loft"i*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Lofty</er>.]</ety> <def>In a lofty manner or position; haughtily.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loftiness</ent><br/
<hw>Loft"i*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or quality of being lofty.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lofting iron</ent><br/
<hw>Loft"ing iron</hw>. <fld>(Golf)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Lofter</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lofty</ent><br/
<hw>Loft"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Loftier</adjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Loftiest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[From <er>Loft</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Lifted high up; having great height; towering; high.</def><br/
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<p><q>See <qex>lofty</qex> Lebanon his head advance.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Fig.: Elevated in character, rank, dignity, spirit, bearing, language, etc.; exalted; noble; stately; characterized by pride; haughty.</def><br/
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<p><q>The high and <qex>lofty</qex> One, that inhabiteth eternity.</q> <rj><qau>Is. lvii. 15.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q><qex>Lofty</qex> and sour to them that loved him not</q>. <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Himself to sing, and build the <qex>lofty</qex> rhyme.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Tall; high; exalted; dignified; stately; majestic; sublime; proud; haughty. See <er>Tall</er>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Log</ent><br/
<hw>Log</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Heb. <ets>l<omac/g</ets>.]</ety> <def>A Hebrew measure of liquids, containing 2.37 gills.</def>  <rj><au>W. H. Ward.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Log</ent><br/
<hw>Log</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Icel. <ets>l<amac/g</ets> a felled tree, log; akin to E. <ets>lie</ets>. See <er>Lie</er> to lie prostrate.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A bulky piece of wood which has not been shaped by hewing or sawing.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <ety>[Prob. the same word as in sense 1; cf. LG. <ets>log</ets>, <ets>lock</ets>, Dan. <ets>log</ets>, Sw. <ets>logg</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>An apparatus for measuring the rate of a ship's motion through the water.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ The <xex>common log</xex> consists of the <xex>log-chip</xex>, or <xex>logship</xex>, often exclusively called the <xex>log</xex>, and the <xex>log line</xex>, the former being commonly a thin wooden quadrant of five or six inches radius, loaded with lead on the arc to make it float with the point up. It is attached to the log line by cords from each corner. This line is divided into equal spaces, called <xex>knots</xex>, each bearing the same proportion to a mile that half a minute does to an hour. The line is wound on a reel which is so held as to let it run off freely. When the log is thrown, the log-chip is kept by the water from being drawn forward, and the speed of the ship is shown by the number of knots run out in half a minute. There are improved logs, consisting of a piece of mechanism which, being towed astern, shows the distance actually gone through by the ship, by means of the revolutions of a fly, which are registered on a dial plate.</note><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <def>The record of the rate of speed of a ship or airplane, and of the course of its progress for the duration of a voyage; also, the full nautical record of a ship's cruise or voyage; a log slate; a log book.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <specif>Hence, generally:</specif> <def>A record and tabulated statement of the person(s) operating, operations performed, resources consumed, and the work done by any machine, device, or system.</def><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.</def><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(computers)</fld> <def>A record of activities performed within a program, or changes in a database or file on a computer, and typically kept as a file in the computer.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Log board</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a board consisting of two parts shutting together like a book, with columns in which are entered the direction of the wind, course of the ship, etc., during each hour of the day and night. These entries are transferred to the log book. A folding slate is now used instead.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Log book</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Logbook</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>a book in which is entered the daily progress of a ship at sea, as indicated by the log, with notes on the weather and incidents of the voyage; the contents of the log board.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>a book in which a log{4} is recorded.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Log cabin</b></col>, <col><b>Log house</b></col></mcol>, <cd>a cabin or house made of logs.</cd> -- <col><b>Log canoe</b></col>, <cd>a canoe made by shaping and hollowing out a single log; a dugout canoe.</cd> -- <col><b>Log glass</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a small sandglass used to time the running out of the log line.</cd> -- <col><b>Log line</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a line or cord about a hundred and fifty fathoms long, fastened to the log-chip. See Note under 2d <er>Log</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 2.</cd> -- <col><b>Log perch</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>an ethiostomoid fish, or darter (<spn>Percina caprodes</spn>); -- called also <altname>hogfish</altname> and <altname>rockfish</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>Log reel</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>the reel on which the log line is wound.</cd> -- <col><b>Log slate</b></col>. <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <cd>See <cref>Log board</cref> (above).</cd> -- <col><b>Rough log</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a first draught of a record of the cruise or voyage.</cd> -- <col><b>Smooth log</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a clean copy of the rough log. In the case of naval vessels this copy is forwarded to the proper officer of the government.</cd> -- <col><b>To heave the log</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>to cast the log-chip into the water; also, the whole process of ascertaining a vessel's speed by the log.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Log</ent><br/
<hw>Log</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Logged</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Logging</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <def>To enter in a ship's log book; <as>as, to <ex>log</ex> the miles run</as>.</def>  <rj><au>J. F. Cooper.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To record any event in a logbook, especially an event relating to the operation of a machine or device.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Log</ent><br/
<hw>Log</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To engage in the business of cutting or transporting logs for timber; to get out logs.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To move to and fro; to rock.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Logan</ent><br/
<hw>Log"an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A rocking or balanced stone.</def>  <rj><au>Gwill.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Logania</ent><br/
<hw>Logania</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>The type genus of the <fam>Loganiaceae</fam>; Australian and New Zealand shrubs sometimes cultivated for their flowers.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Logania</gen>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Logaoedic</ent><br/
<hw>Log`a*<oe/d"ic</hw> <pr>(l<ocr/g`<adot/*<ecr/d"<icr/k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>logaoidiko`s</grk>; <grk>lo`gos</grk> discourse, prose + <grk>'aoidh`</grk> song.]</ety> <fld>(Gr. Pros.)</fld> <def>Composed of dactyls and trochees so arranged as to produce a movement like that of ordinary speech.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Logarithm</ent><br/
<hw>Log"a*rithm</hw> <pr>(l<ocr/g"<adot/*r<icr/<th/'m)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>lo`gos</grk> word, account, proportion + <grk>'ariqmo`s</grk> number: cf. F. <ets>logarithme</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>One of a class of auxiliary numbers, devised by <person>John Napier</person>, of Merchiston, Scotland (1550-1617), to abridge arithmetical calculations, by the use of addition and subtraction in place of multiplication and division.</def> <note>The relation of <ex>logarithms</ex> to common numbers is that of numbers in an arithmetical series to corresponding numbers in a geometrical series, so that sums and differences of the former indicate respectively products and quotients of the latter; thus,<br/
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<row>0    1    2     3      4       Indices or logarithms</row><br/
<row>1   10   100  1000  10,000     Numbers in geometrical progression</row><br/
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Hence, the logarithm of any given number is the exponent of a power to which another given invariable number, called the <xex>base</xex>, must be raised in order to produce that given number. Thus, let 10 be the base, then 2 is the logarithm of 100, because <mathex>10<exp>2</exp> = 100</mathex>, and 3 is the logarithm of 1,000, because <mathex>10<exp>3</exp> = 1,000</mathex>.</note><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Arithmetical complement of a logarithm</b></col>, <cd>the difference between a logarithm and the number ten.</cd> -- <col><b>Binary logarithms</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Binary</er>.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Common logarithms</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Brigg's logarithms</b></col></mcol>, <cd>logarithms of which the base is 10; -- so called from <person>Henry <etsep>Briggs</etsep></person>, who invented them.</cd> -- <col><b>Gauss's logarithms</b></col>, <cd>tables of logarithms constructed for facilitating the operation of finding the logarithm of the sum of difference of two quantities from the logarithms of the quantities, one entry of those tables and two additions or subtractions answering the purpose of three entries of the common tables and one addition or subtraction.  They were suggested by the celebrated German mathematician <person>Karl Friedrich <etsep>Gauss</etsep></person> (died in 1855), and are of great service in many astronomical computations.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Hyperbolic logarithm</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>Napierian logarithm</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>Natural logarithm</b></col></mcol>, <cd>a logarithm (devised by John Speidell, 1619) of which the base is <it>e</it> (2.718281828459045...); -- so called from <persfn><etsep>Napier</etsep></persfn>, the inventor of logarithms.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Logistic logarithms</b></col> <it>or</it>  <col><b>Proportional logarithms</b></col></mcol>, <cd>See under <er>Logistic</er>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Logarithmetical</ent><br/
<ent>Logarithmetic</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Log`a*rith*met"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Log"a*rith*met"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <def>See <er>Logarithmic</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Logarithmetically</ent><br/
<hw>Log`a*rith*met"ic*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Logarithmically.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Logarithmical</ent><br/
<ent>Logarithmic</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Log`a*rith"mic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Log`a*rith"mic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>logarithmique</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to logarithms; consisting of logarithms.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Using logarithms; <as>as, <ex>logarithmic</ex> graph paper; a <ex>logarithmic</ex> scale</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Having a logarithm in one or more of the unknowns; -- of an equation.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Logarithmic curve</b></col> <fld>(Math.)</fld>, <cd>a curve which, referred to a system of rectangular coordinate axes, is such that the ordinate of any point will be the logarithm of its abscissa.</cd> -- <col><b>Logarithmic spiral</b></col>, <cd>a spiral curve such that radii drawn from its pole or eye at equal angles with each other are in continual proportion. See <er>Spiral</er>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Logarithmically</ent><br/
<hw>Log`a*rith"mic*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>By the use of logarithms.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Log-chip</ent><br/
<hw>Log"-chip`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A thin, flat piece of board in the form of a quadrant of a circle attached to the log line; -- called also <altname>log-ship</altname>. See 2d <er>Log</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 2.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Logcock</ent><br/
<hw>Log"cock`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The pileated woodpecker.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loge</ent><br/
<hw>Loge</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. See <er>Lodge</er>.]</ety> <def>A lodge; a habitation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Loggan</ent><br/
<hw>Log"gan</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Logan</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loggat</ent><br/
<hw>Log"gat</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Also written <ets>logget</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A small log or piece of wood.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>B. Jonson.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>An old game in England, played by throwing pieces of wood at a stake set in the ground.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Logge</ent><br/
<hw>Logge</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. & v.</pos> <def>See <er>Lodge</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Logged</ent><br/
<hw>Logged</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Made slow and heavy in movement; water-logged.</def>  <rj><au>Beaconsfield.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Entered in a logbook.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Logger</ent><br/
<hw>Log"ger</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One engaged in logging. See <er>Log</er>, <pos>v. i.</pos></def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark>  <rj><au>Lowell.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Loggerhead</ent><br/
<hw>Log"ger*head`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Log</ets> + <ets>head</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A blockhead; a dunce; a numskull.</def>  <rj><au>Shak. Milton.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A spherical mass of iron, with a long handle, used to heat tar.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>An upright piece of round timber, in a whaleboat, over which a turn of the line is taken when it is running out too fast.</def>  <rj><au>Ham. Nav. Encyc.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A very large marine turtle (<spn>Thalassochelys caretta</spn> syn. <spn>Thalassochelys caouana</spn>), common in the warmer parts of the Atlantic Ocean, from Brazil to Cape Cod; -- called also <altname>logger-headed turtle</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>An American shrike (<spn>Lanius Ludovicianus</spn>), similar to the butcher bird, but smaller. See <er>Shrike</er>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>To be at loggerheads</b></col>, <col><b>To fall to loggerheads</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>To go to loggerheads</b></col></mcol>, <cd>to quarrel; to be at strife.</cd>  <au>L' Estrange.</au></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Loggerheaded</ent><br/
<hw>Log"ger*head`ed</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Dull; stupid.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>A rabble of <qex>loggerheaded</qex> physicians.</q> <rj><qau>Urquhart.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Loggerheads</ent><br/
<hw>Log"ger*heads`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The knapweed.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loggia</ent><br/
||<hw>Log"gia</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[It. See <er>Lodge</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A roofed open gallery. It differs from a <contr>veranda</contr> in being more architectural, and in forming more decidedly a part of the main edifice to which it is attached; from a <contr>porch</contr>, in being intended not for entrance but for an out-of-door sitting-room.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Logging</ent><br/
<hw>Log"ging</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The business of felling trees, cutting them into logs, and transporting the logs to sawmills or to market.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Logic</ent><br/
<hw>Log"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>logike</ets>, F. <ets>logique</ets>, L. <ets>logica</ets>, <ets>logice</ets>, Gr. <grk>logikh`</grk> (sc. <grk>te`chnh</grk>), fr. <grk>logiko`s</grk> belonging to speaking or reason, fr. <grk>lo`gos</grk> speech, reason, <grk>le`gein</grk> to say, speak.  See <er>Legend</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The science or art of exact reasoning, or of pure and formal thought, or of the laws according to which the processes of pure thinking should be conducted; the science of the formation and application of general notions; the science of generalization, judgment, classification, reasoning, and systematic arrangement; the science of correct reasoning.</def><br/
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<p><q><qex>Logic</qex> is the science of the laws of thought, as thought; that is, of the necessary conditions to which thought, considered in itself, is subject.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Hamilton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><note><hand/ <xex>Logic</xex> is distinguished as <xex>pure</xex> and <xex>applied</xex>. <ldquo/<xex>Pure logic</xex> is a science of the form, or of the formal laws, of thinking, and not of the matter. <xex>Applied logic</xex> teaches the application of the forms of thinking to those objects about which men do think.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Abp. Thomson.</au></rj></note><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A treatise on logic; <as>as, Mill's <ex>Logic</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>correct reasoning; <as>as, I can't see any <ex>logic</ex> in his argument</as>; also, sound judgment; <as>as, the <ex>logic</ex> of surrender was uncontestable</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>The path of reasoning used in any specific argument; <as>as, his <ex>logic</ex> was irrefutable</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Electronics, Computers)</fld> <def>A function of an electrical circuit (called a gate) that mimics certain elementary binary logical operations on electrical signals, such as AND, OR, or NOT; <as>as, a <ex>logic</ex> circuit; the arithmetic and <ex>logic</ex> unit</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Logical</ent><br/
<hw>Log"ic*al</hw> <pr>(l<ocr/j"<icr/*k<ait/l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>logique</ets>, L. <ets>logicus</ets>, Gr. <grk>logiko`s</grk>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to logic; used in logic; <as>as, <ex>logical</ex> subtilties</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>According to the rules of logic; <as>as, a <ex>logical</ex> argument or inference; the reasoning is <ex>logical</ex>; a <ex>logical</ex> argument; a <ex>logical</ex> impossibility.</as></def>  <rj><au>Prior.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Skilled in logic; versed in the art of thinking and reasoning; <as>as, he is a <ex>logical</ex> thinker</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Addison.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Logicality</ent><br/
<hw>Log`i*cal"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Logicalness.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Logically</ent><br/
<hw>Log"ic*al*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a logical manner; <as>as, to argue <ex>logically</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Logicalness</ent><br/
<hw>Log"ic*al*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality of being logical.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Logician</ent><br/
<hw>Lo*gi"cian</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>logicien</ets>.]</ety> <def>A person skilled in logic.</def>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>Each fierce <qex>logician</qex> still expelling Locke.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Logics</ent><br/
<hw>Log"ics</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Logic</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>log on</ent><br/
<ent>log in</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>log in</hw>, <hw>log on</hw></mhw>, <pos>v. i.</pos>  <fld>(Computers)</fld>  <def>To establish communication with a host computer from a terminal or remote computer.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Logistical</ent><br/
<ent>Logistic</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lo*gis"tic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Lo*gis"tic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/ skilled in calculating, <?/ to calculate, fr. <grk>lo`gos</grk> word, number, reckoning: cf. F. <ets>logistique</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Logical.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Berkeley.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>Sexagesimal, or made on the scale of 60; <as>as, <ex>logistic</ex>, <ex>or sexagesimal</ex>, arithmetic</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to logistics; <as>as, <ex>logistic</ex> requirements; <ex>logistical</ex> problems; a <ex>logistical</ex> nightmare</as>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Logistic logarithms</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Proportional logarithms</b></col></mcol>, <cd>certain logarithmic numbers used to shorten the calculation of the fourth term of a proportion of which one of the terms is a given constant quantity, commonly one hour, while the other terms are expressed in minutes and seconds; -- not now used.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>logistician</ent><br/
<hw>logistician</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a person skilled at symbolic logic.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> logician.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Logistics</ent><br/
<hw>Lo*gis"tics</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>That branch of the military art which embraces the details of moving and supplying armies. The meaning of the word is by some writers extended to include <xex>strategy</xex>.</def>  <rj><au>H. L. Scott.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <specif>By extension:</specif> <def>The planning and coordination of the movement of materials, and other details of any large activity, such as a business or a political campaign.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>A system of arithmetic, in which numbers are expressed in a scale of 60; logistic arithmetic.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Logman</ent><br/
<hw>Log"man</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Logmen</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.</plu> <def>A man who carries logs.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Logodaedaly</ent><br/
<hw>Log`o*d<ae/d"a*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/. See <er>Logos</er>, and <er>D<ae/dal</er>.]</ety> <def>Verbal legerdemain; a playing with words.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Coleridge.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Logogram</ent><br/
<hw>Log"o*gram</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>lo`gos</grk> word + <ets>-gram</ets>.]</ety> <def>A word letter; a phonogram, that, for the sake of brevity, represents a word; <as>as, |, i. e., <it>t</it>, for <it>it</it></as>.  Cf. <er>Grammalogue</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Logographer</ent><br/
<hw>Lo*gog"ra*pher</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A chronicler; one who writes history in a condensed manner with short simple sentences.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>One skilled in logography.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Logographical</ent><br/
<ent>Logographic</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Log`o*graph"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Log`o*graph"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/ of writing speeches: cf. F. <ets>logographique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to logography.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Logography</ent><br/
<hw>Lo*gog"ra*phy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/ a writing of speeches; <grk>lo`gos</grk> word, speech + <?/ to write: cf. F. <ets>logographie</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A method of printing in which whole words or syllables, cast as single types, are used.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A mode of reporting speeches without using shorthand, -- a number of reporters, each in succession, taking down three or four words.</def>  <rj><au>Brande & C.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Logogriph</ent><br/
<hw>Log"o*griph</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>lo`gos</grk> word + <grk>gri^fos</grk> a fishing net, a dark saying, a riddle: F. <ets>logogriphe</ets>.]</ety> <def>A sort of riddle in which it is required to discover a chosen word from various combinations of its letters, or of some of its letters, which form other words; -- thus, to discover the chosen word <xex>chatter</xex> form <xex>cat</xex>, <xex>hat</xex>, <xex>rat</xex>, <xex>hate</xex>, <xex>rate</xex>, etc.</def>  <rj><au>B. Jonson.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Logomachist</ent><br/
<hw>Lo*gom"a*chist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Logomachy</er>.]</ety> <def>One who contends about words.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Logomachy</ent><br/
<hw>Lo*gom"a*chy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <grk>lo`gos</grk> word + <?/ fight, battle, contest: cf. F. <ets>logomachie</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Contention in words merely, or a contention about words; a war of words.</def><br/
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<p><q>The discussion concerning the meaning of the word <ldquo/justification<rdquo/ . . . has largely been a mere <qex>logomachy</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>L. Abbott.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A game of word making.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Logometric</ent><br/
<hw>Log`o*met"ric</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>lo`gos</grk> word, ratio + <grk>me`tron</grk> measure.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Serving to measure or ascertain chemical equivalents; stoichiometric.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Logos</ent><br/
||<hw>Log"os</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>lo`gos</grk> the word or form which expresses a thought, also, the thought, fr. <?/ to speak.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A word; reason; speech.</def>  <rj><au>H. Bushell.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The divine Word; Christ.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Logothete</ent><br/
<hw>Log"o*thete</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <ety>[LL. <ets>logotheta</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/; <grk>lo`gos</grk> word, account + <?/ to put.]</ety> <def>An accountant; under Constantine, an officer of the empire; a receiver of revenue; an administrator of a department.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Logotype</ent><br/
<hw>Log"o*type</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>lo`gos</grk> word + <ets>-type</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Print.)</fld> <def>A single type, containing two or more letters; <as>as, <ex><ae/</ex>, <ex>\<oe/</ex>, <ex><AE/</ex>, <ex><filig/</ex>, <ex><fllig/</ex>, <ex><ffllig/</ex>, etc.</as>; -- called also <altname>ligature</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Logroll</ent><br/
<hw>Log"roll`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i. & t.</pos> <def>To engage in logrolling; to accomplish by logrolling.</def> <mark>[Political cant, U. S.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Logroller</ent><br/
<hw>Log"roll`er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who engages in logrolling.</def> <mark>[Political cant, U. S.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>The jobbers and <qex>logrollers</qex> will all be against it.</q> <rj><qau>The. Nation.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Logrolling</ent><br/
<hw>Log"roll`ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Logging)</fld> <def>The act or process of rolling logs from the place where they were felled to the stream which floats them to the sawmill or to market. In this labor neighboring camps of loggers combine to assist each other in turn.</def> <au>Longfellow.</au> <mark>[U.S.]</mark><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <def>A combining or mutual agreement in which one politician supports or assists another in consideration of receiving assistance in return; wheeling and dealing; -- sometimes used of a disreputable mode of accomplishing political schemes or ends.</def> <mark>[Cant, U.S.]</mark><-- "You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours." --><br/
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<p><ent>Log-ship</ent><br/
<hw>Log"-ship</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A part of the log. See <er>Log-chip</er>, and 2d <er>Log</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 2.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Logwood</ent><br/
<hw>Log"wood`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[So called from being imported in <ets>logs</ets>.]</ety> <def>The heartwood of a tree (<spn>H<ae/matoxylon Campechianum</spn>), a native of South America, It is a red, heavy wood, containing a crystalline substance called <part>h<ae/matoxylin</part>, and is used largely in dyeing. An extract from this wood is used in medicine as an astringent. Also called <altname>Campeachy wood</altname>, and <altname>bloodwood</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>-logy</ent><br/
<hw>-lo*gy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>suff.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/, fr. <grk>lo`gos</grk> word, discourse, fr. <grk>le`gein</grk> to speak. See <er>Logic</er>.]</ety> <def>A combining form denoting a <sig>discourse</sig>, <sig>treatise</sig>, <sig>doctrine</sig>, <sig>theory</sig>, <sig>science</sig>; <as>as, theo<ex>logy</ex>, geo<ex>logy</ex>, bio<ex>logy</ex>, minera<ex>logy</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Logy</ent><br/
<hw>Lo"gy</hw> <pr>(l<omac/"g<emac/)</pr> , <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[From D. <ets>log</ets>.]</ety> <def>Heavy or dull in respect to motion or thought; <as>as, a <ex>logy</ex> horse; feeling <ex>logy</ex></as>.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> sluggish; dull; lethargic.</syn><br/
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<p><q>Porcupines are . . . <qex>logy</qex>, sluggish creatures.</q> <rj><qau>C. H. Merriam.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lohock</ent><br/
<hw>Lo"hock</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>See <er>Loch</er>, a medicine.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loimic</ent><br/
<hw>Loi"mic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ plague.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the plague or contagious disorders.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loin</ent><br/
<hw>Loin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>loine</ets>, OF. <ets>logne</ets>, F. <ets>longe</ets>, from (assumed) LL. <ets>lumbea</ets>, L. <ets>lumbus</ets> join.  Cf. <er>Lends</er>, <er>Lumbar</er>, <er>Nombles</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>That part of a human being or quadruped, which extends on either side of the spinal column between the hip bone and the false ribs. In human beings the loins are also called the reins. See <xex>Illust.</xex> of <er>Beef</er>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A cut of meat taken from this part of a food animal, as from cattle or hogs.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>The pubic area; the genitalia, especially in women; <as>as, receptive <ex>loins</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>loincloth</ent><br/
<hw>loincloth</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A cloth covering for the loins, worn around the hips; -- sometimes worn in tropical areas as the only article of clothing.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> breechcloth, breechclout, G-string.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Loir</ent><br/
||<hw>Loir</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>glis</ets>, <ets>gliris</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A large European dormouse (<spn>Myoxus glis</spn>).</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loire</ent><br/
<hw>Loire</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>a French river which flows into the North Atlantic.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Loire River.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Loiseleuria</ent><br/
<hw>Loiseleuria</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A genus of plants having only one species, the alpine azalea.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Loiseleuria</gen>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Loiter</ent><br/
<hw>Loi"ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Loitered</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Loitering</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[D. <ets>leuteren</ets> to delay, loiter; cf; Prov. G. <ets>lottern</ets> to be louse, <ets>lotter</ets> louse, slack, unsettled, vagrant, OHG. <ets>lotar</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To be slow in moving; to delay; to linger; to be dilatory; to spend time idly; to saunter; to lag behind.</def><br/
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<p><q>Sir John, you <qex>loiter</qex> here too long.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>If we have <qex>loitered</qex>, let us quicken our pace.</q> <rj><qau>Rogers.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To wander as an idle vagrant.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- To linger; delay; lag; saunter; tarry.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Loiterer</ent><br/
<hw>Loi"ter*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who loiters; an idler.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An idle vagrant; a tramp.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bp. Sanderson.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Loiteringly</ent><br/
<hw>Loi"ter*ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a loitering manner.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loki</ent><br/
<ent>Lok</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lok</hw> <pr>(l<ocr/k)</pr>, <hw>Lo"ki</hw> <pr>(l<omac/"k)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Icel. <ets>Loki</ets>, perh. akin to <ets>lokka</ets>, <ets>locka</ets> to allure, entice.]</ety> <fld>(Scandinavian Myth.)</fld> <def>The evil deity, the author of all calamities and mischief, answering to the <xex>Ahriman</xex> of the Persians.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lokao</ent><br/
||<hw>Lo*ka"o</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A green vegetable dye imported from China.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loke</ent><br/
<hw>Loke</hw> <pr>(l<omac/k)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lock</er> a fastening.]</ety> <def>A private path or road; also, the wicket or hatch of a door.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lokorys</ent><br/
<hw>Lok"o*rys</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Liquorice.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Loligo</ent><br/
||<hw>Lo*li"go</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., cuttle fish.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A genus of cephalopods, including numerous species of squids, common on the coasts of America and Europe. They are much used for fish bait.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lolium</ent><br/
<hw>Lolium</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A genus of plants including the darnel and ryegrass.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Lolium</gen>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Loll</ent><br/
<hw>Loll</hw> <pr>(l<ocr/l)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lolled</conjf> <pr>(l<ocr/ld)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lolling</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf. Icel. <ets>lolla</ets> to act lazily, <ets>loll</ets>, <ets>lolla</ets>, laziness, OD. <ets>lollen</ets> to sit over the fire, and E. <ets>lull</ets>.  Cf. <er>Lill</er>, <er>Lull</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To act lazily or indolently; to recline; to lean; to throw one's self down; to lie at ease; <as>as, to <ex>loll</ex> around the house on a lazy summer day</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>Void of care, he <qex>lolls</qex> supine in state.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To hand extended from the mouth, as the tongue of an ox or a log when heated with labor or exertion.</def><br/
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<p><q>The triple porter of the Stygian seat,<br/
With <qex>lolling</qex> tongue, lay fawning at thy feet.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To let the tongue hang from the mouth, as an ox, dog, or other animal, when heated by labor; <as>as, the ox stood <ex>lolling</ex> in the furrow</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loll</ent><br/
<hw>Loll</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To let hang from the mouth, as the tongue.</def><br/
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<p><q>Fierce tigers couched around and <qex>lolled</qex> their fawning tongues.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lollard</ent><br/
<hw>Lol"lard</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[LL. <ets>Lollardi</ets>, <ets>Lullardi</ets>, from Walter <ets>Lolhardus</ets>, a German; cf. LG. & D. <ets>lollen</ets> to mumble, to hum, sing in a murmuring strain; hence, OD. <ets>lollaerd</ets> a mumbler, <it>i. e.</it>, of prayers or psalms, which was prob. the origin of the name. See <er>Loll</er>, <er>Lull</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>One of a sect of early reformers in Germany.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>One of the followers of Wyclif in England.</def> <altsp>[Called also <asp>Loller</asp>.]</altsp><br/
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<p><q>By <qex>Lollards</qex> all know the Wyclifities are meant, so called from <person>Walter Lollardus</person>, one of their teachers in Germany.</q> <rj><qau>Fuller.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lollardy</ent><br/
<ent>Lollardism</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lol"lard*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Lol"lard*y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>The doctrines or principles of the Lollards.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loller</ent><br/
<hw>Loll"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Loll</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who lolls.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An idle vagabond.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Piers Plowman.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A Lollard.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lollingly</ent><br/
<hw>Loll"ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a lolling manner.</def>  <rj><au>Buckle.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lollipop</ent><br/
<hw>Lol"li*pop</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Perhaps fr. Prov. E. <ets>loll</ets> to soothe + <ets>pope</ets> a mixed liquor.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A kind of sugar confection which dissolves easily in the mouth.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>  <rj><au>Thackeray.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <def>A piece of hard candy, often of discoid shape, attached to the end of a handle of wood or hard paper by which it is held in the hand while being licked; -- it is popular with small children.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lollop</ent><br/
<hw>Lol"lop</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Loll</er>.]</ety> <def>To move heavily; to lounge or idle; to loll.</def> <mark>[Low.]</mark>  <rj><au>Charles Reade.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>loma</ent><br/
||<hw>lo"ma</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>lomata</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/, <?/, a fringe.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A lobe; a membranous fringe or flap.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lomatia</ent><br/
<hw>lomatia</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>any of various ornamental evergreens of the genus <gen>Lomatia</gen> having attractive fragrant flowers.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lomatinous</ent><br/
<hw>lo*mat"i*nous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Loma</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Furnished with lobes or flaps.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lombard</ent><br/
<hw>Lom"bard</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to Lombardy, or the inhabitants of Lombardy.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lombard</ent><br/
<hw>Lom"bard</hw>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>lombard</ets>, fr. the <ets>Longobardi</ets> or <ets>Langobardi</ets>, i. e., Longbeards, a people of Northern Germany, west of the Elbe, and afterward in Northern Italy. See <er>Long</er>, and <er>Beard</er>, and cf. <er>Lumber</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A native or inhabitant of Lombardy.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A money lender or banker; -- so called because the business of banking was first carried on in London by <ets>Lombards</ets>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Same as <er>Lombard-house</er>.</def><br/
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<p><q>A <qex>Lombard</qex> unto this day signifying a bank for usury or pawns.</q> <rj><qau>Fuller.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>A form of cannon formerly in use.</def>  <rj><au>Prescott.</au></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lombard Street</b></col>, <cd>the principal street in London for banks and the offices of note brokers; hence, the money market and interest of London.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lombardeer</ent><br/
<hw>Lom`bard*eer"</hw> <pr>(?; 277)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A pawnbroker.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Howell.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lombar-house</ent><br/
<ent>Lombard-house</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lom"bard-house</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Lom"bar-house`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <ety>[F. or D. <ets>lombard</ets>. See <er>Lombard</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A bank or a pawnbroker's shop.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A public institution for lending money to the poor at a moderate interest, upon articles deposited and pledged; -- called also <altname>mont de pi<eacute/t<eacute/</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lombardic</ent><br/
<hw>Lom*bar"dic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to Lombardy of the Lombards.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lombardic alphabet</b></col>, <cd>the ancient alphabet derived from the Roman, and employed in the manuscript of Italy.</cd> -- <col><b>Lombardic architecture</b></col>, <cd>the debased Roman style of architecture as found in parts of Northern Italy.</cd> <au>F. G. Lee.</au> <col><b>Lombardy poplar</b></col>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Poplar</er>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Loment</ent><br/
<hw>Lo"ment</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lomentum</ets> a mixture of bean meal and rice, used as a cosmetic wash, bean meal, fr. <ets>lavare</ets>, <ets>lotum</ets>, to wash.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An elongated pod, consisting, like the legume, of two valves, but divided transversely into small cells, each containing a single seed.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lomentaceous</ent><br/
<hw>Lo`men*ta"ceous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Loment</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Of the nature of a loment; having fruits like loments.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lomonite</ent><br/
<hw>Lom"o*nite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Laumontite</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lompish</ent><br/
<hw>Lomp"ish</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Lumpish.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lonchocarpus</ent><br/
<hw>Lonchocarpus</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A genus of chiefly tropical American shrubs and trees having pinnate leaves and red or white flowers.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Lonchocarpus</gen>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lond</ent><br/
<hw>Lond</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Land.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>London</ent><br/
<hw>Lon"don</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The capital city of England.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>London paste</b></col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>a paste made of caustic soda and unslacked lime; -- used as a caustic to destroy tumors and other morbid enlargements.</cd> -- <col><b>London pride</b></col>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A garden name for <spn>Saxifraga umbrosa</spn>, a hardy perennial herbaceous plant, a native of high lands in Great Britain.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A name anciently given to the Sweet William.</cd> <au>Dr. Prior.</au> -- <col><b>London rocket</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a cruciferous plant (<spn>Sisymbrium Irio</spn>) which sprung up in London abundantly on the ruins of the great fire of 1667.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Londoner</ent><br/
<hw>Lon"don*er</hw> <pr>(-<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A native or inhabitant of London.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Londonism</ent><br/
<hw>Lon"don*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A characteristic of Londoners; a mode of speaking peculiar to London.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Londonize</ent><br/
<hw>Lon"don*ize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To impart to (one) a manner or character like that which distinguishes Londoners.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Londonize</ent><br/
<hw>Lon"don*ize</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To imitate the manner of the people of London.</def><br/
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<p><ent>London smoke</ent><br/
<hw>Lon"don smoke</hw>. <def>A neutral tint given to spectacles, shade glasses for optical instruments, etc., which reduces the intensity without materially changing the color of the transmitted light.</def><br/
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<p><ent>London tuft</ent><br/
<hw>London tuft</hw>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The Sweet William (<spn>Dianthus barbatus</spn>).</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lone</ent><br/
<hw>Lone</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A lane. See <er>Loanin</er>.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lone</ent><br/
<hw>Lone</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Abbrev. fr. <ets>alone</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Being without a companion; being by one's self; also, sad from lack of companionship; lonely; <as>as, a <ex>lone</ex> traveler or watcher</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>When I have on those pathless wilds a appeared,<br/
And the <qex>lone</qex> wanderer with my presence cheered.</q> <rj><qau>Shenstone.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Single; unmarried, or in widowhood.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark><br/
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<p><q>Queen Elizabeth being a <qex>lone</qex> woman.</q> <rj><qau>Collection of Records (1642).</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>A hundred mark is a long one for a poor <qex>lone</qex> woman to bear.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Being apart from other things of the kind; being by itself; also, apart from human dwellings and resort; <as>as, a <ex>lone</ex> house</as>.</def> <ldquo/ A <xex>lone</xex> isle.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Pope.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>By a <qex>lone</qex> well a <qex>lonelier</qex> column rears.</q> <rj><qau>Byron.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Unfrequented by human beings; solitary.</def><br/
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<p><q>Thus vanish scepters, coronets, and balls,<br/
And leave you on <qex>lone</qex> woods, or empty walls.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Loneliness</ent><br/
<hw>Lone"li*ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The condition of being lonely; solitude; seclusion.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The state of being unfrequented by human beings; <as>as, the <ex>loneliness</ex> of a road</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Love of retirement; disposition to solitude.</def><br/
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<p><q>I see<br/
The mystery of your <qex>loneliness</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A feeling of depression resulting from being alone.</def><br/
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Solitude; seclusion. See <er>Solitude</er>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lonely</ent><br/
<hw>Lone"ly</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Lonelier</adjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Loneliest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[Shortened fr. <ets>alonely</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Sequestered from company or neighbors; solitary; retired; <as>as, a <ex>lonely</ex> situation; a <ex>lonely</ex> cell.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Alone, or in want of company; forsaken.</def><br/
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<p><q>To the misled and <qex>lonely</qex> traveler.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Not frequented by human beings; <as>as, a <ex>lonely</ex> wood</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Having a feeling of depression or sadness resulting from the consciousness of being alone; lonesome.</def><br/
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<p><q>I am very often alone. I don't mean I am <qex>lonely</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>H. James.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Solitary; lone; lonesome; retired; unfrequented; sequestered; secluded.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Loneness</ent><br/
<hw>Lone"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Solitude; seclusion.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Donne.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lonesome</ent><br/
<hw>Lone"some</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Lonesomer</adjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Lonesomest</adjf>.]</amorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Secluded from society; not frequented by human beings; solitary.</def><br/
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<p><q>Like one that on a <qex>lonesome</qex> road<br/
Doth walk in fear and dread.</q> <rj><qau>Coleridge.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Conscious of, and somewhat depressed by, solitude; <as>as, to feel <ex>lonesome</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Lone"some*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Lone"some*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/
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<p><ent>lonesomeness</ent><br/
<hw>lone"some*ness</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>a disposition toward being alone.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> aloneness, loneliness, solitude.</syn><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The condition of being alone; the feeling of sadness resulting from being alone.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lone-Star State</ent><br/
<hw>Lone-Star State</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>Texas; -- a nickname alluding to the single star on its coat of arms, being the device used on its flag and seal when it was a republic.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Long</ent><br/
<hw>Long</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Longer</adjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Longest</adjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</amorph> <ety>[AS. <ets>long</ets>, <ets>lang</ets>; akin to OS, OFries., D., & G. <ets>lang</ets>, Icel. <ets>langr</ets>, Sw. <ets>l<aring/ng</ets>, Dan. <ets>lang</ets>, Goth. <ets>laggs</ets>, L. <ets>longus</ets>.  <root/125.  Cf. <er>Length</er>, <er>Ling</er> a fish, <er>Linger</er>, <er>Lunge</er>, <er>Purloin</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length; protracted; extended; <as>as, a <ex>long</ex> line; -- opposed to <ex>short</ex>, and distinguished from <ex>broad</ex> or <ex>wide</ex>.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Drawn out or extended in time; continued through a considerable tine, or to a great length; <as>as, a <ex>long</ex> series of events; a <ex>long</ex> debate; a <ex>long</ex> drama; a <ex>long</ex> history; a <ex>long</ex> book.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Slow in passing; causing weariness by length or duration; lingering; <as>as, <ex>long</ex> hours of watching</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away.</def><br/
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<p><q>The we may us reserve both fresh and strong<br/
Against the tournament, which is not <qex>long</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Having a length of the specified measure; of a specified length; <as>as, a span <ex>long</ex>; a yard <ex>long</ex>; a mile <ex>long</ex>, that is, extended to the measure of a mile, etc.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>Far-reaching; extensive.</def> <ldquo/ <xex>Long</xex> views.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Burke.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <fld>(Phonetics)</fld> <def>Prolonged, or relatively more prolonged, in utterance; -- said of vowels and syllables. See <er>Short</er>, <pos>a.</pos>, 13, and <xex>Guide to Pronunciation</xex>, <sect/<sect/ 22, 30.</def><br/
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <fld>(Finance & Com.)</fld> <def>Having a supply of stocks or goods; prepared for, or depending for a profit upon, advance in prices; <as>as, <ex>long</ex> of cotton</as>.  Hence, the phrases: <xex>to be</xex>, or <xex>go</xex>, <xex>long of the market</xex>, <xex>to be on the long side of the market</xex>, to hold products or securities for a rise in price, esp. when bought on a margin.  Contrasted to <contr>short</contr>.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ <xex>Long</xex> is used as a prefix in a large number of compound adjectives which are mostly of obvious meaning; as, <xex>long-</xex>armed, <xex>long-</xex>beaked, <xex>long-</xex>haired, <xex>long-</xex>horned, <xex>long-</xex>necked, <xex>long-</xex>sleeved, <xex>long-</xex>tailed, <xex>long-</xex> worded, etc.</note><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>In the long run</b></col>, <cd>in the whole course of things taken together; in the ultimate result; eventually.</cd> -- <col><b>Long clam</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>the common clam (<spn>Mya arenaria</spn>) of the Northern United States and Canada; -- called also <altname>soft-shell clam</altname> and <altname>long-neck clam</altname>. See <er>Mya</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Long cloth</b></col>, <cd>a kind of cotton cloth of superior quality.</cd> -- <col><b>Long clothes</b></col>, <cd>clothes worn by a young infant, extending below the feet.</cd> -- <col><b>Long division</b></col>. <fld>(Math.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Division</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Long dozen</b></col>, <cd>one more than a dozen; thirteen.</cd> -- <col><b>Long home</b></col>, <cd>the grave.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Long measure</b></col>, <col><b>Long meter</b></col></mcol>. <cd>See under <er>Measure</er>, <er>Meter</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Long Parliament</b></col> <fld>(Eng. Hist.)</fld>, <cd>the Parliament which assembled Nov. 3, 1640, and was dissolved by Cromwell, April 20, 1653.</cd> -- <col><b>Long price</b></col>, <cd>the full retail price.</cd> -- <col><b>Long purple</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a plant with purple flowers, supposed to be the <spn>Orchis mascula</spn>.</cd> <au>Dr. Prior.</au> -- <col><b>Long suit</b></col> <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Whist)</fld>, <cd>a suit of which one holds originally more than three cards.</cd> <au>R. A. Proctor.</au> <sd>(b)</sd>  <cd>One's most important resource or source of strength; <as>as, as an entertainer, her voice was her <ex>long suit</ex></as>.</cd> -- <col><b>Long tom</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A pivot gun of great length and range, on the dock of a vessel.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A long trough for washing auriferous earth.</cd> <mark>[Western U.S.]</mark> <sd>(c)</sd> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <cd>The long-tailed titmouse.</cd> -- <col><b>Long wall</b></col> <fld>(Coal Mining)</fld>, <cd>a working in which the whole seam is removed and the roof allowed to fall in, as the work progresses, except where passages are needed.</cd> -- <col><b>Of long</b></col>, <cd>a long time.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <au>Fairfax.</au> -- <mcol><col><b>To be long of the market</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>To go long of the market</b></col>, <col><b>To be on the long side of the market</b></col>, etc.</mcol> <fld>(Stock Exchange)</fld>, <cd>to hold stock for a rise in price, or to have a contract under which one can demand stock on or before a certain day at a stipulated price; -- opposed to <ant>short</ant> in such phrases as, <xex>to be short of stock</xex>, <xex>to sell short</xex>, etc.</cd> <mark>[Cant]</mark> <see>See <er>Short</er>.</see> -- <col><b>To have a long head</b></col>, <cd>to have a farseeing or sagacious mind.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Long</ent><br/
<hw>Long</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Phonetics)</fld> <def>A long sound, syllable, or vowel.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The longest dimension; the greatest extent; -- in the phrase, <xex>the long and the short of it</xex>, that is, the sum and substance of it.</def>  <rj><au>Addison.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Long</ent><br/
<hw>Long</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>lance</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To a great extent in space; <as>as, a <ex>long</ex> drawn out line</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To a great extent in time; during a long time.</def><br/
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<p><q>They that tarry <qex>long</qex> at the wine.</q> <rj><qau>Prov. xxiii. 30.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>When the trumpet soundeth <qex>long</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Ex. xix. 13.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>At a point of duration far distant, either prior or posterior; <as>as, not <ex>long</ex> before; not <ex>long</ex> after; <ex>long</ex> before the foundation of Rome; <ex>long</ex> after the Conquest.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Through the whole extent or duration.</def><br/
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<p><q>The bird of dawning singeth all night <qex>long</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Through an extent of time, more or less; -- only in question; <as>as, how <ex>long</ex> will you be gone?</as></def><br/
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<p><ent>Long</ent><br/
<hw>Long</hw>, <pos>prep.</pos> <ety>[Abbreviated fr. <ets>along</ets>. See 3d <er>Along</er>.]</ety> <def>By means of; by the fault of; because of.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <see>See <cref>Along of</cref>, under 3d <er>Along</er>.</see><br/
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<p><ent>Long</ent><br/
<hw>Long</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &  p. p.</pos> <conjf>Longed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Longing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[AS. <ets>langian</ets> to increase, to lengthen, to stretch out the mind after, to long, to crave, to belong to, fr. <ets>lang</ets> long. See <er>Long</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To feel a strong or morbid desire or craving; to wish for something with eagerness; -- followed by an infinitive, or by <ptcl>for</ptcl> or <ptcl>after</ptcl>.</def><br/
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<p><q>I <qex>long</qex> to see you.</q> <rj><qau>Rom. i. 11.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>I have <qex>longed</qex> after thy precepts.</q> <rj><qau>Ps. cxix. 40.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>I have <qex>longed</qex> for thy salvation.</q> <rj><qau>Ps. cxix. 174.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Nicomedes, <qex>longing</qex> for herrings, was supplied with fresh ones . . . at a great distance from the sea.</q> <rj><qau>Arbuthnot.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To belong; -- used with <ptcl>to</ptcl>, <ptcl>unto</ptcl>, or <ptcl>for</ptcl>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>The labor which that <qex>longeth</qex> unto me.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>long-acting</ent><br/
<hw>long-acting</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>active over a relatively long period of time.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Longan</ent><br/
<hw>Lon"gan</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A pulpy fruit related to the litchi, and produced by an evergreen East Indian <altname>longanberry</altname> (<spn>Nephelium Longan</spn>).</def><br/
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<p><ent>longanberry</ent><br/
<hw>longanberry</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A tree (<spn>Dimocarpus longan</spn>) of Southeastern Asia to Australia grown primarily for its sweet translucent-fleshed edible fruit (the <prod>longan</prod>) resembling litchi nuts; -- it is sometimes placed in genera <gen>Euphoria</gen> or <gen>Nephelium</gen>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> longan, lungen, <spn>Dimocarpus longan</spn>, <spn>Euphoria litchi</spn>, <gen>Nephelium longana</gen>.</syn><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Asian fruit similar to litchi.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> dragon's eye.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Longanimity</ent><br/
<hw>Lon`ga*nim"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>longanimitas</ets>; <ets>longus</ets> long + <ets>animus</ets> mind: cf. F. <ets>longanimit<eacute/</ets>.]</ety> <def>Disposition to bear injuries patiently; forbearance; patience.</def>  <rj><au>Jer. Taylor.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Long-armed</ent><br/
<hw>Long"-armed`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having long arms; <as>as, the <ex>long-armed</ex> ape or gibbon</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Longbeak</ent><br/
<hw>Long"beak`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The American redbellied snipe (<spn>Macrorhamphus scolopaceus</spn>); -- called also <altname>long-billed dowitcher</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>longbeard</ent><br/
<hw>longbeard</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a fat-bellied stoneware drinking jug with a long neck; decorated with a caricature of <person>Cardinal Bellarmine</person> (17th century).</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> bellarmine, graybeard.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Longboat</ent><br/
<hw>Long"boat`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>Formerly, the largest boat carried by a merchant vessel, corresponding to the launch of a naval vessel.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Longbow</ent><br/
<hw>Long"bow`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The ordinary bow, not mounted on a stock; -- so called in distinction from the <contr>crossbow</contr> when both were used as weapons of war.  Also, sometimes, such a bow of about the height of a man, as distinguished from a much shorter one.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>To draw the longbow</b></col>, <cd>to tell large stories.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Long-breathed</ent><br/
<hw>Long"-breathed`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having the power of retaining the breath for a long time; long-winded.</def><br/
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<p><ent>long-dated</ent><br/
<hw>long-dated</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <fld>(Finance)</fld> <def>of a gilt-edged security: having more than 15 years to run before redemption.</def> <mark>[British]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>long-distance</ent><br/
<hw>long-distance</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>covering long distances; <as>as, a <ex>long-distance</ex> runner; a <ex>long-distance</ex> telephone call</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Long-drawn</ent><br/
<hw>Long"-drawn`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Extended to a great length.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> long-drawn-out.</syn><br/
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<p><q>The cicadae hushed their <qex>long-drawn</qex>, ear-splitting strains.</q> <rj><qau>G. W. Cable.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>long-drawn-out</ent><br/
<hw>long-drawn-out</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>  <def>relatively long in duration; <as>as, a <ex>long-drawn-out</ex> visit from my mother-in-law</as>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> drawn-out, extended, prolonged, protracted.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Longe</ent><br/
<hw>Longe</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Abbrev. fr. <ets>allonge</ets>. See <er>Lunge</er>.]</ety><br/
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>A thrust. See <er>Lunge</er>.</def>  <rj><au>Smollett.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The training ground for a horse.</def>  <rj><au>Farrow.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Longe</ent><br/
<hw>Longe</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Same as 4th <er>Lunge</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Longer</ent><br/
<hw>Long"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who longs for anything.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Longeval</ent><br/
<hw>Lon*ge"val</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Long-loved; longevous.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Pope.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Longevity</ent><br/
<hw>Lon*gev"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>longaevitas</ets>. See <er>Longevous</er>.]</ety> <def>Long duration of life; length of life.</def><br/
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<p><q>The instances of <qex>longevity</qex> are chiefly amongst the abstemious.</q> <rj><qau>Arbuthnot.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Longevous</ent><br/
<hw>Lon*ge"vous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>longaevus</ets>; <ets>longus</ets> long + <ets>aevum</ets> lifetime, age. See <er>Long</er>, and <er>Age</er>.]</ety> <def>Living a long time; of great age.</def>  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>long-faced</ent><br/
<hw>long-faced</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>  <def>filled with or reflecting gloom.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> glum, gloomy.</syn><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>having a face longer than the usual.</def><br/
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<p><ent>long-familiar</ent><br/
<hw>long-familiar</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>frequently seen or experienced; <as>as, a <ex>long-familiar</ex> face</as>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> well-known(prenominal), well known(predicate).</syn><br/
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<p><ent>long-haired</ent><br/
<hw>long-haired</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>having long hair; <as>as, <ex>long-haired</ex> hippies</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Longhand</ent><br/
<hw>Long"hand`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The written characters used in the common method of writing; -- opposed to <contr>shorthand</contr>; <as>as, took it down in <ex>longhand</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Longheaded</ent><br/
<hw>Long"head"ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having unusual foresight or sagacity.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>having a relatively long head with a cephalic index of under 75.  Opposite of <ant>brachycephalic</ant>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> dolichocephalic, dolichocranal, dolichocranic.</syn><br/
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<p> -- <wordforms><wf>Long"-head`ed*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/
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<p><ent>Longhorn</ent><br/
<hw>Long"horn`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A long-horned animal, as a cow, goat, or beetle. See <er>Long-horned</er>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The <er>Texas longhorn</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Long-horned</ent><br/
<hw>Long"-horned`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <def>Having a long horn or horns; <as>as, a <ex>long-horned</ex> goat, or cow</as>; having long antenn<ae/, as certain beetles (<fam>Longicornia</fam>).</def><br/
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<p><ent>Longicorn</ent><br/
<hw>Lon"gi*corn</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>longus</ets> long + <ets>cornu</ets> horn: cf. F. <ets>longicorne</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Long-horned; pertaining to the <fam>Longicornia</fam>.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>One of the Longicornia.</def></def2><br/
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<p><ent>Longicornia</ent><br/
||<hw>Lon`gi*cor"ni*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>longus</ets> long + <ets>cornu</ets> horn.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A division of beetles, including a large number of species, in which the antenn<ae/ are very long.  Most of them, while in the larval state, bore into the wood or beneath the bark of trees, and some species are very destructive to fruit and shade trees. See <stype>Apple borer</stype>, under <er>Apple</er>, and <stype>Locust beetle</stype>, under <er>Locust</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Longilateral</ent><br/
<hw>Lon`gi*lat"er*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>longus</ets> long + <ets>lateralis</ets> lateral, fr. <ets>latus</ets> side.]</ety> <def>Having long sides; especially, having the form of a long parallelogram.</def><br/
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<p><q>Nineveh . . . was of a <qex>longilateral</qex> figure, ninety-five furlongs broad, and a hundred and fifty long.</q> <rj><qau>Sir T. Browne.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Longiloquence</ent><br/
<hw>Lon*gil"o*quence</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>langus</ets> long + <ets>loquentia</ets> a talking.]</ety> <def>Long-windedness.</def><br/
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<p><q>American <qex>longiloquence</qex> in oratory.</q> <rj><qau>Fitzed. Hall.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Longimanous</ent><br/
<hw>Lon*gim"a*nous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>longus</ets> long + <ets>manus</ets> hand.]</ety> <def>Having long hands.</def>  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Longimetry</ent><br/
<hw>Lon*gim"e*try</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>longus</ets> long + <ets>-metry</ets>: cf. F. <ets>longim<eacute/trie</ets>.]</ety> <def>The art or practice of measuring distances or lengths.</def>  <rj><au>Cheyne.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Longing</ent><br/
<hw>Long"ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An eager desire; a craving; a morbid appetite; an earnest wish; an aspiration.</def><br/
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<p><q>Put on my crown; I have<br/
immortal <qex>longings</qex> in me.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Longingly</ent><br/
<hw>Long"ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>With longing.</def>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Longinquity</ent><br/
<hw>Lon*gin"qui*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>longinquitas</ets>, fr. <ets>longinquus</ets> extensive, remote, fr. <ets>longus</ets> long.]</ety> <def>Greatness of distance; remoteness.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Barrow.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Longipalp</ent><br/
<hw>Lon"gi*palp</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>longipalpe</ets>, fr. L. <ets>longus</ets> long + F. <ets>palpe</ets> a feeler, a palp.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>One of a tribe of beetles, having long maxillary palpi.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Longipennate</ent><br/
<hw>Lon"gi*pen"nate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>longus</ets> long + E. <ets>pennate</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Having long wings, or quills.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Longipennes</ent><br/
||<hw>Lon`gi*pen"nes</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., from L. <ets>longus</ets> long + <ets>penna</ets> wing.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A group of longwinged sea birds, including the gulls, petrels, etc.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Longipennine</ent><br/
<hw>Lon`gi*pen"nine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the Longipennes; longipennate.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Longiroster</ent><br/
<hw>Lon`gi*ros"ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> L. <plw>Longirostres</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>, E. <plw>Longirosters</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>longus</ets> long + <ets>rostrum</ets> beak: cf. F. <ets>longirostre</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>One of the Longirostres.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Longirostral</ent><br/
<hw>Lon`gi*ros"tral</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Having a long bill; of or pertaining to the Longirostres.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Longirostres</ent><br/
||<hw>Lon`gi*ros"tres</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>longus</ets> long + <ets>rostrum</ets> beak.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A group of birds characterized by having long slender bills, as the sandpipers, curlews, and ibises. It is now regarded as an artificial division.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Longish</ent><br/
<hw>Long"ish</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Somewhat long; moderately long.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Longitude</ent><br/
<hw>Lon"gi*tude</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>longitudo</ets>, fr. <ets>longus</ets> long.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Length; measure or distance along the longest line; -- distinguished from <contr>breadth</contr> or <contr>thickness</contr>; <as>as, the <ex>longitude</ex> of a room</as>; rare now, except in a humorous sense.</def>  <rj><au>Sir H. Wotton.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>The <qex>longitude</qex> of their cloaks.</q> <rj><qau>Sir. W. Scott.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Mine [shadow] spindling into <qex>longitude</qex> immense.</q> <rj><qau>Cowper.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Geog.)</fld> <def>The arc or portion of the equator intersected between the meridian of a given place and the meridian of some other place from which longitude is reckoned, as from Greenwich, England, or sometimes from the capital of a country, as from Washington or Paris. The longitude of a place is expressed either in degrees or in time; <as>as, that of New York is 74<deg/ or 4 h. 56 min. west of Greenwich.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>The distance in degrees, reckoned from the vernal equinox, on the ecliptic, to a circle at right angles to the ecliptic passing through the heavenly body whose longitude is designated; <as>as, the <ex>longitude</ex> of Capella is 79<deg/</as>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Geocentric longitude</b></col> <fld>(Astron.)</fld>, <cd>the longitude of a heavenly body as seen from the earth.</cd> -- <col><b>Heliocentric longitude</b></col>, <cd>the longitude of a heavenly body, as seen from the sun's center.</cd> -- <col><b>Longitude stars</b></col>, <cd>certain stars whose position is known, and the data in regard to which are used in observations for finding the longitude, as by lunar distances.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Longitudinal</ent><br/
<hw>Lon`gi*tu"di*nal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>longitudinal</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to longitude or length; <as>as, <ex>longitudinal</ex> distance</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Extending in length; in the direction of the length; running lengthwise, as distinguished from <contr>transverse</contr>; <as>as, the <ex>longitudinal</ex> diameter of a body</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Cheyne.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Longitudinal</ent><br/
<hw>Lon`gi*tu"di*nal</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A railway sleeper lying parallel with the rail.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Longitudinally</ent><br/
<hw>Lon`gi*tu"di*nal*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In the direction of length.</def><br/
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<p><ent>long-lasting</ent><br/
<hw>long-lasting</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>Existing or persisting for a long time; <as>as, a <ex>long-lasting</ex> friendship</as>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> durable, lasting, long-lived.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>long-legged</ent><br/
<hw>long-legged</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>having long legs.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> leggy, long-shanked.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Longlegs</ent><br/
<hw>Long"legs`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A <er>daddy longlegs</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Long-lived</ent><br/
<hw>Long"-lived`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having a long life; having constitutional peculiarities which make long life probable; lasting long; <as>as, a <ex>long-lived</ex> tree; they are a <ex>long-lived</ex> family; <ex>long-lived</ex> prejudices.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>same as <er>long-lasting</er>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> durable, lasting, long-lasting.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Longly</ent><br/
<hw>Long"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>With longing desire.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>For a long time; hence, wearisomely.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Longmynd rocks</ent><br/
<hw>Long"mynd rocks"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n. pl.</pos> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>The sparingly fossiliferous conglomerates, grits, schists, and slates of Great Britain, which lie at the base of the Cambrian system; -- so called, because typically developed in the <etsep>Longmynd</etsep> Hills, Shropshire.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Longness</ent><br/
<hw>Long"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Length.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Longnose</ent><br/
<hw>Long"nose`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The European garfish.</def><br/
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<p><ent>long-play</ent><br/
<hw>long-play</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>same as <er>long-playing</er>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> long-playing.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>long-playing</ent><br/
<hw>long-playing</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>playing at a slower speed and for a longer time than earlier records; -- used of phonograph records.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> long-play, LP.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Long primer</ent><br/
<hw>Long" prim"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Print.)</fld> <def>A kind of type, in size between small pica and bourgeois.</def><br/
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<p><ent>long-range</ent><br/
<hw>long-range</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>involving an extended span of time; -- of plans, goals, or predictions; <as>as, <ex>long-range</ex> goals; a <ex>long-range</ex> weather forecast</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>suitable for or reaching long distances; <as>as, a <ex>long-range</ex> missile; <ex>long-range</ex> nuclear capability</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>long-run</ent><br/
<hw>long-run</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>relating to or extending over a relatively long time; <as>as, the <ex>long-run</ex> significance of the elections</as>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> long-term.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>long-shanked</ent><br/
<hw>long-shanked</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>having long legs.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> leggy, long-legged.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Longshanks</ent><br/
<hw>Long"shanks`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The stilt.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Longshore</ent><br/
<hw>Long"shore`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Abbrev. from <ets>alongshore</ets>.]</ety> <def>Belonging to the seashore or a seaport; along and on the shore.</def> <ldquo/<xex>Longshore</xex> thieves.<rdquo/  <rj><au>R. Browning.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Longshoreman</ent><br/
<hw>Long"shore`man</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Longshoremen</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[Abbrev. fr. <ets>alongshoreman</ets>.]</ety> <def>One of a class of laborers employed about the wharves of a seaport, especially in loading and unloading vessels.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Long-sight</ent><br/
<hw>Long"-sight</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Long-sightedness.</def>  <rj><au>Good.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Long-sighted</ent><br/
<hw>Long"-sight`ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Able to see objects at a great distance; hence, having great foresight; sagacious; farseeing.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Able to see objects distinctly at a distance, but not close at hand; hypermetropic.</def><-- = farsighted, hyperopic? --><br/
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<p><ent>Long-sightedness</ent><br/
<hw>Long"-sight`ed*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The state or condition of being long-sighted; hence, sagacity; shrewdness.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>See <er>Hypermetropia</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Longsome</ent><br/
<hw>Long"some</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>langsum</ets>.]</ety> <def>Extended in length; tiresome.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <au>Bp. Hall.</au> <au>Prior.</au> -- <wordforms><wf>Long"some*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <au>Fuller.</au></wordforms><br/
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<p><ent>Longspun</ent><br/
<hw>Long"spun`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Spun out, or extended, to great length; hence, long-winded; tedious.</def><br/
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<p><q>The <qex>longspun</qex> allegories fulsome grow,<br/
While the dull moral lies too plain below.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Longspur</ent><br/
<hw>Long"spur`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[So called from the length of the hind claw.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genus <gen>Calcarius</gen> (or <gen>Plectrophanes</gen>), and allied genera.  The Lapland longspur (<spn>Calcarius Lapponicus</spn>), the chestnut-colored longspur (<spn>Calcarius ornatus</spn>), and other species, inhabit the United States.</def><br/
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<p><ent>long-standing</ent><br/
<hw>long-standing</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>existing since a time in the distant past; <as>as, <ex>long-standing</ex> policies</as>.</def> <mark>[prenominal]</mark><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> longtime(prenominal).</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Long-stop</ent><br/
<hw>Long"-stop`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Cricket)</fld> <def>One who is set to stop balls which pass the wicket keeper.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Long-sufferance</ent><br/
<hw>Long"-suf`fer*ance</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Forbearance to punish or resent.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>patient endurance of pain or unhappiness.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> long-suffering.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Long-suffering</ent><br/
<hw>Long"-suf`fer*ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Bearing injuries or provocation for a long time; patient endurance of pain or unhappiness; patient; not easily provoked.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> long-sufferance.</syn><br/
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<p><q>The Lord God, merciful and gracious, <qex>long-suffering</qex>, and abundant in goodness and truth.</q> <rj><qau>Ex. xxxiv. 6.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Long-suffering</ent><br/
<hw>Long"-suf`fer*ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>disposed to bear inconvenience or injury patiently; long patience of offense; <as>as, a <ex>long-suffering</ex> and uncomplaining wife</as>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> enduring, forbearing, longanimous, meek.</syn><br/
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<p><q>Despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and <qex>long-suffering</qex>?</q> <rj><qau>Rom. ii. 4. </qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Longtail</ent><br/
<hw>Long"tail`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An animal, particularly a log, having an uncut tail.  Cf. <er>Curtail</er>. <er>Dog</er>.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ A <xex>longtail</xex> was a gentleman's dog, or the dog of one qualified to bunt, other dogs being required to have their tails cut.</note><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Cut and longtail</b></col>, <cd>all, gentlefolks and others, as they might come.</cd>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj></cs><br/
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<p><ent>long-term</ent><br/
<hw>long-term</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>same as <er>long-run</er>; <as>as, the <ex>long-term</ex> consequences</as>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> long-run.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Long-tongue</ent><br/
<hw>Long"-tongue`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The wryneck.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Long-tongued</ent><br/
<hw>Long"-tongued`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having a long tongue.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Talkative; babbling; loquacious.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Longulite</ent><br/
<hw>Lon"gu*lite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>longus</ets> long + <ets>-lie</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A kind of crystallite having a (slender) acicular form.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Long-waisted</ent><br/
<hw>Long"-waist`ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having a long waist; long from the armpits to the bottom of the waist; -- said of persons.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Long from the part about the neck or shoulder, or from the armpits, to the bottom of the weist, or to the skirt; -- said of garments; <as>as, a <ex>long-waisted</ex> coat</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Longways</ent><br/
<hw>Long"ways`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Lengthwise.</def>  <rj><au>Addison.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>long-wearing</ent><br/
<hw>long-wearing</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>withstanding long use without deterioration; resistant to damage.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> durable.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Long-winded</ent><br/
<hw>Long"-wind"ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Long-breathed; hence, tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; <as>as, a <ex>long-winded</ex> talker</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>A tedious, <qex>long-winded</qex> harangue.</q> <rj><qau>South.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>using or containing too many words; <as>as, <ex>long-winded</ex> (or windy) speakers</as>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> tedious, verbose, windy, wordy.</syn><br/
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<p> -- <wordforms><wf>Long"-wind"ed*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/
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<p><ent>Longwise</ent><br/
<hw>Long"wise`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Lengthwise.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lonicera</ent><br/
<hw>Lonicera</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A genus of vines including the woodbine, <spn>Lonicera periclymenum</spn>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Lonicera</gen>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>lontar</ent><br/
<hw>lontar</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A tall fan palm (<spn>Borassus flabellifer</spn>) of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugar; the <altname>palmyra</altname>; -- its leaves are used for thatching and weaving.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> palmyra, palmyra palm, toddy palm, wine palm, longar palm, <spn>Borassus flabellifer</spn>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Loo</ent><br/
<hw>Loo</hw> <pr>(l<oomac/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[For older <ets>lanterloo</ets>, F. <ets>lanturelu</ets>, <ets>lanturlu</ets>, name of the game; orig., the refrain of a vaudeville.]</ety> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An old game played with five, or three, cards dealt to each player from a full pack.  When five cards are used the highest card is the knave of clubs or (if so agreed upon) the knave of trumps; -- formerly called <altname>lanterloo</altname>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A modification of the game of <ldquo/all fours<rdquo/ in which the players replenish their hands after each round by drawing each a card from the pack.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Loo table</b></col>, <cd>a round table adapted for a circle of persons playing loo.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Loo</ent><br/
<hw>Loo</hw> <pr>(l<oomac/)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Looed</conjf> <pr>(l<oomac/d)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Looing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To beat in the game of loo by winning every trick.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>lu</asp>.]</altsp>  <rj><au>Goldsmith.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Loob</ent><br/
<hw>Loob</hw> <pr>(l<oomac/b)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Corn., slime, sludge.]</ety> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>The clay or slimes washed from tin ore in dressing.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loobily</ent><br/
<hw>Loo"bi*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Looby</er>.]</ety> <def>Loobylike; awkward.</def>  <rj><au>Fuller.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Loobily</ent><br/
<hw>Loo"bi*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Awkwardly.</def>  <rj><au>L'Estrange.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Looby</ent><br/
<hw>Loo"by</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Loobies</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[Cf. <er>Lob</er>.]</ety> <def>An awkward, clumsy fellow; a lubber.</def>  <rj><au>Swift.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Looch</ent><br/
<hw>Looch</hw> <pr>(l<oomac/ch)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See 2d <er>Loch</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loof</ent><br/
<hw>Loof</hw> <pr>(l<oomac/f)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The spongelike fibers of the fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (<spn>Luffa Aegyptiaca</spn>); called also <altname>vegetable sponge</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loof</ent><br/
<hw>Loof</hw> <pr>(l<oomac/f <it>or</it> l<ucr/f; 277)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Luff</er>.]</ety> <altsp>[Also written <asp>luff</asp>.]</altsp> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Formerly, some appurtenance of a vessel which was used in changing her course; -- probably a large paddle put over the lee bow to help bring her head nearer to the wind.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The part of a ship's side where the planking begins to curve toward bow and stern.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loof</ent><br/
<hw>Loof</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>See <er>Luff</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Look</ent><br/
<hw>Look</hw> <pr>(l<oocr/k)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Looked</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Looking</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>loken</ets>, AS. <ets>l<omac/cian</ets>; akin to G. <ets>lugen</ets>, OHG. <ets>luog<emac/n</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To direct the eyes for the purpose of seeing something; to direct the eyes toward an object; to observe with the eyes while keeping them directed; -- with various prepositions, often in a special or figurative sense. See Phrases below.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To direct the attention (to something); to consider; to examine; <as>as, to <ex>look</ex> at an action</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To seem; to appear; to have a particular appearance; <as>as, the patient <ex>looks</ex> better; the clouds <ex>look</ex> rainy.</as></def><br/
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<p><q>It would <qex>look</qex> more like vanity than gratitude.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Observe how such a practice <qex>looks</qex> in another person.</q> <rj><qau>I. Watts.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To have a particular direction or situation; to face; to front.</def><br/
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<p><q>The inner gate that <qex>looketh</qex> to north.</q> <rj><qau>Ezek. viii. 3.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>The east gate . . . which <qex>looketh</qex> eastward.</q> <rj><qau>Ezek. xi. 1.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>In the imperative: see; behold; take notice; take care; observe; -- used to call attention.</def><br/
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<p><q><qex>Look</qex>, how much we thus expel of sin, so much we expel of virtue.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><note><hand/ <xex>Look</xex>, in the imperative, may be followed by a dependent sentence, but <xex>see</xex> is oftener so used.</note><-- See spot run? in 1990, the reverse is true --><br/
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<p><q><qex>Look</qex> that ye bind them fast.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q><qex>Look</qex> if it be my daughter.</q> <rj><qau>Talfourd.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>To show one's self in looking, as by leaning out of a window; <as>as, <ex>look</ex> out of the window while I speak to you</as>. Sometimes used figuratively.</def><br/
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<p><q>My toes <qex>look</qex> through the overleather.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>To await the appearance of anything; to expect; to anticipate.</def><br/
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<p><q><qex>Looking</qex> each hour into death's mouth to fall.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>To look about</b></col>, <cd>to look on all sides, or in different directions.</cd> -- <col><b>To look about one</b></col>, <cd>to be on the watch; to be vigilant; to be circumspect or guarded.</cd> -- <col><b>To look after</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To attend to; to take care of; <as>as, <ex>to look after</ex> children</as>.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To expect; to be in a state of expectation.</cd><br/
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<p><q>Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for <qex>looking after</qex> those things which are coming on the earth.</q> <rj><qau>Luke xxi. 26.</qau></rj></p>

<p><sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To seek; to search.</cd><br/
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<p><q>My subject does not oblige me <qex>to look after</qex> the water, or point forth the place where to it is now retreated.</q> <rj><qau>Woodward.</qau></rj></p>

<p>-- <col><b>To look at</b></col>, <cd>to direct the eyes toward so that one sees, or as if to see; <as>as, <ex>to look at</ex> a star</as>; hence, to observe, examine, consider; <as>as, <ex>to look at</ex> a matter without prejudice</as>.</cd> -- <col><b>To look black</b></col>, <cd>to frown; to scowl; to have a threatening appearance.</cd><br/
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<p><q>The bishops thereat repined, and <qex>looked black</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Holinshed.</qau></rj></p>

<p>-- <mcol><col><b>To look down on</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>To look down upon</b></col></mcol>, <cd>to treat with indifference or contempt; to regard as an inferior; to despise.</cd> -- <col><b>To look for</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To expect; <as>as, <ex>to look for</ex> news by the arrival of a ship</as>.</cd> <ldquo/<xex>Look</xex> now <xex>for</xex> no enchanting voice.<rdquo/ <au>Milton.</au> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To seek for; to search for; <as>as, <ex>to look for</ex> lost money, or lost cattle</as>.</cd> -- <col><b>To look forth</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To look out of something, as from a window.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To threaten to come out.</cd> <au>Jer. vi. 1. (Rev. Ver.).</au> -- <col><b>To look forward to</b></col>. <cd>To anticipate with an expectation of pleasure; to be eager for; <as>as, I am <ex>looking forward to</ex> your visit</as>.</cd> -- <col><b>To look into</b></col>, <cd>to inspect closely; to observe narrowly; to examine; <as>as, <ex>to look into</ex> the works of nature; <ex>to look into</ex> one's conduct or affairs</as>.</cd> -- <col><b>To look on</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To regard; to esteem.</cd><br/
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<p><q>Her friends would <qex>look on</qex> her the worse.</q> <rj><qau>Prior.</qau></rj></p>

<p><sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To consider; to view; to conceive of; to think of.</cd><br/
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<p><q>I <qex>looked on</qex> Virgil as a succinct, majestic writer.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj></p>

<p><sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To be a mere spectator.</cd><br/
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<p><q>I'll be a candleholder, and <qex>look on</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj></p>

<p>-- <col><b>To look out</b></col>, <cd>to be on the watch; to be careful; as, the seaman <xex>looks out</xex> for breakers.</cd> -- <col><b>To look through</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To see through.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To search; to examine with the eyes.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>To look to</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>To look unto</b></col></mcol>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To watch; to take care of.</cd> <ldquo/<xex>Look</xex> well <xex>to</xex> thy herds.<rdquo/ <au>Prov. xxvii. 23.</au> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To resort to with expectation of receiving something; to expect to receive from; as, the creditor may <xex>look to</xex> surety for payment.</cd> <ldquo/<xex>Look unto</xex> me, and be ye saved.<rdquo/ <au>Is. xlv. 22.</au> -- <col><b>To look up</b></col>, <cd>to search for or find out by looking; as, <xex>to look up</xex> the items of an account.</cd> -- <col><b>To look up to</b></col>, <cd>to respect; to regard with deference.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Look</ent><br/
<hw>Look</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To look at; to turn the eyes toward.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To seek; to search for.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q><qex>Looking</qex> my love, I go from place to place.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To expect.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To influence, overawe, or subdue by looks or presence as, to <xex>look</xex> down opposition.</def><br/
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<p><q>A spirit fit to start into an empire,<br/
And <qex>look</qex> the world to law.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To express or manifest by a look.</def><br/
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<p><q>Soft eyes <qex>looked</qex> love to eyes which spake again.</q> <rj><qau>Byron.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>To look daggers</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Dagger</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>To look in the face</b></col>, <cd>to face or meet with boldness or confidence; hence, sometimes, to meet for combat.</cd> -- <col><b>To look out</b></col>, <cd>to seek for; to search out; <as>as, prudent persons <ex>look out</ex> associates of good reputation</as>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Look</ent><br/
<hw>Look</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of looking; a glance; a sight; a view; -- often in certain phrases; <as>as, to have, get, take, throw, or cast, a <ex>look</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>Threw many a northward <qex>look</qex> to see his father<br/
Bring up his powers; but he did long in vain.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Expression of the eyes and face; manner; <as>as, a proud or defiant <ex>look</ex></as>.</def> <ldquo/Gentle <xex>looks</xex>.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>Up ! up! my friends, and clear your <qex>looks</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Wordsworth.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <specif>Hence;</specif> <def>Appearance; aspect; <as>as, the house has a gloomy <ex>look</ex>; the affair has a bad <ex>look</ex>.</as></def><br/
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<p><q>Pain, disgrace, and poverty have frighted <qex>looks</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Locke.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>There was something that reminded me of Dante's Hell in the <qex>look</qex> of this.</q> <rj><qau>Carlyle.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>look-down</ent><br/
<ent>lookdown</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>look"down`</hw>, <hw>look"-down`</hw></mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>  <def>A fish (<spn>Selene vomer</spn>) similar to the moonfish but with eyes high on the truncated forehead; it was also called moonfish at one time.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> <spn>Selene vomer</spn>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>looked-for</ent><br/
<hw>looked-for</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>same as <er>anticipated</er>, 2; <as>as, his <ex>looked-for</ex> advancement</as>.</def> <mark>[prenominal]</mark><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> anticipated.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Looker</ent><br/
<hw>Look"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who looks.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A person who is physically very attractive, especially a beautiful woman.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Looker-on</b></col>, <cd>a spectator; an onlooker; one that looks on, but has no agency or part in an affair.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><q>Did not this fatal war affront thy coast,<br/
Yet sattest thou an idle <qex>looker-on</qex> ?</q> <rj><qau>Fairfax.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Looking</ent><br/
<hw>Look"ing</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having a certain look or appearance; -- often compounded with adjectives; <as>as, good<ex>-looking</ex>, grand<ex>-looking</ex>, etc.</as></def><br/
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<p><ent>Looking</ent><br/
<hw>Look"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of one who looks; a glance.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The manner in which one looks; appearance; countenance; face.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>All dreary was his cheer and his <qex>looking</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Looking for</b></col>, <cd>anticipation; expectation.</cd> <ldquo/A certain fearful <xex>looking for</xex> of judgment.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Heb. x. 27.</au></rj></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Looking-glass</ent><br/
<hw>Look"ing-glass`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A mirror made of glass on which has been placed a backing of some reflecting substance, as quicksilver.</def><br/
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<p><q>There is none so homely but loves a <qex>looking-glass</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>South.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lookout</ent><br/
<hw>Look"out`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A careful looking or watching for any object or event.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The place from which such observation is made.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A person engaged in watching; a sentinel; a sentry.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Object or duty of forethought and care; responsibility.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>on the lookout for</b></col> <cd>in search of; looking for.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>look-over</ent><br/
<hw>look-over</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a swift cursory examination or inspection; <as>as, I gave the car a quick <ex>look-over</ex></as>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> once-over.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>lookup</ent><br/
<hw>look"up</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Computers)</fld>  <def>an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property; <as>as, they wrote a program to do a table <ex>lookup</ex></as>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> search.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lool</ent><br/
<hw>Lool</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Metal.)</fld> <def>A vessel used to receive the washings of ores of metals.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loom</ent><br/
<hw>Loom</hw> <pr>(l<oomac/m)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>See <er>Loon</er>, the bird.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loom</ent><br/
<hw>Loom</hw> <pr>(l<oomac/m)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>lome</ets>, AS. <ets>gel<omac/ma</ets> utensil, implement.]</ety><br/
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>A frame or machine of wood or other material, in which a weaver forms cloth out of thread; a machine for interweaving yarn or threads into a fabric, as in knitting or lace making.</def><br/
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<p><q>Hector, when he sees Andromache overwhelmed with terror, sends her for consolation to the <qex>loom</qex> and the distaff.</q> <rj><qau>Rambler.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>That part of an oar which is near the grip or handle and inboard from the rowlock.</def>  <rj><au>Totten.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Loom</ent><br/
<hw>Loom</hw> <pr>(l<oomac/m)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Loomed</conjf> <pr>(l<oomac/md)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Looming</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>lumen</ets> to shine, Icel. <ets>ljoma</ets>; akin to AS. <ets>le<iacute/ma</ets> light, and E. <ets>light</ets>; or cf. OF. <ets>lumer</ets> to shine, L. <ets>luminare</ets> to illumine, <ets>lumen</ets> light; akin to E. <ets>light</ets>.  <root/122.  See <er>Light</er> not dark.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To appear above the surface either of sea or land, or to appear enlarged, or distorted and indistinct, as a distant object, a ship at sea, or a mountain, esp. from atmospheric influences; <as>as, the ship <ex>looms</ex> large; the land <ex>looms</ex> high.</as></def><br/
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<p><q>Awful she <qex>looms</qex>, the terror of the main.</q> <rj><qau>H. J. Pye.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense.</def><br/
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<p><q>On no occasion does he [Paul] <qex>loom</qex> so high, and shine so gloriously, as in the context.</q> <rj><qau>J. M. Mason.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To become imminent; to impend.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loom</ent><br/
<hw>Loom</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of looming; esp., an unnatural and indistinct appearance of elevation or enlargement of anything, as of land or of a ship, seen by one at sea.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loom-gale</ent><br/
<hw>Loom"-gale`</hw> <pr>(l<oomac/m"g<amac/l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A gentle gale of wind.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Looming</ent><br/
<hw>Loom"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The indistinct and magnified appearance of objects seen in particular states of the atmosphere. See <er>Mirage</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loon</ent><br/
<hw>Loon</hw> <pr>(l<oomac/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Scot. <ets>loun</ets>, <ets>lown</ets>, <ets>loon</ets>; akin to OD. <ets>loen</ets> a stupid man; prob. for an older <ets>lown</ets>, and akin to E. <ets>lame</ets>.]</ety> <def>A sorry fellow; a worthless person; a rogue.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loon</ent><br/
<hw>Loon</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[For older <ets>loom</ets>, Icel. <ets>l<omac/mr</ets>; akin to Dan. & Sw. <ets>lom</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Any one of several aquatic, wed-footed, northern birds of the genus <gen>Urinator</gen> (formerly <gen>Colymbus</gen>), noted for their expertness in diving and swimming under water. The common loon, or great northern diver (<spn>Urinator imber</spn>, or <spn>Colymbus torquatus</spn>), and the red-throated loon or diver (<spn>Urinator septentrionalis</spn>), are the best known species. See <er>Diver</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>looney</ent><br/
<hw>looney</hw> <pr>(l<oomac/n"<ycr/)</pr>  <pos>n.</pos> <def>someone deranged and possibly dangerous.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> crazy, loony, weirdo.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>loony</ent><br/
<hw>loon"y</hw> <pr>(l<oomac/n"<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Shortened fr. <ets>lunatic</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Crazy; insane; lunatic; mentally unsound.</def> <mark>[Low, U.S.]</mark> <altsp>[Written also <asp>loony</asp>, <asp>luny</asp> and <asp>looney</asp>.]</altsp> <def>See <er>Luny</er>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Very foolish; very impractical; <as>as, <ex>loony</ex> ideas</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>loony</ent><br/
<hw>loony</hw> <pr>(l<oomac/n"<ycr/)</pr>  <pos>n.</pos> <def>someone mentally deranged and possibly dangerous.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> crazy, looney, weirdo, psycho.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>loony bin</ent><br/
<hw>loony bin</hw> <pr>(l<oomac/n"<ycr/ b<icr/n)</pr>  <pos>n.</pos> <def>An institution for the confinement or treatment of insane persons, such as an insane asylum or the psychiatric ward of a hospital.</def> <mark>[slang]</mark> <br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> mental institution.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Loop</ent><br/
<hw>Loop</hw> <pr>(l<oomac/p)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[G. <ets>luppe</ets> an iron lump.  Cf. <er>Looping</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Iron Works)</fld> <def>A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>loup</asp>.]</altsp><br/
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<p><ent>Loop</ent><br/
<hw>Loop</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. Ir. & Gael. <ets>lub</ets> loop, noose, fold, thong, bend, <ets>lub</ets> to bend, incline.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A fold or doubling of a thread, cord, rope, etc., through which another thread, cord, etc., can be passed, or which a hook can be hooked into; an eye, as of metal; a staple; a noose; a bight.</def><br/
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<p><q>That the probation bear no hinge, nor <qex>loop</qex><br/
To hang a doubt on.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A small, narrow opening; a loophole.</def><br/
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<p><q>And stop all sight-holes, every <qex>loop</qex> from whence<br/
The eye of Reason may pry in upon us.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A curve of any kind in the form of a loop.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Telegraphy)</fld> <def>A wire forming part of a main circuit and returning to the point from which it starts.</def><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Acoustics)</fld> <def>The portion of a vibrating string, air column, etc., between two nodes; -- called also <altname>ventral segment</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Loop knot</b></col>, <cd>a single knot tied in a doubled cord, etc. so as to leave a loop beyond the knot. See <xex>Illust.</xex> of <er>Knot</er>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Loop</ent><br/
<hw>Loop</hw> <pr>(l<oomac/p)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Looped</conjf> <pr>(l<oomac/pt)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Looping</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To make a loop of or in; to fasten with a loop or loops; -- often with <xex>up</xex>; <as>as, to <ex>loop</ex> a string; to <ex>loop</ex> up a curtain.</as></def><br/
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<p><ent>Looped</ent><br/
<hw>Looped</hw> <pr>(l<oomac/pt)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Bent, folded, or tied, so as to make a loop; <as>as, a <ex>looped</ex> wire or string</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Full of holes.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Looper</ent><br/
<hw>Loop"er</hw> <pr>(l<oomac/p"<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An instrument, as a bodkin, for forming a loop in yarn, a cord, etc.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The larva of any species of geometrid moths. See <er>Geometrid</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loophole</ent><br/
<hw>Loop"hole`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>A small opening, as in the walls of fortification, or in the bulkhead of a ship, through which small arms or other weapons may be discharged at an enemy.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A hole or aperture that gives a passage, or the means of escape or evasion.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>An amibiguity or unintended omission in a law, rule, regulation, or contract which allows a party to circumvent the intent of the text and avoid its obligations under certain circumstances. -- used usually in a negative sense; -- distinguished from <contr>escape clause</contr> in that the latter usually is included to deliberately allow evasion of obligation under certain specified and foreseen circumstances; <as>as, a <ex>loophole</ex> in the law big enough to drive a truck through</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loopholed</ent><br/
<hw>Loop"holed`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Provided with loopholes.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loopie</ent><br/
<hw>Loop"ie</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Deceitful; cunning; sly.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Looping</ent><br/
<hw>Loop"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. D. <ets>loopen</ets> to run.  Cf. <er>Loop</er> a mass of iron, <er>Leap</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Metal.)</fld> <def>The running together of the matter of an ore into a mass, when the ore is only heated for calcination.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Looping</ent><br/
<hw>Loop"ing</hw>, <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <def>of <er>Loop</er>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Looping snail</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>any species of land snail of the genus <gen>Truncatella</gen>; -- so called because it creeps like the measuring worms.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Looplight</ent><br/
<hw>Loop"light`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A small narrow opening or window in a tower or fortified wall; a loophole.</def><br/
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<p><ent>loop-line</ent><br/
<hw>loop-line</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a railway line that branches from the trunk line and then rejoins it at another point.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loord</ent><br/
<hw>Loord</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>lourd</ets> heavy, dull.]</ety> <def>A dull, stupid fellow; a drone.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Loos</ent><br/
<hw>Loos</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>los</ets>, fr. OF. <ets>los</ets>, <ets>laus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Praise; fame; reputation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>Good conscience and good <qex>loos</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Loose</ent><br/
<hw>Loose</hw> <pr>(l<oomac/s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Looser</adjf> <pr>(l<oomac/s"<etil/r)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Loosest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>loos</ets>, <ets>lous</ets>, <ets>laus</ets>, Icel. <ets>lauss</ets>; akin to OD. <ets>loos</ets>, D. los, AS. <ets>le<aacute/s</ets> false, deceitful, G. <ets>los</ets>, loose, Dan. &  Sw. <ets>l<oum/s</ets>, Goth. <ets>laus</ets>, and E. <ets>lose</ets>.  <root/127.   See <er>Lose</er>, and cf. <er>Leasing</er> falsehood.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; <as>as, the <ex>loose</ex> sheets of a book</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>Her hair, nor <qex>loose</qex>, nor tied in formal plat.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Free from constraint or obligation; not bound by duty, habit, etc.; -- with <xex>from or of</xex>.</def><br/
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<p><q>Now I stand<br/
<qex>Loose</qex> of my vow; but who knows Cato's thoughts ?</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Not tight or close; <as>as, a <ex>loose</ex> garment</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Not dense, close, compact, or crowded; <as>as, a cloth of <ex>loose</ex> texture</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>With horse and chariots ranked in <qex>loose</qex> array.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate; <as>as, a <ex>loose</ex> style, or way of reasoning</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>The comparison employed . . . must be considered rather as a <qex>loose</qex> analogy than as an exact scientific explanation.</q> <rj><qau>Whewel.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>Not strict in matters of morality; not rigid according to some standard of right.</def><br/
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<p><q>The <qex>loose</qex> morality which he had learned.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Scott.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>Unconnected; rambling.</def><br/
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<p><q>Vario spends whole mornings in running over <qex>loose</qex> and unconnected pages.</q> <rj><qau>I. Watts.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>Lax; not costive; having lax bowels.</def>  <rj><au>Locke.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>9.</sn> <def>Dissolute; unchaste; <as>as, a <ex>loose</ex> man or woman</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q><qex>Loose</qex> ladies in delight.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>10.</sn> <def>Containing or consisting of obscene or unchaste language; <as>as, a <ex>loose</ex> epistle</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>At loose ends</b></col>, <cd>not in order; in confusion; carelessly managed.</cd> -- <col><b>Fast and loose</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Fast</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>To break loose</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Break</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Loose pulley</b></col>. <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <cd>See <cref>Fast and loose pulleys</cref>, under <er>Fast</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>To let loose</b></col>, <cd>to free from restraint or confinement; to set at liberty.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Loose</ent><br/
<hw>Loose</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Freedom from restraint.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Prior.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A letting go; discharge.</def>  <rj><au>B. Jonson.</au></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>To give a loose</b></col>, <cd>to give freedom.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><q>Vent all its griefs, and <qex>give a loose</qex> to sorrow.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Loose</ent><br/
<hw>Loose</hw> <pr>(l<oomac/s)</pr>, <pos>v. n.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Loosed</conjf> <pr>(l<oomac/st)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Loosing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[From <er>Loose</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening; to remove the shackles or fastenings of; to set free; to relieve.</def><br/
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<p><q>Canst thou . . . <qex>loose</qex> the bands of Orion ?</q> <rj><qau>Job. xxxviii. 31.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her; <qex>loose</qex> them, and bring them unto me.</q> <rj><qau>Matt. xxi. 2.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To release from anything obligatory or burdensome; to disengage; hence, to absolve; to remit.</def><br/
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<p><q>Art thou <qex>loosed</qex> from a wife ? seek not a wife.</q> <rj><qau>1 Cor. vii. 27.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Whatsoever thou shalt <qex>loose</qex> on earth shall be <qex>loosed</qex> in heaven.</q> <rj><qau>Matt. xvi. 19.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To relax; to loosen; to make less strict.</def><br/
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<p><q>The joints of his loins were <qex>loosed</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Dan. v. 6.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To solve; to interpret.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Loose</ent><br/
<hw>Loose</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To set sail.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Acts xiii. 13.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>loose-fitting</ent><br/
<hw>loose-fitting</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>large enough to leave space for movement over the skin; not tight-fitting; -- of clothing.  Opposite of <ant>close-fitting</ant>, <ant>tight</ant>, and <ant>tight-fitting</ant>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> loose.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>loose-jowled</ent><br/
<hw>loose-jowled</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>having sagging folds of flesh beneath the chin or lower jaw.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> double-chinned, jowly.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>loose-leaf</ent><br/
<ent>looseleaf</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>loose"leaf`</hw>, <hw>loose"-leaf`</hw></mhw> <pr>(l<oomac/s"l<emac/f`)</pr>, <pos>adj.</pos> <def>having rings that open and close permitting insertion and removal of pages; -- of notebooks and binders and the paper used in them; <as>as, a <ex>looseleaf</ex> notebook; <ex>looseleaf</ex> paper</as>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> loose-leaf.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>looseleaf notebook</ent><br/
<ent>looseleaf binder</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>looseleaf binder</hw>, <hw>looseleaf notebook</hw></mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A type of notebook with hard covers attached to metal rings which open, allowing sheets of writing paper to be conveniently inserted into it and removed from it.</def><br/
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<p><ent>looseleaf paper</ent><br/
<hw>looseleaf paper</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Sheets of writing paper having holes at the edge permitting insertion into and removal from a looseleaf binder.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loosely</ent><br/
<hw>Loose"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a loose manner.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loosen</ent><br/
<hw>Loos"en</hw> <pr>(l<oomac/s"'n)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Loosened</conjf> <pr>(l<oomac/s"'nd)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Loosening</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[See <er>Loose</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To make loose; to free from tightness, tension, firmness, or fixedness; to make less dense or compact; <as>as, to <ex>loosen</ex> a string, or a knot; to <ex>loosen</ex> a rock in the earth.</as></def><br/
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<p><q>After a year's rooting, then shaking doth the tree good by <qex>loosening</qex> of the earth.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To free from restraint; to set at liberty..</def><br/
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<p><q>It <qex>loosens</qex> his hands, and assists his understanding.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To remove costiveness from; to facilitate or increase the alvine discharges of.</def>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Loosen</ent><br/
<hw>Loos"en</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To become loose; to become less tight, firm, or compact.</def>  <rj><au>S. Sharp.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>loosened</ent><br/
<hw>loosened</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>  <def>having constraints removed.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> freed.</syn><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>straightened out; untangled.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> disentangled, unsnarled.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Loosener</ent><br/
<hw>Loos"en*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or that which, loosens.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Looseness</ent><br/
<hw>Loose"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state, condition, or quality, of being loose; <as>as, the <ex>looseness</ex> of a cord; <ex>looseness</ex> of style; <ex>looseness</ex> of morals or of principles.</as></def><br/
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<p><ent>Loosestrife</ent><br/
<hw>Loose"strife`</hw> <pr>(l<oomac/s"str<imac/f`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The name of several species of plants of the genus <gen>Lysimachia</gen>, having small star-shaped flowers, usually of a yellow color.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Any species of the genus <gen>Lythrum</gen>, having purple, or, in some species, crimson flowers.</def> <au>Gray.</au><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>False loosestrife</b></col>, <cd>a plant of the genus <gen>Ludwigia</gen>, which includes several species, most of which are found in the United States.</cd> -- <col><b>Tufted loosestrife</b></col>, <cd>the plant <spn>Lysimachia thyrsiflora</spn>, found in the northern parts of the United States and in Europe.</cd>  <rj><au>Gray.</au></rj></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Loosish</ent><br/
<hw>Loos"ish</hw> <pr>(l<oomac/s"<icr/sh)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Somewhat loose.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loot</ent><br/
<hw>Loot</hw> <pr>(l<oomac/t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Hind. <ets>l<umac/<tsdot/</ets>, Skr. <ets>l<omac/tra</ets>, <ets>l<omac/ptra</ets>, booty, <ets>lup</ets> to break, spoil; prob. akin to E. <ets>rob</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of plundering.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Plunder; booty; especially, the booty taken in a conquered or sacked city.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <def>Anything stolen or obtained by dishonesty.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <specif>Broadly:</specif> <def>Valuable objects; <as>as, the child was delighted with all the <ex>loot</ex> he got for his birthday</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Money; <as>as, you shouldn't carry all that <ex>loot</ex> around with you in the city; she made a pile of <ex>loot</ex> from trading in cattle futures</as>.</def> <mark>[slang]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Loot</ent><br/
<hw>Loot</hw>, <pos>v. t. & i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Looted</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Looting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To plunder; to carry off as plunder or a prize lawfully obtained by war.</def><br/
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<p><q><qex>Looting</qex> parties . . . ransacking the houses.</q> <rj><qau>L. Oliphant.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>looted</ent><br/
<hw>looted</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value; <as>as, the robbers left the <ex>looted</ex> train</as>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> pillaged, plundered, ransacked.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Looter</ent><br/
<hw>Loot"er</hw> <pr>(l<oomac/t"<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A plunderer.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loover</ent><br/
<hw>Loo"ver</hw> <pr>(l<oomac/"v<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Louver</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lop</ent><br/
<hw>Lop</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>loppe</ets>.]</ety> <def>A flea.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Cleveland.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lop</ent><br/
<hw>Lop</hw> <pr>(l<ocr/p)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lopped</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lopping</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Prov. G. <ets>luppen</ets>, <ets>lubben</ets>, to cut, geld, or OD. <ets>luppen</ets>, D. <ets>lubben</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything; to shorten by cutting off the extremities; to cut off, or remove, as superfluous parts; <as>as, to <ex>lop</ex> a tree or its branches</as>.</def> <ldquo/With branches <xex>lopped</xex>, in wood or mountain felled.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>Expunge the whole, or <qex>lop</qex> the excrescent parts.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To cut partly off and bend down; <as>as, to <ex>lop</ex> bushes in a hedge</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lop</ent><br/
<hw>Lop</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>That which is lopped from anything, as branches from a tree.</def>  <rj><au>Shak. Mortimer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lop</ent><br/
<hw>Lop</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To hang downward; to be pendent; to lean to one side.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lop</ent><br/
<hw>Lop</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To let hang down; <as>as, to <ex>lop</ex> the head</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lop</ent><br/
<hw>Lop</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Hanging down; <as>as, <ex>lop</ex> ears</as>; -- used also in compound adjectives; <as>as, <ex>lop</ex>eared; <ex>lop</ex>sided.</as></def><br/
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<p><ent>Lope</ent><br/
<hw>Lope</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>imp.</pos> <def>of <er>Leap</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>And, laughing, <qex>lope</qex> into a tree. <qex>Spenser</qex>.</q><br/
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<p><ent>Lope</ent><br/
<hw>Lope</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Loped</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Loping</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[See <er>Leap</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To leap; to dance.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark> <ldquo/He that <xex>lopes</xex> on the ropes.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Middleton.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To move with a leaping or bounding stride, as a horse.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To run with an easy, bounding stride; -- of people.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lope</ent><br/
<hw>Lope</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A leap; a long step.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An easy gait, consisting of long running strides or leaps.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>The mustang goes rollicking ahead, with the eternal <qex>lope</qex>, . . . a mixture of two or three gaits, as easy as the motions of a cradle.</q> <rj><qau>T. B. Thorpe.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lop-eared</ent><br/
<ent>Lopeared</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>Lop"eared`</hw>, <hw>Lop"-eared`</hw></mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having ears which droop or hang down; <as>as, a <ex>lop-eared</ex> hound</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lopeman</ent><br/
<hw>Lope"man</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Leaper; ropedancer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Loper</ent><br/
<hw>Lop"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who, or that which, lopes; esp., a horse that lopes.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Rope Making)</fld> <def>A swivel at one end of a ropewalk, used in laying the strands.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lophine</ent><br/
<hw>Loph"ine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/ a tuft or crest of feathers.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A nitrogenous organic base obtained by the oxidation of amarine, and regarded as a derivative of benzoic aldehyde. It is obtained in long white crystalline tufts, -- whence its name.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lophiomys</ent><br/
||<hw>Lo*phi"o*mys</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>lofia`</grk> a mane, bristly ridge + <grk>my^s</grk> a mouse.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A very singular rodent (<spn>Lophiomys Imhausi</spn>) of Northeastern Africa. It is the only known representative of a special family (<fam>Lophiomyid<ae/</fam>), remarkable for the structure of the skull. It has handlike feet, and the hair is peculiar in structure and arrangement.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lophobranch</ent><br/
<hw>Loph"o*branch</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>lofia`</grk>  crest or tuft + <grk>bra`gchion</grk> gill.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the <ord>Lophobranchii</ord>.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>One of the <ord>Lophobranchii</ord>.</def></def2><br/
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<p><ent>Lophobranchiate</ent><br/
<hw>Loph`o*bran"chi*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the <ord>Lophobranchii</ord>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lophobranchii</ent><br/
||<hw>Loph`o*bran"chi*i</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>lo`fos</grk> a crest or tuft + <grk>bra`gchion</grk> gill.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>An order of teleostean fishes, having the gills arranged in tufts on the branchial arches, as the Hippocampus and pipefishes.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lophophore</ent><br/
<hw>Loph"o*phore</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>lo`fos</grk> a crest or tuft + <grk>fe`rein</grk> to bear.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A disk which surrounds the mouth and bears the tentacles of the Bryozoa. See <er>Phylactolemata</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lophopoda</ent><br/
||<hw>Lo*phop"o*da</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <grk>lo`fos</grk> a crest or tuft + <ets>-poda</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Phylactolemata</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lophosteon</ent><br/
||<hw>Lo*phos"te*on</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> L. <plw>Lophostea</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>, E. <plw>Lophosteons</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <grk>lo`fos</grk> a crest + <?/ a bone.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The central keel-bearing part of the sternum in birds.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loppard</ent><br/
<hw>Lop"pard</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Lop</ets> + <ets>-ard</ets>.]</ety> <def>A tree, the top of which has been lopped off.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lopper</ent><br/
<hw>Lop"per</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who lops or cuts off.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lopper</ent><br/
<hw>Lop"per</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Loppered</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Loppering</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf. Prov. G. <ets>l<uum/bbern</ets>, <ets>levern</ets>, OHG. <ets>giliber<omac/n</ets>, G. <ets>luppe</ets>, <ets>lab</ets>, rennet.]</ety> <def>To turn sour and coagulate from too long standing, as milk.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lopping</ent><br/
<hw>Lop"ping</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A cutting off, as of branches; that which is cut off; leavings.</def><br/
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<p><q>The <qex>loppings</qex> made from that stock whilst it stood.</q> <rj><qau>Burke.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Loppy</ent><br/
<hw>Lop"py</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Somewhat lop; inclined to lop.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lopseed</ent><br/
<hw>Lop"seed`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A perennial herb (<spn>Phryma Leptostachya</spn>), having slender seedlike fruits.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lopsided</ent><br/
<hw>Lop"sid`ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Lop</ets> + <ets>side.</ets> Cf. <er>Lobsided</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Leaning to one side because of some defect of structure; <as>as, a <ex>lopsided</ex> ship</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Marryat.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Unbalanced; poorly proportioned; having much more on one side than the other; -- also used metaphorically; <as>as, a <ex>lopsided</ex> victory</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Full of idiosyncrasies.</def>  <rj><au>J. S. Mill.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>lopsided victory</ent><br/
<hw>lop"sid`ed victory</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A victory in a contest in which one side defeats the other overwhelmingly; -- in sports, meaning one side scores much more than the other; in war, meaning one side has many more casualties than the other.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loquacious</ent><br/
<hw>Lo*qua"cious</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>loquax</ets>, <ets>-acis</ets>, talkative, fr. <ets>loqui</ets> to speak; cf. Gr. <?/ to rattle, shriek, shout.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Given to continual talking; talkative; garrulous.</def><br/
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<p><q><qex>Loquacious</qex>, brawling, ever in the wrong.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Speaking; expressive.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>J. Philips.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Apt to blab and disclose secrets.</def><br/
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Garrulous; talkative. See <er>Garrulous</er>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Loquaciously</ent><br/
<hw>Lo*qua"cious*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a loquacious manner.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loquaciousness</ent><br/
<hw>Lo*qua"cious*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Loquacity.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loquacity</ent><br/
<hw>Lo*quac"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>loquacitas</ets>: cf. F. <ets>loquacit<eacute/</ets>.]</ety> <def>The habit or practice of talking continually or excessively; inclination to talk too much; talkativeness; garrulity.</def><br/
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<p><q>Too great <qex>loquacity</qex> and too great taciturnity by fits.</q> <rj><qau>Arbuthnot.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Loquat</ent><br/
<hw>Lo"quat</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Chinese name.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The fruit of the Japanese medlar (<spn>Photinia Japonica</spn>). It is as large as a small plum, but grows in clusters, and contains four or five large seeds. Also, the tree itself.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loral</ent><br/
<hw>Lo"ral</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the lores.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to lore{1}.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loran</ent><br/
<hw>Lor"an</hw> <pr>(l<ocir/r"<acr/n <it>or</it> l<omac/r"<acr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Acronym, from <ets>LO</ets>ng <ets>RA</ets>nge <ets>N</ets>avigation]</ety> <fld>(Naut., aviation)</fld> <def>A system of electronic navigation in which a vessel or aircraft determines its latitude and longitude by measuring the time differences between low frequency radio transmissions from two stationary transmitters (slaves) and a stationary master transmitter.  Contrary to the name, Loran is a medium range system, usually effective for no more than a few hundred miles from shore.  The first commercial system was called Loran A; the latest (and final) development is Loran C.</def> <mark>[acronym]</mark> <br/
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<p><ent>Lorate</ent><br/
<hw>Lo"rate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>loratus</ets>, fr. <ets>lorum</ets> thong.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having the form of a thong or strap; ligulate.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lorcha</ent><br/
<hw>Lor"cha</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Pg.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A kind of light vessel used on the coast of China, having the hull built on a European model, and the rigging like that of a Chinese junk.</def>  <rj><au>Admiral Foote.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lord</ent><br/
<hw>Lord</hw> <pr>(l<ocir/rd)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. Gr. <?/ bent so as to be convex in front.]</ety> <def>A hump-backed person; -- so called sportively.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Richardson (Dict.).</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lord</ent><br/
<hw>Lord</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>lord</ets>, <ets>laverd</ets>, <ets>loverd</ets>, AS. <ets>hl<amac/ford</ets>, for <ets>hl<amac/fweard</ets>, i. e., bread keeper; <ets>hl<amac/f</ets> bread, loaf + <ets>weardian</ets> to look after, to take care of, to ward. See <er>Loaf</er>, and <er>Ward</er> to guard, and cf. <er>Laird</er>, <er>Lady</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who has power and authority; a master; a ruler; a governor; a prince; a proprietor, as of a manor.</def><br/
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<p><q>But now I was the <qex>lord</qex><br/
Of this fair mansion.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Man over men<br/
He made not <qex>lord</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A titled nobleman., whether a peer of the realm or not; a bishop, as a member of the House of Lords; by courtesy; the son of a duke or marquis, or the eldest son of an earl; in a restricted sense, a baron, as opposed to noblemen of higher rank.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A title bestowed on the persons above named; and also, for honor, on certain official persons; <as>as, <ex>lord</ex> advocate, <ex>lord</ex> chamberlain, <ex>lord</ex> chancellor, <ex>lord</ex> chief justice, etc.</as></def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A husband.</def> <ldquo/My <xex>lord</xex> being old also.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Gen. xviii. 12.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>Thou worthy <qex>lord</qex><br/
Of that unworthy wife that greeteth thee.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Feudal Law)</fld> <def>One of whom a fee or estate is held; the male owner of feudal land; <as>as, the <ex>lord</ex> of the soil; the <ex>lord</ex> of the manor.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>The Supreme Being; Jehovah.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ When <xex>Lord</xex>, in the Old Testament, is printed in small capitals, it is usually equivalent to <xex>Jehovah</xex>, and might, with more propriety, be so rendered.</note><br/
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <fld>(Christianity)</fld> <def>The Savior; Jesus Christ.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>House of Lords</b></col>, <cd>one of the constituent parts of the British Parliament, consisting of the lords spiritual and temporal.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Lord high chancellor</b></col>, <col><b>Lord high constable</b></col></mcol>, <cd>etc. See <er>Chancellor</er>, <er>Constable</er>, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>Lord justice clerk</b></col>, <cd>the second in rank of the two highest judges of the Supreme Court of Scotland.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Lord justice general</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Lord president</b></col></mcol>, <cd>the highest in rank of the judges of the Supreme Court of Scotland.</cd> -- <col><b>Lord keeper</b></col>, <cd>an ancient officer of the English crown, who had the custody of the king's great seal, with authority to affix it to public documents.  The office is now merged in that of the chancellor.</cd> -- <col><b>Lord lieutenant</b></col>, <cd>a representative of British royalty: the <stype>lord lieutenant of Ireland</stype> being the representative of royalty there, and exercising supreme administrative authority; the <stype>lord lieutenant of a county</stype> being a deputy to manage its military concerns, and also to nominate to the chancellor the justices of the peace for that county.</cd> -- <col><b>Lord of misrule</b></col>, <cd>the master of the revels at Christmas in a nobleman's or other great house.</cd> <au>Eng. Cyc.</au> -- <col><b>Lords spiritual</b></col>, <cd>the archbishops and bishops who have seats in the House of Lords.</cd> -- <col><b>Lords temporal</b></col>, <cd>the peers of England; also, sixteen representative peers of Scotland, and twenty-eight representatives of the Irish peerage.</cd> -- <col><b>Our lord</b></col>, <cd>Jesus Christ; the Savior.</cd> -- <col><b>The Lord's Day</b></col>, <cd>Sunday; the Christian Sabbath, on which the Lord Jesus rose from the dead.</cd> -- <col><b>The Lord's Prayer</b></col>, <fld>(Christianity)</fld> <cd>the prayer which Jesus taught his disciples, also called the <altname>Our Father</altname>.</cd> <au>Matt. vi. 9-13.</au> -- <col><b>The Lord's Supper</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The paschal supper partaken of by Jesus the night before his crucifixion.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The sacrament of the eucharist; the holy communion.</cd> -- <col><b>The Lord's Table</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The altar or table from which the sacrament is dispensed.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The sacrament itself.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lord</ent><br/
<hw>Lord</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a lord.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To rule or preside over as a lord.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lord</ent><br/
<hw>Lord</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lorded</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lording</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To play the lord; to domineer; to rule with arbitrary or despotic sway; -- sometimes with <ptcl>over</ptcl>; and sometimes with <ptcl>it</ptcl> in the manner of a transitive verb; <as>as, rich students <ex>lording</ex> it over their classmates</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>The whiles she <qex>lordeth</qex> in licentious bliss.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>I see them <qex>lording</qex> it in London streets.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>And <qex>lorded</qex> over them whom now they serve.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lording</ent><br/
<hw>Lord"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Lord</ets> + <ets>-ing</ets>, 3.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The son of a lord; a person of noble lineage.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A little lord; a lordling; a lord, in contempt or ridicule.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Swift.</au></rj><br/
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<p><note><hand/ In the plural, a common ancient mode of address equivalent to <ldquo/Sirs<rdquo/ or <ldquo/My masters.<rdquo/</note><br/
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<p><q>Therefore, <qex>lordings</qex> all, I you beseech.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lordkin</ent><br/
<hw>Lord"kin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A little lord.</def>  <rj><au>Thackeray.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>lordless</ent><br/
<hw>lordless</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>having no lord or master; <as>as, the <ldquo/ronin<rdquo/ of Japan were <ex>lordless</ex> samurai</as>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> masterless, ungoverned.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lordlike</ent><br/
<hw>Lord"like`</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[2d <ets>lord</ets> + <ets>like</ets>.  Cf. <er>Lordly</er>.]</ety><br/
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>Befitting or like a lord; lordly.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Haughty; proud; insolent; arrogant.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lordliness</ent><br/
<hw>Lord"li*ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Lordly</er>.]</ety> <def>The state or quality of being lordly.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lordling</ent><br/
<hw>Lord"ling</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Lord</ets> + <ets>-ling</ets>.]</ety> <def>A little or insignificant lord.</def>  <rj><au>Goldsmith.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lordly</ent><br/
<hw>Lord"ly</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Lordlier</adjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Lordliest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[<ets>Lord</ets> + <ets>-ly</ets>.  Cf. <er>Lordlike</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Suitable for a lord; of or pertaining to a lord; resembling a lord; hence, grand; noble; dignified; honorable.</def><br/
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<p><q>She brought forth butter in a <qex>lordly</qex> dish.</q> <rj><qau>Judges v. 25.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q><qex>Lordly</qex> sins require <qex>lordly</qex> estates to support them.</q> <rj><qau>South.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>The maidens gathered strength and grace<br/
And presence, <qex>lordlier</qex> than before.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent.</def><br/
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<p><q>Lords are <qex>lordliest</qex> in their wine.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Imperious; haughty; overbearing; tyrannical; despotic; domineering; arrogant. See <er>Imperious</er>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lordly</ent><br/
<hw>Lord"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a lordly manner.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lordolatry</ent><br/
<hw>Lord*ol"a*try</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Lord</ets> + <ets>-olatry</ets>, as in <ets>idolatry</ets>.]</ety> <def>Worship of, or reverence for, a lord as such.</def> <mark>[Jocose]</mark><br/
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<p><q>But how should it be otherwise in a country where <qex>lordolatry</qex> is part of our creed?</q> <rj><qau>Thackeray.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lordosis</ent><br/
||<hw>Lor*do"sis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ , fr. <?/ bent so as to be convex in front.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A curvature of the spine forwards, usually in the lumbar region.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Any abnormal curvature of the bones.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lords and Ladies</ent><br/
<hw>Lords" and La"dies</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The European wake-robin (<spn>Arum maculatum</spn>), -- those with purplish spadix the lords, and those with pale spadix the ladies.</def>  <rj><au>Dr. Prior.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lordship</ent><br/
<hw>Lord"ship</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The state or condition of being a lord; hence (with <xex>his</xex> or <xex>your</xex>), a title applied to a lord (except an archbishop or duke, who is called <xex>Grace</xex>) or a judge (in Great Britain), etc.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Seigniory; domain; the territory over which a lord holds jurisdiction; a manor.</def><br/
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<p><q>What lands and <qex>lordships</qex> for their owner know<br/
My quondam barber.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Dominion; power; authority.</def><br/
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<p><q>They which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise <qex>lordship</qex> over them.</q> <rj><qau>Mark x. 42.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lore</ent><br/
<hw>Lore</hw> <pr>(l<omac/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>lore</ets>, L. <ets>lorum</ets> thong.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The space between the eye and bill, in birds, and the corresponding region in reptiles and fishes.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The anterior portion of the cheeks of insects.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lore</ent><br/
<hw>Lore</hw>, <mark>obs.</mark> <pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <mord>of <er>Lose</er>.</mord> <ety>[See <er>Lose</er>.]</ety> <def>Lost.</def><br/
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<p><q>Neither of them she found where she them <qex>lore</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lore</ent><br/
<hw>Lore</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>lore</ets>, <ets>lare</ets>, AS. <ets>l<amac/r</ets>, fr. <ets>l<aemac/ran</ets> to teach; akin to D. <ets>leer</ets> teaching, doctrine, G. <ets>lehre</ets>, Dan. <ets>l<ae/re</ets>, Sw. <ets>l<aum/ra</ets>. See <er>Learn</er>, and cf. <er>Lere</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>That which is or may be learned or known; the knowledge gained from tradition, books, or experience; often, the whole body of knowledge possessed by a people or class of people, or pertaining to a particular subject; <as>as, the <ex>lore</ex> of the Egyptians; priestly <ex>lore</ex>; legal <ex>lore</ex>; folk<ex>lore</ex>.</as></def> <ldquo/The <xex>lore</xex> of war.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Fairfax.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>His fair offspring, nursed in princely <qex>lore</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is taught; hence, instruction; wisdom; advice; counsel.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>If please ye, listen to my <qex>lore</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Workmanship.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Loral</ent><br/
<ent>Loreal</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lor"e*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Lor"al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the lore; -- said of certain feathers of birds, scales of reptiles, etc.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lorel</ent><br/
<hw>Lor"el</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<?/.  Cf. <er>Losel</er>.]</ety> <def>A good for nothing fellow; a vagabond.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Loren</ent><br/
<hw>Lor"en</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <mark>obs.</mark> <def>strong <pos>p. p.</pos> of <er>Lose</er>.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Loresman</ent><br/
<hw>Lores"man</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Lore</ets> learning + <ets>man</ets>.]</ety> <def>An instructor.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Gower.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Loretto nuns</ent><br/
<ent>Loreto nuns</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lo*ret"o nuns</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <it>or</it>  <hw>Lo*ret"to nuns</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>. <ety>[From <etsep>Loreto</etsep>, a city in Italy famous for its Holy House, said to be that in which Jesus lived, brought by angels from Nazareth.]</ety> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld> <def>Members of a congregation of nuns founded by <person>Mrs. Mary Teresa Ball</person>, near Dublin, Ireland, in 1822, and now spread over Ireland, India, Canada, and the United States.  The nuns are called also <altname>Ladies of Loreto</altname>.  They are engaged in teaching girls.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lorette</ent><br/
||<hw>Lo`rette"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>In France, a name for a woman who is supported by her lovers, and devotes herself to idleness, show, and pleasure; -- so called from the church of Notre Dame de <etsep>Lorette</etsep>, in Paris, near which many of them resided.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lorettine</ent><br/
<hw>Lo`ret*tine"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <ets>Loreto</ets> in Italy.]</ety> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>One of an order of nuns founded in 1812 at Loretto, in Kentucky. The members of the order (called also <membof>Sisters of Loretto</membof>, or <membof>Friends of Mary at the Foot of the Cross</membof>) devote themselves to the cause of education and the care of destitute orphans, their labors being chiefly confined to the western United States.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A Loreto nun.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lorgnette</ent><br/
<hw>Lor`gnette"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>An opera glass</def>; <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>elaborate double eyeglasses.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lori</ent><br/
<hw>Lo"ri</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Lory</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lorica</ent><br/
<hw>Lo*ri"ca</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Loric<ae/</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., lit., a corselet of thongs, fr. <ets>lorum</ets> thong.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Anc. Armor)</fld> <def>A cuirass, originally of leather, afterward of plates of metal or horn sewed on linen or the like.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Lute{1} for protecting vessels from the fire.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The protective case or shell of an infusorian or rotifer.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loricata</ent><br/
||<hw>Lor`i*ca"ta</hw> <pr>(l<ocr/r`<icr/*k<amac/"t<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Loricate</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A suborder of edentates, covered with bony plates, including the armadillos.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The crocodilia.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loricate</ent><br/
<hw>Lor"i*cate</hw> <pr>(l<ocr/r"<icr/*k<amac/t)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Loricated</conjf> <pr>(l<ocr/r"<icr/*k<amac/t`<ecr/d)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Loricating</conjf> <pr>(l<ocr/r"<icr/*k<amac/`t<icr/ng)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>loricatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>loricare</ets> to clothe in mail, to cover with plastering, fr. <ets>lorica</ets> a leather cuirass, a plastering, fr. <ets>lorum</ets> thong.]</ety> <def>To cover with some protecting substance, as with lute{1}, a crust, coating, or plates.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loricate</ent><br/
<hw>Lor"i*cate</hw> <pr>(l<ocr/r"<icr/*k<asl/t)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Loricate</er>, <pos>v.</pos>]</ety> <def>Covered with a shell or exterior made of plates somewhat like a coat of mail, as in the armadillo.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loricate</ent><br/
<hw>Lor"i*cate</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>An animal covered with bony scales, as crocodiles among reptiles, and the pangolins among mammals.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lorication</ent><br/
<hw>Lor`i*ca"tion</hw> <pr>(l<ocr/r`<icr/*k<amac/"sh<ucr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>loricatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of loricating; the protecting substance put on; a covering of scales or plates.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lorikeet</ent><br/
<hw>Lor"i*keet</hw> <pr>(l<ocr/r"<icr/*k<emac/t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Any one numerous species of small brush-tongued parrots or lories, found mostly in Australia, New Guinea and the adjacent islands, with some forms in the East Indies.  They are arboreal in their habits and feed largely upon the honey of flowers.  They belong to <gen>Trichoglossus</gen>, <gen>Loriculus</gen>, and several allied genera.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loriner</ent><br/
<ent>Lorimer</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lor"i*mer</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Lor"i*ner</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>lormier</ets>, <ets>loremier</ets>, fr. LL. <ets>loranum</ets> bridle, L. <ets>lorum</ets> thong, the rein of a bridle.]</ety> <def>A maker of bits, spurs, and metal mounting for bridles and saddles; hence, a saddler.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Holinshed.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Loring</ent><br/
<hw>Lor"ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See 3d <er>Lore</er>.]</ety> <def>Instructive discourse.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Loriot</ent><br/
<hw>Lo"ri*ot</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. OF. <ets>loriou</ets>, for <ets>l'oriol</ets>, <ets>oriol</ets>, <ets>l'</ets> being the article. The same word as <ets>oriole</ets>. See <er>Oriole</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The golden oriole of Europe. See <er>Oriole</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loris</ent><br/
<hw>Lo"ris</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Loris</ets>, or <ets>lori</ets>, the indigenous East Indian name.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Any one of several species of small lemurs of the genus <gen>Stenops</gen>.  They have long, slender limbs and large eyes, and are arboreal in their habits.  The slender loris (<spn>Stenops gracilis</spn>), of Ceylon, in one of the best known species.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>lori</asp>.]</altsp><br/
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<p><ent>Lorn</ent><br/
<hw>Lorn</hw> <pr>(l<ocir/rn)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Strong p. p. of <er>Lose</er>. See <er>Lose</er>, <er>Forlorn</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Lost; undone; ruined.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark><br/
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<p><q>If thou readest, thou art <qex>lorn</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Scott.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Forsaken; abandoned; solitary; bereft; <as>as, a lone, <ex>lorn</ex> woman</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lorry</ent><br/
<ent>Lorrie</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lor"rie</hw>, <hw>Lor"ry</hw>  }</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Lorries</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[Prob. from <ets>lurry</ets> to pull or lug.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A small cart or wagon moving on rails, as those used on the tramways in mines to carry coal or rubbish; also, a barrow or truck for shifting baggage, as at railway stations.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A motorized wheeled land vehicle, esp. a large one, with a cab for the driver and a separate rear compartment for transporting freight; called <altname>truck</altname> in the U. S.</def> <mark>[Brit.]</mark><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> camion.</syn><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn>  <def>a large low horse-drawn wagon without sides.</def> <wns>[wns=1]</wns><br/
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<p><ent>Lory</ent><br/
<hw>Lo"ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Lories</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[Hind. & Malay. <ets>l<umac/r<imac/</ets>, <ets>n<umac/r<imac/</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Any one of many species of small parrots of the family <fam>Trichoglossid<ae/</fam>, generally having the tongue papillose at the tip, and the mandibles straighter and less toothed than in common parrots.  They are found in the East Indies, Australia, New Guinea, and the adjacent islands.  They feed mostly on soft fruits and on the honey of flowers.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ The lory, or louri, of South Africa is the white-crested plantain eater or turacou. See <er>Turacou</er>.</note><br/
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<p><ent>Los</ent><br/
<hw>Los</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Praise. See <er>Loos</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Losable</ent><br/
<hw>Los"a*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Such as can be lost.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Losange</ent><br/
<hw>Los"ange</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Lozenge</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lose</ent><br/
<hw>Lose</hw> <pr>(l<oomac/z)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lost</conjf> <pr>(l<ocr/st; 115)</pr> <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Losing</conjf> <pr>(l<oomac/z"<icr/ng)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>losien</ets> to loose, be lost, lose, AS. <ets>losian</ets> to become loose; akin to OE. <ets>leosen</ets> to lose, p. p. <ets>loren</ets>, <ets>lorn</ets>, AS. <ets>le<iacute/san</ets>, <ets>p. p. loren</ets> (in comp.), D. ver<ets>liezen</ets>, G. ver<ets>lieren</ets>, Dan. for<ets>lise</ets>, Sw. f<oum/r<ets>lisa</ets>, f<oum/r<ets>lora</ets>, Goth. fra<ets>liusan</ets>, also to E. <ets>loose</ets>, a & v., L. <ets>luere</ets> to loose, Gr. <grk>ly`ein</grk>, Skr. <ets>l<umac/</ets> to cut.  <root/127.  Cf. <er>Analysis</er>, <er>Palsy</er>, <er>Solve</er>, <er>Forlorn</er>, <er>Leasing</er>, <er>Loose</er>, <er>Loss</er>.]</ety><br/
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>To part with unintentionally or unwillingly, as by accident, misfortune, negligence, penalty, forfeit, etc.; to be deprived of; <as>as, to <ex>lose</ex> money from one's purse or pocket, or in business or gaming; to <ex>lose</ex> an arm or a leg by amputation; to <ex>lose</ex> men in battle.</as></def><br/
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<p><q>Fair Venus wept the sad disaster<br/
Of having <qex>lost</qex> her favorite dove.</q> <rj><qau>Prior.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To cease to have; to possess no longer; to suffer diminution of; <as>as, to <ex>lose</ex> one's relish for anything; to <ex>lose</ex> one's health.</as></def><br/
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<p><q>If the salt hath <qex>lost</qex> his savor, wherewith shall it be salted?</q> <rj><qau>Matt. v. 13.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Not to employ; to employ ineffectually; to throw away; to waste; to squander; <as>as, to <ex>lose</ex> a day; to <ex>lose</ex> the benefits of instruction.</as></def><br/
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<p><q>The unhappy have but hours, and these they <qex>lose</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to and; to go astray from; <as>as, to <ex>lose</ex> one's way</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>He hath <qex>lost</qex> his fellows.</q> <rj><qau>Shak</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To ruin; to destroy; as destroy; <as>as, the ship was <ex>lost</ex> on the ledge</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>The woman that deliberates is <qex>lost</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>To be deprived of the view of; to cease to see or know the whereabouts of; <as>as, he <ex>lost</ex> his companion in the crowd</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>Like following life thro' creatures you dissect,<br/
You <qex>lose</qex> it in the moment you detect.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>To fail to obtain or enjoy; to fail to gain or win; hence, to fail to catch with the mind or senses; to miss; <as>as, I <ex>lost</ex> a part of what he said</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>He shall in no wise <qex>lose</qex> his reward.</q> <rj><qau>Matt. x. 42.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>I fought the battle bravely which I <qex>lost</qex>,<br/
And <qex>lost</qex> it but to Macedonians.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>To cause to part with; to deprive of.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>How should you go about to <qex>lose</qex> him a wife he loves with so much passion?</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Temple.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>9.</sn> <def>To prevent from gaining or obtaining.</def><br/
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<p><q>O false heart! thou hadst almost betrayed me to eternal flames, and <qex>lost</qex> me this glory.</q> <rj><qau>Baxter.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>To lose ground</b></col>, <cd>to fall behind; to suffer gradual loss or disadvantage.</cd> -- <col><b>To lose heart</b></col>, <cd>to lose courage; to become timid.</cd> <ldquo/The mutineers <xex>lost heart</xex>.<rdquo/ <au>Macaulay.</au> -- <col><b>To lose one's head</b></col>, <cd>to be thrown off one's balance; to lose the use of one's good sense or judgment, through fear, anger, or other emotion.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><q>In the excitement of such a discovery, many scholars <qex>lost their heads</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Whitney.</qau></rj></p>

<p>-- <col><b>To lose one's self</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To forget or mistake the bearing of surrounding objects; <as>as, <ex>to lose one's self</ex> in a great city</as>.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To have the perceptive and rational power temporarily suspended; <as>as, we <ex>lose ourselves</ex> in sleep</as>.</cd> -- <col><b>To lose sight of</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To cease to see; <as>as, <ex>to lose sight of</ex> the land</as>.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To overlook; to forget; to fail to perceive; <as>as, he <ex>lost sight of</ex> the issue</as>.</cd><br/
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<p><ent>Lose</ent><br/
<hw>Lose</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To suffer loss, disadvantage, or defeat; to be worse off, esp. as the result of any kind of contest.</def><br/
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<p><q>We 'll . . . hear poor rogues<br/
Talk of court news; and we'll talk with them too,<br/
Who <qex>loses</qex> and who wins; who's in, who's out.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Losel</ent><br/
<hw>Los"el</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From the root of <ets>lose</ets>, <ets>loss</ets>.  <root/127.  Cf. <er>Lorel</er>.]</ety> <def>One who loses by sloth or neglect; a worthless person; a lorel.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>One sad <qex>losel</qex> soils a name for aye.</q> <rj><qau>Byron.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Losel</ent><br/
<hw>Los"el</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Wasteful; slothful.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Losenger</ent><br/
<hw>Los"en*ger</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>losengier</ets>, <ets>losengeor</ets>, fr. <ets>losengier</ets> to deceive, flatter, <ets>losenge</ets>, flattery, Pr. <ets>lauzenga</ets>, fr. L. <ets>laus</ets> praise.  Cf. <er>Lozenge</er>.]</ety> <def>A flatterer; a deceiver; a cozener.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>To a fair pair of gallows, there to end their lives with shame, as a number of such other <qex>losengers</qex> had done.</q> <rj><qau>Holinshed.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Losengerie</ent><br/
<hw>Los"en*ger*ie</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF.]</ety> <def>Flattery; deceit; trickery.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Loser</ent><br/
<hw>Los"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who loses; <as>as, the <ex>loser</ex> pays for a round of beer</as>.</def>  <rj><au>South.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A person who is habitually unsuccessful at some endeavor, such as employment or personal relationships.</def> <mark>[slang]</mark><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A plan or strategy unlikely to succeed.</def> <mark>[slang]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Losing</ent><br/
<hw>Lo"sing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Losenger</er>.]</ety> <def>Given to flattery or deceit; flattering; cozening.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>Amongst the many simoniacal that swarmed in the land, Herbert, Bishop of Thetford, must not be forgotten; nick-named <qex>Losing</qex>, that is, the Flatterer.</q> <rj><qau>Fuller.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Losing</ent><br/
<hw>Los"ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lose</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety> <def>Causing or likely to cause a loss; <as>as, a <ex>losing</ex> game or business; a <ex>losing</ex> strategy</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>Who strive to sit out <qex>losing</qex> hands are lost.</q> <rj><qau>Herbert.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Losingly</ent><br/
<hw>Los"ing*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a manner to incur loss.</def><br/
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<p><ent>losings</ent><br/
<hw>losings</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>something lost, especially money lost at gambling.  Inverse of <inv>winnings</inv>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> losses.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Loss</ent><br/
<hw>Loss</hw> <pr>(l<ocr/s; 115)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>los</ets> loss, losing, fr. <ets>le<iacute/san</ets> to lose.  <root/127. See <er>Lose</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of losing; failure; destruction; privation; <as>as, the <ex>loss</ex> of property; <ex>loss</ex> of money by gaming; <ex>loss</ex> of health or reputation.</as></def><br/
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<p><q>Assured <qex>loss</qex> before the match be played.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The state of losing or having lost; the privation, defect, misfortune, harm, etc., which ensues from losing.</def><br/
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<p><q>Though thou repent, yet I have still the <qex>loss</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>That which is lost or from which one has parted; waste; -- opposed to <ant>gain</ant> or <ant>increase</ant>; <as>as, the <ex>loss</ex> of liquor by leakage was considerable</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>The state of being lost or destroyed; especially, the wreck or foundering of a ship or other vessel.</def><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Failure to gain or win; <as>as, <ex>loss</ex> of a race or battle</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>Failure to use advantageously; <as>as, <ex>loss</ex> of time</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>Killed, wounded, and captured persons, or captured property.</def><br/
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <fld>(Insurance)</fld> <def>Destruction or diminution of value, if brought about in a manner provided for in the insurance contract (as destruction by fire or wreck, damage by water or smoke), or the death or injury of an insured person; also, the sum paid or payable therefor; <as>as, the <ex>losses</ex> of the company this year amount to a million of dollars</as>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>To bear a loss</b></col>, <cd>to make a loss good; also, to sustain a loss without sinking under it.</cd> -- <col><b>To be at a loss</b></col>, <cd>to be in a state of uncertainty.</cd></cs></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Privation; detriment; injury; damage.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>losses</ent><br/
<hw>losses</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>something lost, especially money lost at gambling.  Inverse of <inv>winnings</inv>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> losings.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lossful</ent><br/
<hw>Loss"ful</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Detrimental.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bp. Hall.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>loss leader</ent><br/
<hw>loss leader</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>an article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> drawing card, loss leader, leader.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lossless</ent><br/
<hw>Loss"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Free from loss.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>lossy compression</ent><br/
<hw>los"sy com*pres"sion</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Computers)</fld> <def>The compression of binary data into a form which, when it is re-expanded, has most, but not all, of the original information.  It is used primarily for compression of images and sounds, and is designed to provide a high degree of compression at the cost of a slight loss of data.  It is expemplified by the JPEG compression standard.  Images compressed by a lossy compression algorithm are re-expanded into an image close, but not identical to the original image; the difference between the original and the reconstructed image may be imperceptible to normal viewing by the eye.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lost</ent><br/
<hw>Lost</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Prop. p. p. of OE. <ets>losien</ets>. See <er>Lose</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Parted with unwillingly or unintentionally; not to be found; missing; <as>as, a <ex>lost</ex> book or sheep</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Parted with; no longer held or possessed; <as>as, a <ex>lost</ex> limb; <ex>lost</ex> honor.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Not employed or enjoyed; thrown away; employed ineffectually; wasted; squandered; <as>as, a <ex>lost</ex> day; a <ex>lost</ex> opportunity or benefit.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Having wandered from, or unable to find, the way; bewildered; perplexed; <as>as, a child <ex>lost</ex> in the woods; a stranger <ex>lost</ex> in London.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>Ruined or destroyed, either physically or morally; past help or hope; <as>as, a ship <ex>lost</ex> at sea; a woman <ex>lost</ex> to virtue; a <ex>lost</ex> soul.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>Hardened beyond sensibility or recovery; alienated; insensible; <as>as, <ex>lost</ex> to shame; <ex>lost</ex> to all sense of honor.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>Not perceptible to the senses; no longer visible; <as>as, an island <ex>lost</ex> in a fog; a person <ex>lost</ex> in a crowd.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>9.</sn> <def>Occupied with, or under the influence of, something, so as to be insensible of external things; <as>as, to be <ex>lost</ex> in thought</as>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lost motion</b></col> <fld>(Mach.)</fld>, <cd>the difference between the motion of a driver and that of a follower, due to the yielding of parts or looseness of joints.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lot</ent><br/
<hw>Lot</hw> <pr>(l<ocr/t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>hlot</ets>; akin to <ets>hle<iacute/tan</ets> to cast lots, OS. <ets>hl<omac/t</ets> lot, D. <ets>lot</ets>, G. <ets>loos</ets>, OHG. <ets>l<omac/z</ets>, Icel. <ets>hlutr</ets>, Sw. <ets>lott</ets>, Dan. <ets>lod</ets>, Goth. <ets>hlauts</ets>.  Cf. <er>Allot</er>, <er>Lotto</er>, <er>Lottery</er>.]</ety><br/
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.</def><br/
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<p><q>But save my life, which <qex>lot</qex> before your foot doth lay.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without man's choice or will; <as>as, to cast or draw <ex>lots</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>The <qex>lot</qex> is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord.</q> <rj><qau>Prov. xvi. 33.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>If we draw <qex>lots</qex>, he speeds.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The part, or fate, which falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without his planning.</def><br/
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<p><q>O visions ill foreseen! Each day's <qex>lot's</qex><br/
Enough to bear.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>He was but born to try<br/
The <qex>lot</qex> of man -- to suffer and to die.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A separate portion; a number of things taken collectively; all objects sold in a single purchase transaction; <as>as, a <ex>lot</ex> of stationery</as>; -- colloquially, sometimes of people; <as>as, a sorry <ex>lot</ex>; a bad <ex>lot</ex>.</as></def><br/
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<p><q>I, this winter, met with a very large <qex>lot</qex> of English heads, chiefly of the reign of James I.</q> <rj><qau>Walpole.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field; <as>as, a building <ex>lot</ex> in a city</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>The defendants leased a house and <qex>lot</qex> in the city of New York.</q> <rj><qau>Kent.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>A large quantity or number; a great deal; <as>as, to spend a <ex>lot</ex> of money; to waste a <ex>lot</ex> of time on line; <ex>lots</ex> of people think so.</as></def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>He wrote to her . . . he might be detained in London by a <qex>lot</qex> of business.</q> <rj><qau>W. Black.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>A prize in a lottery.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Evelyn.</au></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>To cast in one's lot with</b></col>, <cd>to share the fortunes of.</cd> -- <col><b>To cast lots</b></col>, <cd>to use or throw a die, or some other instrument, by the unforeseen turn or position of which, an event is by previous agreement determined.</cd> -- <col><b>To draw lots</b></col>, <cd>to determine an event, or make a decision, by drawing one thing from a number whose marks are concealed from the drawer.</cd> -- <col><b>To pay scot and lot</b></col>, <cd>to pay taxes according to one's ability. See <er>Scot</er>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lot</ent><br/
<hw>Lot</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lotted</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lotting</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <def>To allot; to sort; to portion.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>To lot on</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>To lot upon</b></col></mcol>, <cd>to count or reckon upon; to expect with pleasure.</cd> <mark>[Colloq. U. S.]</mark></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lote</ent><br/
<hw>Lote</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lotus</ets>, Gr. <?/.  Cf. <er>Lotus</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A large tree (<spn>Celtis australis</spn>), found in the south of Europe. It has a hard wood, and bears a cherrylike fruit. Called also <altname>nettle tree</altname>.</def>  <rj><au>Eng. Cyc.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lote</ent><br/
<hw>Lote</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>lotte</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The European burbot.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lote</ent><br/
<hw>Lote</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>lutian</ets>.]</ety> <def>To lurk; to lie hid.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lothsome</ent><br/
<ent>Lothly</ent><br/
<ent>Loth</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>Loth</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos>, <hw>Loth"ly</hw>, <pos>a. & adv.</pos>, <hw>Loth"some</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos></mhw>, <def>See <er>Loath</er>, <er>Loathly</er>, etc.</def><br/
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<p><ent>loth</ent><br/
<hw>loth</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>strongly opposed.</def> <wns>[wns=2]</wns><mark>[predicate]</mark><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> antipathetic, antipathetical, averse(predicate), averse to(predicate), indisposed(predicate), loath(predicate), opposed.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lothario</ent><br/
<hw>Lo*tha"ri*o</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Name of a character in Rowe's drama, <ldquo/The Fair Penitent.<rdquo/]</ety> <def>A gay seducer of women; a libertine.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lothringen</ent><br/
<hw>Lothringen</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>Lorraine, a French region rich in iron-ore deposits.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Lorraine.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lotion</ent><br/
<hw>Lo"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lotio</ets>, fr. <ets>lavare</ets>, <ets>lotum</ets>, to wash: cf. F. <ets>lotion</ets>. See <er>Lave</er> to wash.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A washing, especially of the skin for the purpose of rendering it fair.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A liquid preparation for bathing the skin, or an injured or diseased part, either for a medicinal purpose, or for improving its appearance.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loto</ent><br/
<hw>Lo"to</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Lotto</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lotong</ent><br/
||<hw>Lo*tong"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Malay <ets>l<umac/tong</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>An East Indian monkey (<spn>Semnopithecus femoralis</spn>).</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lotophagi</ent><br/
||<hw>Lo*toph"a*gi</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/; <?/ the lotus + <?/ to eat.]</ety> <fld>(Class. Myth.)</fld> <def>A people visited by Ulysses in his wanderings. They subsisted on the lotus. See <er>Lotus</er> <sd>(b)</sd>, and <er>Lotus-eater</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lotos</ent><br/
<hw>Lo"tos</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Lotus</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lottery</ent><br/
<hw>Lot"ter*y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Lotteries</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[<ets>Lot</ets> + <ets>-ery</ets>, as in brewe<ets>ry</ets>, bind<ets>ery</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance; esp., a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, and the rest of the tickets are blanks.</def> <mark>Fig.</mark>: <def>An affair of chance.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ The laws of the United States and of most of the States make private lotteries illegal, except in certain circumstances for charitable institutions; however, many of the states now conduct lotteries tehmselves as a revenue source.</note><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Allotment; thing allotted.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lotto</ent><br/
<hw>Lot"to</hw> <pr>(l<ocr/t"t<osl/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>loto</ets> or It. <ets>lotto</ets>, prop., a lot; of German origin. See <er>Lot</er>.]</ety> <def>A game of chance, played with cards or tickets, on which are inscribed numbers, and any contrivance (as a wheel containing numbered balls) for determining a set of numbers by chance.  The player holding a card having on it the set of numbers drawn from the wheel takes the stakes after a certain percentage of them has been deducted for the dealer.  In some systems, lesser prizes are awarded for having some but not all of the numbers selected, such as four or five numbers in a six-number drawing.  A variety of <ex>lotto</ex> is called <stype>keno</stype>.  In another variety, the player chooses the numbers for the card or ticket s/he holds.  There may be from three to seven different numbers on a card or ticket.  In a modern computerized lotto system conducted by state authorities, the player chooses numbers, or allows the computer to choose numbers at random, which are then printed on a ticket that the player holds until the winning number is selected.</def> <altsp>[Often written <asp>loto</asp>.]</altsp><br/
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<p><ent>Loture</ent><br/
<hw>Lo"ture</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lotura</ets>. See <er>Lotion</er>.]</ety> <def>See <er>Lotion</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Holland.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lotus</ent><br/
<hw>Lo"tus</hw> <pr>(l<omac/"t<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lotus</ets>, Gr. <grk>lwto`s</grk>.  Cf. <er>Lote</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A name of several kinds of water lilies; as <spn>Nelumbium speciosum</spn>, used in religious ceremonies, anciently in Egypt, and to this day in Asia; <spn>Nelumbium luteum</spn>, the American lotus; and <spn>Nymph<ae/a Lotus</spn> and <spn>Nymph<ae/a c<ae/rulea</spn>, the respectively white-flowered and blue-flowered lotus of modern Egypt, which, with <spn>Nelumbium speciosum</spn>, are figured on its ancient monuments.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The <xex>lotus</xex> of the <xex>lotuseaters</xex>, probably a tree found in Northern Africa, Sicily, Portugal, and Spain (<spn>Zizyphus Lotus</spn>), the fruit of which is mildly sweet. It was fabled by the ancients to make strangers who ate of it forget their native country, or lose all desire to return to it.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The lote, or nettle tree. See <er>Lote</er>.</def> <sd>(d)</sd> <def>A genus (<gen>Lotus</gen>) of leguminous plants much resembling clover.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>lotos</asp>.]</altsp><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>European lotus</b></col>, <cd>a small tree (<spn>Diospyros Lotus</spn>) of Southern Europe and Asia; also, its rather large bluish black berry, which is called also the <altname>date plum</altname>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>An ornament much used in Egyptian architecture, generally asserted to have been suggested by the Egyptian water lily.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lotos-eater</ent><br/
<ent>Lotus-eater</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lo"tus-eat`er</hw> <pr>(l<omac/"t<ucr/s-<emac/t`<etil/r)</pr>, <hw>Lo"tos-eat`er</hw> <pr>(l<omac/"t<ocr/s-<emac/t`<etil/r)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Class. Myth.)</fld> <def>One who ate the fruit or leaf of the lotus, and, as a consequence, gave himself up to indolence and daydreams; one of the <membof>Lotophagi</membof>.</def><br/
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<p><q>The mild-eyed melancholy <qex>Lotos-eaters</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>louche</ent><br/
<hw>louche</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>of questionable taste, decency, or morality; not reputable; <as>as, a <ex>louche</ex> nightclub; a <ex>louche</ex> painting</as>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> shady.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Louchettes</ent><br/
||<hw>Lou*chettes"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>Goggles intended to rectify strabismus by permitting vision only directly in front.</def>  <rj><au>Knight.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Loud</ent><br/
<hw>Loud</hw> <pr>(loud)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Louder</adjf> <pr>(loud"<etil/r)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Loudest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>loud</ets>, <ets>lud</ets>, AS. <ets>hl<umac/d</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>hl<umac/d</ets>, D. <ets>luid</ets>, OHG. <ets>l<umac/t</ets>, G. <ets>laut</ets>, L. <ets>-clutus</ets>, in in<ets>clutus</ets>, in<ets>clitus</ets>, celebrated, renowned, <ets>cluere</ets> to be called, Gr. <grk>klyto`s</grk> heard, loud, famous, <grk>kly`ein</grk> to hear, Skr. <ets><cced/ru</ets>. <root/41.  Cf. <er>Client</er>, <er>Listen</er>, <er>Slave</er> a serf.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having, making, or being a strong or great sound; noisy; striking the ear with great force; <as>as, a <ex>loud</ex> cry; <ex>loud</ex> thunder.</as></def><br/
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<p><q>They were instant with <qex>loud</qex> voices, requiring that he might be crucified.</q> <rj><qau>Luke xxiii. 23.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Clamorous; boisterous.</def><br/
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<p><q>She is <qex>loud</qex> and stubborn.</q> <rj><qau>Prov. vii. 11.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Emphatic; impressive; urgent; <as>as, a <ex>loud</ex> call for united effort</as>.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Ostentatious; likely to attract attention; gaudy; <as>as, a <ex>loud</ex> style of dress; <ex>loud</ex> colors.</as></def> <mark>[Slang]</mark></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Noisy; boisterous; vociferous; clamorous; obstreperous; turbulent; blustering; vehement.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Loud</ent><br/
<hw>Loud</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>hl<umac/de</ets>.]</ety> <def>With loudness; loudly.</def><br/
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<p><q>To speak <qex>loud</qex> in public assemblies.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Loudful</ent><br/
<hw>Loud"ful</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Noisy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Marsion.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Loudly</ent><br/
<hw>Loud"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a loud manner.</def>  <rj><au>Denham.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>loud-mouth</ent><br/
<hw>loud-mouth</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>a person who causes trouble by speaking indiscretely.</def> <wns>[wns=1]</wns> <br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> loudmouth, blusterer.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Aperson who is loud-mouthed.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Loud-mouthed</ent><br/
<hw>Loud"-mouthed`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having a loud voice; talking or sounding noisily; noisily impudent or offensive.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Loudness</ent><br/
<hw>Loud"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being loud.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>loudspeaker</ent><br/
<hw>loud"speak*er</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A device which converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance, usually outdoors; it is used to amplify or transmit over a distance speech from a person, who is typically speaking into a microphone.  Sometimes it is used to play recorded speech or music.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> speaker, speaker unit, loudspeaker system, speaker system.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Loud-voiced</ent><br/
<hw>Loud"-voiced`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having a loud voice; speaking with a loud voice; noisy; clamorous.</def>  <rj><au>Byron.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lough</ent><br/
<hw>Lough</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See 1st <er>Loch</er>.]</ety> <def>A loch or lake; -- so spelt in Ireland.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lough</ent><br/
<hw>Lough</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <mark>obs.</mark>  <pos>strong imp.</pos> <def>of <er>Laugh</er>.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Louis d'or</ent><br/
<hw>Lou"is d'or`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., gold louis.]</ety> <def>Formerly, a gold coin of France nominally worth twenty shillings sterling, but of varying value; -- first struck in 1640.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Louisianian</ent><br/
<ent>Louisianan</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>Louisianan</hw>, <hw>Louisianian</hw></mhw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>a resident of Louisiana.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Louis quatorze</ent><br/
<hw>Lou"is qua*torze"</hw> <pr>(l<oomac/"<icr/ k<adot/*t<ocir/rz")</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., Louis fourteenth.]</ety> <def>Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the art or style of the times of <person>Louis XIV.</person> of France; <as>as, <ex>Louis quatorze</ex> architecture</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Louk</ent><br/
<hw>Louk</hw> <pr>(louk)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An accomplice; a <ldquo/pal.<rdquo/</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>There is no thief without a <qex>louk</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lounge</ent><br/
<hw>Lounge</hw> <pr>(lounj)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lounged</conjf> <pr>(lounjd)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lounging</conjf> <pr>(loun"j<icr/ng)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>lungis</ets> a tall, slow, awkward fellow, OF. <ets>longis</ets>, <ets>longin</ets>, said to be fr. <ets>Longinus</ets>, the name of the centurion who pierced the body of Christ, but with reference also to L. <ets>longus</ets> long.  Cf. <er>Long</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <def>To spend time lazily, whether lolling or idly sauntering; to pass time indolently; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>We <qex>lounge</qex> over the sciences, dawdle through literature, yawn over politics.</q> <rj><qau>J. Hannay.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lounge</ent><br/
<hw>Lounge</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An idle gait or stroll; the state of reclining indolently; a place of lounging.</def><br/
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<p><q>She went with Lady Stock to a bookseller's whose shop served as a fashionable <qex>lounge</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Miss Edgeworth.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A piece of furniture resembling a sofa, upon which one may lie or recline.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lounger</ent><br/
<hw>Loun"ger</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who lounges; an idler.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loup</ent><br/
<hw>Loup</hw> <pr>(l<oomac/p)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Iron Works)</fld> <def>See 1st <er>Loop</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loup-cervier</ent><br/
||<hw>Loup"-cer`vier"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.  Cf. <er>Lusern</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The Canada lynx. See <er>Lynx</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>loupe</ent><br/
<hw>loupe</hw> <pr>(l<oomac/p)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Any of a variety of small magnifying glasses, having a magnifying power from 2X to 20X, commonly of 10X, which may be held in the hand, or in some cases held within the eyesocket without the use of a hand.  It is commonly used by jewelers and watchmakers.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Loup-garou</ent><br/
||<hw>Loup`-ga`rou"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu>pl. <plw>Loups-garous</plw> <pr>(#)</pr></plu>. <ety>[F., fr. <ets>loup</ets> wolf + a Teutonic word akin to E. <ets>werewolf</ets>.]</ety> <def>A werewolf; a lycanthrope.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><q>The superstition of the <qex>loup-garou</qex>, or werewolf, belongs to the folklore of most modern nations, and has its reflex in the story of <ldquo/Little Red Riding-hood<rdquo/ and others.</q>  <rj><qau>Brinton.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Louping</ent><br/
<hw>Loup"ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Loup</er> to leap.]</ety> <fld>(Veter.)</fld> <def>An enzo<oum/tic, often fatal, disease of sheep and other domestic animals, of unknown cause. It is characterized by muscular tremors and spasms, followed by more or less complete paralysis. The principal lesion is an inflammation of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Loup-loup</ent><br/
||<hw>Loup`-loup"</hw> <pr>(l<oomac/`l<oomac/")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The Pomeranian or Spitz dog.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Loups</ent><br/
<hw>Loups</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos>; <sing>sing.  <singw>Loup</singw>.</sing> <ety>[F., prop., a wolf.]</ety> <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld> <def>The Pawnees, a tribe of North American Indians whose principal totem was the wolf.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lour</ent><br/
||<hw>Lour</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>An Asiatic sardine (<spn>Clupea Neohowii</spn>), valued for its oil.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Louri</ent><br/
<hw>Lou"ri</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>See <er>Lory</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Louse</ent><br/
<hw>Louse</hw> <pr>(lous)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Lice</plw> <pr>(l<imac/s)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[OE. <ets>lous</ets>, AS. <ets>l<umac/s</ets>, pl. <ets>l<ymac/s</ets>; akin to D. <ets>luis</ets>, G. <ets>laus</ets>, OHG. <ets>l<umac/s</ets>, Icel. <ets>l<umac/s</ets>, Sw. <ets>lus</ets>, Dan. <ets>luus</ets>; perh. so named because it is destructive, and akin to E. <ets>lose</ets>, <ets>loose</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Any one of numerous species of small, wingless, suctorial, parasitic insects belonging to a tribe (<fam>Pediculina</fam>), now usually regarded as degraded Hemiptera. To this group belong of the lice of man and other mammals; <as>as, the head <ex>louse</ex> of man (<spn>Pediculus capitis</spn>), the body <ex>louse</ex> (<spn>Pediculus vestimenti</spn>), and the crab <ex>louse</ex> (<spn>Phthirius pubis</spn>), and many others</as>. See <cref>Crab louse</cref>, <cref>Dog louse</cref>, <cref>Cattle louse</cref>, etc., under <er>Crab</er>, <er>Dog</er>, etc.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Any one of numerous small mandibulate insects, mostly parasitic on birds, and feeding on the feathers. They are known as Mallophaga, or bird lice, though some occur on the hair of mammals. They are usually regarded as degraded Pseudoneuroptera. See <er>Mallophaga</er>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Any one of the numerous species of aphids, or plant lice. See <er>Aphid</er>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Any small crustacean parasitic on fishes. See <er>Branchiura</er>, and <er>Ichthvophthira</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note><hand/ The term is also applied to various other parasites; as, the whale <xex>louse</xex>, bee<xex>louse</xex>, horse <xex>louse</xex>.</note><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Louse fly</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>a parasitic dipterous insect of the group Pupipara. Some of them are wingless, as the bee louse.</cd> -- <col><b>Louse mite</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>any one of numerous species of mites which infest mammals and birds, clinging to the hair and feathers like lice. They belong to <gen>Myobia</gen>, <gen>Dermaleichus</gen>, <gen>Mycoptes</gen>, and several other genera.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Louse</ent><br/
<hw>Louse</hw> <pr>(louz)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To clean from lice.</def> <ldquo/You sat and <xex>loused</xex> him.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Swift.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lousewort</ent><br/
<hw>Louse"wort`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Any species of <gen>Pedicularis</gen>, a genus of perennial herbs. It was said to make sheep that fed on it lousy.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Yellow lousewort</b></col>, <cd>a plant of the genus <gen>Rhinanthus</gen>.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lousily</ent><br/
<hw>Lous"i*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Lousy</er>.]</ety> <def>In a lousy manner; in a mean, paltry manner; scurvily.</def> <mark>[Vulgar]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lousiness</ent><br/
<hw>Lous"i*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or quality of being lousy.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lousy</ent><br/
<hw>Lous"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Infested with lice.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Mean; contemptible; <as>as, <ex>lousy</ex> knave</as>.</def> <mark>[informal]</mark><br/
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<p><q>Such <qex>lousy</qex> learning as this is.</q> <rj><qau>Bale.</qau></rj></p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Very bad; <as>as, to feel <ex>lousy</ex>; to do a <ex>lousy</ex> job</as>.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lout</ent><br/
<hw>Lout</hw> <pr>(lout)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>louten</ets>, <ets>luten</ets>, AS. <ets>l<umac/tan</ets>; akin to Icel. <ets>l<umac/ta</ets>, Dan. <ets>lude</ets>, OHG. <ets>l<umac/z<emac/n</ets> to lie hid.]</ety> <def>To bend; to box; to stoop.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au>  <au>Longfellow.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>He fair the knight saluted, <qex>louting</qex> low.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lout</ent><br/
<hw>Lout</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Formerly also written <ets>lowt</ets>.]</ety> <def>A clownish, awkward fellow; a bumpkin.</def>  <rj><au>Sir P. Sidney.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lout</ent><br/
<hw>Lout</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To treat as a lout or fool; to neglect; to disappoint.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Loutish</ent><br/
<hw>Lout"ish</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Clownish; rude; awkward.</def> <ldquo/<xex>Loutish</xex> clown.<rdquo/ <au>Sir P. Sidney.</au> -- <wordforms><wf>Lout"ish*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Lout"ish*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Loutou</ent><br/
||<hw>Lou*tou"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Native names.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A crested black monkey (<spn>Semnopithecus maurus</spn>) of Java.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Louvre</ent><br/
<ent>Louver</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lou"ver</hw>, <hw>Lou"vre</hw>  }</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>lover</ets>, OF. <ets>lover</ets>, <ets>lovier</ets>; <ets>or l'ouvert</ets> the opening, fr. <ets>overt</ets>, <ets>ouvert</ets>, p. p. of <ets>ovrir</ets>, <ets>ouvrir</ets>, to open, F. <ets>ouvrir</ets>.  Cf. <er>Overt</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A small lantern. See <er>Lantern</er>, 2 <sd>(a)</sd>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>lover</asp>, <asp>loover</asp>, <asp>lovery</asp>, and <asp>luffer</asp>.]</altsp></p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Same as <cref>louver boards</cref>, below</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A set of slats resembling louver boards, arranged in a vertical row and attached at each slat end to a frame inserted in or part of a door or window; the slats may be made of wood, plastic, or metal, and the angle of inclination of the slats may be adjustable simultaneously, to allow more or less light or air into the enclosure.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Louver boards</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>Louver boarding</b></col></mcol>, <cd>the sloping boards set to shed rainwater outward in openings which are to be left otherwise unfilled; as belfry windows, the openings of a louver, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>Louver work</b></col>, <cd>slatted work.</cd></cs></p>

<p><ent>Louver</ent><br/
<hw>Lou"ver</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>To supply with louvers.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>louvered</ent><br/
<hw>louvered</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>supplied with louvers for ventilation; <as>as, a <ex>louvered</ex> door</as>.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>louvered door</ent><br/
<hw>lou"vered door`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A door having louvers in place of a solid panel, in part or all of the surface of the door.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>louvered window</ent><br/
<hw>lou"vered win"dow</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A window having louvers in place of glass, usually over the entire surface of the window.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lovable</ent><br/
<hw>Lov"a*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having qualities that excite, or are fitted to excite, love; worthy of love.</def><br/
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<p><q>Elaine the fair, Elaine the <qex>lovable</qex>,<br/
Elaine, the lily maid of Astolat.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lovage</ent><br/
<hw>Lov"age</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>liv<egrave/che</ets>, fr. L. <ets>levisticum</ets>, <ets>ligusticum</ets>, a plant indigenous to Liguria, lovage, from <ets>Ligusticus</ets> Ligustine, Ligurian, <ets>Liguria</ets> a country of Cisalpine Gaul.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An umbelliferous plant (<spn>Levisticum officinale</spn>), sometimes used in medicine as an aromatic stimulant.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Love</ent><br/
<hw>Love</hw> <pr>(l<ucr/v)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>love</ets>, <ets>luve</ets>, AS. <ets>lufe</ets>, <ets>lufu</ets>; akin to E. <ets>lief</ets>, <ets>believe</ets>, L. <ets>lubet</ets>, <ets>libet</ets>, it pleases, Skr. <ets>lubh</ets> to be lustful. See <er>Lief</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A feeling of strong attachment induced by that which delights or commands admiration; pre<eum/minent kindness or devotion to another; affection; tenderness; <as>as, the <ex>love</ex> of brothers and sisters</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Of all the dearest bonds we prove<br/
Thou countest sons' and mothers' <qex>love</qex><br/
Most sacred, most Thine own.</q> <rj><qau>Keble.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Especially, devoted attachment to, or tender or passionate affection for, one of the opposite sex.</def><br/
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<p><q>He on his side<br/
Leaning half-raised, with looks of cordial <qex>love</qex><br/
Hung over her enamored.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Courtship; -- chiefly in the phrase <it>to make love</it>, i. e., to court, to woo, to solicit union in marriage.</def><br/
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<p><q>Demetrius . . . <br/
Made <qex>love</qex> to Nedar's daughter, Helena,<br/
And won her soul.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Affection; kind feeling; friendship; strong liking or desire; fondness; good will; -- opposed to <ant>hate</ant>; often with <xex>of</xex> and an object.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q><qex>Love</qex>, and health to all.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Smit with the <qex>love</qex> of sacred song.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>The <qex>love</qex> of science faintly warmed his breast.</q> <rj><qau>Fenton.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Due gratitude and reverence to God.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Keep yourselves in the <qex>love</qex> of God.</q> <rj><qau>Jude 21.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>The object of affection; -- often employed in endearing address; <as>as, he held his <ex>love</ex> in his arms; his greatest <ex>love</ex> was reading</as>.</def> <ldquo/Trust me, <xex>love</xex>.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Open the temple gates unto my <qex>love</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>Cupid, the god of love; sometimes, Venus.</def><br/
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<p><q>Such was his form as painters, when they show<br/
Their utmost art, on naked <qex>Lores</qex> bestow.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Therefore do nimble-pinioned doves draw <qex>Love</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>A thin silk stuff.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Boyle.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>9.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A climbing species of C<gen>lematis</gen> (<spn>Clematis Vitalba</spn>).</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>10.</sn> <def>Nothing; no points scored on one side; -- used in counting score at tennis, etc.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>He won the match by three sets to <qex>love</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>The Field.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>11.</sn> <def>Sexual intercourse; -- a euphemism.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><note><hand/ <xex>Love</xex> is often used in the formation of compounds, in most of which the meaning is very obvious; as, <xex>love-</xex>cracked, <xex>love-</xex>darting, <xex>love-</xex>killing, <xex>love-</xex>linked, <xex>love-</xex>taught, etc.</note><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>A labor of love</b></col>, <cd>a labor undertaken on account of regard for some person, or through pleasure in the work itself, without expectation of reward.</cd> -- <col><b>Free love</b></col>, <cd>the doctrine or practice of consorting with one of the opposite sex, at pleasure, without marriage. See <er>Free love</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Free lover</b></col>, <cd>one who avows or practices free love.</cd> -- <col><b>In love</b></col>, <cd>in the act of loving; -- said esp. of the love of the sexes; <as>as, to be <ex>in love</ex>; to fall <ex>in love</ex></as>.</cd> -- <col><b>Love apple</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the tomato.</cd> -- <col><b>Love bird</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>any one of several species of small, short-tailed parrots, or parrakeets, of the genus <gen>Agapornis</gen>, and allied genera. They are mostly from Africa. Some species are often kept as cage birds, and are celebrated for the affection which they show for their mates.</cd> -- <col><b>Love broker</b></col>, <cd>a person who for pay acts as agent between lovers, or as a go-between in a sexual intrigue.</cd> <au>Shak.</au> -- <col><b>Love charm</b></col>, <cd>a charm for exciting love.</cd> <au>Ld. Lytton.</au> -- <col><b>Love child</b></col>. <cd>an illegitimate child.</cd> <au>Jane Austen.</au> -- <col><b>Love day</b></col>, <cd>a day formerly appointed for an amicable adjustment of differences.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <au>Piers Plowman.</au> <au>Chaucer.</au> -- <col><b>Love drink</b></col>, <cd>a love potion; a philter.</cd> <au>Chaucer.</au> -- <col><b>Love favor</b></col>, <cd>something given to be worn in token of love.</cd> -- <col><b>Love feast</b></col>, <cd>a religious festival, held quarterly by some religious denominations, as the Moravians and Methodists, in imitation of the <xex>agap<ae/</xex> of the early Christians.</cd> -- <col><b>Love feat</b></col>, <cd>the gallant act of a lover.</cd> <au>Shak.</au> -- <col><b>Love game</b></col>, <cd>a game, as in tennis, in which the vanquished person or party does not score a point.</cd> -- <col><b>Love grass</b></col>. <ety>[G. <ets>liebesgras</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <cd>Any grass of the genus <gen>Eragrostis</gen>.</cd> -- <col><b>Love-in-a-mist</b></col>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>An herb of the Buttercup family (<spn>Nigella Damascena</spn>) having the flowers hidden in a maze of finely cut bracts.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The West Indian <spn>Passiflora f<oe/tida</spn>, which has similar bracts.</cd> -- <col><b>Love-in-idleness</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a kind of violet; the small pansy.</cd><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>A little western flower,<br/
Before milk-white, now purple with love's wound;<br/
And maidens call it <qex>love-in-idleness</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj></p>

<p>-- <col><b>Love juice</b></col>, <cd>juice of a plant supposed to produce love.</cd> <au>Shak.</au> -- <col><b>Love knot</b></col>, <cd>a knot or bow, as of ribbon; -- so called from being used as a token of love, or as a pledge of mutual affection.</cd> <au>Milman.</au> -- <col><b>Love lass</b></col>, <cd>a sweetheart.</cd> -- <col><b>Love letter</b></col>, <cd>a letter of courtship.</cd> <au>Shak.</au> -- <col><b>Love-lies-bleeding</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a species of amaranth (<spn>Amarantus melancholicus</spn>).</cd> -- <col><b>Love match</b></col>, <cd>a marriage brought about by love alone.</cd> -- <col><b>Love potion</b></col>, <cd>a compounded draught intended to excite love, or venereal desire.</cd> -- <col><b>Love rites</b></col>, <cd>sexual intercourse.</cd> <au>Pope</au> -- <col><b>Love scene</b></col>, <cd>an exhibition of love, as between lovers on the stage.</cd> -- <col><b>Love suit</b></col>, <cd>courtship.</cd> <au>Shak.</au> -- <col><b>Of all loves</b></col>, <cd>for the sake of all love; by all means.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <ldquo/Mrs. Arden desired him <xex>of all loves</xex> to come back again.<rdquo/ <au>Holinshed.</au> -- <mcol><col><b>The god of love</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>The Love god</b></col></mcol>, <cd>Cupid.</cd> -- <col><b>To make love</b></col>, <cd>to engage in sexual intercourse; -- a euphemism.</cd> -- <col><b>To make love to</b></col>, <cd>to express affection for; to woo.</cd> <ldquo/If you will marry, <xex>make</xex> your <xex>loves to</xex> me.<rdquo/ <au>Shak.</au> -- <col><b>To play for love</b></col>, <cd>to play a game, as at cards, without stakes.</cd> <ldquo/A game at piquet <xex>for love</xex>.<rdquo/ <au>Lamb.</au></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Affection; friendship; kindness; tenderness; fondness; delight.</syn><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Love</ent><br/
<hw>Love</hw> <pr>(l<ucr/v)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Loved</conjf> <pr>(l<ucr/vd)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Loving</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[AS. <ets>lufian</ets>.  <root/124. See <er>Love</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To have a feeling of love for; to regard with affection or good will; <as>as, to <ex>love</ex> one's children and friends; to <ex>love</ex> one's country; to <ex>love</ex> one's God.</as></def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Thou shalt <qex>love</qex> the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.</q> <rj><qau>Matt. xxii. 37.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Thou shalt <qex>love</qex> thy neighbor as thy self.</q> <rj><qau>Matt. xxii. 39.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To regard with passionate and devoted affection, as that of one sex for the other.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To take delight or pleasure in; to have a strong liking or desire for, or interest in; to be pleased with; to like; <as>as, to <ex>love</ex> books; to <ex>love</ex> adventures.</as></def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Wit, eloquence, and poetry.<br/
Arts which I <qex>loved</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Cowley.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Love</ent><br/
<hw>Love</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To have the feeling of love; to be in love.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Loveable</ent><br/
<hw>Love"a*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>See <er>Lovable</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>lovebird</ent><br/
<hw>lovebird</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A small Australian parakeet (<spn>Melopsittacus undulatus</spn>) usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors; also called the <altname>budgie</altname>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> budgerigar, budgereegah, budgerygah, budgie, grass parakeet, shell parakeet, <spn>Melopsittacus undulatus</spn>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>small African parrot noted for showing affection for their mates.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>loved</ent><br/
<hw>loved</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def><pos>p. p.</pos> of <er>love</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>.  Opposite of <ant>unloved</ant>.</def> [Narrower terms: <stype>admired, esteemed</stype>] <see>Also See: <er>wanted</er>.</see><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Love-drury</ent><br/
<hw>Love"-dru`ry</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Love</ets> + OF. <ets>druerie.</ets> Cf. <er>Druery</er>.]</ety> <def>Affection.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lovee</ent><br/
<hw>Lov*ee"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who is loved.</def> <mark>[Humorous]</mark> <ldquo/The lover and <xex>lovee</xex>.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Richardson.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Loveful</ent><br/
<hw>Love"ful</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Full of love.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sylvester.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Loveless</ent><br/
<hw>Love"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Void of love; void of tenderness or kindness.</def>  <rj><au>Milton. Shelton.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Not attracting love; unattractive.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>These are ill-favored to see to; and yet, as <qex>loveless</qex> as they be, they are not without some medicinable virtues.</q> <rj><qau>Holland.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lovelily</ent><br/
<hw>Love"li*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Lovely</er>.]</ety> <def>In manner to excite love; amiably.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Otway.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Loveliness</ent><br/
<hw>Love"li*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Lovely</er>.]</ety> <def>The state or quality of being lovely.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>If there is such a native <qex>loveliness</qex> in the sex as to make them victorious when in the wrong, how resistless their power when they are on the side of truth!</q> <rj><qau>Spectator.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lovelock</ent><br/
<hw>Love"lock`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A long lock of hair hanging prominently by itself; an earlock; -- worn by men of fashion in the reigns of Elizabeth and James I.</def>  <rj><au>Burton.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>A long <qex>lovelock</qex> and long hair he wore.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Scott.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lovelorn</ent><br/
<hw>Love"lorn`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Forsaken by one's love.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>The <qex>lovelorn</qex> nightingale.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lovely</ent><br/
<hw>Love"ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Lovelier</adjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Loveliest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[AS. <ets>luflic</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having such an appearance as excites, or is fitted to excite, love; beautiful; charming; very pleasing in form, looks, tone, or manner.</def> <ldquo/<xex>Lovely</xex> to look on.<rdquo/ <au>Piers Plowman.</au><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Not one so fair of face, of speech so <qex>lovely</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Robert of Brunne.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>If I had such a tire, this face of mine<br/
Were full as <qex>lovely</qex> as is this of hers.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Lovable; amiable; having qualities of any kind which excite, or are fitted to excite, love or friendship.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>A most <qex>lovely</qex> gentlemanlike man.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Loving; tender.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <ldquo/A <xex>lovely</xex> kiss.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Many a <qex>lovely</qex> look on them he cast.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Very pleasing; -- applied loosely to almost anything which is not grand or merely pretty; <as>as, a <ex>lovely</ex> view; a <ex>lovely</ex> valley; a <ex>lovely</ex> melody.</as></def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Indeed these fields<br/
Are <qex>lovely</qex>, <qex>lovelier</qex> not the Elysian lawns.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Beautiful; charming; delightful; delectable; enchanting; lovable; amiable.</syn><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lovely</ent><br/
<hw>Love"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a manner to please, or to excite love.</def> <mark>[Obs. or R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Tyndale.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Love-making</ent><br/
<hw>Love"-mak`ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Courtship.</def>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Sexual intercourse.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lovemonger</ent><br/
<hw>Love"mon`ger</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who deals in affairs of love.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>love-philtre</ent><br/
<ent>love-philter</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>love-philter</hw>, <hw>love-philtre</hw></mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a fabled drink credited with magical power; it can make the one who takes it love the one who gave it.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> philter, philtre, love-potion.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>love-potion</ent><br/
<hw>love-potion</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a fabled drink credited with magical power; it can make the one who takes it love the one who gave it.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> philter, philtre, love-philter, love-philtre.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lover</ent><br/
<hw>Lov"er</hw> <pr>(l<ucr/v"<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who loves; one who is in love; -- usually limited, in the singular, to a person of the male sex.</def>  <rj><au>Gower.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Love is blind, and <qex>lovers</qex> can not see<br/
The pretty follies that themselves commit.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A friend; one strongly attached to another; one who greatly desires the welfare of any person or thing; <as>as, a <ex>lover</ex> of his country</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>I slew my best <qex>lover</qex> for the good of Rome.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>One who has a strong liking for anything, as books, science, or music.</def> <ldquo/A <xex>lover</xex> of knowledge.<rdquo/ <au>T. Burnet.</au><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>One who is involved in a sexual relationship with another; <as>as, she took a <ex>lover</ex>.</as></def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><-- p. 872 --></p>

<p><ent>Lovery</ent><br/
<ent>Lover</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lo"ver</hw> <pr>(l<oomac/"v<etil/r)</pr>, <hw>Lo"ver*y</hw> <pr>(l<oomac/"v<etil/r*<ycr/)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Louver</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bp. Hall.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Loverwise</ent><br/
<hw>Lo"ver*wise`</hw> <pr>(l<ucr/v"<etil/r*w<imac/z`)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>As lovers do.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>As they sat down here <qex>loverwise</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>W. D. Howells.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Love-sick</ent><br/
<hw>Love"-sick`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Languishing with love or amorous desire; <as>as, a <ex>love-sick</ex> maid</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>To the dear mistress of my <qex>love-sick</qex> mind.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Originating in, or expressive of, languishing love.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Where nightingales their <qex>love-sick</qex> ditty sing.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Love-sickness</ent><br/
<hw>Love"-sick`ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of being love-sick.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lovesome</ent><br/
<hw>Love"some</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>lufsum</ets>.]</ety> <def>Lovely.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>love song</ent><br/
<ent>lovesong</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>lovesong</hw>, <hw>love song</hw></mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a song about love or expressing love for another person.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>love-token</ent><br/
<hw>love-token</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>something given as a token of love.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Loving</ent><br/
<hw>Lov"ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Affectionate.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>The fairest and most <qex>loving</qex> wife in Greece.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Expressing love or kindness; <as>as, <ex>loving</ex> words</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Loving cup</ent><br/
<hw>Lov"ing cup`</hw>. <sn>1.</sn> <def>A large ornamental drinking vessel having two or more handles, intended to pass from hand to hand, as at a banquet.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>an award resembling a <er>loving cup</er>{1} that is given to the winner of a competition.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Loving-kindness</ent><br/
<hw>Lov"ing-kind"ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Tender regard; mercy; favor.</def>  <rj><au>Ps. lxxxix. 33.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lovingly</ent><br/
<hw>Lov"ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>With love; affectionately.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lovingness</ent><br/
<hw>Lov"ing*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Affection; kind regard.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>The only two bands of good will, loveliness and <qex>lovingness</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Sir. P. Sidney.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lovyer</ent><br/
<hw>Lov"yer</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A lover.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Low</ent><br/
<hw>Low</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <mark>obs.</mark> <def><pos>strong imp.</pos> of <er>Laugh</er>.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Low</ent><br/
<hw>Low</hw> <pr>(l<omac/)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lowed</conjf> <pr>(l<omac/d)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lowing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>lowen</ets>, AS. <ets>hl<omac/wan</ets>; akin to D. <ets>loeijen</ets>, OHG. <ets>hl<omac/jan</ets>, <ets>hluojan</ets>.]</ety> <def>To make the calling sound of cows and other bovine animals; to moo.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>The <qex>lowing</qex> herd wind slowly o'er the lea.</q> <rj><qau>Gray.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Low</ent><br/
<hw>Low</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The calling sound ordinarily made by cows and other bovine animals.</def><br/
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<p><q>Talking voices and the <qex>law</qex> of herds.</q> <rj><qau>Wordsworth.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Low</ent><br/
<hw>Low</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>hl<amac/w</ets>; akin to Goth. <ets>hlaiw</ets> a grave, <ets>hlains</ets> a hill, and to E. <ets>lean</ets> to incline.]</ety> <def>A hill; a mound; a grave.</def> <mark>[Obs. except in place names.]</mark>  <rj><au>Skeat.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Low</ent><br/
<hw>Low</hw> <pr>(l<omac/; <it>Scot.</it> lou)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Icel. <ets>log</ets>, <ets>logi</ets>; akin to E. <ets>light</ets>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <def>Fire; a flame; a light.</def> <mark>[Scot. & Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Low</ent><br/
<hw>Low</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To burn; to blaze.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]</mark>  <rj><au>Burns.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Low</ent><br/
<hw>Low</hw> <pr>(l<omac/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Lower</adjf> <pr>(l<omac/"<etil/r)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Lowest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>low</ets>, <ets>louh</ets>, <ets>lah</ets>, Icel. <ets>l<amac/gr</ets>; akin to Sw. <ets>l<aring/g</ets>, Dan. <ets>lav</ets>, D.  <ets>laag</ets>, and E. <ets>lie</ets>. See <er>Lie</er> to be prostrate.]</ety><br/
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>Occupying an inferior position or place; not high or elevated; depressed in comparison with something else; <as>as, <ex>low</ex> ground; a <ex>low</ex> flight.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Not rising to the usual height; <as>as, a man of <ex>low</ex> stature; a <ex>low</ex> fence.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Near the horizon; <as>as, the sun is <ex>low</ex> at four o'clock in winter, and six in summer</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Sunk to the farthest ebb of the tide; <as>as, <ex>low</ex> tide</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Beneath the usual or remunerative rate or amount, or the ordinary value; moderate; cheap; <as>as, the <ex>low</ex> price of corn; <ex>low</ex> wages.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>Not loud; <as>as, a <ex>low</ex> voice; a <ex>low</ex> sound.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Depressed in the scale of sounds; grave; <as>as, a <ex>low</ex> pitch; a <ex>low</ex> note.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <fld>(Phon.)</fld> <def>Made, as a vowel, with a low position of part of the tongue in relation to the palate; <as>as, <acr/ (<acr/m), <add/ (<add/ll)</as>. See <xex>Guide to Pronunciation</xex>, <sect/<sect/ 5, 10, 11.</def><br/
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<p><sn>9.</sn> <def>Near, or not very distant from, the equator; <as>as, in the <ex>low</ex> northern latitudes</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>10.</sn> <def>Numerically small; <as>as, a <ex>low</ex> number</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>11.</sn> <def>Wanting strength or animation; depressed; dejected; <as>as, <ex>low</ex> spirits; <ex>low</ex> in spirits.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>12.</sn> <def>Depressed in condition; humble in rank; <as>as, men of <ex>low</ex> condition; the <ex>lower</ex> classes.</as></def><br/
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<p><q>Why but to keep ye <qex>low</qex> and ignorant ?</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>13.</sn> <def>Mean; vulgar; base; dishonorable; <as>as, a person of <ex>low</ex> mind; a <ex>low</ex> trick or stratagem.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>14.</sn> <def>Not elevated or sublime; not exalted in thought or diction; <as>as, a <ex>low</ex> comparison</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>In comparison of these divine writers, the noblest wits of the heathen world are <qex>low</qex> and dull.</q> <rj><qau>Felton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>15.</sn> <def>Submissive; humble.</def> <ldquo/<xex>Low</xex> reverence.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>16.</sn> <def>Deficient in vital energy; feeble; weak; <as>as, a <ex>low</ex> pulse; made <ex>low</ex> by sickness.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>17.</sn> <def>Moderate; not intense; not inflammatory; <as>as, <ex>low</ex> heat; a <ex>low</ex> temperature; a <ex>low</ex> fever.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>18.</sn> <def>Smaller than is reasonable or probable; <as>as, a <ex>low</ex> estimate</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>19.</sn> <def>Not rich, high seasoned, or nourishing; plain; simple; <as>as, a <ex>low</ex> diet</as>.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ <xex>Low</xex> is often used in the formation of compounds which require no special explanation; as, <xex>low-</xex>arched, <xex>low-</xex>browed, <xex>low-</xex>crowned, <xex>low-</xex>heeled, <xex>low-</xex>lying, <xex>low-</xex>priced, <xex>low-</xex>roofed, <xex>low-</xex>toned, <xex>low-</xex>voiced, and the like.</note><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Low Church</b></col>. <cd>See <cref>High Church</cref>, under <er>High</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Low Countries</b></col>, <cd>the Netherlands.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Low German</b></col>, <col><b>Low Latin</b></col></mcol>, <cd>etc. See under <er>German</er>, <er>Latin</er>, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>Low life</b></col>, <cd>humble life.</cd> -- <col><b>Low milling</b></col>, <cd>a process of making flour from grain by a single grinding and by siftings.</cd> -- <col><b>Low relief</b></col>. <cd>See <er>Bas-relief</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Low side window</b></col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>a peculiar form of window common in medi<ae/val churches, and of uncertain use. Windows of this sort are narrow, near the ground, and out of the line of the windows, and in many different situations in the building.</cd> -- <col><b>Low spirits</b></col>, <cd>despondency.</cd> -- <col><b>Low steam</b></col>, <cd>steam having a low pressure.</cd> -- <col><b>Low steel</b></col>, <cd>steel which contains only a small proportion of carbon, and can not be hardened greatly by sudden cooling.</cd> -- <col><b>Low Sunday</b></col>, <cd>the Sunday next after Easter; -- popularly so called.</cd> -- <col><b>Low tide</b></col>, <cd>the farthest ebb of the tide; the tide at its lowest point; low water.</cd> -- <col><b>Low water</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The lowest point of the ebb tide; a low stage of the in a river, lake, etc.</cd>  <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Steam Boiler)</fld> <cd>The condition of an insufficient quantity of water in the boiler.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Low water alarm</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>Low water indicator</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Steam Boiler)</fld>, <cd>a contrivance of various forms attached to a boiler for giving warning when the water is low.</cd> -- <col><b>Low water mark</b></col>, <cd>that part of the shore to which the waters recede when the tide is the lowest.</cd> <au>Bouvier.</au> -- <col><b>Low wine</b></col>, <cd>a liquor containing about 20 percent of alcohol, produced by the first distillation of wash; the first run of the still; -- often in the plural.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Low</ent><br/
<hw>Low</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Card Playing)</fld> <def>The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Low</ent><br/
<hw>Low</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>In a low position or manner; not aloft; not on high; near the ground.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply; <as>as, he sold his wheat <ex>low</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>In a low or mean condition; humbly; meanly.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>In time approaching our own.</def><br/
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<p><q>In that part of the world which was first inhabited, even as <qex>low</qex> down as Abraham's time, they wandered with their flocks and herds.</q> <rj><qau>Locke.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently; <as>as, to speak <ex>low</ex></as>.</def>  <rj><au>Addison.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>The . . . odorous wind<br/
Breathes <qex>low</qex> between the sunset and the moon.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>With a low musical pitch or tone.</def><br/
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<p><q>Can sing both high and <qex>low</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>In subjection, poverty, or disgrace; <as>as, to be brought <ex>low</ex> by oppression, by want, or by vice</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>In a path near the equator, so that the declination is small, or near the horizon, so that the altitude is small; -- said of the heavenly bodies with reference to the diurnal revolution; <as>as, the moon runs <ex>low</ex>, that is, is comparatively near the horizon when on or near the meridian</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Low</ent><br/
<hw>Low</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To depress; to lower.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Swift.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>lowan</ent><br/
<hw>lowan</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>The Australian moundbird (<spn>Leipoa ocellata</spn>); it incubates eggs naturally in sandy mounds.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> mallee fowl, mallee-fowl, leipoa, <spn>Leipoa ocellata</spn>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>lowball</ent><br/
<hw>lowball</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A poker game in which the lowest-ranking hand wins.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lowball</ent><br/
<hw>lowball</hw> <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>to give a deceptively low estimate of the price of (merchandise or services); -- a sales tactic to induce a person to buy.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> underestimate.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lowbell</ent><br/
<hw>Low"bell`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Low</ets> a flame + <ets>bell</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A bell used in fowling at night, to frighten birds, and, with a sudden light, to make them fly into a net.</def><br/
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<p><q>The fowler's <qex>lowbell</qex> robs the lark of sleep.</q> <rj><qau>King.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A bell to be hung on the neck of a sheep.</def><br/
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<p><q>A <qex>lowbell</qex> hung about a sheep's . . . neck.</q> <rj><qau>Howell.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lowbell</ent><br/
<hw>Low"bell`</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To frighten, as with a lowbell.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lowborn</ent><br/
<hw>Low"born`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Born in a low condition or rank; -- opposed to <ant>highborn</ant>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lowboy</ent><br/
<hw>Low"boy`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A chest of drawers not more than four feet high; -- applied commonly to the lower half of a tallboy from which the upper half has been removed.</def> <mark>[U. S.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lowbred</ent><br/
<hw>Low"bred`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Bred, or like one bred, in a low condition of life; characteristic or indicative of such breeding; rude; impolite; vulgar; <as>as, a <ex>lowbred</ex> fellow; a <ex>lowbred</ex> remark.</as></def><br/
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<p><ent>low-cal</ent><br/
<hw>low-cal</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>having relatively few calories.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> diet(prenominal), lite, low-calorie.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>low-ceilinged</ent><br/
<hw>low-ceilinged</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>having a lower than normal ceiling.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Low-church</ent><br/
<hw>Low"-church`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not placing a high estimate on ecclesiastical organizations or forms; -- applied especially to Episcopalians, and opposed to <contr>high-church</contr>. See <cref>High Church</cref>, under <er>High</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Low-churchism</ent><br/
<hw>Low"-church`ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The principles of the low-church party.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Low-churchman</ent><br/
<hw>Low"-church`man</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>-men</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.</plu> <def>One who holds low-church principles.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Low-churchmanship</ent><br/
<hw>Low"-church`man*ship</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of being a low-churchman.</def><br/
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<p><ent>low-class</ent><br/
<hw>low-class</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>  <def>Occupying the lowest socioeconomic position in a society.  Contrasted with <contr>middle-class</contr> and <contr>upper-class</contr>.</def> [Narrower terms: <stype>propertyless, wage-earning, working-class, blue-collar</stype>] <see>Also See: <er>lowborn</er>, <er>proletarian</er>, <er>propertyless</er>.</see><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lower-class (vs. upper-class).</syn><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>characteristic of the lower classes.</def> [Narrower terms: <stype>non-U, vulgar</stype>] <source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>low-cost</ent><br/
<hw>low-cost</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>inexpensive; cheap.  Opposite of <ant>expensive</ant>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> inexpensive, low-priced.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>low-cut</ent><br/
<hw>low-cut</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>  <def>having a neckline low enough to expose part of the breast; -- of a woman's garment; <as>as, a <ex>low-cut</ex> party dress</as>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> decollete, low-necked.</syn><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>having a back exposing skin between the shoulder blades.</def><br/
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<p><ent>low-down</ent><br/
<ent>lowdown</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>low"down`</hw>, <hw>low"-down`</hw></mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>true confidential information.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> details, dope, poop, inside dope, inside information.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>low-down</ent><br/
<ent>lowdown</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>low"down`</hw>, <hw>low"-down`</hw></mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <def>of the most contemptible kind; contemptible; mean; base; vile; -- of people or the actions of people; <as>as, a <ex>lowdown</ex> sneak thief</as>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> abject, base, despicable, low, lowdown, miserable, vile.</syn><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>having the soulful feeling of early blues; -- of jazz.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> funky.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>low-emission</ent><br/
<hw>low-emission</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>producing little emission of atmospheric pollutants; <as>as, a <ex>low-emission</ex> vehicle</as>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> low-polluting.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lower</ent><br/
<hw>Low"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def><pos>Compar.</pos> of <er>Low</er>, <pos>a.</pos></def><br/
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<p><ent>Lower</ent><br/
<hw>Low"er</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lowered</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lowering</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[From <er>Low</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down; <as>as, to <ex>lower</ex> a bucket into a well; to <xex>lower</xex> a sail or a boat</as>; sometimes, to pull down; <as>as, to <ex>lower</ex> a flag</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q><qex>Lowered</qex> softly with a threefold cord of love<br/
Down to a silent grave.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To reduce the height of; <as>as, to <ex>lower</ex> a fence or wall; to <ex>lower</ex> a chimney or turret.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To depress as to direction; <as>as, to <ex>lower</ex> the aim of a gun</as>; to make less elevated as to object; <as>as, to <ex>lower</ex> one's ambition, aspirations, or hopes</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of; <as>as, to <ex>lower</ex> the temperature of anything; to <ex>lower</ex> one's vitality; to <ex>lower</ex> distilled liquors.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To bring down; to humble; <as>as, to <ex>lower</ex> one's pride</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>To reduce in value, amount, etc.; <as>as, to <ex>lower</ex> the price of goods, the rate of interest, etc.</as></def><br/
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<p><ent>Lower</ent><br/
<hw>Low"er</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease; <as>as, the river <ex>lowered</ex> as rapidly as it rose</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lower</ent><br/
<hw>Low"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lowered</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lowering</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>lowren</ets>, <ets>luren</ets>; cf. D. <ets>loeren</ets>, LG. <ets>luren</ets>. G. <ets>lauern</ets> to lurk, to be on the watch, and E. <ets>leer</ets>, <ets>lurk</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To be dark, gloomy, and threatening, as clouds; to be covered with dark and threatening clouds, as the sky; to show threatening signs of approach, as a tempest.</def><br/
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<p><q>All the clouds that <qex>lowered</qex> upon our house.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To frown; to look sullen.</def><br/
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<p><q>But sullen discontent sat <qex>lowering</qex> on her face.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lower</ent><br/
<hw>Low"er</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Cloudiness; gloominess.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A frowning; sullenness.</def><br/
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<p> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>relating to small or noncapital letters which were kept in the lower half of a compositor's type case.</def>  <see>Also See <er>minuscule</er>, <er>minuscular</er>.</see><br/
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<p><ent>Lower-case</ent><br/
<ent>lowercase</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>low"er*case`</hw>, <hw>Low"er-case`</hw></mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Print.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or kept in, the lower case; -- used to denote the small letters, in distinction from capitals and small capitals; <as>as, <ex>lowercase</ex> letters a and b and c etc.</as>. Contrasted with <ant>uppercase</ant>.  See the Note under 1st <er>Case</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 3.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>lower-class</ent><br/
<hw>lower-class</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>same as <er>low-class</er>.  Contrasted with <contr>middle-class</contr> and <contr>upper-class</contr>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> low-class.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>lowerclassman</ent><br/
<hw>lowerclassman</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>an undergraduate who is not yet a senior.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> underclassman.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>lowered</ent><br/
<hw>lowered</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>pointed downward; <as>as, with <ex>lowered</ex> eyes</as>.  Opposite of <ant>raised</ant>.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lowering</ent><br/
<hw>Low"er*ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Dark and threatening; gloomy; sullen; <as>as, <ex>lowering</ex> clouds or sky</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Loweringly</ent><br/
<hw>Low"er*ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a lowering manner; with cloudiness or threatening gloom.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>lower-limit</ent><br/
<ent>lower limit</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>lower limit</hw>, <hw>lower-limit</hw></mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>the limit on the lower (or southernmost) side of something.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>lower-middle-class</ent><br/
<hw>lower-middle-class</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>occupying the lower part of the middle socioeconomic range in a society.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lowermost</ent><br/
<hw>Low"er*most`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <mord>[Irreg. <pos>superl.</pos> of <er>Low</er>.  Cf. <er>Uppermost</er>, <er>Foremost</er>, etc.]</mord> <def>Lowest.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>lower-ranking</ent><br/
<hw>lower-ranking</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>inferior in rank or status.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> junior-grade, inferior, lower, lowly, petty(prenominal), secondary, subaltern, subordinate.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lowery</ent><br/
<hw>Low"er*y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Cloudy; gloomy; lowering; <as>as, a <ex>lowery</ex> sky; <ex>lowery</ex> weather.</as></def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lowh</ent><br/
<ent>Lowgh</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lowgh</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Lowh</hw>  }</mhw>, <mark>obs.</mark> <def><pos>strong imp.</pos> of <er>Laugh</er>.</def> <ety>[Cf. 1st Low and 2d <er>Lough</er>.]</ety>
<-- irregular format, ety after def. -->  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>low-grade</ent><br/
<hw>low-grade</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>inferior; <as>as, <ex>low-grade</ex> ore</as>.  Opposite of <ant>high-grade</ant>.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lowing</ent><br/
<hw>Low"ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The calling sound made by cows and other bovine animals.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lowish</ent><br/
<hw>Low"ish</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Somewhat low.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>  <rj><au>Richardson.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lowk</ent><br/
<hw>Lowk</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Louk</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>low-keyed</ent><br/
<ent>low-key</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>low-key</hw> <hw>low-keyed</hw></mhw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>restrained in style or quality; not flashy or intense; understated; <as>as, a little masterpiece of <ex>low-keyed</ex> eloquence</as>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> subdued.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lowland</ent><br/
<hw>Low"land</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Land which is low with respect to the neighboring country; a low or level country; -- opposed to <contr>highland</contr>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>The Lowlands</b></col>, <cd>Belgium and Holland; the Netherlands; also, the southern part of Scotland.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lowlander</ent><br/
<hw>Low"land*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A native or inhabitant of the Lowlands, especially of the Lowlands of Scotland, as distinguished from <contr>Highlander</contr>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>low-level</ent><br/
<hw>low-level</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>weak; not intense; <as>as, <ex>low-level</ex> radiation</as>.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>lower in rank or importance.</def> [Narrower terms: <stype>adjunct, assistant</stype>; <stype>associate(prenominal) </stype>; <stype>buck </stype>; <stype>deputy(prenominal), proxy(prenominal) </stype>; <stype>subject, dependent </stype>; <stype>subservient </stype>] [Narrower terms: <stype>under(prenominal) </stype>; <stype>ruled </stype>; <stype>secondary </stype>] <see>Also See <er>inferior</er>, s<er>ubordinate</er>.</see>  Antonym: <ant>dominant</ant>.<br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> subordinate.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>at a low level in rank or importance; <as>as, a <ex>low-level</ex> job; <ex>low-level</ex> discussions</as>.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>occurring at a relatively low altitude; <as>as, a <ex>low-level</ex> strafing run; <ex>low-level</ex> bombing</as>.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lowlihead</ent><br/
<ent>Lowlihood</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Low"li*hood</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Low"li*head</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A lowly state.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Tennyson.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lowlily</ent><br/
<hw>Low"li*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a lowly place or manner; humbly.</def> <mark>[Obs. or R.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>Thinking <qex>lowlily</qex> of himself and highly of those better than himself.</q> <rj><qau>J. C. Shairp.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lowliness</ent><br/
<hw>Low"li*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Lowly</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The state or quality of being lowly; humility; humbleness of mind.</def><br/
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<p><q>Walk . . . with all <qex>lowliness</qex> and meekness.</q> <rj><qau>Eph. iv. 1, 2.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Low condition, especially as to manner of life.</def><br/
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<p><q>The <qex>lowliness</qex> of my fortune has not brought me to flatter vice.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Low-lived</ent><br/
<hw>Low"-lived`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Characteristic of, or like, one bred in a low and vulgar condition of life; mean; dishonorable; contemptible; <as>as, <ex>low-lived</ex> dishonesty</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lowly</ent><br/
<hw>Low"ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Lowlier</adjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Lowliest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[<ets>Low</ets>, <pos>a.</pos> + <ets>-ly</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Not high; not elevated in place; low.</def> <ldquo/<xex>Lowly</xex> lands.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Low in rank or social importance.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>One common right the great and <qex>lowly</qex> claims.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Not lofty or sublime; humble.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>These rural poems, and their <qex>lowly</qex> strain.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Having a low esteem of one's own worth; humble; meek; free from pride.</def><br/
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<p><q>Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me, for I am meek and <qex>lowly</qex> in heart.</q> <rj><qau>Matt. xi. 29.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lowly</ent><br/
<hw>Low"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>In a low manner; humbly; meekly; modestly.</def> <ldquo/Be <xex>lowly</xex> wise.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>In a low condition; meanly.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>I will show myself highly fed, and <qex>lowly</qex> taught.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>low-lying</ent><br/
<hw>low-lying</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>having a small elevation above the ground or horizon or sea level; <as>as, <ex>low-lying</ex> clouds</as>.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>at a low elevation above sea level.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> sea-level.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Low-minded</ent><br/
<hw>Low"-mind`ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Inclined in mind to low or unworthy things; showing a base mind.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q><qex>Low-minded</qex> and immoral.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>All old religious jealousies were condemned as <qex>low-minded</qex> infirmities.</q> <rj><qau>Bancroft.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Low-mindedness</ent><br/
<hw>Low"-mind`ed*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality of being low-minded; meanness; baseness.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lown</ent><br/
<hw>Lown</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Loon</er>.]</ety> <def>A low fellow.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Low-necked</ent><br/
<hw>Low"-necked`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Cut low in the neck; decollete; low-cut; -- said of a woman's dress.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lowness</ent><br/
<hw>Low"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or quality of being low.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>low-pitched</ent><br/
<hw>low-pitched</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>  <def>low in pitch or frequency; -- used of sounds and voices.  Opposite of <ant>high-pitched</ant>.</def> [Narrower terms: <stype>alto, contralto </stype>; <stype>baritone </stype>; <stype>bass, deep </stype>; <stype>contrabass, double-bass </stype>; <stype>throaty </stype>]<br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> low.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>set at a low angle or slant; having a low degree of pitch; <as>as, a <ex>low-pitched</ex> roof</as>.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>low-polluting</ent><br/
<hw>low-polluting</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>producing little pollution, especially air pollution; <as>as, a <ex>low-polluting</ex> electric car</as>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> low-emission.</syn><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Low-pressure</ent><br/
<hw>Low"-pres`sure</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having, employing, or exerting, a low degree of pressure.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>same as <er>easygoing</er>, 4; <as>as, a <ex>low-pressure</ex> salesman</as>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> easygoing.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Low-pressure steam engine</b></col>, <cd>a steam engine in which low steam is used; often applied to a condensing engine even when steam at high pressure is used. See <er>Steam engine</er>.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>low-priced</ent><br/
<hw>low-priced</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>same as <er>low-cost</er>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> inexpensive, low-cost.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>low-resolution</ent><br/
<hw>low-resolution</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>producing images that are not sharply defined; -- of optical instruments or image display devices.  Opposite of <ant>high-resolution</ant>.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>low-rise</ent><br/
<hw>low-rise</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>Lower than the highest heights; -- used of buildings of one or only a few stories; <as>as, a <ex>low-rise</ex> apartment building</as>.</def> [Narrower terms: <stype>three-story, three-storied, three-storey, three-storeyed</stype>] <ant>high-rise</ant><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lowry</ent><br/
<hw>Low"ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An open box car used on railroads.  Compare <er>Lorry</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>low-set</ent><br/
<hw>low-set</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>short and thick; especially having short legs and heavy musculature; -- of people.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> chunky, dumpy, squat, squatty, stubby, stumpy, stocky.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Low-spirited</ent><br/
<hw>Low"-spir`it*ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Deficient in animation and courage; dejected; depressed; dispirited; not sprightly.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> depressed, dispirited, down(predicate), downcast, downhearted, low.</syn><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source> + <source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Low"-spir`it*ed*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Low steel</ent><br/
<hw>Low steel</hw>. <def>See under <er>Low</er>.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Low-studded</ent><br/
<hw>Low"-stud`ded</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Furnished or built with short studs; <as>as, a <ex>low-studded</ex> house or room</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>low-sudsing</ent><br/
<hw>low-sudsing</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>causing little foam to form; -- used of e.g. detergents.  Contrasted with <ant>high-sudsing</ant>.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>low-tech</ent><br/
<hw>low-tech</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>not involving high technology; using long-established technology.  Opposite of <ant>high-tech</ant>.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>low-tension</ent><br/
<hw>low-tension</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <fld>(Elecricity)</fld> <def>subjected to or capable of operating under relative low voltage.  Contrasted with <ant>high-tension</ant>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> low-voltage.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Low-thoughted</ent><br/
<hw>Low"-thought`ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having one's thoughts directed toward mean or insignificant subjects.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>low-toned</ent><br/
<hw>low-toned</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>relatively low in volume; soft; -- of sound; <as>as, making <ex>low-toned</ex> noises with their mouths that went as an undercurrent of sound</as>.  Opposite of <ant>loud</ant>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> low, subdued, soft.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>low-voltage</ent><br/
<hw>low-voltage</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>  <fld>(Electricity)</fld> <def>subjected to or capable of operating under relative low voltage, usually considered as no greater than 250 volts.  Contrasted with <ant>high-voltage</ant>.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>low warp loom</ent><br/
<ent>low-warp loom</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>low-warp loom</hw>, <hw>low warp loom</hw></mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a hand loom in which the warp is carried horizontally; for weaving tapestry.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Loxodromic</ent><br/
<hw>Lox`o*drom"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/ slanting, oblique + <?/ a running, course; cf. F. <ets>loxodromique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to sailing on rhumb lines; <as>as, <ex>loxodromic</ex> tables</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Loxodromic curve</b></col> <it>or</it>  <col><b>Loxodromic line</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Geom.)</fld>, <cd>a line on the surface of a sphere, which always makes an equal angle with every meridian; the rhumb line. It is the line on which a ship sails when her course is always in the direction of one and the same point of the compass.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Loxodromics</ent><br/
<hw>Lox`o*drom"ics</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The art or method of sailing on the loxodromic or rhumb line.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Loxodromism</ent><br/
<hw>Lox*od"ro*mism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act or process of tracing a loxodromic curve; the act of moving as if in a loxodromic curve.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Loxodromy</ent><br/
<hw>Lox*od"ro*my</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>loxodromic</ets>.]</ety> <def>The science of loxodromics.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Loy</ent><br/
<hw>Loy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A long, narrow spade for stony lands.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Loyal</ent><br/
<hw>Loy"al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>loyal</ets>, OF. <ets>loial</ets>, <ets>leial</ets>, L. <ets>legalis</ets>, fr. <ets>lex</ets>, <ets>legis</ets>, law. See <er>Legal</er>, and cf. <er>Leal</er>.]</ety><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>Faithful to law; upholding the lawful authority; faithful and true to the lawful government; faithful to the prince or sovereign to whom one is subject; unswerving in allegiance.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Welcome, sir John ! But why come you in arms ? --<br/
 To help King Edward in his time of storm,<br/
As every <qex>loyal</qex> subject ought to do.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>True to any person or persons to whom one owes fidelity, especially as a wife to her husband, lovers to each other, and friend to friend; constant; faithful to a cause or a principle.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Your true and <qex>loyal</qex> wife.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Unhappy both, but <qex>loyal</qex>their loves.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Loyalist</ent><br/
<hw>Loy"al*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A person who adheres to his sovereign or to the lawful authority; especially, one who maintains his allegiance to his prince or government, and defends his cause in times of revolt or revolution.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Loyally</ent><br/
<hw>Loy"al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a loyal manner; faithfully.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Loyalness</ent><br/
<hw>Loy"al*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Loyalty.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Stow.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Loyalty</ent><br/
<hw>Loy"al*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>loyaut<eacute/</ets>. See <er>Loyal</er>, and cf. <er>Legality</er>.]</ety> <def>The state or quality of being loyal; fidelity to a superior, or to duty, love, etc.</def><br/
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<p><q>He had such <qex>loyalty</qex> to the king as the law required.</q> <rj><qau>Clarendon.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Not withstanding all the subtle bait<br/
With which those Amazons his love still craved,<br/
To his one love his <qex>loyalty</qex> he saved.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><note><hand/ <ldquo/<xex>Loyalty</xex>  . . . expresses, properly, that fidelity which one owes according to law, and does not necessarily include that attachment to the royal person, which, happily, we in England have been able further to throw into the word.<rdquo/</note>  <rj><au>Trench.</au></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Allegiance; fealty. See <er>Allegiance</er>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lozenge</ent><br/
<hw>Loz"enge</hw> <pr>(l<ocr/z"<ecr/nj)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>lozange</ets>, <ets>losange</ets>; perh. the same as OF. <ets>losenge</ets>f flattery, praise, the heraldic sense being the oldest (cf. E. <ets>hatchment</ets>, <ets>blazon</ets>).  Cf. <er>Losenger</er>, <er>Laudable</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A diamond-shaped figure usually with the upper and lower angles slightly acute, borne upon a shield or escutcheon.  Cf. <er>Fusil</er>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A form of the escutcheon used by women instead of the shield which is used by men.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A figure with four equal sides, having two acute and two obtuse angles; a rhomb.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Anything in the form of lozenge.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <specif>Specifically:</specif> <def>A small cake of sugar and starch, flavored, and often medicated. -- originally in the form of a lozenge.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lozenge coach</b></col>, <cd>the coach of a dowager, having her coat of arms painted on a lozenge.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <au>Walpole.</au> -- <col><b>Lozenge-molding</b></col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>a kind of molding, used in Norman architecture, characterized by lozenge-shaped ornaments.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lozenge-shaped</ent><br/
<ent>Lozenged</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Loz"enged</hw> <pr>(l<ocr/z"<ecr/njd)</pr>, <hw>Loz"enge-shaped`</hw> <pr>(-sh<amac/pt)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having the form of a lozenge or rhomb.</def><br/
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<p><q>The <qex>lozenged</qex> panes of a very small latticed window.</q> <rj><qau>C. Bront<eacute/.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lozengy</ent><br/
<hw>Loz"en*gy</hw> <pr>(-<ecr/n*j<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>losang<eacute/</ets>. See <er>Lozenge</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Divided into lozenge-shaped compartments, as the field or a bearing, by lines drawn in the direction of the bend sinister.</def><br/
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<p><ent>LP</ent><br/
<ent>L-P</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>L-P</hw>, <hw>LP</hw></mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>l</ets>ong-<ets>p</ets>laying.]</ety> <def>a long-playing phonograph record; designed to be played at 33.3 rpm.</def> <mark>[Acronym]</mark> <br/
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<p><ent>L-plate</ent><br/
<hw>L-plate</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a square plate bearing the letter L that is attached to both ends of a car to indicate that the driver is a learner.</def> <mark>[British]</mark> <br/
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<p><ent>Lr</ent><br/
<hw>Lr</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>The chemical symbol for <altname>lawrencium</altname>, a transuranic element of atomic number 103.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lawrencium.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>LSD</ent><br/
<hw>LSD</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>lysergic acid diethylamide, a powerful hallucinogenic drug.</def> <mark>[Acronym]</mark> <br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lysergic acid diethylamide, acid.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Ltd.</ent><br/
<hw>Ltd.</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A term attached to the name of a company that is organized to give its owners limited liability; it corresponds to <altname>Inc.</altname> in the United States.</def> <mark>[British]</mark> <br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> limited company, Ld.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>LTM</ent><br/
<hw>LTM</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Psychology, Neurophysiology)</fld>  <def>long-term memory, the term for the set of neurons and neural processes responsible for the general store of information remembered for more than a day.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> long-term memory.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lu</ent><br/
<hw>Lu</hw> <pr>(l<umac/)</pr>, <pos>n. & v. t.</pos> <def>See <er>Loo</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lu</ent><br/
<hw>Lu</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>The chemical symbol for <er>lutetium</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lubbard</ent><br/
<hw>Lub"bard</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lubber</er>.]</ety> <def>A lubber.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Swift.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lubbard</ent><br/
<hw>Lub"bard</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Lubberly.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lubber</ent><br/
<hw>Lub"ber</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. dial. Sw. <ets>lubber</ets>. See <er>Looby</er>, <er>Lob</er>.]</ety> <def>A heavy, clumsy, or awkward fellow; a sturdy drone; a clown.</def><br/
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<p><q>Lingering <qex>lubbers</qex> lose many a penny.</q> <rj><qau>Tusser.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Land lubber</b></col>, <cd>a name given in contempt by sailors to a person who lives on land.</cd> -- <col><b>Lubber grasshopper</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>a large, stout, clumsy grasshopper; esp., <spn>Brachystola magna</spn>, from the Rocky Mountain plains, and <spn>Romalea microptera</spn>, which is injurious to orange trees in Florida.</cd> -- <col><b>Lubber's hole</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a hole in the floor of the <ldquo/top,<rdquo/ next the mast, through which sailors may go aloft without going over the rim by the futtock shrouds. It is considered by seamen as only fit to be used by lubbers.</cd> <au>Totten.</au> -- <mcol><col><b>Lubber's line</b></col>, <col><b>Lubber's point</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Lubber's mark</b></col></mcol>, <cd>a line or point in the compass case indicating the head of the ship, and consequently the course which the ship is steering.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lubberly</ent><br/
<hw>Lub"ber*ly</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Like a lubber; clumsy.</def><br/
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<p><q>A great <qex>lubberly</qex> boy.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lubberly</ent><br/
<hw>Lub"ber*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Clumsily; awkwardly.</def>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lubrical</ent><br/
<ent>Lubric</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lu"bric</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Lu"bric*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lubricus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>lubrique</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having a smooth surface; slippery.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Lascivious; wanton; lewd.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>This <qex>lubric</qex> and adulterate age.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lubricant</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"bri*cant</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lubricans</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>lubricare</ets>, See <er>Lubricate</er>.]</ety> <def>Lubricating.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lubricant</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"bri*cant</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>That which lubricates; specifically, a substance, as oil, grease, graphite, etc., used for reducing the friction of the working parts of machinery.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lubricate</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"bri*cate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lubricatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>lubricare</ets> to lubricate. See <er>Lubric</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To make smooth or slippery; <as>as, mucilaginous and saponaceous remedies <ex>lubricate</ex> the parts to which they are applied</as>.</def>  <rj><au>S. Sharp.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>Supples, <qex>lubricates</qex>, and keeps in play,<br/
The various movements of this nice machine.</q> <rj><qau>Young.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To apply a lubricant to, as oil or tallow.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <def>To reduce social frictions or difficulties between people, thus making cooperation easier and joint action smoother.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To inebriate by supplying with alcoholic beverages.</def> <mark>[slang]</mark> <br/
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<p><ent>lubricated</ent><br/
<hw>lubricated</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>smeared with oil or grease to reduce friction.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> greased.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lubrication</ent><br/
<hw>Lu`bri*ca"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of lubricating; the act of making slippery.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lubricator</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"bri*ca`tor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who, or that which, lubricates.</def> <ldquo/ <xex>Lubricator</xex> of the fibers.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Burke.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A contrivance, as an oil cup, for supplying a lubricant to machinery.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lubricitate</ent><br/
<hw>Lu*bric"i*tate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>See <er>Lubricate</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lubricity</ent><br/
<hw>Lu*bric"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lubricitas</ets>: cf. F. <ets>lubricit<eacute/</ets>.]</ety><br/
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>Smoothness; freedom from friction; also, property which diminishes friction; <as>as, the <ex>lubricity</ex> of oil</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Ray.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Slipperiness; instability; <as>as, the <ex>lubricity</ex> of fortune</as>.</def>  <rj><au>L'Estrange.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Lasciviousness; propensity to lewdness; lewdness; lechery; incontinency.</def>  <rj><au>Sir T. Herbert.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>As if wantonness and <qex>lubricity</qex> were essential to that poem.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lubricous</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"bri*cous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lubricus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Lubric.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lubrifaction</ent><br/
<ent>Lubrification</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lu`bri*fi*ca"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Lu`bri*fac"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lubricus</ets> lubric + <ets>facere</ets> to make.]</ety> <def>The act of lubricating, or making smooth.</def>  <rj><au>Ray. Bacon.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lucarne</ent><br/
||<hw>Lu`carne"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>lucerna</ets> a lamp. See <er>Luthern</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A dormer window.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lucchese</ent><br/
<hw>Luc*chese"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. sing. & pl.</pos> <ety>[It. <ets>Lucchese</ets>.]</ety> <def>A native or inhabitant of Lucca, in Tuscany; in the plural, the people of Lucca.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Luce</ent><br/
<hw>Luce</hw> <pr>(l<imac/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>lus</ets>, L. <ets>lucius</ets> a kind of fish.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A pike when full grown.</def>  <rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lucency</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"cen*cy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality of being lucent.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lucent</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"cent</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lucens</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>lucere</ets> to shine, fr. <ets>lux</ets>, <ets>lucis</ets>, light.]</ety> <def>Shining; bright; resplendent.</def> <ldquo/ The sun's <xex>lucent</xex> orb.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lucern</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"cern</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Etymology uncertain.]</ety> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>A sort of hunting dog; -- perhaps from <xex>Lucerne</xex>, in Switzerland.</def><br/
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<p><q>My <qex>lucerns</qex>, too, or dogs inured to hunt<br/
Beasts of most rapine.</q> <rj><qau>Chapman.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An animal whose fur was formerly much in request (by some supposed to be the lynx).</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>lusern</asp> and <asp>luzern</asp>.]</altsp><br/
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<p><q>The polecat, mastern, and the richskinned <qex>lucern</qex><br/
I know to chase.</q> <rj><qau>Beau. & Fl.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lucern</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"cern</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>luzerne</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A leguminous plant (<spn>Medicago sativa</spn>), having bluish purple cloverlike flowers, cultivated for fodder; -- called also <altname>alfalfa</altname>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>lucerne</asp>.]</altsp><br/
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<p><ent>Lucern</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"cern</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lucerna</ets>.]</ety> <def>A lamp.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Lydgate.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lucernal</ent><br/
<hw>Lu*cer"nal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lucerna</ets> a lamp.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to a lamp.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lucernal microscope</b></col>, <cd>a form of the microscope in which the object is illuminated by means of a lamp, and its image is thrown upon a plate of ground glass connected with the instrument, or on a screen independent of it.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lucernaria</ent><br/
||<hw>Lu`cer*na"ri*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>lucerna</ets> a lamp.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A genus of acalephs, having a bell-shaped body with eight groups of short tentacles around the margin.  It attaches itself by a sucker at the base of the pedicel.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lucernarian</ent><br/
<hw>Lu`cer*na"ri*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the Lucernarida.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>One of the Lucernarida.</def></def2><br/
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<p><ent>Lucernarida</ent><br/
||<hw>Lu`cer*nar"i*da</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Lucernaria</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A division of acalephs, including <gen>Lucernaria</gen> and allied genera; -- called also <altname>Calycozoa</altname>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A more extensive group of acalephs, including both the true Lucernarida and the Discophora.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lucerne</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"cerne</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Lucern</er>, the plant.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lucid</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"cid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lucidus</ets>, fr. <ets>lux</ets>, <ets>lucis</ets>, light. See <er>Light</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Shining; bright; resplendent; <as>as, the <ex>lucid</ex> orbs of heaven</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q><qex>Lucid</qex>, like a glowworm.</q> <rj><qau>Sir I. Newton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>A court compact of <qex>lucid</qex> marbles.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Clear; transparent.</def> <ldquo/ <xex>Lucid</xex> streams.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Presenting a clear view; easily understood; clear.</def><br/
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<p><q>A <qex>lucid</qex> and interesting abstract of the debate.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Bright with the radiance of intellect; not darkened or confused by delirium or madness; marked by the regular operations of reason; <as>as, a <ex>lucid</ex> interval</as>.</def><br/
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Luminous; bright; clear; transparent; sane; reasonable. See <er>Luminous</er>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lucidity</ent><br/
<hw>Lu*cid"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lucidit<eacute/</ets>. See <er>Lucid</er>.]</ety> <def>The quality or state of being lucid.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lucidly</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"cid*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a lucid manner.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lucidness</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"cid*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality of being lucid; lucidity.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lucifer</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"ci*fer</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., bringing light, <pos>n.</pos>, the morning star, fr. <ets>lux</ets>, <ets>lucis</ets>, light + <ets>ferre</ets> to bring.]</ety><br/
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>The planet Venus, when appearing as the morning star; -- applied in Isaiah by a metaphor to a king of Babylon.</def><br/
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<p><q>How art thou fallen from heaven, O <qex>Lucifer</qex>, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground which didst weaken the nations!</q> <rj><qau>Is. xiv. 12.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Tertullian and Gregory the Great understood this passage of Isaiah in reference to the fall of Satan; in consequence of which the name <qex>Lucifer</qex> has since been applied to Satan.</q> <rj><qau>Kitto.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Hence, Satan.</def><br/
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<p><q>How wretched<br/
Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favors! . . . <br/
When he falls, he falls like <qex>Lucifer</qex>,<br/
Never to hope again.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A match{1} made of a sliver of wood tipped with a combustible substance, and ignited by friction; -- called also <altname>lucifer match</altname>, and <altname>locofoco</altname>, now most commonly referred to as a <altname>friction match</altname>. See <er>Locofoco</er>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A genus of free-swimming macruran Crustacea, having a slender body and long appendages.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Luciferian</ent><br/
<hw>Lu`ci*fe"ri*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to Lucifer; having the pride of Lucifer; satanic; devilish.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the Luciferians or their leader.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Luciferian</ent><br/
<hw>Lu`ci*fe"ri*an</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>One of the followers of Lucifer, bishop of Cagliari, in the fourth century, who separated from the orthodox churches because they would not go as far as he did in opposing the Arians.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Luciferin</ent><br/
<hw>Lu*cif"er*in</hw> <pr>(l<oomac/*s<icr/f"<etil/r*<icr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Biochem.)</fld> <def>any of several substances found in luminescent organisms (such as the firefly, <spn>Photinus pyralis</spn>) which, when oxidized, produces an almost heatless light.  It was first isolated from fireflies, and is the source of the firefly luminescence.  See also <styp><er>firefly luciferin</er></styp></def><br/
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<p><ent>Luciferase</ent><br/
<hw>Lu*cif"er*ase</hw> <pr>(l<oomac/*s<icr/f"<etil/r*<amac/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Biochem.)</fld> <def>an enzyme which catalyzes the oxidation of luciferin, thereby producing bioluminescence.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Luciferous</ent><br/
<hw>Lu*cif"er*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lucifer</er>.]</ety> <def>Giving light; affording light or means of discovery.</def>  <rj><au>Boyle.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Luciferously</ent><br/
<hw>Lu*cif"er*ous*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a luciferous manner.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lucific</ent><br/
<hw>Lu*cif"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lucificus</ets>; <ets>lux</ets>, <ets>lucis</ets>, light + <ets>facere</ets> to make.]</ety> <def>Producing light.</def>  <rj><au>Grew.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Luciform</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"ci*form</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lux</ets>, <ets>lucis</ets>, light = <ets>-form</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having, in some respects, the nature of light; resembling light.</def>  <rj><au>Berkeley.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lucifrian</ent><br/
<hw>Lu*cif"ri*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Luciferian; satanic.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Marston.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lucimeter</ent><br/
<hw>Lu*cim"e*ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lux</ets>, <ets>lucis</ets>, light + <ets>-meter</ets>.]</ety> <def>an instrument for measuring the intensity of light; a photometer.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lucite</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"cite</hw> <pr>(l<oomac/"s<imac/t)</pr>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A brand name for a transparent plastic based on methyl methacrylate esters; the term is often used generically to refer to any similar transparent plastic.  It is sold in various forms, including rigid sheets which may be used as a substitute for glass in windows.</def> <mark>[Trademark]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Luck</ent><br/
<hw>Luck</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Akin to D. <ets>luk</ets>, <ets>geluk</ets>, G. <ets>gl<uum/ck</ets>, Icel. <ets>lukka</ets>, Sw. <ets>lycka</ets>, Dan. <ets>lykke</ets>, and perh. to G. <ets>locken</ets> to entice.  Cf. 3d <er>Gleck</er>.]</ety> <def>That which happens to a person; an event, good or ill, affecting one's interests or happiness, and which is deemed casual; a course or series of such events regarded as occurring by chance; chance; hap; fate; fortune; often, one's habitual or characteristic fortune; <as>as, good, bad, ill, or hard <ex>luck</ex></as>.  <xex>Luck</xex> is often used by itself to mean <xex>good luck</xex>; <as>as, <ex>luck</ex> is better than skill; a stroke of <ex>luck</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>If thou dost play with him at any game,<br/
Thou art sure to lose; and of that natural <qex>luck</qex>,<br/
He beats thee 'gainst the odds.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Luck penny</b></col>, <cd>a small sum given back for luck to one who pays money.</cd> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark> -- <col><b>To be in luck</b></col>, <cd>to receive some good, or to meet with some success, in an unexpected manner, or as the result of circumstances beyond one's control; to be fortunate.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Luckily</ent><br/
<hw>Luck"i*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Lucky</er>.]</ety> <def>In a lucky manner; by good fortune; fortunately; -- used in a good sense; <as>as, they <ex>luckily</ex> escaped injury</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Luckiness</ent><br/
<hw>Luck"i*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The state or quality of being lucky; <as>as, the <ex>luckiness</ex> of a man or of an event</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Good fortune; favorable issue or event.</def>  <rj><au>Locke.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Luckless</ent><br/
<hw>Luck"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Being without luck; unpropitious; unfortunate; unlucky; meeting with ill success or bad fortune; <as>as, a <ex>luckless</ex> gamester; a <ex>luckless</ex> maid.</as></def><br/
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<p><q>Prayers made and granted in a <qex>luckless</qex> hour.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj></p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Luck"less*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Lock"less*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/
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<p><ent>Lucknow</ent><br/
<hw>Lucknow</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A city in India, the site of the Indian Mutiny (1857) when the British were beseiged.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lucky</ent><br/
<hw>Luck"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Luckier</adjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Luckiest</adjf>.]</amorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Favored by luck; fortunate; meeting with good success or good fortune; -- said of persons; <as>as, a <ex>lucky</ex> adventurer</as>.</def> <ldquo/ <xex>Lucky</xex> wight.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Producing, or resulting in, good by chance, or unexpectedly; favorable; auspicious; fortunate; <as>as, a <ex>lucky</ex> mistake; a <ex>lucky</ex> cast; a <ex>lucky</ex> hour.</as></def><br/
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<p><q>We doubt not of a fair and <qex>lucky</qex> war.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Successful; fortunate; prosperous; auspicious.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lucky proach</ent><br/
<hw>Luck`y proach"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>See <er>Fatherlasher</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lucrative</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"cra*tive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lucrativus</ets>, fr. <ets>lucrari</ets> to gain, fr. <ets>lucrum</ets> gain: cf. F. <ets>lucratif</ets>. See <er>Lucre</er>.]</ety><br/
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>Yielding lucre; gainful; profitable; making increase of money or goods; <as>as, a <ex>lucrative</ex> business or office</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>The trade of merchandise being the most <qex>lucrative</qex>, may bear usury at a good rate.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Greedy of gain.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>Such diligence as the most part of our <qex>lucrative</qex> lawyers do use, in deferring and prolonging of matters and actions from term to term.</q> <rj><qau>Latimer.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lucratively</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"cra*tive*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a lucrative manner.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lucre</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"cre</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>lucre</ets>, L. <ets>lucrum</ets>.]</ety> <def>Gain in money or goods; profit; riches; -- often in an ill sense.</def><br/
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<p><q>The lust of <qex>lucre</qex> and the dread of death.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lucriferous</ent><br/
<hw>Lu*crif"er*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lucrum</ets> gain +<ets>-ferous</ets>.]</ety> <def>Gainful; profitable.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Boyle.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lucrific</ent><br/
<hw>Lu*crif"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lucrificus</ets>; <ets>lucrum</ets> gain + <ets>facere</ets> to make.]</ety> <def>Producing profit; gainful.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Luctation</ent><br/
<hw>Luc*ta"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>luctatio</ets>, fr. <ets>luctari</ets> to wrestle, strive.]</ety> <def>Effort to overcome in contest; struggle; endeavor.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Farindon.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Luctual</ent><br/
<hw>Luc"tu*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>luctus</ets> mourning, sorrow, fr. <ets>lugere</ets>, fr. <ets>luctum</ets>, to mourn.]</ety> <def>Producing grief; saddening.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir G. Buck.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lucubrate</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"cu*brate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lucubrated</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lucubrated</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>lucubratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>lucubrare</ets> to work by lamplight, fr. <ets>lux</ets> light. See <er>Light</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <def>To study by candlelight or a lamp; to study by night.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lucubrate</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"cu*brate</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To elaborate, perfect, or compose, by night study or by laborious endeavor.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lucubration</ent><br/
<hw>Lu`cu*bra"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[l. <ets>lucubratio</ets>;cf. F. <ets>lucubration</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of lucubrating, or studying by candlelight; nocturnal study; meditation.</def><br/
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<p><q>After long <qex>lucubration</qex> I have hit upon such an expedient.</q> <rj><qau>Goldsmith.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is composed by night; that which is produced by meditation in retirement; hence (loosely) any literary composition.</def><br/
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<p><q>Thy <qex>lucubrations</qex> have been perused by several of our friends.</q> <rj><qau>Tatler.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lucubrator</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"cu*bra`tor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who studies by night; also, one who produces lucubrations.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lucubratory</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"cu*bra*to*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lucubratorius</ets>.]</ety> <def>Composed by candlelight, or by night; of or pertaining to night studies; laborious or painstaking.</def>  <rj><au>Pope.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lucule</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"cule</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Dim. fr. L. <ets>lux</ets>, <ets>lucis</ets>, light.]</ety> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>A spot or fleck on the sun brighter than the surrounding surface.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Luculent</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"cu*lent</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>luculentus</ets>, from <ets>lux</ets>, <ets>lucis</ets>, light.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Lucid; clear; transparent.</def>  <rj><au>Thomson.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Clear; evident; luminous.</def> <ldquo/ Most <xex>luculent</xex> testimonies.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Hooker.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Bright; shining in beauty.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>Most debonair and <qex>luculent</qex> lady.</q> <rj><qau>B. Jonson.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Luculently</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"cu*lent*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a luculent manner; clearly.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lucullite</ent><br/
<hw>Lu*cul"lite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <etsep>Lucullus</etsep>, a Roman consul, famous for his great wealth and luxury: cf. F. <ets>lucullite</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A variety of black limestone, often polished for ornamental purposes.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lucuma</ent><br/
||<hw>Lu*cu"ma</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An American genus of sapotaceous trees bearing sweet and edible fruits.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ <spn>Lucuma mammosum</spn> is called <xex>natural marmalade</xex> in the West Indies; <spn>Lucuma Caimito</spn>, of Peru, furnishes a delicious fruit called <prod>lucuma</prod> and <prod>caimito</prod>.</note><br/
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<p><ent>Luddite</ent><br/
<hw>Lud"dite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One of a number of riotous persons in England, who for six years (1811-17) tried to prevent the use of labor-saving machinery by breaking it, burning factories, etc.; -- so called from <person>Ned <etsep>Lud</etsep></person>, a half-witted man who some years previously had broken stocking frames.</def>  <rj><au>J. & H. Smith.</au>  <au>H. Martineau.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Ludibrious</ent><br/
<hw>Lu*dib"ri*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>ludibrium</ets> mockery, derision, from <ets>ludere</ets> to play, sport.]</ety> <def>Sportive; ridiculous; wanton.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Tooker.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Ludibund</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"di*bund</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>ludibundus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Sportive.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> -- <wordforms><wf>Lu"di*bund*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></wordforms>  <rj><au>Dr. H. More.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Ludicrous</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"di*crous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>ludicrus</ets>, or <ets>ludicer</ets>, from <ets>ludus</ets> play, sport, fr. <ets>ludere</ets> to play.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Adapted to excite laughter, without scorn or contempt; sportive.</def>  <rj><au>Broome.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>A chapter upon German rhetoric would be in the same <qex>ludicrous</qex> predicament as Van Troil's chapter on the snakes of Iceland, which delivers its business in one summary sentence, announcing, that snakes in Iceland -- there are none.</q> <rj><qau>De Quincey.</qau></rj></p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Ridiculously absurd.</def><br/
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Laughable; sportive; burlesque; comic; droll; ridiculous.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Ludicrous</er>, <er>Laughable</er>, <er>Ridiculous</er>. We speak of a thing as <xex>ludicrous</xex> when it tends to produce laughter; as <xex>laughable</xex> when the impression is somewhat stronger; as <xex>ridiculous</xex> when more or less contempt is mingled with the merriment created.</usage></p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Lu"di*crous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Lu"di*crous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/
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<p><ent>Ludification</ent><br/
<hw>Lu`di*fi*ca"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>ludificatio</ets>, fr. <ets>ludificare</ets> to make sport of; <ets>ludus</ets> sport + <ets>-ficare</ets> (in comp.) to make. See <er>-fy</er>.]</ety> <def>The act of deriding.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Ludificatory</ent><br/
<hw>Lu*dif"i*ca*to*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>ludificatorius</ets>.]</ety> <def>Making sport; tending to excite derision.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Ludlamite</ent><br/
<hw>Lud"lam*ite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Named after <person>Mr. <etsep>Ludlam</etsep></person>, of London.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A mineral occurring in small, green, transparent, monoclinic crystals. It is a hydrous phosphate of iron.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Ludlow group</ent><br/
<hw>Lud"low group`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>A subdivision of the British Upper Silurian lying below the Old Red Sandstone; -- so named from the <etsep>Ludlow</etsep>, in Western England. See the <xex>Chart</xex> of <er>Geology</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Ludwigite</ent><br/
<hw>Lud"wig*ite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Named after the chemist <persfn><etsep>Ludwig</etsep></persfn>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A borate of iron and magnesia, occurring in fibrous masses of a blackish green color.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lues</ent><br/
||<hw>Lu"es</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Disease, especially of a contagious kind.</def> <mark>[archaic]</mark> <br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>syphilis; -- called also <altname>Lues venerea</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lues venerea</b></col>, <cd>syphilis; -- called also simply <altname>lues</altname>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Luff</ent><br/
<hw>Luff</hw> <pr>(l<ucr/f)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>lof</ets>, prob. a sort of timber by which the course of a ship was directed, perh. a sort of paddle; cf. D. <ets>loef</ets> luff, <ets>loeven</ets> to luff. The word is perh. akin to E. <ets>glove</ets>.  Cf. <er>Aloof</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The side of a ship toward the wind.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The act of sailing a ship close to the wind.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The roundest part of a ship's bow.</def> <sd>(d)</sd> <def>The forward or weather leech of a sail, especially of the jib, spanker, and other fore-and-aft sails.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Luff tackle</b></col>, <cd>a purchase composed of a double and single block and fall, used for various purposes.</cd> <au>Totten.</au> -- <col><b>Luff upon luff</b></col>, <cd>a luff tackle attached to the fall of another luff tackle.</cd> <au>R. H. Dana, Jr.</au></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Luff</ent><br/
<hw>Luff</hw> <pr>(l<ucr/f)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Luffed</conjf> <pr>(l<ucr/ft)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Luffing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>To turn the head of a vessel toward the wind; to sail nearer the wind; to turn the tiller so as to make the vessel sail nearer the wind.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>To flutter or shake from being aligned close to the direction of the wind; -- said of a sail.</def><br/
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>To luff round</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>To luff alee</b></col></mcol>, <cd>to make the extreme of this movement, for the purpose of throwing the ship's head into the wind.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Luffer</ent><br/
<hw>Luf"fer</hw> <pr>(l<ucr/f"f<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>  <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>See <er>Louver</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lug</ent><br/
<hw>Lug</hw> <pr>(l<ucr/g)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sw. <ets>lugg</ets> the forelock.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The ear, or its lobe.</def> <mark>[Scot. & Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which projects like an ear, esp. that by which anything is supported, carried, or grasped, or to which a support is fastened; an ear; <as>as, the <ex>lugs</ex> of a kettle; the <ex>lugs</ex> of a founder's flask; the <ex>lug</ex> (handle) of a jug.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>A projecting piece to which anything, as a rod, is attached, or against which anything, as a wedge or key, bears, or through which a bolt passes, etc.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Harness)</fld> <def>The leather loop or ear by which a shaft is held up.</def><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The lugworm.</def><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>A man; sometimes implying clumsiness.</def> <mark>[slang]</mark> <br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lug bolt</b></col> <fld>(Mach.)</fld>, <cd>a bolt terminating in a long, flat extension which takes the place of a head; a strap bolt.</cd> -- <col><b>Lug nut</b></col> <fld>(Mach.)</fld>, <cd>a large nut fitting a heavy bolt; -- used especially of the nuts used to attach wheels to vehicles.</cd> -- <col><b>Lug wrench</b></col> <fld>(Mach.)</fld>, <cd>a wrench used to tighten or loosen lug nuts, usually a steel rod having a hexagonally shaped socket which fits closely over the lug nut; sometimes in the shape of a cross, having several such sockets, one at the end of each arm, to accommodate nuts of different sizes.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lug</ent><br/
<hw>Lug</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lugged</conjf> <pr>(l<ucr/gd)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lugging</conjf> <pr>(l<ucr/g"g<icr/ng)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>luggen</ets>, Sw. <ets>lugga</ets> to pull by the hair, fr. <ets>lugg</ets> the forelock.]</ety> <def>To pull with force; to haul; to drag along; to carry with difficulty, as something heavy or cumbersome.</def>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>They must divide the image among them, and so <qex>lug</qex> off every one his share.</q> <rj><qau>Collier.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lug</ent><br/
<hw>Lug</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To move slowly and heavily.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lug</ent><br/
<hw>Lug</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of lugging; <as>as, a hard <ex>lug</ex></as>; that which is lugged; <as>as, the pack is a heavy <ex>lug</ex></as>.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Anything which moves slowly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Ascham.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lug</ent><br/
<hw>Lug</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Etymol. uncertain.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A rod or pole.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Wright.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A measure of length, being 16<frac12/ feet; a rod, pole, or perch.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <ldquo/ Eight <xex>lugs</xex> of ground.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Chimney lug</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Lug pole</b></col></mcol>, <cd>a pole on which a kettle is hung over the fire, either in a chimney or in the open air.</cd> <mark>[Local, U.S.]</mark>  <rj><au>Whittier.</au></rj></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Luganda</ent><br/
<hw>Luganda</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>the language of the Buganda; spoken in Uganda.</def><br/
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<p><ent>luge</ent><br/
<hw>luge</hw> <pr>(l<oomac/zh)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>a racing sled for one or two people; it is raced down a chute of packed snow or ice, and the occupant(s) lie down on it with feet in the direction of motion.</def><br/
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<p><ent>luger</ent><br/
<hw>lug"er</hw> <pr>(l<oomac/zh"<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>someone who races the luge.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> slider.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Luggage</ent><br/
<hw>Lug"gage</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From 4th <er>Lug</er>.]</ety> <def>That which is lugged; anything cumbrous and heavy to be carried; especially, a traveler's trunks, baggage, etc., or their contents.</def><br/
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<p><q>I am gathering up my <qex>luggage</qex>, and preparing for my journey.</q> <rj><qau>Swift.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>What do you mean,<br/
To dote thus on such <qex>luggage</qex>!</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Plunder; baggage.</syn><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Luggage van</b></col>, <cd>a vehicle for carrying luggage; a railway car, or compartment of a car, for carrying luggage.</cd> <mark>[Eng.]</mark> -- <col><b>Luggage compartment</b></col>, <cd>the compartment in a train, bus or other vehicle designed for storage of luggage during a journey.  Separate from the <contr>passenger compartment</contr>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lugger</ent><br/
<hw>Lug"ger</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A small vessel having two or three masts, and a running bowsprit, and carrying lugsails. See <xex>Illustration</xex> in Appendix.</def>  <rj><au>Totten.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lugger</ent><br/
<hw>Lug"ger</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>An Indian falcon (<spn>Falco jugger</spn>), similar to the European lanner and the American prairie falcon.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lugmark</ent><br/
<hw>Lug"mark`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Lug</er> an ear.]</ety> <def>A mark cut into the ear of an animal to identify it; an earmark.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lugsail</ent><br/
<hw>Lug"sail`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A square sail bent upon a yard that hangs obliquely to the mast and is raised or lowered with the sail.</def>  <rj><au>Totten.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lugubrious</ent><br/
<hw>Lu*gu"bri*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lugubris</ets>, fr. <ets>lugere</ets> to mourn; cf. Gr. <grk>lygro`s</grk> sad, Skr. <ets>ruj</ets> to break.]</ety> <def>Mournful; indicating sorrow, often ridiculously or feignedly; doleful; woful; pitiable; <as>as, a whining tone and a <ex>lugubrious</ex> look</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>Crossbones, scythes, hourglasses, and other <qex>lugubrious</qex> emblems of mortality.</q> <rj><qau>Hawthorne.</qau></rj></p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Lu*gu"bri*ous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Lu*gu"bri*ous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/
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<p><ent>lugubriousness</ent><br/
<hw>lu*gu"bri*ous*ness</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>excessive sadness and mournfulness.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> gloominess.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lugworm</ent><br/
<hw>Lug"worm`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>1st lug</ets> + <ets>worm</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A large marine annelid (<spn>Arenicola marina</spn>) having a row of tufted gills along each side of the back.  It is found burrowing in sandy beaches, both in America and Europe, and is used for bait by European fishermen.  Called also <altname>lobworm</altname>, and <altname>baitworm</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Luke</ent><br/
<hw>Luke</hw> <pr>(l<umac/k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Prob. fr. <ets>lew</ets>, perh. influenced by AS. <ets>wl<ae/c</ets> warm, lukewarm, remiss.  Cf. Lew.]</ety> <def>Moderately warm; not hot; tepid; lukewarm.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Luke"ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></wordforms><br/
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<p><q>Nine penn'orth o'brandy and water <qex>luke</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Dickens.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lukewarm</ent><br/
<hw>Luke"warm`</hw> <pr>(l<umac/k"w<add/rm`)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Luke</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Moderately warm; neither cold nor hot; tepid.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Not ardent; not zealous; cool; indifferent.</def> <ldquo/ <xex>Lukewarm</xex> blood.<rdquo/ <au>Spenser.</au> <ldquo/ <xex>Lukewarm</xex> patriots.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Addison.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>An obedience so <qex>lukewarm</qex> and languishing that it merits not the name of passion.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj></p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Luke"warm`ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Luke"warm`ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/
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<p><ent>Lull</ent><br/
<hw>Lull</hw> <pr>(l<ucr/l)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lulled</conjf> <pr>(l<ucr/ld)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lulling</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Akin to OD. <ets>lullen</ets> to sing to sleep, G. <ets>lullen</ets>, Dan. <ets>lulle</ets>, Sw. <ets>lulla</ets>; all of imitative origin.  Cf. <er>Loll</er>, <er>Lollard</er>.]</ety> <def>To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm; to soothe; to quiet.</def> <ldquo/ To <xex>lull</xex> him soft asleep.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie,<br/
To <qex>lull</qex> the daughters of necessity.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lull</ent><br/
<hw>Lull</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate for a time; <as>as, the storm <ex>lulls</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lull</ent><br/
<hw>Lull</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The power or quality of soothing; that which soothes; a lullaby.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Young.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A temporary cessation of storm or confusion.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lullaby</ent><br/
<hw>lull"a*by</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Lull</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos> ]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A song to quiet babes or lull them to sleep; that which quiets.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Hence: Good night; good-by.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Luller</ent><br/
<hw>Lull"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or that which, lulls.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lullingly</ent><br/
<hw>Lull"ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a lulling manner; soothingly.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lum</ent><br/
<hw>Lum</hw> <pr>(l<ucr/m)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[W. <ets>llumon</ets> chimney, <ets>llum</ets> that shoots up or ends in a point.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A chimney.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]</mark>  <rj><au>Burns.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A ventilating chimney over the shaft of a mine.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A woody valley; also, a deep pool.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lumachella</ent><br/
<ent>Lumachel</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lu"ma*chel</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, ||<hw>Lu`ma*chel"la</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>lumachelle</ets>, It. <ets>lumachella</ets>, fr. <ets>lamachella</ets> a little snail, dim. of <ets>lumaca</ets> a snail, fr. L. <ets>limax</ets>, <ets>-acis</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A grayish brown limestone, containing fossil shells, which reflect a beautiful play of colors. It is also called <altname>fire marble</altname>, from its fiery reflections.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lumbaginous</ent><br/
<hw>Lum*bag"i*nous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to lumbago.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lumbago</ent><br/
<hw>Lum*ba"go</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., fr. <ets>lumbus</ets> loin. See <er>Lumbar</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A rheumatic pain in the loins and the small of the back.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lumbal</ent><br/
<ent>Lumbar</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lum"bar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Lum"bal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lumbus</ets> loin. See <er>Loin</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of, pertaining to, or near, the loins; <as>as, the <ex>lumbar</ex> arteries</as>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lumbar region</b></col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>the region of the loin; specifically, a region between the hypochondriac and iliac regions, and outside of the umbilical region.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lumber</ent><br/
<hw>Lum"ber</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Prob. fr. <ets>Lombard</ets>, the Lombards being the money lenders and pawnbrokers of the Middle Ages. A <ets>lumber</ets> room was, according to Trench, originally a <etsep>Lombard</etsep> room, or room where the Lombard pawnbroker stored his pledges. See <er>Lombard</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A pawnbroker's shop, or room for storing articles put in pawn; hence, a pledge, or pawn.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>They put all the little plate they had in the <qex>lumber</qex>, which is pawning it, till the ships came.</q> <rj><qau>Lady Murray.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Old or refuse household stuff; things cumbrous, or bulky and useless, or of small value.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Timber sawed or split into the form of beams, joists, boards, planks, staves, hoops, etc.; esp., that which is smaller than heavy timber.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lumber kiln</b></col>, <cd>a room in which timber or lumber is dried by artificial heat.</cd> <mark>[U.S.]</mark> -- <col><b>Lumber room</b></col>, <cd>a room in which unused furniture or other lumber is kept.</cd> <mark>[U.S.]</mark> -- <col><b>Lumber wagon</b></col>, <cd>a heavy rough wagon, without springs, used for general farmwork, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>dimensional lumber</b></col>, <cd>lumber, usually of pine, which is sold as beams or planks having a specified nominal cross-section, usually in inches, such a <examp>two-by-four</examp>, <examp>two-by-six</examp>, <examp>four-by-four</examp>, etc.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lumber</ent><br/
<hw>Lum"ber</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lumbered</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lumbering</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To heap together in disorder.</def> <ldquo/ Stuff <xex>lumbered</xex> together.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Rymer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To fill or encumber with lumber; <as>as, to <ex>lumber</ex> up a room</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lumber</ent><br/
<hw>Lum"ber</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To move heavily, as if burdened.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <ety>[Cf. dial. Sw. <ets>lomra</ets> to resound.]</ety> <def>To make a sound as if moving heavily or clumsily; to rumble.</def>  <rj><au>Cowper.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To cut logs in the forest, or prepare timber for market.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lumberer</ent><br/
<hw>Lum"ber*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One employed in lumbering, cutting, and getting logs from the forest for lumber; a lumberman.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark><br/
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<p><q><qex>Lumberers</qex> have a notion that he (the woodpecker) is harmful to timber.</q> <rj><qau>Lowell.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lumbering</ent><br/
<hw>Lum"ber*ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The business of cutting or getting timber or logs from the forest for lumber.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>lumberjack</ent><br/
<hw>lum"ber*jack`</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>a person who works at lumbering; a lumberman.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lumberman, timberman.</syn><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The grey jay.</def> <mark>[Canadian]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lumberman</ent><br/
<hw>Lum"ber*man</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Lumbermen</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.</plu> <def>One who is engaged in lumbering as a business or employment.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lumber State</ent><br/
<hw>Lum"ber State</hw>. <def>Maine; -- a nickname.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lumbosacral</ent><br/
<hw>Lum`bo*sa"cral</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lumbus</ets> loin + E. <ets>sacral</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the loins and sacrum; <as>as, the <ex>lumbosacral</ex> nerve, a branch of one of the lumber nerves which passes over the sacrum</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lumbric</ent><br/
<hw>Lum"bric</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lumbricus</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>An earthworm, or a worm resembling an earthworm.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lumbrical</ent><br/
<hw>Lum"bric*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lombrical</ets>. See <er>Lumbric</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Resembling a worm; <as>as, the <ex>lumbrical</ex> muscles of the hands of the hands and feet</as>.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>A lumbrical muscle.</def></def2><br/
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<p><ent>Lumbriciform</ent><br/
<hw>Lum*bric"i*form</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lumbricus</ets> worm + <ets>-form</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Resembling an earthworm; vermiform.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lumbricoid</ent><br/
<hw>Lum"bri*coid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Lumbricus</ets> + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Like an earthworm; belonging to the genus <gen>Lumbricus</gen>, or family <fam>Lumbricid<ae/</fam>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lumbricus</ent><br/
||<hw>Lum"bri*cus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. See <er>Lumbric</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A genus of annelids, belonging to the Oligoch<ae/ta, and including the common earthworms. See <er>Earthworm</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lumen</ent><br/
||<hw>Lu"men</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu>pl. L. <plw>Lumina</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>, E. <plw>Lumens</plw> <pr>(#)</pr></plu>. <ety>[L., light, an opening for light.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Photom.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A unit of illumination, being the amount of illumination of a unit area of spherical surface, due to a light of unit intensity placed at the center of the sphere.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A unit of light flux, being the flux through one square meter of surface the illumination of which is uniform and of unit brightness.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>An opening, space, or cavity, esp. a tubular cavity; a vacuole.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Luminant</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"mi*nant</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Luminous.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Luminary</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"mi*na*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it></plu> <plw>Luminaries</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>, <ety>[F. <ets>luminaire</ets>, L. <ets>luminare</ets> a light or lamp, which was lighted in the churches, a luminary, fr. <ets>lumen</ets>, <ets>luminis</ets>, light, fr. <ets>lucere</ets> to be light, to shine, <ets>lux</ets>, <ets>lucis</ets>, light. See <er>Light</er>.]</ety><br/
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>Any body that gives light, especially one of the heavenly bodies.</def> <ldquo/ Radiant <xex>luminary</xex>.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Skelton.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>Where the great <qex>luminary</qex> . . . <br/
Dispenses light from far.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>One who illustrates any subject, or enlightens mankind; <as>as, Newton was a distinguished <ex>luminary</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Luminate</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"mi*nate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>luminatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>luminare</ets> to illumine, fr. <ets>lumen</ets> light. See <er>Limn</er>.]</ety> <def>To illuminate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lumination</ent><br/
<hw>Lu`mi*na"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Illumination.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lumine</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"mine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To illumine.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Luminescence</ent><br/
<hw>Lu`mi*nes"cence</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Luminescent</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>Any emission of light not ascribable directly to incandescence, and therefore occurring at low temperatures, as in phosphorescence and fluorescence or other luminous radiation resulting from vital processes, chemical action, friction, solution, or the influence of light or of ultraviolet or cathode rays, etc.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The faculty or power of producing light by biological processes, as in the firefly and glowworm.  Also called <altname>bioluminescence</altname>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The light produced by biological or biochemical processes.  Also called <altname>bioluminescence</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Luminescent</ent><br/
<hw>Lu`mi*nes"cent</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>luminare</ets> to illuminate + <ets>-escent</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>Shining with a light due to any of the various causes which produce luminescence.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Luminiferous</ent><br/
<hw>Lu`mi*nif"er*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lumen</ets> light + <ets>-ferous</ets>.]</ety> <def>Producing light; yielding light; transmitting light; <as>as, the <ex>luminiferous</ex> ether</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Luminosity</ent><br/
<hw>Lu`mi*nos"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being luminous; luminousness.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Luminous</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"mi*nous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>luminosus</ets>, fr. <ets>lumen</ets> light: cf. F. <ets>lumineux</ets>. See <er>Luminary</er>, <er>Illuminate</er>.]</ety><br/
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>Shining; emitting or reflecting light; brilliant; bright; <as>as, the is a <ex>luminous</ex> body; a <ex>luminous</ex> color.</as></def><br/
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<p><q>Fire burneth wood, making it . . . <qex>luminous</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>The mountains lift . . . their lofty and <qex>luminous</qex> heads.</q> <rj><qau>Longfellow.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Illuminated; full of light; bright; <as>as, many candles made the room <ex>luminous</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>Up the staircase moved a <qex>luminous</qex> space in the darkness.</q> <rj><qau>Longfellow.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Enlightened; intelligent; also, clear; intelligible; <as>as, a <ex>luminous</ex> mind</as>.</def> <ldquo/ <xex>Luminous</xex> eloquence.<rdquo/ <au>Macaulay.</au> <ldquo/ A <xex>luminous</xex> statement.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Brougham.</au></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Luminous paint</b></col>, <cd>a paint made up with some phosphorescent substance, as sulphide of calcium, which after exposure to a strong light is luminous in the dark for a time.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Lucid; clear; shining; perspicuous.</syn><br/
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Lu"mi*nous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Lu"mi*nous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/
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<p><ent>luminousness</ent><br/
<hw>lu"mi*nous*ness</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> luminosity, luminance, light.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lummox</ent><br/
<hw>Lum"mox</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A fat, ungainly, stupid person; an awkward bungler.</def> <mark>[Low.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lump</ent><br/
<hw>Lump</hw> <pr>(l<ucr/mp)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. OD. <ets>lompe</ets> piece, mass.  Cf. <er>Lunch</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass; <as>as, a <ex>lump</ex> of coal; a <ex>lump</ex> of iron ore.</as></def>  <ldquo/ A <xex>lump</xex> of cheese.<rdquo/ <au>Piers Plowman.</au> <ldquo/ This <xex>lump</xex> of clay.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A mass or aggregation of things.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Firearms)</fld> <def>A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>In the lump</b></col>, <col><b>In a lump</b></col>, <cd>the whole together; in gross.</cd><br/
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<p><q>They may buy them <qex>in the lump</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj></p>

<p>-- <col><b>Lump coal</b></col>, <cd>coal in large lumps; -- the largest size brought from the mine.</cd> -- <col><b>Lump sum</b></col>, <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>a gross sum without a specification of items; <as>as, to award a <ex>lump sum</ex> in satisfaction of all claims and damages</as>.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>a single sum paid once in satisfaction of a claim, as contrasted with the alternate choice of several payments over a period of time; -- sometimes allowed, e.g., as an alternative to periodical pension payments for a lifetime.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lump</ent><br/
<hw>Lump</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lumped</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lumping</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To throw into a mass; to unite in a body or sum without distinction of particulars.</def><br/
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<p><q>The expenses ought to be <qex>lumped</qex> together.</q> <rj><qau>Ayliffe.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To take in the gross; to speak of collectively.</def><br/
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<p><q>Not forgetting all others, . . . whom for brevity, but out of no resentment to you, I <qex>lump</qex> all together.</q> <rj><qau>Sterne.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To get along with as one can, although displeased; <as>as, if he doesn't like it, he can <ex>lump</ex> it</as>.</def> <mark>[Low]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lumpectomy</ent><br/
<hw>Lump*ec"to*my</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>the removal of a cyst or tumor from the breast by surgery.  This is one method of treating breast tumors when in an early stage, and is preferred for cosmetic reasons, when medically feasible, to <contr>radical mastectomy</contr>, the removal of the entire breast along with nearby muscles.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lumpen</ent><br/
<hw>lump"en</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>  <def>mentally sluggish.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lumpish, sluggish, unthinking.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lumpen</ent><br/
<hw>Lump"en</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Politics)</fld> <def>same as <er>lumpenproletariat</er>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The European eelpout; -- called also <altname>lumper</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lumpenproletariat</ent><br/
<hw>Lump`en*pro*le*tar"i*at</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Politics)</fld> <def>the lowest level of the proletariat, comprising unskilled workers, the unemployed, and the dispossessed, alienated from the class with with they would normally identify and having little or no class solidarity; -- an important element in Marxist theory.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lumper</ent><br/
<hw>Lump"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Lamper eel</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The European eelpout; -- called also <altname>lumpen</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lumper</ent><br/
<hw>Lump"er</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who lumps.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A laborer who is employed to load or unload vessels when in harbor.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lumpfish</ent><br/
<hw>Lump"fish`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Lump</er>, on account of its bulkiness: cf. G. & D. <ets>lump</ets>, F. <ets>lompe</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A large, thick, clumsy, marine fish (<spn>Cyclopterus lumpus</spn>) of Europe and America. The color is usually translucent sea green, sometimes purplish. It has a dorsal row of spiny tubercles, and three rows on each side, but has no scales. The ventral fins unite and form a ventral sucker for adhesion to stones and seaweeds. Called also <altname>lumpsucker</altname>, <altname>cock-paddle</altname>, <altname>sea owl</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lumping</ent><br/
<hw>Lump"ing</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Bulky; heavy.</def>  <rj><au>Arbuthnot.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lumpish</ent><br/
<hw>Lump"ish</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Like a lump; inert; gross; heavy; dull; spiritless.</def> <ldquo/ <xex>Lumpish</xex>, heavy, melancholy.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj></p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Lump"ish*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Lump"ish*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/
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<p><ent>Lumpsucker</ent><br/
<hw>Lump"suck`er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The lumpfish.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lump together</ent><br/
<hw>Lump together</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To combine (various items) and treat them as a unit.  See <er>lump</er>, <pos>v. i.</pos></def><br/
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<p><ent>Lumpy</ent><br/
<hw>Lump"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Lumpier</adjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Lumpiest</adjf>.]</amorph> <def>Full of lumps, or small compact masses; <as>as, a <ex>lumpy</ex> bed; a <ex>lumpy</ex> batch of dough</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lumpy-jaw</ent><br/
<hw>Lump"y-jaw`</hw>. <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Actinomycosis.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Luna</ent><br/
||<hw>Lu"na</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.; akin to <ets>lucere</ets> to shine. See <er>Light</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, and cf. <er>Lune</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The moon.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Alchemy)</fld> <def>Silver.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Luna cornea</b></col> <fld>(Old Chem.)</fld>, <cd>horn silver, or fused silver chloride, a tough, brown, translucent mass; -- so called from its resemblance to horn.</cd> -- <col><b>Luna moth</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>a very large and beautiful American moth (<spn>Actias luna</spn>).  Its wings are delicate light green, with a stripe of purple along the front edge of the anterior wings, the other margins being edged with pale yellow.  Each wing has a lunate spot surrounded by rings of light yellow, blue, and black.  The caterpillar commonly feeds on the hickory, sassafras, and maple.</cd></cs></p>

<p><-- Fig. of Luna moth --><br/
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<p><ent>Lunacy</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"na*cy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Lunacies</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[See <er>Lunatic</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Insanity or madness; properly, the kind of insanity which is broken by intervals of reason, -- formerly supposed to be influenced by the changes of the moon; any form of unsoundness of mind, except idiocy; mental derangement or alienation.</def>  <rj><au>Brande.</au>  <au>Burrill.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>Your kindred shuns your house<br/
As beaten hence by your strange <qex>lunacy</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A morbid suspension of good sense or judgment, as through fanaticism.</def>  <rj><au>Dr. H. More.</au></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Derangement; craziness; mania. See <er>Insanity</er>.</syn><br/
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<p><-- p. 875 --></p>

<p><ent>Lunar</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"nar</hw> <pr>(l<umac/"n<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lunaris</ets>, fr. <ets>luna</ets> the moon. See <er>Luna</er>, and cf. <er>Lunary</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the moon; <as>as, <ex>lunar</ex> observations</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Resembling the moon; orbed.</def>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Measured by the revolutions of the moon; <as>as, a <ex>lunar</ex> month</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Influenced by the moon, as in growth, character, or properties; <as>as, <ex>lunar</ex> herbs</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lunar caustic</b></col> <fld>(Med. Chem.)</fld>, <cd>silver nitrate prepared to be used as a cautery; -- so named because silver was called <xex>luna</xex> by the ancient alchemists.</cd> -- <col><b>Lunar cycle</b></col>. <cd>Same as <cref>Metonic cycle</cref>. See under <er>Cycle</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Lunar distance</b></col>, <cd>the angular distance of the moon from the sun, a star, or a planet, employed for determining longitude by the <cref>lunar method</cref>.</cd> -- <col><b>Lunar method</b></col>, <cd>the method of finding a ship's longitude by comparing the local time of taking (by means of a sextant or circle) a given lunar distance, with the Greenwich time corresponding to the same distance as ascertained from a nautical almanac, the difference of these times being the longitude.</cd> -- <col><b>Lunar month</b></col>. <cd>See <er>Month</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Lunar observation</b></col>, <cd>an observation of a lunar distance by means of a sextant or circle, with the altitudes of the bodies, and the time, for the purpose of computing the longitude.</cd> -- <col><b>Lunar tables</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <cd>Tables of the moon's motions, arranged for computing the moon's true place at any time past or future.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Navigation)</fld> <cd>Tables for correcting an observed lunar distance on account of refraction and parallax.</cd> -- <col><b>Lunar year</b></col>, <cd>the period of twelve lunar months, or 354 days, 8 hours, 48 minutes, and 34.38 seconds.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lunar</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"nar</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>A lunar distance.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The middle bone of the proximal series of the carpus; -- called also <altname>semilunar</altname>, and <altname>intermedium</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lunaria</ent><br/
<hw>Lunaria</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A small genus of European herbs of the mustard family, including the herb <stype>honesty</stype> (<spn>Lunaria annua</spn>), which is also called <stype>moonwort</stype> and <stype>lunary</stype>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Lunaria</gen>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lunarian</ent><br/
<hw>Lu*na"ri*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lunar</er>, <er>Luna</er>.]</ety> <def>An inhabitant of the moon.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lunary</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"na*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lunaire</ets>. See <er>Lunar</er>.]</ety> <def>Lunar.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Fuller.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lunary</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"na*ry</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lunaire</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The herb moonwort or <ldquo/honesty<rdquo/.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A low fleshy fern (<spn>Botrychium Lunaria</spn>) with lunate segments of the leaf or frond.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lunated</ent><br/
<ent>Lunate</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lu"nate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Lu"na*ted</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lunatus</ets> crescent-shaped, p. p. of <ets>lunare</ets> to bend like a crescent, fr. <ets>luna</ets> the moon.]</ety> <def>Crescent-shaped; resembling the crescent moon; <as>as, a <ex>lunate</ex> leaf; a <ex>lunate</ex> beak; a <ex>lunated</ex> cross.</as></def>  <rj><au>Gray.</au></rj><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lunular, bicephalous, crescent(prenominal), crescent-shaped.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lunatic</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"na*tic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>lunatique</ets>, L. <ets>lunaticus</ets>, fr. <ets>luna</ets> the moon. See <er>Lunar</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Affected by lunacy; insane; mad; crazy; demented.</def><br/
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<p><q>Lord, have mercy on my son; for he is <qex>lunatic</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Wyclif (Matt. xvii. 15).</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to, or suitable for, an insane person; evincing lunacy; <as>as, <ex>lunatic</ex> gibberish; a <ex>lunatic</ex> asylum.</as></def><br/
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<p><ent>Lunatic</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"na*tic</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A person affected by lunacy; an insane person, esp. one who has lucid intervals; a madman; a person of unsound mind.</def><br/
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<p><q>The <qex>lunatic</qex>, the lover, and the poet,<br/
Are of imagination all compact.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>lunatic fringe</ent><br/
<hw>lunatic fringe</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>the members of a political or social group espousing extreme, fanatical, or seemingly irrational views.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lunation</ent><br/
<hw>Lu*na"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Lunated</er>.]</ety> <def>The period of a synodic revolution of the moon, or the time from one new moon to the next; varying in length, at different times, from about 29<frac14/ to 29<frac56/ days, the average length being 29 d., 12h., 44m., 2.9s.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lunch</ent><br/
<hw>Lunch</hw> <pr>(l<ucr/nch)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Of uncertain etymol.  Cf. Prov. Eng. <ets>nunc</ets> a lump.]</ety> <def>A luncheon; specifically, a light repast between breakfast and dinner, most commonly about noontime.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lunch</ent><br/
<hw>Lunch</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lunched</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lunching</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To take luncheon.</def>  <rj><au>Smart.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Luncheon</ent><br/
<hw>Lunch"eon</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Prov. E. <ets>luncheon</ets>, <ets>lunchion</ets>, <ets>lunshin</ets>, a large lump of food, fr. <ets>lunch</ets>. See <er>Lunch</er>.]</ety><br/
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>A lump of food.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A portion of food taken at any time except at a regular meal.</def> <mark>[obsolescnet]</mark><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A lunch, especially one organized by a group as a formal social gathering.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Luncheon</ent><br/
<hw>Lunch"eon</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To take luncheon.</def>  <rj><au>Beaconsfield.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>luncher</ent><br/
<hw>luncher</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>someone who is eating lunch.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lunching</ent><br/
<hw>lunching</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>the act of eating lunch.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lunchroom</ent><br/
<hw>lunchroom</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a dining room (in a school, business, or other non-domestic facility) where lunch can be purchased.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lunchtime</ent><br/
<hw>lunchtime</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>the time for eating lunch; <as>as, he observed a regular <ex>lunchtime</ex></as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lunda</ent><br/
<hw>Lunda</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A genus of birds including some of the puffins.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Lunda</gen>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lune</ent><br/
<hw>Lune</hw> <pr>(l<umac/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>luna</ets> moon: cf. F. <ets>lune</ets>. See <er>Luna</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Anything in the shape of a half moon.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>A figure in the form of a crescent, bounded by two intersecting arcs of circles.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A fit of lunacy or madness; a period of frenzy; a crazy or unreasonable freak.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>These dangerous, unsafe <qex>lunes</qex> i' the king.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lunet</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"net</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lunette</er>.]</ety> <def>A little moon or satellite.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bp. Hall.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lunette</ent><br/
<hw>Lu*nette"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., dim. of <ets>lune</ets> moon, L. <ets>luna</ets>. See <er>Lune</er> a crescent.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Fort.)</fld> <def>A fieldwork consisting of two faces, forming a salient angle, and two parallel flanks. See <er>Bastion</er>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Far.)</fld> <def>A half horseshoe, which lacks the sponge.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A kind of watch crystal which is more than ordinarily flattened in the center; also, a species of convexoconcave lens for spectacles.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A piece of felt to cover the eye of a vicious horse.</def><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>Any surface of semicircular or segmental form; especially, the piece of wall between the curves of a vault and its springing line.</def><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>An iron shoe at the end of the stock of a gun carriage.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lunette window</b></col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>a window which fills or partly fills a lunette.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lung</ent><br/
<hw>Lung</hw> <pr>(l<ucr/ng)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>lunge</ets>, AS. <ets>lunge</ets>, pl. <ets>lungen</ets>; akin to D. <ets>long</ets>, G. <ets>lunge</ets>, Icel. & Sw. <ets>lunga</ets>, Dan. <ets>lunge</ets>, all prob. from the root of E. <ets>light</ets>.  <root/125.  See <er>Light</er> not heavy.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>An organ for a<eum/rial respiration; -- commonly in the plural.</def><br/
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<p><q>My <qex>lungs</qex> began to crow<br/
like chanticleer.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj></p>

<p><-- Insert: Illustration of lungs with description. --><br/
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<p><note><hand/ In all air-breathing vertebrates the lungs are developed from the ventral wall of the esophagus as a pouch which divides into two sacs. In amphibians and many reptiles the lungs retain very nearly this primitive saclike character, but in the higher forms the connection with the esophagus becomes elongated into the windpipe and the inner walls of the sacs become more and more divided, until, in the mammals, the air spaces become minutely divided into tubes ending in small air cells, in the walls of which the blood circulates in a fine network of capillaries. In mammals the lungs are more or less divided into lobes, and each lung occupies a separate cavity in the thorax. See <er>Respiration</er>.</note><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lung fever</b></col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>pneumonia.</cd> -- <col><b>Lung flower</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a species of gentian (<spn>Gentian Pneumonanthe</spn>).</cd> -- <col><b>Lung lichen</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>tree lungwort. See under <er>Lungwort</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Lung sac</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>one of the breathing organs of spiders and snails.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lunge</ent><br/
<hw>Lunge</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Also spelt <ets>longe</ets>, fr. <ets>allonge</ets>. See <er>Allonge</er>, <er>Long</er>.]</ety> <def>A sudden thrust or pass, as with a sword.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lunge</ent><br/
<hw>Lunge</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lunged</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lunging</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <def>To make a lunge.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lunge</ent><br/
<hw>Lunge</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To cause to go round in a ring, as a horse, while holding his halter.</def>  <rj><au>Thackeray.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lunge</ent><br/
<hw>Lunge</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Namaycush</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lunged</ent><br/
<hw>Lunged</hw> <pr>(l<ucr/ngd)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having lungs, or breathing organs similar to lungs.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lunger</ent><br/
<hw>lunger</hw> <pr>(l<ucr/ng"<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>a person with pulmonary tuberculosis.</def> <mark>[informal]</mark> <br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> consumptive.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lungfish</ent><br/
<hw>Lung"fish`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Any fish belonging to the Dipnoi; -- so called because they have both lungs and gills.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lung-grown</ent><br/
<hw>Lung"-grown`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Having lungs that adhere to the pleura.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lungie</ent><br/
<hw>Lun"gie</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A guillemot.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>longie</asp>.]</altsp> <mark>[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir W. Scott.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lungis</ent><br/
<hw>Lun"gis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>longis</ets>. See <er>Lounge</er>.]</ety> <def>A lingerer; a dull, drowsy fellow.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lungless</ent><br/
<hw>Lung"less</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Being without lungs.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lungoor</ent><br/
||<hw>Lun"goor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Hind. <ets>lang<umac/r</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A long-tailed monkey (<spn>Semnopithecus schislaceus</spn>), from the mountainous districts of India.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lung-power</ent><br/
<hw>lung-power</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>the ability to speak loudly.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lungworm</ent><br/
<hw>Lung"worm`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Any one of several species of parasitic nematoid worms which infest the lungs and air passages of cattle, sheep, and other animals, often proving fatal.  The lungworm of cattle (<spn>Strongylus micrurus</spn>) and that of sheep (<spn>Strongylus filaria</spn>) are the best known.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lungwort</ent><br/
<hw>Lung"wort`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An herb of the genus <gen>Pulmonaria</gen> (<spn>Pulmonaria officinalis</spn>), of Europe; -- so called because the spotted appearance of the leaves resembles that of a diseased lung.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Any plant of the genus <gen>Mertensia</gen> (esp. <spn>Mertensia Virginica</spn> and <spn>Mertensia Sibirica</spn>), plants nearly related to <gen>Pulmonaria</gen>.  The American lungwort is <spn>Mertensia Virginica</spn>, Virginia cowslip.</def>  <rj><au>Gray.</au></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Cow's lungwort</b></col> <cd>mullein.</cd> -- <col><b>Sea lungwort</b></col>, <cd><spn>Mertensia maritima</spn>, found on the seacoast of Northern Europe and America.</cd> -- <col><b>Tree lungwort</b></col>, <cd>a lichen (<spn>Sticta pulmonacea</spn>) growing on trees and rocks.  The thallus is lacunose, and in appearance somewhat resembles the lungs, for diseases of which it was once thought a remedy.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lunicurrent</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"ni*cur"rent</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>luna</ets> moon + E. <ets>current</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having relation to changes in currents that depend on the moon's phases.</def>  <rj><au>Bache.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Luniform</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"ni*form</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>luna</ets> moon + <ets>-form</ets>: cf. F. <ets>luniforme</ets>.]</ety> <def>Resembling the moon in shape.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lunisolar</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"ni*so"lar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>luna</ets> moon + E. <ets>solar</ets>: cf. F. <ets>lunisolaire</ets>.]</ety> <def>Resulting from the united action, or pertaining to the mutual relations, of the sun and moon.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lunisolar precession</b></col> <fld>(Astron.)</fld>, <cd>that portion of the annual precession of the equinoxes which depends on the joint action of the sun and moon.</cd> -- <col><b>Lunisolar year</b></col>, <cd>a period of time, at the end of which, in the Julian calendar, the new and full moons and the eclipses recur on the same days of the week and month and year as in the previous period. It consists of 532 common years, being the least common multiple of the numbers of years in the cycle of the sun and the cycle of the moon.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lunistice</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"ni*stice</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>luna</ets> moon + <ets>sistere</ets> to cause to stand.  Cf. <er>Solstice</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>The farthest point of the moon's northing and southing, in its monthly revolution.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lunitidal</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"ni*tid`al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to tidal movements dependent on the moon.</def>  <rj><au>Bache.</au></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lunitidal interval</b></col>. <cd>See <er>Retard</er>, <pos>n.</pos></cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lunt</ent><br/
<hw>Lunt</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[D. <ets>lont</ets>; akin to Dan. & G. <ets>lunte</ets>, Sw. <ets>lunta</ets>.  Cf. <er>Link</er> a torch.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The match cord formerly used in firing cannon.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A puff of smoke.</def> <mark>[Scotch.]</mark>  <rj><au>Burns.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lunula</ent><br/
<ent>Lunulae</ent><br/
||<hw>Lu"nu*la</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Lunul<ae/</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., prop., a little moon. See <er>Lunule</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat. & Zool.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Lunule</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lunular</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"nu*lar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lunulaire</ets>. See <er>Lunula</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having a form like that of the new moon; shaped like a crescent; lunate.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lunulated</ent><br/
<ent>Lunulate</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lu"nu*late</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Lu"nu*la`ted</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lunula</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot. & Zool.)</fld> <def>Resembling a small crescent.</def>  <rj><au>Gray.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lunule</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"nule</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>lunula</ets>, dim. of <ets>luna</ets> moon.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Anything crescent-shaped; a crescent-shaped part or mark; a lunula; a lune.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A lune. See <er>Lune</er>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A small or narrow crescent.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A special area in front of the beak of many bivalve shells. It sometimes has the shape of a double crescent, but is oftener heart-shaped. See <xex>Illust.</xex> of <er>Bivalve</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lunulet</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"nu*let</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Dim. of <ets>lunule</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A small spot, shaped like a half-moon or crescent; <as>as, the <ex>lunulet</ex> on the wings of many insects</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lunulite</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"nu*lite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Lunule</ets> + <ets>-life</ets>: cf. F. <ets>lunulithe.</ets> See <er>Lunula</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>Any bryozoan of the genus <gen>Lunulites</gen>, having a more or less circular form.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Luny</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"ny</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Shortened fr. <ets>lunatic</ets>.]</ety> <def>Crazy; insane; mentally unsound.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>loony</asp> and <asp>looney</asp>.]</altsp> <mark>[Low, U.S.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lupercal</ent><br/
<hw>Lu*per"cal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to the Lupercalia.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lupercal</ent><br/
<hw>Lu*per"cal</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A grotto on the Palatine Hill sacred to <etsep>Lupercus</etsep>, the Lycean Pan.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lupercalia</ent><br/
||<hw>Lu`per*ca"li*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>luperealis</ets>, fr. <ets>Lupercus</ets> the Lycean Pan, so called fr. <ets>lupus</ets> a wolf, because he kept off the wolves.]</ety> <fld>(Rom. Antiq.)</fld> <def>A feast of the Romans in honor of <persfn>Lupercus</persfn>, or Pan.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lupine</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"pine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lupinus</ets>, <ets>lupinum</ets>, apparently fr. <ets>lupinus</ets> belonging to a wolf, fr. <ets>lupus</ets> a wolf; perh. so called because it was supposed to exhaust the soil: cf. F. <ets>lupin</ets>.  Cf. <er>Wolf</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A leguminous plant of the genus <gen>Lupinus</gen>, especially <spn>Lupinus albus</spn>, the seeds of which have been used for food from ancient times. The common species of the Eastern United States is <spn>Lupinus perennis</spn>. There are many species in California.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lupine</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"pine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lupine</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <def>Wolfish; ravenous.</def>  <rj><au>Gauden.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lupinin</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"pin*in</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A glucoside found in the seeds of several species of lupine, and extracted as a yellowish white crystalline substance.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lupinine</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"pin*ine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An alkaloid found in several species of lupine (<spn>Lupinus luteus</spn>, <spn>Lupinus albus</spn>, etc.), and extracted as a bitter crystalline substance, having a formula <chform>C10H19NO</chform>.  Called also l-lupinine </def><br/
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<p><note>  Chemically it is a a bicyclic saturated quinolizine <chname>[1-R-trans]-Octahydro-2H-quinolizine-1-methanol</chname>, with the structure:<br/
                  CH2OH
                  |
          /\  H  /\
        /    \|/    \
       |      |      |
       |      N      |
        \    / \    /
          \/     \/    <br/
 </note> <au>[MI11]</au><br/
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<p><ent>Lupulin</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"pu*lin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lupulin</ets>. See <er>Lupuline</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A bitter principle extracted from hops.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The fine yellow resinous powder found upon the strobiles or fruit of hops, and containing this bitter principle.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>lupuline</asp>.]</altsp><br/
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<p><ent>Lupuline</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"pu*line</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. <ets>lupulus</ets> the hop, fr. L. <ets>lupus</ets> the hop: cf. F. <ets>lupuline</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An alkaloid extracted from hops as a colorless volatile liquid.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lupulinic</ent><br/
<hw>Lu`pu*lin"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or obtained from, hops; specifically, designating an acid obtained by the decomposition of lupulin.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lupus</ent><br/
||<hw>Lu"pus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., a wolf. See <er>Wolf</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>originally, a cutaneous disease with the appearance of the skin having been gnawed, and occurring under two distinct forms.  Now used as a generic term for over ten distinguishable diseases having visible cutaneous symptoms.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ <stype>Lupus erythematosus</stype> is characterized by an eruption of red patches, which become incrusted, leaving superficial scars. <stype>Lupus vulgaris</stype> is marked by the development of nodules which often ulcerate deeply and produce great deformity. Prior to 1900 the latter was often confounded with cancer, and some varieties of cancer were included under Lupus.  <stype>Systemic lupus erythematosus</stype> is an inflammatory connective tissue disease occurring mostly in women, characterized by skin rash, fever, and arthritic symptoms, and often accompanied by hemolytic anemia, inflammation of the pericardium, glomerular lesions, and hyperglobulinemia; the condition shows positive in the LE cell test. <au>[Stedman]</au></note>br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>The Wolf, a constellation situated south of Scorpio.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lurcation</ent><br/
<hw>Lur*ca"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See its <er>Lurch</er>.]</ety> <def>Gluttony; gormandizing.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lurch</ent><br/
<hw>Lurch</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lurcare</ets>, <ets>lurcari</ets>.]</ety> <def>To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>Too far off from great cities, which may hinder business; too near them, which <qex>lurcheth</qex> all provisions, and maketh everything dear.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lurch</ent><br/
<hw>Lurch</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>lourche</ets> name of a game; as adj., deceived, embarrassed.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A double score in cribbage for the winner when his adversary has been left in the <xex>lurch</xex>.</def><br/
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<p><q>Lady --- has cried her eyes out on losing a <qex>lurch</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Walpole.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>To leave one in the lurch</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>In the game of cribbage, to leave one's adversary so far behind that the game is won before he has scored thirty-one.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To leave one behind; hence, to abandon, or fail to stand by, a person in a difficulty.</cd> <au>Denham.</au><br/
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<p><q>But though thou'rt of a different church,<br/
I will not <qex>leave thee in the lurch</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Hudibras.</qau></rj>
</cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lurch</ent><br/
<hw>Lurch</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To leave in the lurch; to cheat.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>Never deceive or <qex>lurch</qex> the sincere communicant.</q> <rj><qau>South.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To steal; to rob.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>And in the brunt of seventeen battles since<br/
He <qex>lurched</qex> all swords of the garland.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lurch</ent><br/
<hw>Lurch</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. W. <ets>llerch</ets>, <ets>llerc</ets>, a frisk, a frisking backward or forward, a loitering, a lurking, a lurking, <ets>llercian</ets>, <ets>llerciaw</ets>, to be idle, to frisk; or perh. fr. E. <ets>lurch</ets> to lurk.]</ety> <def>A sudden roll of a ship to one side, as in heavy weather; hence, a swaying or staggering movement to one side, as that by a drunken man.</def> <mark>Fig.</mark>: <def>A sudden and capricious inclination of the mind.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lurch</ent><br/
<hw>Lurch</hw> <pr>(l<ucir/rch)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lurched</conjf> <pr>(l<ucir/rcht)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lurching</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To roll or sway suddenly to one side, as a ship or a drunken man; to move forward while lurching.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lurch</ent><br/
<hw>Lurch</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[A variant of <ets>lurk</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To withdraw to one side, or to a private place; to lurk.</def>  <rj><au>L'Estrange.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To dodge; to shift; to play tricks.</def><br/
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<p><q>I . . . am fain to shuffle, to hedge, and to <qex>lurch</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lurcher</ent><br/
<hw>Lurch"er</hw> <pr>(l<ucir/rch"<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lurch</er> to lurk.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One that lurches or lies in wait; one who watches to pilfer, or to betray or entrap; one who lurks; a lurker; a poacher.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>One of a mongrel breed of dogs said to have been a cross between the sheep dog, greyhound, and spaniel.  It hunts game silently, by scent, and is often used by poachers.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lurcher</ent><br/
<hw>Lurch"er</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lurco</ets>, <ets>lurcho</ets>, a glutton. See 1st <er>Lurch</er>.]</ety> <def>A glutton; a gormandizer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lurchline</ent><br/
<hw>Lurch"line`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The line by which a fowling net was pulled over so as to inclose the birds.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lurdan</ent><br/
<hw>Lur"dan</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Stupid; blockish.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lurdan</ent><br/
<hw>Lur"dan</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>lourdin</ets>, fr. <ets>lourd</ets> heavy, dull, thick-headed. See <er>Lord</er>.]</ety> <def>A blockhead.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lure</ent><br/
<hw>Lure</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>loire</ets>, <ets>loirre</ets>, <ets>loerre</ets>, F. <ets>leurre</ets> lure, decoy; of German origin; cf. MHG. <ets>luoder</ets>, G. <ets>luder</ets> lure, carrion.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A contrivance somewhat resembling a bird, and often baited with raw meat; -- used by falconers in recalling hawks.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Any enticement; that which invites by the prospect of advantage or pleasure; a decoy.</def>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Hat Making)</fld> <def>A velvet smoothing brush.</def>  <rj><au>Knight.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lure</ent><br/
<hw>Lure</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lured</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Luring</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OF. <ets>loirer</ets>, <ets>loirier</ets>, F. <ets>leurrer</ets>. See <er>Lure</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <def>To draw to the lure; hence, to allure or invite by means of anything that promises pleasure or advantage; to entice; to attract.</def><br/
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<p><q>I am not <qex>lured</qex> with love.</q> <rj><qau>Piers Plowman.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>And various science <qex>lures</qex> the learned eye.</q> <rj><qau>Gay.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lure</ent><br/
<hw>Lure</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To recall a hawk or other animal.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lurg</ent><br/
<hw>Lurg</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A large marine annelid (<spn>Nephthys c<ae/ca</spn>), inhabiting the sandy shores of Europe and America. It is whitish, with a pearly luster, and grows to the length of eight or ten inches.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lurid</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"rid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>luridus</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Pale yellow; ghastly pale; wan; gloomy; dismal.</def><br/
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<p><q>Fierce o'er their beauty blazed the <qex>lurid</qex> flame.</q> <rj><qau>Thomson.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Wrapped in drifts of <qex>lurid</qex> smoke<br/
On the misty river tide.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having a brown color tinged with red, as of flame seen through smoke.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Of a color tinged with purple, yellow, and gray.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Vivid, sensational, or shocking; graphic or melodramatic; <as>as, the <ex>lurid</ex> details of a murder</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lurk</ent><br/
<hw>Lurk</hw> <pr>(l<ucir/rk)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lurked</conjf> <pr>(l<ucir/rkt)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lurking</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>lurken</ets>, <ets>lorken</ets>, prob. a dim. from the source of E. <ets>lower</ets> to frown. See <er>Lower</er>, and cf. <er>Lurch</er>, a sudden roll, <er>Lurch</er> to lurk.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To lie hidden; to lie in wait.</def><br/
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<p><q>Like wild beasts, <qex>lurking</qex> in loathsome den.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Let us . . . <qex>lurk</qex> privily for the innocent.</q> <rj><qau>Prov. i. 11.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To keep out of sight.</def><br/
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<p><q>The defendant <qex>lurks</qex> and wanders about in Berks.</q> <rj><qau>Blackstone.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lurker</ent><br/
<hw>Lurk"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who lurks.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A small fishing boat.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lurry</ent><br/
<hw>Lur"ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[W. <ets>llwry</ets> precipitant, a provision.]</ety> <def>A confused heap; a throng, as of persons; a jumble, as of sounds.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>To turn prayer into a kind of <qex>lurry</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Luscinia</ent><br/
<hw>Luscinia</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A genus of birds including the nightingale <spn>Luscinia megarhyncos</spn>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Luscinia</gen>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Luscious</ent><br/
<hw>Lus"cious</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Prob. for <ets>lustious</ets>, fr. <ets>lusty</ets>, or perh. a corruption of <ets>luxurious</ets>.  Cf. <er>Lush</er>, <er>Lusty</er>.]</ety><br/
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>Sweet; delicious; very grateful to the taste; toothsome; excessively sweet or rich.</def><br/
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<p><q>And raisins keep their <qex>luscious</qex>, native taste.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Cloying; fulsome.</def><br/
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<p><q>He had a tedious, <qex>luscious</qex> way of talking.</q> <rj><qau>Jeffrey.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Gratifying a depraved sense; obscene.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Steele.</au></rj></p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Lus"cious*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Lus"cious*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/
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<p><ent>Lusern</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"sern</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>loup-cervier</ets>, L. <ets>lupus cervarius</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A lynx. See 1st <er>Lucern</er> and <er>Loup-cervier</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lush</ent><br/
<hw>Lush</hw> <pr>(l<ucr/sh)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Prob. an abbrev. of <ets>lushious</ets>, fr. <ets>luscious</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Full of juice or succulence.</def>  <rj><au>Tennyson.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q>How <qex>lush</qex> and lusty the grass looks! how green!</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Having thick and luxurient vegetation.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Characterized by abundance or luxurience; rich.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lush</ent><br/
<hw>Lush</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Etymol uncertain; said to be fr. <etsep>Lushington</etsep>, name of a London brewer.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Liquor, esp. intoxicating liquor; drink.</def> <mark>[Slang]</mark> <rj><au>C. Lever.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>an habitual drunkard.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lushburg</ent><br/
<hw>Lush"burg</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Lussheburgh</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lusitania</ent><br/
<hw>Lusitania</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>An ancient region and Roman province of the Iberian peninsula, corresponding roughly to modern Portugal and parts of Spain.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lusitanian</ent><br/
<hw>Lu`si*ta"ni*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to Lusitania, the ancient name of the region almost coinciding with Portugal.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>One of the people of Lusitania.</def></def2><br/
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<p><ent>Lusk</ent><br/
<hw>Lusk</hw> <pr>(l<ucr/sk)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Lazy; slothful.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lusk</ent><br/
<hw>Lusk</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A lazy fellow; a lubber.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>T. Kendall.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lusk</ent><br/
<hw>Lusk</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To be idle or unemployed.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Luskish</ent><br/
<hw>Lusk"ish</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Inclined to be lazy.</def> <au>Marston.</au> -- <wordforms><wf>Lusk"ish*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -<wf>Lusk"ish*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></wordforms>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lusory</ent><br/
<ent>Lusorious</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lu*so"ri*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Lu"so*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lusorius</ets>. See <er>Illusory</er>.]</ety> <def>Used in play; sportive; playful.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bp. Sanderson.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lussheburgh</ent><br/
<hw>Lus"she*burgh</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A spurious coin of light weight imported into England from <etsep>Luxemburg</etsep>, or Lussheburgh, as it was formerly called.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>God wot, no <qex>Lussheburghes</qex> payen ye.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lust</ent><br/
<hw>Lust</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>lust</ets>, <ets>lust</ets>, pleasure, longing; akin to OS., D., G., & Sw. <ets>lust</ets>, Dan. & Icel. <ets>lyst</ets>, Goth <ets>lustus</ets>, and perh. tom Skr. <ets>lush</ets> to desire, or to E. <ets>loose</ets>.  Cf. <er>List</er> to please, <er>Listless</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Pleasure.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <ldquo/ Lust and jollity.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Inclination; desire.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><q>For little <qex>lust</qex> had she to talk of aught.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>My <qex>lust</qex> to devotion is little.</q> <rj><qau>Bp. Hall.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Longing desire; eagerness to possess or enjoy; -- in a had sense; <as>as, the <ex>lust</ex> of gain</as>.</def><br/
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<p><q>The <qex>lust</qex> of reigning.</q>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Licentious craving; a strong sexual appetite.</def>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Hence: Virility; vigor; active power.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lust</ent><br/
<hw>Lust</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lusted</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lusting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[AS. <ets>lystan</ets>. See <er>Lust</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, and cf. List to choose.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To list; to like.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <au>Chaucer.</au> <ldquo/ Do so if thou <xex>lust</xex>. <rdquo/  <rj><au>Latimer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><note><hand/ In earlier usage <xex>lust</xex> was impersonal.<br/
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<p><q>In the water vessel he it cast<br/
When that him <qex>luste</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To have an eager, passionate, and especially an inordinate or sinful desire, as for the gratification of the sexual appetite or of covetousness; -- often with <ptcl>after</ptcl>.</def><br/
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<p><q>Whatsoever thy soul <qex>lusteth</qex> after.</q> <rj><qau>Deut. xii. 15.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>Whosoever looketh on a woman to <qex>lust</qex> after her, hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.</q> <rj><qau>Matt. v. 28.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>The spirit that dwelleth in us <qex>lusteth</qex> to envy.</q> <rj><qau>James iv. 5. </qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Luster</ent><br/
<hw>Lust"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who lusts.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lustre</ent><br/
<ent>Luster</ent><br/
<hw>Lus"ter</hw> <hw>Lus"tre</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lustrum</ets>: cf. F. <ets>lustre</ets>.]</ety> <def>A period of five years; a lustrum.</def><br/
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<p><q>Both of us have closed the tenth <qex>luster</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Bolingbroke.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lustre</ent><br/
<ent>Luster</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lus"ter</hw>, <hw>Lus"tre</hw>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>lustre</ets>; cf. It. <ets>lustro</ets>; both fr. L. <ets>lustrare</ets> to purify, go about (like the priests at the lustral sacrifice), traverse, survey, illuminate, fr. <ets>lustrum</ets> a purificatory sacrifice; perh. akin to E. <ets>loose</ets>.  But <ets>lustrare</ets> to illuminate is perhaps a different word, and akin to L. <ets>lucere</ets> to be light or clear, to shine. See <er>Lucid</er>, and cf. <er>Illustrious</er>, <er>Lustrum</er>.]</ety><br/
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>Brilliancy; splendor; brightness; glitter.</def><br/
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<p><q>The right mark and very true <qex>luster</qex> of the diamond.</q> <rj><qau>Sir T. More.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><q>The scorching sun was mounted high,<br/
In all its <qex>luster</qex>, to the noonday sky.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><note><hand/ There is a tendency to limit the use of <xex>luster</xex>, in this sense, to the brightness of things which do not shine with their own light, or at least do not blaze or glow with heat. One speaks of the <xex>luster</xex> of a diamond, or of silk, or even of the stars, but not often now of the <xex>luster</xex> of the sun, a coal of fire, or the like.</note><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Renown; splendor; distinction; glory.</def><br/
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<p><q>His ancestors continued about four hundred years, rather without obscurity than with any great <qex>luster</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Sir H. Wotton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A candlestick, chandelier, girandole, or the like, generally of an ornamental character.</def>  <rj><au>Pope.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>The appearance of the surface of a mineral as affected by, or dependent upon, peculiarities of its reflecting qualities.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ The principal kinds of luster recognized are: <xex>metallic</xex>, <xex>adamantine</xex>, <xex>vitreous</xex>, <xex>resinous</xex>, <xex>greasy</xex>, <xex>pearly</xex>, and <xex>silky</xex>. With respect to intensity, <xex>luster</xex> is characterized as <xex>splendent</xex>, <xex>shining</xex>, <xex>glistening</xex>, <xex>glimmering</xex>, and <xex>dull</xex>.</note><br/
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>A substance which imparts luster to a surface, as graphite and some of the glazes.</def><br/
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>A fabric of wool and cotton with a lustrous surface, -- used for women's dresses.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Luster ware</b></col>, <cd>earthenware decorated by applying to the glazing metallic oxides, which acquire brilliancy in the process of baking.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lustre</ent><br/
<ent>Luster</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lus"ter</hw>, <hw>Lus"tre</hw>, }</mhw> <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lustred</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lustering</conjf>, <it>or</it> <conjf>Lustring</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To make lustrous.</def> <mark>[R. & Poetic]</mark><br/
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<p><q>Flooded and <qex>lustered</qex> with her loosened gold.</q> <rj><qau>Lowell.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lustering</ent><br/
<hw>Lus"ter*ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or process of imparting a luster, as to pottery.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The brightening of a metal in the crucible when it becomes pure, as in certain refining processes.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lustreless</ent><br/
<ent>Lusterless</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lus"ter*less</hw>, <hw>Lus"tre*less</hw>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <def>Destitute of luster; dim; dull.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lustful</ent><br/
<hw>Lust"ful</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Full of lust; excited by lust.</def>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au> <au>Tillotson.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Exciting lust; characterized by lust or sensuality.</def> <ldquo/ <xex>Lustful</xex> orgies.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Strong; lusty.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <ldquo/ <xex>Lustful</xex> health.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Sackville.</au></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- sensual; fleshly; carnal; inordinate; licentious; lewd; unchaste; impure; libidinous; lecherous.</syn></p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Lust"ful*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Lust"ful*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/
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<p><ent>Lustic</ent><br/
<hw>Lus"tic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Lusty; vigorous.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lustihead</ent><br/
<hw>Lus"ti*head</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Lusty</ets> + <ets>-head</ets>.]</ety> <def>See <er>Lustihood</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lustihood</ent><br/
<hw>Lus"ti*hood</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Lusty</ets> + <ets>-hood</ets>.]</ety> <def>State of being lusty; vigor of body.</def> <ldquo/ Full of <xex>lustihood</xex>.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Tennyson.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lustily</ent><br/
<hw>Lus"ti*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a lusty or vigorous manner.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lustiness</ent><br/
<hw>Lus"ti*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>State of being lusty; vigor; strength.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lustless</ent><br/
<hw>Lust"less</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[CF. <er>Listless</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Lacking vigor; weak; spiritless.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Free from sexual lust.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lustral</ent><br/
<hw>Lus"tral</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lustralis</ets>, fr. <ets>lustrum</ets>: cf. F. <ets>lustral</ets>. See <er>Lustrum</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to, or used for, purification; <as>as, <ex>lustral</ex> days; <ex>lustral</ex> water.</as></def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to a lustrum.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lustrate</ent><br/
<hw>Lus"trate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lustrated</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lustrating</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>lustratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>lustrare</ets> to lustrate, fr. <ets>lustrum</ets>. See <er>Lustrum</er>.]</ety> <def>To make clear or pure by means of a propitiatory offering; to purify.</def><br/
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<p><q>We must purge, and cleanse, and <qex>lustrate</qex> the whole city.</q> <rj><qau>Hammond.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lustration</ent><br/
<hw>Lus*tra"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lustratio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>lustration</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of lustrating or purifying.</def><br/
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<p><q>And holy water for <qex>lustration</qex> bring.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Antiq.)</fld> <def>A sacrifice, or ceremony, by which cities, fields, armies, or people, defiled by crimes, pestilence, or other cause of uncleanness, were purified.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lustre</ent><br/
<hw>Lus"tre</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Luster</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lustrical</ent><br/
<hw>Lus"tri*cal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lustricus</ets>, fr. <ets>lustrum</ets>. See <er>Lustrum</er>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, or used for, purification.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lustring</ent><br/
<hw>Lus"tring</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>lustrine</ets>, It. <ets>lustrino</ets>, fr. <ets>lustrare</ets> to polish, L. <ets>lustrare</ets>. See 3d <er>Luster</er>, and cf. <er>Lutestring</er>.]</ety> <def>A kind of glossy silk fabric. See <er>Lutestring</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lustrous</ent><br/
<hw>Lus"trous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lustreux</ets>. See 3d <er>Luster</er>.]</ety> <def>Bright; shining; luminous.</def> <ldquo/ Good sparks and <xex>lustrous</xex>.<rdquo/ <au>Shak.</au> -- <wordforms><wf>Lus"trous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/
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<p><ent>Lustrum</ent><br/
<hw>Lus"trum</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> E. <plw>Lustrums</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>, L. <plw>Lustra</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L.  Cf. 2d & 3d <er>Luster</er>.]</ety> <def>A lustration or purification, especially the purification of the whole Roman people, which was made by the censors once in five years.</def> <specif>Hence:</specif> <def>A period of five years.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lustwort</ent><br/
<hw>Lust"wort`</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Sundew</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lusty</ent><br/
<hw>Lust"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Lustier</adjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Lustiest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[From <er>Lust</er>. See <er>Lust</er>, and cf. <er>Luscious</er>.]</ety><br/
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>Exhibiting lust or vigor; stout; strong; vigorous; robust; healthful; able of body.</def><br/
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<p><q>Neither would their old men, so many as were yet vigorous and <qex>lusty</qex>, be left at home.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Beautiful; handsome; pleasant.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Of large size; big.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <ldquo/Three <xex>lusty</xex> vessels.<rdquo/ <au>Evelyn.</au> <specif>Hence, sometimes,</specif> <def>pregnant.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Prov.]</mark><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Lustful; lascivious.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lusus naturae</ent><br/
||<hw>Lu"sus na*tu"r<ae/</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., fr. <ets>lusus</ets> sport + <ets>naturae</ets>, gen. of <ets>natura</ets> nature.]</ety> <def>Sport or freak of nature; a deformed or unnatural production.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lutanist</ent><br/
<hw>Lut"a*nist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[LL. <ets>lutanista</ets>, fr. <ets>lutana</ets> lute. See <er>Lute</er> the instrument.]</ety> <def>A person that plays on the lute.</def>  <rj><au>Johnson.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lutarious</ent><br/
<hw>Lu*ta"ri*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lutarius</ets> fr. <ets>lutum</ets> mud.]</ety> <def>Of, pertaining to, or like, mud; living in mud.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Grew.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lutation</ent><br/
<hw>Lu*ta"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lutare</ets>, <ets>lutatum</ets>, to bedaub with mud, fr. <ets>lutum</ets> mud: cf. F. <ets>lutation</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act or method of luting vessels.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lute</ent><br/
<hw>Lute</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lutum</ets> mud, clay: cf. OF. <ets>lut</ets>.]</ety><br/
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A cement of clay or other tenacious infusible substance for sealing joints in apparatus, or the mouths of vessels or tubes, or for coating the bodies of retorts, etc., when exposed to heat; -- called also <altname>luting</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A packing ring, as of rubber, for fruit jars, etc.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Brick Making)</fld> <def>A straight-edged piece of wood for striking off superfluous clay from mold.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lute</ent><br/
<hw>Lute</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Luted</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Luting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To close or seal with lute; <as>as, to <ex>lute</ex> on the cover of a crucible; to <ex>lute</ex> a joint.</as></def><br/
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<p><ent>Lute</ent><br/
<hw>Lute</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>leut</ets>, F. <ets>luth</ets>; skin to Pr. <ets>la<uacute/t</ets>, It. <ets>li<uacute/to</ets>, <ets>le<uacute/to</ets>, Sp. <ets>la<uacute/d</ets>, Pg. <ets>alaude</ets>; all fr. Ar. <ets>al<lsquo/<umac/d</ets>; <ets>al</ets> the + <ets><lsquo/<umac/d</ets> wood, timber, trunk or branch of a tree, staff, stick, wood of aloes, lute or harp.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A stringed instrument formerly much in use. It consists of four parts, namely, the table or front, the body, having nine or ten ribs or <ldquo/sides,<rdquo/ arranged like the divisions of a melon, the neck, which has nine or ten frets or divisions, and the head, or cross, in which the screws for tuning are inserted. The strings are struck with the right hand, and with the left the stops are pressed.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lute</ent><br/
<hw>Lute</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To sound, as a lute.</def> <au>Piers Plowman</au>. <au>Keats</au>.<br/
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<p><ent>Lute</ent><br/
<hw>Lute</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To play on a lute, or as on a lute.</def><br/
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<p><q>Knaves are men<br/
That <qex>lute</qex> and flute fantastic tenderness.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lute-backed</ent><br/
<hw>Lute"-backed`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having a curved spine.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lutecium</ent><br/
<hw>Lu*te"ci*um</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>same as <er>Lutetium</er>; -- an older spelling.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Luteic</ent><br/
<hw>Lu*te"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Pertaining to, or derived from, weld (<spn>Reseda luteola</spn>).</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Pertaining to, or designating, an acid resembling luteolin, but obtained from the flowers of <spn>Euphorbia cyparissias</spn>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lutein</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"te*in</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From corpus <ets>lute</ets>um.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>A substance of a strongly marked yellow color, extracted from the yolk of eggs, and from the tissue of the corpus luteum.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lutenist</ent><br/
<hw>Lut"e*nist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Lutanist</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Luteo-</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"te*o-</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>pref.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>luteus</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A combining form signifying <sig>orange yellow</sig> or <sig>brownish yellow</sig>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Luteocobaltic</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"te*o*co*balt"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or designating, certain compounds of cobalt having a yellow color.  Cf. <er>Cobaltic</er>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Luteocobaltic chloride</b></col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>a brilliant reddish yellow crystalline compound, <chform>Co2Cl6(NH3)12</chform>, obtained by the action of ammonium chloride on an ammoniacal solution of cobaltic chloride.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Luteolin</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"te*o*lin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From NL. Reseda <ets>luteola</ets>, fr. L. <ets>luteolus</ets> yellowish, fr. <ets>luteus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>lut<eacute/oline</ets>. See <er>Luteous</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A yellow dyestuff obtained from the foliage of the dyer's broom (<spn>Reseda luteola</spn>).</def><br/
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<p><ent>Luteous</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"te*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>luteus</ets>, fr. <ets>lutum</ets> dyer's broom, weld, which is used as a yellow dye.]</ety> <def>Yellowish; more or less like buff.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Luter</ent><br/
<hw>Lut"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From 3d <er>Lute</er>.]</ety> <def>One who plays on a lute.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Luter</ent><br/
<hw>Lut"er</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From Ist <er>Lute</er>.]</ety> <def>One who applies lute.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lutescent</ent><br/
<hw>Lu*tes"cent</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>luteus</ets> yellow.]</ety> <def>Of a yellowish color.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lutestring</ent><br/
<hw>Lute"string`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Corrupted fr. <ets>lustring</ets>.]</ety> <def>A plain, stout, lustrous silk, used for ladies' dresses and for ribbon.</def>  <rj><au>Goldsmith.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lutetium</ent><br/
<hw>Lu*te"ti*um</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A metallic element separated from ytterbium in 1907, by <person>Urbain</person> in Paris and by <person>von Welsbach</person> in Vienna.  It is a member of the Lanthanide <isa>rare earth</isa> group. Symbol, <it>Lu</it>; atomic number 71; atomic weight 174.967 [C=12.011].  Previously spelled <asp>Lutecium</asp>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Luth</ent><br/
<hw>Luth</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The leatherback.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lutheran</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"ther*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to <etsep>Luther</etsep>; adhering to the doctrines of Luther or the Lutheran Church.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lutheran</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"ther*an</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>One who accepts or adheres to the doctrines of Luther or the Lutheran Church.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lutherism</ent><br/
<ent>Lutheranism</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lu"ther*an*ism</hw>, <hw>Lu"ther*ism</hw>  }</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The doctrines taught by Luther or held by the Lutheran Church.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Luthern</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"thern</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>lucarne</ets> a dormer, dormer window, garret window, L. <ets>lucerna</ets> lamp, fr. <ets>lucere</ets> to be light or clear, fr. <ets>lux</ets> light. See <er>Light</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, and cf. <er>Lucarne</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A dormer window. See <er>Dormer</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>luthier</ent><br/
<hw>lu"thi*er</hw> <pr>(l<oomac/"t<esl/*<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who makes wooden stringed instruments, such as violins, guitars, etc.</def><br/
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<p><note>  A guitarmaking Web site can be found at:   http://www.cybozone.com/luthier/
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<p><ent>Lutidine</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"ti*dine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <ets>toluidine</ets>, by transposition.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Any one of several metameric alkaloids, <chform>C5H3N.(CH3)2</chform>, of the pyridine series, obtained from bone oil as liquids, and having peculiar pungent odors. These alkaloids are also called respectively <altname>dimethyl pyridine</altname>, <altname>ethyl pyridine</altname>, etc.</def><-- most commonly 2,6-lutidine = 2,6-dimethyl pyridine --><br/
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<p><-- p. 877 --></p>

<p><ent>Luting</ent><br/
<hw>Lut"ing</hw> <pr>(l<umac/t"<icr/ng)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>See <er>Lute</er>, a cement.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lutist</ent><br/
<hw>Lut"ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who plays on a lute.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lutose</ent><br/
<hw>Lu*tose"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lutosus</ets>, fr. <ets>lutum</ets> mud.]</ety> <def>Covered with clay; miry.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lutra</ent><br/
<hw>Lutra</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A genus which in some classifications considered a genus of the subfamily <subfam>Lutrinae</subfam>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Lutra</gen>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lutrinae</ent><br/
<hw>Lutrinae</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A subdivision of mammals including the otters; it is not used in some classifications.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> subfamily <subfam>Lutrinae</subfam>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lutulence</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"tu*lence</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or quality of being lutulent.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lutulent</ent><br/
<hw>Lu"tu*lent</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lutulentus</ets>, fr. <ets>lutum</ets> mud.]</ety> <def>Muddy; turbid; thick.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lutzen</ent><br/
<hw>Lutzen</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A battle in the Thirty Years' War (1632) at which the Swedes under King Gustavus Adolphus defeated the Imperialists under Wallenstein, and in which Adolphus was killed.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> battle of Lutzen.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Luvaridae</ent><br/
<hw>Luvaridae</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A natural family including the louvars.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> family <fam>Luvaridae</fam>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Luvarus</ent><br/
<hw>Luvarus</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>The type genus of the <fam>Luvaridae</fam>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Luvarus</gen>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Luwack</ent><br/
<hw>Lu*wack"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>See <er>Paradoxure</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lux</ent><br/
<hw>Lux</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>luxer</ets>. See <er>Luxate</er>.]</ety> <def>To put out of joint; to luxate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Luxate</ent><br/
<hw>Lux"ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>luxatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>luxare</ets> to dislocate.]</ety> <def>Luxated.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Luxate</ent><br/
<hw>Lux"ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Luxated</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Luxating</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <def>To displace, or remove from its proper place, as a joint; to put out of joint; to dislocate.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Luxation</ent><br/
<hw>Lux*a"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>luxatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>luxation</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of luxating, or the state of being luxated; a dislocation.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Luxe</ent><br/
<hw>Luxe</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>luxus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>luxe</ets>.]</ety> <def>Luxury.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shenstone.</au></rj><br/
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<p><cs>||<col><b><Eacute/dition de luxe</b></col> <pr>(<?/)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <fld>(Printing)</fld> <cd>A sumptuous edition as regards paper, illustrations, binding, etc.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Luxembourger</ent><br/
<hw>Luxembourger</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a native or inhabitant of Luxembourg.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Luxemburger.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Luxembourgian</ent><br/
<hw>Luxembourgian</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>of or pertaining to Luxembourg (definition 2); <as>as, <ex>Luxembourgian</ex> food</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Luxemburger</ent><br/
<hw>Luxemburger</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>a native or inhabitant of Luxembourg.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Luxembourger.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Luxemburger</ent><br/
<hw>Luxemburger</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>of or pertaining to Luxemburg; <as>as, <ex>Luxemburger</ex> streets</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>of or pertaining to Luxemburg (definition 2); <as>as, <ex>Luxemburger</ex> castles</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Luxemburg; <as>as, our <ex>Luxemburger</ex> neighbors</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Luxive</ent><br/
<hw>Lux"ive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Given to luxury; voluptuous.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Luxullianite</ent><br/
<hw>Lux*ul"li*an*ite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[So called from <ets>Luxullian</ets>, in Cornwall.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A kind of granite from Luxullian, Cornwall, characterized by the presence of radiating groups of minute tourmaline crystals.</def><br/
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<p><ent>luxuria</ent><br/
<hw>luxuria</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>self-indulgent sexual desire (personified as one of the deadly sins).</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lust.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Luxuriance</ent><br/
<hw>Lux*u"ri*ance</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>luxuriance</ets>.]</ety> <def>The state or quality of being luxuriant; rank, vigorous growth; excessive abundance produced by rank growth.</def> <ldquo/Tropical <xex>luxuriance</xex>.<rdquo/  <rj><au>B. Taylor.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Luxuriancy</ent><br/
<hw>Lux*u"ri*an*cy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or quality of being luxuriant; luxuriance.</def><br/
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<p><q>Flowers grow up in the garden in the greatest <qex>luxuriancy</qex> and profusion.</q> <rj><qau>Spectator.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Luxuriant</ent><br/
<hw>Lux*u"ri*ant</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>luxurians</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>luxuriare</ets>: cf. F. <ets>luxuriant</ets>. See <er>Luxuriate</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Exuberant in growth; rank; excessive; profuse; very abundant; <as>as, a <ex>luxuriant</ex> growth of grass; <ex>luxuriant</ex> foliage.</as></def><br/
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<p><q>Prune the <qex>luxuriant</qex>, the uncouth refine.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Producing luxuriant growth; very fertile; -- of soil.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Having or producing an abundance of elaborate details; unrestrained; -- of imagery or ornamentation.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Luxuriant flower</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>one in which the floral envelopes are overdeveloped at the expense of the essential organs.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Luxuriantly</ent><br/
<hw>Lux*u"ri*ant*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a luxuriant manner.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Luxuriate</ent><br/
<hw>Lux*u"ri*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Luxuriated</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Luxuriating</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>luxuriatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>luxuriari</ets>, <ets>-are</ets>, to luxuriate. See <er>Luxury</er>.]</ety><br/
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>To grow exuberantly; to grow to superfluous abundance.</def> <ldquo/ Corn <xex>luxuriates</xex> in a better mold.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Burton.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To feed or live luxuriously; <as>as, the herds <ex>luxuriate</ex> in the pastures</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To indulge with unrestrained delight and freedom; <as>as, to <ex>luxuriate</ex> in description</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Luxuriation</ent><br/
<hw>Lux*u`ri*a"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act or process of luxuriating.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Luxuriety</ent><br/
<hw>Lux`u*ri"e*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Luxuriance.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Luxurious</ent><br/
<hw>Lux*u"ri*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>luxuriosus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>luxurieux</ets>. See <er>Luxury</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to luxury; ministering to luxury; supplied with the conditions of luxury; <as>as, a <ex>luxurious</ex> life; a <ex>luxurious</ex> table; <ex>luxurious</ex> ease.</as></def> <ldquo/ <xex>Luxurious</xex> cities. <rdquo/  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj></p>

<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Lux*u"ri*ous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Lux*u"ri*ous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/
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<p><ent>Luxurist</ent><br/
<hw>Lux"u*rist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One given to luxury.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir W. Temple.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Luxury</ent><br/
<hw>Lux"u*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Luxuries</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>luxuria</ets>, fr. <ets>luxus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>luxure</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A free indulgence in costly food, dress, furniture, or anything expensive which gratifies the appetites or tastes.</def><br/
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<p><q>Riches expose a man to pride and <qex>luxury</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Spectator.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Anything which pleases the senses, is not necessary for life, and is also costly, or difficult to obtain; an expensive rarity; <as>as, silks, jewels, and rare fruits are <ex>luxuries</ex>; in some countries ice is a great <ex>luxury</ex>.</as>  Contrasted to <contr>necessity</contr>.</def><br/
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<p><q>He cut the side of a rock for a garden, and, by laying on it earth, furnished out a kind of <qex>luxury</qex> for a hermit.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Lechery; lust.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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<p><q><qex>Luxury</qex> is in wine and drunkenness.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Luxuriance; exuberance.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj></p>

<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Voluptuousness; epicurism; effeminacy; sensuality; lasciviousness; dainty; delicacy; gratification.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Luz</ent><br/
<hw>Luz</hw> <pr>(l<ucr/z)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A bone of the human body which was supposed by certain Rabbinical writers to be indestructible. Its location was a matter of dispute.</def> <au>Brande & C.</au><br/
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<p><ent>lx</ent><br/
<hw>lx</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>the Roman numeral representation of <er>sixty</er>; six times ten; -- a determinate quantifier.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> sixty, 60, threescore.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>lxx</ent><br/
<hw>lxx</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>the Roman numeral representation of <er>seventy</er>; seven times ten; -- a determinate quantifier.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> seventy, 70.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>lxxx</ent><br/
<hw>lxxx</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>the Roman numeral representation of <er>eighty</er>; eight times ten; -- a determinate quantifier.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> eighty, 80, fourscore.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>-ly</ent><br/
<hw>-ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>suff.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>-lich</ets>, AS. <ets>-lic</ets>, orig. the same word as E. <ets>like</ets>, a. See <er>Like</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <def>A suffix forming adjectives and adverbs, and denoting <sig>likeness</sig> or <sig>resemblance</sig>; <as>as, housewife<ex>ly</ex> duties</as>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> -ish(postnominal), -y(postnominal).</syn><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lyam</ent><br/
<hw>Ly"am</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Leam</er>.]</ety> <def>A leash.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lybian</ent><br/
<hw>Lybian</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def><var>variant</var> spelling of <er>Libyan</er>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Lybyan, Libyan.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lycaena</ent><br/
<hw>Lycaena</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>The type genus of the <fam>Lycaenidae</fam>; small slender butterflies with upper surface of wings usually metallic blue or green or copper.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Lycaena</gen>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>lycaenid</ent><br/
<hw>lycaenid</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>any of various butterflies of the family <fam>Lycaenidae</fam>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lycaenid butterfly.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lycaenidae</ent><br/
<hw>Lycaenidae</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A natural family of small usually brilliantly colored butterflies; males have short forelegs.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> family <fam>Lycaenidae</fam>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lycaeon</ent><br/
<hw>Lycaeon</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A genus of canids including the African hunting dog.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Lycaeon</gen>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lycanthrope</ent><br/
<hw>Ly"can*thrope</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ a wolf + <?/ a man.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A human being fabled to have been changed into a wolf; a werewolf.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>One affected with lycanthropy.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lycanthropia</ent><br/
||<hw>Ly`can*thro"pi*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <def>See <er>Lycanthropy</er>, 2.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lycanthropic</ent><br/
<hw>Ly`can*throp"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to lycanthropy.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lycanthropist</ent><br/
<hw>Ly*can"thro*pist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One affected by the disease lycanthropy.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lycanthropous</ent><br/
<hw>Ly*can"thro*pous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Lycanthropic.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lycanthropy</ent><br/
<hw>Ly*can"thro*py</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>lycanthropie</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The supposed act of turning one's self or another person into a wolf.</def>  <rj><au>Lowell.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A kind of erratic melancholy, in which the patient imagines himself a wolf, and imitates the actions of that animal.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lycee</ent><br/
<ent>lycee</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>lycee</hw>, ||<hw>Ly`c<eacute/e"</hw></mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. Cf. <er>Lyceum</er>.]</ety> <def>A French lyceum, or secondary school for students intermediate between elementary school and college, supported by the French government, for preparing students for the university.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> secondary school, lyceum, Gymnasium, middle school.</syn><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source> + <source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lyceum</ent><br/
<hw>Ly*ce"um</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> E. <plw>Lyceums</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>, L. <plw>Lycea</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>lyceum</ets>, Gr. <?/, so named after the neighboring temple of <?/ <?/ Apollo the wolf slayer, prob. fr. <?/ belonging to a wolf, fr <?/ wolf. See <er>Wolf</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A place of exercise with covered walks, in the suburbs of Athens, where Aristotle taught philosophy.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A house or apartment appropriated to instruction by lectures or disquisitions.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A higher school, in Europe, which prepares youths for the university.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>An association for debate and literary improvement.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lyche</ent><br/
<hw>Lyche</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Like.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lychee</ent><br/
<hw>Ly"chee`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Litchi</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lych gate</ent><br/
<hw>Lych" gate`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <def>See under <er>Lich</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lychnis</ent><br/
||<hw>Lych"nis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., a kind of red flower, Gr. <grk>lychni`s</grk>; cf. <grk>ly`chnos</grk> a lamp.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of Old World plants belonging to the Pink family (<fam>Caryophyllace<ae/</fam>).  Most of the species have brilliantly colored flowers and cottony leaves, which may have anciently served as wicks for lamps.  The botanical name is in common use for the garden species.  The corn cockle (<spn>Lychnis Githago</spn>) is a common weed in wheat fields.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lychnobite</ent><br/
<hw>Lych"no*bite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>ly`chnos</grk> a lamp + <grk>bi`os</grk> life.]</ety> <def>One who labors at night and sleeps in the day.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lychnoscope</ent><br/
<hw>Lych"no*scope</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/ + <ets>-scope</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>Same as <cref>Low side window</cref>, under Low, <pos>a.</pos></def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lycine</ent><br/
<hw>Lyc"ine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A weak base identical with betaine; -- so called because found in the boxthorn (<spn>Lycium barbarum</spn>). See <er>Betaine</er>.</def><-- (also called oxyneurine, glycine betaine, glycocoll betain; = carboxymethyl)trimethylammonium hydroxide inner salt. C5H11NO2 (zwitterion) --><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lycium</ent><br/
<hw>Lycium</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A genus of deciduous and evergreen shrubs often spiny; cosmopolitan in temperate and subtropical regions.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Lycium</gen>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lycoperdaceae</ent><br/
<hw>Lycoperdaceae</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A natural family of fungi including the genus <gen>Lycoperdon</gen>, consisting of puffballs.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> family <fam>Lycoperdaceae</fam>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lycoperdales</ent><br/
<hw>Lycoperdales</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A small order of basidiomycetous fungi having fleshy often globose fruiting bodies: puffpalls; earthstars.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> order <ord>Lycoperdales</ord>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lycoperdon</ent><br/
||<hw>Ly`co*per"don</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/ wolf + <?/ to break wind.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of fungi, remarkable for the great quantity of spores, forming a fine dust, which is thrown out like smoke when the plant is compressed or burst; puffball.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lycopersicum</ent><br/
<ent>Lycopersicon</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>Lycopersicon</hw>, <hw>Lycopersicum</hw></mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>The genus including tomatoes.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Lycopersicon</gen>, genus <gen>Lycopersicum</gen>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lycophyta</ent><br/
<hw>Lycophyta</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A term used in some classifications for the class Lycopsida: club mosses.</def><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lycopod</ent><br/
<hw>Ly"co*pod</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lycopode</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant of the genus <gen>Lycopodium</gen>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lycopode</ent><br/
<hw>Ly"co*pode</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>Same as <cref>Lycopodium powder</cref>. See under <er>Lycopodium</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lycopodiaceous</ent><br/
<hw>Ly`co*po`di*a"ceous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Belonging, or relating, to the <ord>Lycopodiace<ae/</ord>, an order of cryptogamous plants (called also <altname>club mosses</altname>) with branching stems, and small, crowded, one-nerved, and usually pointed leaves.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lycopodineae</ent><br/
<hw>Lycopodineae</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>An alternative designation for the class <class>Lycopsida</class>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> class <class>Lycopodineae</class>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lycopodite</ent><br/
<hw>Ly*cop"o*dite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>An old name for a fossil club moss.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lycopodium</ent><br/
<hw>Ly`co*po"di*um</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/ wolf + <?/, <?/, a foot.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of mosslike plants, the type of the order <ord>Lycopodiace<ae/</ord>; club moss.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Lycopodium powder</b></col>, <cd>a fine powder or dust composed of the spores of <gen>Lycopodium</gen>, and other plants of the order <ord>Lycopodiace<ae/</ord>. It is highly inflammable, and is sometimes used in the manufacture of fireworks, and the artificial representation of lightning.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lycopsida</ent><br/
<hw>Lycopsida</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>The class including club mosses and related forms: includes Lycopodiales; Isoetales; Selaginellales; and extinct Lepidodendrales; sometimes considered a subdivision of Tracheophyta.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> class Lycopsida, Lycopodiate, class Lycopodiate.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lycopus</ent><br/
<hw>Lycopus</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A small genus of nonaromatic herbs of the mint family.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Lycopus</gen>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lycosa</ent><br/
<hw>Lycosa</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>The type genus of the family <fam>Lycosidae</fam>.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Lycosa</gen>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lycosidae</ent><br/
<hw>Lycosidae</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>The natural family of arachnids including the wolf spiders.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> family <fam>Lycosidae</fam>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lycotropous</ent><br/
<hw>Ly*cot"ro*pous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/ hook + <?/ to turn.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Campylotropous.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lyddite</ent><br/
<hw>Lydd"ite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A high explosive consisting principally of picric acid, used as a shell explosive in the British service; -- so named from the proving grounds at <etsep>Lydd</etsep>, England.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lyden</ent><br/
<hw>Lyd"en</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Leden</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lydian</ent><br/
<hw>Lyd"i*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>Lydius</ets>, fr. <ets>Lydia</ets>, Gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to Lydia, a country of Asia Minor, or to its inhabitants; hence, soft; effeminate; -- said especially of one of the ancient Greek modes or keys, the music in which was of a soft, pathetic, or voluptuous character.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>Softly sweet in <qex>Lydian</qex> measures,<br/
Soon he soothed his soul to pleasures.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Lydian stone</b></col>, <cd>a flint slate used by the ancients to try gold and silver; a touchstone. See <er>Basanite</er>.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lydine</ent><br/
<hw>Lyd"ine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Dyeing)</fld> <def>A violet dye derived from aniline.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lye</ent><br/
<hw>Lye</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <altsp>[Written also <asp>lie</asp> and <asp>ley</asp>.]</altsp> <ety>[AS. <ets>le<aacute/h</ets>; akin to D. <ets>loog</ets>, OHG. <ets>louga</ets>, G. <ets>lauge</ets>; cf. Icel. <ets>laug</ets> a bath, a hot spring.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A strong caustic alkaline solution of potassium salts, obtained by leaching wood ashes. It is much used in making soap, etc.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide, or a concentrated aqueous solution of either compound.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lye</ent><br/
<hw>Lye</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Railroad)</fld> <def>A short side line, connected with the main line; a turn-out; a siding.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lye</ent><br/
<hw>Lye</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A falsehood.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <see>See <er>Lie</er>.</see><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lyencephala</ent><br/
||<hw>Ly`en*ceph"a*la</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ to loose + <?/ the brain.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A group of Mammalia, including the marsupials and monotremes; -- so called because the corpus callosum is rudimentary.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lyencephalous</ent><br/
<hw>Ly`en*ceph"a*lous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Lyencephala.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lyerman</ent><br/
<hw>Ly"er*man</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The cicada.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lygaeidae</ent><br/
<hw>Lygaeidae</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A natural family comprising the lygaeid bugs.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> family <fam>Lygaeidae</fam>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lyginopteridales</ent><br/
<hw>Lyginopteridales</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>An order of fossil gymnospermous trees or climbing plants from the Devonian: the seed ferns.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Cycadofilicales, order <ord>Cycadofilicales</ord>, order <ord>Lyginopteridales</ord>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lyginopteris</ent><br/
<hw>Lyginopteris</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A genus of fossil seed ferns of the Carboniferous.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Lyginopteris</gen>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lygodium</ent><br/
<hw>Ly*go"di*um</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ flexible; <?/ a willow twig + <grk>e'i^dos</grk> form.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of ferns with twining or climbing fronds, bearing stalked and variously-lobed divisions in pairs.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note><hand/ <spn>Lygodium palmatum</spn>, much prized for indoor ornament, inhabits shaded and moist grassy places, from Massachusetts to Virginia and Kentucky, and sparingly southwards.</note><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lygus</ent><br/
<hw>Lygus</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A genus of plant-sucking bugs.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Lygus</gen>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lying</ent><br/
<hw>Ly"ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <def>of <er>Lie</er>, to tell a falsehood.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lying</ent><br/
<hw>Ly"ing</hw>, <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <def>of <er>Lie</er>, to be supported horizontally.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Lying panel</b></col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>a panel in which the grain of the wood is horizontal.</cd> <mark>[R.]</mark> -- <col><b>Lying to</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>having the sails so disposed as to counteract each other.</cd></cs><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lying-in</ent><br/
<hw>Ly"ing-in"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The state attending, and consequent to, childbirth; confinement; <as>as, a <ex>lying-in</ex> hospital</as>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The act of bearing a child.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lyingly</ent><br/
<hw>Ly"ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a lying manner; falsely.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lyken</ent><br/
<hw>Ly"ken</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Like</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos> ]</ety> <def>To please; -- chiefly used impersonally.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <ldquo/ Sith it <xex>lyketh</xex> you.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lymhound</ent><br/
<ent>Lym</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lym</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <it>or</it> <hw>Lym"hound`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A dog held in a leam; a bloodhound; a limehound.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lymail</ent><br/
<hw>Ly*mail"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Limaille</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>lymantriid</ent><br/
<hw>lymantriid</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A dull-colored moth whose larvae have tufts of hair on the body and feed on the leaves of many deciduous trees.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> tussock moth.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lymantriidae</ent><br/
<hw>Lymantriidae</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>The natural family comprising the tussock moths.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> family <fam>Lymantriidae</fam>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lyme grass</ent><br/
<hw>Lyme" grass`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A coarse perennial grass of several species of <gen>Elymus</gen>, esp. <spn>Elymus Canadensis</spn>, and the European <spn>Elymus arenarius</spn>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lymph</ent><br/
<hw>Lymph</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lympha</ets>: cf. F. <ets>lymphe</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A spring of water; hence, water, or a pure, transparent liquid like water.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>A fountain bubbled up, whose <qex>lymph</qex> serene<br/
Nothing of earthly mixture might distain.</q> <rj><qau>Trench.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>An alkaline colorless fluid, contained in the lymphatic vessels, coagulable like blood, but free from red blood corpuscles. It is absorbed from the various tissues and organs of the body, and is finally discharged by the thoracic and right lymphatic ducts into the great veins near the heart.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A fibrinous material exuded from the blood vessels in inflammation. In the process of healing it is either absorbed, or is converted into connective tissue binding the inflamed surfaces together.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>A fluid containing certain products resulting from the growth of specific microorganisms upon some culture medium, and supposed to be possessed of curative properties.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lymph corpuscles</b></col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>finely granular nucleated cells, identical with the colorless blood corpuscles, present in the lymph and chyle.</cd> -- <col><b>Lymph duct</b></col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>a lymphatic.</cd> -- <col><b>Lymph heart</b></col>. <cd>See Note under <er>Heart</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 1.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lymphadenitis</ent><br/
||<hw>Lym`pha*de*ni"tis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Lymph</er>, and <er>Adenitis</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Inflammation of the lymphatic glands; -- called also <altname>lymphitis</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lymphadenoma</ent><br/
||<hw>Lym`pha*de*no"ma</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Lymph</er>, <er>Aden-</er>, and <er>-oma</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>See <er>Lymphoma</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lymphangeitis</ent><br/
||<hw>Lym*phan`ge*i"tis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., from L. <ets>lympha</ets> lymph + Gr. <?/ vessel + <ets>-itis</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Inflammation of the lymphatic vessels.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>lymphangitis</asp>.]</altsp><br/
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<p><ent>Lymphangial</ent><br/
<hw>Lym*phan"gi*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lymphangeitis</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the lymphatics, or lymphoid tissue; lymphatic.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lymphated</ent><br/
<ent>Lymphate</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lymph"ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Lymph"a*ted</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lymphatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>lymphare</ets> to water, dilute with water, to drive out of one's senses, to make mad.]</ety> <def>Frightened into madness; raving.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lymphatic</ent><br/
<hw>Lym*phat"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lymphaticus</ets> distracted, frantic: cf. F. <ets>lymphatique</ets>]</ety> <def>pertaining to, containing, or conveying lymph.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Madly enthusiastic; frantic.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <ldquo/ <xex>Lymphatic</xex> rapture. <rdquo/ <au>Sir T. Herbert.</au> <ety>[See <er>Lymphate</er>.]</ety><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lymphatic gland</b></col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>one of the solid glandlike bodies connected with the lymphatics or the lacteals; -- called also <altname>lymphatic ganglion</altname>, and <altname>conglobate gland</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>Lymphatic temperament</b></col> <fld>(Old Physiol.)</fld>, <cd>a temperament in which the lymphatic system seems to predominate, that is, a system in which the complexion lacks color and the tissues seem to be of loose texture; hence, a temperament lacking energy, inactive, indisposed to exertion or excitement. See <er>Temperament</er>.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lymphatic</ent><br/
<hw>Lym*phat"ic</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>One of the lymphatic or absorbent vessels, which carry lymph and discharge it into the veins; lymph duct; lymphatic duct.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A mad enthusiast; a lunatic.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lymphitis</ent><br/
||<hw>Lym*phi"tis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>See <er>Lymphadenitis</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lymph node</ent><br/
<hw>Lymph node</hw>. <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A lymphatic gland.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lymphogenic</ent><br/
<hw>Lym`pho*gen"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Lymph</ets> + root of L. <ets>gignere</ets> to produce.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Connected with, or formed in, the lymphatic glands.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lymphography</ent><br/
<hw>Lym*phog"ra*phy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Lymph</ets> + <ets>-graphy</ets>.]</ety> <def>A description of the lymphatic vessels, their origin and uses.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lymphoid</ent><br/
<hw>Lymph"oid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Lymph</ets> + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Resembling lymph; also, resembling a lymphatic gland; adenoid; <as>as, <ex>lymphoid</ex> tissue</as>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lymphoma</ent><br/
||<hw>Lym*pho"ma</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Lymph</er>, and <er>-oma</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A tumor having a structure resembling that of a lymphatic gland; -- called also <altname>lymphadenoma</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Malignant lymphoma</b></col>, <cd>a fatal disease characterized by the formation in various parts of the body of new growths resembling lymphatic glands in structure.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lymphy</ent><br/
<hw>Lymph"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Containing, or like, lymph.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lyn</ent><br/
<hw>Lyn</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A waterfall. See <er>Lin</er>.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lyncean</ent><br/
<hw>Lyn*ce"an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lynx</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the lynx.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lynch</ent><br/
<hw>Lynch</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Lynched</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Lynching</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[See Note under <er>Lynch law</er>.]</ety> <def>To inflict punishment upon, especially death, without the forms of law, as when a mob captures and hangs a suspected person. See <er>Lynch law</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lyncher</ent><br/
<hw>Lynch"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who assists in lynching.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lynch law</ent><br/
<hw>Lynch" law`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act or practice by private persons of inflicting punishment for crimes or offenses, without due process of law.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ The term <xex>Lynch law</xex> is said to be derived from a Virginian named Lynch, who took the law into his own hands. But the origin of the term is very doubtful.</note><br/
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<p><ent>Lynden</ent><br/
<ent>Lynde</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lynde</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Lyn"den</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Linden</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lyne</ent><br/
<hw>Lyne</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Linen.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lynx</ent><br/
<hw>Lynx</hw> <pr>(l<icr/<nsm/ks)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lynx</ets>, <ets>lyncis</ets>, Gr. <grk>ly`gx</grk>; akin to AS. <ets>lox</ets>, G. <ets>luchs</ets>, prob. named from its sharp sight, and akin to E. <ets>light</ets>. See <er>Light</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, and cf. <er>Ounce</er> an animal.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Any one of several species of feline animals of the genus <gen>Felis</gen>, and subgenus <gen>Lynx</gen>. They have a short tail, and usually a pencil of hair on the tip of the ears.</def><br/
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<p><-- p. 878 --></p>

<p><note><hand/ Among the well-known species are the European lynx (<spn>Felis borealis</spn>); the Canada lynx or loup-cervier (<spn>Felis Canadensis</spn> syn. <spn>Lynx lynx</spn>); the bay lynx of America (<spn>Felis rufa</spn>), and its western spotted variety (var. <varn>maculata</varn>); and the pardine lynx (<spn>Felis pardina</spn>) of Southern Europe.</note></p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>One of the northern constellations.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lynx-eyed</ent><br/
<hw>Lynx"-eyed`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having acute sight.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lyonia</ent><br/
<hw>Lyonia</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A genus of evergreen or deciduous shrubs or small trees of the U. S. to the Antilles and eastern Asia to Himalaya.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Lyonia</gen>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lyonnais</ent><br/
<hw>Lyonnais</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>a former province of east central France; now administered by Rhone-Alpes.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lyonnaise</ent><br/
<hw>Ly`on`naise"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>lyonnaise</ets>, fem. of <ets>lyonnais</ets> of Lyons.]</ety> <fld>(Cookery)</fld> <def>Applied to boiled potatoes cut into small pieces and heated in oil or butter.  They are usually flavored with onion and parsley.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lyophilise</ent><br/
<hw>lyophilise</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>  <def>same as <er>lyophilize</er>.</def> <br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lyophilize, freeze-dry.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>lyophilised</ent><br/
<hw>lyophilised</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>  <def>same as <er>lyophilized</er>.</def> <br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lyophilized, freeze-dried.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>lyophilize</ent><br/
<hw>lyophilize</hw> <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>to freeze-dry; -- a technique used to dry serum, tissue, unstable chemicals and other sensitive materials.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lyophilized</ent><br/
<hw>lyophilized</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>dried by freezing and subsequent evaporation of the water in a high vacuum; -- used of tissue or blood or serum or other biological or sensitive substances.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lyophilised, freeze-dried.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lyopomata</ent><br/
||<hw>Ly`o*po"ma*ta</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ to loose + <?/, <?/, a lid.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>An order of brachiopods, in which the valves of shell are not articulated by a hinge.  It includes the Lingula, Discina, and allied forms.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Lyopoma</asp>.]</altsp><br/
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<p><ent>Lyra</ent><br/
||<hw>Ly"ra</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lyra</ets>, Gr. <?/. See <er>Lyre</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>A northern constellation, the Harp, containing a white star of the first magnitude, called <member>Alpha Lyr<ae/</member>, or <member>Vega</member>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The middle portion of the ventral surface of the fornix of the brain; -- so called from the arrangement of the lines with which it is marked in the human brain.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lyraid</ent><br/
<hw>Ly"ra*id</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Lyrid</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lyrated</ent><br/
<ent>Lyrate</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Ly"rate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Ly"ra*ted</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[NL. <ets>lyratus</ets>. See <er>Lyre</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Lyre-shaped, or spatulate and oblong, with small lobes toward the base; <as>as, a <ex>lyrate</ex> leaf</as>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Shaped like a lyre, as the tail of the blackcock, or that of the lyre bird.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lyre</ent><br/
<hw>Lyre</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>lire</ets>, OF. <ets>lyre</ets>, L. <ets>lyra</ets>, Gr. <?/.  Cf. <er>Lyra</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A stringed instrument of music; a kind of harp much used by the ancients, as an accompaniment to poetry.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ The lyre was the peculiar instrument of Apollo, the tutelary god of music and poetry. It gave name to the species of verse called lyric, to which it originally furnished an accompaniment.</note><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>One of the constellations; Lyra. See <er>Lyra</er>.</def><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Lyre bat</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>a small bat (<spn>Megaderma lyra</spn>), inhabiting India and Ceylon. It is remarkable for the enormous size and curious shape of the nose membrane and ears.</cd> -- <col><b>Lyre turtle</b></col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>the leatherback.</cd></cs><br/
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<p><ent>Lyre bird</ent><br/
<hw>Lyre" bird`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Any one of two or three species of Australian birds of the genus <gen>Menura</gen>. The male is remarkable for having the sixteen tail feathers very long and, when spread, arranged in the form of a lyre. The common lyre bird (<spn>Menura superba</spn>), inhabiting New South Wales, is about the size of a grouse. Its general color is brown, with rufous color on the throat, wings, tail coverts and tail. Called also <altname>lyre pheasant</altname> and <altname>lyre-tail</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lyreflower</ent><br/
<hw>lyreflower</hw> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A garden plant (<spn>Dicentra spectabilis</spn>) having deep-pink drooping heart-shaped flowers.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> bleeding heart, <spn>Dicentra spectabilis</spn>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lyrical</ent><br/
<ent>Lyric</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lyr"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Lyr"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lyricus</ets>, Gr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>lyrique</ets>. See <er>Lyre</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to a lyre or harp.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Fitted to be sung to the lyre;</def> <specif>hence, also,</specif> <def>appropriate for song; suitable for or suggestive of singing; -- of music or poetry.</def><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn>  <def>expressing deep personal emotion; -- said especially of poetry which expresses the individual emotions of the poet; <as>as, the dancer's <ex>lyrical</ex> performance</as>.</def> <ldquo/Sweet <xex>lyric</xex> song.<rdquo/  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lyric.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lyric</ent><br/
<hw>Lyr"ic</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A lyric poem; a lyrical composition.</def><br/
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A composer of lyric poems.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Addison.</au></rj><br/
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A verse of the kind usually employed in lyric poetry; -- used chiefly in the <it>plural</it>.</def><br/
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>The words of a song.</def><br/
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<p><ent>lyricality</ent><br/
<hw>lyricality</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>the property of being suitable for singing.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lyricism, songfulness.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lyrically</ent><br/
<hw>Lyr"ic*al*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a lyrical manner.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lyricism</ent><br/
<hw>Lyr"i*cism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A lyric composition.</def>  <rj><au>Gray.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lyrid</ent><br/
<hw>Ly"rid</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"r<icr/d)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>One of the group of shooting stars which come into the air in certain years on or about the 19th of April; -- so called because the apparent path among the stars if traced backwards crosses the constellation <etsep>Lyra</etsep>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lyrie</ent><br/
<hw>Ly"rie</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"r<icr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Icel. <ets>hl<ymac/ri</ets> a sort of fish.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A European fish (<spn>Peristethus cataphractum</spn>), having the body covered with bony plates, and having three spines projecting in front of the nose; -- called also <altname>noble</altname>, <altname>pluck</altname>, <altname>pogge</altname>, <altname>sea poacher</altname>, and <altname>armed bullhead</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lyriferous</ent><br/
<hw>Ly*rif"er*ous</hw> <pr>(l<isl/*r<icr/f"<etil/r*<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Lyre</ets> + <ets>-ferous</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Having a lyre-shaped shoulder girdle, as certain fishes.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lyrism</ent><br/
<hw>Lyr"ism</hw> <pr>(l<imac/r"<icr/z'm)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. Gr. <grk>lyrismo`s</grk>.]</ety> <def>The act of playing on a lyre or harp.</def>  <rj><au>G. Eliot.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lyrist</ent><br/
<hw>Lyr"ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>lyristes</ets>, Gr. <grk>lyristh`s</grk>: cf. F. <ets>lyriste</ets>.]</ety> <def>A musician who plays on the harp or lyre; a composer of lyrical poetry.</def>  <rj><au>Shelley.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lysichitum</ent><br/
<ent>Lysichiton</ent><br/
<mhw><hw>Lysichiton</hw>, <hw>Lysichitum</hw></mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A genus of plants including one of the skunk cabbages.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Lysichiton</gen>, genus <gen>Lysichitum</gen>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lysiloma</ent><br/
<hw>Lysiloma</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A small genus of tropical American trees and shrubs with pinnate leaves and flat straight pods.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Lysiloma</gen>.</syn><br/
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><ent>Lysimachia</ent><br/
<hw>Lysimachia</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>a cosmopolitan genus of plants, including some of the loosestrifes, found in damp or swampy terrain having usually yellow flowers; they are inclined to be invasive.</def><br/
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Lysimachia</gen>.</syn><br/
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<p><ent>Lysimeter</ent><br/
<hw>Ly*sim"e*ter</hw> <pr>(l<isl/*s<icr/m"<esl/*t<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>ly`sis</grk> a loosing + <ets>-meter</ets>.]</ety> <def>An instrument for measuring the water that percolates through a certain depth of soil.</def>  <rj><au>Knight.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lysis</ent><br/
||<hw>Ly"sis</hw> <pr>(l<imac/"s<icr/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>ly`sis</grk>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The resolution or favorable termination of a disease, coming on gradually and not marked by abrupt change.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ It is usually contrasted with <xex>crisis</xex>, in which the improvement is sudden and marked; as, pneumonia ends by <xex>crisis</xex>, typhoid fever by <xex>lysis</xex>.</note><br/
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<p><ent>Lyssa</ent><br/
||<hw>Lys"sa</hw> <pr>(l<icr/s"s<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Lytta</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Hydrophobia.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ The plural (<xex>Lyss<ae/</xex>) has been used to signify the pustules supposed to be developed under the tongue in hydrophobia.</note><br/
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<p><ent>Lyterian</ent><br/
<hw>Ly*te"ri*an</hw> <pr>(l<isl/*t<emac/"r<icr/*<ait/n)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>lyth`rios</grk> healing, fr. <grk>lyth`r</grk> a deliverer, fr. <grk>ly`ein</grk> to loosen.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Terminating a disease; indicating the end of a disease.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lythe</ent><br/
<hw>Lythe</hw> <pr>(l<imac/th)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>The European pollack; -- called also <altname>laith</altname>, and <altname>leet</altname>.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark><br/
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<p><ent>Lythe</ent><br/
<hw>Lythe</hw> <pr>(l<imac/<th/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Lithe</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <def>Soft; flexible.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
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<p><ent>Lythontriptic</ent><br/
<ent>Lythonthriptic</ent><br/
<mhw>{ <hw>Lyth`on*thrip"tic</hw> <pr>(l<icr/th`<ocr/n*thr<icr/p"t<icr/k)</pr>, <hw>Lyth`on*trip"tic</hw> <pr>(-tr<icr/p"t<icr/k)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>See <er>Lithontriptic</er>.</def><br/
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<p><ent>Lytta</ent><br/
||<hw>Lyt"ta</hw> <pr>(l<icr/t"t<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Lytt<ae/</plw> <pr>(-t<emac/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., a worm said to grow under the tongue of dogs, and to cause canine madness, fr. Gr. <grk>ly`tta</grk>, <grk>ly`ssa</grk>, lit., madness.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A fibrous and muscular band lying within the longitudinal axis of the tongue in many mammals, as the dog.</def><br/
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