LABBE,† n. [D. labbern. See BLAB.] A blab; a great talker. [Chaucer.] LABBE,t) v. i. To blab; to prate; to LAB,t talk thoughtlessly or carelessly.

Misplaced: see after LABOURING.

LAB BING,† ppr. Blabbing. [Chaucer.] LA BELS, n. Pendants like broad ribands hanging from the head-dress, and from the helmet of a knight. LA'BIA, n. plur. [From L. labium, a lip.] In anat., the lips. Applied also to the parts of the pudendum exterior to the nymphæ. LABO'RIOUS, LABO'RIOUSLY, LABO'RIOUSNESS,, LA BOUR, n. [add.] In polit. econ., labour is regarded as the only source of wealth. LA'BOURING, n. The act of bestowing labour.-2. The pitching and rolling of a vessel in a heavy sea. LA'BOURING-FORCE, n. In mech., the power applied is termed the labouring-force, in contradistinction to the power transmitted to the point of effect, which is termed the work, and which is less than the labouring-force by all the quantity of the force expended in overcoming the frictions, &c.

LA BOURSOME, a. [add.] Liable to pitch and roll, as a ship in a heavy sea. LABRADOR TEA, n. A plant of the genus Ledum, the L. latifolium, which possesses narcotic properties, and renders beer heady. It grows in the north of Europe and America. LA'BRAX, n. A genus of fishes belonging to the perch family, which includes the rock-fish or striped bass of the United States. LAB'YRINTH, n. [add.] In anat., the name of a series of cavities in the ear, viz., the vestibule, the cochlea, and the semicircular canals. LABYRINTH'ICAL, a. Same as LA

BYRINTHIC.

LABYRINTH'ODON, n. [Gr. λabuginfor, and evs, a tooth.] An extinct reptile, formerly called Cheirotherium. The present name is derived from the labyrinthine structure of a section of the tooth, when seen under the microscope. [See CHEIROTHERIUM.] LAC, n. [L.] Milk.

LAC, properly LAKH, n. In the East LACK, Indies, a word used to denote 100,000; as, a lac of rupees. LACE, n. [add.] In old cant language, spirits added to coffee or other beverage. LACE, v. t. [add.] In old cant language, to add spirits to coffee or other bever

age.

LACED, pp. or a. [add.] Tied; bound. [Chaucer-Laced coffee, coffee intermixed with some other ingredient. LAC'ERATED, pp. or a. [add.] In anat., a term applied to two foramina, at the II. SUPP.

L.

base of the cranium, from their lacerated appearance. LACERT',† n. [L. lacerta, a lizard.] A fleshy muscle, so named from its having a tail like a lizard. [Chaucer.] LACER TA, n. [L.] The lizard, a genus of saurian reptiles. [See LIZARD.]— 2. A modern northern constellation, consisting of sixteen stars. It is surrounded by Andromeda, Cepheus, Cygnus, and Pegasus. LACER TIAN, n. A saurian reptile belonging to the family Lacertidæ. LACE-WINGED FLIES, n. Insects of the genus Hemerobius are so called, from their delicate wings having many netted spaces like lace.

LACHE,† a. [See the Noun.] Sluggish; negligent. [Chaucer.] LACHESSE',† n. [Fr.] Slackness; negligence. [Chaucer.] LACH'RYMÖSELY, adv. In a lachry

mose manner.

LACING, n. [add.] A cord used in drawing tight or fastening; a fastening or binding with cord or lace. LACINIATE, a. [add.] In bot., LACIN'IATED, leaves are said to be laciniate, when they are divided by deep taper-pointed incisions. LACK ER, n. A yellow varnish. [See LACQUER.]

LACK ́EY-MOTH, n. The Clisiocampa neustria, a moth not uncommon in this country; the larvæ, which are striped, live in society under a web, and are sometimes very destructive. LACK LUSTRE, a. Wanting lustre or brightness; as, lacklustre eyes. LAC-LU'NÆ, n. [L.] Literally, milk of the moon; a snowy-white substance resembling chalk. It consists almost wholly of alumina, saturated with carbonic acid. LACON'IЄ, n. Conciseness of language. [Rare.] LACQUERED WARE, n. In commerce, brass or other metallic ware covered with lacquer, to improve their lustre, and preserve them from tarnishing.

LACRIMO ́SO. [It.] In music, a term implying a plaintive movement, as if weeping.

LACRYMAL, a. [See LACHRYMAL.] Lacrymal canals or ducts, those which originate from the internal angle of the eye, and terminate in the lacrymal sac, which is an oval bag about the size of a small horse-bean, and constitutes the upper extremity of the nasal duct. LAC TAGE,† n. The produce of animals yielding milk. LAC'TEALLY, adv. Milkily; in the

manner of milk.

LA€'TEALS, n. In anat., numerous minute tubes which absorb or take up the chyle or milk-like fluid from the

231

alimentary canal, and convey it to the thoracic ducts.

LAC TEAN, a. Milky; resembling milk.-2. Lacteal; conveying chyle. LACTEOUSLY, adv. Milkily; lacteally. LAC'TIFUĠE, n. [L. lac, lactis, milk, and fugo, to expel.] A medicine which checks or diminishes the secretion of milk in the breast, as in cases of weaning.

LACU'N, n. [add.] In anat., a name given to a multitude of follicles observed in the mucous membrane of the urethra.

LACU ́NAL, a. Pertaining to, or having lacunæ.

LAD,† pret. of Lede. [Sax.] Led; LADDE,† carried.[Chaucer, Spenser.] LAD'ANUM-BUSH, n. The name of several species of Cistus, particularly the Cistus creticus, which yield a resinous juice, used in plasters, in perfumery, and in pastiles.

LAD'DER, n. [add.] There are various kinds of ladders used about a ship; as, the hold-ladders, forecastle-ladders, &c., for getting into or out of these parts of the ship. Accommodation-ladder, a light sort of wooden stair hung in some vessels over the side, for people coming on board or going ashore.Side-ladder, a rope-ladder with wooden rounds, used for the side of a vessel.— Stern-ladders, ladders suspended from the stern of large ships, for getting into or out of the boats. LADE, LAID, LADE, LEAD, MILL-LEAD, [Scotch.] LAD'ING, n. [add.] Bill of lading. [See BILL.

n. A load. [Scotch.]

n. The canal or channel which conveys water to a mill.

LA'DY, n. [add.] Lady gent, a handsome accomplished lady. [See GENT.] -Lady thrall, a lady enthralled; a captive lady. [ [Spenser.] LA'DY-BIRD, n. For "red vaginopennous," read coleopterous; and leave out second definition, adding, they form the genus Coccinella of Linnæus; their larvæ, which somewhat resemble small lizards, are very useful, especially in hop-growing countries, on account of the number of aphides or plant-lice which they destroy. LÃ ́DYBRACH, n. A female harrier. [Shak.]

LA'DY-COURT, n. The court of a lady of the manor.

LÃ ́DY-FERN, n. A plant, the Aspidium thelypteris.

LA DY-LOVE, n. A female sweetheart; a lady who is loved. LA'DY'S HAIR, n. A plant, the Briza

media.

LA'DY'S-TRACES, instead of LADY'S

8 A

LAIR

TRESSES, n. [add.] Also a name given to the Spiranthes æstivalis, LÆMODIP'ODA, n. [Gr. λaques, the throat, and weds, feet.] An order of marine crustaceans, which have the anterior pair of feet attached to the cephalic segment. The whale-louse is an example.

LAFT,† pret. and pp. of Leve. Left. [Chaucer.]

LAG, n. [add.] Technically, the quantity of retardation of some movement, opposed to some term meaning advance or acceleration. Thus the lag of the tide is the time that the tide-wave falls behind the mean time in the first and third quarters of the moon; opposed to priming of the tide, which denotes the ac.. celeration of the tide-wave, or amount of shortening of the tide-day, in the second and fourth quarters of the moon. In like manner, the lag of the steamvalve of a steam-engine is the distance through which the piston may have passed before the steam-port opens for the admission of steam behind the piston; opposed to lead of the valve, or the distance which the piston may still have to pass before completing its stroke, when the steam-port begins to open for the admission of steam for the succeeding stroke. Some writers employ the terms lag of port and lead of port in these senses, and perhaps more systematically.

LA'GAN, n. [Sax. liggan.] Goods sunk in the sea; also, a right which the chief lord of the fee had to take goods cast on shore by the violence of the sea. LAG GARD, n. One who lags; a

loiterer.

LAG'GINGLY, adv. Loiteringly. LAGOON', n. [add.] Also, sea-reaches extending along the shore, with narrow or comparatively narrow entrances, and usually separated from the ocean by sandbanks or mudflats. Such lagoons [Sp. laguna, a lake] are common on the coasts of Mexico and of Central America.

LAGO PUS, n. The ptarmigan, a genus of birds formerly arranged under the genus Tetrao, and so called from their legs and toes being closely covered with hair-like feathers. [See PTARMIGAN.] LAGOS TOMUS, n. A genus of rodent mammals. The only known species is the L. trichodactylus, a native of Chili and Brazil. It is about the size of a hare, and is called the viscacha. LAG'OTHRIX, n. A genus of South American monkeys, in which the head is round, the nose flat, a thumb on the anterior hand, and the tail partly naked. LAGRI'IDÆ, n. A family of small coleopterous insects, found in woods and hedges, and on plants. They belong to the section Heteromera, and are generally more or less hairy. LAID, pp. [add.] Laid till one, awarded to one by fate; laid to one's charge. [Scotch.]

Trimmed as

LAIDE,f pp. of Lay. with lace. LAID-UP, pp. Deposited; laid aside; confined to the bed. [See LAID.] LAIE,† n. for LAY. [Chaucer.] LAIGH-CROFTS, n. Low-lying fields of inferior quality. [Scotch.] LAINE,† infin. of verb to Lay. [Chaucer.]

LAINERS,† n. plur. [Fr.] Straps or thongs. [Chaucer.] LAIR,n. Learning;

LEAR, [Scotch.]

education.

LAIR, n. A mire; a bog. [Scotch.]

LAMMAS

LAIS'SEZ FAIRE, v. imp. [Fr.] Let alone.

LAITH, a. Loathsome; loath; unwilling; reluctant. [Scotch.] LAIVE, n. The rest; what is left; the LAVE, remainder. [Scotch.] LAKE,† n. [Belg. laechen.] A kind of fine linen for shirts. [Chaucer.] LA ́KEN,† ) n. A diminutive of our LA'KENS,+ lady. [Shak.] LAKE'-POET, n. A poet who describes lake-scenery.

LA'KER, n. A frequenter or visitor of lakes.

LAKKE,† n. [Sax. See LACK.] A fault; a disgraceful action; want. [Chaucer.] LAKKE,† v. t. To find fault; to blame. [Chaucer.]

LA'MA. See LLAMA. LA'MASERY, n. A Buddhist religious society, presided over by its lama. Every such society has its lama, in the same way as our abbeys and priories had their abbots and priors. The lama is migratory.

LAM'BEN,† n. plur. [Sax.] Lambs. [Chaucer.]

LAM BENT, a. [add.] Illuminated; licking.

LAM BOYS,† n. [Fr. lambeau.] In anc. armour, drapery which hung in folds

Steel Lamboys, time of Henry VIII. from the front tasses over the thighs, and was sometimes imitated in steel. LAM'BREQUIN,† n. A covering for the helmet, to protect it from wet and heat.

LAMB'S'-QUARTERS, n. Mountain

spinach.

LAMB'S'- WOOL, n. Wool obtained from lambs.

LAMB'S'-WOOL, a. Made of the wool of lambs.

LAME, n. [L. lamina.] In armour, a plate of metal.

LAME'-DUCK, n. A cant phrase for a defaulter at the stock-exchange. LAMELLIBRANCH'IATE, a. Relat

ing to the lamellibranchiata. LAMELLICORN'ES, n. Same as LAM

ELLICORNS.

LAMELLIFORM, a. [L. lamella, a plate, and forma, form.] Having the form of a plate or scale. LAMEL LIPEDS, n. [L. lamella, a thin plate or scale, and pes, a foot.] A section of conchifers containing bivalves with the foot broad and thin, as in Cardiaceæ, &c.

LAMELLIROS'TRAL, a. Pertaining to the lamellirostrals. LAMEL'LOSE, a. Covered with, or in the form of plates. LAMENT', n. [add.] An elegy, or mournful ballad or air. LAMENT ABLENESS, n. The state of being lamentable.

LAM'INARY, a. Composed of layers
or plates.
LAM'ITER,+

LAM'ETER,†) n. A cripple. [Local.]
LAM'MAS,
n. [add.] This word
LAM'MAS-DAY, is said to be de-

LANDING-NET

rived from loaf-mass, because on the first of August our forefathers made an offering of bread made from new wheat. According to others, the term is derived from a custom by which the tenants of the Archbishop of York were obliged, at the time of mass on the first of August, to bring a live lamb to the altar. In Scotland it was a practice to wean lambs on this day. Dr. Johnson supposes Lammas to be a corruption of lattermath, a second mowing of grass. LAM'MAS, a. Belonging to the first of August.

LAM MAS-TIDE, n. Lammas-day.
[Shak.]
LAM MER,
LÄ MER,

n. Amber. LAMP, v. t. To beat. [Scotch.] LAMP, v. i. To walk quickly and with long strides. [Scotch.] LAM PER-EEL, n. The lamprey. [Local.]

LAMP'ING, ppr. Beating; also, going quickly and with long strides. [Scotch.] LAMPOON'RY, n. [add.] Use of personal satire; act of lampooning. LA'NA - PHILOSOPHI¤A, n. [L.] Philosopher's-wool; flowers of zinc. LÄNCE'-GAY,† n. A species of horseman's lance, mentioned in the romances of the 15th and 16th centuries. LÄNCE-HEAD, n. The head of a lance. LÄNCE LET, n. [See AMPHIOXUS.] A small fish.

LAN'CEOLATE, a. [add.] In conLAN'CEOLATED, chol., applied to a shell of an oblong shape, and gradually tapering to each end.-Applied also similarly in entomology. LÄNCE-REST, n. A projecting support placed on the right side of the breast-plate of a knight, in the 15th and 16th centuries, to assist him in bearing the heavy lances used in the joust and tournament. LAN'CET-FISH, n. The genus Acanthurus, one of the acanthopterygious fishes, is so called, from the sharp spine on each side of the tail. LAND, n. [add.] Land o' the leal, the place of the faithful or blessed. [Scotch.]-Land, in its widest legal acceptation, includes meadow, pasture, woods, moors, waters, marshes, furze, heath, &c.; but in this wider sense the word generally used is lands. In some parts of England land is frequently used to denote the fee simple, as distinguished from a less estate, without reference to the nature of the property. LAND'-BOC,† n. [Sax.] The deed or charter by which lands were held. LAND'-CARRIAGE, n. Conveyance by land,

LAND'-CRABS, n. Crustacea whose habits are terrestrial, as distinguished from such as are aquatic; more particularly applied to the species of Gecarcinus, which live much on land, and only visit the sea to breed. LAND'DAMN, v. t. To banish from the land. [Shak.] LAND'-FOWL, n. Birds that frequent land.

LAND-GABEL,† n. [Sax.] A tax or rent issuing out of land, according to Doomsday-book. LAND'GRAVINE, n. The wife of a landgrave; a lady of the rank of a landgrave.

LAND'ING, a. At the custom-house or in public docks, relating to the disposal of a vessel's cargo; as, landing charges. LAND'ING-NET, n. A small hoop.net

LANIADE

used by anglers to land the fish they have taken.

LAND'ING-RATE, n. In com., charges at the custom-house. LAND'ING-SURVEYOR, n. An officer of the customs who appoints and superintends the landing-waiters. LAND'ING-WAITERS, n. Officers of the customs whose duties consist in taking an accurate account of the number, weight, measure, or quality of the various descriptions of merchandise landed from foreign countries or colonial possessions; they likewise attend to the shipment of all goods in respect of which bounties or drawbacks are claimed. These officers are likewise occasionally styled searchers. LAND'LOPER, n. [add.] A vagabond or vagrant; one who has no settled habitation, and frequently removes from one place or country to another. LAND LORD, n. [add.] Landlord and tenant, in law, one of the common relations of social life, out of which arise sundry rights, duties, liabilities, and remedies.

LAND LORDRY,† n. The state or condition of a landlord.

LAND'LOUPER, n. [See LANDLOPER.] A runagate; one who runs his country; one who frequently flits from one place or country to another. [Scotch.] LAND'LOUPING, a. Rambling; migratory; shifting from one place to another. [Scotch.]

LAND LUBBER, n. [Qu. from landloper.] A term of reproach among seamen for one who passes his life on land.

LAND'MAN, n. In law, a terretenant. LAND MEASURE, n. Measurement of land; also the name of a table of square measure by which land is measured. LAND-OFFICE, n. [add.] In most colonies there are land-offices, in which the sales of new lands are registered, and warrants issued for the location of land, and other business respecting unsettled land is transacted. LAND'-REMAINS, n. In geol., those remains of terrestrial animals and vegetables which are found everywhere on digging in the earth. They are mostly interchanged with strata containing marine remains. LAND SCAPE-PAINTER,n. A painter of landscapes or rural scenery. LAND'-SCURVY, n. An affection which consists in circular spots, stripes, or patches, scattered over the thighs, arms, and trunk.

LAND'-SERVICE, n. Service on the land; opposed to service on the sea. LANDS MAN, n. [add.] One who lives on the land; opposed to seaman. LAND'-TENANT, n. In law, he who possesses land let, or has it in his manual occupation; a terretenant. LAND'-URCHIN, n. A hedgehog. LAND'-WAITER, n. [add.] See LANDING-WAITER in this Supp. LAND WEHR, n. The militia of Austria and Prussia.

LANE, a. Lone; alone.-His lane, himself alone.-By their lane, themselves alone. [Scotch.]

LANG, a. Long. [Scotch.] LANG SYNE, n. Long since; long ago. [Scotch.] LANGUAGELESS, a. Wanting speech or language. [Shah.] LANIADE, n. [From Lanius, one of the genera.] The shrikes, a family of insessorial or perching birds, in which the bill is abruptly hooked at the end,

LAPSED DEVISE

and the notch is sometimes so deep as to form a prominent tooth on each side. [See SHRIKES.]

LANIA'RIFORM, a. [L. lanio, to cut or tear, and forma, shape.] Shaped like the canine teeth of the carnivora, which are called laniaries. LAN'IERS, n. [Fr. lanière.] The leathern straps of a shield which go round the arm.

LAN'NER, n. The Falco lannarius, a bird of the long-winged hawk kind, rather less than the buzzard. LANO'SA, n. A genus of fungous plants; L.nivalis, snow-mould, is found beneath snow, and on grasses and cereal crops, to which it is very injurious. LANT, n. The game of loo.-2. Urine. [Local.]

LANT'CHA, n. A Malay boat having three masts and bow-sprit, to be met with especially in the eastern part of|

LARYNX

LÄR'BOARD, n. [add.] The lordscommissioners of the admiralty have ordered the term port to be used by the royal navy instead of larboard, and this has been done in order to prevent mistakes arising from the use of starboard and larboard, on account of their resemblance in sound to each other. LÄRDA'CEOUS, a. [add.] Lardaceous tissues, tissues which, for cancerous disease, resemble lard. LARE,† n. [See LAIR.] A place where cattle or other animals usually rest under some shelter; pasture. [Spenser.] LA'RES, n. plur. [L. See LAR.] The household gods of the Romans, regarded as the souls of deceased ancestors.

LÄRGE, a. [add.] Free; licentious, as words. [Shak.]-Spacious; free; prodigal. [Chaucer.] LÄRGE-ACRED, a. Having large

estates.

the Indian Archipelago. Great numbers of lantchas come to Penang and Singapore at the time of the arrival of the Chinese and Siamese junks, fetching spices and areca-nuts. LAN TERN, v. t. To provide or furnish with a lantern.

LAN TERN-JAWED, a. Having a thin visage.

LANTHA'NIUM, n. See LANTANIUM. LAN'THORN, n. A wrong spelling of lantern.

LAN YARD, n. See LANIARD. LAOC'OON, instead of LA'OCOON. LAP, pret. of Loup. Leaped. [Scotch.] LAP'-DOG, n. [add.] Lap-dogs belong to the race of spaniels. LAPIDAIRE', n. [Fr.] A treatise on precious stones. [Chaucer.] LAPIDA'RIAN, a. Inscribed on stone; lapidary.

LAP-JOINTED, a. In ship-building, a term applied to the plates of an iron vessel, which are made to overlap each other.

LAP'PA, n. A genus of plants, nat. order Compositæ. It is the same as Arctium of Linn. L. minor, common burdock or clot-bur, is found in waste places throughout Europe and the west of Asia. The root is reckoned tonic, aperient, and diuretic.

LAPPE,† n. [Sax.] A skirt or lappet of a garment. [Chaucer.] LAPPER, v. i. To coagulate; to curdle. [Scotch.]

LAP PERED, pp. Coagulated; curdled, as milk. [Scotch.] LAPS'ED DEVISE, n. In law, a devise which fails or becomes void by reason of the devisee's death in the testator's lifetime, or by reason of such devise being contrary to law. [See DEVISE.]

LÄRGHETTO. (lärget'to.) [It.] In music, somewhat slowly, but not so slowly as largo. LÄRK, n. [add.] The sky-lark is the Alauda arvensis; the wood-lark, A. arborea; the brown lark, A. rufa; the meadow-lark, A. pratensis; the crested lark, A. cristata; the field-lark, A. agrestis. Some of these belong to the genus Anthus of modern authors. LÄRK'-BUNTING, n. The snow-flake (Plectrophanes nivalis) is so called, from the long claw on the hind-toe, resembling that of the lark; while in other characters the bird is allied to the buntings.

LÄRK'-SHEEL, n. The Indian cress. LAR'US, n. The gull, a genus of webfooted marine birds, of several species, as L. canus, the common gull; L. marinus, the black-backed gull; L. eburneus, the ivory-gull. [See GULL.] LÄRVATE, a. Same as LARVATED. LARVE, n. pl. Larves. Same as LARVA. LÄRVI PAROUS, a. A term applied to those insects which produce their young in the state of larvæ. LARYNGIS MUS, n. [From larynx.] Spasmodic croup.

LARYNX, n. [add.] The superior opening of the larynx is called the glottis. Its various parts, anatomically considered, are extremely complex and intricate, especially in reference to its construction and physiology as the organ of voice. It is subservient also to breathing; its exquisite sensibility is immediately excited by the contact of any foreign substance, or of a deleterious gas, and the glottis is firmly closed by the thyro-arytenoid muscles, to prevent the entrance of the noxious body into the lungs. The same action occurs as we swallow each portion of

LATERAN

our food, to prevent any of it passing into the lungs.

LAS,+ n. See LACE.] A lace; a snare. [Chaucer.]

LASERPITIUM, n.Laserwort, a genus of plants, nat. order Umbelliferæ. The species are herbaceous plants, with pinnate leaves and white flowers. L. glabrum is a native of mountainous districts of Europe, in dry and stony places. The root is filled with a gumresin, which is acrid and bitter, and said to be a violent purgative. L. siler is a native of the mountains of the middle and south of Europe. The root is extremely bitter, and yields an aromatic resinous substance, said to be the silphion or laser of the ancients. LA SERWÖRT, n. See LASERPITIUM in this Supp. LASHING, n. [add.] Castigation, or chastisement.-Among seamen, a rope for making fast. [See LASHER.] LASH'ING OUT,† n. Extravagance; unruliness. LA'SIONITE, n. A mineral, which is a phosphate of alumina. It is a variety of hydrargillite or wavellite. LASSE,+ a. comp. of Little. Less. LAS,† [Chaucer.]

LAS'SIE, n. A young girl; strictly, one below the age of puberty; a term of endearment for a young woman. [Scotch.] LAS'SOCK, n. A little girl. [Scotch.] LÄST, v. i. To form on or by a last. LÄST, n. [add.] This term is sometimes applied to the burden of a ship. LÄST AGE, n. [add.] Stowage-room for goods; the lading of a ship. LÄST-COURT, n. A court held by the twenty-four jurats in the marshes of Kent, and summoned by the bailiffs, wherein orders are made to lay and levy taxes, impose penalties, &c., for the preservation of the said marshes. LÄST-HEIR, n. In law, he to whom lands come by escheat, for want of lawful heirs. In some cases, the last-heir is the lord of whom the lands were held; but in others, the sovereign. LÄST ING, n. [add.] A species of smooth woollen stuff, used for making shoes. LÄST REA, n. A genus of ferns, belonging to the tribe Aspideæ. To this genus belong the marsh-fern, sweet mountain-fern, male-fern, &c.

LET. (

LAT, Lat be, let alone. [Scotch.] LATCH, n. [add.] The old English name for the cross-bow. LATCH, n. A mire; mud. [Scotch.] LATCH, v. t. [add.] To lay hold of; to seize; to catcht. [Shah.] LATCHE,† n. A lace; a snare. [See LAS in this Supp.; also LATCH in Dict.] [Chaucer.]

LATCHED,† pp. [From Fr. lècher.] Licked over. [Shak.] LATCH'ED,† pp. Seized; caught. [Spenser.] LATCH-KEY, n. A key used to raise the latch of a door. LATE, adv. [add.] Late ygoe, late ago; lately. [Spenser.] LAT ED, a. [add.] As a participle, obstructed; hindered. [Shak.]

LA TENTLY, adv. In a latent manner. LAT ERAN, n. [add.] This church was built by Constantine the Great. It is the episcopal church of the Pope, and the principal church of Rome. It has a palace and other buildings annexed to it. Eleven ecclesiastical councils, called Lateran councils, have been held in the palace. Every newly-elected Pope takes solemn possession of the

LAUGH

church, and from its balcony the Pope bestows his blessing on the people. The site on which the buildings of the Lateran stand originally belonged to Plautius Lateranus, who was put to death by Nero. Hence the name. LATERIG'RADA, n. [L. latus, the side, and gradior, to advance.] A family of spiders which make no web, but run sideways or backwards, and occasionally throw out adhesive threads to entrap their prey. LÄTHE,† n. [Sax. læth.] A barn or granary. [Chaucer.] LATH'ER, v. t. To beat; to leather. [Vulgar.]

LATH'ING, n. A covering or lining of laths for walls, &c.; the act of covering with laths. LÄTH'-REEVE,† n. [See LATH and REEVE.] An officer in the Saxon government, who presided over a part or division of a county, called a lath. LÄTH'-RENDER, n. A person who splits lath; a lath-maker. LÄTH'-RENDING, n. The operation of making laths. LÄTH'-REVE, n. See LATH-REEVE in this Supp.

LATICOS TATE, a. [L. latus, broad, and costa, a rib.] Broad-ribbed. LATIDEN TATE, a. [L. latus, and dens, a tooth.] Broad-toothed. LATIFO LIATE, a. [L. latus, and LATIFO'LIOUS,) folium, a leaf.] Broad-leaved, as a plant. LATIMER,+ n. An interpreter; a corruption of latiner. LATINIST'IЄ, a. Partaking of Latin or Latinism.

LATIN'ITASTER, n. A smatterer in

Latin.

LATINIZAʼTION, n. The act of rendering into Latin.

LA'TION, n. for TRANSLATION. LATIS'SIMUS DORSI, n. [L. superl. of latus, broad, and dorsum, the back.] A flat muscle situated on the back and side of the lower part of the trunk. It moves the arm backwards and downwards, or brings forward the body when the hand is fixed.

LATITAT, n. [add.] This writ is now abolished.

LAT'ON,† n. [Sp.] Latten; a kind of mixed metal of the colour of brass. [Chaucer.]

LATROCINATION,† n. [From L. latro, a robber.] The act of robbing; a depredation.

LATROCIN'IUM,† n. [L.] The prerogative of adjudging and executing thieves; larceny; theft. LATTEN-BILBO, n. A sword of thin latten-plate. [Shak.] LATTER-DAY SAINTS. See MOR

MON.

LATTICE-WORK, n. Same as LATTICE, which see.

Laudableness.

LAUCH, v. i. To laugh. [Scotch.] LAUCH, n. Law; custom; usage; privilege. [Scotch.] LAUDABILITY, n. [Lit. us.] LAUD'ANUM, n. [add.] Dutchman's laudanum, the Passiflora rubra, a plant which grows in Jamaica. The tincture of the flowers is used as a substitute for opium. LAUDATOR, n. One who lauds; a lauder.-In law, an arbitrator. LAUDES,† n. plur. Lauds. [See LAUD.] [Chaucer.] LAUD'ING, ppr. Praising; celebrating. LAUGH, v. i. (l'aff.) [add.] To feel pleasure; to be elated.

LAVER

LÄUGH'ING-GAS, n. Nitrous oxide gas, which see.

LAU'MONTITE, n. See LAUMONITE. LÄUNCE, n. A name common to two species of Ammodytes or sand-eels; the A. lancea, Yarr., the small-mouthed launce or riggle; and the A. tobianus, Yarr., wide-mouthed launce or horner. These inhabit the British coasts in sandy localities, and are much prized by fishermen for bait.

LÄUNCE,†n. Balance; as, fortune, LÄNCE, all in equal launce, doth sway. [Spenser.]

LÄUNCE GAY,fn. A sort of lance. LÄNCE GAY,† } [Chaucer.] LÄUNCH, v.t. [add.]To plunge into.-In marine lan., when an upper mast has been swayed up, launch ho! is the order given to let it settle down on the fid. LÄUNCH, v. i. [add.] To plunge; to expatiate in language; as, to launch into a wide field of discussion. LÄUNCHED, pp. Moved into the water; expatiated on.-In Shah., used for LANCED.

LÄUNCH'ING, ppr. Moving into the water; expatiating on; plunging into. LÄUNCH'ING-WAYS, n. Same as BILGE-WAYS.

LAUND, n. [See LAWN.] A plain LAWND,† place in a wood; an unploughed plain; a park; a field. [Chaucer.]

LÄUN'DRY, n. [add.] A launder or laundress. [Shak.]

LAUREATÈ, n. One crowned with laurel; the poet-laureate,-which see. LAUREATE, v. t. [add.] To invest with the office of poet-laureate. [Pope.] LAUREL, n. [add.] Common laurel, the Cerasus laurocerasus, Tournefort, which forms laurel-water.-Spurgelaurel, the Daphne laureola, Linn. [See DAPHNE.]

LAURELS, n. Pieces of gold coined in 1619, with the king's head laureated; hence the name.

LAUREN CIA, n. A genus of alga. L. pinnatifida is the well-known pepper-dulse.

LAUREOLE,† n. Spurge-laurel. [Chaucer.]

LAURER, n. [Fr.] Laurel. [Chaucer.] LAURUS, n. A genus of plants, formerly comprehending nearly the whole nat. order Lauracea, but now very limited. [See LAUREL.] LAUS,† a. [Sax. leas; Goth. laus, to loose.] Loose. [Chaucer.] LAVANDULA, n. Leave out the words, "There are two varieties, both of which yield a volatile oil;" and for L. latifolia read L. spica, and for L. veru read L. vera. LAVATI€, a. Consisting of, or resembling lava.

LAVATORY, a. Washing; cleansing by washing.

LAVE, n. [Sax. læfan, to leave.] The remainder; the rest; others. [Seotch.] LAVE,† v. t. [add.] To draw or take out, as water out of a well. [Chaucer.] LAVED,† pp. [add.] Drawn out, as water out of a well. [Chaucer.] LAVENDER,† n. A washerwoman or laundress. [Chaucer.] LAVENDER-COTTON, n. The common name of plants of the genus Santolina, which possess anthelmintic properties. LA'VER, n. A name given to two species of sea-plants of the genus Porphyra, P. laciniata, and P. vulgaris. They are employed as food, salted, eaten with pepper, vinegar, and oil;

LAY

and are said to be useful in scrofulous affections and glandular tumours.Green laver is the Ulva latissima, Linn. It is also employed as food, stewed and seasoned with lemon-juice, and is ordered for scrofulous patients. LA'VER-BREAD, n. A sort of food made from green-laver (Ulva latissima), sometimes called oyster-green. LA'VER-WORT, n. Same as LAVER. LA'VIЄ, a. Relating to, or like lava. LA'VOURES,† n. plur. Lavers. [Chaucer.]

LAW, n. [add.] Canon-law. [See CANON in this Supp.-Law of arms, the law which regulates proclamations of war, leagues, treaties, &c. According to this law, in case of a solemn war, the prince that conquers gains a right of dominion, as well as of property, over the persons and things he has subdued. -Law of marque is where they that are driven to it take the shipping and goods of the people of whom they have received wrong, and cannot get ordinary justice in another territory, when they can take them within their own bounds and precincts. [See MARQUE.] -Law of the staple, same as law merchant or commercial law.-Law spiritual, same as ecclesiastical law.-Laws of Oleron. [See OLERON.] LAW, v. t. To cut off the claws and balls of a dog's forefeet. [See LAWING.] LAW'-BOOK, n. A book containing laws, or relating to laws. LAWE,† a. for Low. [Chaucer.] LAW'IN, n. A tavern bill or reckLAW'ING, oning. [Scotch.] LAW'-LANGUAGE, n. The technical language of the law. [See Law.] LAW'-LATIN, n. A corrupt sort of Latin, used in the law.

LAW LESS MAN, n. An outlaw. LAWN, n. [add.] A space of ground covered with grass, and kept smoothly mown, generally in front of or around a mansion.

LAWN, n. [add.] A sort of clear or open linen fabric, formerly only manufactured in France and Flanders, but now extensively manufactured in Scotland and the north of Ireland. The name is also given to an imitation fabric of cotton.

LAWN'-SLEEVE, n. A sleeve made of lawn; a part of a bishop's dress. LAWN'-SLEEVED, a. Having lawn

sleeves.

LAW'-OFFICER, n. An officer vested with legal authority. LAWYER, n. A name given in America to the Himantopus nigricollis, or blacknecked stilt, a bird which frequents the American shores.

LAX'ATIF, n. [Fr.] A laxative. [Chaucer.]

LAXA TOR-TYM'PANI, n. [L. from laro, to loose.] A muscle of the tympanum, attached to the handle of the malleus, which it draws obliquely forward towards its origin, and thus relaxes the membrana-tympani. LAY, n. [add.] In some parts of the United States, lay is used as a vulgarism for the terms or conditions of a bargain; price. It is also used colloquially to signify a share; as, a certain lay of the proceeds of a voyage. LAY, LA'THE, SLAY,

n. [See SLAIE.] That part of a loom in which the reed is fixed, and by the movements of which the weft-threads are laid parallel to each other, shot after shot, in the process of weaving. According to the greater or less impulse

LAZARITES

of the lay the weft is laid more or less closely together in the plane of the web. LAY, v. t. [add.] To lay in, to put in; to enter; as, to lay in a claim.-To lay in upon a yard, in seamen's language, is to go nearer the middle of it.-To lay out upon a yard, is to go nearer the yard-arm.-Lay out upon your oars, the same as give way.-To lay the course. Instead of the words "without gibing," read without tacking.

LAY, v. i. [add.] To wager; to bet.To lay on or upon, to wager upon.To lay by, to lie by; to stop; to desist. LAY,† n. Law; religious profession. [Chaucer.]

LAY-CORPORATIONS, n. Bodies politic, which are either civil or eleemosynary. [See CORPORATIONS in Dict., and in this Supp.]

LAYD,† pp. of Lay. Thrown down; LAID,† prostrated. [Spenser.] LAY-DAYS, n. Running or consecutive days; a term used in regard to the time stipulated in a charter-party, or allowed by custom, for loading and unloading ships, &c.

LAY'EN,† pret. plur. of Lie or Ligge. [Chaucer.]

LAY'ER, n. [add.] Woody layers, the rings of wood which surround the pith, and of which the wood of any stem or branch of a plant consists. The number and thickness of these rings depend upon the age of the branch or stem. They are easily reckoned by cutting the branch or stem across. In temperate climates, the number of rings or layers corresponds exactly with the number of years the part has existed; but in tropical climates, where many kinds of trees have two or three successions of leaves in a year, a corresponding number of layers will be formed. LAYER-OUT, n. One who expends money; a steward.

LAY'ER-UP, n. One who reposits for future use; a treasurer. LAYES,† n. plur. Laws. [Spenser.] LAY-FEE, n. Lands held in fee of a lay-lord, as distinguished from those lands which belong to the church. LAY-FIGURE,) n. A figure used by LAY'MAN, S painters, made of wood or cork, in imitation of the human body. It can be placed in any position or attitude, and serves when clothed as a model for draperies, &c. LAY'-IMPROPRIATORS, n. Laymen who appropriate church-revenues to their use.

LAY'ING, ppr. [add.] Laying off, or laying down, in ship-building, transferring the plans of the ship from the paper to the full size on the floor of the moulding-loft.

LAY-INVESTITURE OF BISHOPS. The act of putting a bishop into possession of the temporalities belonging to his bishopric.

LAY-RACE, n. That part of the lay on which the shuttle travels from one side to the other of the web.

LAZARET', n. [add.] The name LAZARETTO,) given to inclosed buildings common in the Mediterranean ports, where ships' crews, passengers, and goods, are placed during quarantine. Also, an hospital-ship for the reception of the sick, or persons supposed to be infectious. Also, in some large merchant ships, a place where provisions and stores for the voyage are laid up. LAZ ARITES, Įn. An order of misLAZ ARISTS, sionaries in the Roman Catholic church, established in

LEAN-FACED

1632, and deriving their name from the hospital of St. Lazarus, which serves as their refuge. Their primary object was to dispense religious instruction and assistance among the poorer inhabitants of the rural districts of France. LAZAROʻNI, n. plur. In Naples, the poor who live by begging, or have no permanent habitation; so called from the hospital of St. Lazarus, which serves as their refuge.

LB. stands for pound in weight; lbs. for pounds.

LEACH,† n. [See LEECH.] A physician. [Spenser.]

LEACH, n. In ships, the border or edge of a sail at the sides. [See LEECH.] LEACH ́-CRAFTE,† n. The art of healing, or of physic. [Spenser.] LEAD, n. (led.) [add.] A thin plate of type-metal, used to separate lines in printing. [See LEADS.]-Also, a small cylinder of black-lead or plumbago, used in ever-pointed pencils. LEAD, v. t. (led.) [add.] In printing, to widen the space between lines by inserting a lead, or thin plate of typemetal.

LEAD, n. See LADE in this Supp. LEAD'ED, pp. or a. (led ́ed.) [add.] Covered with lead; fitted with lead; set in lead; as, leaded windows. LEAD'ER, n. [add.] One of the leading or front horses in a team of four or more, as distinguished from a wheeler, or horse placed next the carriage.Also, the principal wheels in any kind of machinery.

LEAD'ERSHIP, n. The office of a leader.

LEADING, ppr. (led'ing.) Covering with lead; fitting with lead, or setting in lead.-2. Separating by leads, as in printing.

LEAD'ING-QUESTION, n. In law, a question which suggests to a witness the answer which he is to make. Such questions are allowed on cross-examination.

LEAD'-MINE, n. A mine containing lead or lead-ore; as, the lead-mines of Cornwall.

LEAD'-PENCIL, n. An instrument for drawing or making lines, made of plumbago or black-lead. LEAD ́-SHOT, n. Shot made of lead. LEAD'-SPAR, n. A mineral; a sulphate of lead.

LEAD-WŎRT, n. [add.] See PLUM

BAGO.

LEAF'-FAT, n. The fat which lies in the leaves or layers within the body of an animal. LEAF LESS PLANTS, n. Such as are destitute of leaves; as plants of the cactus or prickly-pear tribe, liver-worts, lichens, and algæ. LEAGUE, n. [add.] Anti-Corn-Law League, a political association formed at Manchester in 1838, the object of which was to obtain, by constitutional means, the abolition of the duty on the importation of foreign corn. LEAGUER, n. (leeg'er.) A large sort of cask.

LEAʼGUER-LADY, n. A soldier's wife. [Scotch.] LEAK,† v. t. To let out. LEAKE,† a. for LEAKY. [Spenser.] LEAK'ING, n. The oozing or passing of a liquid through an aperture or opening. LEAK'Y, a. [add.] Troubled with incontinence of urine. [Shak.] LEAN'-FACED, a. Having a thin face. -Among printers, applied to letters which have not their full breadth.