Lamb of God : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Lamb of God	by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lamb \Lamb\ (l[acr]m), n. [AS. lamb; akin to D. & Dan. lam, G. & Sw. lamm, OS., Goth., & Icel. lamb.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) The young of the sheep. 2. Any person who is as innocent or gentle as a lamb. 3. A simple, unsophisticated person; in the cant of the Stock Exchange, one who ignorantly speculates and is victimized. {Lamb of God}, {The Lamb} (Script.), the Jesus Christ, in allusion to the paschal lamb. The twelve apostles of the Lamb. --Rev. xxi. 14. Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. --John i. 29. {Lamb's lettuce} (Bot.), an annual plant with small obovate leaves ({Valerianella olitoria}), often used as a salad; corn salad. [Written also {lamb lettuce}.] {Lamb's tongue}, a carpenter's plane with a deep narrow bit, for making curved grooves. --Knight. {Lamb's wool}. (a) The wool of a lamb. (b) Ale mixed with the pulp of roasted apples; -- probably from the resemblance of the pulp of roasted apples to lamb's wool. [Obs.] --Goldsmith.