English Dictionary: Laminaria | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Laminar \Lam"i*nar\, Laminal \Lam"i*nal\, a. [Cf. F. laminaire. See {Lamina}] In, or consisting of, thin plates or layers; having the form of a thin plate or lamina. | |
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Sea girdles \Sea" gir"dles\ (Bot.) A kind of kelp ({Laminaria digitata}) with palmately cleft fronds; -- called also {sea wand}, {seaware}, and tangle. | |
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Tangle \Tan"gle\, n. 1. [Cf. Icel. [thorn][94]ngull. See {Tang} seaweed.] (Bot.) Any large blackish seaweed, especially the {Laminaria saccharina}. See {Kelp}. Coral and sea fan and tangle, the blooms and the palms of the ocean. --C. Kingsley. 2. [From {Tangle}, v.] A knot of threads, or other thing, united confusedly, or so interwoven as not to be easily disengaged; a snarl; as, hair or yarn in tangles; a tangle of vines and briers. Used also figuratively. 3. pl. An instrument consisting essentially of an iron bar to which are attached swabs, or bundles of frayed rope, or other similar substances, -- used to capture starfishes, sea urchins, and other similar creatures living at the bottom of the sea. {Blue tangle}. (Bot.)See {Dangleberry}. {Tangle picker} (Zo[94]l.), the turnstone. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Devil \Dev"il\, n. [AS. de[a2]fol, de[a2]ful; akin to G. [?]eufel, Goth. diaba[a3]lus; all fr. L. diabolus the devil, Gr. [?] the devil, the slanderer, fr. [?] to slander, calumniate, orig., to throw across; [?] across + [?] to throw, let fall, fall; cf. Skr. gal to fall. Cf. {Diabolic}.] 1. The Evil One; Satan, represented as the tempter and spiritual of mankind. [Jesus] being forty days tempted of the devil. --Luke iv. 2. That old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world. --Rev. xii. 9. 2. An evil spirit; a demon. A dumb man possessed with a devil. --Matt. ix. 32. 3. A very wicked person; hence, any great evil. [bd]That devil Glendower.[b8] [bd]The devil drunkenness.[b8] --Shak. Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil? --John vi. 70. 4. An expletive of surprise, vexation, or emphasis, or, ironically, of negation. [Low] The devil a puritan that he is, . . . but a timepleaser. --Shak. The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. --Pope. 5. (Cookery) A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper. Men and women busy in baking, broiling, roasting oysters, and preparing devils on the gridiron. --Sir W. Scott. 6. (Manuf.) A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc. {Blue devils}. See under {Blue}. {Cartesian devil}. See under {Cartesian}. {Devil bird} (Zo[94]l.), one of two or more South African drongo shrikes ({Edolius retifer}, and {E. remifer}), believed by the natives to be connected with sorcery. {Devil may care}, reckless, defiant of authority; -- used adjectively. --Longfellow. {Devil's apron} (Bot.), the large kelp ({Laminaria saccharina}, and {L. longicruris}) of the Atlantic ocean, having a blackish, leathery expansion, shaped somewhat like an apron. {Devil's coachhorse}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The black rove beetle ({Ocypus olens}). [Eng.] (b) A large, predacious, hemipterous insect ({Prionotus cristatus}); the wheel bug. [U.S.] {Devil's darning-needle}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Darn}, v. t. {Devil's fingers}, {Devil's hand} (Zo[94]l.), the common British starfish ({Asterias rubens}); -- also applied to a sponge with stout branches. [Prov. Eng., Irish & Scot.] {Devil's riding-horse} (Zo[94]l.), the American mantis ({Mantis Carolina}). {The Devil's tattoo}, a drumming with the fingers or feet. [bd]Jack played the Devil's tattoo on the door with his boot heels.[b8] --F. Hardman (Blackw. Mag.). {Devil worship}, worship of the power of evil; -- still practiced by barbarians who believe that the good and evil forces of nature are of equal power. {Printer's devil}, the youngest apprentice in a printing office, who runs on errands, does dirty work (as washing the ink rollers and sweeping), etc. [bd]Without fearing the printer's devil or the sheriff's officer.[b8] --Macaulay. {Tasmanian devil} (Zo[94]l.), a very savage carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania ({Dasyurus, [or] Diabolus, ursinus}). {To play devil with}, to molest extremely; to ruin. [Low] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
2. (Bot.) A sweet white efflorescence from dried fronds of kelp, especially from those of the {Laminaria saccharina}, or devil's apron. | |
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Laminarian \Lam`i*na"ri*an\, a. Pertaining to seaweeds of the genus Laminaria, or to that zone of the sea (from two to ten fathoms in depth) where the seaweeds of this genus grow. | |
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Laminarite \Lam"i*na*rite\, n. [See {Lamina}.] (Paleon.) A broad-leafed fossil alga. | |
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Laminary \Lam"i*na*ry\, a. Laminar. | |
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Lemnian \Lem"ni*an\ (l[ecr]m"n[icr]*[ait]n), a. [L. Lemnius, fr. Lemnus, Gr. Lh^mnos.] Of or pertaining to the isle of Lemnos. {Lemnian bole}, {Lemnian earth}, an aluminous earth of a grayish yellow color; sphragide; -- formerly sold as medicine, having astringent properties. {Lemnian reddle}, a reddle of firm consistence and deep red color; -- used by artificers in coloring. | |
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Lemnian \Lem"ni*an\ (l[ecr]m"n[icr]*[ait]n), a. [L. Lemnius, fr. Lemnus, Gr. Lh^mnos.] Of or pertaining to the isle of Lemnos. {Lemnian bole}, {Lemnian earth}, an aluminous earth of a grayish yellow color; sphragide; -- formerly sold as medicine, having astringent properties. {Lemnian reddle}, a reddle of firm consistence and deep red color; -- used by artificers in coloring. | |
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d8Leo \[d8]Le"o\ (l[emac]"[omac]), n. [L. See {Lion}.] (Astron.) 1. The Lion, the fifth sign of the zodiac, marked thus [[Leo]] in almanacs. 2. A northern constellation east of Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus at the end of the handle of the Sickle. {Leo Minor}, a small constellation between Leo and the Great Bear. | |
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Linener \Lin"en*er\ (-[etil]r), n. A dealer in linen; a linen draper. [Obs.] | |
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Luminary \Lu"mi*na*ry\, n.; pl. {Luminaries}, [F. luminaire, L. luminare a light or lamp, which was lighted in the churches, a luminary, fr. lumen, luminis, light, fr. lucere to be light, to shine, lux, lucis, light. See {Light}.] 1. Any body that gives light, especially one of the heavenly bodies. [bd] Radiant luminary.[b8] --Skelton. Where the great luminary . . . Dispenses light from far. --Milton. 2. One who illustrates any subject, or enlightens mankind; as, Newton was a distinguished luminary. | |
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Luminary \Lu"mi*na*ry\, n.; pl. {Luminaries}, [F. luminaire, L. luminare a light or lamp, which was lighted in the churches, a luminary, fr. lumen, luminis, light, fr. lucere to be light, to shine, lux, lucis, light. See {Light}.] 1. Any body that gives light, especially one of the heavenly bodies. [bd] Radiant luminary.[b8] --Skelton. Where the great luminary . . . Dispenses light from far. --Milton. 2. One who illustrates any subject, or enlightens mankind; as, Newton was a distinguished luminary. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Linen-yarn (See {YARN}.) |