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   Latin alphabet
         n 1: the alphabet evolved by the ancient Romans which serves for
               writing most of the languages of western Europe [syn:
               {Roman alphabet}, {Latin alphabet}]

English Dictionary: Latin alphabet by the DICT Development Group
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Leontodon \Le*on"to*don\ (l[esl]*[ocr]n"t[osl]*d[ocr]n), n. [Gr.
      le`wn, le`ontos, lion + 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, tooth. Cf.
      {Lion's-tooth}, {Dandelion}.] (Bot.)
      A genus of liguliflorous composite plants, including the fall
      dandelion ({L. autumnale}), and formerly the true dandelion;
      -- called also {lion's tooth}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lath \Lath\, n.; pl. {Laths}. [OE. laththe, latthe, latte, AS.
      l[91]tta; akin to D. lat, G. latte, OHG. latta; cf. W. llath
      a rod, staff, yard. Cf. {Lattice}, {Latten}.]
      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.
  
      {Lath brick}, a long, slender brick, used in making the floor
            on which malt is placed in the drying kiln.
  
      {Lath nail} a slender nail for fastening laths.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Latinly \Lat"in*ly\, adv.
      In the manner of the Latin language; in correct Latin. [Obs.]
      --Heylin.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lead \Lead\ (l[ecr]d), n. [OE. led, leed, lead, AS. le[a0]d;
      akin to D. lood, MHG. l[omac]t, G. loth plummet, sounding
      lead, small weight, Sw. & Dan. lod. [root]123]
      1. (Chem.) 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,
            forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of
            solder and type metal. Atomic weight, 206.4. Symbol Pb (L.
            Plumbum). It is chiefly obtained from the mineral galena,
            lead sulphide.
  
      2. An article made of lead or an alloy of lead; as:
            (a) A plummet or mass of lead, used in sounding at sea.
            (b) (Print.) A thin strip of type metal, used to separate
                  lines of type in printing.
            (c) Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs;
                  hence, pl., a roof covered with lead sheets or terne
                  plates.
  
                           I would have the tower two stories, and goodly
                           leads upon the top.                     --Bacon
  
      3. A small cylinder of black lead or plumbago, used in
            pencils.
  
      {Black lead}, graphite or plumbago; -- so called from its
            leadlike appearance and streak. [Colloq.]
  
      {Coasting lead}, a sounding lead intermediate in weight
            between a hand lead and deep-sea lead.
  
      {Deep-sea lead}, the heaviest of sounding leads, used in
            water exceeding a hundred fathoms in depth. --Ham. Nav.
            Encyc.
  
      {Hand lead}, a small lead use for sounding in shallow water.
           
  
      {Krems lead}, {Kremnitz lead} [so called from Krems or
            Kremnitz, in Austria], a pure variety of white lead,
            formed into tablets, and called also {Krems, [or]
            Kremnitz, white}, and {Vienna white}.
  
      {Lead arming}, tallow put in the hollow of a sounding lead.
            See {To arm the lead} (below).
  
      {Lead colic}. See under {Colic}.
  
      {Lead color}, a deep bluish gray color, like tarnished lead.
           
  
      {Lead glance}. (Min.) Same as {Galena}.
  
      {Lead line}
            (a) (Med.) A dark line along the gums produced by a
                  deposit of metallic lead, due to lead poisoning.
            (b) (Naut.) A sounding line.
  
      {Lead mill}, a leaden polishing wheel, used by lapidaries.
  
      {Lead ocher} (Min.), a massive sulphur-yellow oxide of lead.
            Same as {Massicot}.
  
      {Lead pencil}, a pencil of which the marking material is
            graphite (black lead).
  
      {Lead plant} (Bot.), a low leguminous plant, genus {Amorpha}
            ({A. canescens}), found in the Northwestern United States,
            where its presence is supposed to indicate lead ore.
            --Gray.
  
      {Lead tree}.
            (a) (Bot.) A West Indian name for the tropical, leguminous
                  tree, {Leuc[91]na glauca}; -- probably so called from
                  the glaucous color of the foliage.
            (b) (Chem.) Lead crystallized in arborescent forms from a
                  solution of some lead salt, as by suspending a strip
                  of zinc in lead acetate.
  
      {Mock lead}, a miner's term for blende.
  
      {Red lead}, 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.
  
      {Red lead ore} (Min.), crocoite.
  
      {Sugar of lead}, acetate of lead.
  
      {To arm the lead}, 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. --Ham. Nav.
            Encyc.
  
      {To} {cast, [or] heave}, {the lead}, to cast the sounding
            lead for ascertaining the depth of water.
  
      {White lead}, hydrated carbonate of lead, obtained as a
            white, amorphous powder, and much used as an ingredient of
            white paint.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Latonia Lakes, KY (city, FIPS 44038)
      Location: 38.96745 N, 84.49569 W
      Population (1990): 410 (152 housing units)
      Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   lithium lick n.   [NeXT] Steve Jobs.   Employees who have gotten
   too much attention from their esteemed founder are said to have
   `lithium lick' when they begin to show signs of Jobsian fervor and
   repeat the most recent catch phrases in normal conversation -- for
   example, "It just works, right out of the box!"
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   lithium lick
  
      {NeXT} employees who have had too much attention from their
      esteemed founder, {Steve Jobs}, are said to have "lithium
      lick" when they begin to show signs of Jobsian fervour and
      repeat the most recent catch phrases in normal conversation,
      e.g. "It just works, right out of the box!"
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
  
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