English Dictionary: lady of the house | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ladybird \La"dy*bird`\, n. [Equiv. to, bird of Our Lady.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small beetles of the genus {Coccinella} and allied genera (family {Coccinellid[91]}); -- called also {ladybug}, {ladyclock}, {lady cow}, {lady fly}, and {lady beetle}. {Coccinella seplempunctata} in one of the common European species. See {Coccinella}. Note: 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 larv[91] and the adult beetles of most species feed on aphids, and for this reason they are very beneficial to agriculture and horticulture. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lady \La"dy\, n.; pl. {Ladies}. [OE. ladi, l[91]fdi, AS. hl[?]fdige, hl[?]fdie; AS. hl[be]f loaf + a root of uncertain origin, possibly akin to E. dairy. See {Loaf}, and cf. {Lord}.] 1. A woman who looks after the domestic affairs of a family; a mistress; the female head of a household. Agar, the handmaiden of Sara, whence comest thou, and whither goest thou? The which answered, Fro the face of Sara my lady. --Wyclif (Gen. xvi. 8.). 2. A woman having proprietary rights or authority; mistress; -- a feminine correlative of lord. [bd]Lord or lady of high degree.[b8] --Lowell. Of all these bounds, even from this line to this, . . . We make thee lady. --Shak. 3. A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound; a sweetheart. The soldier here his wasted store supplies, And takes new valor from his lady's eyes. --Waller. 4. 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 Lady by courtesy, but not by right. 5. A woman of refined or gentle manners; a well-bred woman; -- the feminine correlative of gentleman. 6. A wife; -- not now in approved usage. --Goldsmith. 7. (Zo[94]l.) 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. {Ladies' man}, a man who affects the society of ladies. {Lady altar}, an altar in a lady chapel. --Shipley. {Lady chapel}, a chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary. {Lady court}, the court of a lady of the manor. {Lady court}, the court of a lady of the manor. {Lady crab} (Zo[94]l.), a handsomely spotted swimming crab ({Platyonichus ocellatus}) very common on the sandy shores of the Atlantic coast of the United States. {Lady fern}. (Bot.) See {Female fern}, under {Female}, and Illust. of {Fern}. {Lady in waiting}, a lady of the queen's household, appointed to wait upon or attend the queen. {Lady Mass}, a Mass said in honor of the Virgin Mary. --Shipley. {Lady of the manor}, a lady having jurisdiction of a manor; also, the wife of a manor lord. {Lady's maid}, a maidservant who dresses and waits upon a lady. --Thackeray. {Our Lady}, the Virgin Mary. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lead \Lead\, n. 1. (Music.) (a) The announcement by one voice part of a theme to be repeated by the other parts. (b) A mark or a short passage in one voice part, as of a canon, serving as a cue for the entrance of others. 2. 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 {lead of the ignition}. When ignition takes place during the working stroke the corresponding distance from the commencement of the stroke is called {negative lead}. 3. (Mach.) The excess above a right angle in the angle between two consecutive cranks, as of a compound engine, on the same shaft. 4. (Mach.) In spiral screw threads, worm wheels, or the like, the amount of advance of any point in the spiral for a complete turn. 5. (Elec.) (a) A conductor conveying electricity, as from a dynamo. (b) The angle between the line joining the brushes of a continuous-current dynamo and the diameter symmetrical between the poles. (c) The advance of the current phase in an alternating circuit beyond that of the electromotive force producing it. 6. (Theat.) A r[ocir]le for a leading man or leading woman; also, one who plays such a r[ocir]le. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lithophotography \Lith`o*pho*tog"ra*phy\, n. [Litho- + photography.] Same as {Photolithography}. | |
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Lithophyte \Lith"o*phyte\, n. [Litho- + Gr. [?] plant: cf. F. lithophyte.] (Zo[94]l.) 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. | |
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Lithophytic \Lith`o*phyt"ic\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to lithophytes. | |
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Lithophytous \Li*thoph"y*tous\, a. Lithophytic. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Ledbetter, KY (CDP, FIPS 44434) Location: 37.04805 N, 88.49718 W Population (1990): 1694 (650 housing units) Area: 13.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 42058 Ledbetter, TX Zip code(s): 78946 |