English Dictionary: lagune | by the DICT Development Group |
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Laccin \Lac"cin\, n. [Cf. F. laccine.] (Chem.) A yellow amorphous substance obtained from lac. | |
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Lacinia \La*cin"i*a\, n.; pl. L. {Lacini[91]}. [L., the lappet or flap of a garment.] 1. (Bot.) (a) One of the narrow, jagged, irregular pieces or divisions which form a sort of fringe on the borders of the petals of some flowers. (b) A narrow, slender portion of the edge of a monophyllous calyx, or of any irregularly incised leaf. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The posterior, inner process of the stipes on the maxill[91] of insects. | |
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Lacinia \La*cin"i*a\, n.; pl. L. {Lacini[91]}. [L., the lappet or flap of a garment.] 1. (Bot.) (a) One of the narrow, jagged, irregular pieces or divisions which form a sort of fringe on the borders of the petals of some flowers. (b) A narrow, slender portion of the edge of a monophyllous calyx, or of any irregularly incised leaf. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The posterior, inner process of the stipes on the maxill[91] of insects. | |
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d8Lacuna \[d8]La*cu"na\, n.; pl. L. {Lacun[91]}; E. {Lacunas}. [L., ditch, pit, lake, orig., anything hollow. See {Lagoon}.] 1. A small opening; a small pit or depression; a small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus. 2. (Biol.) A small opening; a small depression or cavity; a space, as a vacant space between the cells of plants, or one of the spaces left among the tissues of the lower animals, which serve in place of vessels for the circulation of the body fluids, or the cavity or sac, usually of very small size, in a mucous membrane. | |
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Lacune \La*cune"\, n. [F.] A lacuna. [R.] --Landor. | |
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Lagan \La"gan\, n. & v. See {Ligan}. | |
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Ligan \Li"gan\ (l[imac]"g[ait]n), n. [Cf. L. ligare to bind, to tie, ligamen band, bandage, E. ligament, or ligsam.] (Law) Goods sunk in the sea, with a buoy attached in order that they may be found again. See {Jetsam} and {Flotsam}. [Written also {lagan}.] --Blackstone. | |
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Lagan \La"gan\, n. & v. See {Ligan}. | |
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Ligan \Li"gan\ (l[imac]"g[ait]n), n. [Cf. L. ligare to bind, to tie, ligamen band, bandage, E. ligament, or ligsam.] (Law) Goods sunk in the sea, with a buoy attached in order that they may be found again. See {Jetsam} and {Flotsam}. [Written also {lagan}.] --Blackstone. | |
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d8Lagena \[d8]La*ge"na\, n.; pl. L. {Lagen[91]}, E. {Lagenas}. [L., a flask; cf. Gr. [?], [?].] (Anat.) The terminal part of the cochlea in birds and most reptiles; an appendage of the sacculus, corresponding to the cochlea, in fishes and amphibians. | |
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Lagoon \La*goon"\, n. [It. or Sp. laguna, L. lacuna ditch, pool, pond, lacus lake. See {Lake}, and cf. {Lacuna}.] [Written also {lagune}.] 1. A shallow sound, channel, pond, or lake, especially one into which the sea flows; as, the lagoons of Venice. 2. A lake in a coral island, often occupying a large portion of its area, and usually communicating with the sea. See {Atoll}. {Lagoon island}, a coral island consisting of a narrow reef encircling a lagoon. | |
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Lagoon \La*goon"\, n. [It. or Sp. laguna, L. lacuna ditch, pool, pond, lacus lake. See {Lake}, and cf. {Lacuna}.] [Written also {lagune}.] 1. A shallow sound, channel, pond, or lake, especially one into which the sea flows; as, the lagoons of Venice. 2. A lake in a coral island, often occupying a large portion of its area, and usually communicating with the sea. See {Atoll}. {Lagoon island}, a coral island consisting of a narrow reef encircling a lagoon. | |
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Lagune \La*gune"\, n. See {Lagoon}. | |
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Lagoon \La*goon"\, n. [It. or Sp. laguna, L. lacuna ditch, pool, pond, lacus lake. See {Lake}, and cf. {Lacuna}.] [Written also {lagune}.] 1. A shallow sound, channel, pond, or lake, especially one into which the sea flows; as, the lagoons of Venice. 2. A lake in a coral island, often occupying a large portion of its area, and usually communicating with the sea. See {Atoll}. {Lagoon island}, a coral island consisting of a narrow reef encircling a lagoon. | |
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Lagune \La*gune"\, n. See {Lagoon}. | |
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Laism \La"ism\, n. See {Lamaism}. [R.] | |
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Ladykin \La"dy*kin\, n. [Lady + -kin.] A little lady; -- applied by the writers of Queen Elizabeth's time, in the abbreviated form {Lakin}, to the Virgin Mary. Note: The diminutive does not refer to size, but is equivalent to [bd]dear.[b8] --Brewer. | |
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Lakin \La"kin\, n. See {Ladykin}. | |
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Laoco94n \La*oc"o*[94]n\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?] ] 1. (Class. Myth.) A priest of Apollo, during the Trojan war. (See 2.) 2. (Sculp.) A marble group in the Vatican at Rome, representing the priest Laoco[94]n, with his sons, infolded in the coils of two serpents, as described by Virgil. | |
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Lawsonia \Law*so"ni*a\, n. (Bot.) An Asiatic and North African shrub ({Lawsonia inermis}), with smooth oval leaves, and fragrant white flowers. Henna is prepared from the leaves and twigs. In England the shrub is called {Egyptian privet}, and in the West Indies, {Jamaica mignonette}. | |
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Lecama \Le*ca"ma\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The hartbeest. | |
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Legging \Leg"ging\ (l[ecr]g"g[icr]ng), Leggin \Leg"gin\ (l[ecr]g"g[icr]n), n. [From {Leg}.] A cover for the leg, like a long gaiter. | |
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Legion \Le"gion\ (l[emac]"j[ucr]n), n. [OE. legioun, OF. legion, F. l[82]gion, fr. L. legio, fr. legere to gather, collect. See {Legend}.] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) A body of foot soldiers and cavalry consisting of different numbers at different periods, -- from about four thousand to about six thousand men, -- the cavalry being about one tenth. 2. A military force; an army; military bands. 3. A great number; a multitude. Where one sin has entered, legions will force their way through the same breach. --Rogers. 4. (Taxonomy) A group of orders inferior to a class. {Legion of honor}, an order instituted by the French government in 1802, when Bonaparte was First Consul, as a reward for merit, both civil and military. | |
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Legume \Leg"ume\ (l[ecr]g"[usl]m [or] l[esl]*g[umac]m"), n. [F. l[82]gume, L. legumen, fr. legere to gather. So called because they may be gathered without cutting. See {Legend}.] 1. (Bot.) A pod dehiscent into two pieces or valves, and having the seed attached at one suture, as that of the pea. Note: In the latter circumstance, it differs from a siliqua, in which the seeds are attached to both sutures. In popular use, a legume is called a pod, or cod; as, pea pod, or peas cod. 2. pl. The fruit of leguminous plants, as peas, beans, lupines; pulse. | |
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Dextrin \Dex"trin\, n. [Cf. F. dextrine, G. dextrin. See {Dexter}.] (Chem.) A translucent, gummy, amorphous substance, nearly tasteless and odorless, used as a substitute for gum, for sizing, etc., and obtained from starch by the action of heat, acids, or diastase. It is of somewhat variable composition, containing several carbohydrates which change easily to their respective varieties of sugar. It is so named from its rotating the plane of polarization to the right; -- called also {British gum}, {Alsace gum}, {gommelin}, {leiocome}, etc. See {Achro[94]dextrin}, and {Erythrodextrin}. | |
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d8Likin \[d8]Li"kin`\, n. [Written also {lekin}.] [ Chin. li kin; li the thousandth part of a tael + kin money.] A Chinese provincial tax levied at many inland stations upon imports or articles in transit. [bd]Likin,[b8] which used to be regarded as illegal, as one of the many, [bd]squeezes[b8] imposed by the mandarins, is, in Jamieson's opinion, just as legal as any other form of taxation. --A. R. Colquhoun. | |
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Lesion \Le"sion\ (l[emac]"zh[ucr]n), n. [F. l[82]sion, L. laesio, fr. laedere, laesum, to hurt, injure.] A hurt; an injury. Specifically: (a) (Civil Law) Loss sustained from failure to fulfill a bargain or contract. --Burrill. (b) (Med.) Any morbid change in the exercise of functions or the texture of organs. --Dunglison. | |
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Lessen \Less"en\, v. i. To become less; to shrink; to contract; to decrease; to be diminished; as, the apparent magnitude of objects lessens as we recede from them; his care, or his wealth, lessened. The objection lessens much, and comes to no more than this: there was one witness of no good reputation. --Atterbury. | |
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Lessen \Less"en\ (l[ecr]s"'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lessened} (-'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lessening}.] [From {Less}, a.] To make less; to reduce; to make smaller, or fewer; to diminish; to lower; to degrade; as, to lessen a kingdom, or a population; to lessen speed, rank, fortune. Charity . . . shall lessen his punishment. --Calamy. St. Paul chose to magnify his office when ill men conspired to lessen it. --Atterbury. Syn: To diminish; reduce; abate; decrease; lower; impair; weaken; degrade. | |
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Lesson \Les"son\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lessoned} (-s'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lessoning}.] To teach; to instruct. --Shak. To rest the weary, and to soothe the sad, Doth lesson happier men, and shame at least the bad. --Byron. | |
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Lesson \Les"son\ (l[ecr]s"s'n), n. [OE. lessoun, F. le[cced]on lesson, reading, fr. L. lectio a reading, fr. legere to read, collect. See {Legend}, and cf. {Lection}.] 1. Anything read or recited to a teacher by a pupil or learner; something, as a portion of a book, assigned to a pupil to be studied or learned at one time. 2. That which is learned or taught by an express effort; instruction derived from precept, experience, observation, or deduction; a precept; a doctrine; as, to take or give a lesson in drawing.[bd] A smooth and pleasing lesson.[b8] --Milton. Emprinteth well this lesson in your mind. --Chaucer. 3. A portion of Scripture read in divine service for instruction; as, here endeth the first lesson. 4. A severe lecture; reproof; rebuke; warning. She would give her a lesson for walking so late. --Sir. P. Sidney. 5. (Mus.) An exercise; a composition serving an educational purpose; a study. | |
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Leucin \Leu"cin\ (l[umac]"s[icr]n), n. [Gr. leyko`s white.] (Physiol. Chem.) A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance formed in the decomposition of albuminous matter by pancreatic digestion, by the action of boiling dilute sulphuric acid, and by putrefaction. It is also found as a constituent of various tissues and organs, as the spleen, pancreas, etc., and likewise in the vegetable kingdom. Chemically it is to be considered as amido-caproic acid. | |
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Leuk91mia \Leu*k[91]"mi*a\ (l[usl]*k[emac]"m[icr]*[adot]), n. Leucocyth[91]mia. | |
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d8Leuch91mia \[d8]Leu*ch[91]"mi*a\ (l[usl]*k[emac]"m[icr]*[adot]), n. [NL., fr. Gr. leyko`s white + a"i^ma blood.] (Med.) See {Leucocyth[91]mia}. -- {Leu*ch[91]m"ic} (l[usl]*k[ecr]m"[icr]k), a. [Written also {leuk[91]mia}, {leuk[91]mic}.] | |
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Leuk91mia \Leu*k[91]"mi*a\ (l[usl]*k[emac]"m[icr]*[adot]), n. Leucocyth[91]mia. | |
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d8Leuch91mia \[d8]Leu*ch[91]"mi*a\ (l[usl]*k[emac]"m[icr]*[adot]), n. [NL., fr. Gr. leyko`s white + a"i^ma blood.] (Med.) See {Leucocyth[91]mia}. -- {Leu*ch[91]m"ic} (l[usl]*k[ecr]m"[icr]k), a. [Written also {leuk[91]mia}, {leuk[91]mic}.] | |
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Lewis \Lew"is\ (l[umac]"[icr]s), Lewisson \Lew"is*son\ (-s[ucr]n), n. 1. An iron dovetailed tenon, made in sections, which can be fitted into a dovetail mortise; -- used in hoisting large stones, etc. 2. A kind of shears used in cropping woolen cloth. {Lewis hole}, a hole wider at the bottom than at the mouth, into which a lewis is fitted. --De Foe. | |
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Lichen \Li"chen\ (l[imac]"k[ecr]n; 277), n. [L., fr. Gr. leichh`n.] 1. (Bot.) One of a class of cellular, flowerless plants, (technically called {Lichenes}), having no distinction of leaf and stem, usually of scaly, expanded, frond-like forms, but sometimes erect or pendulous and variously branched. They derive their nourishment from the air, and generate by means of spores. The species are very widely distributed, and form irregular spots or patches, usually of a greenish or yellowish color, upon rocks, trees, and various bodies, to which they adhere with great tenacity. They are often improperly called {rock moss} or {tree moss}. Note: A favorite modern theory of lichens (called after its inventor the Schwendener hypothesis), is that they are not autonomous plants, but that they consist of ascigerous fungi, parasitic on alg[91]. Each lichen is composed of white filaments and green, or greenish, rounded cells, and it is argued that the two are of different nature, the one living at the expense of the other. See {Hyph[91]}, and {Gonidia}. 2. (Med.) A name given to several varieties of skin disease, esp. to one characterized by the eruption of small, conical or flat, reddish pimples, which, if unchecked, tend to spread and produce great and even fatal exhaustion. | |
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Ligan \Li"gan\ (l[imac]"g[ait]n), n. [Cf. L. ligare to bind, to tie, ligamen band, bandage, E. ligament, or ligsam.] (Law) Goods sunk in the sea, with a buoy attached in order that they may be found again. See {Jetsam} and {Flotsam}. [Written also {lagan}.] --Blackstone. | |
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Ligsam \Lig"sam\ (l[icr]g"s[ait]m), n. [Cf. D. liggen to lie, E. lie to be prostrate, and E. flotsam, jetsam, or ligan.] Same as {Ligan}. --Brande & C. | |
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Liken \Lik"en\ (l[imac]k"'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Likened} (-'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Likening}.] [OE. liknen. See {Like}, a.] 1. To allege, or think, to be like; to represent as like; to compare; as, to liken life to a pilgrimage. Whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man which built his house upon a rock. --Matt. vii. 24. 2. To make or cause to be like. [R.] --Brougham. | |
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Lisne \Lisne\ (l[imac]n), n. [Prov. E. lissen, lisne, a cleft in a rock.] A cavity or hollow.[Obs.] --Sir M. Hale. | |
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Lissom \Lis"som\, Lissome \Lis"some\ (l[icr]s"s[ucr]m), a. [For lithesome.] 1. Limber; supple; flexible; lithe; lithesome. Straight, but as lissome as a hazel wand. --Tennyson. 2. Light; nimble; active. --Halliwell. -- {Lis"some*ness}, n. | |
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Lissom \Lis"som\, Lissome \Lis"some\ (l[icr]s"s[ucr]m), a. [For lithesome.] 1. Limber; supple; flexible; lithe; lithesome. Straight, but as lissome as a hazel wand. --Tennyson. 2. Light; nimble; active. --Halliwell. -- {Lis"some*ness}, n. | |
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Lochan \Loch"an\, n. [Gael. See 1st {Loch}.] A small lake; a pond. [Scot.] A pond or lochan rather than a lake. --H. Miller. | |
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Locken \Lock"en\, obs. p. p. of {Lock}. --Chaucer. | |
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Locken \Lock"en\, n. (Bot.) The globeflower ({Trollius}). | |
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Log \Log\, n. [Icel. l[be]g a felled tree, log; akin to E. lie. See {Lie} to lie prostrate.] 1. A bulky piece of wood which has not been shaped by hewing or sawing. 2. [Prob. the same word as in sense 1; cf. LG. log, lock, Dan. log, Sw. logg.] (Naut.) An apparatus for measuring the rate of a ship's motion through the water. Note: The common log consists of the log-chip, or logship, often exclusively called the log, and the log line, the former being commonly a thin wooden quadrant of five or six inches radius, loaded with lead on the arc to make it float with the point up. It is attached to the log line by cords from each corner. This line is divided into equal spaces, called knots, each bearing the same proportion to a mile that half a minute does to an hour. The line is wound on a reel which is so held as to let it run off freely. When the log is thrown, the log-chip is kept by the water from being drawn forward, and the speed of the ship is shown by the number of knots run out in half a minute. There are improved logs, consisting of a piece of mechanism which, being towed astern, shows the distance actually gone through by the ship, by means of the revolutions of a fly, which are registered on a dial plate. 3. Hence: The record of the rate of ship's speed or of her daily progress; also, the full nautical record of a ship's cruise or voyage; a log slate; a log book. 4. A record and tabulated statement of the work done by an engine, as of a steamship, of the coal consumed, and of other items relating to the performance of machinery during a given time. 5. (Mining) A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave. {Log board} (Naut.), a board consisting of two parts shutting together like a book, with columns in which are entered the direction of the wind, course of the ship, etc., during each hour of the day and night. These entries are transferred to the log book. A folding slate is now used instead. {Log book}, [or] {Logbook} (Naut.), a book in which is entered the daily progress of a ship at sea, as indicated by the log, with notes on the weather and incidents of the voyage; the contents of the log board. {Log cabin}, {Log house}, a cabin or house made of logs. {Log canoe}, a canoe made by shaping and hollowing out a single log. | |
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Logan \Log"an\, n. A rocking or balanced stone. --Gwill. | |
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Loggan \Log"gan\, n. See {Logan}. | |
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Loosen \Loos"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Loosened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Loosening}.] [See {Loose}, v. t.] 1. To make loose; to free from tightness, tension, firmness, or fixedness; to make less dense or compact; as, to loosen a string, or a knot; to loosen a rock in the earth. After a year's rooting, then shaking doth the tree good by loosening of the earth. --Bacon. 2. To free from restraint; to set at liberty.. It loosens his hands, and assists his understanding. --Dryden. 3. To remove costiveness from; to facilitate or increase the alvine discharges of. --Bacon. | |
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Loosen \Loos"en\, v. i. To become loose; to become less tight, firm, or compact. --S. Sharp. | |
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Guillotine \Guil"lo*tine`\ (g[icr]l"l[osl]*t[emac]n`), n. [F., from Guillotin, a French physician, who proposed, in the Constituent Assembly of 1789, to abolish decapitation with the ax or sword. The instrument was invented by Dr. Antoine Louis, and was called at first {Louison} or {Louisette}. Similar machines, however, were known earlier.] 1. A machine for beheading a person by one stroke of a heavy ax or blade, which slides in vertical guides, is raised by a cord, and let fall upon the neck of the victim. 2. Any machine or instrument for cutting or shearing, resembling in its action a guillotine. | |
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Lyceum \Ly*ce"um\, n.; pl. E. {Lyceums}, L. {Lycea}. [L. lyceum, Gr. [?], so named after the neighboring temple of [?] [?] Apollo the wolf slayer, prob. fr. [?] belonging to a wolf, fr [?] wolf. See {Wolf}.] 1. A place of exercise with covered walks, in the suburbs of Athens, where Aristotle taught philosophy. 2. A house or apartment appropriated to instruction by lectures or disquisitions. 3. A higher school, in Europe, which prepares youths for the university. 4. An association for debate and literary improvement. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lycine \Lyc"ine\, n. (Chem.) A weak base identical with betaine; -- so called because found in the boxthorn ({Lycium barbarum}). See {Betaine}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Betaine \Be"ta*ine\, n. [From beta, generic name of the beet.] (Chem.) A nitrogenous base, {C5H11NO2}, produced artificially, and also occurring naturally in beet-root molasses and its residues, from which it is extracted as a white crystalline substance; -- called also {lycine} and {oxyneurine}. It has a sweetish taste. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lycine \Lyc"ine\, n. (Chem.) A weak base identical with betaine; -- so called because found in the boxthorn ({Lycium barbarum}). See {Betaine}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Betaine \Be"ta*ine\, n. [From beta, generic name of the beet.] (Chem.) A nitrogenous base, {C5H11NO2}, produced artificially, and also occurring naturally in beet-root molasses and its residues, from which it is extracted as a white crystalline substance; -- called also {lycine} and {oxyneurine}. It has a sweetish taste. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lyken \Ly"ken\, v. t. [See {Like}, v. t. ] To please; -- chiefly used impersonally. [Obs.] [bd] Sith it lyketh you.[b8] --Chaucer. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lachine, MI Zip code(s): 49753 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lackawanna, NY (city, FIPS 40189) Location: 42.81677 N, 78.82925 W Population (1990): 20585 (8986 housing units) Area: 15.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 14218 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lacon, IL (city, FIPS 40559) Location: 41.02172 N, 89.40681 W Population (1990): 1986 (816 housing units) Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61540 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lacona, IA (city, FIPS 42285) Location: 41.18992 N, 93.38419 W Population (1990): 357 (153 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50139 Lacona, NY (village, FIPS 40200) Location: 43.64372 N, 76.06892 W Population (1990): 593 (265 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 13083 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Laconia, IN (town, FIPS 40644) Location: 38.03210 N, 86.08530 W Population (1990): 75 (32 housing units) Area: 0.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 47135 Laconia, NH (city, FIPS 40180) Location: 43.56945 N, 71.48032 W Population (1990): 15743 (8201 housing units) Area: 52.6 sq km (land), 16.3 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Laguna, CA (CDP, FIPS 39173) Location: 38.42113 N, 121.42266 W Population (1990): 9828 (3939 housing units) Area: 14.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Laguna, NM (CDP, FIPS 37070) Location: 35.03861 N, 107.39256 W Population (1990): 434 (170 housing units) Area: 5.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lake Ann, MI (village, FIPS 44460) Location: 44.72574 N, 85.84447 W Population (1990): 217 (148 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 49650 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lake Anne, VA Zip code(s): 22090 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lakin, KS (city, FIPS 38175) Location: 37.94018 N, 101.25828 W Population (1990): 2060 (825 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67860 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lawson, MO (city, FIPS 40988) Location: 39.43628 N, 94.21359 W Population (1990): 1876 (692 housing units) Area: 4.9 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 64062 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lawsonia, MD (CDP, FIPS 46100) Location: 37.95750 N, 75.84204 W Population (1990): 1326 (642 housing units) Area: 16.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Ligon, KY Zip code(s): 41604 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lockney, TX (town, FIPS 43252) Location: 34.12290 N, 101.44185 W Population (1990): 2207 (809 housing units) Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 79241 Lockney, WV Zip code(s): 25258 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Logan, AL Zip code(s): 35098 Logan, IA (city, FIPS 46155) Location: 41.64464 N, 95.79101 W Population (1990): 1401 (611 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 51546 Logan, KS (city, FIPS 42100) Location: 39.66127 N, 99.56650 W Population (1990): 633 (326 housing units) Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67646 Logan, NM (village, FIPS 42040) Location: 35.36100 N, 103.44342 W Population (1990): 870 (858 housing units) Area: 20.6 sq km (land), 1.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 88426 Logan, OH (city, FIPS 44632) Location: 39.53690 N, 82.40175 W Population (1990): 6725 (2891 housing units) Area: 7.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 43138 Logan, OK Zip code(s): 73849 Logan, UT (city, FIPS 45860) Location: 41.74004 N, 111.83513 W Population (1990): 32762 (11440 housing units) Area: 36.6 sq km (land), 1.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 84321 Logan, WV (city, FIPS 48148) Location: 37.84911 N, 81.98686 W Population (1990): 2206 (1126 housing units) Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Louisiana, MO (city, FIPS 44174) Location: 39.44352 N, 91.05924 W Population (1990): 3967 (1808 housing units) Area: 6.7 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 63353 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lucama, NC (town, FIPS 39600) Location: 35.64352 N, 78.00862 W Population (1990): 933 (397 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 27851 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lucan, MN (city, FIPS 38420) Location: 44.40928 N, 95.41269 W Population (1990): 235 (111 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56255 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lucien, OK Zip code(s): 73757 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lycan, CO Zip code(s): 81084 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
LECOM Version of COMIT on GE 225 ca. 1966. Sammet 1969, p.419. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
lexeme analysis} converts strings in a language into a list of lexemes. For a programming language these word-like pieces would include {keywords}, {identifiers}, {literal}s and punctutation. The lexemes are then passed to the {parser} for syntactic analysis. (1996-04-06) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
LGEN A {logic language} for {VLSI} implementation by {S.C. Johnson} of {Bell Labs}. [S.C. Johnson, "Code Generation for Silicon", Proc 10th POPL, 1983]. (1995-02-15) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
LGN {Linear Graph Notation} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
LLGen LeBlanc. It conforms to a subset of {FMQ}. {(ftp://csczar.ncsu.edu/)}. ["Crafting A Compiler", Fischer and LeBlanc]. (1990-03-31) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
lock-in to supersede because of the cost or logistical difficulties involved in convincing all its users to switch something different and, typically, {incompatible}. The common implication is that the existing standard is notably inferior to other comparable standards developed before or since. Things which have been accused of benefiting from lock-in in the absence of being truly worthwhile include: the {QWERTY} keyboard; any well-known {operating system} or programming language you don't like (e.g., see "{Unix conspiracy}"); every product ever made by {Microsoft Corporation}; and most currently deployed formats for transmitting or storing data of any kind (especially the {Internet Protocol}, 7-bit (or even 8-bit) {character sets}, analog video or audio broadcast formats and nearly any file format). Because of {network effects} outside of just computer networks, {Real World} examples of lock-in include the current spelling conventions for writing English (or French, Japanese, Hebrew, Arabic, etc.); the design of American money; the imperial (feet, inches, ounces, etc.) system of measurement; and the various and anachronistic aspects of the internal organisation of any government (e.g., the American Electoral College). (1998-01-15) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
LOGIN 1. An {object-oriented} {deductive language} and {database} system integrating {logic programming} and {inheritance}. ["LOGIN: A Logic Programming Language with Built-In Inheritance", H. Ait-Kaci et al, J Logic Programming 3(3):185-215 (1986)]. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
login with a system, usually by giving a {user name} and {password} as a means of user {authentication}. The term is also used to mean the ability to access a service (also called an account), e.g. "Have you been given a login yet?" "Log in/on" is occasionally misused to refer to starting a session where no authorisation is involved, or to access where there is no session involved. E.g. "Log on to our {Web site}!" "login" is also the {Unix} program which reads and verifies a user's user name and password and starts an {interactive} session. (1997-08-03) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
LOGIN 1. An {object-oriented} {deductive language} and {database} system integrating {logic programming} and {inheritance}. ["LOGIN: A Logic Programming Language with Built-In Inheritance", H. Ait-Kaci et al, J Logic Programming 3(3):185-215 (1986)]. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
login with a system, usually by giving a {user name} and {password} as a means of user {authentication}. The term is also used to mean the ability to access a service (also called an account), e.g. "Have you been given a login yet?" "Log in/on" is occasionally misused to refer to starting a session where no authorisation is involved, or to access where there is no session involved. E.g. "Log on to our {Web site}!" "login" is also the {Unix} program which reads and verifies a user's user name and password and starts an {interactive} session. (1997-08-03) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
logon 1. 2. session-initiation request for a session between two {logical units}. (1996-03-07) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Legion a regiment of the Roman army, the number of men composing which differed at different times. It originally consisted of three thousand men, but in the time of Christ consisted of six thousand, exclusive of horsemen, who were in number a tenth of the foot-men. The word is used (Matt. 26:53; Mark 5:9) to express simply a great multitude. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Lycaonia an inland province of Asia Minor, on the west of Cappadocia and the south of Galatia. It was a Roman province, and its chief towns were Iconium, Lystra, and Derbe. The "speech of Lycaonia" (Acts 14:11) was probably the ancient Assyrian language, or perhaps, as others think, a corrupt Greek intermingled with Syriac words. Paul preached in this region, and revisited it (Acts 16:1-6; 18:23; 19:1). | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Leshem, a name; putting; a precious stone | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Lycaonia, she-wolf |