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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. | |
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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. | |
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Latakia \Lat`a*ki"a\, n. [Turk.] A superior quality of Turkish smoking tobacco, so called from the place where produced, the ancient Laodicea. | |
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Latch \Latch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Latched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Latching}.] [OE. lacchen. See {Latch}. n.] 1. To catch so as to hold. [Obs.] Those that remained threw darts at our men, and latching our darts, sent them again at us. --Golding. 2. To catch or fasten by means of a latch. The door was only latched. --Locke. | |
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Latch \Latch\, v. t. [Cf. F. l[82]cher to lick (of German origin). Cf. {Lick}.] To smear; to anoint. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Latch \Latch\, n. [OE. lacche, fr. lacchen to seize, As. l[91]ccan.] 1. That which fastens or holds; a lace; a snare. [Obs.] --Rom. of R. 2. A movable piece which holds anything in place by entering a notch or cavity; specifically, the catch which holds a door or gate when closed, though it be not bolted. 3. (Naut.) A latching. 4. A crossbow. [Obs.] --Wright. | |
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Latching \Latch"ing\, n. (Naut.) A loop or eye formed on the head rope of a bonnet, by which it is attached to the foot of a sail; -- called also {latch} and {lasket}. [Usually in pl.] | |
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Latch \Latch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Latched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Latching}.] [OE. lacchen. See {Latch}. n.] 1. To catch so as to hold. [Obs.] Those that remained threw darts at our men, and latching our darts, sent them again at us. --Golding. 2. To catch or fasten by means of a latch. The door was only latched. --Locke. | |
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Latch \Latch\, v. t. [Cf. F. l[82]cher to lick (of German origin). Cf. {Lick}.] To smear; to anoint. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Latch \Latch\, n. [OE. lacche, fr. lacchen to seize, As. l[91]ccan.] 1. That which fastens or holds; a lace; a snare. [Obs.] --Rom. of R. 2. A movable piece which holds anything in place by entering a notch or cavity; specifically, the catch which holds a door or gate when closed, though it be not bolted. 3. (Naut.) A latching. 4. A crossbow. [Obs.] --Wright. | |
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Latching \Latch"ing\, n. (Naut.) A loop or eye formed on the head rope of a bonnet, by which it is attached to the foot of a sail; -- called also {latch} and {lasket}. [Usually in pl.] | |
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Latewake \Late"wake`\, n. See {Lich wake}, under {Lich}. | |
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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. | |
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Latish \Lat"ish\, a. Somewhat late. [Colloq.] | |
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Lattice \Lat"tice\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Latticed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Latticing}.] 1. To make a lattice of; as, to lattice timbers. 2. To close, as an opening, with latticework; to furnish with a lattice; as, to lattice a window. {To lattice up}, to cover or inclose with a lattice. Therein it seemeth he [Alexander] hath latticed up C[91]sar. --Sir T. North. | |
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Lattice \Lat"tice\, n. [OE. latis, F. lattis lathwork, fr. latte lath. See {Latten}, 1st {Lath}.] 1. Any work of wood or metal, made by crossing laths, or thin strips, and forming a network; as, the lattice of a window; -- called also {latticework}. The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice. --Judg. v. 28. 2. (Her.) The representation of a piece of latticework used as a bearing, the bands being vertical and horizontal. {Lattice bridge}, a bridge supported by lattice girders, or latticework trusses. {Lattice girder} (Arch.), a girder of which the wed consists of diagonal pieces crossing each other in the manner of latticework. {Lattice plant} (Bot.), an aquatic plant of Madagascar ({Ouvirandra fenestralis}), whose leaves have interstices between their ribs and cross veins, so as to resemble latticework. A second species is {O. Berneriana}. The genus is merged in {Aponogeton} by recent authors. | |
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Lay \Lay\, a. [F. lai, L. laicus, Gr. [?] of or from the people, lay, from [?], [?], people. Cf. {Laic}.] 1. Of or pertaining to the laity, as distinct from the clergy; as, a lay person; a lay preacher; a lay brother. 2. Not educated or cultivated; ignorant.[Obs.] 3. Not belonging to, or emanating from, a particular profession; unprofessional; as, a lay opinion regarding the nature of a disease. {Lay baptism} (Eccl.), baptism administered by a lay person. --F. G. Lee. {Lay brother} (R. C. Ch.), one received into a convent of monks under the three vows, but not in holy orders. {Lay clerk} (Eccl.), a layman who leads the responses of the congregation, etc., in the church service. --Hook. {Lay days} (Com.), time allowed in a charter party for taking in and discharging cargo. --McElrath. {Lay elder}. See 2d {Elder}, 3, note. | |
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Ledge \Ledge\ (l[ecr]j), n. [Akin to AS. licgan to lie, Icel. liggja; cf. Icel. l[94]gg the ledge or rim at the bottom of a cask. See {Lie} to be prostrate.] [Formerly written {lidge}.] 1. A shelf on which articles may be laid; also, that which resembles such a shelf in form or use, as a projecting ridge or part, or a molding or edge in joinery. 2. A shelf, ridge, or reef, of rocks. 3. A layer or stratum. The lowest ledge or row should be of stone. --Sir H. Wotton. 4. (Mining) A lode; a limited mass of rock bearing valuable mineral. 5. (Shipbuilding) A piece of timber to support the deck, placed athwartship between beams. | |
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Ledgy \Ledg"y\ (-[ycr]), a. Abounding in ledges; consisting of a ledge or reef; as, a ledgy island. | |
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Leach \Leach\, n. [Written also {letch}.] [Cf. As. le[a0]h lye, G. lauge. See {Lye}.] 1. A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali. 2. A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc. {Leach tub}, a wooden tub in which ashes are leached. | |
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Letch \Letch\ (l[ecr]ch), v. & n. See {Leach}. | |
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Letch \Letch\, n. [See {Lech}, {Lecher}.] Strong desire; passion. (Archaic). | |
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Leach \Leach\, n. [Written also {letch}.] [Cf. As. le[a0]h lye, G. lauge. See {Lye}.] 1. A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali. 2. A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc. {Leach tub}, a wooden tub in which ashes are leached. | |
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Letch \Letch\ (l[ecr]ch), v. & n. See {Leach}. | |
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Letch \Letch\, n. [See {Lech}, {Lecher}.] Strong desire; passion. (Archaic). | |
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Letchy \Letch"y\ (-[ycr]), a. See {Leachy}. | |
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Lettic \Let"tic\ (l[ecr]t"t[icr]k), a. (a) Of or pertaining to the Letts; Lettish. (b) Of or pertaining to a branch of the Slavic family, subdivided into Lettish, Lithuanian, and Old Prussian. -- n. (a) The language of the Letts; Lettish. (b) The language of the Lettic race, including Lettish, Lithuanian, and Old Prussian. | |
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Lettish \Let"tish\ (l[ecr]t"t[icr]sh), a. Of or pertaining to the Letts. -- n. The language spoken by the Letts. See {Lettic}. | |
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Letts \Letts\ (l[ecr]ts), n. pl.; sing. {Lett} (l[ecr]t). (Ethnol.) An Indo-European people, allied to the Lithuanians and Old Prussians, and inhabiting a part of the Baltic provinces of Russia. | |
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Lettuce \Let"tuce\ (l[ecr]t"t[icr]s), n. [OE. letuce, prob. through Old French from some Late Latin derivative of L. lactuca lettuce, which, according to Varro, is fr. lac, lactis, milk, on account of the milky white juice which flows from it when it is cut: cf. F. laitue. Cf. {Lacteal}, {Lactucic}.] (Bot.) A composite plant of the genus {Lactuca} ({L. sativa}), the leaves of which are used as salad. Plants of this genus yield a milky juice, from which lactucarium is obtained. The commonest wild lettuce of the United States is {L. Canadensis}. {Hare's lettuce}, {Lamb's lettuce}. See under {Hare}, and {Lamb}. {Lettuce opium}. See {Lactucarium}. {Sea lettuce}, certain papery green seaweeds of the genus {Ulva}. | |
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Ledge \Ledge\ (l[ecr]j), n. [Akin to AS. licgan to lie, Icel. liggja; cf. Icel. l[94]gg the ledge or rim at the bottom of a cask. See {Lie} to be prostrate.] [Formerly written {lidge}.] 1. A shelf on which articles may be laid; also, that which resembles such a shelf in form or use, as a projecting ridge or part, or a molding or edge in joinery. 2. A shelf, ridge, or reef, of rocks. 3. A layer or stratum. The lowest ledge or row should be of stone. --Sir H. Wotton. 4. (Mining) A lode; a limited mass of rock bearing valuable mineral. 5. (Shipbuilding) A piece of timber to support the deck, placed athwartship between beams. | |
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Lidge \Lidge\ (l[icr]j), n. Same as {Ledge}.[Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Ledge \Ledge\ (l[ecr]j), n. [Akin to AS. licgan to lie, Icel. liggja; cf. Icel. l[94]gg the ledge or rim at the bottom of a cask. See {Lie} to be prostrate.] [Formerly written {lidge}.] 1. A shelf on which articles may be laid; also, that which resembles such a shelf in form or use, as a projecting ridge or part, or a molding or edge in joinery. 2. A shelf, ridge, or reef, of rocks. 3. A layer or stratum. The lowest ledge or row should be of stone. --Sir H. Wotton. 4. (Mining) A lode; a limited mass of rock bearing valuable mineral. 5. (Shipbuilding) A piece of timber to support the deck, placed athwartship between beams. | |
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Lidge \Lidge\ (l[icr]j), n. Same as {Ledge}.[Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Litchi \Li"tchi`\, n. (Bot.) The fruit of a tree native to China ({Nephelium Litchi}). It is nutlike, having a rough but tender shell, containing an aromatic pulp, and a single large seed. In the dried fruit which is exported the pulp somewhat resembles a raisin in color and form. [Written also {lichi}, and {lychee}.] -- {lite}. See -{lith}. | |
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Litchi \Li"tchi`\, n. (Bot.) A genus of East Indian sapindaceous trees consisting of a single species ({Litchi Chinensis}, syn. {Nephelium Litchi}) which bears the litchi nut. | |
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Lithic \Lith"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] of or belonging to stones, fr. li`qos stone: cf. F. lithique.] 1. Of or pertaining to stone; as, lithic architecture. 2. (Med.) Pertaining to the formation of uric-acid concretions (stone) in the bladder and other parts of the body; as, lithic diathesis. {LIthic acid} (Old Med. Chem.), uric acid. See {Uric acid}, under {Uric}. | |
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Lithic \Lith"ic\, n. (Med.) A medicine which tends to prevent stone in the bladder. | |
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Lithic \Lith"ic\, a. [From {Lithium}.] (Chem.) Pertaining to or denoting lithium or some of its compounds. --Frankland. | |
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Lloyd's \Lloyd's\, n. 1. An association of underwriters and others in London, for the collection and diffusion of marine intelligence, the insurance, classification, registration, and certifying of vessels, and the transaction of business of various kinds connected with shipping. 2. A part of the Royal Exchange, in London, appropriated to the use of underwriters and insurance brokers; -- called also {Lloyd's Rooms}. Note: The name is derived from Lloyd's Coffee House, in Lombard Street, where there were formerly rooms for the same purpose. The name Lloyd or Lloyd's has been taken by several associations, in different parts of Europe, established for purposes similar to those of the original association. {Lloyd's agents}, persons employed in various parts of the world, by the association called Lloyd's, to serve its interests. {Lloyd's list}, a publication of the latest news respecting shipping matters, with lists of vessels, etc., made under the direction of Lloyd's. --Brande & C. {Lloyd's register}, a register of vessels rated according to their quality, published yearly. | |
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Lodge \Lodge\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lodged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lodging}.] 1. To rest or remain a lodge house, or other shelter; to rest; to stay; to abide; esp., to sleep at night; as, to lodge in York Street. --Chaucer. Stay and lodge by me this night. --Shak. Something holy lodges in that breast. --Milton. 2. To fall or lie down, as grass or grain, when overgrown or beaten down by the wind. --Mortimer. 3. To come to a rest; to stop and remain; as, the bullet lodged in the bark of a tree. | |
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Lodge \Lodge\, v. t. [OE. loggen, OF. logier, F. loger. See {Lodge}, n. ] 1. To give shelter or rest to; especially, to furnish a sleeping place for; to harbor; to shelter; hence, to receive; to hold. Every house was proud to lodge a knight. --Dryden. The memory can lodge a greater stone of images that all the senses can present at one time. --Cheyne. 2. To drive to shelter; to track to covert. The deer is lodged; I have tracked her to her covert. --Addison. 3. To deposit for keeping or preservation; as, the men lodged their arms in the arsenal. 4. To cause to stop or rest in; to implant. He lodged an arrow in a tender breast. --Addison. 5. To lay down; to prostrate. Though bladed corn be lodged, and trees blown down. --Shak. {To lodge an information}, to enter a formal complaint. | |
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Lodge \Lodge\, n. [OE. loge, logge, F. loge, LL. laubia porch, gallery, fr. OHG. louba, G. laube, arbor, bower, fr. lab foliage. See {Leaf}, and cf. {Lobby}, {Loggia}.] 1. A shelter in which one may rest; as: (a) A shed; a rude cabin; a hut; as, an Indian's lodge. --Chaucer. Their lodges and their tentis up they gan bigge [to build]. --Robert of Brunne. O for a lodge in some vast wilderness! --Cowper. (b) A small dwelling house, as for a gamekeeper or gatekeeper of an estate. --Shak. (c) A den or cave. (d) The meeting room of an association; hence, the regularly constituted body of members which meets there; as, a masonic lodge. (c) The chamber of an abbot, prior, or head of a college. 2. (Mining) The space at the mouth of a level next the shaft, widened to permit wagons to pass, or ore to be deposited for hoisting; -- called also {platt}. --Raymond. 3. A collection of objects lodged together. The Maldives, a famous lodge of islands. --De Foe. 4. A family of North American Indians, or the persons who usually occupy an Indian lodge, -- as a unit of enumeration, reckoned from four to six persons; as, the tribe consists of about two hundred lodges, that is, of about a thousand individuals. {Lodge gate}, a park gate, or entrance gate, near the lodge. See {Lodge}, n., 1 (b) . | |
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Lotus \Lo"tus\, n. [L. lotus, Gr. [?]. Cf. {Lote}.] 1. (Bot.) (a) A name of several kinds of water lilies; as {Nelumbium speciosum}, used in religious ceremonies, anciently in Egypt, and to this day in Asia; {Nelumbium luteum}, the American lotus; and {Nymph[91]a Lotus} and {N. c[91]rulea}, the respectively white-flowered and blue-flowered lotus of modern Egypt, which, with {Nelumbium speciosum}, are figured on its ancient monuments. (b) The lotus of the lotuseaters, probably a tree found in Northern Africa, Sicily, Portugal, and Spain ({Zizyphus Lotus}), the fruit of which is mildly sweet. It was fabled by the ancients to make strangers who ate of it forget their native country, or lose all desire to return to it. (c) The lote, or nettle tree. See {Lote}. (d) A genus ({Lotus}) of leguminous plants much resembling clover. [Written also {lotos}.] {European lotus}, a small tree ({Diospyros Lotus}) of Southern Europe and Asia; also, its rather large bluish black berry, which is called also the {date plum}. | |
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Lotos \Lo"tos\, n. [NL.] (Bot.) See {Lotus}. | |
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Lotus \Lo"tus\, n. [L. lotus, Gr. [?]. Cf. {Lote}.] 1. (Bot.) (a) A name of several kinds of water lilies; as {Nelumbium speciosum}, used in religious ceremonies, anciently in Egypt, and to this day in Asia; {Nelumbium luteum}, the American lotus; and {Nymph[91]a Lotus} and {N. c[91]rulea}, the respectively white-flowered and blue-flowered lotus of modern Egypt, which, with {Nelumbium speciosum}, are figured on its ancient monuments. (b) The lotus of the lotuseaters, probably a tree found in Northern Africa, Sicily, Portugal, and Spain ({Zizyphus Lotus}), the fruit of which is mildly sweet. It was fabled by the ancients to make strangers who ate of it forget their native country, or lose all desire to return to it. (c) The lote, or nettle tree. See {Lote}. (d) A genus ({Lotus}) of leguminous plants much resembling clover. [Written also {lotos}.] {European lotus}, a small tree ({Diospyros Lotus}) of Southern Europe and Asia; also, its rather large bluish black berry, which is called also the {date plum}. | |
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Lotos \Lo"tos\, n. [NL.] (Bot.) See {Lotus}. | |
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Draw \Draw\ (dr[add]), v. t. [imp. {Drew} (dr[udd]); p. p. {Drawn} (dr[add]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Drawing}.] [OE. dra[yogh]en, drahen, draien, drawen, AS. dragan; akin to Icel. & Sw. draga, Dan. drage to draw, carry, and prob. to OS. dragan to bear, carry, D. dragen, G. tragen, Goth. dragan; cf. Skr. dhraj to move along, glide; and perh. akin to Skr. dhar to hold, bear. [root]73. Cf. 2d {Drag}, {Dray} a cart, 1st {Dredge}.] 1. To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow. He cast him down to ground, and all along Drew him through dirt and mire without remorse. --Spenser. He hastened to draw the stranger into a private room. --Sir W. Scott. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats? --James ii. 6. The arrow is now drawn to the head. --Atterbury. 2. To influence to move or tend toward one's self; to exercise an attracting force upon; to call towards itself; to attract; hence, to entice; to allure; to induce. The poet Did feign that Orpheus drew trees, stones, and floods. --Shak. All eyes you draw, and with the eyes the heart. --Dryden. 3. To cause to come out for one's use or benefit; to extract; to educe; to bring forth; as: (a) To bring or take out, or to let out, from some receptacle, as a stick or post from a hole, water from a cask or well, etc. The drew out the staves of the ark. --2 Chron. v. 9. Draw thee waters for the siege. --Nahum iii. 14. I opened the tumor by the point of a lancet without drawing one drop of blood. --Wiseman. (b) To pull from a sheath, as a sword. I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. --Ex. xv. 9. (c) To extract; to force out; to elicit; to derive. Spirits, by distillations, may be drawn out of vegetable juices, which shall flame and fume of themselves. --Cheyne. Until you had drawn oaths from him. --Shak. (d) To obtain from some cause or origin; to infer from evidence or reasons; to deduce from premises; to derive. We do not draw the moral lessons we might from history. --Burke. (e) To take or procure from a place of deposit; to call for and receive from a fund, or the like; as, to draw money from a bank. (f) To take from a box or wheel, as a lottery ticket; to receive from a lottery by the drawing out of the numbers for prizes or blanks; hence, to obtain by good fortune; to win; to gain; as, he drew a prize. (g) To select by the drawing of lots. Provided magistracies were filled by men freely chosen or drawn. --Freeman. 4. To remove the contents of; as: (a) To drain by emptying; to suck dry. Sucking and drawing the breast dischargeth the milk as fast as it can generated. --Wiseman. (b) To extract the bowels of; to eviscerate; as, to draw a fowl; to hang, draw, and quarter a criminal. In private draw your poultry, clean your tripe. --King. 5. To take into the lungs; to inhale; to inspire; hence, also, to utter or produce by an inhalation; to heave. [bd]Where I first drew air.[b8] --Milton. Drew, or seemed to draw, a dying groan. --Dryden. 6. To extend in length; to lengthen; to protract; to stretch; to extend, as a mass of metal into wire. How long her face is drawn! --Shak. And the huge Offa's dike which he drew from the mouth of Wye to that of Dee. --J. R. Green. 7. To run, extend, or produce, as a line on any surface; hence, also, to form by marking; to make by an instrument of delineation; to produce, as a sketch, figure, or picture. 8. To represent by lines drawn; to form a sketch or a picture of; to represent by a picture; to delineate; hence, to represent by words; to depict; to describe. A flattering painter who made it his care To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are. --Goldsmith. Can I, untouched, the fair one's passions move, Or thou draw beauty and not feel its power? --Prior. 9. To write in due form; to prepare a draught of; as, to draw a memorial, a deed, or bill of exchange. Clerk, draw a deed of gift. --Shak. 10. To require (so great a depth, as of water) for floating; -- said of a vessel; to sink so deep in (water); as, a ship draws ten feet of water. 11. To withdraw. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Go wash thy face, and draw the action. --Shak. 12. To trace by scent; to track; -- a hunting term. Note: Draw, in most of its uses, retains some shade of its original sense, to pull, to move forward by the application of force in advance, or to extend in length, and usually expresses an action as gradual or continuous, and leisurely. We pour liquid quickly, but we draw it in a continued stream. We force compliance by threats, but we draw it by gradual prevalence. We may write a letter with haste, but we draw a bill with slow caution and regard to a precise form. We draw a bar of metal by continued beating. {To draw a bow}, to bend the bow by drawing the string for discharging the arrow. {To draw a cover}, to clear a cover of the game it contains. {To draw a curtain}, to cause a curtain to slide or move, either closing or unclosing. [bd]Night draws the curtain, which the sun withdraws.[b8] --Herbert. {To draw a line}, to fix a limit or boundary. {To draw back}, to receive back, as duties on goods for exportation. {To draw breath}, to breathe. --Shak. {To draw cuts} [or] {lots}. See under {Cut}, n. {To draw in}. (a) To bring or pull in; to collect. (b) To entice; to inveigle. {To draw interest}, to produce or gain interest. {To draw off}, to withdraw; to abstract. --Addison. {To draw on}, to bring on; to occasion; to cause. [bd]War which either his negligence drew on, or his practices procured.[b8] --Hayward. {To draw (one) out}, to elicit cunningly the thoughts and feelings of another. {To draw out}, to stretch or extend; to protract; to spread out. -- [bd]Wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?[b8] --Ps. lxxxv. 5. [bd]Linked sweetness long drawn out.[b8] --Milton. {To draw over}, to cause to come over, to induce to leave one part or side for the opposite one. {To draw the longbow}, to exaggerate; to tell preposterous tales. {To draw (one)} {to [or] on to} (something), to move, to incite, to induce. [bd]How many actions most ridiculous hast thou been drawn to by thy fantasy?[b8] --Shak. {To draw up}. (a) To compose in due form; to draught; to form in writing. (b) To arrange in order, as a body of troops; to array. [bd]Drawn up in battle to receive the charge.[b8] --Dryden. Syn: To {Draw}, {Drag}. Usage: Draw differs from drag in this, that drag implies a natural inaptitude for drawing, or positive resistance; it is applied to things pulled or hauled along the ground, or moved with toil or difficulty. Draw is applied to all bodies moved by force in advance, whatever may be the degree of force; it commonly implies that some kind of aptitude or provision exists for drawing. Draw is the more general or generic term, and drag the more specific. We say, the horses draw a coach or wagon, but they drag it through mire; yet draw is properly used in both cases. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lotus \Lo"tus\, n. [L. lotus, Gr. [?]. Cf. {Lote}.] 1. (Bot.) (a) A name of several kinds of water lilies; as {Nelumbium speciosum}, used in religious ceremonies, anciently in Egypt, and to this day in Asia; {Nelumbium luteum}, the American lotus; and {Nymph[91]a Lotus} and {N. c[91]rulea}, the respectively white-flowered and blue-flowered lotus of modern Egypt, which, with {Nelumbium speciosum}, are figured on its ancient monuments. (b) The lotus of the lotuseaters, probably a tree found in Northern Africa, Sicily, Portugal, and Spain ({Zizyphus Lotus}), the fruit of which is mildly sweet. It was fabled by the ancients to make strangers who ate of it forget their native country, or lose all desire to return to it. (c) The lote, or nettle tree. See {Lote}. (d) A genus ({Lotus}) of leguminous plants much resembling clover. [Written also {lotos}.] {European lotus}, a small tree ({Diospyros Lotus}) of Southern Europe and Asia; also, its rather large bluish black berry, which is called also the {date plum}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bird's-foot \Bird's"-foot`\, n. (Bot.) A papilionaceous plant, the {Ornithopus}, having a curved, cylindrical pod tipped with a short, clawlike point. {Bird's-foot trefoil}. (Bot.) (a) A genus of plants ({Lotus}) with clawlike pods. {L. corniculatas}, with yellow flowers, is very common in Great Britain. (b) the related plant, {Trigonella ornithopodioides}, is also European. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Loutish \Lout"ish\, a. Clownish; rude; awkward. [bd]Loutish clown.[b8] --Sir P. Sidney. -- {Lout"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Lout"ish*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Luteic \Lu*te"ic\, a. (Chem.) (a) Pertaining to, or derived from, weld ({Reseda luteola}). (b) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid resembling luteolin, but obtained from the flowers of {Euphorbia cyparissias}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Luteous \Lu"te*ous\, a. [L. luteus, fr. lutum dyer's broom, weld, which is used as a yellow dye.] Yellowish; more or less like buff. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lutose \Lu*tose"\, a. [L. lutosus, fr. lutum mud.] Covered with clay; miry. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Ladoga, IN (town, FIPS 40698) Location: 39.91675 N, 86.79867 W Population (1990): 1124 (404 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 47954 | |
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Latexo, TX (city, FIPS 41644) Location: 31.38911 N, 95.47447 W Population (1990): 289 (134 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Ledoux, NM Zip code(s): 87725 | |
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Letts, IA (city, FIPS 44715) Location: 41.33005 N, 91.23475 W Population (1990): 390 (149 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 52754 | |
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Lotsee, OK (town, FIPS 44100) Location: 36.13335 N, 96.20917 W Population (1990): 7 (2 housing units) Area: 0.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Lotus, CA Zip code(s): 95651 | |
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Ludowici, GA (city, FIPS 47784) Location: 31.71066 N, 81.74639 W Population (1990): 1291 (594 housing units) Area: 5.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 31316 | |
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Lutak, AK (CDP, FIPS 45700) Location: 59.34107 N, 135.56551 W Population (1990): 45 (45 housing units) Area: 170.8 sq km (land), 23.0 sq km (water) | |
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Lutts, TN Zip code(s): 38471 | |
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Lutz, FL (CDP, FIPS 41775) Location: 28.13873 N, 82.46305 W Population (1990): 10552 (4046 housing units) Area: 34.3 sq km (land), 4.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 33549 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
latch A digital logic circuit used to store one or more bits. A latch has a data input, a clock input and an output. When the clock input is active, data on the input is "latched" or stored and transfered to the output either immediately or when the clock input goes inactive. The output will then retain its value until the clock goes active again. See also {flip-flop}. (1995-02-03) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
LaTeX top of {TeX}. LaTeX was developed at {SRI International}'s Computer Science Laboratory and was built to resemble {Scribe}. LaTeX adds commands to simplify typesetting and lets the user concentrate on the structure of the text rather than on formatting commands. {BibTeX} is a LaTeX package for bibliographic citations. Lamport's LaTeX book has an exemplary index listing every symbol, concept and example in the book. The index in the, now obsolete, first edition includes (on page 221) the mysterious entry "Gilkerson, Ellen, 221". The second edition (1994) has an entry for "infinite loop" instead. ["LaTeX, A Document Preparation System", Leslie Lamport, A-W 1986, ISBN 0-201-15790-X (first edition, now obsolete)]. (1997-11-17) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
lattice have a {least upper bound} and {greatest lower bound}. This definition has been standard at least since the 1930s and probably since Dedekind worked on lattice theory in the 19th century; though he may not have used that name. See also {complete lattice}, {domain theory}. (1999-12-09) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
LOTIS LOgic, TIming, Sequencing. A language which describes a computer via its data flow. [Sammet 1969, p. 620]. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
LOTOS {Language Of Temporal Ordering Specification} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Lotus 1-2-3 Development Corporation}. It can be programmed using "{macro}s" and comes with a separate program to produce graphs and charts but this cannot be run at the same time as the spreadsheet. It has keyboard-driven {pop-up menu}s as well as one-key commands, making it fast to operate. Lotus 1-2-3 supported {EGA} and later {VGA} graphics. Early versions used the {filename extension} "WK1". Version: 4. Lotus 1-2-3 has been the subject of several {user interface copyright} court cases in the US. {Home (http://www.nyweb.com/lotus/123.html)}. 1-2-3's successor, {Symphony}, had simultaneous update of spreadsheet, graph and {word processor} windows. (1995-11-28) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Laodicea The city of this name mentioned in Scripture lay on the confines of Phrygia and Lydia, about 40 miles east of Ephesus (Rev. 3:14), on the banks of the Lycus. It was originally called Diospolis and then Rhoas, but afterwards Laodicea, from Laodice, the wife of Antiochus II., king of Syria, who rebuilt it. It was one of the most important and flourishing cities of Asia Minor. At a very early period it became one of the chief seats of Christianity (Col. 2:1; 4:15; Rev. 1:11, etc.). It is now a deserted place, called by the Turks Eski-hissar or "old castle." | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Lattice (1.) Heb. 'eshnabh, a latticed opening through which the cool breeze passes (Judg. 5:28). The flat roofs of the houses were sometimes enclosed with a parapet of lattice-work on wooden frames, to screen the women of the house from the gaze of the neighbourhood. (2.) Heb. harakim, the network or lattice of a window (Cant. 2:9). (3.) Heb. sebakhah, the latticed balustrade before a window or balcony (2 Kings 1:2). The lattice window is frequently used in Eastern countries. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Lodge a shed for a watchman in a garden (Isa. 1:8). The Hebrew name _melunah_ is rendered "cottage" (q.v.) in Isa. 24:20. It also denotes a hammock or hanging-bed. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Laodicea, just people |