English Dictionary: legerdemain | by the DICT Development Group |
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Lion's tail \Li"on's tail`\ (t[amac]l`). (Bot.) A genus of labiate plants ({Leonurus}); -- so called from a fancied resemblance of its flower spikes to the tuft of a lion's tail. {L. Cardiaca} is the common {motherwort}. | |
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Lobelia \Lo*be"li*a\ (?; 106), n. [NL. So called from Lobel, botanist to King James I.] (Bot.) A genus of plants, including a great number of species. {Lobelia inflata}, or Indian tobacco, is an annual plant of North America, whose leaves contain a poisonous white viscid juice, of an acrid taste. It has often been used in medicine as an emetic, expectorant, etc. {L. cardinalis} is the cardinal flower, remarkable for the deep and vivid red color of its flowers. | |
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Honeysuckle \Hon"ey*suc`kle\, n. [Cf. AS. hunis[?]ge privet. See {Honey}, and {Suck}.] (Bot.) One of several species of flowering plants, much admired for their beauty, and some for their fragrance. Note: The honeysuckles are properly species of the genus {Lonicera}; as, {L. Caprifolium}, and {L. Japonica}, the commonly cultivated fragrant kinds; {L. Periclymenum}, the fragrant woodbine of England; {L. grata}, the American woodbine, and {L. sempervirens}, the red-flowered trumpet honeysuckle. The European fly honeysuckle is {L. Xylosteum}; the American, {L. ciliata}. The American Pinxter flower ({Azalea nudiflora}) is often called honeysuckle, or false honeysuckle. The name {Australian honeysuckle} is applied to one or more trees of the genus {Banksia}. See {French honeysuckle}, under {French}. | |
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Lacerate \Lac"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lacerated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lacerating} ([?]>).] [L. laceratus, p. p. of lacerare to lacerate, fr. lacer mangled, lacerated; cf. Gr. [?] a rent, rending, [?] to tear; perh. akin to E. slay.] To tear; to rend; to separate by tearing; to mangle; as, to lacerate the flesh. Hence: To afflict; to torture; as, to lacerate the heart. | |
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Lacerate \Lac"er*ate\, Lacerated \Lac"er*a`ted\, p. a. [L. laceratus, p. p.] 1. Rent; torn; mangled; as, a lacerated wound. By each other's fury lacerate --Southey. 2. (Bot. & Zo[94]l.) Jagged, or slashed irregularly, at the end, or along the edge. | |
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Lacerate \Lac"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lacerated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lacerating} ([?]>).] [L. laceratus, p. p. of lacerare to lacerate, fr. lacer mangled, lacerated; cf. Gr. [?] a rent, rending, [?] to tear; perh. akin to E. slay.] To tear; to rend; to separate by tearing; to mangle; as, to lacerate the flesh. Hence: To afflict; to torture; as, to lacerate the heart. | |
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Lacerate \Lac"er*ate\, Lacerated \Lac"er*a`ted\, p. a. [L. laceratus, p. p.] 1. Rent; torn; mangled; as, a lacerated wound. By each other's fury lacerate --Southey. 2. (Bot. & Zo[94]l.) Jagged, or slashed irregularly, at the end, or along the edge. | |
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Lacerate \Lac"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lacerated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lacerating} ([?]>).] [L. laceratus, p. p. of lacerare to lacerate, fr. lacer mangled, lacerated; cf. Gr. [?] a rent, rending, [?] to tear; perh. akin to E. slay.] To tear; to rend; to separate by tearing; to mangle; as, to lacerate the flesh. Hence: To afflict; to torture; as, to lacerate the heart. | |
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Laceration \Lac`er*a"tion\, n. [L. laceratio: cf. F. lac[82]ration.] 1. The act of lacerating. 2. A breach or wound made by lacerating. --Arbuthnot. | |
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Lacerative \Lac"er*a*tive\, a. Lacerating, or having the power to lacerate; as, lacerative humors. --Harvey. | |
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Lacert \La"cert\, n. [OE. lacerte. See {Lacertus}.] A muscle of the human body. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Lacerta \La*cer"ta\, n. [L. lacertus the arm.] A fathom. [Obs.] --Domesday Book. | |
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Lacerta \La*cer"ta\, n. [L. a lizard. See {Lizard}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A genus of lizards. See {Lizard}. Note: Formerly it included nearly all the known lizards. It is now restricted to certain diurnal Old World species, like the green lizard ({Lacerta viridis}) and the sand lizard ({L. agilis}), of Europe. 2. (Astron.) The Lizard, a northern constellation. | |
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{Sand grouse} (Zo[94]l.), any one of many species of Old World birds belonging to the suborder Pterocletes, and resembling both grouse and pigeons. Called also {rock grouse}, {rock pigeon}, and {ganga}. They mostly belong to the genus {Pterocles}, as the common Indian species ({P. exustus}). The large sand grouse ({P. arenarius}), the painted sand grouse ({P. fasciatus}), and the pintail sand grouse ({P. alchata}) are also found in India. See Illust. under {Pterocletes}. {Sand hill}, a hill of sand; a dune. {Sand-hill crane} (Zo[94]l.), the American brown crane ({Grus Mexicana}). {Sand hopper} (Zo[94]l.), a beach flea; an orchestian. {Sand hornet} (Zo[94]l.), a sand wasp. {Sand lark}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small lark ({Alaudala raytal}), native of India. (b) A small sandpiper, or plover, as the ringneck, the sanderling, and the common European sandpiper. (c) The Australian red-capped dotterel ({[92]gialophilus ruficapillus}); -- called also {red-necked plover}. {Sand launce} (Zo[94]l.), a lant, or launce. {Sand lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a common European lizard ({Lacerta agilis}). {Sand martin} (Zo[94]l.), the bank swallow. {Sand mole} (Zo[94]l.), the coast rat. {Sand monitor} (Zo[94]l.), a large Egyptian lizard ({Monitor arenarius}) which inhabits dry localities. {Sand mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.] {Sand myrtle}. (Bot.) See under {Myrtle}. {Sand partridge} (Zo[94]l.), either of two small Asiatic partridges of the genus {Ammoperdix}. The wings are long and the tarsus is spurless. One species ({A. Heeji}) inhabits Palestine and Arabia. The other species ({A. Bonhami}), inhabiting Central Asia, is called also {seesee partridge}, and {teehoo}. {Sand picture}, a picture made by putting sand of different colors on an adhesive surface. {Sand pike}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The sauger. (b) The lizard fish. {Sand pillar}, a sand storm which takes the form of a whirling pillar in its progress in desert tracts like those of the Sahara and Mongolia. {Sand pipe} (Geol.), a tubular cavity, from a few inches to several feet in depth, occurring especially in calcareous rocks, and often filled with gravel, sand, etc.; -- called also {sand gall}. {Sand pride} (Zo[94]l.), a small British lamprey now considered to be the young of larger species; -- called also {sand prey}. {Sand pump}, in artesian well boring, a long, slender bucket with a valve at the bottom for raising sand from the well. {Sand rat} (Zo[94]l.), the pocket gopher. {Sand rock}, a rock made of cemented sand. {Sand runner} (Zo[94]l.), the turnstone. {Sand saucer} (Zo[94]l.), the mass of egg capsules, or o[94]thec[91], of any mollusk of the genus {Natica} and allied genera. It has the shape of a bottomless saucer, and is coated with fine sand; -- called also {sand collar}. {Sand screw} (Zo[94]l.), an amphipod crustacean ({Lepidactylis arenarius}), which burrows in the sandy seabeaches of Europe and America. {Sand shark} (Zo[94]l.), an American shark ({Odontaspis littoralis}) found on the sandy coasts of the Eastern United States; -- called also {gray shark}, and {dogfish shark}. See Illust. under {Remora}. {Sand skink} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old World lizards belonging to the genus {Seps}; as, the ocellated sand skink ({Seps ocellatus}) of Southern Europe. {Sand skipper} (Zo[94]l.), a beach flea, or orchestian. {Sand smelt} (Zo[94]l.), a silverside. {Sand snake}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of harmless burrowing snakes of the genus {Eryx}, native of Southern Europe, Africa, and Asia, especially {E. jaculus} of India and {E. Johnii}, used by snake charmers. (b) Any innocuous South African snake of the genus {Psammophis}, especially {P. sibilans}. {Sand snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the sandpiper. {Sand star} (Zo[94]l.), an ophiurioid starfish living on sandy sea bottoms; a brittle star. {Sand storm}, a cloud of sand driven violently by the wind. {Sand sucker}, the sandnecker. {Sand swallow} (Zo[94]l.), the bank swallow. See under {Bank}. {Sand tube}, a tube made of sand. Especially: (a) A tube of vitrified sand, produced by a stroke of lightning; a fulgurite. (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any tube made of cemented sand. (c) (Zo[94]l.) In starfishes, a tube having calcareous particles in its wall, which connects the oral water tube with the madreporic plate. {Sand viper}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Hognose snake}. {Sand wasp} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to the families {Pompilid[91]} and {Spherid[91]}, which dig burrows in sand. The female provisions the nest with insects or spiders which she paralyzes by stinging, and which serve as food for her young. | |
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Wall \Wall\, n. [AS. weall, from L. vallum a wall, vallus a stake, pale, palisade; akin to Gr. [?] a nail. Cf. {Interval}.] 1. A work or structure of stone, brick, or other materials, raised to some height, and intended for defense or security, solid and permanent inclosing fence, as around a field, a park, a town, etc., also, one of the upright inclosing parts of a building or a room. The plaster of the wall of the King's palace. --Dan. v. 5. 2. A defense; a rampart; a means of protection; in the plural, fortifications, in general; works for defense. The waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. --Ex. xiv. 22. In such a night, Troilus, methinks, mounted the Troyan walls. --Shak. To rush undaunted to defend the walls. --Dryden. 3. An inclosing part of a receptacle or vessel; as, the walls of a steam-engine cylinder. 4. (Mining) (a) The side of a level or drift. (b) The country rock bounding a vein laterally. --Raymond. Note: Wall is often used adjectively, and also in the formation of compounds, usually of obvious signification; as in wall paper, or wall-paper; wall fruit, or wall-fruit; wallflower, etc. {Blank wall}, Blind wall, etc. See under {Blank}, {Blind}, etc. {To drive to the wall}, to bring to extremities; to push to extremes; to get the advantage of, or mastery over. {To go to the wall}, to be hard pressed or driven; to be the weaker party; to be pushed to extremes. {To take the wall}. to take the inner side of a walk, that is, the side next the wall; hence, to take the precedence. [bd]I will take the wall of any man or maid of Montague's.[b8] --Shak. {Wall barley} (Bot.), a kind of grass ({Hordeum murinum}) much resembling barley; squirrel grass. See under {Squirrel}. {Wall box}. (Mach.) See {Wall frame}, below. {Wall creeper} (Zo[94]l.), a small bright-colored bird ({Tichodroma muraria}) native of Asia and Southern Europe. It climbs about over old walls and cliffs in search of insects and spiders. Its body is ash-gray above, the wing coverts are carmine-red, the primary quills are mostly red at the base and black distally, some of them with white spots, and the tail is blackish. Called also {spider catcher}. {Wall cress} (Bot.), a name given to several low cruciferous herbs, especially to the mouse-ear cress. See under {Mouse-ear}. {Wall frame} (Mach.), a frame set in a wall to receive a pillow block or bearing for a shaft passing through the wall; -- called also {wall box}. {Wall fruit}, fruit borne by trees trained against a wall. {Wall gecko} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old World geckos which live in or about buildings and run over the vertical surfaces of walls, to which they cling by means of suckers on the feet. {Wall lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a common European lizard ({Lacerta muralis}) which frequents houses, and lives in the chinks and crevices of walls; -- called also {wall newt}. {Wall louse}, a wood louse. {Wall moss} (Bot.), any species of moss growing on walls. {Wall newt} (Zo[94]l.), the wall lizard. --Shak. {Wall paper}, paper for covering the walls of rooms; paper hangings. {Wall pellitory} (Bot.), a European plant ({Parictaria officinalis}) growing on old walls, and formerly esteemed medicinal. {Wall pennywort} (Bot.), a plant ({Cotyledon Umbilicus}) having rounded fleshy leaves. It is found on walls in Western Europe. {Wall pepper} (Bot.), a low mosslike plant ({Sedum acre}) with small fleshy leaves having a pungent taste and bearing yellow flowers. It is common on walls and rocks in Europe, and is sometimes seen in America. {Wall pie} (Bot.), a kind of fern; wall rue. {Wall piece}, a gun planted on a wall. --H. L. Scott. {Wall plate} (Arch.), a piece of timber placed horizontally upon a wall, and supporting posts, joists, and the like. See Illust. of {Roof}. {Wall rock}, granular limestone used in building walls. [U. S.] --Bartlett. {Wall rue} (Bot.), a species of small fern ({Asplenium Ruta-muraria}) growing on walls, rocks, and the like. {Wall spring}, a spring of water issuing from stratified rocks. {Wall tent}, a tent with upright cloth sides corresponding to the walls of a house. {Wall wasp} (Zo[94]l.), a common European solitary wasp ({Odynerus parietus}) which makes its nest in the crevices of walls. | |
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Lacerta \La*cer"ta\, n. [L. a lizard. See {Lizard}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A genus of lizards. See {Lizard}. Note: Formerly it included nearly all the known lizards. It is now restricted to certain diurnal Old World species, like the green lizard ({Lacerta viridis}) and the sand lizard ({L. agilis}), of Europe. 2. (Astron.) The Lizard, a northern constellation. | |
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d8Lacertus \[d8]La*cer"tus\, n.; pl. {Lacerti} (-t[c6]). [L., the upper arm.] (Anat.) A bundle or fascicle of muscular fibers. | |
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Lacertian \La*cer"tian\, a. [Cf. F. lacertien.] (Zo[94]l.) Like a lizard; of or pertaining to the Lacertilia. -- n. One of the Lacertilia. | |
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Lacertilian \Lac`er*til"i*an\ (-an), a. & n. Same as {Lacertian}. | |
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Lacertiloid \La*cer"ti*loid\, a. [Lacertilia + -oid.] (Zo[94]l.) Like or belonging to the Lacertilia. | |
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Lacertine \La*cer"tine\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Lacertian. | |
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Lacquer \Lac"quer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lacquered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lacquering}.] To cover with lacquer. [bd]Lacquer'd chair.[b8] --Pope. | |
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Lacrymary \Lac"ry*ma*ry\, Lacrytory \Lac"ry*to*ry\, Lacrymose \Lac"ry*mose\ See {Lachrymary}, {Lachrymatory}, {Lachrymose}. | |
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Lagarto \La*gar"to\, n. [See {Alligator}.] An alligator. [Obs.] --Sir W. Raleigh. | |
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Laggard \Lag"gard\, a. [Lag + -ard.] Slow; sluggish; backward. | |
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Laggard \Lag"gard\, n. One who lags; a loiterer. | |
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Laughworthy \Laugh"wor`thy\, a. Deserving to be laughed at. [R.] --B. Jonson. | |
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Lazaret \Laz`a*ret"\, Lazaretto \Laz`a*ret"to\, n. [F. lazaret, or It. lazzeretto, fr. Lazarus. See {Lazar}.] A public building, hospital, or pesthouse for the reception of diseased persons, particularly those affected with contagious diseases. | |
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Lazaret fever \Lazaret fever\ (Med.) Typhus fever. | |
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Lazaret \Laz`a*ret"\, Lazaretto \Laz`a*ret"to\, n. [F. lazaret, or It. lazzeretto, fr. Lazarus. See {Lazar}.] A public building, hospital, or pesthouse for the reception of diseased persons, particularly those affected with contagious diseases. | |
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d8Lazaret \[d8]Laz`a*ret"\, Lazaretto \Laz`a*ret"to\n. (Naut.) Note: (Pronounced by seamen [?]) A low space under the after part of the main deck, used as a storeroom. | |
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Lazarist \Laz"a*rist\, Lazarite \Laz"a*rite\, n. (R. C. Ch.) One of the Congregation of the Priests of the Mission, a religious institute founded by Vincent de Paul in 1624, and popularly called Lazarists or Lazarites from the College of St. Lazare in Paris, which was occupied by them until 1792. | |
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Lecher \Lech"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lechered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lechering}.] To practice lewdness. | |
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Legerdemain \Leg`er*de*main"\ (l[ecr]j`[etil]r*d[esl]*m[amac]n"), n. [F. l[82]ger light, nimble + de of + main hand, L. manus. See 3d {Leger}, and {Manual}.] Sleight of hand; a trick of sleight of hand; hence, any artful deception or trick. He of legierdemayne the mysteries did know. --Spenser. The tricks and legerdemain by which men impose upon their own souls. --South. | |
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Legerdemainist \Leg`er*de*main"ist\, n. One who practices sleight of hand; a prestidigitator. | |
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Legerity \Le*ger"i*ty\ (l[esl]*j[ecr]r"[icr]*t[ycr]), n. [F. l[82]g[8a]ret[82]. See 3d {Leger}.] Lightness; nimbleness. [Archaic] --Shak. | |
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Leisured \Lei"sured\ (l[emac]"zh[usl]rd), a. Having leisure. [bd]The leisured classes.[b8] --Gladstone. | |
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Leucorrhd2a \Leu`cor*rh[d2]"a\ (l[umac]`k[ocr]r*r[emac]"[adot]), n. [Leuco- + Gr. "rei^n to flow.] (Med.) A discharge of a white, yellowish, or greenish, viscid mucus, resulting from inflammation or irritation of the membrane lining the genital organs of the female; the whites. | |
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Bitterroot \Bit"ter*root`\, n. (Bot.) A plant ({Lewisia rediviva}) allied to the purslane, but with fleshy, farinaceous roots, growing in the mountains of Idaho, Montana, etc. It gives the name to the Bitter Root mountains and river. The Indians call both the plant and the river Sp[91]t'lum. | |
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Lichwort \Lich"wort`\ (-w[ucir]rt`), n. (Bot.) An herb, the wall pellitory. See {Pellitory}. | |
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Pellitory \Pel"li*to*ry\, n. [OE. paritorie, OF. paritoire, F. pari[82]taire; (cf. It. & Sp. parietaria), L. parietaria the parietary, or pellitory, the wall plant, fr. parietarus belonging to the walls, fr. paries, parietis a wall. Cf. {Parietary}.] (Bot.) The common name of the several species of the genus {Parietaria}, low, harmless weeds of the Nettle family; -- also called {wall pellitory}, and {lichwort}. Note: {Parietaria officinalis} is common on old walls in Europe; {P. pennsylvanica} is found in the United States; and six or seven more species are found near the Mediterranean, or in the Orient. | |
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Lichwort \Lich"wort`\ (-w[ucir]rt`), n. (Bot.) An herb, the wall pellitory. See {Pellitory}. | |
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Pellitory \Pel"li*to*ry\, n. [OE. paritorie, OF. paritoire, F. pari[82]taire; (cf. It. & Sp. parietaria), L. parietaria the parietary, or pellitory, the wall plant, fr. parietarus belonging to the walls, fr. paries, parietis a wall. Cf. {Parietary}.] (Bot.) The common name of the several species of the genus {Parietaria}, low, harmless weeds of the Nettle family; -- also called {wall pellitory}, and {lichwort}. Note: {Parietaria officinalis} is common on old walls in Europe; {P. pennsylvanica} is found in the United States; and six or seven more species are found near the Mediterranean, or in the Orient. | |
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Liquor \Liq"uor\ (l[icr]k"[etil]r), n. [OE. licour, licur, OF. licur, F. liqueur, fr. L. liquor, fr. liquere to be liquid. See {Liquid}, and cf. {Liqueur}.] 1. Any liquid substance, as water, milk, blood, sap, juice, or the like. 2. Specifically, alcoholic or spirituous fluid, either distilled or fermented, as brandy, wine, whisky, beer, etc. 3. (Pharm.) A solution of a medicinal substance in water; -- distinguished from tincture and aqua. Note: The U. S. Pharmacop[oe]ia includes, in this class of preparations, all aqueous solutions without sugar, in which the substance acted on is wholly soluble in water, excluding those in which the dissolved matter is gaseous or very volatile, as in the aqu[91] or waters. --U. S. Disp. {Labarraque's liquor} (Old Chem.), a solution of an alkaline hypochlorite, as sodium hypochlorite, used in bleaching and as a disinfectant. {Liquor of flints}, [or] {Liquor silicum} (Old Chem.), soluble glass; -- so called because formerly made from powdered flints. See {Soluble glass}, under {Glass}. {Liquor of Libavius}. (Old Chem.) See {Fuming liquor of Libavius}, under {Fuming}. {Liquor sanguinis} (s[acr]n"gw[icr]n*[icr]s) (Physiol.), the blood plasma. {Liquor thief}, a tube for taking samples of liquor from a cask through the bung hole. {To be in liquor}, to be intoxicated. | |
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Liquor \Liq"uor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Liquored} (-[etil]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Liquoring}.] 1. To supply with liquor. [R.] 2. To grease. [Obs.] --Bacon. Liquor fishermen's boots. --Shak. | |
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Lizard \Liz"ard\, n. [OE. lesarde, OF. lesarde, F. l[82]zard, L. lacerta, lacertus. Cf. {Alligator}, {Lacerta}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of the numerous species of reptiles belonging to the order Lacertilia; sometimes, also applied to reptiles of other orders, as the Hatteria. Note: Most lizards have an elongated body, with four legs, and a long tail; but there are some without legs, and some with a short, thick tail. Most have scales, but some are naked; most have eyelids, but some do not. The tongue is varied in form and structure. In some it is forked, in others, as the chameleons, club-shaped, and very extensible. See {Amphisb[91]na}, {Chameleon}, {Gecko}, {Gila monster}, {Horned toad}, {Iguana}, and {Dragon}, 6. 2. (Naut.) A piece of rope with thimble or block spliced into one or both of the ends. --R. H. Dana, Ir. 3. A piece of timber with a forked end, used in dragging a heavy stone, a log, or the like, from a field. {Lizard fish} (Zo[94]l.), a marine scopeloid fish of the genus {Synodus}, or {Saurus}, esp. {S. f[d2]tens} of the Southern United States and West Indies; -- called also {sand pike}. {Lizard snake} (Zo[94]l.), the garter snake ({Eut[91]nia sirtalis}). {Lizard stone} (Min.), a kind of serpentine from near Lizard Point, Cornwall, England, -- used for ornamental purposes. | |
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Lizard \Liz"ard\, n. [OE. lesarde, OF. lesarde, F. l[82]zard, L. lacerta, lacertus. Cf. {Alligator}, {Lacerta}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of the numerous species of reptiles belonging to the order Lacertilia; sometimes, also applied to reptiles of other orders, as the Hatteria. Note: Most lizards have an elongated body, with four legs, and a long tail; but there are some without legs, and some with a short, thick tail. Most have scales, but some are naked; most have eyelids, but some do not. The tongue is varied in form and structure. In some it is forked, in others, as the chameleons, club-shaped, and very extensible. See {Amphisb[91]na}, {Chameleon}, {Gecko}, {Gila monster}, {Horned toad}, {Iguana}, and {Dragon}, 6. 2. (Naut.) A piece of rope with thimble or block spliced into one or both of the ends. --R. H. Dana, Ir. 3. A piece of timber with a forked end, used in dragging a heavy stone, a log, or the like, from a field. {Lizard fish} (Zo[94]l.), a marine scopeloid fish of the genus {Synodus}, or {Saurus}, esp. {S. f[d2]tens} of the Southern United States and West Indies; -- called also {sand pike}. {Lizard snake} (Zo[94]l.), the garter snake ({Eut[91]nia sirtalis}). {Lizard stone} (Min.), a kind of serpentine from near Lizard Point, Cornwall, England, -- used for ornamental purposes. | |
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Saury \Sau"ry\, n.; pl. {Sauries}. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo[94]l.) A slender marine fish ({Scomberesox saurus}) of Europe and America. It has long, thin, beaklike jaws. Called also {billfish}, {gowdnook}, {gawnook}, {skipper}, {skipjack}, {skopster}, {lizard fish}, and {Egypt herring}. | |
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Lizard \Liz"ard\, n. [OE. lesarde, OF. lesarde, F. l[82]zard, L. lacerta, lacertus. Cf. {Alligator}, {Lacerta}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of the numerous species of reptiles belonging to the order Lacertilia; sometimes, also applied to reptiles of other orders, as the Hatteria. Note: Most lizards have an elongated body, with four legs, and a long tail; but there are some without legs, and some with a short, thick tail. Most have scales, but some are naked; most have eyelids, but some do not. The tongue is varied in form and structure. In some it is forked, in others, as the chameleons, club-shaped, and very extensible. See {Amphisb[91]na}, {Chameleon}, {Gecko}, {Gila monster}, {Horned toad}, {Iguana}, and {Dragon}, 6. 2. (Naut.) A piece of rope with thimble or block spliced into one or both of the ends. --R. H. Dana, Ir. 3. A piece of timber with a forked end, used in dragging a heavy stone, a log, or the like, from a field. {Lizard fish} (Zo[94]l.), a marine scopeloid fish of the genus {Synodus}, or {Saurus}, esp. {S. f[d2]tens} of the Southern United States and West Indies; -- called also {sand pike}. {Lizard snake} (Zo[94]l.), the garter snake ({Eut[91]nia sirtalis}). {Lizard stone} (Min.), a kind of serpentine from near Lizard Point, Cornwall, England, -- used for ornamental purposes. | |
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Saury \Sau"ry\, n.; pl. {Sauries}. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo[94]l.) A slender marine fish ({Scomberesox saurus}) of Europe and America. It has long, thin, beaklike jaws. Called also {billfish}, {gowdnook}, {gawnook}, {skipper}, {skipjack}, {skopster}, {lizard fish}, and {Egypt herring}. | |
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Lizard \Liz"ard\, n. [OE. lesarde, OF. lesarde, F. l[82]zard, L. lacerta, lacertus. Cf. {Alligator}, {Lacerta}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of the numerous species of reptiles belonging to the order Lacertilia; sometimes, also applied to reptiles of other orders, as the Hatteria. Note: Most lizards have an elongated body, with four legs, and a long tail; but there are some without legs, and some with a short, thick tail. Most have scales, but some are naked; most have eyelids, but some do not. The tongue is varied in form and structure. In some it is forked, in others, as the chameleons, club-shaped, and very extensible. See {Amphisb[91]na}, {Chameleon}, {Gecko}, {Gila monster}, {Horned toad}, {Iguana}, and {Dragon}, 6. 2. (Naut.) A piece of rope with thimble or block spliced into one or both of the ends. --R. H. Dana, Ir. 3. A piece of timber with a forked end, used in dragging a heavy stone, a log, or the like, from a field. {Lizard fish} (Zo[94]l.), a marine scopeloid fish of the genus {Synodus}, or {Saurus}, esp. {S. f[d2]tens} of the Southern United States and West Indies; -- called also {sand pike}. {Lizard snake} (Zo[94]l.), the garter snake ({Eut[91]nia sirtalis}). {Lizard stone} (Min.), a kind of serpentine from near Lizard Point, Cornwall, England, -- used for ornamental purposes. | |
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Lizard \Liz"ard\, n. [OE. lesarde, OF. lesarde, F. l[82]zard, L. lacerta, lacertus. Cf. {Alligator}, {Lacerta}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of the numerous species of reptiles belonging to the order Lacertilia; sometimes, also applied to reptiles of other orders, as the Hatteria. Note: Most lizards have an elongated body, with four legs, and a long tail; but there are some without legs, and some with a short, thick tail. Most have scales, but some are naked; most have eyelids, but some do not. The tongue is varied in form and structure. In some it is forked, in others, as the chameleons, club-shaped, and very extensible. See {Amphisb[91]na}, {Chameleon}, {Gecko}, {Gila monster}, {Horned toad}, {Iguana}, and {Dragon}, 6. 2. (Naut.) A piece of rope with thimble or block spliced into one or both of the ends. --R. H. Dana, Ir. 3. A piece of timber with a forked end, used in dragging a heavy stone, a log, or the like, from a field. {Lizard fish} (Zo[94]l.), a marine scopeloid fish of the genus {Synodus}, or {Saurus}, esp. {S. f[d2]tens} of the Southern United States and West Indies; -- called also {sand pike}. {Lizard snake} (Zo[94]l.), the garter snake ({Eut[91]nia sirtalis}). {Lizard stone} (Min.), a kind of serpentine from near Lizard Point, Cornwall, England, -- used for ornamental purposes. | |
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Lizard's tail \Liz"ard's tail`\ (Bot.) A perennial plant of the genus {Saururus} ({S. cernuus}), growing in marshes, and having white flowers crowded in a slender terminal spike, somewhat resembling in form a lizard's tail; whence the name. --Gray. | |
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Logarithm \Log"a*rithm\ (l[ocr]g"[adot]*r[icr][th]'m), n. [Gr. lo`gos word, account, proportion + 'ariqmo`s number: cf. F. logarithme.] (Math.) One of a class of auxiliary numbers, devised by John Napier, of Merchiston, Scotland (1550-1617), to abridge arithmetical calculations, by the use of addition and subtraction in place of multiplication and division. Note: The relation of logarithms to common numbers is that of numbers in an arithmetical series to corresponding numbers in a geometrical series, so that sums and differences of the former indicate respectively products and quotients of the latter; thus, 0 1 2 3 4 Indices or logarithms 1 10 100 1000 10,000 Numbers in geometrical progression Hence, the logarithm of any given number is the exponent of a power to which another given invariable number, called the base, must be raised in order to produce that given number. Thus, let 10 be the base, then 2 is the logarithm of 100, because 10^{2} = 100, and 3 is the logarithm of 1,000, because 10^{3} = 1,000. {Arithmetical complement of a logarithm}, the difference between a logarithm and the number ten. {Binary logarithms}. See under {Binary}. {Common logarithms}, or {Brigg's logarithms}, logarithms of which the base is 10; -- so called from Henry Briggs, who invented them. {Gauss's logarithms}, tables of logarithms constructed for facilitating the operation of finding the logarithm of the sum of difference of two quantities from the logarithms of the quantities, one entry of those tables and two additions or subtractions answering the purpose of three entries of the common tables and one addition or subtraction. They were suggested by the celebrated German mathematician Karl Friedrich Gauss (died in 1855), and are of great service in many astronomical computations. {Hyperbolic, [or] Napierian}, {logarithms} | |
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Logarithmetic \Log`a*rith*met"ic\, Logarithmetical \Log"a*rith*met"ic*al\, a. See {Logarithmic}. | |
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Logarithmetic \Log`a*rith*met"ic\, Logarithmetical \Log"a*rith*met"ic*al\, a. See {Logarithmic}. | |
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Logarithmetically \Log`a*rith*met"ic*al*ly\, adv. Logarithmically. | |
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Logarithmic \Log`a*rith"mic\, Logarithmical \Log`a*rith"mic*al\, a. [Cf. F. logarithmique.] Of or pertaining to logarithms; consisting of logarithms. {Logarithmic curve} (Math.), a curve which, referred to a system of rectangular co[94]rdinate axes, is such that the ordinate of any point will be the logarithm of its abscissa. {Logarithmic spiral}, a spiral curve such that radii drawn from its pole or eye at equal angles with each other are in continual proportion. See {Spiral}. | |
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Tangent \Tan"gent\, n. [L. tangens, -entis, p. pr. of tangere to touch; akin to Gr. [?] having seized: cf. F. tangente. Cf. {Attain}, {Contaminate}, {Contingent}, {Entire}, {Tact}, {Taste}, {Tax}, v. t.] (Geom.) A tangent line curve, or surface; specifically, that portion of the straight line tangent to a curve that is between the point of tangency and a given line, the given line being, for example, the axis of abscissas, or a radius of a circle produced. See {Trigonometrical function}, under {Function}. {Artificial}, [or] {Logarithmic}, {tangent}, the logarithm of the natural tangent of an arc. {Natural tangent}, a decimal expressing the length of the tangent of an arc, the radius being reckoned unity. {Tangent galvanometer} (Elec.), a form of galvanometer having a circular coil and a short needle, in which the tangent of the angle of deflection of the needle is proportional to the strength of the current. {Tangent of an angle}, the natural tangent of the arc subtending or measuring the angle. {Tangent of an arc}, a right line, as ta, touching the arc of a circle at one extremity a, and terminated by a line ct, passing from the center through the other extremity o. | |
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Logarithmic \Log`a*rith"mic\, Logarithmical \Log`a*rith"mic*al\, a. [Cf. F. logarithmique.] Of or pertaining to logarithms; consisting of logarithms. {Logarithmic curve} (Math.), a curve which, referred to a system of rectangular co[94]rdinate axes, is such that the ordinate of any point will be the logarithm of its abscissa. {Logarithmic spiral}, a spiral curve such that radii drawn from its pole or eye at equal angles with each other are in continual proportion. See {Spiral}. | |
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Logarithmic \Log`a*rith"mic\, Logarithmical \Log`a*rith"mic*al\, a. [Cf. F. logarithmique.] Of or pertaining to logarithms; consisting of logarithms. {Logarithmic curve} (Math.), a curve which, referred to a system of rectangular co[94]rdinate axes, is such that the ordinate of any point will be the logarithm of its abscissa. {Logarithmic spiral}, a spiral curve such that radii drawn from its pole or eye at equal angles with each other are in continual proportion. See {Spiral}. | |
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Spiral \Spi"ral\, n. [Cf. F. spirale. See {Spiral}, a.] 1. (Geom.) A plane curve, not re[89]ntrant, described by a point, called the generatrix, moving along a straight line according to a mathematical law, while the line is revolving about a fixed point called the pole. Cf. {Helix}. 2. Anything which has a spiral form, as a spiral shell. {Equiangular spiral},a plane curve which cuts all its generatrices at the same angle. Same as {Logarithmic spiral}, under {Logarithmic}. {Spiral of Archimedes}, a spiral the law of which is that the generatrix moves uniformly along the revolving line, which also moves uniformly. | |
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Logarithmic \Log`a*rith"mic\, Logarithmical \Log`a*rith"mic*al\, a. [Cf. F. logarithmique.] Of or pertaining to logarithms; consisting of logarithms. {Logarithmic curve} (Math.), a curve which, referred to a system of rectangular co[94]rdinate axes, is such that the ordinate of any point will be the logarithm of its abscissa. {Logarithmic spiral}, a spiral curve such that radii drawn from its pole or eye at equal angles with each other are in continual proportion. See {Spiral}. | |
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Logarithmically \Log`a*rith"mic*al*ly\, adv. By the use of logarithms. | |
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Logarithm \Log"a*rithm\ (l[ocr]g"[adot]*r[icr][th]'m), n. [Gr. lo`gos word, account, proportion + 'ariqmo`s number: cf. F. logarithme.] (Math.) One of a class of auxiliary numbers, devised by John Napier, of Merchiston, Scotland (1550-1617), to abridge arithmetical calculations, by the use of addition and subtraction in place of multiplication and division. Note: The relation of logarithms to common numbers is that of numbers in an arithmetical series to corresponding numbers in a geometrical series, so that sums and differences of the former indicate respectively products and quotients of the latter; thus, 0 1 2 3 4 Indices or logarithms 1 10 100 1000 10,000 Numbers in geometrical progression Hence, the logarithm of any given number is the exponent of a power to which another given invariable number, called the base, must be raised in order to produce that given number. Thus, let 10 be the base, then 2 is the logarithm of 100, because 10^{2} = 100, and 3 is the logarithm of 1,000, because 10^{3} = 1,000. {Arithmetical complement of a logarithm}, the difference between a logarithm and the number ten. {Binary logarithms}. See under {Binary}. {Common logarithms}, or {Brigg's logarithms}, logarithms of which the base is 10; -- so called from Henry Briggs, who invented them. {Gauss's logarithms}, tables of logarithms constructed for facilitating the operation of finding the logarithm of the sum of difference of two quantities from the logarithms of the quantities, one entry of those tables and two additions or subtractions answering the purpose of three entries of the common tables and one addition or subtraction. They were suggested by the celebrated German mathematician Karl Friedrich Gauss (died in 1855), and are of great service in many astronomical computations. {Hyperbolic, [or] Napierian}, {logarithms} | |
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Logistic \Lo*gis"tic\, Logistical \Lo*gis"tic*al\, a. [Gr. [?] skilled in calculating, [?] to calculate, fr. lo`gos word, number, reckoning: cf. F. logistique.] 1. Logical. [Obs.] --Berkeley. 2. (Math.) Sexagesimal, or made on the scale of 60; as, logistic, or sexagesimal, arithmetic. {Logistic}, [or] {Proportional}, {logarithms}, certain logarithmic numbers used to shorten the calculation of the fourth term of a proportion of which one of the terms is a given constant quantity, commonly one hour, while the other terms are expressed in minutes and seconds; -- not now used. | |
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Loggerhead \Log"ger*head`\, n. [Log + head.] 1. A blockhead; a dunce; a numskull. --Shak. Milton. 2. A spherical mass of iron, with a long handle, used to heat tar. 3. (Naut.) An upright piece of round timber, in a whaleboat, over which a turn of the line is taken when it is running out too fast. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. 4. (Zo[94]l.) A very large marine turtle ({Thalassochelys caretta, [or] caouana}), common in the warmer parts of the Atlantic Ocean, from Brazil to Cape Cod; -- called also {logger-headed turtle}. 5. (Zo[94]l.) An American shrike ({Lanius Ludovicianus}), similar to the butcher bird, but smaller. See {Shrike}. {To be at loggerheads}, {To fall to loggerheads}, [or] {To go to loggerheads}, to quarrel; to be at strife. --L' Estrange. | |
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Steamer \Steam"er\, n. 1. A vessel propelled by steam; a steamship or steamboat. 2. A steam fire engine. See under {Steam}. 3. A road locomotive for use on common roads, as in agricultural operations. 4. A vessel in which articles are subjected to the action of steam, as in washing, in cookery, and in various processes of manufacture. 5. (Zo[94]l.) The steamer duck. {Steamer duck} (Zo[94]l.), a sea duck ({Tachyeres cinereus}), native of Patagonia and Terra del Fuego, which swims and dives with great agility, but which, when full grown, is incapable of flight, owing to its very small wings. Called also {loggerhead}, {race horse}, and {side wheel duck}. | |
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Loggerhead \Log"ger*head`\, n. [Log + head.] 1. A blockhead; a dunce; a numskull. --Shak. Milton. 2. A spherical mass of iron, with a long handle, used to heat tar. 3. (Naut.) An upright piece of round timber, in a whaleboat, over which a turn of the line is taken when it is running out too fast. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. 4. (Zo[94]l.) A very large marine turtle ({Thalassochelys caretta, [or] caouana}), common in the warmer parts of the Atlantic Ocean, from Brazil to Cape Cod; -- called also {logger-headed turtle}. 5. (Zo[94]l.) An American shrike ({Lanius Ludovicianus}), similar to the butcher bird, but smaller. See {Shrike}. {To be at loggerheads}, {To fall to loggerheads}, [or] {To go to loggerheads}, to quarrel; to be at strife. --L' Estrange. | |
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Steamer \Steam"er\, n. 1. A vessel propelled by steam; a steamship or steamboat. 2. A steam fire engine. See under {Steam}. 3. A road locomotive for use on common roads, as in agricultural operations. 4. A vessel in which articles are subjected to the action of steam, as in washing, in cookery, and in various processes of manufacture. 5. (Zo[94]l.) The steamer duck. {Steamer duck} (Zo[94]l.), a sea duck ({Tachyeres cinereus}), native of Patagonia and Terra del Fuego, which swims and dives with great agility, but which, when full grown, is incapable of flight, owing to its very small wings. Called also {loggerhead}, {race horse}, and {side wheel duck}. | |
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Butcher \Butch"er\, n. [OE. bochere, bochier, OF. bochier, F. boucher, orig., slaughterer of buck goats, fr. OF. boc, F. bouc, a buck goat; of German or Celtic origin. See {Buck} the animal.] 1. One who slaughters animals, or dresses their flesh for market; one whose occupation it is to kill animals for food. 2. A slaughterer; one who kills in large numbers, or with unusual cruelty; one who causes needless loss of life, as in battle. [bd]Butcher of an innocent child.[b8] --Shak. {Butcher bird} (Zo[94]l.), a species of shrike of the genus {Lanius}. Note: The {Lanius excubitor} is the common butcher bird of Europe. In England, the bearded tit is sometimes called the {lesser butcher bird}. The American species are {L.borealis}, or {northern butcher bird}, and {L. Ludovicianus} or {loggerhead shrike}. The name butcher bird is derived from its habit of suspending its prey impaled upon thorns, after killing it. {Butcher's meat}, such flesh of animals slaughtered for food as is sold for that purpose by butchers, as beef, mutton, lamb, and pork. | |
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Loggerheaded \Log"ger*head`ed\, a. Dull; stupid. --Shak. A rabble of loggerheaded physicians. --Urquhart. | |
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Loggerhead \Log"ger*head`\, n. [Log + head.] 1. A blockhead; a dunce; a numskull. --Shak. Milton. 2. A spherical mass of iron, with a long handle, used to heat tar. 3. (Naut.) An upright piece of round timber, in a whaleboat, over which a turn of the line is taken when it is running out too fast. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. 4. (Zo[94]l.) A very large marine turtle ({Thalassochelys caretta, [or] caouana}), common in the warmer parts of the Atlantic Ocean, from Brazil to Cape Cod; -- called also {logger-headed turtle}. 5. (Zo[94]l.) An American shrike ({Lanius Ludovicianus}), similar to the butcher bird, but smaller. See {Shrike}. {To be at loggerheads}, {To fall to loggerheads}, [or] {To go to loggerheads}, to quarrel; to be at strife. --L' Estrange. | |
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Loggerheads \Log"ger*heads`\, n. (Bot.) The knapweed. | |
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Lousewort \Louse"wort`\, n. (Bot.) Any species of {Pedicularis}, a genus of perennial herbs. It was said to make sheep that fed on it lousy. {Yellow lousewort}, a plant of the genus {Rhinanthus}. | |
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Lucrative \Lu"cra*tive\, a. [L. lucrativus, fr. lucrari to gain, fr. lucrum gain: cf. F. lucratif. See {Lucre}.] 1. Yielding lucre; gainful; profitable; making increase of money or goods; as, a lucrative business or office. The trade of merchandise being the most lucrative, may bear usury at a good rate. --Bacon. 2. Greedy of gain. [Obs.] Such diligence as the most part of our lucrative lawyers do use, in deferring and prolonging of matters and actions from term to term. --Latimer. | |
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Lucratively \Lu"cra*tive*ly\, adv. In a lucrative manner. | |
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Luxuriate \Lux*u"ri*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Luxuriated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Luxuriating}.] [L. luxuriatus, p. p. of luxuriari, -are, to luxuriate. See {Luxury}.] 1. To grow exuberantly; to grow to superfluous abundance. [bd] Corn luxuriates in a better mold.[b8] --Burton. 2. To feed or live luxuriously; as, the herds luxuriate in the pastures. 3. To indulge with unrestrained delight and freedom; as, to luxuriate in description. | |
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Luxuriate \Lux*u"ri*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Luxuriated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Luxuriating}.] [L. luxuriatus, p. p. of luxuriari, -are, to luxuriate. See {Luxury}.] 1. To grow exuberantly; to grow to superfluous abundance. [bd] Corn luxuriates in a better mold.[b8] --Burton. 2. To feed or live luxuriously; as, the herds luxuriate in the pastures. 3. To indulge with unrestrained delight and freedom; as, to luxuriate in description. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Luxuriate \Lux*u"ri*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Luxuriated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Luxuriating}.] [L. luxuriatus, p. p. of luxuriari, -are, to luxuriate. See {Luxury}.] 1. To grow exuberantly; to grow to superfluous abundance. [bd] Corn luxuriates in a better mold.[b8] --Burton. 2. To feed or live luxuriously; as, the herds luxuriate in the pastures. 3. To indulge with unrestrained delight and freedom; as, to luxuriate in description. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Luxuriation \Lux*u`ri*a"tion\, n. The act or process luxuriating. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Luxuriety \Lux`u*ri"e*ty\, n. Luxuriance. [Obs.] | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
La Garita, CO Zip code(s): 81132 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lake Arrowhead, CA (CDP, FIPS 39444) Location: 34.26228 N, 117.18854 W Population (1990): 6539 (8015 housing units) Area: 29.7 sq km (land), 3.2 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lake Arthur, LA (town, FIPS 41050) Location: 30.07983 N, 92.67743 W Population (1990): 3194 (1344 housing units) Area: 4.8 sq km (land), 1.5 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 70549 Lake Arthur, NM (town, FIPS 37840) Location: 32.99975 N, 104.36340 W Population (1990): 336 (137 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 88253 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lake Hart, IN (town, FIPS 41184) Location: 39.56838 N, 86.43010 W Population (1990): 213 (108 housing units) Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lake Ridge, VA (CDP, FIPS 43432) Location: 38.68765 N, 77.29797 W Population (1990): 23862 (8488 housing units) Area: 13.3 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lake Worth, FL (city, FIPS 39075) Location: 26.61935 N, 80.05898 W Population (1990): 28564 (15632 housing units) Area: 14.5 sq km (land), 2.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 33460, 33461, 33467 Lake Worth, TX (city, FIPS 41056) Location: 32.81374 N, 97.43290 W Population (1990): 4591 (1778 housing units) Area: 6.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lakeridge, VA Zip code(s): 22192 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Leisuretowne, NJ (CDP, FIPS 39885) Location: 39.90096 N, 74.70446 W Population (1990): 2552 (1648 housing units) Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lockhart, AL (town, FIPS 43816) Location: 31.01273 N, 86.35024 W Population (1990): 484 (215 housing units) Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Lockhart, FL (CDP, FIPS 41025) Location: 28.62610 N, 81.43663 W Population (1990): 11636 (4448 housing units) Area: 11.3 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 32810 Lockhart, MN Zip code(s): 56510 Lockhart, SC (town, FIPS 42190) Location: 34.79469 N, 81.46104 W Population (1990): 58 (19 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Lockhart, TX (city, FIPS 43240) Location: 29.87420 N, 97.67760 W Population (1990): 9205 (3468 housing units) Area: 22.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 78644 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lockridge, IA (city, FIPS 46065) Location: 40.99360 N, 91.74756 W Population (1990): 270 (110 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 52635 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
logarithmus dualis commonly written as "log" with a subscript "2". Roughly the number of {bits} required to represent an {integer}. (1999-03-19) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Luser Attitude Re-adjustment Tool respond appropriately to particularly annoying {lusers}. The alt.sysadmin.recovery {FAQ} recommends the following LARTs. A 2x4 works fine, but a real professional needs something a little more effective. Unfortunately, this is a very personal thing, and no consensus has yet been reached on the group. Everything from a simple, 7.65mm Walther (for the Bond fans only, it's not a very good gun) to a 155mm with depleted Uranium rounds has been suggested, some even going for exotic things like Thermite, nukes or flamethrowers. For further info, look at the rec.guns home page. {alt.sysadmin.recovery FAQ (http://www.ctrl-c.liu.se/~ingvar/asr/overview.html)}. (1998-12-09) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Lizard Only in Lev. 11:30, as rendering of Hebrew _letaah_, so called from its "hiding." Supposed to be the Lacerta gecko or fan-foot lizard, from the toes of which poison exudes. (See {CHAMELEON}.) |