English Dictionary: lemon-wood | by the DICT Development Group |
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Lamantin \La*man"tin\, n. [F. lamantin, lamentin, prob. from the name of the animal in the Antilles. Cf. {Manater}.] (Zo[94]l.) The manatee. [Written also {lamentin}, and {lamantine}.] | |
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Lamantin \La*man"tin\, n. [F. lamantin, lamentin, prob. from the name of the animal in the Antilles. Cf. {Manater}.] (Zo[94]l.) The manatee. [Written also {lamentin}, and {lamantine}.] | |
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Lament \La*ment"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lamented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lamenting}.] To mourn for; to bemoan; to bewail. One laughed at follies, one lamented crimes. --Dryden. Syn: To deplore; mourn; bewail. See {Deplore}. | |
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Lament \La*ment"\, n. [L. lamentum. Cf. {Lament}, v.] 1. Grief or sorrow expressed in complaints or cries; lamentation; a wailing; a moaning; a weeping. Torment, and loud lament, and furious rage. --Milton. 2. An elegy or mournful ballad, or the like. | |
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Lament \La*ment"\, v. i. [F. lamenter, L. lamentari, fr. lamentum a lament.] To express or feel sorrow; to weep or wail; to mourn. Jeremiah lamented for Josiah. --2 Chron. xxxv. 25. Ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice. --John xvi. 20. | |
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Lamentable \Lam"en*ta*ble\, a. [L. lamentabilis : cf. F. lamentable.] 1. Mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief; as, a lamentable countenance. [bd]Lamentable eye.[b8] --Spenser. 2. Fitted to awaken lament; to be lamented; sorrowful; pitiable; as, a lamentable misfortune, or error. [bd]Lamentable helplessness.[b8] --Burke. 3. Miserable; pitiful; paltry; -- in a contemptuous or ridiculous sense. --Bp. Stillingfleet. -- {Lam"en*ta*ble*ness}, n. -- {Lam"en*ta*bly}, adv. | |
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Lamentable \Lam"en*ta*ble\, a. [L. lamentabilis : cf. F. lamentable.] 1. Mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief; as, a lamentable countenance. [bd]Lamentable eye.[b8] --Spenser. 2. Fitted to awaken lament; to be lamented; sorrowful; pitiable; as, a lamentable misfortune, or error. [bd]Lamentable helplessness.[b8] --Burke. 3. Miserable; pitiful; paltry; -- in a contemptuous or ridiculous sense. --Bp. Stillingfleet. -- {Lam"en*ta*ble*ness}, n. -- {Lam"en*ta*bly}, adv. | |
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Lamentable \Lam"en*ta*ble\, a. [L. lamentabilis : cf. F. lamentable.] 1. Mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief; as, a lamentable countenance. [bd]Lamentable eye.[b8] --Spenser. 2. Fitted to awaken lament; to be lamented; sorrowful; pitiable; as, a lamentable misfortune, or error. [bd]Lamentable helplessness.[b8] --Burke. 3. Miserable; pitiful; paltry; -- in a contemptuous or ridiculous sense. --Bp. Stillingfleet. -- {Lam"en*ta*ble*ness}, n. -- {Lam"en*ta*bly}, adv. | |
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Lamentation \Lam`en*ta"tion\, n. [F. lamentation, L. lamentatio.] 1. The act of bewailing; audible expression of sorrow; wailing; moaning. In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation and weeping. --Matt. ii. 18. 2. pl. (Script.) A book of the Old Testament attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, and taking its name from the nature of its contents. | |
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Lamented \La*ment"ed\, a. Mourned for; bewailed. This humble praise, lamented shade ! receive. --Pope. | |
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Lament \La*ment"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lamented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lamenting}.] To mourn for; to bemoan; to bewail. One laughed at follies, one lamented crimes. --Dryden. Syn: To deplore; mourn; bewail. See {Deplore}. | |
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Lamenter \La*ment"er\, n. One who laments. | |
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Lamantin \La*man"tin\, n. [F. lamantin, lamentin, prob. from the name of the animal in the Antilles. Cf. {Manater}.] (Zo[94]l.) The manatee. [Written also {lamentin}, and {lamantine}.] | |
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Lamentin \La*men"tin\, n. See {Lamantin}. | |
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Lamantin \La*man"tin\, n. [F. lamantin, lamentin, prob. from the name of the animal in the Antilles. Cf. {Manater}.] (Zo[94]l.) The manatee. [Written also {lamentin}, and {lamantine}.] | |
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Lamentin \La*men"tin\, n. See {Lamantin}. | |
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Lamenting \La*ment"ing\, n. Lamentation. Lamentings heard i' the air. --Shak. | |
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Lament \La*ment"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lamented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lamenting}.] To mourn for; to bemoan; to bewail. One laughed at follies, one lamented crimes. --Dryden. Syn: To deplore; mourn; bewail. See {Deplore}. | |
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Lamentingly \La*ment"ing*ly\, adv. In a lamenting manner. | |
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Laminate \Lam"i*nate\, a. [See {Lamina}.] Consisting of, or covered with, lamin[91], or thin plates, scales, or layers, one over another; laminated. | |
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Laminate \Lam"i*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Laminated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Laminating}.] [See {Lamina}.] 1. To cause to separate into thin plates or layers; to divide into thin plates. 2. To form, as metal, into a thin plate, as by rolling. | |
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Laminate \Lam"i*nate\, v. i. To separate into lamin[91]. | |
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Laminate \Lam"i*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Laminated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Laminating}.] [See {Lamina}.] 1. To cause to separate into thin plates or layers; to divide into thin plates. 2. To form, as metal, into a thin plate, as by rolling. | |
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Laminated \Lam"i*na`ted\, a. Laminate. {Laminated arch} (Arch.), a timber arch made of layers of bent planks secured by treenails. | |
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Laminated \Lam"i*na`ted\, a. Laminate. {Laminated arch} (Arch.), a timber arch made of layers of bent planks secured by treenails. | |
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Laminate \Lam"i*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Laminated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Laminating}.] [See {Lamina}.] 1. To cause to separate into thin plates or layers; to divide into thin plates. 2. To form, as metal, into a thin plate, as by rolling. | |
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Laminating \Lam"i*na`ting\, a. Forming, or separating into, scales or thin layers. | |
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Lamination \Lam`i*na"tion\, n. The process of laminating, or the state of being laminated. | |
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Laumontite \Lau"mont*ite\, n. [From Dr. Laumont, the discoverer.] (Min.) A mineral, of a white color and vitreous luster. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime. Exposed to the air, it loses water, becomes opaque, and crumbles. [Written also {laumonite}.] | |
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Laumontite \Lau"mont*ite\, n. [From Dr. Laumont, the discoverer.] (Min.) A mineral, of a white color and vitreous luster. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime. Exposed to the air, it loses water, becomes opaque, and crumbles. [Written also {laumonite}.] | |
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Lemonade \Lem`on*ade"\ (l[ecr]m`[ucr]n*[amac]d"), n. [F. limonade; cf. Sp. limonada, It. limonata. See {Lemon}.] A beverage consisting of lemon juice mixed with water and sweetened. | |
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Lenient \Le"ni*ent\, n. (Med.) A lenitive; an emollient. | |
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Lenient \Le"ni*ent\ (l[emac]"n[icr]*[eit]nt [or] l[emac]n"y[eit]nt), a. [L. leniens, -entis, p. pr. of lenire to soften, fr. lenis soft, mild. Cf. {Lithe}.] 1. Relaxing; emollient; softening; assuasive; -- sometimes followed by of. [bd]Lenient of grief.[b8] --Milton. Of | |
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Leniently \Le"ni*ent*ly\, adv. In a lenient manner. | |
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Lieno-intestinal \Li*e`no-in*tes"ti*nal\ (l[isl]*[emac]`n[osl]-[icr]n*t[ecr]s"t[icr]*n[ait]l), a. [L. lien the spleen + E. intestinal.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the spleen and intestine; as, the lieno-intestinal vein of the frog. | |
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Sand \Sand\, n. [AS. sand; akin to D. zand, G. sand, OHG. sant, Icel. sandr, Dan. & Sw. sand, Gr. [?].] 1. Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent when wet. That finer matter, called sand, is no other than very small pebbles. --Woodward. 2. A single particle of such stone. [R.] --Shak. 3. The sand in the hourglass; hence, a moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life. The sands are numbered that make up my life. --Shak. 4. pl. Tracts of land consisting of sand, like the deserts of Arabia and Africa; also, extensive tracts of sand exposed by the ebb of the tide. [bd]The Libyan sands.[b8] --Milton. [bd]The sands o' Dee.[b8] --C. Kingsley. 5. Courage; pluck; grit. [Slang] {Sand badger} (Zo[94]l.), the Japanese badger ({Meles ankuma}). {Sand bag}. (a) A bag filled with sand or earth, used for various purposes, as in fortification, for ballast, etc. (b) A long bag filled with sand, used as a club by assassins. {Sand ball}, soap mixed with sand, made into a ball for use at the toilet. {Sand bath}. (a) (Chem.) A vessel of hot sand in a laboratory, in which vessels that are to be heated are partially immersed. (b) A bath in which the body is immersed in hot sand. {Sand bed}, a thick layer of sand, whether deposited naturally or artificially; specifically, a thick layer of sand into which molten metal is run in casting, or from a reducing furnace. {Sand birds} (Zo[94]l.), a collective name for numerous species of limicoline birds, such as the sandpipers, plovers, tattlers, and many others; -- called also {shore birds}. {Sand blast}, a process of engraving and cutting glass and other hard substances by driving sand against them by a steam jet or otherwise; also, the apparatus used in the process. {Sand box}. (a) A box with a perforated top or cover, for sprinkling paper with sand. (b) A box carried on locomotives, from which sand runs on the rails in front of the driving wheel, to prevent slipping. {Sand-box tree} (Bot.), a tropical American tree ({Hura crepitans}). Its fruit is a depressed many-celled woody capsule which, when completely dry, bursts with a loud report and scatters the seeds. See Illust. of {Regma}. {Sand bug} (Zo[94]l.), an American anomuran crustacean ({Hippa talpoidea}) which burrows in sandy seabeaches. It is often used as bait by fishermen. See Illust. under {Anomura}. {Sand canal} (Zo[94]l.), a tubular vessel having a calcareous coating, and connecting the oral ambulacral ring with the madreporic tubercle. It appears to be excretory in function. {Sand cock} (Zo[94]l.), the redshank. [Prov. Eng.] {Sand collar}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Sand saucer}, below. {Sand crab}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The lady crab. (b) A land crab, or ocypodian. {Sand crack} (Far.), a crack extending downward from the coronet, in the wall of a horse's hoof, which often causes lameness. {Sand cricket} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large terrestrial crickets of the genus {Stenophelmatus} and allied genera, native of the sandy plains of the Western United States. {Sand cusk} (Zo[94]l.), any ophidioid fish. See {Illust.} under {Ophidioid}. {Sand dab} (Zo[94]l.), a small American flounder ({Limanda ferruginea}); -- called also {rusty dab}. The name is also applied locally to other allied species. {Sand darter} (Zo[94]l.), a small etheostomoid fish of the Ohio valley ({Ammocrypta pellucida}). {Sand dollar} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small flat circular sea urchins, which live on sandy bottoms, especially {Echinarachnius parma} of the American coast. {Sand drift}, drifting sand; also, a mound or bank of drifted sand. {Sand eel}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A lant, or launce. (b) A slender Pacific Ocean fish of the genus {Gonorhynchus}, having barbels about the mouth. {Sand flag}, sandstone which splits up into flagstones. {Sand flea}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any species of flea which inhabits, or breeds in, sandy places, especially the common dog flea. (b) The chigoe. (c) Any leaping amphipod crustacean; a beach flea, or orchestian. See {Beach flea}, under {Beach}. {Sand flood}, a vast body of sand borne along by the wind. --James Bruce. {Sand fluke}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The sandnecker. (b) The European smooth dab ({Pleuronectes microcephalus}); -- called also {kitt}, {marysole}, {smear dab}, {town dab}. {Sand fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small dipterous flies of the genus {Simulium}, abounding on sandy shores, especially {Simulium nocivum} of the United States. They are very troublesome on account of their biting habits. Called also {no-see-um}, {punky}, and {midge}. {Sand gall}. (Geol.) See {Sand pipe}, below. {Sand grass} (Bot.), any species of grass which grows in sand; especially, a tufted grass ({Triplasis purpurea}) with numerous bearded joints, and acid awl-shaped leaves, growing on the Atlantic coast. | |
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Limehound \Lime"hound`\ (l[imac]m"hound`), n. [Lime a leash + hound.] A dog used in hunting the wild boar; a leamer. --Spenser. | |
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Floating \Float"ing\, a. 1. Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a wreck; floating motes in the air. 2. Free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating ribs in man and some other animals. 3. Not funded; not fixed, invested, or determined; as, floating capital; a floating debt. Trade was at an end. Floating capital had been withdrawn in great masses from the island. --Macaulay. {Floating anchor} (Naut.), a drag or sea anchor; drag sail. {Floating battery} (Mil.), a battery erected on rafts or the hulls of ships, chiefly for the defense of a coast or the bombardment of a place. {Floating bridge}. (a) A bridge consisting of rafts or timber, with a floor of plank, supported wholly by the water; a bateau bridge. See {Bateau}. (b) (Mil.) A kind of double bridge, the upper one projecting beyond the lower one, and capable of being moved forward by pulleys; -- used for carrying troops over narrow moats in attacking the outworks of a fort. (c) A kind of ferryboat which is guided and impelled by means of chains which are anchored on each side of a stream, and pass over wheels on the vessel, the wheels being driven by stream power. (d) The landing platform of a ferry dock. {Floating cartilage} (Med.), a cartilage which moves freely in the cavity of a joint, and often interferes with the functions of the latter. {Floating dam}. (a) An anchored dam. (b) A caisson used as a gate for a dry dock. {Floating derrick}, a derrick on a float for river and harbor use, in raising vessels, moving stone for harbor improvements, etc. {Floating dock}. (Naut.) See under {Dock}. {Floating harbor}, a breakwater of cages or booms, anchored and fastened together, and used as a protection to ships riding at anchor to leeward. --Knight. {Floating heart} (Bot.), a small aquatic plant ({Limnanthemum lacunosum}) whose heart-shaped leaves float on the water of American ponds. {Floating island}, a dish for dessert, consisting of custard with floating masses of whipped cream or white of eggs. {Floating kidney}. (Med.) See {Wandering kidney}, under {Wandering}. {Floating light}, a light shown at the masthead of a vessel moored over sunken rocks, shoals, etc., to warn mariners of danger; a light-ship; also, a light erected on a buoy or floating stage. {Floating liver}. (Med.) See {Wandering liver}, under {Wandering}. {Floating pier}, a landing stage or pier which rises and falls with the tide. {Floating ribs} (Anat.), the lower or posterior ribs which are not connected with the others in front; in man they are the last two pairs. {Floating screed} (Plastering), a strip of plastering first laid on, to serve as a guide for the thickness of the coat. {Floating threads} (Weaving), threads which span several other threads without being interwoven with them, in a woven fabric. | |
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Limoniad \Li*mo"ni*ad\ (l[isl]*m[omac]"n[icr]*[acr]d), n. [L. limoniades, pl., Gr. leimwnia`des, fr. leimw`n meadow.] (Class. Myth.) A nymph of the meadows; -- called also {Limniad}. | |
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Limonite \Li"mon*ite\ (l[imac]"m[ocr]n*[imac]t), n. [Gr. leimw`n any moist grassy place, a meadow : cf. F. limonite, G. limonit.] (Min.) Hydrous sesquioxide of iron, an important ore of iron, occurring in stalactitic, mammillary, or earthy forms, of a dark brown color, and yellowish brown powder. It includes bog iron. Also called {brown hematite}. | |
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{Linen draper}, a dealer in linen. {Linen prover}, a small microscope for counting the threads in a given space in linen fabrics. {Linen scroll}, {Linen pattern} (Arch.), an ornament for filling panels, copied from the folds of a piece of stuff symmetrically disposed. | |
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2. (Astron.) A sign and a constellation; Leo. 3. An object of interest and curiosity, especially a person who is so regarded; as, he was quite a lion in London at that time. Such society was far more enjoyable than that of Edinburgh, for here he was not a lion, but a man. --Prof. Wilson. {American lion} (Zo[94]l.), the puma or cougar. {Lion ant} (Zo[94]l.), the ant-lion. {Lion dog} (Zo[94]l.), a fancy dog with a flowing mane, usually clipped to resemble a lion's mane. {Lion lizard} (Zo[94]l.), the basilisk. {Lion's share}, all, or nearly all; the best or largest part; -- from [92]sop's fable of the lion hunting in company with certain smaller beasts, and appropriating to himself all the prey. | |
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Loment \Lo"ment\, n. [L. lomentum a mixture of bean meal and rice, used as a cosmetic wash, bean meal, fr. lavare, lotum, to wash.] (Bot.) An elongated pod, consisting, like the legume, of two valves, but divided transversely into small cells, each containing a single seed. | |
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Lomentaceous \Lo`men*ta"ceous\, a. [From {Loment}.] (Bot.) Of the nature of a loment; having fruits like loments. | |
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Lomonite \Lom"o*nite\, n. Same as {Laumontite}. | |
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Low-minded \Low"-mind`ed\, a. Inclined in mind to low or unworthy things; showing a base mind. Low-minded and immoral. --Macaulay. All old religious jealousies were condemned as low-minded infirmities. --Bancroft. | |
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Low-mindedness \Low"-mind`ed*ness\, n. The quality of being lowminded; meanness; baseness. | |
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Luminate \Lu"mi*nate\, v. t. [L. luminatus, p. p. of luminare to illumine, fr. lumen light. See {Limn}.] To illuminate. [Obs.] | |
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Lumination \Lu`mi*na"tion\, n. Illumination. [Obs.] | |
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d8Luna \[d8]Lu"na\, n. [L.; akin to lucere to shine. See {Light}, n., and cf. {Lune}.] 1. The moon. 2. (Alchemy) Silver. {Luna cornea} (Old Chem.), horn silver, or fused silver chloride, a tough, brown, translucent mass; -- so called from its resemblance to horn. {Luna moth} (Zo[94]l.), a very large and beautiful American moth ({Actias luna}). Its wings are delicate light green, with a stripe of purple along the front edge of the anterior wings, the other margins being edged with pale yellow. Each wing has a lunate spot surrounded by rings of light yellow, blue, and black. The caterpillar commonly feeds on the hickory, sassafras, and maple. | |
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Lym \Lym\, [or] Lymhound \Lym"hound`\, n. A dog held in a leam; a bloodhound; a limehound. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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La Monte, MO (city, FIPS 40520) Location: 38.77114 N, 93.42252 W Population (1990): 995 (448 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 65337 | |
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Lamont, CA (CDP, FIPS 40088) Location: 35.26409 N, 118.91402 W Population (1990): 11517 (3053 housing units) Area: 12.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 93241 Lamont, FL Zip code(s): 32336 Lamont, IA (city, FIPS 43005) Location: 42.59870 N, 91.64082 W Population (1990): 471 (220 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50650 Lamont, OK (town, FIPS 41350) Location: 36.69113 N, 97.55606 W Population (1990): 454 (259 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 74643 Lamont, WA (town, FIPS 38215) Location: 47.20057 N, 117.90346 W Population (1990): 91 (34 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 99017 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Laymantown, VA (CDP, FIPS 44620) Location: 37.36568 N, 79.85787 W Population (1990): 1942 (691 housing units) Area: 8.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lemont, IL (village, FIPS 42795) Location: 41.67005 N, 87.99147 W Population (1990): 7348 (2714 housing units) Area: 10.1 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lemont Furnace, PA Zip code(s): 15456 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lyon Mountain, NY Zip code(s): 12952 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
lenient evaluation An {evaluation strategy}, described in [Traub, FPCA 89], under which all {redex}es are evaluated in parallel except inside the arms of conditionals and inside {lambda abstraction}s. This is an example of an {eager} evaluation strategy. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Lamentation (Heb. qinah), an elegy or dirge. The first example of this form of poetry is the lament of David over Saul and Jonathan (2 Sam. 1:17-27). It was a frequent accompaniment of mourning (Amos 8:10). In 2 Sam. 3:33, 34 is recorded David's lament over Abner. Prophecy sometimes took the form of a lament when it predicted calamity (Ezek. 27:2, 32; 28:12; 32:2, 16). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Lamentations, Book of called in the Hebrew canon _'Ekhah_, meaning "How," being the formula for the commencement of a song of wailing. It is the first word of the book (see 2 Sam. 1:19-27). The LXX. adopted the name rendered "Lamentations" (Gr. threnoi = Heb. qinoth) now in common use, to denote the character of the book, in which the prophet mourns over the desolations brought on the city and the holy land by Chaldeans. In the Hebrew Bible it is placed among the Khethubim. (See {BIBLE}.) As to its authorship, there is no room for hesitancy in following the LXX. and the Targum in ascribing it to Jeremiah. The spirit, tone, language, and subject-matter are in accord with the testimony of tradition in assigning it to him. According to tradition, he retired after the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar to a cavern outside the Damascus gate, where he wrote this book. That cavern is still pointed out. "In the face of a rocky hill, on the western side of the city, the local belief has placed 'the grotto of Jeremiah.' There, in that fixed attitude of grief which Michael Angelo has immortalized, the prophet may well be supposed to have mourned the fall of his country" (Stanley, Jewish Church). The book consists of five separate poems. In chapter 1 the prophet dwells on the manifold miseries oppressed by which the city sits as a solitary widow weeping sorely. In chapter 2 these miseries are described in connection with the national sins that had caused them. Chapter 3 speaks of hope for the people of God. The chastisement would only be for their good; a better day would dawn for them. Chapter 4 laments the ruin and desolation that had come upon the city and temple, but traces it only to the people's sins. Chapter 5 is a prayer that Zion's reproach may be taken away in the repentance and recovery of the people. The first four poems (chapters) are acrostics, like some of the Psalms (25, 34, 37, 119), i.e., each verse begins with a letter of the Hebrew alphabet taken in order. The first, second, and fourth have each twenty-two verses, the number of the letters in the Hebrew alphabet. The third has sixty-six verses, in which each three successive verses begin with the same letter. The fifth is not acrostic. Speaking of the "Wailing-place (q.v.) of the Jews" at Jerusalem, a portion of the old wall of the temple of Solomon, Schaff says: "There the Jews assemble every Friday afternoon to bewail the downfall of the holy city, kissing the stone wall and watering it with their tears. They repeat from their well-worn Hebrew Bibles and prayer-books the Lamentations of Jeremiah and suitable Psalms." |