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Glowworm \Glow"worm`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A coleopterous insect of the genus {Lampyris}; esp., the wingless females and larv[91] of the two European species ({L. noctiluca}, and {L. splendidula}), which emit light from some of the abdominal segments. Like a glowworm in the night, The which hath fire in darkness, none in light. --Shak. Note: The male is winged, and is supposed to be attracted by the light of the female. In America, the luminous larv[91] of several species of fireflies and fire beetles are called glowworms. Both sexes of these are winged when mature. See {Firefly}. | |
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Lace \Lace\ (l[be]s), n. [OE. las, OF. laz, F. lacs, dim. lacet, fr. L. laqueus noose, snare; prob. akin to lacere to entice. Cf. {Delight}, {Elicit}, {Lasso}, {Latchet}.] 1. That which binds or holds, especially by being interwoven; a string, cord, or band, usually one passing through eyelet or other holes, and used in drawing and holding together parts of a garment, of a shoe, of a machine belt, etc. His hat hung at his back down by a lace. --Chaucer. For striving more, the more in laces strong Himself he tied. --Spenser. 2. A snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords; a net. [Obs.] --Fairfax. Vulcanus had caught thee [Venus] in his lace. --Chaucer. 3. A fabric of fine threads of linen, silk, cotton, etc., often ornamented with figures; a delicate tissue of thread, much worn as an ornament of dress. Our English dames are much given to the wearing of costlylaces. --Bacon. 4. Spirits added to coffee or some other beverage. [Old Slang] --Addison. {Alencon lace}, a kind of point lace, entirely of needlework, first made at Alencon in France, in the 17th century. It is very durable and of great beauty and cost. {Bone lace}, {Brussels lace}, etc. See under {Bone}, {Brussels}, etc. {Gold lace}, [or] {Silver lace}, lace having warp threads of silk, or silk and cotton, and a weft of silk threads covered with gold (or silver), or with gilt. {Lace leather}, thin, oil-tanned leather suitable for cutting into lacings for machine belts. {Lace lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a large, aquatic, Australian lizard ({Hydrosaurus giganteus}), allied to the monitors. {Lace paper}, paper with an openwork design in imitation of lace. {Lace piece} (Shipbuilding), the main piece of timber which supports the beak or head projecting beyond the stem of a ship. {Lace pillow}, [and] {Pillow lace}. See under {Pillow}. | |
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Pillow \Pil"low\, n. [OE. pilwe, AS. pyle, fr. L. pilvinus.] 1. Anything used to support the head of a person when reposing; especially, a sack or case filled with feathers, down, hair, or other soft material. [Resty sloth] finds the down pillow hard. --Shak. 2. (Mach.) A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to equalize pressure; a brass; a pillow block. [R.] 3. (Naut.) A block under the inner end of a bowsprit. 4. A kind of plain, coarse fustian. {Lace pillow}, a cushion used in making hand-wrought lace. {Pillow bier} [OE. pilwebere; cf. LG. b[81]re a pillowcase], a pillowcase; pillow slip. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Pillow block} (Mach.), a block, or standard, for supporting a journal, as of a shaft. It is usually bolted to the frame or foundation of a machine, and is often furnished with journal boxes, and a movable cover, or cap, for tightening the bearings by means of bolts; -- called also {pillar block}, or {plumber block}. {Pillow lace}, handmade lace wrought with bobbins upon a lace pillow. {Pillow of a plow}, a crosspiece of wood which serves to raise or lower the beam. {Pillow sham}, an ornamental covering laid over a pillow when not in use. {Pillow slip}, a pillowcase. | |
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Lake \Lake\, n. [AS. lac, L. lacus; akin to AS. lagu lake, sea, Icel. l[94]gr; OIr. loch; cf. Gr. [?] pond, tank. Cf. {Loch}, {Lough}.] A large body of water contained in a depression of the earth's surface, and supplied from the drainage of a more or less extended area. Note: Lakes are for the most part of fresh water; the salt lakes, like the Great Salt Lake of Utah, have usually no outlet to the ocean. {Lake dwellers} (Ethnol.), people of a prehistoric race, or races, which inhabited different parts of Europe. Their dwellings were built on piles in lakes, a short distance from the shore. Their relics are common in the lakes of Switzerland. {Lake dwellings} (Arch[91]ol.), dwellings built over a lake, sometimes on piles, and sometimes on rude foundations kept in place by piles; specifically, such dwellings of prehistoric times. Lake dwellings are still used by many savage tribes. Called also {lacustrine dwellings}. See {Crannog}. {Lake fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of dipterous flies of the genus {Chironomus}. In form they resemble mosquitoes, but they do not bite. The larv[91] live in lakes. {Lake herring} (Zo[94]l.), the cisco ({Coregonus Artedii}). {Lake poets}, {Lake school}, a collective name originally applied in contempt, but now in honor, to Southey, Coleridge, and Wordsworth, who lived in the lake country of Cumberland, England, Lamb and a few others were classed with these by hostile critics. Called also {lakers} and {lakists}. {Lake sturgeon} (Zo[94]l.), a sturgeon ({Acipenser rubicundus}), of moderate size, found in the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River. It is used as food. {Lake trout} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of trout and salmon; in Europe, esp. {Salmo fario}; in the United States, esp. {Salvelinus namaycush} of the Great Lakes, and of various lakes in New York, Eastern Maine, and Canada. A large variety of brook trout ({S. fontinalis}), inhabiting many lakes in New England, is also called lake trout. See {Namaycush}. {Lake whitefish}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Whitefish}. {Lake whiting} (Zo[94]l.), an American whitefish ({Coregonus Labradoricus}), found in many lakes in the Northern United States and Canada. It is more slender than the common whitefish. | |
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Laughable \Laugh"a*ble\, a. Fitted to excite laughter; as, a laughable story; a laughable scene. Syn: Droll; ludicrous; mirthful; comical. See {Droll}, and {Ludicrous}. -- {Laugh"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Laugh"a*bly}, adv. | |
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Laughable \Laugh"a*ble\, a. Fitted to excite laughter; as, a laughable story; a laughable scene. Syn: Droll; ludicrous; mirthful; comical. See {Droll}, and {Ludicrous}. -- {Laugh"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Laugh"a*bly}, adv. | |
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Laughable \Laugh"a*ble\, a. Fitted to excite laughter; as, a laughable story; a laughable scene. Syn: Droll; ludicrous; mirthful; comical. See {Droll}, and {Ludicrous}. -- {Laugh"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Laugh"a*bly}, adv. | |
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Leasable \Leas"a*ble\, a. [From 2d {Lease}.] Such as can be leased. | |
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Leg \Leg\ (l[ecr]g), n. [Icel. leggr; akin to Dan. l[91]g calf of the leg, Sw. l[84]gg.] 1. A limb or member of an animal used for supporting the body, and in running, climbing, and swimming; esp., that part of the limb between the knee and foot. 2. That which resembles a leg in form or use; especially, any long and slender support on which any object rests; as, the leg of a table; the leg of a pair of compasses or dividers. 3. The part of any article of clothing which covers the leg; as, the leg of a stocking or of a pair of trousers. 4. A bow, esp. in the phrase to make a leg; probably from drawing the leg backward in bowing. [Obs.] He that will give a cap and make a leg in thanks for a favor he never received. --Fuller. 5. A disreputable sporting character; a blackleg. [Slang, Eng.] 6. (Naut.) The course and distance made by a vessel on one tack or between tacks. 7. (Steam Boiler) An extension of the boiler downward, in the form of a narrow space between vertical plates, sometimes nearly surrounding the furnace and ash pit, and serving to support the boiler; -- called also {water leg}. 8. (Grain Elevator) The case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets. 9. (Cricket) A fielder whose position is on the outside, a little in rear of the batter. {A good leg} (Naut.), a course sailed on a tack which is near the desired course. {Leg bail}, escape from custody by flight. [Slang] {Legs of an hyperbola} (or other curve) (Geom.), the branches of the curve which extend outward indefinitely. {Legs of a triangle}, the sides of a triangle; -- a name seldom used unless one of the sides is first distinguished by some appropriate term; as, the hypothenuse and two legs of a right-angled triangle. {On one's legs}, standing to speak. {On one's last legs}. See under {Last}. {To have legs} (Naut.), to have speed. | |
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Legibility \Leg`i*bil"i*ty\ (l[ecr]j`[icr]*b[icr]l"[icr]*t[ycr]), n. The quality of being legible; legibleness. --Sir. D. Brewster. | |
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Legible \Leg"i*ble\ (l[ecr]j"[icr]*b'l), a. [L. legibilis, fr. legere to read: cf. OF. legible. See {Legend}.] 1. Capable of being read or deciphered; distinct to the eye; plain; -- used of writing or printing; as, a fair, legible manuscript. The stone with moss and lichens so overspread, Nothing is legible but the name alone. --Longfellow. 2. Capable of being discovered or understood by apparent marks or indications; as, the thoughts of men are often legible in their countenances. | |
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Legibleness \Leg"i*ble*ness\, n. The state or quality of being legible. | |
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Legibly \Leg"i*bly\, adv. In a legible manner. | |
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Leucophlegmacy \Leu`co*phleg"ma*cy\ (l[umac]`k[osl]*fl[ecr]g"m[adot]*s[ycr]), n. [Gr. leykoflegmati`a; leyko`s white + fle`gma phlegm: cf. F. leucophlegmasie.] (Med.) A dropsical habit of body, or the commencement of anasarca; paleness, with viscid juices and cold sweats. | |
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Leucophlegmatic \Leu`co*phleg*mat"ic\ (-fl[ecr]g*m[acr]t"[icr]k), a. [Cf. F. leucophlegmatique, Gr. leykofle`gmatos.] Having a dropsical habit of body, with a white bloated skin. | |
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Leucophyll \Leu"co*phyll\ (l[umac]"k[osl]*f[icr]l), n. [Leuco- + Gr. fy`llon a leaf.] (Chem.) A colorless substance isomeric with chlorophyll, contained in parts of plants capable of becoming green. --Watts. | |
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Leucophyllous \Leu*coph"yl*lous\ (l[usl]*k[ocr]f"[icr]l*l[ucr]s [or] l[umac]`k[osl]*f[icr]l"l[ucr]s), a. [Gr. leyko`fyllos; leyko`s white + fy`llon a leaf.] (Bot.) Having white or silvery foliage. | |
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Leucoplast \Leu"co*plast\ (l[umac]"k[osl]*pl[acr]st), Leucoplastid \Leu`co*plas"tid\ (-pl[acr]s"t[icr]d), n. [Leuco- + Gr. pla`ssein to mold.] (Bot.) One of certain very minute whitish or colorless granules occurring in the protoplasm of plants and supposed to be the nuclei around which starch granules will form. | |
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Leucoplast \Leu"co*plast\ (l[umac]"k[osl]*pl[acr]st), Leucoplastid \Leu`co*plas"tid\ (-pl[acr]s"t[icr]d), n. [Leuco- + Gr. pla`ssein to mold.] (Bot.) One of certain very minute whitish or colorless granules occurring in the protoplasm of plants and supposed to be the nuclei around which starch granules will form. | |
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Leukoplast \Leu"ko*plast\ (l[umac]"k[osl]*pl[acr]st), n. (Bot.) See {Leucoplast}. | |
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Lich \Lich\ (l[icr]ch), n. [AS. l[c6]c body. See {Like}, a.] A dead body; a corpse. [Obs.] {Lich fowl} (Zo[94]l.), the European goatsucker; -- called also {lich owl}. {Lich gate}, a covered gate through which the corpse was carried to the church or burial place, and where the bier was placed to await the clergyman; a corpse gate. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. {Lich wake}, the wake, or watching, held over a corpse before burial. [Prov Eng.] --Chaucer. {Lich wall}, the wall of a churchyard or burying ground. {Lich way}, the path by which the dead are carried to the grave. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Likable \Lik"a*ble\ (l[imac]k"[adot]*b'l), a. Such as can be liked; such as to attract liking; as, a likable person. --Thackeray. | |
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Blaze \Blaze\ (bl[amac]z), n. [OE. blase, AS. bl[91]se, blase; akin to OHG. blass whitish, G. blass pale, MHG. blas torch, Icel. blys torch; perh. fr. the same root as E. blast. Cf. {Blast}, {Blush}, {Blink}.] 1. A stream of gas or vapor emitting light and heat in the process of combustion; a bright flame. [bd]To heaven the blaze uprolled.[b8] --Croly. 2. Intense, direct light accompanied with heat; as, to seek shelter from the blaze of the sun. O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon! --Milton. 3. A bursting out, or active display of any quality; an outburst; a brilliant display. [bd]Fierce blaze of riot.[b8] [bd]His blaze of wrath.[b8] --Shak. For what is glory but the blaze of fame? --Milton. 4. [Cf. D. bles; akin to E. blaze light.] A white spot on the forehead of a horse. 5. A spot made on trees by chipping off a piece of the bark, usually as a surveyor's mark. Three blazes in a perpendicular line on the same tree indicating a legislative road, the single blaze a settlement or neighborhood road. --Carlton. {In a blaze}, on fire; burning with a flame; filled with, giving, or reflecting light; excited or exasperated. {Like blazes}, furiously; rapidly. [Low] [bd]The horses did along like blazes tear.[b8] --Poem in Essex dialect. Note: In low language in the U. S., blazes is frequently used of something extreme or excessive, especially of something very bad; as, blue as blazes. --Neal. Syn: {Blaze}, {Flame}. Usage: A blaze and a flame are both produced by burning gas. In blaze the idea of light rapidly evolved is prominent, with or without heat; as, the blaze of the sun or of a meteor. Flame includes a stronger notion of heat; as, he perished in the flames. | |
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Likeable \Like"a*ble\ (l[imac]k"[adot]*b'l), a. See {Likable.} | |
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Liquable \Liq"ua*ble\ (l[icr]k"w[adot]*b'l), a. [L. liquabilis. See {Liquate}, v. i.] Capable of being melted. | |
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Lixivial \Lix*iv"i*al\, a. [L. lixivius, fr. lix ashes, lye ashes, lye: cf. F. lixiviel.] 1. Impregnated with, or consisting of, alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes; impregnated with a salt or salts like a lixivium. --Boyle. 2. Of the color of lye; resembling lye. 3. Having the qualities of alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes. {Lixivial salts} (Old Chem.), salts which are obtained by passing water through ashes, or by pouring it on them. | |
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Lixivial \Lix*iv"i*al\, a. [L. lixivius, fr. lix ashes, lye ashes, lye: cf. F. lixiviel.] 1. Impregnated with, or consisting of, alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes; impregnated with a salt or salts like a lixivium. --Boyle. 2. Of the color of lye; resembling lye. 3. Having the qualities of alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes. {Lixivial salts} (Old Chem.), salts which are obtained by passing water through ashes, or by pouring it on them. | |
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Lock \Lock\, n. [AS. loc inclosure, an inclosed place, the fastening of a door, fr. l[umac]can to lock, fasten; akin to OS. l[umac]kan (in comp.), D. luiken, OHG. l[umac]hhan, Icel. l[?]ka, Goth. l[umac]kan (in comp.); cf. Skr. ruj to break. Cf. {Locket}.] 1. Anything that fastens; specifically, a fastening, as for a door, a lid, a trunk, a drawer, and the like, in which a bolt is moved by a key so as to hold or to release the thing fastened. 2. A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable. Albemarle Street closed by a lock of carriages. --De Quincey. 3. A place from which egress is prevented, as by a lock. --Dryden. 4. The barrier or works which confine the water of a stream or canal. 5. An inclosure in a canal with gates at each end, used in raising or lowering boats as they pass from one level to another; -- called also {lift lock}. 6. That part or apparatus of a firearm by which the charge is exploded; as, a matchlock, flintlock, percussion lock, etc. 7. A device for keeping a wheel from turning. 8. A grapple in wrestling. --Milton. {Detector lock}, a lock containing a contrivance for showing whether it as has been tampered with. {Lock bay} (Canals), the body of water in a lock chamber. {Lock chamber}, the inclosed space between the gates of a canal lock. {Lock nut}. See {Check nut}, under {Check}. {Lock plate}, a plate to which the mechanism of a gunlock is attached. {Lock rail} (Arch.), in ordinary paneled doors, the rail nearest the lock. {Lock rand} (Masonry), a range of bond stone. --Knight. {Mortise lock}, a door lock inserted in a mortise. {Rim lock}, a lock fastened to the face of a door, thus differing from a {mortise lock}. | |
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Loose \Loose\, a. [Compar. {Looser}; superl. {Loosest}.] [OE. loos, lous, laus, Icel. lauss; akin to OD. loos, D. los, AS. le[a0]s false, deceitful, G. los, loose, Dan. & Sw. l[94]s, Goth. laus, and E. lose. [?] See {Lose}, and cf. {Leasing} falsehood.] 1. Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book. Her hair, nor loose, nor tied in formal plat. --Shak. 2. Free from constraint or obligation; not bound by duty, habit, etc.; -- with from or of. Now I stand Loose of my vow; but who knows Cato's thoughts ? --Addison. 3. Not tight or close; as, a loose garment. 4. Not dense, close, compact, or crowded; as, a cloth of loose texture. With horse and chariots ranked in loose array. --Milton. 5. Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate; as, a loose style, or way of reasoning. The comparison employed . . . must be considered rather as a loose analogy than as an exact scientific explanation. --Whewel. 6. Not strict in matters of morality; not rigid according to some standard of right. The loose morality which he had learned. --Sir W. Scott. 7. Unconnected; rambling. Vario spends whole mornings in running over loose and unconnected pages. --I. Watts. 8. Lax; not costive; having lax bowels. --Locke. 9. Dissolute; unchaste; as, a loose man or woman. Loose ladies in delight. --Spenser. 10. Containing or consisting of obscene or unchaste language; as, a loose epistle. -- Dryden. {At loose ends}, not in order; in confusion; carelessly managed. {Fast and loose}. See under {Fast}. {To break loose}. See under {Break}. {Loose pulley}. (Mach.) See {Fast and loose pulleys}, under {Fast}. {To let loose}, to free from restraint or confinement; to set at liberty. | |
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Pulley \Pul"ley\, n.; pl. {Pulleys}. [F. poulie, perhaps of Teutonic origin (cf. {Poll}, v. t.); but cf. OE. poleine, polive, pulley, LL. polanus, and F. poulain, properly, a colt, fr. L. pullus young animal, foal (cf. {Pullet}, {Foal}). For the change of sense, cf. F. poutre beam, originally, a filly, and E. easel.] (Mach.) A wheel with a broad rim, or grooved rim, for transmitting power from, or imparting power to, the different parts of machinery, or for changing the direction of motion, by means of a belt, cord, rope, or chain. Note: The pulley, as one of the mechanical powers, consists, in its simplest form, of a grooved wheel, called a sheave, turning within a movable frame or block, by means of a cord or rope attached at one end to a fixed point. The force, acting on the free end of the rope, is thus doubled, but can move the load through only half the space traversed by itself. The rope may also pass over a sheave in another block that is fixed. The end of the rope may be fastened to the movable block, instead of a fixed point, with an additional gain of power, and using either one or two sheaves in the fixed block. Other sheaves may be added, and the power multiplied accordingly. Such an apparatus is called by workmen a block and tackle, or a fall and tackle. See {Block}. A single fixed pulley gives no increase of power, but serves simply for changing the direction of motion. {Band pulley}, [or] {Belt pulley}, a pulley with a broad face for transmitting power between revolving shafts by means of a belt, or for guiding a belt. {Cone pulley}. See {Cone pulley}. {Conical pulley}, one of a pair of belt pulleys, each in the shape of a truncated cone, for varying velocities. {Fast pulley}, a pulley firmly attached upon a shaft. {Loose pulley}, a pulley loose on a shaft, to interrupt the transmission of motion in machinery. See {Fast and loose pulleys}, under {Fast}. {Parting pulley}, a belt pulley made in semicircular halves, which can be bolted together, to facilitate application to, or removal from, a shaft. {Pulley block}. Same as {Block}, n. 6. {Pulley stile} (Arch.), the upright of the window frame into which a pulley is fixed and along which the sash slides. {Split pulley}, a parting pulley. | |
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Losable \Los"a*ble\, a. Such as can be lost. | |
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Lossful \Loss"ful\, a. Detrimental. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. | |
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Louse \Louse\ (lous), n.; pl. {Lice} (l[imac]s). [OE. lous, AS. l[umac]s, pl. l[ymac]s; akin to D. luis, G. laus, OHG. l[umac]s, Icel. l[umac]s, Sw. lus, Dan. luus; perh. so named because it is destructive, and akin to E. lose, loose.] (Zo[94]l.) 1. Any one of numerous species of small, wingless, suctorial, parasitic insects belonging to a tribe ({Pediculina}), now usually regarded as degraded Hemiptera. To this group belong of the lice of man and other mammals; as, the head louse of man ({Pediculus capitis}), the body louse ({P. vestimenti}), and the crab louse ({Phthirius pubis}), and many others. See {Crab louse}, {Dog louse}, {Cattle louse}, etc., under {Crab}, {Dog}, etc. 2. Any one of numerous small mandibulate insects, mostly parasitic on birds, and feeding on the feathers. They are known as Mallophaga, or bird lice, though some occur on the hair of mammals. They are usually regarded as degraded Pseudoneuroptera. See {Mallophaga}. 3. Any one of the numerous species of aphids, or plant lice. See {Aphid}. 4. Any small crustacean parasitic on fishes. See {Branchiura}, and {Ichthvophthira}. Note: The term is also applied to various other parasites; as, the whale louse, beelouse, horse louse. {Louse fly} (Zo[94]l.), a parasitic dipterous insect of the group Pupipara. Some of them are wingless, as the bee louse. {Louse mite} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of mites which infest mammals and birds, clinging to the hair and feathers like lice. They belong to {Myobia}, {Dermaleichus}, {Mycoptes}, and several other genera. | |
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Lug \Lug\, n. [Sw. lugg the forelock.] 1. The ear, or its lobe. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] 2. That which projects like an ear, esp. that by which anything is supported, carried, or grasped, or to which a support is fastened; an ear; as, the lugs of a kettle; the lugs of a founder's flask; the lug (handle) of a jug. 3. (Mach.) A projecting piece to which anything, as a rod, is attached, or against which anything, as a wedge or key, bears, or through which a bolt passes, etc. 4. (Harness) The leather loop or ear by which a shaft is held up. 5. (Zo[94]l.) The lugworm. {Lug bolt} (Mach.), a bolt terminating in a long, flat extension which takes the place of a head; a strap bolt. | |
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Lug \Lug\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] 1. A rod or pole. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright. 2. A measure of length, being 16[frac12] feet; a rod, pole, or perch. [Obs.] [bd] Eight lugs of ground.[b8] --Spenser. {Chimney lug}, [or] {Lug pole}, a pole on which a kettle is hung over the fire, either in a chimney or in the open air. [Local, U.S.] --Whittier. | |
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Laceyville, PA (borough, FIPS 40744) Location: 41.64503 N, 76.15948 W Population (1990): 436 (187 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 18623 | |
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Lake Bluff, IL (village, FIPS 40910) Location: 42.28255 N, 87.85030 W Population (1990): 5513 (2079 housing units) Area: 10.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 60044 | |
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Lake Placid, FL (town, FIPS 38625) Location: 27.29688 N, 81.36966 W Population (1990): 1158 (587 housing units) Area: 3.8 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 33852 Lake Placid, NY (village, FIPS 40761) Location: 44.28338 N, 73.98501 W Population (1990): 2485 (1610 housing units) Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) | |
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Lake Pleasant, NY Zip code(s): 12108 | |
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Lake Villa, IL (village, FIPS 41586) Location: 42.41753 N, 88.08228 W Population (1990): 2857 (1089 housing units) Area: 11.3 sq km (land), 2.0 sq km (water) | |
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Lake Village, AR (city, FIPS 38170) Location: 33.32420 N, 91.28353 W Population (1990): 2791 (1105 housing units) Area: 5.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 71653 Lake Village, IN Zip code(s): 46349 | |
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Lakefield, MN (city, FIPS 34316) Location: 43.67791 N, 95.17106 W Population (1990): 1679 (775 housing units) Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56150 | |
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Lakeville, CT Zip code(s): 06039 Lakeville, IN (town, FIPS 41670) Location: 41.52576 N, 86.27449 W Population (1990): 655 (277 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 46536 Lakeville, MA Zip code(s): 02347 Lakeville, MN (city, FIPS 35180) Location: 44.67937 N, 93.24481 W Population (1990): 24854 (8105 housing units) Area: 93.8 sq km (land), 3.5 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 55044 Lakeville, NY Zip code(s): 14480 Lakeville, OH Zip code(s): 44638 Lakeville, PA Zip code(s): 18438 | |
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Leachville, AR (city, FIPS 39010) Location: 35.92155 N, 90.25625 W Population (1990): 1743 (793 housing units) Area: 4.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 72438 | |
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Leesville, LA (city, FIPS 43010) Location: 31.13738 N, 93.27484 W Population (1990): 7638 (3520 housing units) Area: 14.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Leesville, OH (village, FIPS 42518) Location: 40.45095 N, 81.20956 W Population (1990): 156 (69 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Leesville, SC (town, FIPS 40885) Location: 33.91811 N, 81.51229 W Population (1990): 2025 (840 housing units) Area: 7.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 29070 Leesville, TX Zip code(s): 78122 | |
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Lewisville, AR (city, FIPS 39640) Location: 33.36297 N, 93.57662 W Population (1990): 1424 (632 housing units) Area: 5.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 71845 Lewisville, ID (city, FIPS 46720) Location: 43.69492 N, 112.01397 W Population (1990): 471 (148 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 83431 Lewisville, IN (town, FIPS 43074) Location: 39.80585 N, 85.35318 W Population (1990): 437 (166 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 47352 Lewisville, MN (city, FIPS 36818) Location: 43.92403 N, 94.43509 W Population (1990): 255 (128 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56060 Lewisville, NC (CDP, FIPS 38040) Location: 36.09313 N, 80.40273 W Population (1990): 3206 (1337 housing units) Area: 9.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 27023 Lewisville, OH (village, FIPS 42980) Location: 39.76588 N, 81.21885 W Population (1990): 261 (106 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 43754 Lewisville, TX (city, FIPS 42508) Location: 33.04166 N, 96.98292 W Population (1990): 46521 (19724 housing units) Area: 93.3 sq km (land), 14.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 75057 | |
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Louisville, AL (town, FIPS 44344) Location: 31.78109 N, 85.55804 W Population (1990): 728 (270 housing units) Area: 7.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 36048 Louisville, CO (city, FIPS 46355) Location: 39.96837 N, 105.13955 W Population (1990): 12361 (4785 housing units) Area: 19.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 80027 Louisville, GA (city, FIPS 47560) Location: 32.99583 N, 82.40035 W Population (1990): 2429 (963 housing units) Area: 9.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 30434 Louisville, IL (village, FIPS 44927) Location: 38.76954 N, 88.50733 W Population (1990): 1098 (520 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Louisville, KS (city, FIPS 42925) Location: 39.25088 N, 96.31511 W Population (1990): 215 (82 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 66450 Louisville, KY (city, FIPS 48000) Location: 38.22475 N, 85.74116 W Population (1990): 269063 (124018 housing units) Area: 160.9 sq km (land), 11.7 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 40202, 40203, 40204, 40205, 40208, 40209, 40210, 40211, 40212, 40213, 40214, 40215, 40217, 40220, 40245 Louisville, MS (city, FIPS 42280) Location: 33.12283 N, 89.05460 W Population (1990): 7169 (2829 housing units) Area: 39.1 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 39339 Louisville, NE (village, FIPS 29260) Location: 40.99879 N, 96.16030 W Population (1990): 998 (412 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68037 Louisville, OH (city, FIPS 45094) Location: 40.83725 N, 81.26090 W Population (1990): 8087 (3139 housing units) Area: 11.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 44641 Louisville, TN Zip code(s): 37777 | |
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Lowesville, NC (CDP, FIPS 39520) Location: 35.42119 N, 81.00261 W Population (1990): 1092 (407 housing units) Area: 17.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Lowesville, VA Zip code(s): 22951 | |
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Loysville, PA Zip code(s): 17047 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
lazy evaluation evaluation} with updating. Under normal order evaluation (outermost or call-by-name evaluation) an expression is evaluated only when its value is needed in order for the program to return (the next part of) its result. Updating means that if an expression's value is needed more than once (i.e. it is shared), the result of the first evaluation is remembered and subsequent requests for it will return the remembered value immediately without further evaluation. This is often implemented by graph reduction. An unevaluated expression is represented as a {closure} - a data structure containing all the information required to evaluate the expression. Lazy evaluation is one {evaluation strategy} used to implement non-{strict} functions. Function arguments may be infinite data structures (especially lists) of values, the components of which are evaluated as needed. According to Phil Wadler the term was invented by Jim Morris. Opposite: {eager evaluation}. A partial kind of lazy evaluation implements lazy data structures or especially {lazy list}s where function arguments are passed evaluated but the arguments of data constructors are not evaluated. {Full laziness} is a {program transformation} which aims to optimise lazy evaluation by ensuring that all subexpressions in a function body which do not depend on the function's arguments are only evaluated once. (1994-12-14) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Lisp-Linda P. Dourish, U Edinburgh 1988. |