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Lambert pine \Lam"bert pine`\ [So called from Lambert, an English botanist.] (Bot.) The gigantic sugar pine of California and Oregon ({Pinus Lambertiana}). It has the leaves in fives, and cones a foot long. The timber is soft, and like that of the white pine of the Eastern States. | |
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Lambrequin \Lam"bre*quin\, n. [F. Cf. {Lamboys}, {Label}.] 1. A kind of pendent scarf or covering attached to the helmet, to protect it from wet or heat. 2. A leather flap hanging from a cuirass. --Wilhelm. 3. A piece of ornament drapery or short decorative hanging, pendent from a shelf or from the casing above a window, hiding the curtain fixtures, or the like. | |
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Mantling \Man"tling\, n. (Her.) The representation of a mantle, or the drapery behind and around a coat of arms: -- called also {lambrequin}. | |
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Lambrequin \Lam"bre*quin\, n. [F. Cf. {Lamboys}, {Label}.] 1. A kind of pendent scarf or covering attached to the helmet, to protect it from wet or heat. 2. A leather flap hanging from a cuirass. --Wilhelm. 3. A piece of ornament drapery or short decorative hanging, pendent from a shelf or from the casing above a window, hiding the curtain fixtures, or the like. | |
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Mantling \Man"tling\, n. (Her.) The representation of a mantle, or the drapery behind and around a coat of arms: -- called also {lambrequin}. | |
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2. Figuratively, anything which enlightens intellectually or morally; anything regarded metaphorically a performing the uses of a lamp. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. --Ps. cxix. 105. Ages elapsed ere Homer's lamp appeared. --Cowper. 3. (Elec.) A device or mechanism for producing light by electricity. See {Incandescent lamp}, under {Incandescent}. {[92]olipile lamp}, a hollow ball of copper containing alcohol which is converted into vapor by a lamp beneath, so as to make a powerful blowpipe flame when the vapor is ignited. --Weale. {Arc lamp} (Elec.), a form of lamp in which the voltaic arc is used as the source of light. {D[89]bereiner's lamp}, an apparatus for the instantaneous production of a flame by the spontaneous ignition of a jet of hydrogen on being led over platinum sponge; -- named after the German chemist D[94]bereiner, who invented it. Called also {philosopher's lamp}. {Flameless lamp}, an aphlogistic lamp. {Lamp burner}, the part of a lamp where the wick is exposed and ignited. --Knight. {Lamp fount}, a reservoir for oil, in a lamp. {Lamp jack}. See 2d {Jack}, n., 4 (l) & (n) . {Lamp shade}, a screen, as of paper, glass, or tin, for softening or obstructing the light of a lamp. {Lamp shell} (Zo[94]l.), any brachiopod shell of the genus Terebratula and allied genera. The name refers to the shape, which is like that of an antique lamp. See {Terebratula}. {Safety lamp}, a miner's lamp in which the flame is surrounded by fine wire gauze, preventing the kindling of dangerous explosive gases; -- called also, from Sir Humphry Davy the inventor, {Davy lamp}. {To smell of the lamp}, to bear marks of great study and labor, as a literary composition. | |
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Lamper eel \Lam"per eel`\ (Zo[94]l.) See {Lamprey}. | |
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Lamprey \Lam"prey\, n.; pl. {Lampreys}. [OE. lampreie, F. lamproie, LL. lampreda, lampetra, from L. lambere to lick + petra rock, stone. The lampreys are so called because they attach themselves with their circular mouths to rocks and stones, whence they are also called {rocksuckers}. See {Lap} to drink, {Petrify}.] (Zo[94]l.) An eel-like marsipobranch of the genus {Petromyzon}, and allied genera. The lampreys have a round, sucking mouth, without jaws, but set with numerous minute teeth, and one to three larger teeth on the palate (see Illust. of {Cyclostomi}). There are seven small branchial openings on each side. [Written also {lamper eel}, {lamprel}, and {lampron}.] | |
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Eelpout \Eel"pout`\, n. [AS. [?]lepute.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A European fish ({Zoarces viviparus}), remarkable for producing living young; -- called also {greenbone}, {guffer}, {bard}, and {Maroona eel}. Also, an American species ({Z. anguillaris}), -- called also {mutton fish}, and, erroneously, {congo eel}, {ling}, and {lamper eel}. Both are edible, but of little value. (b) A fresh-water fish, the burbot. | |
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Lamper eel \Lam"per eel`\ (Zo[94]l.) See {Lamprey}. | |
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Lamprey \Lam"prey\, n.; pl. {Lampreys}. [OE. lampreie, F. lamproie, LL. lampreda, lampetra, from L. lambere to lick + petra rock, stone. The lampreys are so called because they attach themselves with their circular mouths to rocks and stones, whence they are also called {rocksuckers}. See {Lap} to drink, {Petrify}.] (Zo[94]l.) An eel-like marsipobranch of the genus {Petromyzon}, and allied genera. The lampreys have a round, sucking mouth, without jaws, but set with numerous minute teeth, and one to three larger teeth on the palate (see Illust. of {Cyclostomi}). There are seven small branchial openings on each side. [Written also {lamper eel}, {lamprel}, and {lampron}.] | |
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Eelpout \Eel"pout`\, n. [AS. [?]lepute.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A European fish ({Zoarces viviparus}), remarkable for producing living young; -- called also {greenbone}, {guffer}, {bard}, and {Maroona eel}. Also, an American species ({Z. anguillaris}), -- called also {mutton fish}, and, erroneously, {congo eel}, {ling}, and {lamper eel}. Both are edible, but of little value. (b) A fresh-water fish, the burbot. | |
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Lampern \Lam"pern\, n. [See {Lamprey}.] (Zo[94]l.) The river lamprey ({Ammoc[d2]tes, [or] Lampetra, fluviatilis}). Note: The name is also applied to other river lampreys. | |
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Lampas \Lam"pas\, n. [F. lampas.] An inflammation and swelling of the soft parts of the roof of the mouth immediately behind the fore teeth in the horse; -- called also {lampers}. | |
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Lampers \Lam"pers\, n. See {Lampas}. | |
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Lampas \Lam"pas\, n. [F. lampas.] An inflammation and swelling of the soft parts of the roof of the mouth immediately behind the fore teeth in the horse; -- called also {lampers}. | |
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Lampers \Lam"pers\, n. See {Lampas}. | |
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Lamprel \Lam"prel\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Lamprey}. | |
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Lamprey \Lam"prey\, n.; pl. {Lampreys}. [OE. lampreie, F. lamproie, LL. lampreda, lampetra, from L. lambere to lick + petra rock, stone. The lampreys are so called because they attach themselves with their circular mouths to rocks and stones, whence they are also called {rocksuckers}. See {Lap} to drink, {Petrify}.] (Zo[94]l.) An eel-like marsipobranch of the genus {Petromyzon}, and allied genera. The lampreys have a round, sucking mouth, without jaws, but set with numerous minute teeth, and one to three larger teeth on the palate (see Illust. of {Cyclostomi}). There are seven small branchial openings on each side. [Written also {lamper eel}, {lamprel}, and {lampron}.] | |
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Lamprel \Lam"prel\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Lamprey}. | |
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Lamprey \Lam"prey\, n.; pl. {Lampreys}. [OE. lampreie, F. lamproie, LL. lampreda, lampetra, from L. lambere to lick + petra rock, stone. The lampreys are so called because they attach themselves with their circular mouths to rocks and stones, whence they are also called {rocksuckers}. See {Lap} to drink, {Petrify}.] (Zo[94]l.) An eel-like marsipobranch of the genus {Petromyzon}, and allied genera. The lampreys have a round, sucking mouth, without jaws, but set with numerous minute teeth, and one to three larger teeth on the palate (see Illust. of {Cyclostomi}). There are seven small branchial openings on each side. [Written also {lamper eel}, {lamprel}, and {lampron}.] | |
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Lamprey \Lam"prey\, n.; pl. {Lampreys}. [OE. lampreie, F. lamproie, LL. lampreda, lampetra, from L. lambere to lick + petra rock, stone. The lampreys are so called because they attach themselves with their circular mouths to rocks and stones, whence they are also called {rocksuckers}. See {Lap} to drink, {Petrify}.] (Zo[94]l.) An eel-like marsipobranch of the genus {Petromyzon}, and allied genera. The lampreys have a round, sucking mouth, without jaws, but set with numerous minute teeth, and one to three larger teeth on the palate (see Illust. of {Cyclostomi}). There are seven small branchial openings on each side. [Written also {lamper eel}, {lamprel}, and {lampron}.] | |
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Lamprey \Lam"prey\, n.; pl. {Lampreys}. [OE. lampreie, F. lamproie, LL. lampreda, lampetra, from L. lambere to lick + petra rock, stone. The lampreys are so called because they attach themselves with their circular mouths to rocks and stones, whence they are also called {rocksuckers}. See {Lap} to drink, {Petrify}.] (Zo[94]l.) An eel-like marsipobranch of the genus {Petromyzon}, and allied genera. The lampreys have a round, sucking mouth, without jaws, but set with numerous minute teeth, and one to three larger teeth on the palate (see Illust. of {Cyclostomi}). There are seven small branchial openings on each side. [Written also {lamper eel}, {lamprel}, and {lampron}.] | |
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Opah \O"pah\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A large oceanic fish ({Lampris quttatus}), inhabiting the Atlantic Ocean. It is remarkable for its brilliant colors, which are red, green, and blue, with tints of purple and gold, covered with round silvery spots. Called also {king of the herrings}. | |
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Lampron \Lam"pron\, n. [Cf. OE. lampreon. See {Lamprey}.] (Zo[94]l.) See {Lamprey}. | |
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Lamprey \Lam"prey\, n.; pl. {Lampreys}. [OE. lampreie, F. lamproie, LL. lampreda, lampetra, from L. lambere to lick + petra rock, stone. The lampreys are so called because they attach themselves with their circular mouths to rocks and stones, whence they are also called {rocksuckers}. See {Lap} to drink, {Petrify}.] (Zo[94]l.) An eel-like marsipobranch of the genus {Petromyzon}, and allied genera. The lampreys have a round, sucking mouth, without jaws, but set with numerous minute teeth, and one to three larger teeth on the palate (see Illust. of {Cyclostomi}). There are seven small branchial openings on each side. [Written also {lamper eel}, {lamprel}, and {lampron}.] | |
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Lampron \Lam"pron\, n. [Cf. OE. lampreon. See {Lamprey}.] (Zo[94]l.) See {Lamprey}. | |
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Lamprey \Lam"prey\, n.; pl. {Lampreys}. [OE. lampreie, F. lamproie, LL. lampreda, lampetra, from L. lambere to lick + petra rock, stone. The lampreys are so called because they attach themselves with their circular mouths to rocks and stones, whence they are also called {rocksuckers}. See {Lap} to drink, {Petrify}.] (Zo[94]l.) An eel-like marsipobranch of the genus {Petromyzon}, and allied genera. The lampreys have a round, sucking mouth, without jaws, but set with numerous minute teeth, and one to three larger teeth on the palate (see Illust. of {Cyclostomi}). There are seven small branchial openings on each side. [Written also {lamper eel}, {lamprel}, and {lampron}.] | |
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Lampyrine \Lam*py"rine\, n. [See {Lampyris}.] (Zo[94]l.) An insect of the genus Lampyris, or family {Lampyrid[91]}. See {Lampyris}. | |
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Laniferous \La*nif"er*ous\, n. [L. lanifer; lana wool + ferre to bear: cf. F. lanif[8a]re.] Bearing or producing wool. | |
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Limber \Lim"ber\ (l[icr]m"b[etil]r), n. [For limmer, Icel. limar branches, boughs, pl. of lim; akin to E. limb. See {Limb} a branch.] 1. pl. The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage. [Prov. Eng.] 2. (Mil.) The detachable fore part of a gun carriage, consisting of two wheels, an axle, and a shaft to which the horses are attached. On top is an ammunition box upon which the cannoneers sit. 3. pl. (Naut.) Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to afford a passage for water to the pump well. {Limber boards} (Naut.), short pieces of plank forming part of the lining of a ship's floor immediately above the timbers, so as to prevent the limbers from becoming clogged. {Limber box [or] chest} (Mil.), a box on the limber for carrying ammunition. {Limber rope}, {Limber chain}, [or] {Limber clearer} (Naut.), a rope or chain passing through the limbers of a ship, by which they may be cleared of dirt that chokes them. --Totten. {Limber strake} (Shipbuilding), the first course of inside planking next the keelson. | |
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Limber \Lim"ber\, v. t. To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant. --Richardson. | |
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Limber \Lim"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Limbered} (-b[etil]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Limbering}.] (Mil.) To attach to the limber; as, to limber a gun. {To limber up}, to change a gun carriage into a four-wheeled vehicle by attaching the limber. | |
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Limber \Lim"ber\, a. [Akin to limp, a. [root]125. See {Limp}, a.] Easily bent; flexible; pliant; yielding. --Milton. The bargeman that doth row with long and limber oar. --Turbervile. | |
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Limber \Lim"ber\ (l[icr]m"b[etil]r), n. [For limmer, Icel. limar branches, boughs, pl. of lim; akin to E. limb. See {Limb} a branch.] 1. pl. The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage. [Prov. Eng.] 2. (Mil.) The detachable fore part of a gun carriage, consisting of two wheels, an axle, and a shaft to which the horses are attached. On top is an ammunition box upon which the cannoneers sit. 3. pl. (Naut.) Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to afford a passage for water to the pump well. {Limber boards} (Naut.), short pieces of plank forming part of the lining of a ship's floor immediately above the timbers, so as to prevent the limbers from becoming clogged. {Limber box [or] chest} (Mil.), a box on the limber for carrying ammunition. {Limber rope}, {Limber chain}, [or] {Limber clearer} (Naut.), a rope or chain passing through the limbers of a ship, by which they may be cleared of dirt that chokes them. --Totten. {Limber strake} (Shipbuilding), the first course of inside planking next the keelson. | |
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Limber \Lim"ber\ (l[icr]m"b[etil]r), n. [For limmer, Icel. limar branches, boughs, pl. of lim; akin to E. limb. See {Limb} a branch.] 1. pl. The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage. [Prov. Eng.] 2. (Mil.) The detachable fore part of a gun carriage, consisting of two wheels, an axle, and a shaft to which the horses are attached. On top is an ammunition box upon which the cannoneers sit. 3. pl. (Naut.) Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to afford a passage for water to the pump well. {Limber boards} (Naut.), short pieces of plank forming part of the lining of a ship's floor immediately above the timbers, so as to prevent the limbers from becoming clogged. {Limber box [or] chest} (Mil.), a box on the limber for carrying ammunition. {Limber rope}, {Limber chain}, [or] {Limber clearer} (Naut.), a rope or chain passing through the limbers of a ship, by which they may be cleared of dirt that chokes them. --Totten. {Limber strake} (Shipbuilding), the first course of inside planking next the keelson. | |
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Limber \Lim"ber\ (l[icr]m"b[etil]r), n. [For limmer, Icel. limar branches, boughs, pl. of lim; akin to E. limb. See {Limb} a branch.] 1. pl. The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage. [Prov. Eng.] 2. (Mil.) The detachable fore part of a gun carriage, consisting of two wheels, an axle, and a shaft to which the horses are attached. On top is an ammunition box upon which the cannoneers sit. 3. pl. (Naut.) Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to afford a passage for water to the pump well. {Limber boards} (Naut.), short pieces of plank forming part of the lining of a ship's floor immediately above the timbers, so as to prevent the limbers from becoming clogged. {Limber box [or] chest} (Mil.), a box on the limber for carrying ammunition. {Limber rope}, {Limber chain}, [or] {Limber clearer} (Naut.), a rope or chain passing through the limbers of a ship, by which they may be cleared of dirt that chokes them. --Totten. {Limber strake} (Shipbuilding), the first course of inside planking next the keelson. | |
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Limber \Lim"ber\ (l[icr]m"b[etil]r), n. [For limmer, Icel. limar branches, boughs, pl. of lim; akin to E. limb. See {Limb} a branch.] 1. pl. The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage. [Prov. Eng.] 2. (Mil.) The detachable fore part of a gun carriage, consisting of two wheels, an axle, and a shaft to which the horses are attached. On top is an ammunition box upon which the cannoneers sit. 3. pl. (Naut.) Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to afford a passage for water to the pump well. {Limber boards} (Naut.), short pieces of plank forming part of the lining of a ship's floor immediately above the timbers, so as to prevent the limbers from becoming clogged. {Limber box [or] chest} (Mil.), a box on the limber for carrying ammunition. {Limber rope}, {Limber chain}, [or] {Limber clearer} (Naut.), a rope or chain passing through the limbers of a ship, by which they may be cleared of dirt that chokes them. --Totten. {Limber strake} (Shipbuilding), the first course of inside planking next the keelson. | |
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Limber \Lim"ber\ (l[icr]m"b[etil]r), n. [For limmer, Icel. limar branches, boughs, pl. of lim; akin to E. limb. See {Limb} a branch.] 1. pl. The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage. [Prov. Eng.] 2. (Mil.) The detachable fore part of a gun carriage, consisting of two wheels, an axle, and a shaft to which the horses are attached. On top is an ammunition box upon which the cannoneers sit. 3. pl. (Naut.) Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to afford a passage for water to the pump well. {Limber boards} (Naut.), short pieces of plank forming part of the lining of a ship's floor immediately above the timbers, so as to prevent the limbers from becoming clogged. {Limber box [or] chest} (Mil.), a box on the limber for carrying ammunition. {Limber rope}, {Limber chain}, [or] {Limber clearer} (Naut.), a rope or chain passing through the limbers of a ship, by which they may be cleared of dirt that chokes them. --Totten. {Limber strake} (Shipbuilding), the first course of inside planking next the keelson. | |
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Limber \Lim"ber\ (l[icr]m"b[etil]r), n. [For limmer, Icel. limar branches, boughs, pl. of lim; akin to E. limb. See {Limb} a branch.] 1. pl. The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage. [Prov. Eng.] 2. (Mil.) The detachable fore part of a gun carriage, consisting of two wheels, an axle, and a shaft to which the horses are attached. On top is an ammunition box upon which the cannoneers sit. 3. pl. (Naut.) Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to afford a passage for water to the pump well. {Limber boards} (Naut.), short pieces of plank forming part of the lining of a ship's floor immediately above the timbers, so as to prevent the limbers from becoming clogged. {Limber box [or] chest} (Mil.), a box on the limber for carrying ammunition. {Limber rope}, {Limber chain}, [or] {Limber clearer} (Naut.), a rope or chain passing through the limbers of a ship, by which they may be cleared of dirt that chokes them. --Totten. {Limber strake} (Shipbuilding), the first course of inside planking next the keelson. | |
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Limber \Lim"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Limbered} (-b[etil]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Limbering}.] (Mil.) To attach to the limber; as, to limber a gun. {To limber up}, to change a gun carriage into a four-wheeled vehicle by attaching the limber. | |
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Limber \Lim"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Limbered} (-b[etil]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Limbering}.] (Mil.) To attach to the limber; as, to limber a gun. {To limber up}, to change a gun carriage into a four-wheeled vehicle by attaching the limber. | |
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Limberness \Lim"ber*ness\, n. The quality or state of being limber; flexibleness. --Boyle. | |
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Limburg cheese \Lim"burg cheese\, Limburger \Lim"burg*er\, n., Limburger cheese \Lim"burg*er cheese\ A soft cheese made in the Belgian province of Limburg (Limbourg), and usually not eaten until the curing has developed a peculiar and, to most people, unpleasant odor. | |
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Limburg cheese \Lim"burg cheese\, Limburger \Lim"burg*er\, n., Limburger cheese \Lim"burg*er cheese\ A soft cheese made in the Belgian province of Limburg (Limbourg), and usually not eaten until the curing has developed a peculiar and, to most people, unpleasant odor. | |
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Limburg cheese \Lim"burg cheese\, Limburger \Lim"burg*er\, n., Limburger cheese \Lim"burg*er cheese\ A soft cheese made in the Belgian province of Limburg (Limbourg), and usually not eaten until the curing has developed a peculiar and, to most people, unpleasant odor. | |
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{Lime burner}, one who burns limestone, shells, etc., to make lime. {Lime light}. See {Calcium light}, under {Calcium}. | |
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Limper \Limp"er\ (-[etil]r), n. One who limps. | |
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Line \Line\, n. [OE. line, AS. l[c6]ne cable, hawser, prob. from L. linea a linen thread, string, line, fr. linum flax, thread, linen, cable; but the English word was influenced by F. ligne line, from the same L. word linea. See {Linen}.] 1. A linen thread or string; a slender, strong cord; also, a cord of any thickness; a rope; a hawser; as, a fishing line; a line for snaring birds; a clothesline; a towline. Who so layeth lines for to latch fowls. --Piers Plowman. 2. A more or less threadlike mark of pen, pencil, or graver; any long mark; as, a chalk line. 3. The course followed by anything in motion; hence, a road or route; as, the arrow descended in a curved line; the place is remote from lines of travel. 4. Direction; as, the line of sight or vision. 5. A row of letters, words, etc., written or printed; esp., a row of words extending across a page or column. 6. A short letter; a note; as, a line from a friend. 7. (Poet.) A verse, or the words which form a certain number of feet, according to the measure. In the preceding line Ulysses speaks of Nausicaa. --Broome. 8. Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity. He is uncommonly powerful in his own line, but it is not the line of a first-rate man. --Coleridge. 9. (Math.) That which has length, but not breadth or thickness. 10. The exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory; boundary; contour; outline. Eden stretched her line From Auran eastward to the royal towers Of great Seleucia. --Milton. 11. A threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence, characteristic mark. Though on his brow were graven lines austere. --Byron. He tipples palmistry, and dines On all her fortune-telling lines. --Cleveland. 12. Lineament; feature; figure. [bd]The lines of my boy's face.[b8] --Shak. 13. A straight row; a continued series or rank; as, a line of houses, or of soldiers; a line of barriers. Unite thy forces and attack their lines. --Dryden. 14. A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; as, the ascending or descending line; the line of descent; the male line; a line of kings. Of his lineage am I, and his offspring By very line, as of the stock real. --Chaucer. 15. A connected series of public conveyances, and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.; as, a line of stages; an express line. 16. (Geog.) (a) A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map. (b) The equator; -- usually called {the line}, or {equinoctial line}; as, to cross the line. 17. A long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a tapeline. 18. (Script.) (a) A measuring line or cord. He marketh it out with a line. --Is. xliv. 13. (b) That which was measured by a line, as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode. The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. --Ps. xvi. 6. (c) Instruction; doctrine. Their line is gone out through all the earth. --Ps. xix. 4. 19. (Mach.) The proper relative position or adjustment of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working; as, the engine is in line or out of line. 20. The track and roadbed of a railway; railroad. 21. (Mil.) (a) A row of men who are abreast of one another, whether side by side or some distance apart; -- opposed to {column}. (b) The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, etc. 22. (Fort.) (a) A trench or rampart. (b) pl. Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting a front in but one direction to an enemy. 23. pl. (Shipbuilding) Form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections. 24. (Mus.) One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed. 25. (Stock Exchange) A number of shares taken by a jobber. 26. (Trade) A series of various qualities and values of the same general class of articles; as, a full line of hosiery; a line of merinos, etc. --McElrath. 27. The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, or the whole of a system of telegraph wires under one management and name. 28. pl. The reins with which a horse is guided by his driver. [U. S.] 29. A measure of length; one twelfth of an inch. {Hard lines}, hard lot. --C. Kingsley. [See Def. 18.] {Line breeding} (Stockbreeding), breeding by a certain family line of descent, especially in the selection of the dam or mother. {Line conch} (Zo[94]l.), a spiral marine shell ({Fasciolaria distans}), of Florida and the West Indies. It is marked by narrow, dark, revolving lines. {Line engraving}. (a) Engraving in which the effects are produced by lines of different width and closeness, cut with the burin upon copper or similar material; also, a plate so engraved. (b) A picture produced by printing from such an engraving. {Line of battle}. (a) (Mil. Tactics) The position of troops drawn up in their usual order without any determined maneuver. (b) (Naval) The line or arrangement formed by vessels of war in an engagement. {Line of battle ship}. See {Ship of the line}, below. {Line of beauty} (Fine Arts),an abstract line supposed to be beautiful in itself and absolutely; -- differently represented by different authors, often as a kind of elongated S (like the one drawn by Hogarth). {Line of centers}. (Mach.) (a) A line joining two centers, or fulcra, as of wheels or levers. (b) A line which determines a dead center. See {Dead center}, under {Dead}. {Line of dip} (Geol.), a line in the plane of a stratum, or part of a stratum, perpendicular to its intersection with a horizontal plane; the line of greatest inclination of a stratum to the horizon. {Line of fire} (Mil.), the direction of fire. {Line of force} (Physics), any line in a space in which forces are acting, so drawn that at every point of the line its tangent is the direction of the resultant of all the forces. It cuts at right angles every equipotential surface which it meets. Specifically (Magnetism), a line in proximity to a magnet so drawn that any point in it is tangential with the direction of a short compass needle held at that point. --Faraday. {Line of life} (Palmistry), a line on the inside of the hand, curving about the base of the thumb, supposed to indicate, by its form or position, the length of a person's life. {Line of lines}. See {Gunter's line}. {Line of march}. (Mil.) (a) Arrangement of troops for marching. (b) Course or direction taken by an army or body of troops in marching. {Line of operations}, that portion of a theater of war which an army passes over in attaining its object. --H. W. Halleck. {Line of sight} (Firearms), the line which passes through the front and rear sight, at any elevation, when they are sighted at an object. {Line tub} (Naut.), a tub in which the line carried by a whaleboat is coiled. {Mason and Dixon's line} | |
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Line \Line\, n. [OE. line, AS. l[c6]ne cable, hawser, prob. from L. linea a linen thread, string, line, fr. linum flax, thread, linen, cable; but the English word was influenced by F. ligne line, from the same L. word linea. See {Linen}.] 1. A linen thread or string; a slender, strong cord; also, a cord of any thickness; a rope; a hawser; as, a fishing line; a line for snaring birds; a clothesline; a towline. Who so layeth lines for to latch fowls. --Piers Plowman. 2. A more or less threadlike mark of pen, pencil, or graver; any long mark; as, a chalk line. 3. The course followed by anything in motion; hence, a road or route; as, the arrow descended in a curved line; the place is remote from lines of travel. 4. Direction; as, the line of sight or vision. 5. A row of letters, words, etc., written or printed; esp., a row of words extending across a page or column. 6. A short letter; a note; as, a line from a friend. 7. (Poet.) A verse, or the words which form a certain number of feet, according to the measure. In the preceding line Ulysses speaks of Nausicaa. --Broome. 8. Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity. He is uncommonly powerful in his own line, but it is not the line of a first-rate man. --Coleridge. 9. (Math.) That which has length, but not breadth or thickness. 10. The exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory; boundary; contour; outline. Eden stretched her line From Auran eastward to the royal towers Of great Seleucia. --Milton. 11. A threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence, characteristic mark. Though on his brow were graven lines austere. --Byron. He tipples palmistry, and dines On all her fortune-telling lines. --Cleveland. 12. Lineament; feature; figure. [bd]The lines of my boy's face.[b8] --Shak. 13. A straight row; a continued series or rank; as, a line of houses, or of soldiers; a line of barriers. Unite thy forces and attack their lines. --Dryden. 14. A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; as, the ascending or descending line; the line of descent; the male line; a line of kings. Of his lineage am I, and his offspring By very line, as of the stock real. --Chaucer. 15. A connected series of public conveyances, and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.; as, a line of stages; an express line. 16. (Geog.) (a) A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map. (b) The equator; -- usually called {the line}, or {equinoctial line}; as, to cross the line. 17. A long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a tapeline. 18. (Script.) (a) A measuring line or cord. He marketh it out with a line. --Is. xliv. 13. (b) That which was measured by a line, as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode. The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. --Ps. xvi. 6. (c) Instruction; doctrine. Their line is gone out through all the earth. --Ps. xix. 4. 19. (Mach.) The proper relative position or adjustment of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working; as, the engine is in line or out of line. 20. The track and roadbed of a railway; railroad. 21. (Mil.) (a) A row of men who are abreast of one another, whether side by side or some distance apart; -- opposed to {column}. (b) The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, etc. 22. (Fort.) (a) A trench or rampart. (b) pl. Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting a front in but one direction to an enemy. 23. pl. (Shipbuilding) Form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections. 24. (Mus.) One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed. 25. (Stock Exchange) A number of shares taken by a jobber. 26. (Trade) A series of various qualities and values of the same general class of articles; as, a full line of hosiery; a line of merinos, etc. --McElrath. 27. The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, or the whole of a system of telegraph wires under one management and name. 28. pl. The reins with which a horse is guided by his driver. [U. S.] 29. A measure of length; one twelfth of an inch. {Hard lines}, hard lot. --C. Kingsley. [See Def. 18.] {Line breeding} (Stockbreeding), breeding by a certain family line of descent, especially in the selection of the dam or mother. {Line conch} (Zo[94]l.), a spiral marine shell ({Fasciolaria distans}), of Florida and the West Indies. It is marked by narrow, dark, revolving lines. {Line engraving}. (a) Engraving in which the effects are produced by lines of different width and closeness, cut with the burin upon copper or similar material; also, a plate so engraved. (b) A picture produced by printing from such an engraving. {Line of battle}. (a) (Mil. Tactics) The position of troops drawn up in their usual order without any determined maneuver. (b) (Naval) The line or arrangement formed by vessels of war in an engagement. {Line of battle ship}. See {Ship of the line}, below. {Line of beauty} (Fine Arts),an abstract line supposed to be beautiful in itself and absolutely; -- differently represented by different authors, often as a kind of elongated S (like the one drawn by Hogarth). {Line of centers}. (Mach.) (a) A line joining two centers, or fulcra, as of wheels or levers. (b) A line which determines a dead center. See {Dead center}, under {Dead}. {Line of dip} (Geol.), a line in the plane of a stratum, or part of a stratum, perpendicular to its intersection with a horizontal plane; the line of greatest inclination of a stratum to the horizon. {Line of fire} (Mil.), the direction of fire. {Line of force} (Physics), any line in a space in which forces are acting, so drawn that at every point of the line its tangent is the direction of the resultant of all the forces. It cuts at right angles every equipotential surface which it meets. Specifically (Magnetism), a line in proximity to a magnet so drawn that any point in it is tangential with the direction of a short compass needle held at that point. --Faraday. {Line of life} (Palmistry), a line on the inside of the hand, curving about the base of the thumb, supposed to indicate, by its form or position, the length of a person's life. {Line of lines}. See {Gunter's line}. {Line of march}. (Mil.) (a) Arrangement of troops for marching. (b) Course or direction taken by an army or body of troops in marching. {Line of operations}, that portion of a theater of war which an army passes over in attaining its object. --H. W. Halleck. {Line of sight} (Firearms), the line which passes through the front and rear sight, at any elevation, when they are sighted at an object. {Line tub} (Naut.), a tub in which the line carried by a whaleboat is coiled. {Mason and Dixon's line} | |
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Line \Line\, n. [OE. line, AS. l[c6]ne cable, hawser, prob. from L. linea a linen thread, string, line, fr. linum flax, thread, linen, cable; but the English word was influenced by F. ligne line, from the same L. word linea. See {Linen}.] 1. A linen thread or string; a slender, strong cord; also, a cord of any thickness; a rope; a hawser; as, a fishing line; a line for snaring birds; a clothesline; a towline. Who so layeth lines for to latch fowls. --Piers Plowman. 2. A more or less threadlike mark of pen, pencil, or graver; any long mark; as, a chalk line. 3. The course followed by anything in motion; hence, a road or route; as, the arrow descended in a curved line; the place is remote from lines of travel. 4. Direction; as, the line of sight or vision. 5. A row of letters, words, etc., written or printed; esp., a row of words extending across a page or column. 6. A short letter; a note; as, a line from a friend. 7. (Poet.) A verse, or the words which form a certain number of feet, according to the measure. In the preceding line Ulysses speaks of Nausicaa. --Broome. 8. Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity. He is uncommonly powerful in his own line, but it is not the line of a first-rate man. --Coleridge. 9. (Math.) That which has length, but not breadth or thickness. 10. The exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory; boundary; contour; outline. Eden stretched her line From Auran eastward to the royal towers Of great Seleucia. --Milton. 11. A threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence, characteristic mark. Though on his brow were graven lines austere. --Byron. He tipples palmistry, and dines On all her fortune-telling lines. --Cleveland. 12. Lineament; feature; figure. [bd]The lines of my boy's face.[b8] --Shak. 13. A straight row; a continued series or rank; as, a line of houses, or of soldiers; a line of barriers. Unite thy forces and attack their lines. --Dryden. 14. A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; as, the ascending or descending line; the line of descent; the male line; a line of kings. Of his lineage am I, and his offspring By very line, as of the stock real. --Chaucer. 15. A connected series of public conveyances, and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.; as, a line of stages; an express line. 16. (Geog.) (a) A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map. (b) The equator; -- usually called {the line}, or {equinoctial line}; as, to cross the line. 17. A long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a tapeline. 18. (Script.) (a) A measuring line or cord. He marketh it out with a line. --Is. xliv. 13. (b) That which was measured by a line, as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode. The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. --Ps. xvi. 6. (c) Instruction; doctrine. Their line is gone out through all the earth. --Ps. xix. 4. 19. (Mach.) The proper relative position or adjustment of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working; as, the engine is in line or out of line. 20. The track and roadbed of a railway; railroad. 21. (Mil.) (a) A row of men who are abreast of one another, whether side by side or some distance apart; -- opposed to {column}. (b) The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, etc. 22. (Fort.) (a) A trench or rampart. (b) pl. Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting a front in but one direction to an enemy. 23. pl. (Shipbuilding) Form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections. 24. (Mus.) One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed. 25. (Stock Exchange) A number of shares taken by a jobber. 26. (Trade) A series of various qualities and values of the same general class of articles; as, a full line of hosiery; a line of merinos, etc. --McElrath. 27. The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, or the whole of a system of telegraph wires under one management and name. 28. pl. The reins with which a horse is guided by his driver. [U. S.] 29. A measure of length; one twelfth of an inch. {Hard lines}, hard lot. --C. Kingsley. [See Def. 18.] {Line breeding} (Stockbreeding), breeding by a certain family line of descent, especially in the selection of the dam or mother. {Line conch} (Zo[94]l.), a spiral marine shell ({Fasciolaria distans}), of Florida and the West Indies. It is marked by narrow, dark, revolving lines. {Line engraving}. (a) Engraving in which the effects are produced by lines of different width and closeness, cut with the burin upon copper or similar material; also, a plate so engraved. (b) A picture produced by printing from such an engraving. {Line of battle}. (a) (Mil. Tactics) The position of troops drawn up in their usual order without any determined maneuver. (b) (Naval) The line or arrangement formed by vessels of war in an engagement. {Line of battle ship}. See {Ship of the line}, below. {Line of beauty} (Fine Arts),an abstract line supposed to be beautiful in itself and absolutely; -- differently represented by different authors, often as a kind of elongated S (like the one drawn by Hogarth). {Line of centers}. (Mach.) (a) A line joining two centers, or fulcra, as of wheels or levers. (b) A line which determines a dead center. See {Dead center}, under {Dead}. {Line of dip} (Geol.), a line in the plane of a stratum, or part of a stratum, perpendicular to its intersection with a horizontal plane; the line of greatest inclination of a stratum to the horizon. {Line of fire} (Mil.), the direction of fire. {Line of force} (Physics), any line in a space in which forces are acting, so drawn that at every point of the line its tangent is the direction of the resultant of all the forces. It cuts at right angles every equipotential surface which it meets. Specifically (Magnetism), a line in proximity to a magnet so drawn that any point in it is tangential with the direction of a short compass needle held at that point. --Faraday. {Line of life} (Palmistry), a line on the inside of the hand, curving about the base of the thumb, supposed to indicate, by its form or position, the length of a person's life. {Line of lines}. See {Gunter's line}. {Line of march}. (Mil.) (a) Arrangement of troops for marching. (b) Course or direction taken by an army or body of troops in marching. {Line of operations}, that portion of a theater of war which an army passes over in attaining its object. --H. W. Halleck. {Line of sight} (Firearms), the line which passes through the front and rear sight, at any elevation, when they are sighted at an object. {Line tub} (Naut.), a tub in which the line carried by a whaleboat is coiled. {Mason and Dixon's line} | |
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Twin \Twin\, a. [OE. twin double, AS. getwinne two and two, pl., twins; akin to D. tweeling a twin, G. zwilling, OHG. zwiniling, Icel. tvennr, tvinnr, two and two, twin, and to AS. twi- two. See {Twice}, {Two}.] 1. Being one of two born at a birth; as, a twin brother or sister. 2. Being one of a pair much resembling one another; standing the relation of a twin to something else; -- often followed by to or with. --Shak. 3. (Bot.) Double; consisting of two similar and corresponding parts. 4. (Crystallog.) Composed of parts united according to some definite law of twinning. See {Twin}, n., 4. {Twin boat}, [or] {Twin ship} (Naut.), a vessel whose deck and upper works rest on two parallel hulls. {Twin crystal}. See {Twin}, n., 4. {Twin flower} (Bot.), a delicate evergreen plant ({Linn[91]a borealis}) of northern climates, which has pretty, fragrant, pendulous flowers borne in pairs on a slender stalk. {Twin-screw steamer}, a steam vessel propelled by two screws, one on either side of the plane of the keel. | |
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Lombard \Lom"bard\, a. Of or pertaining to Lombardy, or the inhabitants of Lombardy. | |
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Lombard \Lom"bard\, n. [F. lombard, fr. the Longobardi or Langobardi, i. e., Longbeards, a people of Northern Germany, west of the Elbe, and afterward in Northern Italy. See {Long}, and {Beard}, and cf. {Lumber}.] 1. A native or inhabitant of Lombardy. 2. A money lender or banker; -- so called because the business of banking was first carried on in London by Lombards. 3. Same as {Lombard-house}. A Lombard unto this day signifying a bank for usury or pawns. --Fuller. 4. (Mil.) A form of cannon formerly in use. --Prescott. {Lombard Street}, the principal street in London for banks and the offices of note brokers; hence, the money market and interest of London. | |
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Lombard \Lom"bard\, n. [F. lombard, fr. the Longobardi or Langobardi, i. e., Longbeards, a people of Northern Germany, west of the Elbe, and afterward in Northern Italy. See {Long}, and {Beard}, and cf. {Lumber}.] 1. A native or inhabitant of Lombardy. 2. A money lender or banker; -- so called because the business of banking was first carried on in London by Lombards. 3. Same as {Lombard-house}. A Lombard unto this day signifying a bank for usury or pawns. --Fuller. 4. (Mil.) A form of cannon formerly in use. --Prescott. {Lombard Street}, the principal street in London for banks and the offices of note brokers; hence, the money market and interest of London. | |
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Lombardeer \Lom`bard*eer"\ (?; 277), n. A pawnbroker. [Obs.] --Howell. | |
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Lombard-house \Lom"bard-house\, Lombar-house \Lom"bar-house`\, [F. or D. lombard. See {Lombard}, n.] 1. A bank or a pawnbroker's shop. 2. A public institution for lending money to the poor at a moderate interest, upon articles deposited and pledged; -- called also {mont de pi[82]t[82]}. | |
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Lombardic \Lom*bar"dic\, a. Of or pertaining to Lombardy of the Lombards. {Lombardic alphabet}, the ancient alphabet derived from the Roman, and employed in the manuscript of Italy. {Lombardic architecture}, the debased Roman style of architecture as found in parts of Northern Italy. --F. G. Lee. {Lombardy poplar}. (Bot.) See {Poplar}. | |
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Lombardic \Lom*bar"dic\, a. Of or pertaining to Lombardy of the Lombards. {Lombardic alphabet}, the ancient alphabet derived from the Roman, and employed in the manuscript of Italy. {Lombardic architecture}, the debased Roman style of architecture as found in parts of Northern Italy. --F. G. Lee. {Lombardy poplar}. (Bot.) See {Poplar}. | |
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Lombardic \Lom*bar"dic\, a. Of or pertaining to Lombardy of the Lombards. {Lombardic alphabet}, the ancient alphabet derived from the Roman, and employed in the manuscript of Italy. {Lombardic architecture}, the debased Roman style of architecture as found in parts of Northern Italy. --F. G. Lee. {Lombardy poplar}. (Bot.) See {Poplar}. | |
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Lombardic \Lom*bar"dic\, a. Of or pertaining to Lombardy of the Lombards. {Lombardic alphabet}, the ancient alphabet derived from the Roman, and employed in the manuscript of Italy. {Lombardic architecture}, the debased Roman style of architecture as found in parts of Northern Italy. --F. G. Lee. {Lombardy poplar}. (Bot.) See {Poplar}. | |
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Lombard-house \Lom"bard-house\, Lombar-house \Lom"bar-house`\, [F. or D. lombard. See {Lombard}, n.] 1. A bank or a pawnbroker's shop. 2. A public institution for lending money to the poor at a moderate interest, upon articles deposited and pledged; -- called also {mont de pi[82]t[82]}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lumbar \Lum"bar\, Lumbal \Lum"bal\, a. [L. lumbus loin. See {Loin}.] (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or near, the loins; as, the lumbar arteries. {Lumbar region} (Anat.), the region of the loin; specifically, a region between the hypochondriac and ilias regions, and outside of the umbilical region. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lumbar \Lum"bar\, Lumbal \Lum"bal\, a. [L. lumbus loin. See {Loin}.] (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or near, the loins; as, the lumbar arteries. {Lumbar region} (Anat.), the region of the loin; specifically, a region between the hypochondriac and ilias regions, and outside of the umbilical region. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lumber \Lum"ber\, b. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lumbered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lumbering}.] 1. To heap together in disorder. [bd] Stuff lumbered together.[b8] --Rymer. 2. To fill or encumber with lumber; as, to lumber up a room. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lumber \Lum"ber\, v. i. 1. To move heavily, as if burdened. 2. [Cf. dial. Sw. lomra to resound.] To make a sound as if moving heavily or clumsily; to rumble. --Cowper. 3. To cut logs in the forest, or prepare timber for market. [U.S.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lumber \Lum"ber\, n. [Prob. fr. Lombard, the Lombards being the money lenders and pawnbrokers of the Middle Ages. A lumber room was, according to Trench, originally a Lombard room, or room where the Lombard pawnbroker stored his pledges. See {Lombard}.] 1. A pawnbroker's shop, or room for storing articles put in pawn; hence, a pledge, or pawn. [Obs.] They put all the little plate they had in the lumber, which is pawning it, till the ships came. --Lady Murray. 2. Old or refuse household stuff; things cumbrous, or bulky and useless, or of small value. 3. Timber sawed or split into the form of beams, joists, boards, planks, staves, hoops, etc.; esp., that which is smaller than heavy timber. [U.S.] {Lumber kiln}, a room in which timber or lumber is dried by artificial heat. [U.S.] {Lumber room}, a room in which unused furniture or other lumber is kept. [U.S.] {Lumber wagon}, a heavy rough wagon, without springs, used for general farmwork, etc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lumber \Lum"ber\, n. [Prob. fr. Lombard, the Lombards being the money lenders and pawnbrokers of the Middle Ages. A lumber room was, according to Trench, originally a Lombard room, or room where the Lombard pawnbroker stored his pledges. See {Lombard}.] 1. A pawnbroker's shop, or room for storing articles put in pawn; hence, a pledge, or pawn. [Obs.] They put all the little plate they had in the lumber, which is pawning it, till the ships came. --Lady Murray. 2. Old or refuse household stuff; things cumbrous, or bulky and useless, or of small value. 3. Timber sawed or split into the form of beams, joists, boards, planks, staves, hoops, etc.; esp., that which is smaller than heavy timber. [U.S.] {Lumber kiln}, a room in which timber or lumber is dried by artificial heat. [U.S.] {Lumber room}, a room in which unused furniture or other lumber is kept. [U.S.] {Lumber wagon}, a heavy rough wagon, without springs, used for general farmwork, etc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lumber \Lum"ber\, n. [Prob. fr. Lombard, the Lombards being the money lenders and pawnbrokers of the Middle Ages. A lumber room was, according to Trench, originally a Lombard room, or room where the Lombard pawnbroker stored his pledges. See {Lombard}.] 1. A pawnbroker's shop, or room for storing articles put in pawn; hence, a pledge, or pawn. [Obs.] They put all the little plate they had in the lumber, which is pawning it, till the ships came. --Lady Murray. 2. Old or refuse household stuff; things cumbrous, or bulky and useless, or of small value. 3. Timber sawed or split into the form of beams, joists, boards, planks, staves, hoops, etc.; esp., that which is smaller than heavy timber. [U.S.] {Lumber kiln}, a room in which timber or lumber is dried by artificial heat. [U.S.] {Lumber room}, a room in which unused furniture or other lumber is kept. [U.S.] {Lumber wagon}, a heavy rough wagon, without springs, used for general farmwork, etc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lumber State \Lum"ber State\ Maine; -- a nickname. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lumber \Lum"ber\, n. [Prob. fr. Lombard, the Lombards being the money lenders and pawnbrokers of the Middle Ages. A lumber room was, according to Trench, originally a Lombard room, or room where the Lombard pawnbroker stored his pledges. See {Lombard}.] 1. A pawnbroker's shop, or room for storing articles put in pawn; hence, a pledge, or pawn. [Obs.] They put all the little plate they had in the lumber, which is pawning it, till the ships came. --Lady Murray. 2. Old or refuse household stuff; things cumbrous, or bulky and useless, or of small value. 3. Timber sawed or split into the form of beams, joists, boards, planks, staves, hoops, etc.; esp., that which is smaller than heavy timber. [U.S.] {Lumber kiln}, a room in which timber or lumber is dried by artificial heat. [U.S.] {Lumber room}, a room in which unused furniture or other lumber is kept. [U.S.] {Lumber wagon}, a heavy rough wagon, without springs, used for general farmwork, etc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lumber \Lum"ber\, b. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lumbered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lumbering}.] 1. To heap together in disorder. [bd] Stuff lumbered together.[b8] --Rymer. 2. To fill or encumber with lumber; as, to lumber up a room. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lumberer \Lum"ber*er\, n. One employed in lumbering, cutting, and getting logs from the forest for lumber; a lumberman. [U.S.] Lumberers have a notion that he (the woodpecker) is harmful to timber. --Lowell. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lumber \Lum"ber\, b. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lumbered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lumbering}.] 1. To heap together in disorder. [bd] Stuff lumbered together.[b8] --Rymer. 2. To fill or encumber with lumber; as, to lumber up a room. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lumbering \Lum"ber*ing\, n. The business of cutting or getting timber or logs from the forest for lumber. [U.S.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lumberman \Lum"ber*man\, n.; pl. {Lumbermen}. One who is engaged in lumbering as a business or employment. [U.S.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lumberman \Lum"ber*man\, n.; pl. {Lumbermen}. One who is engaged in lumbering as a business or employment. [U.S.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lumbric \Lum"bric\, n. [L. lumbricus.] (Zo[94]l.) An earthworm, or a worm resembling an earthworm. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lumbrical \Lum"bric*al\, a. [Cf. F. lombrical. See {Lumbric}.] (Anat.) Resembling a worm; as, the lumbrical muscles of the hands of the hands and feet. -- n. A lumbrical muscle. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lumbriciform \Lum*bric"i*form\, a. [L. lumbricus worm + -form.] (Zo[94]l.) Resembling an earthworm; vermiform. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lumbricoid \Lum"bri*coid\, a. [Lumbricus + -oid.] (Zo[94]l.) Like an earthworm; belonging to the genus Lumbricus, or family {Lumbricid[91]}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lumper \Lump"er\, n. [Cf. {Lamper eel}.] (Zo[94]l.) The European eelpout; -- called also {lumpen}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lumper \Lump"er\, n. 1. One who lumps. 2. A laborer who is employed to load or unload vessels when in harbor. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lumpy \Lump"y\, a. [Compar. {Lumpier}; superl. {Lumpiest}.] Full of lumps, or small compact masses. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Luniform \Lu"ni*form\, a. [L. luna moon + -form: cf. F. luniforme.] Resembling the moon in shape. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lymph \Lymph\, n. [L. lympha: cf. F. lymphe.] 1. A spring of water; hence, water, or a pure, transparent liquid like water. A fountain bubbled up, whose lymph serene Nothing of earthly mixture might distain. --Trench. 2. (Anat.) An alkaline colorless fluid, contained in the lymphatic vessels, coagulable like blood, but free from red blood corpuscles. It is absorbed from the various tissues and organs of the body, and is finally discharged by the thoracic and right lymphatic ducts into the great veins near the heart. 3. (Med.) A fibrinous material exuded from the blood vessels in inflammation. In the process of healing it is either absorbed, or is converted into connective tissue binding the inflamed surfaces together. {Lymph corpuscles} (Anat.), finely granular nucleated cells, identical with the colorless blood corpuscles, present in the lymph and chyle. {Lymph duct} (Anat.), a lymphatic. {Lymph heart}. See Note under {Heart}, n., 1. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lambert, MO (village, FIPS 40448) Location: 37.09363 N, 89.55572 W Population (1990): 36 (11 housing units) Area: 0.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Lambert, MS (town, FIPS 39080) Location: 34.20201 N, 90.28300 W Population (1990): 1131 (446 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 38643 Lambert, MT Zip code(s): 59243 Lambert, OK (town, FIPS 41300) Location: 36.68371 N, 98.42392 W Population (1990): 11 (7 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lamberton, MN (city, FIPS 35288) Location: 44.22973 N, 95.26413 W Population (1990): 972 (449 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56152 Lamberton, PA Zip code(s): 15458 | |
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Lambertville, MI (CDP, FIPS 45420) Location: 41.74730 N, 83.62291 W Population (1990): 7860 (2649 housing units) Area: 15.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 48144 Lambertville, NJ (city, FIPS 38610) Location: 40.36802 N, 74.94332 W Population (1990): 3927 (1818 housing units) Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 08530 | |
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Lambric, KY Zip code(s): 41340 | |
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Lineboro, MD Zip code(s): 21088 | |
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Linefork, KY Zip code(s): 41833 | |
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Lombard, IL (village, FIPS 44407) Location: 41.87495 N, 88.01497 W Population (1990): 39408 (15848 housing units) Area: 24.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 60148 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lumber Bridge, NC (town, FIPS 39680) Location: 34.88942 N, 79.07297 W Population (1990): 109 (50 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 28357 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lumber City, GA (city, FIPS 47952) Location: 31.93259 N, 82.68270 W Population (1990): 1429 (560 housing units) Area: 5.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 31549 Lumber City, PA (borough, FIPS 45448) Location: 40.92887 N, 78.57211 W Population (1990): 83 (41 housing units) Area: 7.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lumberport, WV (town, FIPS 49252) Location: 39.37300 N, 80.34854 W Population (1990): 1014 (402 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 26386 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lumberton, MS (city, FIPS 42640) Location: 31.00415 N, 89.45174 W Population (1990): 2121 (849 housing units) Area: 11.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 39455 Lumberton, NC (city, FIPS 39700) Location: 34.63231 N, 79.01495 W Population (1990): 18601 (7606 housing units) Area: 31.1 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 28358 Lumberton, NJ Zip code(s): 08048 Lumberton, TX (city, FIPS 45120) Location: 30.26453 N, 94.20179 W Population (1990): 6640 (2438 housing units) Area: 23.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lumberville, PA Zip code(s): 18933 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Luna Pier, MI (city, FIPS 49700) Location: 41.80505 N, 83.44245 W Population (1990): 1507 (606 housing units) Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 48157 | |
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Lynbrook, NY (village, FIPS 43874) Location: 40.65867 N, 73.67440 W Population (1990): 19208 (7406 housing units) Area: 5.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 11563 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
Lumber Cartel n. A mythical conspiracy accused by {spam}-spewers of funding anti-spam activism in order to force the direct-mail promotions industry back onto paper. Hackers, predictably, responded by forming a "Lumber Cartel" spoofing this paranoid theory; the web page is `http://come.to/the.lumber.cartel'. Members often include the tag TINLC ("There Is No Lumber Cartel") in their postings; see {TINC}, {backbone cabal} and {NANA} for explanation. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
line printer Print quality is low compared with a {laser printer}. Line printers typically use {sprocket feed} and wide fanfold paper. Line printer speed is usually measured in lines per minute (lpm). 1200 lpm is a good rate for a line printer like a 3205 m5. 66 lines per page is typical, giving 18 pages per minute (ppm). This assumes all upper case, if a mixed case print train is used, throughput is halved. By comparison, a fast {laser printer} can output 100+ ppm (1999-01-13) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
line probing A feature of some {V.34} {modem}s that will allow them to identify the capacity and quality of the phone line and adjust themselves to allow, for each individual connection, for maximum throughput using the highest possible data transmission rate. (1994-06-09) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
LM-Prolog Lisp Machine Prolog. A {Prolog} {interpreter} in {Zetalisp} for the {Lisp Machine} developed by Ken Kahn and Mats Carlsson in 1983. {(ftp://sics.se/archive/lm-prolog.tar.Z)}. ["LM-Prolog User Manual", M. Carlsson et al, Uppsala Dec 1983]. (1994-12-14) |