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   larder
         n 1: a supply of food especially for a household
         2: a small storeroom for storing foods or wines [syn: {pantry},
            {larder}, {buttery}]

English Dictionary: Larrea tridentata by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Larrea tridentata
n
  1. desert shrub of southwestern United States and New Mexico having persistent resinous aromatic foliage and small yellow flowers
    Synonym(s): creosote bush, coville, hediondilla, Larrea tridentata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lay reader
n
  1. a layman who is authorized by the bishop to read parts of the service in an Anglican or Episcopal church
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Lord Rayleigh
n
  1. English physicist who studied the density of gases and discovered argon; made important contributions to acoustic theory (1842-1919)
    Synonym(s): Rayleigh, Third Baron Rayleigh, Lord Rayleigh, John William Strutt
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Larder \Lard"er\, n. [OF. lardier. See {Lard}, n.]
      A room or place where meat and other articles of food are
      kept before they are cooked. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Larderer \Lard"er*er\, n.
      One in charge of the larder.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lardery \Lard"er*y\, n. [Cf. OE. larderie.]
      A larder. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lardry \Lard"ry\, n. [See {Lardery}.]
      A larder. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lay reader \Lay" read"er\ (Eccl.)
      A layman authorized to read parts of the public service of
      the church.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Transit \Trans"it\, n. [L. transitus, from transire to go over:
      cf. F. transit. See {Transient}.]
      1. The act of passing; passage through or over.
  
                     In France you are now . . . in the transit from one
                     form of government to another.            --Burke.
  
      2. The act or process of causing to pass; conveyance; as, the
            transit of goods through a country.
  
      3. A line or route of passage or conveyance; as, the
            Nicaragua transit. --E. G. Squier.
  
      4. (Astron.)
            (a) The passage of a heavenly body over the meridian of a
                  place, or through the field of a telescope.
            (b) The passage of a smaller body across the disk of a
                  larger, as of Venus across the sun's disk, or of a
                  satellite or its shadow across the disk of its
                  primary.
  
      5. An instrument resembling a theodolite, used by surveyors
            and engineers; -- called also {transit compass}, and
            {surveyor's transit}.
  
      Note: The surveyor's transit differs from the theodolite in
               having the horizontal axis attached directly to the
               telescope which is not mounted in Y's and can be turned
               completely over about the axis.
  
      {Lower transit} (Astron.), the passage of a heavenly body
            across that part of the meridian which is below the polar
            axis.
  
      {Surveyor's transit}. See {Transit}, 5, above.
  
      {Transit circle} (Astron.), a transit instrument with a
            graduated circle attached, used for observing the time of
            transit and the declination at one observation. See
            {Circle}, n., 3.
  
      {Transit compass}. See {Transit}, 5, above.
  
      {Transit duty}, a duty paid on goods that pass through a
            country.
  
      {Transit instrument}. (Astron.)
            (a) A telescope mounted at right angles to a horizontal
                  axis, on which it revolves with its line of
                  collimation in the plane of the meridian, -- used in
                  connection with a clock for observing the time of
                  transit of a heavenly body over the meridian of a
                  place.
            (b) (Surv.) A surveyor's transit. See {Transit}, 5, above.
                 
  
      {Transit trade} (Com.), the business conected with the
            passage of goods through a country to their destination.
           
  
      {Upper transit} (Astron.), the passage of a heavenly body
            across that part of the meridian which is above the polar
            axis.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lyre \Lyre\, n. [OE. lire, OF. lyre, L. lyra, Gr. [?]. Cf.
      {Lyra}.]
      1. (Mus.) A stringed instrument of music; a kind of harp much
            used by the ancients, as an accompaniment to poetry.
  
      Note: The lyre was the peculiar instrument of Apollo, the
               tutelary god of music and poetry. It gave name to the
               species of verse called lyric, to which it originally
               furnished an accompaniment
  
      2. (Astron.) One of the constellations; Lyra. See {Lyra}.
  
      {Lyre bat} (Zo[94]l.), a small bat ({Megaderma lyra}),
            inhabiting India and Ceylon. It is remarkable for the
            enormous size and curious shape of the nose membrane and
            ears.
  
      {Lyre turtle} (Zo[94]l.), the leatherback.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   low earth orbit
  
      (LEO) The kind of orbit used by
      communications satellites that will offer high {bandwidth} for
      {video on demand}, television, and {Internet} communications.
      A satellite in LEO, in contrast to one in a {geostationary
      orbit}, is not in a fixed position relative to the Earth's
      surface so several satellites are required to provide
      continuous service.
  
      [Ovum report, "Applications for the superhighway", John
      Moroney].
  
      (1996-02-06)
  
  
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