English Dictionary: Larrea tridentata | by the DICT Development Group |
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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. | |
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Larderer \Lard"er*er\, n. One in charge of the larder. | |
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Lardery \Lard"er*y\, n. [Cf. OE. larderie.] A larder. [Obs.] | |
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Lardry \Lard"ry\, n. [See {Lardery}.] A larder. [Obs.] | |
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Lay reader \Lay" read"er\ (Eccl.) A layman authorized to read parts of the public service of the church. | |
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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. | |
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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 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) |