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   Lama pacos
         n 1: domesticated llama with long silky fleece; believed to be a
               domesticated variety of the guanaco [syn: {alpaca}, {Lama
               pacos}]

English Dictionary: lambast by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lamb chop
n
  1. chop cut from a lamb [syn: lamb chop, lamb-chop, lambchop]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lamb curry
n
  1. curry made with lamb
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lamb succory
n
  1. small European herb with small yellow flowers [syn: {lamb succory}, dwarf nipplewort, Arnoseris minima]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lamb's lettuce
n
  1. widely cultivated as a salad crop and pot herb; often a weed
    Synonym(s): common corn salad, lamb's lettuce, Valerianella olitoria, Valerianella locusta
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lamb's-quarter
n
  1. leaves collected from the wild [syn: lamb's-quarter, pigweed, wild spinach]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lamb's-quarters
n
  1. common weedy European plant introduced into North America; often used as a potherb
    Synonym(s): lamb's-quarters, pigweed, wild spinach, Chenopodium album
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lamb-chop
n
  1. chop cut from a lamb [syn: lamb chop, lamb-chop, lambchop]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lambast
v
  1. beat with a cane [syn: cane, flog, lambaste, lambast]
  2. censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
    Synonym(s): call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lambaste
v
  1. beat with a cane [syn: cane, flog, lambaste, lambast]
  2. censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
    Synonym(s): call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lambchop
n
  1. chop cut from a lamb [syn: lamb chop, lamb-chop, lambchop]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Lambis
n
  1. scorpion shells of shallow tropical waters of the eastern hemisphere
    Synonym(s): Lambis, genus Lambis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lambkill
n
  1. North American dwarf shrub resembling mountain laurel but having narrower leaves and small red flowers; poisonous to young stock
    Synonym(s): sheep laurel, pig laurel, lambkill, Kalmia angustifolia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lambkin
n
  1. a very young lamb
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lambskin
n
  1. the skin of a lamb with the wool still on
  2. skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on
    Synonym(s): parchment, sheepskin, lambskin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lamp chimney
n
  1. a glass flue surrounding the wick of an oil lamp [syn: lamp chimney, chimney]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lamp house
n
  1. housing that holds a lamp (as in a movie projector) [syn: lamp house, lamphouse, lamp housing]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lamp housing
n
  1. housing that holds a lamp (as in a movie projector) [syn: lamp house, lamphouse, lamp housing]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lamp shade
n
  1. a protective ornamental shade used to screen a light bulb from direct view
    Synonym(s): lampshade, lamp shade
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lamp shell
n
  1. marine animal with bivalve shell having a pair of arms bearing tentacles for capturing food; found worldwide
    Synonym(s): brachiopod, lamp shell, lampshell
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lamphouse
n
  1. housing that holds a lamp (as in a movie projector) [syn: lamp house, lamphouse, lamp housing]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lamppost
n
  1. a metal post supporting an outdoor lamp (such as a streetlight)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lampshade
n
  1. a protective ornamental shade used to screen a light bulb from direct view
    Synonym(s): lampshade, lamp shade
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lampshell
n
  1. marine animal with bivalve shell having a pair of arms bearing tentacles for capturing food; found worldwide
    Synonym(s): brachiopod, lamp shell, lampshell
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lean back
v
  1. move the upper body backwards and down [syn: lean back, recline]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
limb-girdle muscular dystrophy
n
  1. an autosomal recessive form of muscular dystrophy that appears anywhere from late childhood to middle age; characterized by progressive muscular weakness beginning either in the shoulder or pelvic girdle; usually progresses slowly with cardiopulmonary complications in the later stages
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
limbic
adj
  1. of or relating to or forming a limbus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
limbic brain
n
  1. a system of functionally related neural structures in the brain that are involved in emotional behavior
    Synonym(s): limbic system, visceral brain, limbic brain
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
limbic system
n
  1. a system of functionally related neural structures in the brain that are involved in emotional behavior
    Synonym(s): limbic system, visceral brain, limbic brain
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
limbus
n
  1. a border or edge of any of various body parts distinguished by color or structure
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
limpkin
n
  1. wading bird of Florida, Cuba and Jamaica having a drooping bill and a distinctive wailing call
    Synonym(s): limpkin, Aramus pictus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
line backer
n
  1. a defensive football player who takes a position close behind the linemen
    Synonym(s): linebacker, line backer
  2. (American football) the position of a defensive football player who plays close behind the line of scrimmage
    Synonym(s): linebacker, line backer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
line of business
n
  1. a particular kind of product or merchandise; "a nice line of shoes"
    Synonym(s): line, product line, line of products, line of merchandise, business line, line of business
  2. a particular kind of commercial enterprise; "they are outstanding in their field"
    Synonym(s): field, field of operation, line of business
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Line of Control
n
  1. a 450-mile line that is supposed to indicate the boundary between the part of Kashmir controlled by India and the part controlled by Pakistan
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
line of credit
n
  1. the maximum credit that a customer is allowed [syn: {credit line}, line of credit, bank line, line, personal credit line, personal line of credit]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
line of gab
n
  1. plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)
    Synonym(s): spiel, patter, line of gab
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
line of questioning
n
  1. an ordering of questions so as to develop a particular argument
    Synonym(s): line of inquiry, line of questioning
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
line of Saturn
n
  1. a crease on the palm; palmists say it indicates how successful you will be
    Synonym(s): line of fate, line of destiny, line of Saturn
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
line of scrimmage
n
  1. line parallel to the goal lines where football linesmen line up at the start of each play in American football; "the runner was tackled at the line of scrimmage"
    Synonym(s): scrimmage line, line of scrimmage
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
line of sight
n
  1. an imaginary straight line along which an observer looks
    Synonym(s): line of sight, line of vision
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
line of succession
n
  1. the order in which individuals are expected to succeed one another in some official position
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
line of vision
n
  1. an imaginary straight line along which an observer looks
    Synonym(s): line of sight, line of vision
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
line officer
n
  1. a commissioned officer with combat units (not a staff officer or a supply officer)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
linebacker
n
  1. a defensive football player who takes a position close behind the linemen
    Synonym(s): linebacker, line backer
  2. (American football) the position of a defensive football player who plays close behind the line of scrimmage
    Synonym(s): linebacker, line backer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
linebacker blitzing
n
  1. (American football) defensive players try to break through the offensive line
    Synonym(s): safety blitz, linebacker blitzing, blitz
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lionfish
n
  1. brightly striped fish of the tropical Pacific having elongated spiny fins
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
loan office
n
  1. a shop where loans are made with personal property as security
    Synonym(s): pawnbroker's shop, pawnshop, loan office
  2. an office where loans are negotiated and repaid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lumbago
n
  1. backache affecting the lumbar region or lower back; can be caused by muscle strain or arthritis or vascular insufficiency or a ruptured intervertebral disc
    Synonym(s): lumbago, lumbar pain
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lumbosacral
adj
  1. of or relating to or near the small of the back and the back part of the pelvis between the hips
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lumbosacral plexus
n
  1. a nerve plexus formed by the ventral divisions of the coccygeal and sacral and lumbar nerves; supplies the lower limbs and perineum and coccygeal area
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lumbus
n
  1. either side of the backbone between the hipbone and the ribs in humans as well as quadrupeds
    Synonym(s): loin, lumbus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lump sugar
n
  1. refined sugar molded into rectangular shapes convenient as single servings
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lump sum
n
  1. a complete payment consisting of a single sum of money
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lumpectomy
n
  1. surgical removal of a tumor without removing much of the surrounding tissue or lymph nodes; performed in some cases of breast cancer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lumpfish
n
  1. clumsy soft thick-bodied northern Atlantic fish with pelvic fins fused into a sucker; edible roe used for caviar
    Synonym(s): lumpfish, Cyclopterus lumpus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lumpish
adj
  1. mentally sluggish [syn: lumpish, lumpen, unthinking]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lumpsucker
n
  1. any of several very small lumpfishes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lumpy jaw
n
  1. the commonest and least severe form of actinomycosis; affects the face and neck regions
    Synonym(s): cervicofacial actinomycosis, lumpy jaw
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lymph cell
n
  1. an agranulocytic leukocyte that normally makes up a quarter of the white blood cell count but increases in the presence of infection
    Synonym(s): lymphocyte, lymph cell
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lymph gland
n
  1. the source of lymph and lymphocytes [syn: lymph node, lymph gland, node]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lymphocyte
n
  1. an agranulocytic leukocyte that normally makes up a quarter of the white blood cell count but increases in the presence of infection
    Synonym(s): lymphocyte, lymph cell
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lymphocytic
adj
  1. of or relating to lymphocytes; "lymphocytic leukemia"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lymphocytic choriomeningitis
n
  1. a form of viral meningitis caused by a virus carried by the common house mouse
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus
n
  1. the RNA virus that causes lymphocytic choriomeningitis; infects mice and monkeys and dogs and guinea pigs and human beings
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lymphocytic leukemia
n
  1. leukemia characterized by enlargement of lymphoid tissues and lymphocytic cells in the circulating blood
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lymphocytopenia
n
  1. an abnormally small number of lymphocytes in the circulating blood
    Synonym(s): lymphocytopenia, lymphopenia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lymphocytosis
n
  1. an abnormal increase in the number of lymphocytes in the circulating blood
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lymphogranuloma
n
  1. swelling of a lymph node
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lymphogranuloma venereum
n
  1. infectious disease caused by a species of chlamydia bacterium; transmitted by sexual contact; characterized by genital lesions and swelling of lymph nodes in the groin
    Synonym(s): lymphogranuloma venereum, LGV, lymphopathia venereum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lymphography
n
  1. roentgenographic examination of lymph nodes and lymph vessels after injection of a radiopaque contrast medium; produces a lymphangiogram
    Synonym(s): lymphangiography, lymphography
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lymphokine
n
  1. a cytokine secreted by helper T cells in response to stimulation by antigens and that acts on other cells of the immune system (as by activating macrophages)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alpaca \Al*pac"a\, n. [Sp. alpaca, fr. the original Peruvian
      name of the animal. Cf. {Paco}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) An animal of Peru ({Lama paco}), having long,
            fine, wooly hair, supposed by some to be a domesticated
            variety of the llama.
  
      2. Wool of the alpaca.
  
      3. A thin kind of cloth made of the wooly hair of the alpaca,
            often mixed with silk or with cotton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Kalmia \[d8]Kal"mi*a\, n. [NL. Named in honor of Peter Kalm, a
      Swedish botanist.] (Bot.)
      A genus of North American shrubs with poisonous evergreen
      foliage and corymbs of showy flowers. Called also {mountain
      laurel}, {ivy bush}, {lamb kill}, {calico bush}, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lambaste \Lam*baste"\, v. t. [Lam + baste to beat.]
      To beat severely. [Low] --Nares.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lambkill \Lamb"kill`\, n. (Bot.)
      A small American ericaceous shrub ({Kalmia angustifolia}); --
      called also {calfkill}, {sheepkill}, {sheep laurel}, etc. It
      is supposed to poison sheep and other animals that eat it at
      times when the snow is deep and they cannot find other food.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lambkin \Lamb"kin\, n.
      A small lamb.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lamboys \Lam"boys\, n. pl. [Cf. F. lambeau. Cf. {Label}.] (Anc.
      Armor)
      Same as {Base}, n., 19.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lamb \Lamb\ (l[acr]m), n. [AS. lamb; akin to D. & Dan. lam, G. &
      Sw. lamm, OS., Goth., & Icel. lamb.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) The young of the sheep.
  
      2. Any person who is as innocent or gentle as a lamb.
  
      3. A simple, unsophisticated person; in the cant of the Stock
            Exchange, one who ignorantly speculates and is victimized.
  
      {Lamb of God}, {The Lamb} (Script.), the Jesus Christ, in
            allusion to the paschal lamb.
  
                     The twelve apostles of the Lamb.         --Rev. xxi.
                                                                              14.
  
                     Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of
                     the world.                                          --John i. 29.
  
      {Lamb's lettuce} (Bot.), an annual plant with small obovate
            leaves ({Valerianella olitoria}), often used as a salad;
            corn salad. [Written also {lamb lettuce}.]
  
      {Lamb's tongue}, a carpenter's plane with a deep narrow bit,
            for making curved grooves. --Knight.
  
      {Lamb's wool}.
            (a) The wool of a lamb.
            (b) Ale mixed with the pulp of roasted apples; -- probably
                  from the resemblance of the pulp of roasted apples to
                  lamb's wool. [Obs.] --Goldsmith.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lettuce \Let"tuce\ (l[ecr]t"t[icr]s), n. [OE. letuce, prob.
      through Old French from some Late Latin derivative of L.
      lactuca lettuce, which, according to Varro, is fr. lac,
      lactis, milk, on account of the milky white juice which flows
      from it when it is cut: cf. F. laitue. Cf. {Lacteal},
      {Lactucic}.] (Bot.)
      A composite plant of the genus {Lactuca} ({L. sativa}), the
      leaves of which are used as salad. Plants of this genus yield
      a milky juice, from which lactucarium is obtained. The
      commonest wild lettuce of the United States is {L.
      Canadensis}.
  
      {Hare's lettuce}, {Lamb's lettuce}. See under {Hare}, and
            {Lamb}.
  
      {Lettuce opium}. See {Lactucarium}.
  
      {Sea lettuce}, certain papery green seaweeds of the genus
            {Ulva}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Corn \Corn\, n. [AS. corn; akin to OS. korn, D. koren, G., Dan.,
      Sw., & Icel. korn, Goth. ka[uacute]rn, L. granum, Russ.
      zerno. Cf. {Grain}, {Kernel}.]
      1. A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley,
            and maize; a grain.
  
      2. The various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used
            for food, as wheat, rye, barley, maize, oats.
  
      Note: In Scotland, corn is generally restricted to oats, in
               the United States, to maize, or {Indian corn}, of which
               there are several kinds; as, {yellow corn}, which grows
               chiefly in the Northern States, and is yellow when
               ripe; {white [or] southern corn}, which grows to a
               great height, and has long white kernels; {sweet corn},
               comprising a number of sweet and tender varieties,
               grown chiefly at the North, some of which have kernels
               that wrinkle when ripe and dry; {pop corn}, any small
               variety, used for popping.
  
      3. The plants which produce corn, when growing in the field;
            the stalks and ears, or the stalks, ears, and seeds, after
            reaping and before thrashing.
  
                     In one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail
                     had thrashed the corn.                        --Milton.
  
      4. A small, hard particle; a grain. [bd]Corn of sand.[b8]
            --Bp. Hall. [bd]A corn of powder.[b8] --Beau. & Fl.
  
      {Corn ball}, a ball of popped corn stuck together with soft
            candy from molasses or sugar.
  
      {Corn bread}, bread made of Indian meal.
  
      {Corn cake}, a kind of corn bread; johnny cake; hoecake.
  
      {Corn cockle} (Bot.), a weed ({Agrostemma [or] Lychnis
            Githago}), having bright flowers, common in grain fields.
           
  
      {Corn flag} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Gladiolus}; --
            called also {sword lily}.
  
      {Corn fly}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A small fly which, in the larval state, is injurious
                  to grain, living in the stalk, and causing the disease
                  called [bd]gout,[b8] on account of the swelled joints.
                  The common European species is {Chlorops t[91]niopus}.
            (b) A small fly ({Anthomyia ze}) whose larva or maggot
                  destroys seed corn after it has been planted.
  
      {Corn fritter}, a fritter having green Indian corn mixed
            through its batter. [U. S.]
  
      {Corn laws}, laws regulating trade in corn, especially those
            in force in Great Britain till 1846, prohibiting the
            importation of foreign grain for home consumption, except
            when the price rose above a certain rate.
  
      {Corn marigold}. (Bot.) See under {Marigold}.
  
      {Corn oyster}, a fritter containing grated green Indian corn
            and butter, the combined taste resembling that of oysters.
            [U.S.]
  
      {Corn parsley} (Bot.), a plant of the parsley genus
            ({Petroselinum segetum}), a weed in parts of Europe and
            Asia.
  
      {Corn popper}, a utensil used in popping corn.
  
      {Corn poppy} (Bot.), the red poppy ({Papaver Rh[d2]as}),
            common in European cornfields; -- also called {corn rose}.
           
  
      {Corn rent}, rent paid in corn.
  
      {Corn rose}. See {Corn poppy}.
  
      {Corn salad} (Bot.), a name given to several species of
            {Valerianella}, annual herbs sometimes used for salad. {V.
            olitoria} is also called {lamb's lettuce}.
  
      {Corn stone}, red limestone. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Corn violet} (Bot.), a species of {Campanula}.
  
      {Corn weevil}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A small weevil which causes great injury to grain.
            (b) In America, a weevil ({Sphenophorus ze[91]}) which
                  attacks the stalk of maize near the root, often doing
                  great damage. See {Grain weevil}, under {Weevil}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lamb \Lamb\ (l[acr]m), n. [AS. lamb; akin to D. & Dan. lam, G. &
      Sw. lamm, OS., Goth., & Icel. lamb.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) The young of the sheep.
  
      2. Any person who is as innocent or gentle as a lamb.
  
      3. A simple, unsophisticated person; in the cant of the Stock
            Exchange, one who ignorantly speculates and is victimized.
  
      {Lamb of God}, {The Lamb} (Script.), the Jesus Christ, in
            allusion to the paschal lamb.
  
                     The twelve apostles of the Lamb.         --Rev. xxi.
                                                                              14.
  
                     Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of
                     the world.                                          --John i. 29.
  
      {Lamb's lettuce} (Bot.), an annual plant with small obovate
            leaves ({Valerianella olitoria}), often used as a salad;
            corn salad. [Written also {lamb lettuce}.]
  
      {Lamb's tongue}, a carpenter's plane with a deep narrow bit,
            for making curved grooves. --Knight.
  
      {Lamb's wool}.
            (a) The wool of a lamb.
            (b) Ale mixed with the pulp of roasted apples; -- probably
                  from the resemblance of the pulp of roasted apples to
                  lamb's wool. [Obs.] --Goldsmith.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lettuce \Let"tuce\ (l[ecr]t"t[icr]s), n. [OE. letuce, prob.
      through Old French from some Late Latin derivative of L.
      lactuca lettuce, which, according to Varro, is fr. lac,
      lactis, milk, on account of the milky white juice which flows
      from it when it is cut: cf. F. laitue. Cf. {Lacteal},
      {Lactucic}.] (Bot.)
      A composite plant of the genus {Lactuca} ({L. sativa}), the
      leaves of which are used as salad. Plants of this genus yield
      a milky juice, from which lactucarium is obtained. The
      commonest wild lettuce of the United States is {L.
      Canadensis}.
  
      {Hare's lettuce}, {Lamb's lettuce}. See under {Hare}, and
            {Lamb}.
  
      {Lettuce opium}. See {Lactucarium}.
  
      {Sea lettuce}, certain papery green seaweeds of the genus
            {Ulva}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Corn \Corn\, n. [AS. corn; akin to OS. korn, D. koren, G., Dan.,
      Sw., & Icel. korn, Goth. ka[uacute]rn, L. granum, Russ.
      zerno. Cf. {Grain}, {Kernel}.]
      1. A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley,
            and maize; a grain.
  
      2. The various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used
            for food, as wheat, rye, barley, maize, oats.
  
      Note: In Scotland, corn is generally restricted to oats, in
               the United States, to maize, or {Indian corn}, of which
               there are several kinds; as, {yellow corn}, which grows
               chiefly in the Northern States, and is yellow when
               ripe; {white [or] southern corn}, which grows to a
               great height, and has long white kernels; {sweet corn},
               comprising a number of sweet and tender varieties,
               grown chiefly at the North, some of which have kernels
               that wrinkle when ripe and dry; {pop corn}, any small
               variety, used for popping.
  
      3. The plants which produce corn, when growing in the field;
            the stalks and ears, or the stalks, ears, and seeds, after
            reaping and before thrashing.
  
                     In one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail
                     had thrashed the corn.                        --Milton.
  
      4. A small, hard particle; a grain. [bd]Corn of sand.[b8]
            --Bp. Hall. [bd]A corn of powder.[b8] --Beau. & Fl.
  
      {Corn ball}, a ball of popped corn stuck together with soft
            candy from molasses or sugar.
  
      {Corn bread}, bread made of Indian meal.
  
      {Corn cake}, a kind of corn bread; johnny cake; hoecake.
  
      {Corn cockle} (Bot.), a weed ({Agrostemma [or] Lychnis
            Githago}), having bright flowers, common in grain fields.
           
  
      {Corn flag} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Gladiolus}; --
            called also {sword lily}.
  
      {Corn fly}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A small fly which, in the larval state, is injurious
                  to grain, living in the stalk, and causing the disease
                  called [bd]gout,[b8] on account of the swelled joints.
                  The common European species is {Chlorops t[91]niopus}.
            (b) A small fly ({Anthomyia ze}) whose larva or maggot
                  destroys seed corn after it has been planted.
  
      {Corn fritter}, a fritter having green Indian corn mixed
            through its batter. [U. S.]
  
      {Corn laws}, laws regulating trade in corn, especially those
            in force in Great Britain till 1846, prohibiting the
            importation of foreign grain for home consumption, except
            when the price rose above a certain rate.
  
      {Corn marigold}. (Bot.) See under {Marigold}.
  
      {Corn oyster}, a fritter containing grated green Indian corn
            and butter, the combined taste resembling that of oysters.
            [U.S.]
  
      {Corn parsley} (Bot.), a plant of the parsley genus
            ({Petroselinum segetum}), a weed in parts of Europe and
            Asia.
  
      {Corn popper}, a utensil used in popping corn.
  
      {Corn poppy} (Bot.), the red poppy ({Papaver Rh[d2]as}),
            common in European cornfields; -- also called {corn rose}.
           
  
      {Corn rent}, rent paid in corn.
  
      {Corn rose}. See {Corn poppy}.
  
      {Corn salad} (Bot.), a name given to several species of
            {Valerianella}, annual herbs sometimes used for salad. {V.
            olitoria} is also called {lamb's lettuce}.
  
      {Corn stone}, red limestone. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Corn violet} (Bot.), a species of {Campanula}.
  
      {Corn weevil}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A small weevil which causes great injury to grain.
            (b) In America, a weevil ({Sphenophorus ze[91]}) which
                  attacks the stalk of maize near the root, often doing
                  great damage. See {Grain weevil}, under {Weevil}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lamb \Lamb\ (l[acr]m), n. [AS. lamb; akin to D. & Dan. lam, G. &
      Sw. lamm, OS., Goth., & Icel. lamb.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) The young of the sheep.
  
      2. Any person who is as innocent or gentle as a lamb.
  
      3. A simple, unsophisticated person; in the cant of the Stock
            Exchange, one who ignorantly speculates and is victimized.
  
      {Lamb of God}, {The Lamb} (Script.), the Jesus Christ, in
            allusion to the paschal lamb.
  
                     The twelve apostles of the Lamb.         --Rev. xxi.
                                                                              14.
  
                     Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of
                     the world.                                          --John i. 29.
  
      {Lamb's lettuce} (Bot.), an annual plant with small obovate
            leaves ({Valerianella olitoria}), often used as a salad;
            corn salad. [Written also {lamb lettuce}.]
  
      {Lamb's tongue}, a carpenter's plane with a deep narrow bit,
            for making curved grooves. --Knight.
  
      {Lamb's wool}.
            (a) The wool of a lamb.
            (b) Ale mixed with the pulp of roasted apples; -- probably
                  from the resemblance of the pulp of roasted apples to
                  lamb's wool. [Obs.] --Goldsmith.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lamb \Lamb\ (l[acr]m), n. [AS. lamb; akin to D. & Dan. lam, G. &
      Sw. lamm, OS., Goth., & Icel. lamb.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) The young of the sheep.
  
      2. Any person who is as innocent or gentle as a lamb.
  
      3. A simple, unsophisticated person; in the cant of the Stock
            Exchange, one who ignorantly speculates and is victimized.
  
      {Lamb of God}, {The Lamb} (Script.), the Jesus Christ, in
            allusion to the paschal lamb.
  
                     The twelve apostles of the Lamb.         --Rev. xxi.
                                                                              14.
  
                     Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of
                     the world.                                          --John i. 29.
  
      {Lamb's lettuce} (Bot.), an annual plant with small obovate
            leaves ({Valerianella olitoria}), often used as a salad;
            corn salad. [Written also {lamb lettuce}.]
  
      {Lamb's tongue}, a carpenter's plane with a deep narrow bit,
            for making curved grooves. --Knight.
  
      {Lamb's wool}.
            (a) The wool of a lamb.
            (b) Ale mixed with the pulp of roasted apples; -- probably
                  from the resemblance of the pulp of roasted apples to
                  lamb's wool. [Obs.] --Goldsmith.

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   Wassail \Was"sail\, n. [AS. wes h[be]l (or an equivalent form in
      another dialect) be in health, which was the form of drinking
      a health. The form wes is imperative. See {Was}, and
      {Whole}.]
      1. An ancient expression of good wishes on a festive
            occasion, especially in drinking to some one.
  
                     Geoffrey of Monmouth relates, on the authority of
                     Walter Calenius, that this lady [Rowena], the
                     daughter of Hengist, knelt down on the approach of
                     the king, and, presenting him with a cup of wine,
                     exclaimed, Lord king w[91]s heil, that is,
                     literally, Health be to you.               --N. Drake.
  
      2. An occasion on which such good wishes are expressed in
            drinking; a drinking bout; a carouse. [bd]In merry wassail
            he . . . peals his loud song.[b8] --Sir W. Scott.
  
                     The king doth wake to-night and takes his rouse,
                     Keeps wassail.                                    --Shak.
  
                     The victors abandoned themselves to feasting and
                     wassail.                                             --Prescott.
  
      3. The liquor used for a wassail; esp., a beverage formerly
            much used in England at Christmas and other festivals,
            made of ale (or wine) flavored with spices, sugar, toast,
            roasted apples, etc.; -- called also {lamb's wool}.
  
                     A jolly wassail bowl, A wassail of good ale. --Old
                                                                              Song.
  
      4. A festive or drinking song or glee. [Obs.]
  
                     Have you done your wassail! 'T is a handsome, drowsy
                     ditty, I'll assure you.                     --Beau. & Fl.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lamb \Lamb\ (l[acr]m), n. [AS. lamb; akin to D. & Dan. lam, G. &
      Sw. lamm, OS., Goth., & Icel. lamb.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) The young of the sheep.
  
      2. Any person who is as innocent or gentle as a lamb.
  
      3. A simple, unsophisticated person; in the cant of the Stock
            Exchange, one who ignorantly speculates and is victimized.
  
      {Lamb of God}, {The Lamb} (Script.), the Jesus Christ, in
            allusion to the paschal lamb.
  
                     The twelve apostles of the Lamb.         --Rev. xxi.
                                                                              14.
  
                     Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of
                     the world.                                          --John i. 29.
  
      {Lamb's lettuce} (Bot.), an annual plant with small obovate
            leaves ({Valerianella olitoria}), often used as a salad;
            corn salad. [Written also {lamb lettuce}.]
  
      {Lamb's tongue}, a carpenter's plane with a deep narrow bit,
            for making curved grooves. --Knight.
  
      {Lamb's wool}.
            (a) The wool of a lamb.
            (b) Ale mixed with the pulp of roasted apples; -- probably
                  from the resemblance of the pulp of roasted apples to
                  lamb's wool. [Obs.] --Goldsmith.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wassail \Was"sail\, n. [AS. wes h[be]l (or an equivalent form in
      another dialect) be in health, which was the form of drinking
      a health. The form wes is imperative. See {Was}, and
      {Whole}.]
      1. An ancient expression of good wishes on a festive
            occasion, especially in drinking to some one.
  
                     Geoffrey of Monmouth relates, on the authority of
                     Walter Calenius, that this lady [Rowena], the
                     daughter of Hengist, knelt down on the approach of
                     the king, and, presenting him with a cup of wine,
                     exclaimed, Lord king w[91]s heil, that is,
                     literally, Health be to you.               --N. Drake.
  
      2. An occasion on which such good wishes are expressed in
            drinking; a drinking bout; a carouse. [bd]In merry wassail
            he . . . peals his loud song.[b8] --Sir W. Scott.
  
                     The king doth wake to-night and takes his rouse,
                     Keeps wassail.                                    --Shak.
  
                     The victors abandoned themselves to feasting and
                     wassail.                                             --Prescott.
  
      3. The liquor used for a wassail; esp., a beverage formerly
            much used in England at Christmas and other festivals,
            made of ale (or wine) flavored with spices, sugar, toast,
            roasted apples, etc.; -- called also {lamb's wool}.
  
                     A jolly wassail bowl, A wassail of good ale. --Old
                                                                              Song.
  
      4. A festive or drinking song or glee. [Obs.]
  
                     Have you done your wassail! 'T is a handsome, drowsy
                     ditty, I'll assure you.                     --Beau. & Fl.

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   Lambskin \Lamb"skin`\, n.
      1. The skin of a lamb; especially, a skin dressed with the
            wool on, and used as a mat. Also used adjectively.
  
      2. A kind of woolen.

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   Lambskinnet \Lamb"skin`net"\, n.
      See {Lansquenet}.

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   Lansquenet \Lans"que*net\, n. [F., fr. G. landsknecht a foot
      soldier, also a game of cards introduced by these foot
      soldiers; land country + knecht boy, servant. See {Land}, and
      {Knight}.]
      1. A German foot soldier in foreign service in the 15th and
            16th centuries; a soldier of fortune; -- a term used in
            France and Western Europe.
  
      2. A game at cards, vulgarly called {lambskinnet}.
  
                     [They play] their little game of lansquenet.
                                                                              --Longfellow.

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   Lambskinnet \Lamb"skin`net"\, n.
      See {Lansquenet}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lansquenet \Lans"que*net\, n. [F., fr. G. landsknecht a foot
      soldier, also a game of cards introduced by these foot
      soldiers; land country + knecht boy, servant. See {Land}, and
      {Knight}.]
      1. A German foot soldier in foreign service in the 15th and
            16th centuries; a soldier of fortune; -- a term used in
            France and Western Europe.
  
      2. A game at cards, vulgarly called {lambskinnet}.
  
                     [They play] their little game of lansquenet.
                                                                              --Longfellow.

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   Lamb's-quarters \Lamb's-quar"ters\, n. (Bot.)
      A name given to several plants of the Goosefoot family,
      sometimes used as pot herbs, as {Chenopodium album} and
      {Atriplex patulsa}.

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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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      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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      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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   d8Terebratula \[d8]Ter`e*brat"u*la\, n.; pl. {Terebratul[91]}.
      [Nl., dim. fr. terebratus, p. p., perforated.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A genus of brachiopods which includes many living and some
      fossil species. The larger valve has a perforated beak,
      through which projects a short peduncle for attachment.
      Called also {lamp shell}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Terebratula \[d8]Ter`e*brat"u*la\, n.; pl. {Terebratul[91]}.
      [Nl., dim. fr. terebratus, p. p., perforated.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A genus of brachiopods which includes many living and some
      fossil species. The larger valve has a perforated beak,
      through which projects a short peduncle for attachment.
      Called also {lamp shell}.

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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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   Lampic \Lam"pic\, a. [F. lampique, fr. lampe lamp. See {Lamp}.]
      (Chem.)
      Pertaining to, or produced by, a lamp; -- formerly said of a
      supposed acid.

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   Lamp-post \Lamp"-post`\, n.
      A post (generally a pillar of iron) supporting a lamp or
      lantern for lighting a street, park, etc.

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   Wartwort \Wart"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
      A name given to several plants because they were thought to
      be a cure for warts, as a kind of spurge ({Euphorbia
      Helioscopia}), and the nipplewort ({Lampsana communis}).

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   Nipplewort \Nip"ple*wort`\, n. (Bot.)
      A yellow-flowered composite herb ({Lampsana communis}),
      formerly used as an external application to the nipples of
      women; -- called also {dock-cress}.

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   Lanifical \La*nif"i*cal\, a. [L. lanificus; lana wool + facere
      to make.]
      Working in wool.

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   Lanifice \Lan"i*fice\, n. [L. lanificium: cf. OF. lanifice.]
      Anything made of wool. [Obs.] --Bacon.

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   Lean-faced \Lean"-faced`\, a.
      1. Having a thin face.
  
      2. (Typog.) slender or narrow; -- said of type the letters of
            which have thin lines, or are unusually narrow in
            proportion to their height. --W. Savage.

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   Limbec \Lim"bec\ (-b[ecr]k), n. [Abbrev. of alembic.]
      An alembic; a still. [Obs.] --Spenser. Shak.

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   Limbec \Lim"bec\, v. t.
      To distill. [Obs.] --Dryden.

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   Limbous \Lim"bous\ (l[icr]m"b[ucr]s), a. [See {Limbus}.] (Anat.)
      With slightly overlapping borders; -- said of a suture.

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   Limbo \Lim"bo\ (l[icr]m"b[osl]), Limbus \Lim"bus\ (-b[ucr]s), n.
      [L. limbus border, edge, in limbo on the border. Cf. {Limb}
      border.]
      1. (Scholastic Theol.) An extramundane region where certain
            classes of souls were supposed to await the judgment.
  
                     As far from help as Limbo is from bliss. --Shak.
  
                     A Limbo large and broad, since called The Paradise
                     of fools.                                          --Milton.
  
      Note: The limbus patrum was considered as a place for the
               souls of good men who lived before the coming of our
               Savior. The limbus infantium was said to be a similar
               place for the souls of unbaptized infants. To these was
               added, in the popular belief, the limbus fatuorum, or
               fool's paradise, regarded as a receptacle of all vanity
               and nonsense.
  
      2. Hence: Any real or imaginary place of restraint or
            confinement; a prison; as, to put a man in limbo.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Limpkin \Limp"kin\ (l[icr]mp"k[icr]n), n. (Zo[94]l.)
      Either one of two species of wading birds of the genus
      {Aramus}, intermediate between the cranes and rails. The
      limpkins are remarkable for the great length of the toes. One
      species ({A. giganteus}) inhabits Florida and the West
      Indies; the other ({A. scolopaceus}) is found in South
      America. Called also {courlan}, and {crying bird}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Limpsy \Limp"sy\ (-s[ycr]), Limsy \Lim"sy\ (l[icr]m"s[ycr]), a.
      [See {Limp}, a., and cf. W. llymsi having a fickle motion,
      weak. Cf. {Flimsy}.]
      Limp; flexible; flimsy. [Local, U. S.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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}

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Collimation \Col`li*ma"tion\, n. [Cf. F. collimation, fr. a
      false reading (collimare) for L. collineare to direct in a
      straight line; col- + linea line. Cf. {Collineation}.]
      The act of collimating; the adjustment of the line of the
      sights, as the axial line of the telescope of an instrument,
      into its proper position relative to the other parts of the
      instrument.
  
      {Error of collimation}, the deviation of the line collimation
            of an astronomical instrument from the position it ought
            to have with respect to the axis of motion of the
            instrument.
  
      {Line of collimation}, the axial line of the telescope of an
            astronomical or geodetic instrument, or the line which
            passes through the optical center of the object glass and
            the intersection of the cross wires at its focus.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quadrat \Quad"rat\, n. [F. quadrat, cadrat. See {Quadrate}.]
      1. (Print.) A block of type metal lower than the letters, --
            used in spacing and in blank lines. [Abbrev. quad.]
  
      2. An old instrument used for taking altitudes; -- called
            also {geometrical square}, and {line of shadows}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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}

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Striction \Stric"tion\, n. [L. strictio. See {Stringent}.]
      The act of constricting, or the state of being constricted.
  
      {Line of striction} (Geom.), the line on a skew surface that
            cuts each generator in that point of it that is nearest to
            the succeeding generator.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Syzygy \Syz"y*gy\ (s[icr]z"[icr]*j[ycr]), n.; pl. {Syzygies}
      (-j[icr]z). [L. syzygia a joining together, conjunction, Gr.
      syzygi`a; sy`n with + zeygny`nai to join, zygo`n yoke: cf. F.
      syzygie. See {Yoke}, n.]
      1. (Astron.) The point of an orbit, as of the moon or a
            planet, at which it is in conjunction or opposition; --
            commonly used in the plural.
  
      2. (Gr. & L. Pros.) The coupling together of different feet;
            as, in Greek verse, an iambic syzygy.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) Any one of the segments of an arm of a crinoid
                  composed of two joints so closely united that the line
                  of union is obliterated on the outer, though visible
                  on the inner, side.
            (b) The immovable union of two joints of a crinoidal arm.
  
      {Line of syzygies} (Astron.), the straight line connecting
            the earth, the sun, and the moon or a planet, when the
            latter is in conjunction or opposition; -- used chiefly of
            the moon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lion \Li"on\, n.
  
      {Lion of Lucerne}, a famous sculptured lion at Lucerne,
            Switzerland, designed by Thorwaldsen and dedicated in 1821
            as a memorial to the Swiss Guards who fell defending Louis
            XVI. in the attack of the mob on the Tuileries, Aug. 10,
            1792. The animal, which is hewn out of the face of a rock,
            is represented as transfixed with a broken spear and
            dying, but still trying to protect with its paw a shield
            bearing the fleur-de-lis of France.
  
      {Lion of St. Mark}, a winged lion, the emblem of the
            evangelist Mark, especially that of bronze surmounting a
            granite column in the Piazzetta at Venice, and holding in
            its fore paws an open book representing St. Mark's Gospel.
           
  
      {Lion of the North}, Gustavus Adolphus (1594-1632), King of
            Sweden, the hero of the Protestant faith in the Thirty
            Years' War. Liquid air \Liq"uid air\ (Physics)
      A transparent limpid liquid, slightly blue in color,
      consisting of a mixture of liquefied oxygen and nitrogen. It
      is prepared by subjecting air to great pressure and then
      cooling it by its own expansion to a temperature below the
      boiling point of its constituents (N -194[deg] C; O -183[deg]
      C.).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Loan \Loan\, n. [OE. lone, lane, AS. l[be]n, l[91]n, fr. le[a2]n
      to lend; akin to D. leen loan, fief, G. lehen fief, Icel.
      l[be]n, G. leihen to lend, OHG. l[c6]han, Icel. lj[c6], Goth.
      leihwan, L. linquere to leave, Gr. [?], Skr. ric. [?] Cf.
      {Delinquent}, {Eclipse}, {Eleven}, {Ellipse}, {Lend},
      {License}, {Relic}.]
      1. The act of lending; a lending; permission to use; as, the
            loan of a book, money, services.
  
      2. That which one lends or borrows, esp. a sum of money lent
            at interest; as, he repaid the loan.
  
      {Loan office}.
            (a) An office at which loans are negotiated, or at which
                  the accounts of loans are kept, and the interest paid
                  to the lender.
            (b) A pawnbroker's shop.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lompish \Lomp"ish\, a.
      Lumpish. [Obs.] --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lumbaginous \Lum*bag"i*nous\, a.
      Of or pertaining to lumbago.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lumbago \Lum*ba"go\, n. [L., fr. lumbus loin. See {Lumbar}.]
      (Med.)
      A rheumatic pain in the loins and the small of the back.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lumbosacral \Lum`bo*sa"cral\, n. [L. lumbus loin + E. sacral.]
      (Anat.)
      Of or pertaining to the loins and sacrum; as, the lumbosacral
      nerve, a branch of one of the lumber nerves which passes over
      the sacrum.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lump \Lump\, n. [Cf. OD. lompe piece, mass. Cf. {Lunch}.]
      1. A small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or
            shapeless mass; as, a lump of coal; a lump of iron ore.
            [bd] A lump of cheese.[b8] --Piers Plowman. [bd] This lump
            of clay.[b8] --Shak.
  
      2. A mass or aggregation of things.
  
      3. (Firearms) A projection beneath the breech end of a gun
            barrel.
  
      {In the lump},
  
      {In a lump}, the whole together; in gross.
  
                     They may buy them in the lump.            --Addison.
  
      {Lump coal}, coal in large lumps; -- the largest size brought
            from the mine.
  
      {Lump sum}, a gross sum without a specification of items; as,
            to award a lump sum in satisfaction of all claims and
            damages.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lump \Lump\, n. [Cf. OD. lompe piece, mass. Cf. {Lunch}.]
      1. A small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or
            shapeless mass; as, a lump of coal; a lump of iron ore.
            [bd] A lump of cheese.[b8] --Piers Plowman. [bd] This lump
            of clay.[b8] --Shak.
  
      2. A mass or aggregation of things.
  
      3. (Firearms) A projection beneath the breech end of a gun
            barrel.
  
      {In the lump},
  
      {In a lump}, the whole together; in gross.
  
                     They may buy them in the lump.            --Addison.
  
      {Lump coal}, coal in large lumps; -- the largest size brought
            from the mine.
  
      {Lump sum}, a gross sum without a specification of items; as,
            to award a lump sum in satisfaction of all claims and
            damages.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lumpfish \Lump"fish`\, n. [From {Lump}, on account of its
      bulkiness: cf. G. & D. lump, F. lompe.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A large, thick, clumsy, marine fish ({Cyclopterus lumpus}) of
      Europe and America. The color is usually translucent sea
      green, sometimes purplish. It has a dorsal row of spiny
      tubercles, and three rows on each side, but has no scales.
      The ventral fins unite and form a ventral sucker for adhesion
      to stones and seaweeds. Called also {lumpsucker},
      {cock-paddle}, {sea owl}.

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]:
   Lumpish \Lump"ish\, a.
      Like a lump; inert; gross; heavy; dull; spiritless. [bd]
      Lumpish, heavy, melancholy.[b8] --Shak. -- {Lump"ish*ly},
      adv. -- {Lump"ish*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lumpish \Lump"ish\, a.
      Like a lump; inert; gross; heavy; dull; spiritless. [bd]
      Lumpish, heavy, melancholy.[b8] --Shak. -- {Lump"ish*ly},
      adv. -- {Lump"ish*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lumpish \Lump"ish\, a.
      Like a lump; inert; gross; heavy; dull; spiritless. [bd]
      Lumpish, heavy, melancholy.[b8] --Shak. -- {Lump"ish*ly},
      adv. -- {Lump"ish*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lumpfish \Lump"fish`\, n. [From {Lump}, on account of its
      bulkiness: cf. G. & D. lump, F. lompe.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A large, thick, clumsy, marine fish ({Cyclopterus lumpus}) of
      Europe and America. The color is usually translucent sea
      green, sometimes purplish. It has a dorsal row of spiny
      tubercles, and three rows on each side, but has no scales.
      The ventral fins unite and form a ventral sucker for adhesion
      to stones and seaweeds. Called also {lumpsucker},
      {cock-paddle}, {sea owl}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lumpsucker \Lump"suck`er\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      The lumprish.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lumpfish \Lump"fish`\, n. [From {Lump}, on account of its
      bulkiness: cf. G. & D. lump, F. lompe.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A large, thick, clumsy, marine fish ({Cyclopterus lumpus}) of
      Europe and America. The color is usually translucent sea
      green, sometimes purplish. It has a dorsal row of spiny
      tubercles, and three rows on each side, but has no scales.
      The ventral fins unite and form a ventral sucker for adhesion
      to stones and seaweeds. Called also {lumpsucker},
      {cock-paddle}, {sea owl}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lumpsucker \Lump"suck`er\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      The lumprish.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Actinomycosis \[d8]Ac`ti*no*my*co"sis\, n. [NL.] (Med.)
      A chronic infectious disease of cattle and man due to the
      presence of {Actinomyces bovis}. It causes local suppurating
      tumors, esp. about the jaw. Called also {lumpy jaw} or {big
      jaw}. -- {Ac`ti*no*my*cot"ic}, a.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lumpy-jaw \Lump"y-jaw`\ (Med.)
      Actinomycosis. [Colloq.]

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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lymphogenic \Lym`pho*gen"ic\, a. [Lymph + root of L. gignere to
      produce.] (Physiol.)
      Connected with, or formed in, the lymphatic glands.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lymphography \Lym*phog"ra*phy\, n. [Lymph + -graphy.]
      A description of the lymphatic vessels, their origin and
      uses.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Lamb County, TX (county, FIPS 279)
      Location: 34.06881 N, 102.34753 W
      Population (1990): 15072 (6531 housing units)
      Area: 2632.2 sq km (land), 3.9 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Lamboglia, PR (comunidad, FIPS 41466)
      Location: 17.98635 N, 65.98494 W
      Population (1990): 1149 (387 housing units)
      Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Lambs Grove, IA (city, FIPS 42870)
      Location: 41.70034 N, 93.07829 W
      Population (1990): 212 (85 housing units)
      Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Lambsburg, VA
      Zip code(s): 24351

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Lampasas, TX (city, FIPS 41188)
      Location: 31.06340 N, 98.18094 W
      Population (1990): 6382 (2863 housing units)
      Area: 14.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 76550

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Lampasas County, TX (county, FIPS 281)
      Location: 31.19442 N, 98.23991 W
      Population (1990): 13521 (6193 housing units)
      Area: 1844.3 sq km (land), 5.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Lenape Heights, PA (CDP, FIPS 42672)
      Location: 40.76429 N, 79.52081 W
      Population (1990): 1355 (568 housing units)
      Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Lompoc, CA (city, FIPS 42524)
      Location: 34.66056 N, 120.46964 W
      Population (1990): 37649 (13261 housing units)
      Area: 29.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 93436, 93437

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Lumpkin, GA (city, FIPS 47980)
      Location: 32.04966 N, 84.79955 W
      Population (1990): 1250 (488 housing units)
      Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 31815

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Lumpkin County, GA (county, FIPS 187)
      Location: 34.57450 N, 84.00225 W
      Population (1990): 14573 (5729 housing units)
      Area: 736.8 sq km (land), 1.0 sq km (water)

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   lamp-post error
  
      {fencepost error}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   LINPACK
  
      1. A package of {linear algebra} routines.
  
      2. The kernel {benchmark} developed from the "LINPACK" package
      of linear algebra routines.   It was written by Jack Dongarra
      in {Fortran} and is commonly used in
      that language but there is also a {C} version.
  
      Source Code by FTP: {single precision Fortran
      (ftp://netlib.att.com/netlib/benchmark/linpacks.Z)},
      {double precision Fortran
      (ftp://netlib.att.com/netlib/benchmark/linpackd.Z)},
      {C (ftp://netlib.att.com:/netlib/benchmark/linpackc.Z)}.
  
      {Results
      (http://performance.netlib.org/performance/html/linpack.data.col0.html)}.
  
      (1994-11-14)
  
  
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