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   Lancashire
         n 1: a historical area of northwestern England on the Irish Sea;
               noted for textiles

English Dictionary: language	by the DICT Development Group
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Lancaster n a city in northwestern England the English royal house that reigned from 1399 to 1461; its emblem was a red rose Synonym(s): Lancaster, House of Lancaster, Lancastrian line
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Lancastrian adj of or relating to the former English royal house or their supporters; "Lancastrian royalty" of or relating to the English city of Lancaster or its residents; "Lancastrian city center" n a member (or supporter) of the house of Lancaster a resident of Lancaster
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Lancastrian line n the English royal house that reigned from 1399 to 1461; its emblem was a red rose Synonym(s): Lancaster, House of Lancaster, Lancastrian line
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lance corporal n an enlisted man in the marine corps ranking above a private first class and below a corporal
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lance-shaped adj shaped like a lance
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langouste n warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California Synonym(s): spiny lobster, langouste, rock lobster, crayfish large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters Synonym(s): spiny lobster, langouste, rock lobster, crawfish, crayfish, sea crawfish
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langoustine n caught in European waters; slenderer than American lobster Synonym(s): Norwegian lobster, langoustine, scampo
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language n a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols; "he taught foreign languages"; "the language introduced is standard throughout the text"; "the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written" Synonym(s): language, linguistic communication (language) communication by word of mouth; "his speech was garbled"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the spoken language of the streets" Synonym(s): speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, language, voice communication, oral communication the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number; "his compositions always started with the lyrics"; "he wrote both words and music"; "the song uses colloquial language" Synonym(s): lyric, words, language the cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication; "he didn't have the language to express his feelings" Synonym(s): linguistic process, language the mental faculty or power of vocal communication; "language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals" Synonym(s): language, speech a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline; "legal terminology"; "biological nomenclature"; "the language of sociology" Synonym(s): terminology, nomenclature, language
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language area n a large cortical area (in the left hemisphere in most people) containing all the centers associated with language Synonym(s): language area, language zone
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language barrier n barrier to communication resulting from speaking different languages
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language learning n learning to use a language
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language lesson n a period of instruction learning a language
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language requirement n a requirement that a student know certain languages
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language school n a school for teaching foreign languages
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language system n a system of linguistic units or elements used in a particular language
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language teaching n teaching people to speak and understand a foreign language
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language unit n one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed Synonym(s): language unit, linguistic unit
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language zone n a large cortical area (in the left hemisphere in most people) containing all the centers associated with language Synonym(s): language area, language zone
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Languas speciosa n cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with pink shading and crinkled yellow lips with variegated magenta stripes Synonym(s): shellflower, shall-flower, shell ginger, Alpinia Zerumbet, Alpinia speciosa, Languas speciosa
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languish v lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her husband died, she just pined away" Synonym(s): pine away, waste, languish have a desire for something or someone who is not present; "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover" Synonym(s): ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon" Synonym(s): languish, fade
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languisher n a person who languishes
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Lanius excubitor n a common European butcherbird [syn: European shrike, Lanius excubitor]
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laying waste n destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined Synonym(s): laying waste, ruin, ruining, ruination, wrecking
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lemniscus n a bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus Synonym(s): lemniscus, fillet
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lens system n a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images Synonym(s): lens, lense, lens system
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lime juice n usually freshly squeezed juice of limes
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Lincocin n antibiotic (trade name Lincocin) obtained from a streptomyces bacterium and used in the treatment of certain penicillin-resistant infections Synonym(s): lincomycin, Lincocin
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line coach n an assistant football coach in charge of the linemen
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linguica n a highly seasoned Portuguese pork sausage flavored with garlic and onions
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linguist n a specialist in linguistics [syn: linguist, {linguistic scientist}] a person who speaks more than one language Synonym(s): linguist, polyglot
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linguistic adj consisting of or related to language; "linguistic behavior"; "a linguistic atlas"; "lingual diversity" Synonym(s): linguistic, lingual Antonym(s): nonlinguistic of or relating to the scientific study of language; "linguistic theory"
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linguistic atlas n an atlas showing the distribution of distinctive linguistic features Synonym(s): dialect atlas, linguistic atlas
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linguistic communication n a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols; "he taught foreign languages"; "the language introduced is standard throughout the text"; "the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written" Synonym(s): language, linguistic communication
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linguistic competence n (linguistics) a speaker's implicit, internalized knowledge of the rules of their language (contrasted with linguistic performance)
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linguistic context n discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation Synonym(s): context, linguistic context, context of use
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linguistic geography n the study of the geographical distribution of linguistic features Synonym(s): dialect geography, linguistic geography
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linguistic performance n (linguistics) a speaker's actual use of language in real situations; what the speaker actually says, including grammatical errors and other non-linguistic features such as hesitations and other disfluencies (contrasted with linguistic competence)
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linguistic process n a process involved in human language the cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication; "he didn't have the language to express his feelings" Synonym(s): linguistic process, language
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linguistic profiling n using speech characteristics or dialect to identify a speaker's race or religion or social class
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linguistic relation n a relation between linguistic forms or constituents
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linguistic rule n (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice Synonym(s): rule, linguistic rule
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linguistic scientist n a specialist in linguistics [syn: linguist, {linguistic scientist}]
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linguistic string n a linear sequence of words as spoken or written [syn: string of words, word string, linguistic string]
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linguistic unit n one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed Synonym(s): language unit, linguistic unit
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linguistic universal n (linguistics) a grammatical rule (or other linguistic feature) that is found in all languages Synonym(s): universal, linguistic universal
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linguistically adv with respect to the science of linguistics; "linguistically interesting data" with respect to language; "linguistically impaired children"; "a lingually diverse population" Synonym(s): linguistically, lingually
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linguistics n the scientific study of language the humanistic study of language and literature Synonym(s): linguistics, philology
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linguistics department n the academic department responsible for teaching and research in linguistics Synonym(s): linguistics department, department of linguistics
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linkage n an associative relation (genetics) traits that tend to be inherited together as a consequence of an association between their genes; all of the genes of a given chromosome are linked (where one goes they all go) Synonym(s): linkage, gene linkage a mechanical system of rods or springs or pivots that transmits power or motion the act of linking things together
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linkage editor n an editor program that creates one module from several by resolving cross-references among the modules
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linkage group n any pair of genes that tend to be transmitted together; "the genes of Drosophila fall into four linkage groups" Synonym(s): linkage group, linked genes
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Lonchocarpus n genus of chiefly tropical American shrubs and trees having pinnate leaves and red or white flowers Synonym(s): Lonchocarpus, genus Lonchocarpus
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long ago adv of the distant or comparatively distant past; "We met once long ago"; "they long ago forsook their nomadic life"; "left for work long ago"; "he has long since given up mountain climbing"; "This name has long since been forgotten"; "lang syne" is Scottish Synonym(s): long ago, long since, lang syne
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Long Island n an island in southeastern New York; Brooklyn and Queens are on its western end
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Long Island Sound n a sound between Long Island and Connecticut
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long whist n a card game for four players who form two partnerships; a pack of 52 cards is dealt and each side scores one point for each trick it takes in excess of six Synonym(s): whist, long whist, short whist
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long-acting adj active over a long period of time
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long-ago adj belonging to time long gone; "those long-ago dresses that swished along the floor"
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longcase clock n a pendulum clock enclosed in a tall narrow case [syn: grandfather clock, longcase clock]
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longest adv for the most time; "she stayed longest"
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longicorn n long-bodied beetle having very long antennae [syn: {long- horned beetle}, longicorn, longicorn beetle]
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longicorn beetle n long-bodied beetle having very long antennae [syn: {long- horned beetle}, longicorn, longicorn beetle]
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longish adj somewhat long
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longsighted adj capable of seeing to a great distance [syn: eagle-eyed, keen-sighted, farseeing, longsighted] planning prudently for the future; "large goals that required farsighted policies"; "took a long view of the geopolitical issues" Synonym(s): farseeing, farsighted, foresighted, foresightful, prospicient, long, longsighted
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longsightedness n abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects Synonym(s): hyperopia, hypermetropia, hypermetropy, farsightedness, longsightedness Antonym(s): myopia, nearsightedness, shortsightedness
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longways adv in the direction of the length; "He cut the paper lengthwise" Synonym(s): lengthways, lengthwise, longwise, longways, longitudinally n country dancing performed with couples in two long lines facing each other Synonym(s): longways, longways dance
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longways dance n country dancing performed with couples in two long lines facing each other Synonym(s): longways, longways dance
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longwise adv in the direction of the length; "He cut the paper lengthwise" Synonym(s): lengthways, lengthwise, longwise, longways, longitudinally
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lounge car n railroad car having a bar and tables and lounge chairs Synonym(s): club car, lounge car
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lounge chair n a comfortable upholstered armchair [syn: easy chair, lounge chair, overstuffed chair]
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lounge suit n a business suit consisting of a matching jacket and skirt or trousers Synonym(s): two-piece, two-piece suit, lounge suit
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Lyonnaise sauce n brown sauce with sauteed chopped onions and parsley and dry white wine or vinegar Synonym(s): Lyonnaise sauce, brown onion sauce
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Devil \Dev"il\, n. [AS. de[a2]fol, de[a2]ful; akin to G. [?]eufel, Goth. diaba[a3]lus; all fr. L. diabolus the devil, Gr. [?] the devil, the slanderer, fr. [?] to slander, calumniate, orig., to throw across; [?] across + [?] to throw, let fall, fall; cf. Skr. gal to fall. Cf. {Diabolic}.] 1. The Evil One; Satan, represented as the tempter and spiritual of mankind. [Jesus] being forty days tempted of the devil. --Luke iv. 2. That old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world. --Rev. xii. 9. 2. An evil spirit; a demon. A dumb man possessed with a devil. --Matt. ix. 32. 3. A very wicked person; hence, any great evil. [bd]That devil Glendower.[b8] [bd]The devil drunkenness.[b8] --Shak. Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil? --John vi. 70. 4. An expletive of surprise, vexation, or emphasis, or, ironically, of negation. [Low] The devil a puritan that he is, . . . but a timepleaser. --Shak. The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. --Pope. 5. (Cookery) A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper. Men and women busy in baking, broiling, roasting oysters, and preparing devils on the gridiron. --Sir W. Scott. 6. (Manuf.) A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc. {Blue devils}. See under {Blue}. {Cartesian devil}. See under {Cartesian}. {Devil bird} (Zo[94]l.), one of two or more South African drongo shrikes ({Edolius retifer}, and {E. remifer}), believed by the natives to be connected with sorcery. {Devil may care}, reckless, defiant of authority; -- used adjectively. --Longfellow. {Devil's apron} (Bot.), the large kelp ({Laminaria saccharina}, and {L. longicruris}) of the Atlantic ocean, having a blackish, leathery expansion, shaped somewhat like an apron. {Devil's coachhorse}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The black rove beetle ({Ocypus olens}). [Eng.] (b) A large, predacious, hemipterous insect ({Prionotus cristatus}); the wheel bug. [U.S.] {Devil's darning-needle}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Darn}, v. t. {Devil's fingers}, {Devil's hand} (Zo[94]l.), the common British starfish ({Asterias rubens}); -- also applied to a sponge with stout branches. [Prov. Eng., Irish & Scot.] {Devil's riding-horse} (Zo[94]l.), the American mantis ({Mantis Carolina}). {The Devil's tattoo}, a drumming with the fingers or feet. [bd]Jack played the Devil's tattoo on the door with his boot heels.[b8] --F. Hardman (Blackw. Mag.). {Devil worship}, worship of the power of evil; -- still practiced by barbarians who believe that the good and evil forces of nature are of equal power. {Printer's devil}, the youngest apprentice in a printing office, who runs on errands, does dirty work (as washing the ink rollers and sweeping), etc. [bd]Without fearing the printer's devil or the sheriff's officer.[b8] --Macaulay. {Tasmanian devil} (Zo[94]l.), a very savage carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania ({Dasyurus, [or] Diabolus, ursinus}). {To play devil with}, to molest extremely; to ruin. [Low]
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Wrestling \Wres"tling\, n. Act of one who wrestles; specif., the sport consisting of the hand-to-hand combat between two unarmed contestants who seek to throw each other. Note: The various styles of wrestling differ in their definition of a fall and in the governing rules. In {Greco-Roman wrestling}, tripping and taking hold of the legs are forbidden, and a fall is gained (that is, the bout is won), by the contestant who pins both his opponent's shoulders to the ground. In {catch-as-catch-can wrestling}, all holds are permitted except such as may be barred by mutual consent, and a fall is defined as in Greco-Roman style. {Lancashire style wrestling} is essentially the same as catch-as-catch-can. In {Cumberland and Westmorland wrestling} the contestants stand chest to chest, grasping each other around the body. The one first losing his hold, or touching the ground with any part of his body except his feet, loses the bout. If both fall to the ground at the same time, it is a dogfall, and must be wrestled over. In the {Cornwall and Devon wrestling}, the wrestlers complete in strong loose linen jackets, catching hold of the jacket, or anywhere above the waist. Two shoulders and one hip, or two hips and one shoulder, must touch the ground to constitute a fall, and if a man is thrown otherwise than on his back the contestants get upon their feet and the bout recommences.
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Lance \Lance\, n. [OE. lance, F. lance, fr. L. lancea; cf. Gr. [?]. Cf. {Launch}.] 1. A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen, and often decorated with a small flag; also, a spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen. A braver soldier never couched lance. --Shak. 2. A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer. 3. (Founding) A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell. 4. (Mil.) An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home. 5. (Pyrotech.) One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure. {Free lance}, in the Middle Ages, and subsequently, a knight or roving soldier, who was free to engage for any state or commander that purchased his services; hence, a person who assails institutions or opinions on his own responsibility without regard to party lines or deference to authority. {Lance bucket} (Cavalry), a socket attached to a saddle or stirrup strap, in which to rest the but of a lance. {Lance corporal}, same as {Lancepesade}. {Lance knight}, a lansquenet. --B. Jonson. {Lance snake} (Zo[94]l.), the fer-de-lance. {Stink-fire lance} (Mil.), a kind of fuse filled with a composition which burns with a suffocating odor; -- used in the counter operations of miners. {To break a lance}, to engage in a tilt or contest.
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Lancepesade \Lance`pe*sade"\, n. [F. lancepessade, lanspessade, anspessade, It. lancia spezzata a broken lance or demilance, a demilance roan, a light horseman, bodyguard.] An assistant to a corporal; a private performing the duties of a corporal; -- called also {lance corporal}.
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Corporal \Cor"poral\ (k[ocir]r"p[osl]r[ait]l), n. [Corrupted fr. F. caporal, It. caporale, fr. capo head, chief, L. caput. See {Chief}, and cf. {Caporal}.] (Mil.) A noncommissioned officer, next below a sergeant. In the United States army he is the lowest noncommissioned officer in a company of infantry. He places and relieves sentinels. {Corporal's guard}, a detachment such as would be in charge of a corporal for guard duty, etc.; hence, derisively, a very small number of persons. {Lance corporal}, an assistant corporal on private's pay. --Farrow. {Ship's corporal} (Naut.), a petty officer who assists the master at arms in his various duties.
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Lance \Lance\, n. [OE. lance, F. lance, fr. L. lancea; cf. Gr. [?]. Cf. {Launch}.] 1. A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen, and often decorated with a small flag; also, a spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen. A braver soldier never couched lance. --Shak. 2. A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer. 3. (Founding) A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell. 4. (Mil.) An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home. 5. (Pyrotech.) One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure. {Free lance}, in the Middle Ages, and subsequently, a knight or roving soldier, who was free to engage for any state or commander that purchased his services; hence, a person who assails institutions or opinions on his own responsibility without regard to party lines or deference to authority. {Lance bucket} (Cavalry), a socket attached to a saddle or stirrup strap, in which to rest the but of a lance. {Lance corporal}, same as {Lancepesade}. {Lance knight}, a lansquenet. --B. Jonson. {Lance snake} (Zo[94]l.), the fer-de-lance. {Stink-fire lance} (Mil.), a kind of fuse filled with a composition which burns with a suffocating odor; -- used in the counter operations of miners. {To break a lance}, to engage in a tilt or contest.
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Lancepesade \Lance`pe*sade"\, n. [F. lancepessade, lanspessade, anspessade, It. lancia spezzata a broken lance or demilance, a demilance roan, a light horseman, bodyguard.] An assistant to a corporal; a private performing the duties of a corporal; -- called also {lance corporal}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Corporal \Cor"poral\ (k[ocir]r"p[osl]r[ait]l), n. [Corrupted fr. F. caporal, It. caporale, fr. capo head, chief, L. caput. See {Chief}, and cf. {Caporal}.] (Mil.) A noncommissioned officer, next below a sergeant. In the United States army he is the lowest noncommissioned officer in a company of infantry. He places and relieves sentinels. {Corporal's guard}, a detachment such as would be in charge of a corporal for guard duty, etc.; hence, derisively, a very small number of persons. {Lance corporal}, an assistant corporal on private's pay. --Farrow. {Ship's corporal} (Naut.), a petty officer who assists the master at arms in his various duties.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lance \Lance\, n. [OE. lance, F. lance, fr. L. lancea; cf. Gr. [?]. Cf. {Launch}.] 1. A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen, and often decorated with a small flag; also, a spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen. A braver soldier never couched lance. --Shak. 2. A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer. 3. (Founding) A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell. 4. (Mil.) An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home. 5. (Pyrotech.) One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure. {Free lance}, in the Middle Ages, and subsequently, a knight or roving soldier, who was free to engage for any state or commander that purchased his services; hence, a person who assails institutions or opinions on his own responsibility without regard to party lines or deference to authority. {Lance bucket} (Cavalry), a socket attached to a saddle or stirrup strap, in which to rest the but of a lance. {Lance corporal}, same as {Lancepesade}. {Lance knight}, a lansquenet. --B. Jonson. {Lance snake} (Zo[94]l.), the fer-de-lance. {Stink-fire lance} (Mil.), a kind of fuse filled with a composition which burns with a suffocating odor; -- used in the counter operations of miners. {To break a lance}, to engage in a tilt or contest.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lancepesade \Lance`pe*sade"\, n. [F. lancepessade, lanspessade, anspessade, It. lancia spezzata a broken lance or demilance, a demilance roan, a light horseman, bodyguard.] An assistant to a corporal; a private performing the duties of a corporal; -- called also {lance corporal}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Corporal \Cor"poral\ (k[ocir]r"p[osl]r[ait]l), n. [Corrupted fr. F. caporal, It. caporale, fr. capo head, chief, L. caput. See {Chief}, and cf. {Caporal}.] (Mil.) A noncommissioned officer, next below a sergeant. In the United States army he is the lowest noncommissioned officer in a company of infantry. He places and relieves sentinels. {Corporal's guard}, a detachment such as would be in charge of a corporal for guard duty, etc.; hence, derisively, a very small number of persons. {Lance corporal}, an assistant corporal on private's pay. --Farrow. {Ship's corporal} (Naut.), a petty officer who assists the master at arms in his various duties.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lance \Lance\, n. [OE. lance, F. lance, fr. L. lancea; cf. Gr. [?]. Cf. {Launch}.] 1. A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen, and often decorated with a small flag; also, a spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen. A braver soldier never couched lance. --Shak. 2. A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer. 3. (Founding) A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell. 4. (Mil.) An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home. 5. (Pyrotech.) One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure. {Free lance}, in the Middle Ages, and subsequently, a knight or roving soldier, who was free to engage for any state or commander that purchased his services; hence, a person who assails institutions or opinions on his own responsibility without regard to party lines or deference to authority. {Lance bucket} (Cavalry), a socket attached to a saddle or stirrup strap, in which to rest the but of a lance. {Lance corporal}, same as {Lancepesade}. {Lance knight}, a lansquenet. --B. Jonson. {Lance snake} (Zo[94]l.), the fer-de-lance. {Stink-fire lance} (Mil.), a kind of fuse filled with a composition which burns with a suffocating odor; -- used in the counter operations of miners. {To break a lance}, to engage in a tilt or contest.
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Lance \Lance\, n. [OE. lance, F. lance, fr. L. lancea; cf. Gr. [?]. Cf. {Launch}.] 1. A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen, and often decorated with a small flag; also, a spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen. A braver soldier never couched lance. --Shak. 2. A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer. 3. (Founding) A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell. 4. (Mil.) An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home. 5. (Pyrotech.) One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure. {Free lance}, in the Middle Ages, and subsequently, a knight or roving soldier, who was free to engage for any state or commander that purchased his services; hence, a person who assails institutions or opinions on his own responsibility without regard to party lines or deference to authority. {Lance bucket} (Cavalry), a socket attached to a saddle or stirrup strap, in which to rest the but of a lance. {Lance corporal}, same as {Lancepesade}. {Lance knight}, a lansquenet. --B. Jonson. {Lance snake} (Zo[94]l.), the fer-de-lance. {Stink-fire lance} (Mil.), a kind of fuse filled with a composition which burns with a suffocating odor; -- used in the counter operations of miners. {To break a lance}, to engage in a tilt or contest.
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Lancegay \Lance"gay`\, Lancegaye \Lance"gaye`\, n. [OF. lancegaie, corrupted from the same source as E. assagai, under the influence of F. lance lance. See {Assagai}.] A kind of spear anciently used. Its use was prohibited by a statute of Richard II. --Nares. In his hand a launcegay, A long sword by his side. --Chaucer.
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Lancegay \Lance"gay`\, Lancegaye \Lance"gaye`\, n. [OF. lancegaie, corrupted from the same source as E. assagai, under the influence of F. lance lance. See {Assagai}.] A kind of spear anciently used. Its use was prohibited by a statute of Richard II. --Nares. In his hand a launcegay, A long sword by his side. --Chaucer.
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Language \Lan"guage\, n. [OE. langage, F. langage, fr. L. lingua the tongue, hence speech, language; akin to E. tongue. See {Tongue}, cf. {Lingual}.] 1. Any means of conveying or communicating ideas; specifically, human speech; the expression of ideas by the voice; sounds, expressive of thought, articulated by the organs of the throat and mouth. Note: Language consists in the oral utterance of sounds which usage has made the representatives of ideas. When two or more persons customarily annex the same sounds to the same ideas, the expression of these sounds by one person communicates his ideas to another. This is the primary sense of language, the use of which is to communicate the thoughts of one person to another through the organs of hearing. Articulate sounds are represented to the eye by letters, marks, or characters, which form words. 2. The expression of ideas by writing, or any other instrumentality. 3. The forms of speech, or the methods of expressing ideas, peculiar to a particular nation. 4. The characteristic mode of arranging words, peculiar to an individual speaker or writer; manner of expression; style. Others for language all their care express. --Pope. 5. The inarticulate sounds by which animals inferior to man express their feelings or their wants. 6. The suggestion, by objects, actions, or conditions, of ideas associated therewith; as, the language of flowers. There was . . . language in their very gesture. --Shak. 7. The vocabulary and phraseology belonging to an art or department of knowledge; as, medical language; the language of chemistry or theology. 8. A race, as distinguished by its speech. [R.] All the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshiped the golden image. --Dan. iii. 7. {Language master}, a teacher of languages. [Obs.] Syn: Speech; tongue; idiom; dialect; phraseology; diction; discourse; conversation; talk. Usage: {Language}, {Speech}, {Tongue}, {Idiom}, {Dialect}. Language is generic, denoting, in its most extended use, any mode of conveying ideas; speech is the language of articulate sounds; tongue is the Anglo-Saxon tern for language, esp. for spoken language; as, the English tongue. Idiom denotes the forms of construction peculiar to a particular language; dialects are varieties if expression which spring up in different parts of a country among people speaking substantially the same language.
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Language \Lan"guage\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Languaged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Languaging}.] To communicate by language; to express in language. Others were languaged in such doubtful expressions that they have a double sense. --Fuller.
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Hellenistic \Hel`lenis"tic\, Hellenistical \Hel`lenis"tical\, a. [Cf. F. Hell[82]nistique.] Pertaining to the Hellenists. {Hellenistic} {language, dialect, [or] idiom}, the Greek spoken or used by the Jews who lived in countries where the Greek language* prevailed; the Jewish-Greek dialect or idiom of the Septuagint.
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Language \Lan"guage\, n. [OE. langage, F. langage, fr. L. lingua the tongue, hence speech, language; akin to E. tongue. See {Tongue}, cf. {Lingual}.] 1. Any means of conveying or communicating ideas; specifically, human speech; the expression of ideas by the voice; sounds, expressive of thought, articulated by the organs of the throat and mouth. Note: Language consists in the oral utterance of sounds which usage has made the representatives of ideas. When two or more persons customarily annex the same sounds to the same ideas, the expression of these sounds by one person communicates his ideas to another. This is the primary sense of language, the use of which is to communicate the thoughts of one person to another through the organs of hearing. Articulate sounds are represented to the eye by letters, marks, or characters, which form words. 2. The expression of ideas by writing, or any other instrumentality. 3. The forms of speech, or the methods of expressing ideas, peculiar to a particular nation. 4. The characteristic mode of arranging words, peculiar to an individual speaker or writer; manner of expression; style. Others for language all their care express. --Pope. 5. The inarticulate sounds by which animals inferior to man express their feelings or their wants. 6. The suggestion, by objects, actions, or conditions, of ideas associated therewith; as, the language of flowers. There was . . . language in their very gesture. --Shak. 7. The vocabulary and phraseology belonging to an art or department of knowledge; as, medical language; the language of chemistry or theology. 8. A race, as distinguished by its speech. [R.] All the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshiped the golden image. --Dan. iii. 7. {Language master}, a teacher of languages. [Obs.] Syn: Speech; tongue; idiom; dialect; phraseology; diction; discourse; conversation; talk. Usage: {Language}, {Speech}, {Tongue}, {Idiom}, {Dialect}. Language is generic, denoting, in its most extended use, any mode of conveying ideas; speech is the language of articulate sounds; tongue is the Anglo-Saxon tern for language, esp. for spoken language; as, the English tongue. Idiom denotes the forms of construction peculiar to a particular language; dialects are varieties if expression which spring up in different parts of a country among people speaking substantially the same language.
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Language \Lan"guage\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Languaged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Languaging}.] To communicate by language; to express in language. Others were languaged in such doubtful expressions that they have a double sense. --Fuller.
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Languaged \Lan"guaged\, a. Having a language; skilled in language; -- chiefly used in composition. [bd] Manylanguaged nations.[b8] --Pope.
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Languageless \Lan"guage*less\, a. Lacking or wanting language; speechless; silent. --Shak.
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Language \Lan"guage\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Languaged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Languaging}.] To communicate by language; to express in language. Others were languaged in such doubtful expressions that they have a double sense. --Fuller.
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Languish \Lan"guish\, v. i. To cause to droop or pine. [Obs.] --Shak. --Dryden.
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Languish \Lan"guish\, n. See {Languishiment}. [Obs. or Poetic] What, of death, too, That rids our dogs of languish ? --Shak. And the blue languish of soft Allia's eye. --Pope.
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Languish \Lan"guish\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Languished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Languishing}.] [OE. languishen, languissen, F. languir, L. languere; cf. Gr. [?] to slacken, [?] slack, Icel. lakra to lag behind; prob. akin to E. lag, lax, and perh. to E. slack.See {-ish}.] 1. To become languid or weak; to lose strength or animation; to be or become dull, feeble or spiritless; to pine away; to wither or fade. We . . . do languish of such diseases. --2 Esdras viii. 31. Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me landguish into life. --Pope. For the fields of Heshbon languish. --Is. xvi. 8. 2. To assume an expression of weariness or tender grief, appealing for sympathy. --Tennyson. Syn: To pine; wither; fade; droop; faint.
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Languish \Lan"guish\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Languished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Languishing}.] [OE. languishen, languissen, F. languir, L. languere; cf. Gr. [?] to slacken, [?] slack, Icel. lakra to lag behind; prob. akin to E. lag, lax, and perh. to E. slack.See {-ish}.] 1. To become languid or weak; to lose strength or animation; to be or become dull, feeble or spiritless; to pine away; to wither or fade. We . . . do languish of such diseases. --2 Esdras viii. 31. Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me landguish into life. --Pope. For the fields of Heshbon languish. --Is. xvi. 8. 2. To assume an expression of weariness or tender grief, appealing for sympathy. --Tennyson. Syn: To pine; wither; fade; droop; faint.
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Languisher \Lan"guish*er\, n. One who languishes.
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Languishing \Lan"guish*ing\, a. 1. Becoming languid and weak; pining; losing health and strength. 2. Amorously pensive; as, languishing eyes, or look.
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Languish \Lan"guish\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Languished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Languishing}.] [OE. languishen, languissen, F. languir, L. languere; cf. Gr. [?] to slacken, [?] slack, Icel. lakra to lag behind; prob. akin to E. lag, lax, and perh. to E. slack.See {-ish}.] 1. To become languid or weak; to lose strength or animation; to be or become dull, feeble or spiritless; to pine away; to wither or fade. We . . . do languish of such diseases. --2 Esdras viii. 31. Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me landguish into life. --Pope. For the fields of Heshbon languish. --Is. xvi. 8. 2. To assume an expression of weariness or tender grief, appealing for sympathy. --Tennyson. Syn: To pine; wither; fade; droop; faint.
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Languishingly \Lan"guishingly\, adv. In a languishing manner.
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Languishment \Lan"guish*ment\, n. 1. The state of languishing. [bd] Lingering languishment.[b8] --Shak. 2. Tenderness of look or mien; amorous pensiveness.
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Languishness \Lan"guish*ness\, n. Languishment. [Obs.]
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Shrike \Shrike\, n. [Akin to Icel. skr[c6]kja a shrieker, the shrike, and E. shriek; cf. AS. scr[c6]c a thrush. See {Shriek}, v. i.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of oscinine birds of the family {Laniid[91]}, having a strong hooked bill, toothed at the tip. Most shrikes are insectivorous, but the common European gray shrike ({Lanius excubitor}), the great northern shrike ({L. borealis}), and several others, kill mice, small birds, etc., and often impale them on thorns, and are, on that account called also {butcher birds}. See under {Butcher}. Note: The ant shrikes, or bush shrikes, are clamatorial birds of the family {Formicarid[91]}. The cuckoo shrikes of the East Indies and Australia are Oscines of the family {Campephagid[91]}. The drongo shrikes of the same regions belong to the related family {Dicrurid[91]}. See {Drongo}. {Crow shrike}. See under {Crow}. {Shrike thrush}. (a) Any one of several species of Asiatic timaline birds of the genera {Thamnocataphus}, {Gampsorhynchus}, and allies. (b) Any one of several species of shrikelike Australian singing birds of the genus {Colluricincla}. {Shrike tit}. (a) Any one of several Australian birds of the genus {Falcunculus}, having a strong toothed bill and sharp claws. They creep over the bark of trees, like titmice, in search of insects. (b) Any one of several species of small Asiatic birds belonging to {Allotrius}, {Pteruthius}, {Cutia}, {Leioptila}, and allied genera, related to the true tits. Called also {hill tit}. {Swallow shrike}. See under {Swallow}.
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Butcher \Butch"er\, n. [OE. bochere, bochier, OF. bochier, F. boucher, orig., slaughterer of buck goats, fr. OF. boc, F. bouc, a buck goat; of German or Celtic origin. See {Buck} the animal.] 1. One who slaughters animals, or dresses their flesh for market; one whose occupation it is to kill animals for food. 2. A slaughterer; one who kills in large numbers, or with unusual cruelty; one who causes needless loss of life, as in battle. [bd]Butcher of an innocent child.[b8] --Shak. {Butcher bird} (Zo[94]l.), a species of shrike of the genus {Lanius}. Note: The {Lanius excubitor} is the common butcher bird of Europe. In England, the bearded tit is sometimes called the {lesser butcher bird}. The American species are {L.borealis}, or {northern butcher bird}, and {L. Ludovicianus} or {loggerhead shrike}. The name butcher bird is derived from its habit of suspending its prey impaled upon thorns, after killing it. {Butcher's meat}, such flesh of animals slaughtered for food as is sold for that purpose by butchers, as beef, mutton, lamb, and pork.
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Lank \Lank\, a. [Compar. {Lanker}; superl. {Lankest}.] [{AS}. hlanc; cf. G. lenken to turn, gelenk joint, OHG. hlanca hip, side, flank, and E. link of a chain.] 1. Slender and thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean. Meager and lank with fasting grown. --Swift. Who would not choose . . . to have rather a lank purse than an empty brain? --Barrow. 2. Languid; drooping.[Obs.] Who, piteous of her woes, reared her lank head. --Milton. {Lank hair}, long, thin hair. --Macaulay.
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Launcegaye \Launce"gaye`\, n. See {Langegaye}. [Obs.]
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Lenger \Leng"er\ (l[ecr]ng"[etil]r), Lengest \Leng"est\, a. Longer; longest; -- obsolete compar. and superl. of long. --Chaucer.
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Lens \Lens\ (l[ecr]nz), n.; pl. {Lenses} (-[ecr]z). [L. lens a lentil. So named from the resemblance in shape of a double convex lens to the seed of a lentil. Cf. {Lentil}.] (Opt.) A piece of glass, or other transparent substance, ground with two opposite regular surfaces, either both curved, or one curved and the other plane, and commonly used, either singly or combined, in optical instruments, for changing the direction of rays of light, and thus magnifying objects, or otherwise modifying vision. In practice, the curved surfaces are usually spherical, though rarely cylindrical, or of some other figure. Lenses Note: Of spherical lenses, there are six varieties, as shown in section in the figures herewith given: viz., a plano-concave; b double-concave; c plano-convex; d double-convex; e converging concavo-convex, or converging meniscus; f diverging concavo-convex, or diverging meniscus. {Crossed lens} (Opt.), a double-convex lens with one radius equal to six times the other. {Crystalline lens}. (Anat.) See {Eye}. {Fresnel lens} (Opt.), a compound lens formed by placing around a central convex lens rings of glass so curved as to have the same focus; used, especially in lighthouses, for concentrating light in a particular direction; -- so called from the inventor. {Multiplying} {lens [or] glass} (Opt.), a lens one side of which is plane and the other convex, but made up of a number of plane faces inclined to one another, each of which presents a separate image of the object viewed through it, so that the object is, as it were, multiplied. {Polyzonal lens}. See {Polyzonal}.
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Limaceous \Lima"ceous\ (l[isl]m[amac]"sh[ucr]s), a. [L. limax, limacis, slug, snail: cf. F. limac[82].] (Zo[94]l.) Pertaining to, or like, Limax, or the slugs.
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Limoges \Limoges"\ (l[esl]m[omac]zh"), n. A city of Southern France. {Limoges enamel}, a kind of enamel ware in which the enamel is applied to the whole surface of a metal plaque, vase, or the like, and painted in enamel colors. The art was brought to a high degree of perfection in Limoges in the 16th century. {Limoges ware}. (a) Articles decorated with Limoges enamel. (b) Articles of porcelain, etc., manufactured at Limoges.
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Limoges \Limoges"\ (l[esl]m[omac]zh"), n. A city of Southern France. {Limoges enamel}, a kind of enamel ware in which the enamel is applied to the whole surface of a metal plaque, vase, or the like, and painted in enamel colors. The art was brought to a high degree of perfection in Limoges in the 16th century. {Limoges ware}. (a) Articles decorated with Limoges enamel. (b) Articles of porcelain, etc., manufactured at Limoges.
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Limoges \Limoges"\ (l[esl]m[omac]zh"), n. A city of Southern France. {Limoges enamel}, a kind of enamel ware in which the enamel is applied to the whole surface of a metal plaque, vase, or the like, and painted in enamel colors. The art was brought to a high degree of perfection in Limoges in the 16th century. {Limoges ware}. (a) Articles decorated with Limoges enamel. (b) Articles of porcelain, etc., manufactured at Limoges.
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Kinesiatrics \Kin`esiat"rics\, n. [Gr. ([?]) motion (fr. [?] to move) + ([?]) pertaining to medicine, fr. ([?]) a physician.] (Med.) A mode of treating disease by appropriate muscular movements; -- also termed {kinesitherapy}, {kinesipathy}, {lingism}, and the {movement cure}.
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Lingism \Ling"ism\ (l[icr]ng"[icr]z'm), n. A mode of treating certain diseases, as obesity, by gymnastics; -- proposed by Pehr Henrik Ling, a Swede. See {Kinesiatrics}.
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Kinesiatrics \Kin`esiat"rics\, n. [Gr. ([?]) motion (fr. [?] to move) + ([?]) pertaining to medicine, fr. ([?]) a physician.] (Med.) A mode of treating disease by appropriate muscular movements; -- also termed {kinesitherapy}, {kinesipathy}, {lingism}, and the {movement cure}.
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Lingism \Ling"ism\ (l[icr]ng"[icr]z'm), n. A mode of treating certain diseases, as obesity, by gymnastics; -- proposed by Pehr Henrik Ling, a Swede. See {Kinesiatrics}.
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Linguacious \Lingua"cious\ (l[icr][nsm]gw[amac]"sh[ucr]s), a. [L. linguax, -acis, loquacious, fr. lingua tongue.] Given to the use of the tongue; loquacious. [Obs.]
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Linguist \Lin"guist\ (l[icr][nsm]"gw[icr]st), n. [L. lingua tongue, speech, language: cf. F. linguiste.] 1. A master of the use of language; a talker. [Obs.] I'll dispute with him; He's a rare linguist. --J. Webster. 2. A person skilled in languages. There too were Gibbon, the greatest historian, and Jones, the greatest linguist, of the age. --Macaulay.
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Linguistic \Linguis"tic\ (l[icr][nsm]gw[icr]s"t[icr]k), Linguistical \Linguis"tical\ (-t[icr]*k[ait]l), a. [Cf. F. linguistique.] Of or pertaining to language; relating to linguistics, or to the affinities of languages.
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Linguistic \Linguis"tic\ (l[icr][nsm]gw[icr]s"t[icr]k), Linguistical \Linguis"tical\ (-t[icr]*k[ait]l), a. [Cf. F. linguistique.] Of or pertaining to language; relating to linguistics, or to the affinities of languages.
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Linguistically \Linguis"tical*ly\, adv. In a linguistic manner; from the point of view of a linguist. --Tylor.
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Linguistics \Lin*guis"tics\ (-t[icr]ks), n. [Cf. F. linguistique.] The science of languages, or of the origin, signification, and application of words; glossology.
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Linkage \Link"age\ (l[icr][nsm]k"[asl]j; 48), n. 1. The act of linking; the state of being linked; also, a system of links. 2. (Chem.) Manner of linking or of being linked; -- said of the union of atoms or radicals in the molecule. 3. (Geom.) A system of straight lines or bars, fastened together by joints, and having certain of their points fixed in a plane. It is used to describe straight lines and curves in the plane.
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Sheldrake \Shel"drake`\, n. [Sheld + drake.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of large Old World ducks of the genus {Tadorna} and allied genera, especially the European and Asiatic species. ({T. cornuta, [or] tadorna}), which somewhat resembles a goose in form and habit, but breeds in burrows. Note: It has the head and neck greenish black, the breast, sides, and forward part of the back brown, the shoulders and middle of belly black, the speculum green, and the bill and frontal bright red. Called also {shelduck}, {shellduck}, {sheldfowl}, {skeelduck}, {bergander}, {burrow duck}, and {links goose}. Note: The Australian sheldrake ({Tadorna radja}) has the head, neck, breast, flanks, and wing coverts white, the upper part of the back and a band on the breast deep chestnut, and the back and tail black. The chestnut sheldrake of Australia ({Casarca tadornoides}) is varied with black and chestnut, and has a dark green head and neck. The ruddy sheldrake, or Braminy duck ({C. rutila}), and the white-winged sheldrake ({C. leucoptera}), are related Asiatic species. 2. Any one of the American mergansers. Note: The name is also loosely applied to other ducks, as the canvasback, and the shoveler.
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Long \Long\, a. [Compar. {Longer}; superl. {Longest}.] [AS. long, lang; akin to OS, OFries., D., & G. lang, Icel. langr, Sw. l[86]ng, Dan. lang, Goth. laggs, L. longus. [root]125. Cf. {Length}, {Ling} a fish, {Linger}, {Lunge}, {Purloin}.] 1. Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length; protracted; extended; as, a long line; -- opposed to short, and distinguished from broad or wide.
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Longicorn \Lon"gi*corn\, a. [L. longus long + cornu horn: cf. F. longicorne.] (Zo[94]l.) Long-horned; pertaining to the Longicornia. -- n. One of the Longicornia.
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Longish \Long"ish\, a. Somewhat long; moderately long.
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Long-sight \Long"-sight\, n. Long-sightedness. --Good.
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Long-sighted \Long"-sight`ed\, a. 1. Able to see objects at a great distance; hence, having great foresight; sagacious; farseeing. 2. Able to see objects distinctly at a distance, but not close at hand; hypermetropic.
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Long-sightedness \Long"-sight`ed*ness\, n. 1. The state or condition of being long-sighted; hence, sagacity; shrewdness. 2. (Med.) See {Hypermetropia}.
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Long-waisted \Long"-waist`ed\, a. 1. Having a long waist; long from the armpits to the armpits to the bottom of the waist; -- said of persons. 2. Long from the part about the neck or shoulder, or from the armpits, to the bottom of the weist, or to the skirt; -- said of garments; as, a long-waisted coat.
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Longways \Long"ways`\, adv. Lengthwise. --Addison.
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Longwise \Long"wise`\, adv. Lengthwise.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lunacy \Lu"na*cy\, n.; pl. {Lunacies}. [See {Lunatic}.] 1. Insanity or madness; properly, the kind of insanity which is broken by intervals of reason, -- formerly supposed to be influenced by the changes of the moon; any form of unsoundness of mind, except idiocy; mental derangement or alienation. --Brande. --Burrill. Your kindred shuns your house As beaten hence by your strange lunacy. --Shak. 2. A morbid suspension of good sense or judgment, as through fanaticism. --Dr. H. More. Syn: Derangement; craziness; mania. See {Insanity}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Note: In all air-breathing vertebrates the lungs are developed from the ventral wall of the esophagus as a pouch which divides into two sacs. In amphibians and many reptiles the lungs retain very nearly this primitive saclike character, but in the higher forms the connection with the esophagus becomes elongated into the windpipe and the inner walls of the sacs become more and more divided, until, in the mammals, the air spaces become minutely divided into tubes ending in small air cells, in the walls of which the blood circulates in a fine network of capillaries. In mammals the lungs are more or less divided into lobes, and each lung occupies a separate cavity in the thorax. See {Respiration}. {Lung fever} (Med.), pneumonia. {Lung flower} (Bot.), a species of gentian ({G. Pneumonanthe}). {Lung lichen} (Bot.), tree lungwort. See under {Lungwort}. {Lung sac} (Zo[94]l.), one of the breathing organs of spiders and snails.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lungis \Lun"gis\, n. [OF. longis. See {Lounge}.] A lingerer; a dull, drowsy fellow. [Obs.]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Lancaster, CA (city, FIPS 40130) Location: 34.69306 N, 118.17642 W Population (1990): 97291 (36217 housing units) Area: 230.0 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 93534 Lancaster, IL Zip code(s): 62855 Lancaster, KS (city, FIPS 38325) Location: 39.57178 N, 95.30340 W Population (1990): 299 (117 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Lancaster, KY (city, FIPS 43840) Location: 37.61854 N, 84.57949 W Population (1990): 3421 (1546 housing units) Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 40444 Lancaster, MA Zip code(s): 01523 Lancaster, MN (city, FIPS 35378) Location: 48.85791 N, 96.80281 W Population (1990): 342 (199 housing units) Area: 5.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Lancaster, MO (city, FIPS 40610) Location: 40.52267 N, 92.53038 W Population (1990): 785 (386 housing units) Area: 3.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 63548 Lancaster, NH (CDP, FIPS 40340) Location: 44.48895 N, 71.57583 W Population (1990): 1859 (833 housing units) Area: 5.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 03584 Lancaster, NY (village, FIPS 41135) Location: 42.90160 N, 78.66984 W Population (1990): 11940 (4885 housing units) Area: 7.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 14086 Lancaster, OH (city, FIPS 41720) Location: 39.72232 N, 82.59919 W Population (1990): 34507 (14754 housing units) Area: 40.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 43130 Lancaster, PA (city, FIPS 41216) Location: 40.04185 N, 76.30125 W Population (1990): 55551 (22468 housing units) Area: 19.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 17602 Lancaster, SC (city, FIPS 39895) Location: 34.72387 N, 80.77958 W Population (1990): 8914 (3703 housing units) Area: 14.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 29720 Lancaster, TN Zip code(s): 38569 Lancaster, TX (city, FIPS 41212) Location: 32.59562 N, 96.78105 W Population (1990): 22117 (8446 housing units) Area: 75.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 75134, 75146 Lancaster, VA Zip code(s): 22503 Lancaster, WI (city, FIPS 42250) Location: 42.84854 N, 90.70799 W Population (1990): 4192 (1766 housing units) Area: 7.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 53813
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Lancaster County, NE (county, FIPS 109) Location: 40.78405 N, 96.68856 W Population (1990): 213641 (86734 housing units) Area: 2172.7 sq km (land), 20.3 sq km (water) Lancaster County, PA (county, FIPS 71) Location: 40.04200 N, 76.25003 W Population (1990): 422822 (156462 housing units) Area: 2458.2 sq km (land), 90.1 sq km (water) Lancaster County, SC (county, FIPS 57) Location: 34.68663 N, 80.70435 W Population (1990): 54516 (20929 housing units) Area: 1422.0 sq km (land), 16.3 sq km (water) Lancaster County, VA (county, FIPS 103) Location: 37.70772 N, 76.41088 W Population (1990): 10896 (5918 housing units) Area: 344.9 sq km (land), 254.4 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Lancaster Mill, SC (CDP, FIPS 39930) Location: 34.70915 N, 80.79494 W Population (1990): 2373 (988 housing units) Area: 4.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Lance Creek, WY Zip code(s): 82222
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Lone Jack, MO (village, FIPS 43760) Location: 38.87037 N, 94.16642 W Population (1990): 392 (148 housing units) Area: 8.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 64070
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Long Island, AK (CDP, FIPS 44920) Location: 54.91706 N, 132.67928 W Population (1990): 198 (49 housing units) Area: 77.4 sq km (land), 92.9 sq km (water) Long Island, KS (city, FIPS 42600) Location: 39.94626 N, 99.53290 W Population (1990): 170 (86 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67647 Long Island, ME Zip code(s): 04050 Long Island, VA Zip code(s): 24569
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Longisland, NC Zip code(s): 28648
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Lonoke County, AR (county, FIPS 85) Location: 34.74032 N, 91.85301 W Population (1990): 39268 (15009 housing units) Area: 1982.6 sq km (land), 95.8 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Lynch Station, VA Zip code(s): 24571
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
language lawyer n. A person, usually an experienced or senior software engineer, who is intimately familiar with many or most of the numerous restrictions and features (both useful and esoteric) applicable to one or more computer programming languages. A language lawyer is distinguished by the ability to show you the five sentences scattered through a 200-plus-page manual that together imply the answer to your question "if only you had thought to look there". Compare {wizard}, {legal}, {legalese}.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
languages of choice n. {C}, {C++}, {LISP}, and {Perl}. Nearly every hacker knows one of C or LISP, and most good ones are fluent in both. C++, despite some serious drawbacks, is generally preferred to other object-oriented languages (though in 1999 it looks as though Java has displaced it in the affections of hackers, if not everywhere). Since around 1990 Perl has rapidly been gaining favor, especially as a tool for systems-administration utilities and rapid prototyping. Python, Smalltalk and Prolog are also popular in small but influential communities. There is also a rapidly dwindling category of older hackers with FORTRAN, or even assembler, as their language of choice. They often prefer to be known as {Real Programmer}s, and other hackers consider them a bit odd (see "{The Story of Mel}" in Appendix A). Assembler is generally no longer considered interesting or appropriate for anything but {HLL} implementation, {glue}, and a few time-critical and hardware-specific uses in systems programs. FORTRAN occupies a shrinking niche in scientific programming. Most hackers tend to frown on languages like {{Pascal}} and {{Ada}}, which don't give them the near-total freedom considered necessary for hacking (see {bondage-and-discipline language}), and to regard everything even remotely connected with {COBOL} or other traditional {card walloper} languages as a total and unmitigated {loss}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
language 1. {programming language}. 2. {natural language}. (1998-09-07)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Language for Communicating Systems (LCS) A {concurrent} {SML} by Bernard Berthomieu with {behaviours} and processes, based upon {higher order CCS}. LCS is implemented as a {bytecode interpreter} and runs on {Sun} {SPARC}, {SGI} {MIPS}, and {Linux}. Latest version: 5.1, as of 2000-03-17. {Home (http://www.laas.fr/~bernard/lcs.html)}. E-mail: Bernard Berthomieu . Mailing list: lcs@laas.fr (2000-03-28)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Language for the On-Line Investigation and Transformation of Abstractions (LOLITA) An extension of the {Culler-Fried System} for {symbolic mathematics}. ["An On- line Symbol Manipulation System", F.W. Blackwell, Proc ACM 22nd Natl Conf, 1967]. [Sammet 1969, p. 464]. (2003-07-29)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Language H An early business-oriented language from {NCR}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
language lawyer A person, usually an experienced or senior software engineer, who is intimately familiar with many or most of the numerous restrictions and features (both useful and esoteric) applicable to one or more computer programming languages. A language lawyer is distinguished by the ability to show you the five sentences scattered through a 200-page manual that together imply the answer to your question "if only you had thought to look there". Compare {wizard}, {legal}, {legalese}. [{Jargon File}] (1995-02-15)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Language Of Temporal Ordering Specification (LOTOS) A formal {specification language} based on temporal ordering used for {protocol} specfication in {ISO} {OSI} {standard}s. It is published as ISO 8807 in 1990 and describes the order in which events occur. ["The Formal Description Technique LOTOS", P.H.J. van Eijk et al eds, N-H 1989]. (1995-03-18)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Language Sensitive Editor (LSE) A {language-sensitive editor} from {DEC}. (1995-02-15)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
language-based editor {language-sensitive editor}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
languages of choice {C} and {Lisp}. Nearly every hacker knows one of these, and most good ones are fluent in both. Smalltalk and Prolog are also popular in small but influential communities. There is also a rapidly dwindling category of older hackers with Fortran, or even assembler, as their language of choice. They often prefer to be known as {Real Programmer}s, and other hackers consider them a bit odd (see "{The Story of Mel}"). Assembler is generally no longer considered interesting or appropriate for anything but {HLL} implementation, {glue}, and a few time-critical and hardware-specific uses in systems programs. Fortran occupies a shrinking niche in scientific programming. Most hackers tend to frown on languages like {Pascal} and {Ada}, which don't give them the near-total freedom considered necessary for hacking (see {bondage-and-discipline language}), and to regard everything even remotely connected with {COBOL} or other traditional {card walloper} languages as a total and unmitigated {loss}. [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
language-sensitive editor An editor that is aware of the syntactic, semantic and in some cases the structural rules of a specific programming language and provides a framework for the user to enter {source code}. Programs or changes to previously stored programs are incrementally parsed into an {abstract syntax tree} and automatically checked for correctness. (1995-02-15)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Link Access Procedure on the D channel (LAPD) (Q.921). An {Integrated Services Digital Network} {data link layer} protocol.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Link Access Protocol Balanced (LAPB) {X.25} layer 2 ({data link layer}) {protocol}. [Details?] (1996-01-22)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Link Access Protocol for Modems (LAPM) The {Automatic Repeat Request} system used in the {V.42} {protocol}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
linkage editor {linker}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Linux User Group (LUG) Any organisation of {Linux} users in a local area, university, etc., that offers mutual technical support, companionship with people of similar interests, and promotes the use of Linux among computer users generally. LUGs often hold Install Fests for the general public, in which experienced Linux users explain and supervise the installation of Linux on new users' systems. (2003-09-14)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
LynxOS A {POSIX} compliant {real-time} {operating system} from {Lynx Real-Time Systems}. It has a {Unix}-like interface to {application program}s. (1994-10-12)