lad's love
         n 1: aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having
               a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe [syn:
               {common wormwood}, {absinthe}, {old man}, {lad's love},
               {Artemisia absinthium}]

English Dictionary: latticelike	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ladies' slipper n any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip; difficult or impossible to cultivate in the garden Synonym(s): lady's slipper, lady- slipper, ladies' slipper, slipper orchid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lady killer n a man who takes advantage of women [syn: seducer, ladies' man, lady killer]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lady's laces n perennial grass of marshy meadows and ditches having broad leaves; Europe and North America Synonym(s): reed canary grass, gardener's garters, lady's laces, ribbon grass, Phalaris arundinacea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lady's leek n widely distributed North American wild onion with white to rose flowers Synonym(s): nodding onion, nodding wild onion, lady's leek, Allium cernuum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lady's slipper n any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip; difficult or impossible to cultivate in the garden Synonym(s): lady's slipper, lady- slipper, ladies' slipper, slipper orchid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lady-slipper n any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip; difficult or impossible to cultivate in the garden Synonym(s): lady's slipper, lady- slipper, ladies' slipper, slipper orchid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Lates calcarifer n a species of large perch noted for its sporting and eating qualities; lives in marine, estuary, and freshwater habitats Synonym(s): barramundi, giant perch, giant seaperch, Asian seabass, white seabass, Lates calcarifer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
latticelike adj having a pattern of fretwork or latticework [syn: fretted, interlaced, latticed, latticelike]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lead colic n symptom of chronic lead poisoning and associated with obstinate constipation Synonym(s): lead colic, painter's colic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lead glass n glass containing lead oxide; has a high refractive index
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lead-colored adj having the color of lead [syn: lead-colored, {lead- coloured}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lead-coloured adj having the color of lead [syn: lead-colored, {lead- coloured}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Leydig cell n a cell in the testes that secretes the hormone testosterone Synonym(s): Leydig cell, Leydig's cell
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Leydig's cell n a cell in the testes that secretes the hormone testosterone Synonym(s): Leydig cell, Leydig's cell
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Leyte Island n a battle in World War II; the return of United States troops to the Philippines began with landings on Leyte Island in October 1944; the battle marked first use of kamikaze aircraft by the Japanese Synonym(s): Leyte, Leyte Island, Leyte invasion
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lithoglyptics n the art of engraving on precious stones [syn: glyptics, lithoglyptics]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lotus land n an idyllic realm of contentment and self-indulgence [syn: lotusland, lotus land]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lotusland n an idyllic realm of contentment and self-indulgence [syn: lotusland, lotus land]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lad \Lad\, n. [OE. ladde, of Celtic origin; cf. W. llawd, Ir.       lath. [root]123. Cf. {Lass}.]       1. A boy; a youth; a stripling. [bd]Cupid is a knavish             lad.[b8] --Shak.                         There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves                      and two small fishes.                        --John vi. 9.          2. A companion; a comrade; a mate.          {Lad's love}. (Bot.) See {Boy's love}, under {Boy}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Boy \Boy\, n. [Cf. D. boef, Fries. boi, boy; akin to G. bube,       Icel. bofi rouge.]       A male child, from birth to the age of puberty; a lad; hence,       a son.                   My only boy fell by the side of great Dundee. --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.          Note: Boy is often used as a term of comradeship, as in                college, or in the army or navy. In the plural used                colloquially of members of an associaton, fraternity,                or party.          {Boy bishop}, a boy (usually a chorister) elected bishop, in             old Christian sports, and invested with robes and other             insignia. He practiced a kind of mimicry of the ceremonies             in which the bishop usually officiated.          {The Old Boy}, the Devil. [Slang]          {Yellow boys}, guineas. [Slang, Eng.]          {Boy's love}, a popular English name of Southernwood             ({Artemisia abrotonum}); -- called also {lad's love}.          {Boy's play}, childish amusements; anything trifling.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lad \Lad\, n. [OE. ladde, of Celtic origin; cf. W. llawd, Ir.       lath. [root]123. Cf. {Lass}.]       1. A boy; a youth; a stripling. [bd]Cupid is a knavish             lad.[b8] --Shak.                         There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves                      and two small fishes.                        --John vi. 9.          2. A companion; a comrade; a mate.          {Lad's love}. (Bot.) See {Boy's love}, under {Boy}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Boy \Boy\, n. [Cf. D. boef, Fries. boi, boy; akin to G. bube,       Icel. bofi rouge.]       A male child, from birth to the age of puberty; a lad; hence,       a son.                   My only boy fell by the side of great Dundee. --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.          Note: Boy is often used as a term of comradeship, as in                college, or in the army or navy. In the plural used                colloquially of members of an associaton, fraternity,                or party.          {Boy bishop}, a boy (usually a chorister) elected bishop, in             old Christian sports, and invested with robes and other             insignia. He practiced a kind of mimicry of the ceremonies             in which the bishop usually officiated.          {The Old Boy}, the Devil. [Slang]          {Yellow boys}, guineas. [Slang, Eng.]          {Boy's love}, a popular English name of Southernwood             ({Artemisia abrotonum}); -- called also {lad's love}.          {Boy's play}, childish amusements; anything trifling.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ladyclock \La"dy*clock`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       See {Ladyrird}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ladybird \La"dy*bird`\, n. [Equiv. to, bird of Our Lady.]       (Zo[94]l.)       Any one of numerous species of small beetles of the genus       {Coccinella} and allied genera (family {Coccinellid[91]}); --       called also {ladybug}, {ladyclock}, {lady cow}, {lady fly},       and {lady beetle}. {Coccinella seplempunctata} in one of the       common European species. See {Coccinella}.          Note: The ladybirds are usually more or less hemispherical in                form, with a smooth, polished surface, and often                colored red, brown, or black, with small spots of                brighter colors. Both the larv[91] and the adult                beetles of most species feed on aphids, and for this                reason they are very beneficial to agriculture and                horticulture.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ladyclock \La"dy*clock`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       See {Ladyrird}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ladybird \La"dy*bird`\, n. [Equiv. to, bird of Our Lady.]       (Zo[94]l.)       Any one of numerous species of small beetles of the genus       {Coccinella} and allied genera (family {Coccinellid[91]}); --       called also {ladybug}, {ladyclock}, {lady cow}, {lady fly},       and {lady beetle}. {Coccinella seplempunctata} in one of the       common European species. See {Coccinella}.          Note: The ladybirds are usually more or less hemispherical in                form, with a smooth, polished surface, and often                colored red, brown, or black, with small spots of                brighter colors. Both the larv[91] and the adult                beetles of most species feed on aphids, and for this                reason they are very beneficial to agriculture and                horticulture.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lady-killer \La"dy-kill`er\, n.       A gallant who captivates the hearts of women. [bd]A renowned       dandy and lady-killer.[b8] --Blackw. Mag.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lady-killing \La"dy-kill`ing\, n.       The art or practice of captivating the hearts of women.                   Better for the sake of womankind that this dangerous                dog should leave off lady-killing.         --Thackeray.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lady's cloth \La"dy's cloth`\       A kind of broadcloth of light weight, used for women's       dresses, cloaks, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lady's laces \La"dy's la"ces\ (Bot.)       A slender climbing plant; dodder.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lady's looking-glass \La"dy's look"ing-glass`\ (Bot.)       See {Venus's looking-glass}, under {Venus}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Venus \Ve"nus\, n. [L. Venus, -eris, the goddess of love, the       planet Venus.]       1. (Class. Myth.) The goddess of beauty and love, that is,             beauty or love deified.          2. (Anat.) One of the planets, the second in order from the             sun, its orbit lying between that of Mercury and that of             the Earth, at a mean distance from the sun of about             67,000,000 miles. Its diameter is 7,700 miles, and its             sidereal period 224.7 days. As the morning star, it was             called by the ancients {Lucifer}; as the evening star,             {Hesperus}.          3. (Alchem.) The metal copper; -- probably so designated from             the ancient use of the metal in making mirrors, a mirror             being still the astronomical symbol of the planet Venus.             [Archaic]          4. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve             shells of the genus {Venus} or family {Venerid[91]}. Many             of these shells are large, and ornamented with beautiful             frills; others are smooth, glossy, and handsomely colored.             Some of the larger species, as the round clam, or quahog,             are valued for food.          {Venus's basin} (Bot.), the wild teasel; -- so called because             the connate leaf bases form a kind of receptacle for             water, which was formerly gathered for use in the toilet.             Also called {Venus's bath}.          {Venus's basket} (Zo[94]l.), an elegant, cornucopia-shaped,             hexactinellid sponge ({Euplectella speciosa}) native of             the East Indies. It consists of glassy, transparent,             siliceous fibers interwoven and soldered together so as to             form a firm network, and has long, slender, divergent             anchoring fibers at the base by means of which it stands             erect in the soft mud at the bottom of the sea. Called             also {Venus's flower basket}, and {Venus's purse}.          {Venus's comb}.             (a) (Bot.) Same as {Lady's comb}.             (b) (Zo[94]l.) A species of {Murex} ({M. tenuispinus}). It                   has a long, tubular canal, with a row of long, slender                   spines along both of its borders, and rows of similar                   spines covering the body of the shell. Called also                   {Venus's shell}.          {Venus's fan} (Zo[94]l.), a common reticulated, fanshaped             gorgonia ({Gorgonia flabellum}) native of Florida and the             West Indies. When fresh the color is purple or yellow, or             a mixture of the two.          {Venus's flytrap}. (Bot.) See {Flytrap}, 2.          {Venus's girdle} (Zo[94]l.), a long, flat, ribbonlike, very             delicate, transparent and iridescent ctenophore ({Cestum             Veneris}) which swims in the open sea. Its form is due to             the enormous development of two spheromeres. See Illust.             in Appendix.          {Venus's hair} (Bot.), a delicate and graceful fern             ({Adiantum Capillus-Veneris}) having a slender, black and             shining stem and branches.          {Venus's hair stone} (Min.), quartz penetrated by acicular             crystals of rutile.          {Venus's looking-glass} (Bot.), an annual plant of the genus             {Specularia} allied to the bellflower; -- also called             {lady's looking-glass}.          {Venus's navelwort} (Bot.), any one of several species of             {Omphalodes}, low boraginaceous herbs with small blue or             white flowers.          {Venus's pride} (Bot.), an old name for Quaker ladies. See             under {Quaker}.          {Venus's purse}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Venus's basket}, above.                      {Venus's shell}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) Any species of Cypr[91]a; a cowrie.             (b) Same as {Venus's comb}, above.             (c) Same as {Venus}, 4.          {Venus's slipper}.             (a) (Bot.) Any plant of the genus {Cypripedium}. See                   {Lady's slipper}.             (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any heteropod shell of the genus                   {Carinaria}. See {Carinaria}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lady's looking-glass \La"dy's look"ing-glass`\ (Bot.)       See {Venus's looking-glass}, under {Venus}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Venus \Ve"nus\, n. [L. Venus, -eris, the goddess of love, the       planet Venus.]       1. (Class. Myth.) The goddess of beauty and love, that is,             beauty or love deified.          2. (Anat.) One of the planets, the second in order from the             sun, its orbit lying between that of Mercury and that of             the Earth, at a mean distance from the sun of about             67,000,000 miles. Its diameter is 7,700 miles, and its             sidereal period 224.7 days. As the morning star, it was             called by the ancients {Lucifer}; as the evening star,             {Hesperus}.          3. (Alchem.) The metal copper; -- probably so designated from             the ancient use of the metal in making mirrors, a mirror             being still the astronomical symbol of the planet Venus.             [Archaic]          4. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve             shells of the genus {Venus} or family {Venerid[91]}. Many             of these shells are large, and ornamented with beautiful             frills; others are smooth, glossy, and handsomely colored.             Some of the larger species, as the round clam, or quahog,             are valued for food.          {Venus's basin} (Bot.), the wild teasel; -- so called because             the connate leaf bases form a kind of receptacle for             water, which was formerly gathered for use in the toilet.             Also called {Venus's bath}.          {Venus's basket} (Zo[94]l.), an elegant, cornucopia-shaped,             hexactinellid sponge ({Euplectella speciosa}) native of             the East Indies. It consists of glassy, transparent,             siliceous fibers interwoven and soldered together so as to             form a firm network, and has long, slender, divergent             anchoring fibers at the base by means of which it stands             erect in the soft mud at the bottom of the sea. Called             also {Venus's flower basket}, and {Venus's purse}.          {Venus's comb}.             (a) (Bot.) Same as {Lady's comb}.             (b) (Zo[94]l.) A species of {Murex} ({M. tenuispinus}). It                   has a long, tubular canal, with a row of long, slender                   spines along both of its borders, and rows of similar                   spines covering the body of the shell. Called also                   {Venus's shell}.          {Venus's fan} (Zo[94]l.), a common reticulated, fanshaped             gorgonia ({Gorgonia flabellum}) native of Florida and the             West Indies. When fresh the color is purple or yellow, or             a mixture of the two.          {Venus's flytrap}. (Bot.) See {Flytrap}, 2.          {Venus's girdle} (Zo[94]l.), a long, flat, ribbonlike, very             delicate, transparent and iridescent ctenophore ({Cestum             Veneris}) which swims in the open sea. Its form is due to             the enormous development of two spheromeres. See Illust.             in Appendix.          {Venus's hair} (Bot.), a delicate and graceful fern             ({Adiantum Capillus-Veneris}) having a slender, black and             shining stem and branches.          {Venus's hair stone} (Min.), quartz penetrated by acicular             crystals of rutile.          {Venus's looking-glass} (Bot.), an annual plant of the genus             {Specularia} allied to the bellflower; -- also called             {lady's looking-glass}.          {Venus's navelwort} (Bot.), any one of several species of             {Omphalodes}, low boraginaceous herbs with small blue or             white flowers.          {Venus's pride} (Bot.), an old name for Quaker ladies. See             under {Quaker}.          {Venus's purse}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Venus's basket}, above.                      {Venus's shell}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) Any species of Cypr[91]a; a cowrie.             (b) Same as {Venus's comb}, above.             (c) Same as {Venus}, 4.          {Venus's slipper}.             (a) (Bot.) Any plant of the genus {Cypripedium}. See                   {Lady's slipper}.             (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any heteropod shell of the genus                   {Carinaria}. See {Carinaria}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lady's seal \La"dy's seal"\(Bot.)       (a) The European Solomon's seal ({Polygonatum             verticillatum}).       (b) The black bryony ({Tamus communis}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lady's slipper \La"dy's slip"per\ (Bot.)       Any orchidaceous plant of the genus {Cypripedium}, the       labellum of which resembles a slipper. Less commonly, in the       United States, the garden balsam ({Impatiens Balsamina}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Impatiens \[d8]Im*pa"ti*ens\, n. [L., impatient.] (Bot.)       A genus of plants, several species of which have very       beautiful flowers; -- so called because the elastic capsules       burst when touched, and scatter the seeds with considerable       force. Called also {touch-me-not}, {jewelweed}, and       {snapweed}. {I. Balsamina} (sometimes called {lady's       slipper}) is the common garden balsam.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lady's slipper \La"dy's slip"per\ (Bot.)       Any orchidaceous plant of the genus {Cypripedium}, the       labellum of which resembles a slipper. Less commonly, in the       United States, the garden balsam ({Impatiens Balsamina}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Impatiens \[d8]Im*pa"ti*ens\, n. [L., impatient.] (Bot.)       A genus of plants, several species of which have very       beautiful flowers; -- so called because the elastic capsules       burst when touched, and scatter the seeds with considerable       force. Called also {touch-me-not}, {jewelweed}, and       {snapweed}. {I. Balsamina} (sometimes called {lady's       slipper}) is the common garden balsam.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cockup \Cock"up\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       A large, highly esteemed, edible fish of India ({Lates       calcarifer}); -- also called {begti}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Laticlave \Lat"i*clave\, n. [L. laticlavus, laticlavium; latus       broad + clavus nail, a purple stripe on the tunica: cf. F.       laticlave.] (Rom. Antiq.)       A broad stripe of purple on the fore part of the tunic, worn       by senators in ancient Rome as an emblem of office.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Latigo halter \La"ti*go hal"ter\       A kind of halter usually made of raw hide.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lead \Lead\ (l[ecr]d), n. [OE. led, leed, lead, AS. le[a0]d;       akin to D. lood, MHG. l[omac]t, G. loth plummet, sounding       lead, small weight, Sw. & Dan. lod. [root]123]       1. (Chem.) One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic             metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily             tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though with             little tenacity, and is used for tubes, sheets, bullets,             etc. Its specific gravity is 11.37. It is easily fusible,             forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of             solder and type metal. Atomic weight, 206.4. Symbol Pb (L.             Plumbum). It is chiefly obtained from the mineral galena,             lead sulphide.          2. An article made of lead or an alloy of lead; as:             (a) A plummet or mass of lead, used in sounding at sea.             (b) (Print.) A thin strip of type metal, used to separate                   lines of type in printing.             (c) Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs;                   hence, pl., a roof covered with lead sheets or terne                   plates.                               I would have the tower two stories, and goodly                            leads upon the top.                     --Bacon          3. A small cylinder of black lead or plumbago, used in             pencils.          {Black lead}, graphite or plumbago; -- so called from its             leadlike appearance and streak. [Colloq.]          {Coasting lead}, a sounding lead intermediate in weight             between a hand lead and deep-sea lead.          {Deep-sea lead}, the heaviest of sounding leads, used in             water exceeding a hundred fathoms in depth. --Ham. Nav.             Encyc.          {Hand lead}, a small lead use for sounding in shallow water.                      {Krems lead}, {Kremnitz lead} [so called from Krems or             Kremnitz, in Austria], a pure variety of white lead,             formed into tablets, and called also {Krems, [or]             Kremnitz, white}, and {Vienna white}.          {Lead arming}, tallow put in the hollow of a sounding lead.             See {To arm the lead} (below).          {Lead colic}. See under {Colic}.          {Lead color}, a deep bluish gray color, like tarnished lead.                      {Lead glance}. (Min.) Same as {Galena}.          {Lead line}             (a) (Med.) A dark line along the gums produced by a                   deposit of metallic lead, due to lead poisoning.             (b) (Naut.) A sounding line.          {Lead mill}, a leaden polishing wheel, used by lapidaries.          {Lead ocher} (Min.), a massive sulphur-yellow oxide of lead.             Same as {Massicot}.          {Lead pencil}, a pencil of which the marking material is             graphite (black lead).          {Lead plant} (Bot.), a low leguminous plant, genus {Amorpha}             ({A. canescens}), found in the Northwestern United States,             where its presence is supposed to indicate lead ore.             --Gray.          {Lead tree}.             (a) (Bot.) A West Indian name for the tropical, leguminous                   tree, {Leuc[91]na glauca}; -- probably so called from                   the glaucous color of the foliage.             (b) (Chem.) Lead crystallized in arborescent forms from a                   solution of some lead salt, as by suspending a strip                   of zinc in lead acetate.          {Mock lead}, a miner's term for blende.          {Red lead}, a scarlet, crystalline, granular powder,             consisting of minium when pure, but commonly containing             several of the oxides of lead. It is used as a paint or             cement and also as an ingredient of flint glass.          {Red lead ore} (Min.), crocoite.          {Sugar of lead}, acetate of lead.          {To arm the lead}, to fill the hollow in the bottom of a             sounding lead with tallow in order to discover the nature             of the bottom by the substances adhering. --Ham. Nav.             Encyc.          {To} {cast, [or] heave}, {the lead}, to cast the sounding             lead for ascertaining the depth of water.          {White lead}, hydrated carbonate of lead, obtained as a             white, amorphous powder, and much used as an ingredient of             white paint.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Colic \Col"ic\, n. [F. colique, fr. L. colicus sick with the       colic, GR. [?], fr. [?], [?], the colon. The disease is so       named from its being seated in or near the colon. See       {Colon}.] (Med.)       A severe paroxysmal pain in the abdomen, due to spasm,       obstruction, or distention of some one of the hollow viscera.          {Hepatic colic}, the severe pain produced by the passage of a             gallstone from the liver or gall bladder through the bile             duct.          {Intestinal colic}, [or] {Ordinary colic}, pain due to             distention of the intestines by gas.          {Lead colic}, {Painter's colic}, a violent form of intestinal             colic, associated with obstinate constipation, produced by             chronic lead poisoning.          {Renal colic}, the severe pain produced by the passage of a             calculus from the kidney through the ureter.          {Wind colic}. See {Intestinal colic}, above.
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Lead \Lead\ (l[ecr]d), n. [OE. led, leed, lead, AS. le[a0]d;       akin to D. lood, MHG. l[omac]t, G. loth plummet, sounding       lead, small weight, Sw. & Dan. lod. [root]123]       1. (Chem.) One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic             metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily             tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though with             little tenacity, and is used for tubes, sheets, bullets,             etc. Its specific gravity is 11.37. It is easily fusible,             forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of             solder and type metal. Atomic weight, 206.4. Symbol Pb (L.             Plumbum). It is chiefly obtained from the mineral galena,             lead sulphide.          2. An article made of lead or an alloy of lead; as:             (a) A plummet or mass of lead, used in sounding at sea.             (b) (Print.) A thin strip of type metal, used to separate                   lines of type in printing.             (c) Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs;                   hence, pl., a roof covered with lead sheets or terne                   plates.                               I would have the tower two stories, and goodly                            leads upon the top.                     --Bacon          3. A small cylinder of black lead or plumbago, used in             pencils.          {Black lead}, graphite or plumbago; -- so called from its             leadlike appearance and streak. [Colloq.]          {Coasting lead}, a sounding lead intermediate in weight             between a hand lead and deep-sea lead.          {Deep-sea lead}, the heaviest of sounding leads, used in             water exceeding a hundred fathoms in depth. --Ham. Nav.             Encyc.          {Hand lead}, a small lead use for sounding in shallow water.                      {Krems lead}, {Kremnitz lead} [so called from Krems or             Kremnitz, in Austria], a pure variety of white lead,             formed into tablets, and called also {Krems, [or]             Kremnitz, white}, and {Vienna white}.          {Lead arming}, tallow put in the hollow of a sounding lead.             See {To arm the lead} (below).          {Lead colic}. See under {Colic}.          {Lead color}, a deep bluish gray color, like tarnished lead.                      {Lead glance}. (Min.) Same as {Galena}.          {Lead line}             (a) (Med.) A dark line along the gums produced by a                   deposit of metallic lead, due to lead poisoning.             (b) (Naut.) A sounding line.          {Lead mill}, a leaden polishing wheel, used by lapidaries.          {Lead ocher} (Min.), a massive sulphur-yellow oxide of lead.             Same as {Massicot}.          {Lead pencil}, a pencil of which the marking material is             graphite (black lead).          {Lead plant} (Bot.), a low leguminous plant, genus {Amorpha}             ({A. canescens}), found in the Northwestern United States,             where its presence is supposed to indicate lead ore.             --Gray.          {Lead tree}.             (a) (Bot.) A West Indian name for the tropical, leguminous                   tree, {Leuc[91]na glauca}; -- probably so called from                   the glaucous color of the foliage.             (b) (Chem.) Lead crystallized in arborescent forms from a                   solution of some lead salt, as by suspending a strip                   of zinc in lead acetate.          {Mock lead}, a miner's term for blende.          {Red lead}, a scarlet, crystalline, granular powder,             consisting of minium when pure, but commonly containing             several of the oxides of lead. It is used as a paint or             cement and also as an ingredient of flint glass.          {Red lead ore} (Min.), crocoite.          {Sugar of lead}, acetate of lead.          {To arm the lead}, to fill the hollow in the bottom of a             sounding lead with tallow in order to discover the nature             of the bottom by the substances adhering. --Ham. Nav.             Encyc.          {To} {cast, [or] heave}, {the lead}, to cast the sounding             lead for ascertaining the depth of water.          {White lead}, hydrated carbonate of lead, obtained as a             white, amorphous powder, and much used as an ingredient of             white paint.
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Lead \Lead\ (l[ecr]d), n. [OE. led, leed, lead, AS. le[a0]d;       akin to D. lood, MHG. l[omac]t, G. loth plummet, sounding       lead, small weight, Sw. & Dan. lod. [root]123]       1. (Chem.) One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic             metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily             tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though with             little tenacity, and is used for tubes, sheets, bullets,             etc. Its specific gravity is 11.37. It is easily fusible,             forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of             solder and type metal. Atomic weight, 206.4. Symbol Pb (L.             Plumbum). It is chiefly obtained from the mineral galena,             lead sulphide.          2. An article made of lead or an alloy of lead; as:             (a) A plummet or mass of lead, used in sounding at sea.             (b) (Print.) A thin strip of type metal, used to separate                   lines of type in printing.             (c) Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs;                   hence, pl., a roof covered with lead sheets or terne                   plates.                               I would have the tower two stories, and goodly                            leads upon the top.                     --Bacon          3. A small cylinder of black lead or plumbago, used in             pencils.          {Black lead}, graphite or plumbago; -- so called from its             leadlike appearance and streak. [Colloq.]          {Coasting lead}, a sounding lead intermediate in weight             between a hand lead and deep-sea lead.          {Deep-sea lead}, the heaviest of sounding leads, used in             water exceeding a hundred fathoms in depth. --Ham. Nav.             Encyc.          {Hand lead}, a small lead use for sounding in shallow water.                      {Krems lead}, {Kremnitz lead} [so called from Krems or             Kremnitz, in Austria], a pure variety of white lead,             formed into tablets, and called also {Krems, [or]             Kremnitz, white}, and {Vienna white}.          {Lead arming}, tallow put in the hollow of a sounding lead.             See {To arm the lead} (below).          {Lead colic}. See under {Colic}.          {Lead color}, a deep bluish gray color, like tarnished lead.                      {Lead glance}. (Min.) Same as {Galena}.          {Lead line}             (a) (Med.) A dark line along the gums produced by a                   deposit of metallic lead, due to lead poisoning.             (b) (Naut.) A sounding line.          {Lead mill}, a leaden polishing wheel, used by lapidaries.          {Lead ocher} (Min.), a massive sulphur-yellow oxide of lead.             Same as {Massicot}.          {Lead pencil}, a pencil of which the marking material is             graphite (black lead).          {Lead plant} (Bot.), a low leguminous plant, genus {Amorpha}             ({A. canescens}), found in the Northwestern United States,             where its presence is supposed to indicate lead ore.             --Gray.          {Lead tree}.             (a) (Bot.) A West Indian name for the tropical, leguminous                   tree, {Leuc[91]na glauca}; -- probably so called from                   the glaucous color of the foliage.             (b) (Chem.) Lead crystallized in arborescent forms from a                   solution of some lead salt, as by suspending a strip                   of zinc in lead acetate.          {Mock lead}, a miner's term for blende.          {Red lead}, a scarlet, crystalline, granular powder,             consisting of minium when pure, but commonly containing             several of the oxides of lead. It is used as a paint or             cement and also as an ingredient of flint glass.          {Red lead ore} (Min.), crocoite.          {Sugar of lead}, acetate of lead.          {To arm the lead}, to fill the hollow in the bottom of a             sounding lead with tallow in order to discover the nature             of the bottom by the substances adhering. --Ham. Nav.             Encyc.          {To} {cast, [or] heave}, {the lead}, to cast the sounding             lead for ascertaining the depth of water.          {White lead}, hydrated carbonate of lead, obtained as a             white, amorphous powder, and much used as an ingredient of             white paint.
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Lithoclast \Lith"o*clast\ (l[icr]th"[osl]*kl[acr]st), n. [Litho-       + Gr. kla^n to break.] (Surg.)       An instrument for crushing stones in the bladder.
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Leaf \Leaf\, n.; pl. {Leaves}. [OE. leef, lef, leaf, AS.       le[a0]f; akin to S. l[?]f, OFries. laf, D. loof foliage, G.       laub,OHG. loub leaf, foliage, Icel. lauf, Sw. l[94]f, Dan.       l[94]v, Goth. laufs; cf. Lith. lapas. Cf. {Lodge}.]       1. (Bot.) A colored, usually green, expansion growing from             the side of a stem or rootstock, in which the sap for the             use of the plant is elaborated under the influence of             light; one of the parts of a plant which collectively             constitute its foliage.          Note: Such leaves usually consist of a blade, or lamina,                supported upon a leafstalk or petiole, which, continued                through the blade as the midrib, gives off woody ribs                and veins that support the cellular texture. The                petiole has usually some sort of an appendage on each                side of its base, which is called the stipule. The                green parenchyma of the leaf is covered with a thin                epiderm pierced with closable microscopic openings,                known as stomata.          2. (Bot.) A special organ of vegetation in the form of a             lateral outgrowth from the stem, whether appearing as a             part of the foliage, or as a cotyledon, a scale, a bract,             a spine, or a tendril.          Note: In this view every part of a plant, except the root and                the stem, is either a leaf, or is composed of leaves                more or less modified and transformed.          3. Something which is like a leaf in being wide and thin and             having a flat surface, or in being attached to a larger             body by one edge or end; as :             (a) A part of a book or folded sheet containing two pages                   upon its opposite sides.             (b) A side, division, or part, that slides or is hinged,                   as of window shutters, folding doors, etc.             (c) The movable side of a table.             (d) A very thin plate; as, gold leaf.             (e) A portion of fat lying in a separate fold or layer.             (f) One of the teeth of a pinion, especially when small.          {Leaf beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any beetle which feeds upon leaves;             esp., any species of the family {Chrysomelid[91]}, as the             potato beetle and helmet beetle.          {Leaf bridge}, a draw-bridge having a platform or leaf which             swings vertically on hinges.          {Leaf bud} (Bot.), a bud which develops into leaves or a             leafy branch.          {Leaf butterfly} (Zo[94]l.), any butterfly which, in the form             and colors of its wings, resembles the leaves of plants             upon which it rests; esp., butterflies of the genus             {Kallima}, found in Southern Asia and the East Indies.          {Leaf crumpler} (Zo[94]l.), a small moth ({Phycis             indigenella}), the larva of which feeds upon leaves of the             apple tree, and forms its nest by crumpling and fastening             leaves together in clusters.          {Leaf cutter} (Zo[94]l.), any one of various species of wild             bees of the genus {Megachile}, which cut rounded pieces             from the edges of leaves, or the petals of flowers, to be             used in the construction of their nests, which are made in             holes and crevices, or in a leaf rolled up for the             purpose. Among the common American species are {M. brevis}             and {M. centuncularis}. Called also {rose-cutting bee}.          {Leaf fat}, the fat which lies in leaves or layers within the             body of an animal.          {Leaf flea} (Zo[94]l.), a jumping plant louse of the family             {Psyllid[91]}.          {Leaf frog} (Zo[94]l.), any tree frog of the genus             {Phyllomedusa}.          {Leaf green}.(Bot.) See {Chlorophyll}.          {Leaf hopper} (Zo[94]l.), any small jumping hemipterous             insect of the genus {Tettigonia}, and allied genera. They             live upon the leaves and twigs of plants. See {Live             hopper}.          {Leaf insect} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several genera and             species of orthopterous insects, esp. of the genus             {Phyllium}, in which the wings, and sometimes the legs,             resemble leaves in color and form. They are common in             Southern Asia and the East Indies.          {Leaf lard}, lard from leaf fat. See under {Lard}.          {Leaf louse} (Zo[94]l.), an aphid.          {Leaf metal}, metal in thin leaves, as gold, silver, or tin.                      {Leaf miner} (Zo[94]l.), any one of various small             lepidopterous and dipterous insects, which, in the larval             stages, burrow in and eat the parenchyma of leaves; as,             the pear-tree leaf miner ({Lithocolletis geminatella}).          {Leaf notcher} (Zo[94]l.), a pale bluish green beetle             ({Artipus Floridanus}), which, in Florida, eats the edges             of the leaves of orange trees.          {Leaf roller} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of any tortricid moth             which makes a nest by rolling up the leaves of plants. See             {Tortrix}.          {Leaf scar} (Bot.), the cicatrix on a stem whence a leaf has             fallen.          {Leaf sewer} (Zo[94]l.), a tortricid moth, whose caterpillar             makes a nest by rolling up a leaf and fastening the edges             together with silk, as if sewn; esp., {Phoxopteris             nubeculana}, which feeds upon the apple tree.          {Leaf sight}, a hinges sight on a firearm, which can be             raised or folded down.          {Leaf trace} (Bot.), one or more fibrovascular bundles, which             may be traced down an endogenous stem from the base of a             leaf.          {Leaf tier} (Zo[94]l.), a tortricid moth whose larva makes a             nest by fastening the edges of a leaf together with silk;             esp., {Teras cinderella}, found on the apple tree.          {Leaf valve}, a valve which moves on a hinge.          {Leaf wasp} (Zo[94]l.), a sawfiy.          {To turn over a new leaf}, to make a radical change for the             better in one's way of living or doing. [Colloq.]                         They were both determined to turn over a new leaf.                                                                               --Richardson.
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Lithoglyph \Lith"o*glyph\, n. [Gr. [?]; li`qos stone + [?] to       engrave.]       An engraving on a gem.
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Lithoglypher \Li*thog"ly*pher\, n.       One who curs or engraves precious stones.
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Lithoglyphic \Lith`o*glyph"ic\, a.       Of or pertaining to the art of cutting and engraving precious       stones.
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Lithoglyptics \Lith`o*glyp"tics\, n.       The art of cutting and engraving gems.
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Lithoxyl \Li*thox`yl\, n. [Written also lithoxyle.] [Litho- +       Gr. [?] wood: cf. F. lithoxyle.]       Petrified wood. [Obs.]
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Lloyd's \Lloyd's\, n.       1. An association of underwriters and others in London, for             the collection and diffusion of marine intelligence, the             insurance, classification, registration, and certifying of             vessels, and the transaction of business of various kinds             connected with shipping.          2. A part of the Royal Exchange, in London, appropriated to             the use of underwriters and insurance brokers; -- called             also {Lloyd's Rooms}.          Note: The name is derived from Lloyd's Coffee House, in                Lombard Street, where there were formerly rooms for the                same purpose. The name Lloyd or Lloyd's has been taken                by several associations, in different parts of Europe,                established for purposes similar to those of the                original association.          {Lloyd's agents}, persons employed in various parts of the             world, by the association called Lloyd's, to serve its             interests.          {Lloyd's list}, a publication of the latest news respecting             shipping matters, with lists of vessels, etc., made under             the direction of Lloyd's. --Brande & C.          {Lloyd's register}, a register of vessels rated according to             their quality, published yearly.
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Lodicule \Lod"i*cule\, n. [L. lodicula. dim, of lodix, lodicis,       a coverlet: cf. F. lodicule.] (Bot.)       One of the two or three delicate membranous scales which are       next to the stamens in grasses.
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Loutish \Lout"ish\, a.       Clownish; rude; awkward. [bd]Loutish clown.[b8] --Sir P.       Sidney. -- {Lout"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Lout"ish*ness}, n.
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Seedbox \Seed"box`\, n. (Bot.)             (a) A capsule.             (b) A plant ({Ludwigia alternifolia}) which has somewhat                   cubical or box-shaped capsules.