lac
         n 1: resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects; used
               in e.g. varnishes and sealing wax

English Dictionary: leash	by the DICT Development Group
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lace n a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment) Synonym(s): lace, lacing a delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns v spin,wind, or twist together; "intertwine the ribbons"; "Twine the threads into a rope"; "intertwined hearts" Synonym(s): intertwine, twine, entwine, enlace, interlace, lace Antonym(s): untwine make by braiding or interlacing; "lace a tablecloth" Synonym(s): braid, lace, plait do lacework; "The Flemish women were lacing in front of the cathedral" draw through eyes or holes; "lace the shoelaces" Synonym(s): lace, lace up add alcohol to (beverages); "the punch is spiked!" Synonym(s): spike, lace, fortify
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lack n the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; "there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"; "water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"; "for want of a nail the shoe was lost" Synonym(s): lack, deficiency, want v be without; "This soup lacks salt"; "There is something missing in my jewelry box!" Synonym(s): miss, lack Antonym(s): feature, have
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lackey n a male servant (especially a footman) [syn: lackey, flunky, flunkey] a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage Synonym(s): sycophant, toady, crawler, lackey, ass-kisser
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lacy adj made of or resembling lace; "a lacy gown"; "a lacy leaf" Synonym(s): lacy, lacelike having open interstices or resembling a web Synonym(s): lacy, netlike, netted, webbed, weblike, webby
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lag n the act of slowing down or falling behind [syn: slowdown, lag, retardation] the time between one event, process, or period and another; "meanwhile the socialists are running the government" Synonym(s): interim, meantime, meanwhile, lag one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket Synonym(s): stave, lag v hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc. Synonym(s): lag, dawdle, fall back, fall behind lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life" Synonym(s): imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remand throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins cover with lagging to prevent heat loss; "lag pipes"
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laic adj characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy; "set his collar in laic rather than clerical position"; "the lay ministry" Synonym(s): laic, lay, secular
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Laius n (Greek mythology) king of Thebes who was unwittingly killed by his son Oedipus
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lake n a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land a purplish red pigment prepared from lac or cochineal any of numerous bright translucent organic pigments
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lakh n the cardinal number that is the fifth power of ten [syn: hundred thousand, 100000, lakh]
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Lao-zi n Chinese philosopher regarded as the founder of Taoism (6th century BC) Synonym(s): Lao-tzu, Lao-tse, Lao-zi
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Laos n a mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia; achieved independence from France in 1949 Synonym(s): Laos, Lao People's Democratic Republic
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lash n any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids Synonym(s): eyelash, lash, cilium leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip Synonym(s): lash, thong a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object; "the whip raised a red welt" Synonym(s): whip, lash, whiplash v beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced" Synonym(s): flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce lash or flick about sharply; "The lion lashed its tail" strike as if by whipping; "The curtain whipped her face" Synonym(s): whip, lash bind with a rope, chain, or cord; "lash the horse" Antonym(s): unlash
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lass n a girl or young woman who is unmarried [syn: lass, lassie, young girl, jeune fille]
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Lassa n the sacred city of Lamaism; known as the Forbidden City for its former inaccessibility and hostility to strangers Synonym(s): Lhasa, Lassa, capital of Tibet, Forbidden City
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lassie n a girl or young woman who is unmarried [syn: lass, lassie, young girl, jeune fille]
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Lasso n Belgian composer (1532-1594) [syn: Lasso, {Orlando di Lasso}, Roland de Lassus] a long noosed rope used to catch animals Synonym(s): lasso, lariat, riata, reata v catch with a lasso; "rope cows" Synonym(s): lasso, rope
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laugh n the sound of laughing Synonym(s): laugh, laughter a facial expression characteristic of a person laughing; "his face wrinkled in a silent laugh of derision" a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter; "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest"; "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point" Synonym(s): joke, gag, laugh, jest, jape v produce laughter [syn: laugh, express joy, {express mirth}] Antonym(s): cry, weep
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laugh away v deal with a problem by laughing or pretending to be amused by it; "She laughs away all these problems" Synonym(s): laugh off, laugh away
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Laws n the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit Synonym(s): Torah, Pentateuch, Laws
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lax adj lacking in rigor or strictness; "such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable"; "lax in attending classes"; "slack in maintaining discipline" Synonym(s): lax, slack pronounced with muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in `bet') Antonym(s): tense lacking in strength or firmness or resilience; "a lax rope"; "a limp handshake" Antonym(s): tense emptying easily or excessively; "loose bowels" Synonym(s): lax, loose
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laze v be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning" Synonym(s): idle, laze, slug, stagnate Antonym(s): work
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Lazio n an ancient region of west central Italy (southeast of Rome) on the Tyrrhenian Sea Synonym(s): Latium, Lazio
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lazy adj moving slowly and gently; "up a lazy river"; "lazy white clouds"; "at a lazy pace" disinclined to work or exertion; "faineant kings under whose rule the country languished"; "an indolent hanger-on"; "too lazy to wash the dishes"; "shiftless idle youth"; "slothful employees"; "the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy" Synonym(s): faineant, indolent, lazy, otiose, slothful, work-shy
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leach n the process of leaching Synonym(s): leach, leaching v cause (a liquid) to leach or percolate permeate or penetrate gradually; "the fertilizer leached into the ground" Synonym(s): leach, percolate remove substances from by a percolating liquid; "leach the soil" Synonym(s): leach, strip
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league n an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members Synonym(s): league, conference an association of states or organizations or individuals for common action an obsolete unit of distance of variable length (usually 3 miles) v unite to form a league
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leak n an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape; "one of the tires developed a leak" soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi a euphemism for urination; "he had to take a leak" Synonym(s): leak, wetting, making water, passing water the discharge of a fluid from some container; "they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe"; "he had to clean up the leak" Synonym(s): escape, leak, leakage, outflow unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information Synonym(s): leak, news leak v tell anonymously; "The news were leaked to the paper" be leaked; "The news leaked out despite his secrecy" Synonym(s): leak, leak out enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure; "Water leaked out of the can into the backpack"; "Gas leaked into the basement" have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out; "The container leaked gasoline"; "the roof leaks badly"
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Leakey n English paleontologist (son of Louis Leakey and Mary Leakey) who continued the work of his parents; he was appointed director of a wildlife preserve in Kenya but resigned under political pressure (born in 1944) Synonym(s): Leakey, Richard Leakey, Richard Erskine Leakey English paleontologist (the wife of Louis Leakey) who discovered the Zinjanthropus skull that was 1,750,000 years old (1913-1996) Synonym(s): Leakey, Mary Leakey, Mary Douglas Leakey English paleontologist whose account of fossil discoveries in Tanzania changed theories of human evolution (1903-1972) Synonym(s): Leakey, Louis Leakey, Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey
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leaky adj permitting the unwanted passage of fluids or gases ; "a leaky roof"; "a leaky defense system" Antonym(s): tight used informally; unable to retain urine prone to communicate confidential information Synonym(s): blabbermouthed, leaky, talebearing(a), tattling(a)
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lease n property that is leased or rented out or let [syn: lease, rental, letting] a contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified time for a specified payment the period of time during which a contract conveying property to a person is in effect Synonym(s): lease, term of a contract v let for money; "We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad" Synonym(s): rent, lease hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services Synonym(s): rent, hire, charter, lease grant use or occupation of under a term of contract; "I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners" Synonym(s): lease, let, rent engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?" Synonym(s): lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take
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leash n restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal Synonym(s): leash, tether, lead the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one Synonym(s): three, 3, III, trio, threesome, tierce, leash, troika, triad, trine, trinity, ternary, ternion, triplet, tercet, terzetto, trey, deuce- ace a figurative restraint; "asked for a collar on program trading in the stock market"; "kept a tight leash on his emotions"; "he's always gotten a long leash" Synonym(s): collar, leash v fasten with a rope; "rope the bag securely" [syn: rope, leash]
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lech n man with strong sexual desires [syn: satyr, lecher, lech, letch]
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lechwe n tawny-colored African antelope inhabiting wet grassy plains; a threatened species Synonym(s): lechwe, Kobus leche
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leech n carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end Synonym(s): leech, bloodsucker, hirudinean a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage Synonym(s): leech, parasite, sponge, sponger v draw blood; "In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment" Synonym(s): bleed, leech, phlebotomize, phlebotomise
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leechee n Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried Synonym(s): litchi, litchi nut, litchee, lichi, leechee, lichee, lychee
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leek n plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum Synonym(s): leek, scallion, Allium porrum related to onions; white cylindrical bulb and flat dark-green leaves
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lees n the sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage
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leg n a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle a structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and used for locomotion one of the supports for a piece of furniture a part of a forked or branching shape; "he broke off one of the branches" Synonym(s): branch, leg, ramification the limb of an animal used for food a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg Synonym(s): peg, wooden leg, leg, pegleg a cloth covering consisting of the part of a pair of trousers that covers a person's leg (nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack a section or portion of a journey or course; "then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise" Synonym(s): stage, leg
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leggy adj (of plants) having tall spindly stems [syn: leggy, tall-growing] having long legs Synonym(s): leggy, long-legged, long- shanked
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Lego n (trademark) a child's plastic construction set for making mechanical models Synonym(s): Lego, Lego set
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legs n staying power; "that old Broadway play really has legs"
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Leigh n English film actress (1913-1967) [syn: Leigh, {Vivien Leigh}]
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lek n the basic unit of money in Albania
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Leo IX n German pope from 1049 to 1054 whose papacy was the beginning of papal reforms in the 11th century (1002-1054) Synonym(s): Leo IX, Bruno, Bruno of Toul
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Leo X n son of Lorenzo de'Medici and pope from 1513 to 1521 who excommunicated Martin Luther and who in 1521 bestowed on Henry VIII the title of Defender of the Faith (1475-1521) Synonym(s): Leo X, Giovanni de'Medici
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Leo XIII n Italian pope from 1878 to 1903 who was interested in the advancement of learning and who opened the Vatican secret archives to all scholars Synonym(s): Leo XIII, Gioacchino Pecci, Giovanni Vincenzo Pecci
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less adv used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs; "less interesting"; "less expensive"; "less quickly" Synonym(s): less, to a lesser extent Antonym(s): more, to a greater extent comparative of little; "she walks less than she should"; "he works less these days" Antonym(s): more adj (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree; "of less importance"; "less time to spend with the family"; "a shower uses less water"; "less than three years old" Antonym(s): more than, more(a) (usually preceded by `no') lower in quality; "no less than perfect" (nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer; "less than three weeks"; "no less than 50 people attended"; "in 25 words or less"
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lessee n a tenant who holds a lease Synonym(s): leaseholder, lessee
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Lewis n United States rock star singer and pianist (born in 1935) Synonym(s): Lewis, Jerry Lee Lewis United States athlete who won gold medals at the Olympics for his skill in sprinting and jumping (born in 1961) Synonym(s): Lewis, Carl Lewis, Frederick Carleton Lewis United States explorer and soldier who lead led an expedition from St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River (1774-1809) Synonym(s): Lewis, Meriwether Lewis United States labor leader who was president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1920 to 1960 and president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations from 1935 to 1940 (1880-1969) Synonym(s): Lewis, John L. Lewis, John Llewelly Lewis United States novelist who satirized middle-class America in his novel Main Street (1885-1951) Synonym(s): Lewis, Sinclair Lewis, Harry Sinclair Lewis English critic and novelist; author of theological works and of books for children (1898-1963) Synonym(s): Lewis, C. S. Lewis, Clive Staples Lewis
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Lewisia n genus of western North American low-growing herbs having linear woolly leaves and large pink flowers Synonym(s): Lewisia, genus Lewisia
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Lhasa n the sacred city of Lamaism; known as the Forbidden City for its former inaccessibility and hostility to strangers Synonym(s): Lhasa, Lassa, capital of Tibet, Forbidden City a breed of terrier having a long heavy coat raised in Tibet as watchdogs Synonym(s): Lhasa, Lhasa apso
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liaise v act between parties with a view to reconciling differences; "He interceded in the family dispute"; "He mediated a settlement" Synonym(s): intercede, mediate, intermediate, liaise, arbitrate
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lichee n Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Nephelium Synonym(s): litchi, lichee, litchi tree, Litchi chinensis, Nephelium litchi Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried Synonym(s): litchi, litchi nut, litchee, lichi, leechee, lichee, lychee
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lichi n Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried Synonym(s): litchi, litchi nut, litchee, lichi, leechee, lichee, lychee
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lick n a salt deposit that animals regularly lick [syn: {salt lick}, lick] touching with the tongue; "the dog's laps were warm and wet" Synonym(s): lick, lap (boxing) a blow with the fist; "I gave him a clout on his nose" Synonym(s): punch, clout, poke, lick, biff, slug v beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!" Synonym(s): cream, bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lick pass the tongue over; "the dog licked her hand" Synonym(s): lick, lap find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of; "did you solve the problem?"; "Work out your problems with the boss"; "this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out"; "did you get it?"; "Did you get my meaning?"; "He could not work the math problem" Synonym(s): solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, lick, work take up with the tongue; "The cat lapped up the milk"; "the cub licked the milk from its mother's breast" Synonym(s): lap, lap up, lick
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lie awake v lie without sleeping; "She was so worried, she lay awake all night long"
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liege adj owing or owed feudal allegiance and service; "one's liege lord"; "a liege subject" n a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord Synonym(s): vassal, liege, liegeman, liege subject, feudatory a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service Synonym(s): liege, liege lord city in eastern Belgium; largest French-speaking city in Belgium Synonym(s): Liege, Luik
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like adj resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination; "suits of like design"; "a limited circle of like minds"; "members of the cat family have like dispositions"; "as like as two peas in a pod"; "doglike devotion"; "a dreamlike quality" Synonym(s): like, similar Antonym(s): different, dissimilar, unlike equal in amount or value; "like amounts"; "equivalent amounts"; "the same amount"; "gave one six blows and the other a like number"; "the same number" Synonym(s): like, same Antonym(s): unlike having the same or similar characteristics; "all politicians are alike"; "they looked utterly alike"; "friends are generally alike in background and taste" Synonym(s): alike(p), similar, like Antonym(s): dissimilar, unalike conforming in every respect; "boxes with corresponding dimensions"; "the like period of the preceding year" Synonym(s): comparable, corresponding, like n a similar kind; "dogs, foxes, and the like", "we don't want the likes of you around here" Synonym(s): like, the like, the likes of a kind of person; "We'll not see his like again"; "I can't tolerate people of his ilk" Synonym(s): like, ilk v prefer or wish to do something; "Do you care to try this dish?"; "Would you like to come along to the movies?" Synonym(s): wish, care, like find enjoyable or agreeable; "I like jogging"; "She likes to read Russian novels" Antonym(s): dislike be fond of; "I like my nephews" feel about or towards; consider, evaluate, or regard; "How did you like the President's speech last night?" want to have; "I'd like a beer now!"
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Lisu n a Loloish language
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liza n similar to the striped mullet and takes its place in the Caribbean region Synonym(s): liza, Mugil liza
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loach n slender freshwater fishes of Eurasia and Africa resembling catfishes
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loasa n any of various perennial South American plants of the genus Loasa having stinging hairs and showy white or yellow or reddish-orange flowers
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loch n a long narrow inlet of the sea in Scotland (especially when it is nearly landlocked) Scottish word for a lake
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lochia n substance discharged from the vagina (cellular debris and mucus and blood) that gradually decreases in amount during the weeks following childbirth
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lock n a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed a strand or cluster of hair Synonym(s): lock, curl, ringlet, whorl a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun enclosure consisting of a section of canal that can be closed to control the water level; used to raise or lower vessels that pass through it Synonym(s): lock, lock chamber a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key Synonym(s): lock, ignition lock any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured v fasten with a lock; "lock the bike to the fence" [ant: unlock] keep engaged; "engaged the gears" Synonym(s): engage, mesh, lock, operate Antonym(s): disengage, withdraw become rigid or immoveable; "The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise" Antonym(s): unlock hold in a locking position; "He locked his hands around her neck" Synonym(s): lock, interlock, interlace become engaged or intermeshed with one another; "They were locked in embrace" Synonym(s): interlock, lock hold fast (in a certain state); "He was locked in a laughing fit" place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape; "The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend"; "She locked her jewels in the safe" Synonym(s): lock in, lock away, lock, put away, shut up, shut away, lock up pass by means through a lock in a waterway build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels
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lock away v place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape; "The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend"; "She locked her jewels in the safe" Synonym(s): lock in, lock away, lock, put away, shut up, shut away, lock up
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Locke n English empiricist philosopher who believed that all knowledge is derived from sensory experience (1632-1704) Synonym(s): Locke, John Locke
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lockjaw n an acute and serious infection of the central nervous system caused by bacterial infection of open wounds; spasms of the jaw and laryngeal muscles may occur during the late stages Synonym(s): tetanus, lockjaw
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loco adj informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy" Synonym(s): balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, around the bend, wacky, whacky
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loess n a fine-grained unstratified accumulation of clay and silt deposited by the wind
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log n a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches the exponent required to produce a given number Synonym(s): logarithm, log a written record of messages sent or received; "they kept a log of all transmission by the radio station"; "an email log" a written record of events on a voyage (of a ship or plane) measuring instrument that consists of a float that trails from a ship by a knotted line in order to measure the ship's speed through the water v enter into a log, as on ships and planes cut lumber, as in woods and forests Synonym(s): log, lumber
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log Z's v be asleep [syn: sleep, kip, slumber, log Z's, catch some Z's] Antonym(s): wake
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loge n balcony consisting of the forward section of a theater mezzanine private area in a theater or grandstand where a small group can watch the performance; "the royal box was empty" Synonym(s): box, loge
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loggia n a roofed arcade or gallery with open sides stretching along the front or side of a building; often at an upper level
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logo n a company emblem or device Synonym(s): logo, logotype
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logy adj stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion) Synonym(s): dazed, foggy, groggy, logy, stuporous
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Loki n (Norse mythology) trickster; god of discord and mischief; contrived death of Balder and was overcome by Thor
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look n the feelings expressed on a person's face; "a sad expression"; "a look of triumph"; "an angry face" Synonym(s): expression, look, aspect, facial expression, face the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually; "he went out to have a look"; "his look was fixed on her eyes"; "he gave it a good looking at"; "his camera does his looking for him" Synonym(s): look, looking, looking at physical appearance; "I don't like the looks of this place" the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason" Synonym(s): spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell v perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards; "She looked over the expanse of land"; "Look at your child!"; "Look--a deer in the backyard!" give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect; "She seems to be sleeping"; "This appears to be a very difficult problem"; "This project looks fishy"; "They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time" Synonym(s): look, appear, seem have a certain outward or facial expression; "How does she look?"; "The child looks unhappy"; "She looked pale after the surgery" search or seek; "We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest"; "Look elsewhere for the perfect gift!" Synonym(s): search, look be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to; "The house looks north"; "My backyard look onto the pond"; "The building faces the park" Synonym(s): front, look, face Antonym(s): back take charge of or deal with; "Could you see about lunch?"; "I must attend to this matter"; "She took care of this business" Synonym(s): attend, take care, look, see convey by one's expression; "She looked her devotion to me" look forward to the probable occurrence of; "We were expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to a promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted" Synonym(s): expect, look, await, wait accord in appearance with; "You don't look your age!" have faith or confidence in; "you can count on me to help you any time"; "Look to your friends for support"; "You can bet on that!"; "Depend on your family in times of crisis" Synonym(s): count, bet, depend, look, calculate, reckon
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look away v avert one's gaze; "She looked away when the nurse pricked her arm with the needle"
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Loos n Austrian architect (1870-1933) Synonym(s): Loos, Adolf Loos
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loose adv without restraint; "cows in India are running loose" Synonym(s): loose, free adj not compact or dense in structure or arrangement; "loose gravel" Antonym(s): compact (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player; "a loose ball" not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting; "loose clothing"; "the large shoes were very loose" Antonym(s): tight not officially recognized or controlled; "an informal agreement"; "a loose organization of the local farmers" Synonym(s): informal, loose not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem" Synonym(s): free, loose, liberal emptying easily or excessively; "loose bowels" Synonym(s): lax, loose not affixed; "the stamp came loose" Synonym(s): unaffixed, loose Antonym(s): affixed not tense or taut; "the old man's skin hung loose and grey"; "slack and wrinkled skin"; "slack sails"; "a slack rope" Synonym(s): loose, slack (of textures) full of small openings or gaps; "an open texture"; "a loose weave" Synonym(s): loose, open lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; "idle talk"; "a loose tongue" Synonym(s): idle, loose not carefully arranged in a package; "a box of loose nails" having escaped, especially from confinement; "a convict still at large"; "searching for two escaped prisoners"; "dogs loose on the streets"; "criminals on the loose in the neighborhood" Synonym(s): at large(p), escaped, loose, on the loose(p) casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior; "her easy virtue"; "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women"; "wanton behavior" Synonym(s): easy, light, loose, promiscuous, sluttish, wanton v grant freedom to; free from confinement [syn: free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose] Antonym(s): confine, detain turn loose or free from restraint; "let loose mines"; "Loose terrible plagues upon humanity" Synonym(s): unleash, let loose, loose make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope" Synonym(s): loosen, loose Antonym(s): stiffen become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed" Synonym(s): loosen, relax, loose Antonym(s): stiffen
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lose v fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense; "She lost her purse when she left it unattended on her seat" Antonym(s): hold on, keep fail to win; "We lost the battle but we won the war" Antonym(s): win suffer the loss of a person through death or removal; "She lost her husband in the war"; "The couple that wanted to adopt the child lost her when the biological parents claimed her" place (something) where one cannot find it again; "I misplaced my eyeglasses" Synonym(s): misplace, mislay, lose miss from one's possessions; lose sight of; "I've lost my glasses again!" Antonym(s): find, regain allow to go out of sight; "The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light" fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit; "I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!"; "The company turned a loss after the first year" Synonym(s): lose, turn a loss Antonym(s): break even, profit, turn a profit fail to get or obtain; "I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad" Antonym(s): acquire, gain, win retreat Synonym(s): fall back, lose, drop off, fall behind, recede Antonym(s): advance, gain, gain ground, get ahead, make headway, pull ahead, win fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind; "I missed that remark"; "She missed his point"; "We lost part of what he said" Synonym(s): miss, lose be set at a disadvantage; "This author really suffers in translation" Synonym(s): suffer, lose
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loss n something that is lost; "the car was a total loss"; "loss of livestock left the rancher bankrupt" gradual decline in amount or activity; "weight loss"; "a serious loss of business" the act of losing someone or something; "everyone expected him to win so his loss was a shock" the disadvantage that results from losing something; "his loss of credibility led to his resignation"; "losing him is no great deprivation" Synonym(s): loss, deprivation the experience of losing a loved one; "he sympathized on the loss of their grandfather" the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue; "the company operated at a loss last year"; "the company operated in the red last year" Synonym(s): loss, red ink, red Antonym(s): gain military personnel lost by death or capture Synonym(s): personnel casualty, loss euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing" Synonym(s): passing, loss, departure, exit, expiration, going, release
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lossy adj characterized by or causing dissipation of energy [ant: lossless]
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louche adj of questionable taste or morality; "a louche nightclub"; "a louche painting" Synonym(s): louche, shady
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lough n a long narrow (nearly landlocked) cove in Ireland Irish word for a lake
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Louis n United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion for 12 years (1914-1981) Synonym(s): Louis, Joe Louis, Joseph Louis Barrow
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Louis I n third son of Charlemagne and king of France and Germany and Holy Roman Emperor (778-840) Synonym(s): Louis I, Louis the Pious
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Louis II n king of France and Germany (846-879) [syn: Louis II, Louis le Begue, Louis the Stammerer, Louis the German]
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Louis III n son of Louis II and king of the France and Germany (863-882)
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Louis X n king of France (1289-1316) [syn: Louis X, {Louis le Hutin}, Louis the Quarreller]
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Louis XI n king of France who put down an alliance of unruly nobles and unified France except for Brittany (1423-1483)
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Louis XII n king of France who was popular with his subjects (1462-1515)
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Louis XIII n king of France from 1610 to 1643 who relied heavily on the advice of Cardinal Richelieu (1601-1643)
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louse n wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals Synonym(s): louse, sucking louse a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect Synonym(s): worm, louse, insect, dirt ball any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plants Synonym(s): plant louse, louse wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting; mostly parasitic on birds Synonym(s): bird louse, biting louse, louse
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lousy adj very bad; "a lousy play"; "it's a stinking world" [syn: icky, crappy, lousy, rotten, shitty, stinking, stinky] infested with lice; "burned their lousy clothes" vile; despicable; "a dirty (or lousy) trick"; "a filthy traitor" Synonym(s): dirty, filthy, lousy
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low-key adj restrained in style or quality; "a little masterpiece of low-keyed eloquence" Synonym(s): low-key, low-keyed, subdued
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LOX n a bluish translucent magnetic liquid obtained by compressing gaseous oxygen and then cooling it below its boiling point; used as an oxidizer in rocket propellants Synonym(s): liquid oxygen, LOX brine-cured salmon that is lightly smoked
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Loxia n crossbill Synonym(s): Loxia, genus Loxia
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Luce n United States publisher of magazines (1898-1967) [syn: Luce, Henry Luce, Henry Robinson Luce] United States playwright and public official (1902-1987) Synonym(s): Luce, Clare Booth Luce
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luck n your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion" Synonym(s): fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, portion an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another; "bad luck caused his downfall"; "we ran into each other by pure chance" Synonym(s): luck, fortune, chance, hazard an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome; "it was my good luck to be there"; "they say luck is a lady"; "it was as if fortune guided his hand" Synonym(s): luck, fortune
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lucky adj occurring by chance; "a lucky escape"; "a lucky guess" having or bringing good fortune; "my lucky day"; "a lucky man" Antonym(s): luckless, unlucky presaging or likely to bring good luck; "a favorable time to ask for a raise"; "lucky stars"; "a prosperous moment to make a decision" Synonym(s): golden, favorable, favourable, lucky, prosperous
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Lucy n incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
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lues n a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta) Synonym(s): syphilis, syph, pox, lues venerea, lues
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Lug n ancient Celtic god Synonym(s): Lug, Lugh a sail with four corners that is hoisted from a yard that is oblique to the mast Synonym(s): lugsail, lug a projecting piece that is used to lift or support or turn something marine worms having a row of tufted gills along each side of the back; often used for fishing bait Synonym(s): lugworm, lug, lobworm v carry with difficulty; "You'll have to lug this suitcase" Synonym(s): lug, tote, tug obstruct; "My nose is all stuffed"; "Her arteries are blocked" Synonym(s): stuff, lug, choke up, block Antonym(s): loosen up, unstuff
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luge n a racing sled for one or two people v move along on a luge or toboggan Synonym(s): toboggan, luge
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Lugh n ancient Celtic god Synonym(s): Lug, Lugh
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Luik n city in eastern Belgium; largest French-speaking city in Belgium Synonym(s): Liege, Luik
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Luke n (New Testament) the Apostle closely associated with St. Paul and traditionally assumed to be the author of the third Gospel Synonym(s): Luke, Saint Luke, St. Luke one of the four Gospels in the New Testament; contains details of Jesus's birth and early life Synonym(s): Luke, Gospel of Luke, Gospel According to Luke
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lush adj produced or growing in extreme abundance; "their riotous blooming" Synonym(s): exuberant, lush, luxuriant, profuse, riotous characterized by extravagance and profusion; "a lavish buffet"; "a lucullan feast" Synonym(s): lavish, lucullan, lush, plush, plushy full of juice; "lush fruits"; "succulent roast beef"; "succulent plants with thick fleshy leaves" Synonym(s): lush, succulent n a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually [syn: alcoholic, alky, dipsomaniac, boozer, lush, soaker, souse]
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lux n a unit of illumination equal to 1 lumen per square meter; 0.0929 foot candle Synonym(s): lux, lx
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luxe adj elegant and sumptuous; "a deluxe car"; "luxe accommodations" Synonym(s): deluxe, de luxe, luxe
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lx adj being ten more than fifty [syn: sixty, 60, lx, threescore] n the cardinal number that is the product of ten and six Synonym(s): sixty, 60, LX a unit of illumination equal to 1 lumen per square meter; 0.0929 foot candle Synonym(s): lux, lx
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lxi adj being one more than sixty Synonym(s): sixty-one, 61, lxi
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lxii adj being two more than sixty [syn: sixty-two, 62, lxii]
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lxiii adj being three more than sixty [syn: sixty-three, 63, lxiii]
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lxx adj being ten more than sixty Synonym(s): seventy, 70, lxx n the cardinal number that is the product of ten and seven Synonym(s): seventy, 70, LXX
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lxxi adj being one more than seventy [syn: seventy-one, 71, lxxi]
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lxxii adj being two more than seventy [syn: seventy-two, 72, lxxii]
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lxxiii adj being three more than seventy [syn: seventy-three, 73, lxxiii]
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lxxx adj being ten more than seventy [syn: eighty, 80, lxxx, fourscore] n the cardinal number that is the product of ten and eight Synonym(s): eighty, 80, LXXX, fourscore
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lxxxi adj being one more than eighty [syn: eighty-one, 81, lxxxi]
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lxxxii adj being two more than eighty [syn: eighty-two, 82, lxxxii]
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lxxxiii adj being three more than eighty [syn: eighty-three, 83, lxxxiii]
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lycee n a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12 Synonym(s): secondary school, lyceum, lycee, Gymnasium, middle school
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lychee n Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried Synonym(s): litchi, litchi nut, litchee, lichi, leechee, lichee, lychee
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Lycia n an ancient region on the coast of southwest Asia Minor
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lyssa n an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm- blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain Synonym(s): rabies, hydrophobia, lyssa, madness
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Laas \Laas\, n.       A lace. See {Lace}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Lac \Lac\, d8Lakh \[d8]Lakh\, n. [Hind. lak, l[be]kh, l[be]ksh,       Skr. laksha a mark, sign, lakh.]       One hundred thousand; also, a vaguely great number; as, a lac       of rupees. [Written also {lack}.] [East Indies]
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Lac \Lac\, n. [Per. lak; akin to Skr. l[be]ksh[be]: cf. F.       lague, It. & NL. lacca. Cf. {Lake} a color, {Lacquer},       {Litmus}.]       A resinous substance produced mainly on the banyan tree, but       to some extent on other trees, by the {Coccus lacca}
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Lace \Lace\, v. i.       To be fastened with a lace, or laces; as, these boots lace.
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Lace \Lace\ (l[be]s), n. [OE. las, OF. laz, F. lacs, dim. lacet,       fr. L. laqueus noose, snare; prob. akin to lacere to entice.       Cf. {Delight}, {Elicit}, {Lasso}, {Latchet}.]       1. That which binds or holds, especially by being interwoven;             a string, cord, or band, usually one passing through             eyelet or other holes, and used in drawing and holding             together parts of a garment, of a shoe, of a machine belt,             etc.                         His hat hung at his back down by a lace. --Chaucer.                         For striving more, the more in laces strong Himself                      he tied.                                             --Spenser.          2. A snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords; a             net. [Obs.] --Fairfax.                         Vulcanus had caught thee [Venus] in his lace.                                                                               --Chaucer.          3. A fabric of fine threads of linen, silk, cotton, etc.,             often ornamented with figures; a delicate tissue of             thread, much worn as an ornament of dress.                         Our English dames are much given to the wearing of                      costlylaces.                                       --Bacon.          4. Spirits added to coffee or some other beverage. [Old             Slang] --Addison.          {Alencon lace}, a kind of point lace, entirely of needlework,             first made at Alencon in France, in the 17th century. It             is very durable and of great beauty and cost.          {Bone lace}, {Brussels lace}, etc. See under {Bone},             {Brussels}, etc.          {Gold lace}, [or] {Silver lace}, lace having warp threads of             silk, or silk and cotton, and a weft of silk threads             covered with gold (or silver), or with gilt.          {Lace leather}, thin, oil-tanned leather suitable for cutting             into lacings for machine belts.          {Lace lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a large, aquatic, Australian lizard             ({Hydrosaurus giganteus}), allied to the monitors.          {Lace paper}, paper with an openwork design in imitation of             lace.          {Lace piece} (Shipbuilding), the main piece of timber which             supports the beak or head projecting beyond the stem of a             ship.          {Lace pillow}, [and] {Pillow lace}. See under {Pillow}.
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Lace \Lace\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Laced} ([be]st); p. pr. & vb.       n. {Lacing}.]       1. To fasten with a lace; to draw together with a lace passed             through eyelet holes; to unite with a lace or laces, or,             figuratively. with anything resembling laces. --Shak.                         When Jenny's stays are newly laced.   --Prior.          2. To adorn with narrow strips or braids of some decorative             material; as, cloth laced with silver. --Shak.          3. To beat; to lash; to make stripes on. [Colloq.]                         I'll lace your coat for ye.               --L'Estrange.          4. To add spirits to (a beverage). [Old Slang]
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Lace \Lace\, v. t.       To twine or draw as a lace; to interlace; to intertwine.                   The Gond . . . picked up a trail of the Karela, the                vine that bears the bitter wild gourd, and laced it to                and fro across the temble door.               --Kipling.
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Laches \Lach"es\, Lache \Lache\, n. [OF. lachesse, fr. lache       lax, indolent, F. l[83]che, ultimately fr. L. laxus loose,       lax. See {Lax}.] (Law)       Neglect; negligence; remissness; neglect to do a thing at the       proper time; delay to assert a claim.                   It ill became him to take advantage of such a laches                with the eagerness of a shrewd attorney. --Macaulay.
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Lac \Lac\, d8Lakh \[d8]Lakh\, n. [Hind. lak, l[be]kh, l[be]ksh,       Skr. laksha a mark, sign, lakh.]       One hundred thousand; also, a vaguely great number; as, a lac       of rupees. [Written also {lack}.] [East Indies]
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Lack \Lack\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lacked}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Lacking}.]       1. To blame; to find fault with. [Obs.]                         Love them and lakke them not.            --Piers                                                                               Plowman.          2. To be without or destitute of; to want; to need.                         If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God.                                                                               --James i. 5.
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Lack \Lack\, v. i.       1. To be wanting; often, impersonally, with of, meaning, to             be less than, short, not quite, etc.                         What hour now ? I think it lacks of twelve. --Shak.                         Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty.                                                                               --Gen. xvii.                                                                               28.          2. To be in want.                         The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger. --Ps.                                                                               xxxiv. 10.
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Lack \Lack\, n. [OE. lak; cf. D. lak slander, laken to blame,       OHG. lahan, AS. le[a0]n.]       1. Blame; cause of blame; fault; crime; offense. [Obs.]             --Chaucer.          2. Deficiency; want; need; destitution; failure; as, a lack             of sufficient food.                         She swooneth now and now for lakke of blood.                                                                               --Chaucer.                         Let his lack of years be no impediment. --Shak.
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Lack \Lack\, interj. [Cf. {Alack}.]       Exclamation of regret or surprise. [Prov. Eng.] --Cowper.
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Lac \Lac\, d8Lakh \[d8]Lakh\, n. [Hind. lak, l[be]kh, l[be]ksh,       Skr. laksha a mark, sign, lakh.]       One hundred thousand; also, a vaguely great number; as, a lac       of rupees. [Written also {lack}.] [East Indies]
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Lack \Lack\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lacked}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Lacking}.]       1. To blame; to find fault with. [Obs.]                         Love them and lakke them not.            --Piers                                                                               Plowman.          2. To be without or destitute of; to want; to need.                         If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God.                                                                               --James i. 5.
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Lack \Lack\, v. i.       1. To be wanting; often, impersonally, with of, meaning, to             be less than, short, not quite, etc.                         What hour now ? I think it lacks of twelve. --Shak.                         Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty.                                                                               --Gen. xvii.                                                                               28.          2. To be in want.                         The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger. --Ps.                                                                               xxxiv. 10.
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Lack \Lack\, n. [OE. lak; cf. D. lak slander, laken to blame,       OHG. lahan, AS. le[a0]n.]       1. Blame; cause of blame; fault; crime; offense. [Obs.]             --Chaucer.          2. Deficiency; want; need; destitution; failure; as, a lack             of sufficient food.                         She swooneth now and now for lakke of blood.                                                                               --Chaucer.                         Let his lack of years be no impediment. --Shak.
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Lack \Lack\, interj. [Cf. {Alack}.]       Exclamation of regret or surprise. [Prov. Eng.] --Cowper.
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Lackey \Lack"ey\, v. t.       To attend as a lackey; to wait upon.                   A thousand liveried angels lackey her.   --Milton.
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Lackey \Lack"ey\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lackeyed}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Lackeying}.]       To act or serve as lackey; to pay servile attendance.
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Lackey \Lack"ey\, n.; pl. {Lackeys}. [F. laquais; cf. Sp. & Pg.       lacayo; of uncertain origin; perh. of German origin, and akin       to E. lick, v.]       An attending male servant; a footman; a servile follower.                   Like a Christian footboy or a gentleman's lackey.                                                                               --Shak.          {Lackey caterpillar} (Zo[94]l.), the caterpillar, or larva,             of any bombycid moth of the genus {Clisiocampa}; -- so             called from its party-colored markings. The common             European species ({C. neustria}) is striped with blue,             yellow, and red, with a white line on the back. The             American species ({C. Americana} and {C. sylvatica}) are             commonly called {tent caterpillars}. See {Tent             caterpillar}, under {Tent}.          {Lackey moth} (Zo[94]l.), the moth which produces the lackey             caterpillar.
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Lag \Lag\, a. [Of Celtic origin: cf. Gael. & Ir. lagweak,       feeble, faint, W. llag, llac, slack, loose, remiss, sluggish;       prob. akin to E. lax, languid.]       1. Coming tardily after or behind; slow; tardy. [Obs.]                         Came too lag to see him buried.         --Shak.          2. Last; long-delayed; -- obsolete, except in the phrase lag             end. [bd]The lag end of my life.[b8] --Shak.
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Lag \Lag\, v. t.       1. To cause to lag; to slacken. [Obs.] [bd]To lag his             flight.[b8] --Heywood.          2. (Mach.) To cover, as the cylinder of a steam engine, with             lags. See {Lag}, n., 4.
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Lag \Lag\, n.       One transported for a crime. [Slang, Eng.]
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Lag \Lag\, v. t.       To transport for crime. [Slang, Eng.]                   She lags us if we poach.                        --De Quincey.
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Lag \Lag\, n.       1. One who lags; that which comes in last. [Obs.] [bd]The lag             of all the flock.[b8] --Pope.          2. The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class.                         The common lag of people.                  --Shak.          3. The amount of retardation of anything, as of a valve in a             steam engine, in opening or closing.          4. A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially (Mach.), one of             the narrow boards or staves forming the covering of a             cylindrical object, as a boiler, or the cylinder of a             carding machine or a steam engine.          5. (Zo[94]l.) See {Graylag}.          {Lag of the tide}, the interval by which the time of high             water falls behind the mean time, in the first and third             quarters of the moon; -- opposed to {priming} of the tide,             or the acceleration of the time of high water, in the             second and fourth quarters; depending on the relative             positions of the sun and moon.          {Lag screw}, an iron bolt with a square head, a sharp-edged             thread, and a sharp point, adapted for screwing into wood;             a screw for fastening lags.
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Lag \Lag\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lagged}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Lagging}.]       To walk or more slowly; to stay or fall behind; to linger or       loiter. [bd]I shall not lag behind.[b8] --Milton.          Syn: To loiter; linger; saunter; delay; be tardy.
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Lag \Lag\, n.       The failing behind or retardation of one phenomenon with       respect to another to which it is closely related; as, the       lag of magnetization compared with the magnetizing force       (hysteresis); the lag of the current in an alternating       circuit behind the impressed electro-motive force which       produced it.
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Laguay \Lag"uay\, n.       A lackey. [Obs.] --Evelyn.
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Laic \La"ic\, Laical \La"ic*al\, a. [L. laicus: cf. F.       la[8b]que. See {Lay} laic.]       Of or pertaining to a layman or the laity. [bd]Laical       literature.[b8] --Lowell.                   An unprincipled, unedified, and laic rabble. --Milton.
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Laic \La"ic\, n.       A layman. --Bp. Morton.
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Lake \Lake\, n. [F. laque, fr. Per. See {Lac}.]       A pigment formed by combining some coloring matter, usually       by precipitation, with a metallic oxide or earth, esp. with       aluminium hydrate; as, madder lake; Florentine lake; yellow       lake, etc.
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Lake \Lake\, n. [Cf. G. laken.]       A kind of fine white linen, formerly in use. [Obs.]       --Chaucer.
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Lake \Lake\, v. i. [AS. l[be]can, l[91]can, to spring, jump,       l[be]c play, sport, or fr. Icel. leika to play, sport; both       akin to Goth. laikan to dance. [root]120. Cf. {Knowledge}.]       To play; to sport. [Prov. Eng.]
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Lake \Lake\, n. [AS. lac, L. lacus; akin to AS. lagu lake, sea,       Icel. l[94]gr; OIr. loch; cf. Gr. [?] pond, tank. Cf. {Loch},       {Lough}.]       A large body of water contained in a depression of the       earth's surface, and supplied from the drainage of a more or       less extended area.          Note: Lakes are for the most part of fresh water; the salt                lakes, like the Great Salt Lake of Utah, have usually                no outlet to the ocean.          {Lake dwellers} (Ethnol.), people of a prehistoric race, or             races, which inhabited different parts of Europe. Their             dwellings were built on piles in lakes, a short distance             from the shore. Their relics are common in the lakes of             Switzerland.          {Lake dwellings} (Arch[91]ol.), dwellings built over a lake,             sometimes on piles, and sometimes on rude foundations kept             in place by piles; specifically, such dwellings of             prehistoric times. Lake dwellings are still used by many             savage tribes. Called also {lacustrine dwellings}. See             {Crannog}.          {Lake fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of             dipterous flies of the genus {Chironomus}. In form they             resemble mosquitoes, but they do not bite. The larv[91]             live in lakes.          {Lake herring} (Zo[94]l.), the cisco ({Coregonus Artedii}).                      {Lake poets}, {Lake school}, a collective name originally             applied in contempt, but now in honor, to Southey,             Coleridge, and Wordsworth, who lived in the lake country             of Cumberland, England, Lamb and a few others were classed             with these by hostile critics. Called also {lakers} and             {lakists}.          {Lake sturgeon} (Zo[94]l.), a sturgeon ({Acipenser             rubicundus}), of moderate size, found in the Great Lakes             and the Mississippi River. It is used as food.          {Lake trout} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of trout             and salmon; in Europe, esp. {Salmo fario}; in the United             States, esp. {Salvelinus namaycush} of the Great Lakes,             and of various lakes in New York, Eastern Maine, and             Canada. A large variety of brook trout ({S. fontinalis}),             inhabiting many lakes in New England, is also called lake             trout. See {Namaycush}.          {Lake whitefish}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Whitefish}.          {Lake whiting} (Zo[94]l.), an American whitefish ({Coregonus             Labradoricus}), found in many lakes in the Northern United             States and Canada. It is more slender than the common             whitefish.
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Lakke \Lak"ke\, n. & v.       See {Lack}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Laky \Lak"y\, a.       Pertaining to a lake. --Sir W. Scott.
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Laky \Lak"y\, a. [From {Lake} the pigment.]       Transparent; -- said of blood rendered transparent by the       action of some solvent agent on the red blood corpuscles.
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Las \Las\, a. & adv.       Less. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Las \Las\, n.       A lace. See {Lace}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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d8Plumula \[d8]Plu"mu*la\, n.; pl. L. {Plumule}, E.{-las}. [L.       See {Plumule}.]       1. (Bot.) A plumule.          2. (Zo[94]l.) A down feather.
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Las \Las\, a. & adv.       Less. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Las \Las\, n.       A lace. See {Lace}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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d8Plumula \[d8]Plu"mu*la\, n.; pl. L. {Plumule}, E.{-las}. [L.       See {Plumule}.]       1. (Bot.) A plumule.          2. (Zo[94]l.) A down feather.
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Lash \Lash\ (l[acr]sh), n. [OE. lasche; cf. D. lasch piece set       in, joint, seam, G. lashe latchet, a bit of leather, gusset,       stripe, laschen to furnish with flaps, to lash or slap, Icel.       laski gusset, flap, laska to break.]       1. The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow             is given.                         I observed that your whip wanted a lash to it.                                                                               --Addison.          2. A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a             snare. [Obs.]          3. A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough; as,             the culprit received thirty-nine lashes.          4. A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort             that cuts or gives pain; a cut.                         The moral is a lash at the vanity of arrogating that                      to ourselves which succeeds well.      --L'Estrange.          5. A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.          6. In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting             simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.
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Lash \Lash\ (l[acr]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lashed}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Lashng}.]       1. To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or             with something like one.                         We lash the pupil, and defraud the ward. --Dryden.          2. To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat,             or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash; as, a             whale lashes the sea with his tail.                         And big waves lash the frighted shores. --Dryden.          3. To throw out with a jerk or quickly.                         He falls, and lashing up his heels, his rider                      throws.                                             --Dryden.          4. To scold; to berate; to satirize; to censure with             severity; as, to lash vice.
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Lash \Lash\, v. i.       To ply the whip; to strike; to utter censure or sarcastic       language.                   To laugh at follies, or to lash at vice. --Dryden.          {To lash out}, to strike out wildly or furiously.
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Lash \Lash\, v. t. [Cf. D. lasschen to fasten together, lasch       piece, joint, Sw. laska to stitch, Dan. laske stitch. See       {Lash}, n. ]       To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten;       as, to lash something to a spar; to lash a pack on a horse's       back.
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Lask \Lask\, n.       A diarrhea or flux. [Obs.] --Holland.
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Lass \Lass\, n. [OE. lasse; prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W.       llodes girl, fem. of llawd lad. ([?]). See {Lad} a youth.]       A youth woman; a girl; a sweetheart.
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Lasse \Lasse\, a. & adv.       Less. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Lassie \Las"sie\, n.       A young girl; a lass. [Scot.]
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Lasso \Las"so\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lassoed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Lassoing}.]       To catch with a lasso.
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Lasso \Lass"o\ (l[acr]s"s[osl]) n.; pl. {Lassos} (-s[omac]z).       [Sp. lazo, L. laqueus. See {Lace}.]       A rope or long thong of leather with, a running noose, used       for catching horses, cattle, etc.          {Lasso cell} (Zo[94]l.), one of a peculiar kind of defensive             and offensive stinging cells, found in great numbers in             all c[d2]lenterates, and in a few animals of other groups.             They are most highly developed in the tentacles of             jellyfishes, hydroids, and Actini[91]. Each of these cells             is filled with, fluid, and contains a long, slender, often             barbed, hollow thread coiled up within it. When the cell             contracts the thread is quickly ejected, being at the same             time turned inside out. The thread is able to penetrate             the flesh of various small, soft-bodied animals, and             carries a subtle poison by which they are speedily             paralyzed and killed. The threads, at the same time, hold             the prey in position, attached to the tentacles. Some of             the jellyfishes, as the Portuguese man-of-war, and             {Cyanea}, are able to penetrate the human skin, and             inflict painful stings in the same way. Called also             {nettling cell}, {cnida}, {cnidocell}.
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Laugh \Laugh\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Laughed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Laughing}.] [OE. laughen, laghen, lauhen, AS. hlehhan,       hlihhan, hlyhhan, hliehhan; akin to OS. hlahan, D. & G.       lachen, OHG. hlahhan, lahhan, lahh[?]n, Icel. hl[91]ja. Dan.       lee, Sw. le, Goth. hlahjan; perh. of imitative origin.]       1. To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar             movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the             mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and             usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or             chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in             laughter.                         Queen Hecuba laughed that her eyes ran o'er. --Shak.                         He laugheth that winneth.                  --Heywood's                                                                               Prov.          2. Fig.: To be or appear gay, cheerful, pleasant, mirthful,             lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport.                         Then laughs the childish year, with flowerets                      crowned.                                             --Dryden.                         In Folly's cup still laughs the bubble Joy. --Pope.          {To laugh at}, to make an object of laughter or ridicule; to             make fun of; to deride.                         No wit to flatter left of all his store, No fool to                      laugh at, which he valued more.         --Pope.          {To laugh in the sleeve}
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Laugh \Laugh\, v. t.       1. To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule.                         Will you laugh me asleep, for I am very heavy?                                                                               --Shak.                         I shall laugh myself to death.            --Shak.          2. To express by, or utter with, laughter; -- with out.                         From his deep chest laughs out a loud applause.                                                                               --Shak.          {To laugh away}.             (a) To drive away by laughter; as, to laugh away regret.             (b) To waste in hilarity. [bd]Pompey doth this day laugh                   away his fortune.[b8] --Shak.          {To laugh down}.             (a) To cause to cease or desist by laughter; as, to laugh                   down a speaker.             (b) To cause to be given up on account of ridicule; as, to                   laugh down a reform.          {To laugh one out of}, to cause one by laughter or ridicule             to abandon or give up; as, to laugh one out of a plan or             purpose.          {To laugh to scorn}, to deride; to treat with mockery,             contempt, and scorn; to despise.
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Laugh \Laugh\, n.       An expression of mirth peculiar to the human species; the       sound heard in laughing; laughter. See {Laugh}, v. i.                   And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind.                                                                               --Goldsmith.                   That man is a bad man who has not within him the power                of a hearty laugh.                                 --F. W.                                                                               Robertson.
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Sardonic \Sar*don"ic\, a. [F. sardonique, L. sardonius, Gr. [?],       [?], perhaps fr. [?] to grin like a dog, or from a certain       plant of Sardinia, Gr. [?], which was said to screw up the       face of the eater.]       Forced; unnatural; insincere; hence, derisive, mocking,       malignant, or bitterly sarcastic; -- applied only to a laugh,       smile, or some facial semblance of gayety.                   Where strained, sardonic smiles are glozing still, And                grief is forced to laugh against her will. --Sir H.                                                                               Wotton.                   The scornful, ferocious, sardonic grin of a bloody                ruffian.                                                --Burke.          {Sardonic grin} [or] {laugh}, an old medical term for a             spasmodic affection of the muscles of the face, giving it             an appearance of laughter.
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Laugh \Laugh\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Laughed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Laughing}.] [OE. laughen, laghen, lauhen, AS. hlehhan,       hlihhan, hlyhhan, hliehhan; akin to OS. hlahan, D. & G.       lachen, OHG. hlahhan, lahhan, lahh[?]n, Icel. hl[91]ja. Dan.       lee, Sw. le, Goth. hlahjan; perh. of imitative origin.]       1. To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar             movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the             mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and             usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or             chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in             laughter.                         Queen Hecuba laughed that her eyes ran o'er. --Shak.                         He laugheth that winneth.                  --Heywood's                                                                               Prov.          2. Fig.: To be or appear gay, cheerful, pleasant, mirthful,             lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport.                         Then laughs the childish year, with flowerets                      crowned.                                             --Dryden.                         In Folly's cup still laughs the bubble Joy. --Pope.          {To laugh at}, to make an object of laughter or ridicule; to             make fun of; to deride.                         No wit to flatter left of all his store, No fool to                      laugh at, which he valued more.         --Pope.          {To laugh in the sleeve}
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Laugh \Laugh\, v. t.       1. To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule.                         Will you laugh me asleep, for I am very heavy?                                                                               --Shak.                         I shall laugh myself to death.            --Shak.          2. To express by, or utter with, laughter; -- with out.                         From his deep chest laughs out a loud applause.                                                                               --Shak.          {To laugh away}.             (a) To drive away by laughter; as, to laugh away regret.             (b) To waste in hilarity. [bd]Pompey doth this day laugh                   away his fortune.[b8] --Shak.          {To laugh down}.             (a) To cause to cease or desist by laughter; as, to laugh                   down a speaker.             (b) To cause to be given up on account of ridicule; as, to                   laugh down a reform.          {To laugh one out of}, to cause one by laughter or ridicule             to abandon or give up; as, to laugh one out of a plan or             purpose.          {To laugh to scorn}, to deride; to treat with mockery,             contempt, and scorn; to despise.
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Laugh \Laugh\, n.       An expression of mirth peculiar to the human species; the       sound heard in laughing; laughter. See {Laugh}, v. i.                   And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind.                                                                               --Goldsmith.                   That man is a bad man who has not within him the power                of a hearty laugh.                                 --F. W.                                                                               Robertson.
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Sardonic \Sar*don"ic\, a. [F. sardonique, L. sardonius, Gr. [?],       [?], perhaps fr. [?] to grin like a dog, or from a certain       plant of Sardinia, Gr. [?], which was said to screw up the       face of the eater.]       Forced; unnatural; insincere; hence, derisive, mocking,       malignant, or bitterly sarcastic; -- applied only to a laugh,       smile, or some facial semblance of gayety.                   Where strained, sardonic smiles are glozing still, And                grief is forced to laugh against her will. --Sir H.                                                                               Wotton.                   The scornful, ferocious, sardonic grin of a bloody                ruffian.                                                --Burke.          {Sardonic grin} [or] {laugh}, an old medical term for a             spasmodic affection of the muscles of the face, giving it             an appearance of laughter.
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Laus \Laus\, a.       Loose. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Lax \Lax\, n.       A looseness; diarrhea.
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Lax \Lax\, a. [Compar. {Laxer}; superl. {Laxest}.] [L. laxus Cf.       {Laches}, {Languish}, {Lease}, v. t., {Leash}.]       1. Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack; as, a lax             bandage; lax fiber.                         The flesh of that sort of fish being lax and spongy.                                                                               --Ray.          2. Not strict or stringent; not exact; loose; weak; vague;             equivocal.                         The discipline was lax.                     --Macaulay.                         Society at that epoch was lenient, if not lax, in                      matters of the passions.                     --J. A.                                                                               Symonds.                         The word [bd][91]ternus[b8] itself is sometimes of a                      lax signification.                              --Jortin.          3. Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.          Syn: Loose; slack; vague; unconfined; unrestrained;                dissolute; licentious.
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Laze \Laze\, v. t.       To waste in sloth; to spend, as time, in idleness; as, to       laze away whole days. [Colloq.]
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Laze \Laze\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lazed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Lazing}.] [See {Lazy}.]       To be lazy or idle. [Colloq.] -- Middleton.
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Lazy \La"zy\, a. [Compar. {Lazier}; superl. {Laziest}.] [OE.       lasie, laesic, of uncertain origin; cf. F. las tired, L.       lassus, akin to E. late; or cf. LG. losig, lesig.]       1. Disinclined to action or exertion; averse to labor; idle;             shirking work. --Bacon.          2. Inactive; slothful; slow; sluggish; as, a lazy stream.             [bd]The night owl's lazy flight.[b8] --Shak.          3. Wicked; vicious. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --B. Jonson.
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Leach \Leach\, n. (Naut.)       See 3d {Leech}.
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Leach \Leach\, n. [Written also {letch}.] [Cf. As. le[a0]h lye,       G. lauge. See {Lye}.]       1. A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and             thus imbibes the alkali.          2. A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.          {Leach tub}, a wooden tub in which ashes are leached.
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Leach \Leach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Leached}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Leaching}.] [Written also leech and letch.]       1. To remove the soluble constituents from by subjecting to             the action of percolating water or other liquid; as, to             leach ashes or coffee.          2. To dissolve out; -- often used with out; as, to leach out             alkali from ashes.
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Leach \Leach\, v. i.       To part with soluble constituents by percolation.
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Leach \Leach\, n.       See {Leech}, a physician. [Obs.]
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Leech \Leech\, n. [OE. leche, l[91]che, physician, AS.       l[aemac]ce; akin to Fries. l[emac]tza, OHG. l[be]hh[c6],       Icel. l[91]knari, Sw. l[84]kare, Dan. l[91]ge, Goth.       l[emac]keis, AS. l[be]cnian to heal, Sw. l[84]ka, Dan.       l[91]ge, Icel. l[91]kna, Goth. l[emac]kin[omac]n.]       1. A physician or surgeon; a professor of the art of healing.             [Written also {leach}.] [Archaic] --Spenser.                         Leech, heal thyself.                           --Wyclif (Luke                                                                               iv. 23).          2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous genera and species of             annulose worms, belonging to the order {Hirudinea}, or             Bdelloidea, esp. those species
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Leech \Leech\, n. [Cf. LG. leik, Icel. l[c6]k, Sw. lik boltrope,       st[aring]ende liken the leeches.] (Naut.)       The border or edge at the side of a sail. [Written also       {leach}.]          {Leech line}, a line attached to the leech ropes of sails,             passing up through blocks on the yards, to haul the             leeches by. --Totten.          {Leech rope}, that part of the boltrope to which the side of             a sail is sewed.
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Leach \Leach\, n. (Naut.)       See 3d {Leech}.
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Leach \Leach\, n. [Written also {letch}.] [Cf. As. le[a0]h lye,       G. lauge. See {Lye}.]       1. A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and             thus imbibes the alkali.          2. A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.          {Leach tub}, a wooden tub in which ashes are leached.
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Leach \Leach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Leached}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Leaching}.] [Written also leech and letch.]       1. To remove the soluble constituents from by subjecting to             the action of percolating water or other liquid; as, to             leach ashes or coffee.          2. To dissolve out; -- often used with out; as, to leach out             alkali from ashes.
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Leach \Leach\, v. i.       To part with soluble constituents by percolation.
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Leach \Leach\, n.       See {Leech}, a physician. [Obs.]
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Leech \Leech\, n. [OE. leche, l[91]che, physician, AS.       l[aemac]ce; akin to Fries. l[emac]tza, OHG. l[be]hh[c6],       Icel. l[91]knari, Sw. l[84]kare, Dan. l[91]ge, Goth.       l[emac]keis, AS. l[be]cnian to heal, Sw. l[84]ka, Dan.       l[91]ge, Icel. l[91]kna, Goth. l[emac]kin[omac]n.]       1. A physician or surgeon; a professor of the art of healing.             [Written also {leach}.] [Archaic] --Spenser.                         Leech, heal thyself.                           --Wyclif (Luke                                                                               iv. 23).          2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous genera and species of             annulose worms, belonging to the order {Hirudinea}, or             Bdelloidea, esp. those species
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Leech \Leech\, n. [Cf. LG. leik, Icel. l[c6]k, Sw. lik boltrope,       st[aring]ende liken the leeches.] (Naut.)       The border or edge at the side of a sail. [Written also       {leach}.]          {Leech line}, a line attached to the leech ropes of sails,             passing up through blocks on the yards, to haul the             leeches by. --Totten.          {Leech rope}, that part of the boltrope to which the side of             a sail is sewed.
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Leachy \Leach"y\, a.       Permitting liquids to pass by percolation; not capable of       retaining water; porous; pervious; -- said of gravelly or       sandy soils, and the like.
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League \League\, n. [F. ligue, LL. liga, fr. L. ligare to bind;       cf. Sp. liga. Cf. {Ally} a confederate, {Ligature}.]       An alliance or combination of two or more nations, parties,       or persons, for the accomplishment of a purpose which       requires a continued course of action, as for mutual defense,       or for furtherance of commercial, religious, or political       interests, etc.                   And let there be 'Twixt us and them no league, nor                amity.                                                   --Denham.          Note: A league may be offensive or defensive, or both;                offensive, when the parties agree to unite in attacking                a common enemy; defensive, when they agree to a mutual                defense of each other against an enemy.          {The Holy League}, an alliance of Roman Catholics formed in             1576 by influence of the Duke of Guise for the exclusion             of Protestants from the throne of France.          {Solemn League and Covenant}. See {Covenant},2.          {The land league}, an association, organized in Dublin in             1879, to promote the interests of the Irish tenantry, its             avowed objects being to secure fixity of tenure fair rent,             and free sale of the tenants' interest. It was declared             illegal by Parliament, but vigorous prosecutions have             failed to suppress it.          Syn: Alliance; confederacy; confederation; coalition;                combination; compact; co[94]peration.
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League \League\, n. [Cf. OE. legue, lieue, a measure of length,       F. lieue, Pr. lega, legua, It. & LL. lega, Sp. legua, Pg.       legoa, legua; all fr. LL. leuca, of Celtic origin: cf. Arm.       leo, lev (perh. from French), Ir. leige (perh. from English);       also Ir. & Gael. leac a flag, a broad, flat stone, W. llech,       -- such stones having perh. served as a sort of milestone       (cf. {Cromlech}).]       1. A measure of length or distance, varying in different             countries from about 2.4 to 4.6 English statute miles of             5.280 feet each, and used (as a land measure) chiefly on             the continent of Europe, and in the Spanish parts of             America. The marine league of England and the United             States is equal to three marine, or geographical, miles of             6080 feet each.          Note: The English land league is equal to three English                statute miles. The Spanish and French leagues vary in                each country according to usage and the kind of                measurement to which they are applied. The Dutch and                German leagues contain about four geographical miles,                or about 4.6 English statute miles.          2. A stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of             a league. [Obs.]
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League \League\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Leagued}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Leaguing}.] [Cf. F. se liguer. See 2d {League}.]       To unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual       support; to confederate. --South.
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League \League\, v. t.       To join in a league; to cause to combine for a joint purpose;       to combine; to unite; as, common interests will league       heterogeneous elements.
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Leak \Leak\, n. [Akin to D. lek leaky, a leak, G. leck, Icel.       lekr leaky, Dan. l[91]k leaky, a leak, Sw. l[84]ck; cf. AS.       hlec full of cracks or leaky. Cf. {Leak}, v.]       1. A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or             other fluid, or lets it escape; as, a leak in a roof; a             leak in a boat; a leak in a gas pipe. [bd]One leak will             sink a ship.[b8] --Bunyan.          2. The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack,             fissure, or other aperture; as, the leak gained on the             ship's pumps.          {To spring a leak}, to open or crack so as to let in water;             to begin to let in water; as, the ship sprung a leak.
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Leak \Leak\, a.       Leaky. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Leak \Leak\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Leaked}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Leaking}.] [Akin to D. lekken, G. lecken, lechen, Icel.       leka, Dan. l[91]kke, Sw. l[84]cka, AS. leccan to wet,       moisten. See {Leak}, n.]       1. To let water or other fluid in or out through a hole,             crevice, etc.; as, the cask leaks; the roof leaks; the             boat leaks.          2. To enter or escape, as a fluid, through a hole, crevice,             etc.; to pass gradually into, or out of, something; --             usually with in or out.          {To leak out}, to be divulged gradually or clandestinely; to             become public; as, the facts leaked out.
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Leak \Leak\, n. (Elec.)       A loss of electricity through imperfect insulation; also, the       point at which such loss occurs.
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Leaky \Leak"y\, a. [Compar. {Leakier}; superl. {Leakiest}.]       1. Permitting water or other fluid to leak in or out; as, a             leaky roof or cask.          2. Apt to disclose secrets; tattling; not close. [Colloq.]
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Lease \Lease\, n. [Cf. OF. lais. See {Lease}, v. t.]       1. A demise or letting of lands, tenements, or hereditaments             to another for life, for a term of years, or at will, or             for any less interest than that which the lessor has in             the property, usually for a specified rent or             compensation.          2. The contract for such letting.          3. Any tenure by grant or permission; the time for which such             a tenure holds good; allotted time.                         Our high-placed Macbeth Shall live the lease of                      nature.                                             --Shak.          {Lease and release} a mode of conveyance of freehold estates,             formerly common in England and in New York. its place is             now supplied by a simple deed of grant. --Burrill.             --Warren's Blackstone.
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Lease \Lease\, v. i. [AS. lesan to gather; akin to D. lezen to       gather, read, G. lesen, Goth. lisan to gather; cf. Lith lesti       to peck.]       To gather what harvesters have left behind; to glean. [Obs.]       --Dryden.
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Lease \Lease\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Leased}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Leasing}.] [F. laisser, OF. laissier, lessier, to leave,       transmit, L. laxare to loose, slacken, from laxus loose,       wide. See {Lax}, and cf. {Lesser}.]       1. To grant to another by lease the possession of, as of             lands, tenements, and hereditaments; to let; to demise;             as, a landowner leases a farm to a tenant; -- sometimes             with out.                         There were some [houses] that were leased out for                      three lives.                                       --Addison.          2. To hold under a lease; to take lease of; as, a tenant             leases his land from the owner.
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Record \Re*cord"\ (r?*k?rd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Recorded}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Recording}.] [OE. recorden to repeat, remind,       F. recorder, fr. L. recordari to remember; pref. re- re- +       cor, cordis, the heart or mind. See {Cordial}, {Heart}.]       1. To recall to mind; to recollect; to remember; to meditate.             [Obs.] [bd]I it you record.[b8] --Chaucer.          2. To repeat; to recite; to sing or play. [Obs.]                         They longed to see the day, to hear the lark Record                      her hymns, and chant her carols blest. --Fairfax.          3. To preserve the memory of, by committing to writing, to             printing, to inscription, or the like; to make note of; to             write or enter in a book or on parchment, for the purpose             of preserving authentic evidence of; to register; to             enroll; as, to record the proceedings of a court; to             record historical events.                         Those things that are recorded of him . . . are                      written in the chronicles of the kings. --1 Esd. i.                                                                               42.          {To record a deed}, {mortgage}, {lease}, etc., to have a copy             of the same entered in the records of the office             designated by law, for the information of the public.
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Lease \Lease\, n. [Cf. OF. lais. See {Lease}, v. t.]       1. A demise or letting of lands, tenements, or hereditaments             to another for life, for a term of years, or at will, or             for any less interest than that which the lessor has in             the property, usually for a specified rent or             compensation.          2. The contract for such letting.          3. Any tenure by grant or permission; the time for which such             a tenure holds good; allotted time.                         Our high-placed Macbeth Shall live the lease of                      nature.                                             --Shak.          {Lease and release} a mode of conveyance of freehold estates,             formerly common in England and in New York. its place is             now supplied by a simple deed of grant. --Burrill.             --Warren's Blackstone.
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Lease \Lease\, v. i. [AS. lesan to gather; akin to D. lezen to       gather, read, G. lesen, Goth. lisan to gather; cf. Lith lesti       to peck.]       To gather what harvesters have left behind; to glean. [Obs.]       --Dryden.
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Lease \Lease\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Leased}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Leasing}.] [F. laisser, OF. laissier, lessier, to leave,       transmit, L. laxare to loose, slacken, from laxus loose,       wide. See {Lax}, and cf. {Lesser}.]       1. To grant to another by lease the possession of, as of             lands, tenements, and hereditaments; to let; to demise;             as, a landowner leases a farm to a tenant; -- sometimes             with out.                         There were some [houses] that were leased out for                      three lives.                                       --Addison.          2. To hold under a lease; to take lease of; as, a tenant             leases his land from the owner.
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Record \Re*cord"\ (r?*k?rd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Recorded}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Recording}.] [OE. recorden to repeat, remind,       F. recorder, fr. L. recordari to remember; pref. re- re- +       cor, cordis, the heart or mind. See {Cordial}, {Heart}.]       1. To recall to mind; to recollect; to remember; to meditate.             [Obs.] [bd]I it you record.[b8] --Chaucer.          2. To repeat; to recite; to sing or play. [Obs.]                         They longed to see the day, to hear the lark Record                      her hymns, and chant her carols blest. --Fairfax.          3. To preserve the memory of, by committing to writing, to             printing, to inscription, or the like; to make note of; to             write or enter in a book or on parchment, for the purpose             of preserving authentic evidence of; to register; to             enroll; as, to record the proceedings of a court; to             record historical events.                         Those things that are recorded of him . . . are                      written in the chronicles of the kings. --1 Esd. i.                                                                               42.          {To record a deed}, {mortgage}, {lease}, etc., to have a copy             of the same entered in the records of the office             designated by law, for the information of the public.
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Leash \Leash\, n. [OE. lese, lees, leece, OF. lesse, F. laisse,       LL. laxa, fr. L. laxus loose. See {Lax}.]       1. A thong of leather, or a long cord, by which a falconer             holds his hawk, or a courser his dog.                         Even like a fawning greyhound in the leash. --Shak.          2. (Sporting) A brace and a half; a tierce; three; three             creatures of any kind, especially greyhounds, foxes,             bucks, and hares; hence, the number three in general.                         [I] kept my chamber a leash of days.   --B. Jonson.                         Then were I wealthier than a leash of kings.                                                                               --Tennyson.          3. (Weaving) A string with a loop at the end for lifting warp             threads, in a loom.
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Leash \Leash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Leashed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Leashing}.]       To tie together, or hold, with a leash.
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Leasow \Lea"sow\, n. [AS. lesu, l[91]su.]       A pasture. [Obs.]
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Leasy \Lea"sy\, a. [AS. le[a0]s void, loose, false. Cf.       {Leasing}.]       Flimsy; vague; deceptive. [Obs.] --Ascham.
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Lech \Lech\, v. t. [F. l[82]cher. See {Lick}.]       To lick. [Obs.]
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Leche \Le*che"\, n.       See {water buck}, under 3d {Buck}.
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Leech \Leech\, n. [OE. leche, l[91]che, physician, AS.       l[aemac]ce; akin to Fries. l[emac]tza, OHG. l[be]hh[c6],       Icel. l[91]knari, Sw. l[84]kare, Dan. l[91]ge, Goth.       l[emac]keis, AS. l[be]cnian to heal, Sw. l[84]ka, Dan.       l[91]ge, Icel. l[91]kna, Goth. l[emac]kin[omac]n.]       1. A physician or surgeon; a professor of the art of healing.             [Written also {leach}.] [Archaic] --Spenser.                         Leech, heal thyself.                           --Wyclif (Luke                                                                               iv. 23).          2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous genera and species of             annulose worms, belonging to the order {Hirudinea}, or             Bdelloidea, esp. those species
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Leech \Leech\ (l[emac]ch), n.       See 2d {Leach}.
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Leech \Leech\, v. t.       See {Leach}, v. t.
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Leech \Leech\, n. [Cf. LG. leik, Icel. l[c6]k, Sw. lik boltrope,       st[aring]ende liken the leeches.] (Naut.)       The border or edge at the side of a sail. [Written also       {leach}.]          {Leech line}, a line attached to the leech ropes of sails,             passing up through blocks on the yards, to haul the             leeches by. --Totten.          {Leech rope}, that part of the boltrope to which the side of             a sail is sewed.
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Leech \Leech\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Leeched} (l[emac]cht); p.       pr. & vb. n. {Leeching}.]       1. To treat as a surgeon; to doctor; as, to leech wounds.             [Archaic]          2. To bleed by the use of leeches.
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Leek \Leek\ (l[emac]k), n. [AS. le[a0]c; akin to D. look, G.       lauch, OHG. louh, Icel. laukr, Sw. l[94]k, Dan l[94]g. Cf.       {Garlic}.] (Bot.)       A plant of the genus {Allium} ({A. Porrum}), having broadly       linear succulent leaves rising from a loose oblong       cylindrical bulb. The flavor is stronger than that of the       common onion.          {Wild leek}, in America, a plant ({Allium tricoccum}) with a             cluster of ovoid bulbs and large oblong elliptical leaves.
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Lee \Lee\, n.; pl. {Lees} (l[emac]z). [F. lie, perh. fr. L.       levare to lift up, raise. Cf. {Lever}.]       That which settles at the bottom, as of a cask of liquor       (esp. wine); sediment; dregs; -- used now only in the plural.       [Lees occurs also as a form of the singular.] [bd]The lees of       wine.[b8] --Holland.                   A thousand demons lurk within the lee.   --Young.                   The wine of life is drawn, and the mere lees Is left                this vault to brag of.                           --Shak.
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Lees \Lees\ (l[emac]z), n. pl.       Dregs. See 2d {Lee}.
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Lees \Lees\ (l[emac]s), n.       A leash. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Leese \Leese\ (l[emac]z), v. t. [See {Lose}.]       To lose. [Obs.]                   They would rather leese their friend than their jest.                                                                               --Lord                                                                               Burleigh.
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Leese \Leese\, v. t. [Cf. F. l[82]ser, L. laesus, p. p. of       laedere.]       To hurt. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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Leg \Leg\ (l[ecr]g), v. t.       To use as a leg, with it as object:       (a) To bow. [Obs.]       (b) To run. [Low]
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Leg \Leg\ (l[ecr]g), n. [Icel. leggr; akin to Dan. l[91]g calf       of the leg, Sw. l[84]gg.]       1. A limb or member of an animal used for supporting the             body, and in running, climbing, and swimming; esp., that             part of the limb between the knee and foot.          2. That which resembles a leg in form or use; especially, any             long and slender support on which any object rests; as,             the leg of a table; the leg of a pair of compasses or             dividers.          3. The part of any article of clothing which covers the leg;             as, the leg of a stocking or of a pair of trousers.          4. A bow, esp. in the phrase to make a leg; probably from             drawing the leg backward in bowing. [Obs.]                         He that will give a cap and make a leg in thanks for                      a favor he never received.                  --Fuller.          5. A disreputable sporting character; a blackleg. [Slang,             Eng.]          6. (Naut.) The course and distance made by a vessel on one             tack or between tacks.          7. (Steam Boiler) An extension of the boiler downward, in the             form of a narrow space between vertical plates, sometimes             nearly surrounding the furnace and ash pit, and serving to             support the boiler; -- called also {water leg}.          8. (Grain Elevator) The case containing the lower part of the             belt which carries the buckets.          9. (Cricket) A fielder whose position is on the outside, a             little in rear of the batter.          {A good leg} (Naut.), a course sailed on a tack which is near             the desired course.          {Leg bail}, escape from custody by flight. [Slang]          {Legs of an hyperbola} (or other curve) (Geom.), the branches             of the curve which extend outward indefinitely.          {Legs of a triangle}, the sides of a triangle; -- a name             seldom used unless one of the sides is first distinguished             by some appropriate term; as, the hypothenuse and two legs             of a right-angled triangle.          {On one's legs}, standing to speak.          {On one's last legs}. See under {Last}.          {To have legs} (Naut.), to have speed.
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Leg \Leg\, n.       1. (Math.) Either side of a triangle of a triangle as             distinguished from the base or, in a right triangle, from             the hypotenuse; also, an indefinitely extending branch of             a curve, as of a hyperbola.          2. (Telephony) A branch or lateral circuit connecting an             instrument with the main line.          3. (Elec.) A branch circuit; one phase of a polyphase system.
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Elevator \El"e*va`tor\, n. [L., one who raises up, a deliverer:       cf. F. [82]l[82]vateur.]       One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything; as:       (a) A mechanical contrivance, usually an endless belt or             chain with a series of scoops or buckets, for             transferring grain to an upper loft for storage.       (b) A cage or platform and the hoisting machinery in a hotel,             warehouse, mine, etc., for conveying persons, goods,             etc., to or from different floors or levels; -- called in             England a lift; the cage or platform itself.       (c) A building for elevating, storing, and discharging,             grain.       (d) (Anat.) A muscle which serves to raise a part of the             body, as the leg or the eye.       (e) (Surg.) An instrument for raising a depressed portion of             a bone.          {Elevator head}, {leg}, [and] {boot}, the boxes in which the             upper pulley, belt, and lower pulley, respectively, run in             a grain elevator.
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Leg \Leg\ (l[ecr]g), v. t.       To use as a leg, with it as object:       (a) To bow. [Obs.]       (b) To run. [Low]
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Leg \Leg\ (l[ecr]g), n. [Icel. leggr; akin to Dan. l[91]g calf       of the leg, Sw. l[84]gg.]       1. A limb or member of an animal used for supporting the             body, and in running, climbing, and swimming; esp., that             part of the limb between the knee and foot.          2. That which resembles a leg in form or use; especially, any             long and slender support on which any object rests; as,             the leg of a table; the leg of a pair of compasses or             dividers.          3. The part of any article of clothing which covers the leg;             as, the leg of a stocking or of a pair of trousers.          4. A bow, esp. in the phrase to make a leg; probably from             drawing the leg backward in bowing. [Obs.]                         He that will give a cap and make a leg in thanks for                      a favor he never received.                  --Fuller.          5. A disreputable sporting character; a blackleg. [Slang,             Eng.]          6. (Naut.) The course and distance made by a vessel on one             tack or between tacks.          7. (Steam Boiler) An extension of the boiler downward, in the             form of a narrow space between vertical plates, sometimes             nearly surrounding the furnace and ash pit, and serving to             support the boiler; -- called also {water leg}.          8. (Grain Elevator) The case containing the lower part of the             belt which carries the buckets.          9. (Cricket) A fielder whose position is on the outside, a             little in rear of the batter.          {A good leg} (Naut.), a course sailed on a tack which is near             the desired course.          {Leg bail}, escape from custody by flight. [Slang]          {Legs of an hyperbola} (or other curve) (Geom.), the branches             of the curve which extend outward indefinitely.          {Legs of a triangle}, the sides of a triangle; -- a name             seldom used unless one of the sides is first distinguished             by some appropriate term; as, the hypothenuse and two legs             of a right-angled triangle.          {On one's legs}, standing to speak.          {On one's last legs}. See under {Last}.          {To have legs} (Naut.), to have speed.
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Leg \Leg\, n.       1. (Math.) Either side of a triangle of a triangle as             distinguished from the base or, in a right triangle, from             the hypotenuse; also, an indefinitely extending branch of             a curve, as of a hyperbola.          2. (Telephony) A branch or lateral circuit connecting an             instrument with the main line.          3. (Elec.) A branch circuit; one phase of a polyphase system.
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Elevator \El"e*va`tor\, n. [L., one who raises up, a deliverer:       cf. F. [82]l[82]vateur.]       One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything; as:       (a) A mechanical contrivance, usually an endless belt or             chain with a series of scoops or buckets, for             transferring grain to an upper loft for storage.       (b) A cage or platform and the hoisting machinery in a hotel,             warehouse, mine, etc., for conveying persons, goods,             etc., to or from different floors or levels; -- called in             England a lift; the cage or platform itself.       (c) A building for elevating, storing, and discharging,             grain.       (d) (Anat.) A muscle which serves to raise a part of the             body, as the leg or the eye.       (e) (Surg.) An instrument for raising a depressed portion of             a bone.          {Elevator head}, {leg}, [and] {boot}, the boxes in which the             upper pulley, belt, and lower pulley, respectively, run in             a grain elevator.
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Lege \Lege\ (l[ecr]j), v. t. [Abbrev. fr. allege to assert.]       To allege; to assert. [Obs.] --Bp. Fisher.
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Legge \Legge\ (l[ecr]g), v. t. [See {Lay}, v. t. ]       To lay. [Obs.]
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Legge \Legge\, v. t. [Abbrev. fr. alegge.]       To lighten; to allay. [Obs.] --Rom. of R.
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Leggy \Leg"gy\ (-g[ycr]), a.       Having long legs. --Thackeray.
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Les \Les\ (l[ecr]s), n.       A leash. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Lese \Lese\ (l[emac]z), v. t.       To lose. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Less \Less\ (l[ecr]s), conj.       Unless. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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Less \Less\, a. [OE. lesse, AS. l[aemac]ssa; akin to OFries.       l[emac]ssa; a compar. from a lost positive form. Cf.       {Lesser}, {Lest}, {Least}. Less has the sense of the       comparative degree of little.]       Smaller; not so large or great; not so much; shorter;       inferior; as, a less quantity or number; a horse of less size       or value; in less time than before.          Note: The substantive which less qualifies is often omitted;                as, the purse contained less (money) than ten dollars.                See {Less}, n.                            Thus in less [time] than a hundred years from the                         coming of Augustine, all England became                         Christian.                                    --E. A.                                                                               Freeman.
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Less \Less\, adv. [AS. l[aemac]s. See {Less}, adj., and cf.       {Lest}.]       Not so much; in a smaller or lower degree; as, less bright or       loud; less beautiful.
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Less \Less\, n.       1. A smaller portion or quantity.                         The children of Israel did so, and gathered, some                      more, some less.                                 --Ex. xvi. 17.          2. The inferior, younger, or smaller.                         The less is blessed of the better.      --Heb. vii. 7.
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-less \-less\ (-l[ecr]s). [AS. le[a0]s loose, false; akin to OS.       l[omac]s loose, false, D. los loose, loos false, sly, G. los       loose, Icel. lauss loose, vacant, Goth. laus empty, vain, and       also to E. loose, lose. [root]127. See {Lose}, and cf.       {Loose}, {Leasing}.]       A privative adjective suffix, denoting without, destitute of,       not having; as witless, childless, fatherless.
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Less \Less\, v. t.       To make less; to lessen. [Obs.] --Gower.
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Less \Less\ (l[ecr]s), conj.       Unless. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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Less \Less\, a. [OE. lesse, AS. l[aemac]ssa; akin to OFries.       l[emac]ssa; a compar. from a lost positive form. Cf.       {Lesser}, {Lest}, {Least}. Less has the sense of the       comparative degree of little.]       Smaller; not so large or great; not so much; shorter;       inferior; as, a less quantity or number; a horse of less size       or value; in less time than before.          Note: The substantive which less qualifies is often omitted;                as, the purse contained less (money) than ten dollars.                See {Less}, n.                            Thus in less [time] than a hundred years from the                         coming of Augustine, all England became                         Christian.                                    --E. A.                                                                               Freeman.
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Less \Less\, adv. [AS. l[aemac]s. See {Less}, adj., and cf.       {Lest}.]       Not so much; in a smaller or lower degree; as, less bright or       loud; less beautiful.
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Less \Less\, n.       1. A smaller portion or quantity.                         The children of Israel did so, and gathered, some                      more, some less.                                 --Ex. xvi. 17.          2. The inferior, younger, or smaller.                         The less is blessed of the better.      --Heb. vii. 7.
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-less \-less\ (-l[ecr]s). [AS. le[a0]s loose, false; akin to OS.       l[omac]s loose, false, D. los loose, loos false, sly, G. los       loose, Icel. lauss loose, vacant, Goth. laus empty, vain, and       also to E. loose, lose. [root]127. See {Lose}, and cf.       {Loose}, {Leasing}.]       A privative adjective suffix, denoting without, destitute of,       not having; as witless, childless, fatherless.
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Less \Less\, v. t.       To make less; to lessen. [Obs.] --Gower.
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Less \Less\ (l[ecr]s), conj.       Unless. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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Less \Less\, a. [OE. lesse, AS. l[aemac]ssa; akin to OFries.       l[emac]ssa; a compar. from a lost positive form. Cf.       {Lesser}, {Lest}, {Least}. Less has the sense of the       comparative degree of little.]       Smaller; not so large or great; not so much; shorter;       inferior; as, a less quantity or number; a horse of less size       or value; in less time than before.          Note: The substantive which less qualifies is often omitted;                as, the purse contained less (money) than ten dollars.                See {Less}, n.                            Thus in less [time] than a hundred years from the                         coming of Augustine, all England became                         Christian.                                    --E. A.                                                                               Freeman.
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Less \Less\, adv. [AS. l[aemac]s. See {Less}, adj., and cf.       {Lest}.]       Not so much; in a smaller or lower degree; as, less bright or       loud; less beautiful.
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Less \Less\, n.       1. A smaller portion or quantity.                         The children of Israel did so, and gathered, some                      more, some less.                                 --Ex. xvi. 17.          2. The inferior, younger, or smaller.                         The less is blessed of the better.      --Heb. vii. 7.
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-less \-less\ (-l[ecr]s). [AS. le[a0]s loose, false; akin to OS.       l[omac]s loose, false, D. los loose, loos false, sly, G. los       loose, Icel. lauss loose, vacant, Goth. laus empty, vain, and       also to E. loose, lose. [root]127. See {Lose}, and cf.       {Loose}, {Leasing}.]       A privative adjective suffix, denoting without, destitute of,       not having; as witless, childless, fatherless.
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Less \Less\, v. t.       To make less; to lessen. [Obs.] --Gower.
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Lessee \Les*see"\ (l[ecr]s*s[emac]"), n. [F. laiss[82], p. p. of       laisser. See {Lease}, v. t.] (Law)       The person to whom a lease is given, or who takes an estate       by lease. --Blackstone.
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Leuco- \Leu"co-\ (l[umac]"k[osl]-), Leuc- \Leuc-\ (l[umac]k-).       [Gr. leyko`s white.]       A combining form signifying white, colorless; specif.       (Chem.), denoting an extensive series of colorless organic       compounds, obtained by reduction from certain other colored       compounds; as, leucaniline, leucaurin, etc.
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Leuc- \Leuc-\ (l[umac]k-).       Same as {Leuco-}.
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Leuco- \Leu"co-\ (l[umac]"k[osl]-), Leuc- \Leuc-\ (l[umac]k-).       [Gr. leyko`s white.]       A combining form signifying white, colorless; specif.       (Chem.), denoting an extensive series of colorless organic       compounds, obtained by reduction from certain other colored       compounds; as, leucaniline, leucaurin, etc.
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Leuke \Leuke\ (l[umac]k), a., Leukeness \Leuke"ness\, n.       See {Luke}, etc.
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Lewis \Lew"is\ (l[umac]"[icr]s), Lewisson \Lew"is*son\       (-s[ucr]n), n.       1. An iron dovetailed tenon, made in sections, which can be             fitted into a dovetail mortise; -- used in hoisting large             stones, etc.          2. A kind of shears used in cropping woolen cloth.          {Lewis hole}, a hole wider at the bottom than at the mouth,             into which a lewis is fitted. --De Foe.
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Liage \Li"age\ (l[imac]"[asl]j), n. [Cf. OF. liage a bond. See       {Liable}.]       Union by league; alliance. [Obs.]
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Lias \Li"as\ (l[imac]"[ait]s), n. [Cf. F. lias, fr. liais sort       of limestone, OF. also liois; perh. of Celtic origin, cf.       Armor. liach, leach, a stone, Gael. leac, W. llech. Cf.       {Cromlech}.] (Geol.)       The lowest of the three divisions of the Jurassic period; a       name given in England and Europe to a series of marine       limestones underlying the O[94]lite. See the Chart of       {Geology}.
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Lice \Lice\ (l[imac]s), n.;       pl. of {Louse}.
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Louse \Louse\ (lous), n.; pl. {Lice} (l[imac]s). [OE. lous, AS.       l[umac]s, pl. l[ymac]s; akin to D. luis, G. laus, OHG.       l[umac]s, Icel. l[umac]s, Sw. lus, Dan. luus; perh. so named       because it is destructive, and akin to E. lose, loose.]       (Zo[94]l.)       1. Any one of numerous species of small, wingless, suctorial,             parasitic insects belonging to a tribe ({Pediculina}), now             usually regarded as degraded Hemiptera. To this group             belong of the lice of man and other mammals; as, the head             louse of man ({Pediculus capitis}), the body louse ({P.             vestimenti}), and the crab louse ({Phthirius pubis}), and             many others. See {Crab louse}, {Dog louse}, {Cattle             louse}, etc., under {Crab}, {Dog}, etc.          2. Any one of numerous small mandibulate insects, mostly             parasitic on birds, and feeding on the feathers. They are             known as Mallophaga, or bird lice, though some occur on             the hair of mammals. They are usually regarded as degraded             Pseudoneuroptera. See {Mallophaga}.          3. Any one of the numerous species of aphids, or plant lice.             See {Aphid}.          4. Any small crustacean parasitic on fishes. See             {Branchiura}, and {Ichthvophthira}.          Note: The term is also applied to various other parasites;                as, the whale louse, beelouse, horse louse.          {Louse fly} (Zo[94]l.), a parasitic dipterous insect of the             group Pupipara. Some of them are wingless, as the bee             louse.          {Louse mite} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of mites             which infest mammals and birds, clinging to the hair and             feathers like lice. They belong to {Myobia},             {Dermaleichus}, {Mycoptes}, and several other genera.
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Lich \Lich\ (l[icr]k), a.       Like. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Spenser.
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Lich \Lich\ (l[icr]ch), n. [AS. l[c6]c body. See {Like}, a.]       A dead body; a corpse. [Obs.]          {Lich fowl} (Zo[94]l.), the European goatsucker; -- called             also {lich owl}.          {Lich gate}, a covered gate through which the corpse was             carried to the church or burial place, and where the bier             was placed to await the clergyman; a corpse gate. [Prov.             Eng.] --Halliwell.          {Lich wake}, the wake, or watching, held over a corpse before             burial. [Prov Eng.] --Chaucer.          {Lich wall}, the wall of a churchyard or burying ground.          {Lich way}, the path by which the dead are carried to the             grave. [Prov. Eng.]
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Lich \Lich\ (l[icr]ch), n. [AS. l[c6]c body. See {Like}, a.]       A dead body; a corpse. [Obs.]          {Lich fowl} (Zo[94]l.), the European goatsucker; -- called             also {lich owl}.          {Lich gate}, a covered gate through which the corpse was             carried to the church or burial place, and where the bier             was placed to await the clergyman; a corpse gate. [Prov.             Eng.] --Halliwell.          {Lich wake}, the wake, or watching, held over a corpse before             burial. [Prov Eng.] --Chaucer.          {Lich wall}, the wall of a churchyard or burying ground.          {Lich way}, the path by which the dead are carried to the             grave. [Prov. Eng.]
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Lichi \Li"chi`\ (l[emac]"ch[emac]`), n. (Bot.)       See {Litchi}.
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Litchi \Li"tchi`\, n. (Bot.)       The fruit of a tree native to China ({Nephelium Litchi}). It       is nutlike, having a rough but tender shell, containing an       aromatic pulp, and a single large seed. In the dried fruit       which is exported the pulp somewhat resembles a raisin in       color and form. [Written also {lichi}, and {lychee}.] --       {lite}. See -{lith}.
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Lichi \Li"chi`\ (l[emac]"ch[emac]`), n. (Bot.)       See {Litchi}.
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Litchi \Li"tchi`\, n. (Bot.)       The fruit of a tree native to China ({Nephelium Litchi}). It       is nutlike, having a rough but tender shell, containing an       aromatic pulp, and a single large seed. In the dried fruit       which is exported the pulp somewhat resembles a raisin in       color and form. [Written also {lichi}, and {lychee}.] --       {lite}. See -{lith}.
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Lick \Lick\, v. t. [Cf. OSw. l[84]gga to place, strike, prick.]       To strike with repeated blows for punishment; to flog; to       whip or conquer, as in a pugilistic encounter. [Colloq. or       Low]
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Lick \Lick\ (l[icr]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Licked} (l[icr]kt);       p. pr. & vb. n. {Licking}.] [AS. liccian; akin to OS.       likk[omac]n, D. likken, OHG. lecch[omac]n, G. lecken, Goth.       bi-laig[omac]n, Russ. lizate, L. lingere, Gr. lei`chein, Skr.       lih, rih. [root]121. Cf. {Lecher}, {Relish}.]       1. To draw or pass the tongue over; as, a dog licks his             master's hand. --Addison.          2. To lap; to take in with the tongue; as, a dog or cat licks             milk. --Shak.          {To lick the dust}, to be slain; to fall in battle. [bd]His             enemies shall lick the dust.[b8] --Ps. lxxii. 9.          {To lick into shape}, to give proper form to; -- from a             notion that the bear's cubs are born shapeless and             subsequently formed by licking. --Hudibras.          {To lick the spittle of}, to fawn upon. --South.          {To lick up}, to take all of by licking; to devour; to             consume entirely. --Shak. --Num. xxii. 4.
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Lick \Lick\, n.       A slap; a quick stroke.[Colloq.] [bd]A lick across the       face.[b8] --Dryden.
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Lick \Lick\, n. [See {Lick}, v.]       1. A stroke of the tongue in licking. [bd]A lick at the honey             pot.[b8] --Dryden.          2. A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a             stroke of the tongue, or of something which acts like a             tongue; as, to put on colors with a lick of the brush.             Also, a small quantity of any substance so applied.             [Colloq.]                         A lick of court whitewash.                  --Gray.          3. A place where salt is found on the surface of the earth,             to which wild animals resort to lick it up; -- often, but             not always, near salt springs. [U. S.]
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d8Tetanus \[d8]Tet"a*nus\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?]       stretched, [?] to stretch.]       1. (Med.) A painful and usually fatal disease, resulting             generally from a wound, and having as its principal             symptom persistent spasm of the voluntary muscles. When             the muscles of the lower jaw are affected, it is called             {locked-jaw}, or {lickjaw}, and it takes various names             from the various incurvations of the body resulting from             the spasm.
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Liege \Liege\ (l[emac]j), a. [OE. lige, lege, F. lige, LL.       ligius, legius, liege, unlimited, complete, prob. of German       origin; cf. G. ledig free from bonds and obstacles, MHG.       ledec, ledic, lidic, freed, loosed, and Charta Ottonis de       Benthem, ann. 1253, [bd]ligius homo quod Teutonic[8a] dicitur       ledigman,[b8] i. e., uni soli homagio obligatus, free from       all obligations to others; influenced by L. ligare to bind.       G. ledig perh. orig. meant, free to go where one pleases, and       is perh. akin to E. lead to conduct. Cf. {Lead} to guide.]       1. Sovereign; independent; having authority or right to             allegiance; as, a liege lord. --Chaucer.                         She looked as grand as doomsday and as grave; And                      he, he reverenced his liege lady there. --Tennyson.          2. Serving an independent sovereign or master; bound by a             feudal tenure; obliged to be faithful and loyal to a             superior, as a vassal to his lord; faithful; loyal; as, a             liege man; a liege subject.          3. (Old Law) Full; perfect; complete; pure. --Burrill.          {Liege homage} (Feudal Custom), that homage of one sovereign             or prince to another which acknowledged an obligation of             fealty and services.          {Liege poustie} [L. legitima potestas] (Scots Law), perfect,             i. e., legal, power; specif., having health requisite to             do legal acts.          {Liege widowhood}, perfect, i. e., pure, widowhood. [Obs.]
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Liege \Liege\ (l[emac]j), n.       1. A free and independent person; specif., a lord paramount;             a sovereign. --Mrs. Browning.                         The anointed sovereign of sighs and groans, Liege of                      all loiterers and malcontents.            --Shak.          2. The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman.                         A liege lord seems to have been a lord of a free                      band; and his lieges, though serving under him, were                      privileged men, free from all other obligations,                      their name being due to their freedom, not to their                      service.                                             --Skeat.
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Lig \Lig\ (l[icr]g), v. i. [See {Lie} to be prostrate.]       To recline; to lie still. [Obs. or Scot.] --Chaucer. Spenser.
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Lige \Lig"e\ (l[icr]g"[eit]), v. t. & i.       To lie; to tell lies. [Obs.]
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Ligge \Lig"ge\ (l[icr]g"g[eit]), v. i.       To lie or recline. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Like \Like\ (l[imac]k), a. [Compar. {Liker} (l[imac]k"[etil]r);       superl. {Likest}.] [OE. lik, ilik, gelic, AS. gel[c6]c, fr.       pref. ge- + l[c6]c body, and orig. meaning, having the same       body, shape, or appearance, and hence, like; akin to OS.       gil[c6]k, D. gelijk, G. gleich, OHG. gil[c6]h, Icel. l[c6]kr,       gl[c6]kr, Dan. lig, Sw. lik, Goth. galeiks, OS. lik body, D.       lijk, G. leiche, Icel. l[c6]k, Sw. lik, Goth. leik. The       English adverbial ending-ly is from the same adjective. Cf.       {Each}, {Such}, {Which}.]       1. Having the same, or nearly the same, appearance,             qualities, or characteristics; resembling; similar to;             similar; alike; -- often with in and the particulars of             the resemblance; as, they are like each other in features,             complexion, and many traits of character.                         'T is as like you As cherry is to cherry. --Shak.                         Like master, like man.                        --Old Prov.                         He giveth snow like wool; he scattereth the                      hoar-frost like ashes.                        --Ps. cxlvii.                                                                               16.          Note: To, which formerly often followed like, is now usually                omitted.          2. Equal, or nearly equal; as, fields of like extent.                         More clergymen were impoverished by the late war                      than ever in the like space before.   --Sprat.          3. Having probability; affording probability; probable;             likely.          Usage: [Likely is more used now.] --Shak.                               But it is like the jolly world about us will                            scoff at the paradox of these practices.                                                                               --South.                               Many were not easy to be governed, nor like to                            conform themselves to strict rules. --Clarendon.          4. Inclined toward; disposed to; as, to feel like taking a             walk.          {Had like} (followed by the infinitive), had nearly; came             little short of.                         Had like to have been my utter overthrow. --Sir W.                                                                               Raleigh                         Ramona had like to have said the literal truth, . .                      . but recollected herself in time.      --Mrs. H. H.                                                                               Jackson.          {Like figures} (Geom.), similar figures.          Note: Like is used as a suffix, converting nouns into                adjectives expressing resemblance to the noun; as,                manlike, like a man; childlike, like a child; godlike,                like a god, etc. Such compounds are readily formed                whenever convenient, and several, as crescentlike,                serpentlike, hairlike, etc., are used in this book,                although, in some cases, not entered in the vocabulary.                Such combinations as bell-like, ball-like, etc., are                hyphened.
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Like \Like\ (l[imac]k), v. i.       1. To be pleased; to choose.                         He may either go or stay, as he best likes. --Locke.          2. To have an appearance or expression; to look; to seem to             be (in a specified condition). [Obs.]                         You like well, and bear your years very well.                                                                               --Shak.          3. To come near; to avoid with difficulty; to escape             narrowly; as, he liked to have been too late. Cf. Had             like, under {Like}, a. [Colloq.]                         He probably got his death, as he liked to have done                      two years ago, by viewing the troops for the                      expedition from the wall of Kensington Garden.                                                                               --Walpole.          {To like of}, to be pleased with. [Obs.] --Massinger.
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Like \Like\, adv. [AS. gel[c6]ce. See {Like}, a.]       1. In a manner like that of; in a manner similar to; as, do             not act like him.                         He maketh them to stagger like a drunken man. --Job                                                                               xii. 25.          Note: Like, as here used, is regarded by some grammarians as                a preposition.          2. In a like or similar manner. --Shak.                         Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord                      pitieth them that fear him.               --Ps. ciii.                                                                               13.          3. Likely; probably. [bd]Like enough it will.[b8] --Shak.
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Like \Like\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Liked} (l[imac]kt); p. pr. &       vb. n. {Liking}.] [OE. liken to please, AS. l[c6]cian,       gel[c6]cian, fr. gel[c6]c. See {Like}, a.]       1. To suit; to please; to be agreeable to. [Obs.]                         Cornwall him liked best, therefore he chose there.                                                                               --R. of                                                                               Gloucester.                         I willingly confess that it likes me much better                      when I find virtue in a fair lodging than when I am                      bound to seek it in an ill-favored creature. --Sir                                                                               P. Sidney.          2. To be pleased with in a moderate degree; to approve; to             take satisfaction in; to enjoy.                         He proceeded from looking to liking, and from liking                      to loving.                                          --Sir P.                                                                               Sidney.          3. To liken; to compare.[Obs.]                         Like me to the peasant boys of France. --Shak.
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Like \Like\, n.       1. That which is equal or similar to another; the             counterpart; an exact resemblance; a copy.                         He was a man, take him for all in all, I shall not                      look upon his like again.                  --Shak.          2. A liking; a preference; inclination; -- usually in pl.;             as, we all have likes and dislikes.
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Like \Like\, n. (Golf)       The stroke which equalizes the number of strokes played by       the opposing player or side; as, to play the like.
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Liss \Liss\ (l[icr]s), n. [AS. liss.]       Release; remission; ease; relief. [Obs.] [bd]Of penance had a       lisse.[b8] --Chaucer.
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Liss \Liss\, v. t. [AS. lissan.]       To free, as from care or pain; to relieve. [Obs.] [bd]Lissed       of his care.[b8] --Chaucer.
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{White elm} (Bot.), a majestic tree of North America ({Ulmus             Americana}), the timber of which is much used for hubs of             wheels, and for other purposes.          {White ensign}. See {Saint George's ensign}, under {Saint}.                      {White feather}, a mark or symbol of cowardice. See {To show             the white feather}, under {Feather}, n.          {White fir} (Bot.), a name given to several coniferous trees             of the Pacific States, as {Abies grandis}, and {A.             concolor}.          {White flesher} (Zo[94]l.), the ruffed grouse. See under             {Ruffed}. [Canada]          {White frost}. See {Hoarfrost}.          {White game} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan.          {White garnet} (Min.), leucite.          {White grass} (Bot.), an American grass ({Leersia Virginica})             with greenish-white pale[91].          {White grouse}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The white ptarmigan.             (b) The prairie chicken. [Local, U. S.]          {White grub} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the June bug and other             allied species. These grubs eat the roots of grasses and             other plants, and often do much damage.          {White hake} (Zo[94]l.), the squirrel hake. See under             {Squirrel}.          {White hawk}, [or] {kite} (Zo[94]l.), the hen harrier.          {White heat}, the temperature at which bodies become             incandescent, and appear white from the bright light which             they emit.          {White hellebore} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Veratrum}             ({V. album}) See {Hellebore}, 2.          {White herring}, a fresh, or unsmoked, herring, as             distinguished from a red, or cured, herring. [R.] --Shak.          {White hoolet} (Zo[94]l.), the barn owl. [Prov. Eng.]          {White horses} (Naut.), white-topped waves; whitecaps.          {The White House}. See under {House}.          {White ibis} (Zo[94]l.), an American ibis ({Guara alba})             having the plumage pure white, except the tips of the             wings, which are black. It inhabits tropical America and             the Southern United States. Called also {Spanish curlew}.                      {White iron}.             (a) Thin sheets of iron coated with tin; tinned iron.             (b) A hard, silvery-white cast iron containing a large                   proportion of combined carbon.          {White iron pyrites} (Min.), marcasite.          {White land}, a tough clayey soil, of a whitish hue when dry,             but blackish after rain. [Eng.]          {White lark} (Zo[94]l.), the snow bunting.          {White lead}.             (a) A carbonate of lead much used in painting, and for                   other purposes; ceruse.             (b) (Min.) Native lead carbonate; cerusite.          {White leather}, buff leather; leather tanned with alum and             salt.          {White leg} (Med.), milk leg. See under {Milk}.          {White lettuce} (Bot.), rattlesnake root. See under             {Rattlesnake}.          {White lie}. See under {Lie}.          {White light}.             (a) (Physics) Light having the different colors in the                   same proportion as in the light coming directly from                   the sun, without having been decomposed, as by passing                   through a prism. See the Note under {Color}, n., 1.             (b) A kind of firework which gives a brilliant white                   illumination for signals, etc.          {White lime}, a solution or preparation of lime for             whitewashing; whitewash.          {White line} (Print.), a void space of the breadth of a line,             on a printed page; a blank line.          {White meat}.             (a) Any light-colored flesh, especially of poultry.             (b) Food made from milk or eggs, as butter, cheese, etc.                               Driving their cattle continually with them, and                            feeding only upon their milk and white meats.                                                                               --Spenser.          {White merganser} (Zo[94]l.), the smew.          {White metal}.             (a) Any one of several white alloys, as pewter, britannia,                   etc.             (b) (Metal.) A fine grade of copper sulphide obtained at a                   certain stage in copper smelting.          {White miller}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The common clothes moth.             (b) A common American bombycid moth ({Spilosoma                   Virginica}) which is pure white with a few small black                   spots; -- called also {ermine moth}, and {virgin                   moth}. See {Woolly bear}, under {Woolly}.          {White money}, silver money.          {White mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the albino variety of the common             mouse.          {White mullet} (Zo[94]l.), a silvery mullet ({Mugil curema})             ranging from the coast of the United States to Brazil; --             called also {blue-back mullet}, and {liza}.          {White nun} (Zo[94]l.), the smew; -- so called from the white             crest and the band of black feathers on the back of its             head, which give the appearance of a hood.          {White oak}. (Bot.) See under {Oak}.          {White owl}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The snowy owl.             (b) The barn owl.          {White partridge} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan.          {White perch}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A North American fresh-water bass ({Morone Americana})                   valued as a food fish.             (b) The croaker, or fresh-water drum.             (c) Any California surf fish.          {White pine}. (Bot.) See the Note under {Pine}.          {White poplar} (Bot.), a European tree ({Populus alba}) often             cultivated as a shade tree in America; abele.          {White poppy} (Bot.), the opium-yielding poppy. See {Poppy}.                      {White powder}, a kind of gunpowder formerly believed to             exist, and to have the power of exploding without noise.             [Obs.]                         A pistol charged with white powder.   --Beau. & Fl.          {White precipitate}. (Old Chem.) See under {Precipitate}.          {White rabbit}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The American northern hare in its winter pelage.             (b) An albino rabbit.          {White rent},             (a) (Eng. Law) Formerly, rent payable in silver; --                   opposed to black rent. See {Blackmail}, n., 3.             (b) A rent, or duty, of eight pence, payable yearly by                   every tinner in Devon and Cornwall to the Duke of                   Cornwall, as lord of the soil. [Prov. Eng.]          {White rhinoceros}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The one-horned, or Indian, rhinoceros ({Rhinoceros                   Indicus}). See {Rhinoceros}.             (b) The umhofo.          {White ribbon}, the distinctive badge of certain             organizations for the promotion of temperance or of moral             purity; as, the White-ribbon Army.          {White rope} (Naut.), untarred hemp rope.          {White rot}. (Bot.)             (a) Either of several plants, as marsh pennywort and                   butterwort, which were thought to produce the disease                   called rot in sheep.             (b) A disease of grapes. See {White rot}, under {Rot}.          {White sage} (Bot.), a white, woolly undershrub ({Eurotia             lanata}) of Western North America; -- called also {winter             fat}.          {White salmon} (Zo[94]l.), the silver salmon.          {White salt}, salt dried and calcined; decrepitated salt.          {White scale} (Zo[94]l.), a scale insect ({Aspidiotus Nerii})             injurious to the orange tree. See {Orange scale}, under             {Orange}.          {White shark} (Zo[94]l.), a species of man-eating shark. See             under {Shark}.          {White softening}. (Med.) See {Softening of the brain}, under             {Softening}.          {White spruce}. (Bot.) See {Spruce}, n., 1.          {White squall} (Naut.), a sudden gust of wind, or furious             blow, which comes up without being marked in its approach             otherwise than by whitecaps, or white, broken water, on             the surface of the sea.          {White staff}, the badge of the lord high treasurer of             England. --Macaulay.          {White stork} (Zo[94]l.), the common European stork.          {White sturgeon}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Shovelnose}             (d) .          {White sucker}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The common sucker.             (b) The common red horse ({Moxostoma macrolepidotum}).          {White swelling} (Med.), a chronic swelling of the knee,             produced by a strumous inflammation of the synovial             membranes of the kneejoint and of the cancellar texture of             the end of the bone forming the kneejoint; -- applied also             to a lingering chronic swelling of almost any kind.          {White tombac}. See {Tombac}.          {White trout} (Zo[94]l.), the white weakfish, or silver             squeteague ({Cynoscion nothus}), of the Southern United             States.          {White vitriol} (Chem.), hydrous sulphate of zinc. See {White             vitriol}, under {Vitriol}.          {White wagtail} (Zo[94]l.), the common, or pied, wagtail.          {White wax}, beeswax rendered white by bleaching.          {White whale} (Zo[94]l.), the beluga.          {White widgeon} (Zo[94]l.), the smew.          {White wine}. any wine of a clear, transparent color,             bordering on white, as Madeira, sherry, Lisbon, etc.; --             distinguished from wines of a deep red color, as port and             Burgundy. [bd]White wine of Lepe.[b8] --Chaucer.          {White witch}, a witch or wizard whose supernatural powers             are supposed to be exercised for good and beneficent             purposes. --Addison. --Cotton Mather.          {White wolf}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A light-colored wolf ({Canis laniger}) native of                   Thibet; -- called also {chanco}, {golden wolf}, and                   {Thibetan wolf}.             (b) The albino variety of the gray wolf.          {White wren} (Zo[94]l.), the willow warbler; -- so called             from the color of the under parts.
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Loach \Loach\, n. [OE. loche, F. loche.] (Zo[94]l.)       Any one of several small, fresh-water, cyprinoid fishes of       the genera {Cobitis}, {Nemachilus}, and allied genera, having       six or more barbules around the mouth. They are found in       Europe and Asia. The common European species ({N.       barbatulus}) is used as a food fish.
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Locus \Lo"cus\, n.; pl. {Loci}, & {Loca}. [L., place. Cf.       {Allow}, {Couch}, {Lieu}, {Local}.]       1. A place; a locality.          2. (Math.) The line traced by a point which varies its             position according to some determinate law; the surface             described by a point or line that moves according to a             given law.          {Plane locus}, a locus that is a straight line, or a circle.                      {Solid locus}, a locus that is one of the conic sections.
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Loch \Loch\, n. [Gael. & Olr. loch. See {Lake} of water.]       A lake; a bay or arm of the sea. [Scot.]
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Loch \Loch\, n. [F. looch, Ar. la'[?]g, an electuary, or any       medicine which may be licked or sucked, fr. la'[?]g to lick.]       (Med.)       A kind of medicine to be taken by licking with the tongue; a       lambative; a lincture.
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Loche \Loche\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       See {Loach}.
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Locus \Lo"cus\, n.; pl. {Loci}, & {Loca}. [L., place. Cf.       {Allow}, {Couch}, {Lieu}, {Local}.]       1. A place; a locality.          2. (Math.) The line traced by a point which varies its             position according to some determinate law; the surface             described by a point or line that moves according to a             given law.          {Plane locus}, a locus that is a straight line, or a circle.                      {Solid locus}, a locus that is one of the conic sections.
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Lock \Lock\, n. [AS. locc; akin to D. lok, G. locke, OHG. loc,       Icel. lokkr, and perh. to Gr. [?] to bend, twist.]       A tuft of hair; a flock or small quantity of wool, hay, or       other like substance; a tress or ringlet of hair.                   These gray locks, the pursuivants of death. --Shak.
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Lock \Lock\, n. [AS. loc inclosure, an inclosed place, the       fastening of a door, fr. l[umac]can to lock, fasten; akin to       OS. l[umac]kan (in comp.), D. luiken, OHG. l[umac]hhan, Icel.       l[?]ka, Goth. l[umac]kan (in comp.); cf. Skr. ruj to break.       Cf. {Locket}.]       1. Anything that fastens; specifically, a fastening, as for a             door, a lid, a trunk, a drawer, and the like, in which a             bolt is moved by a key so as to hold or to release the             thing fastened.          2. A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one             thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.                         Albemarle Street closed by a lock of carriages. --De                                                                               Quincey.          3. A place from which egress is prevented, as by a lock.             --Dryden.          4. The barrier or works which confine the water of a stream             or canal.          5. An inclosure in a canal with gates at each end, used in             raising or lowering boats as they pass from one level to             another; -- called also {lift lock}.          6. That part or apparatus of a firearm by which the charge is             exploded; as, a matchlock, flintlock, percussion lock,             etc.          7. A device for keeping a wheel from turning.          8. A grapple in wrestling. --Milton.          {Detector lock}, a lock containing a contrivance for showing             whether it as has been tampered with.          {Lock bay} (Canals), the body of water in a lock chamber.          {Lock chamber}, the inclosed space between the gates of a             canal lock.          {Lock nut}. See {Check nut}, under {Check}.          {Lock plate}, a plate to which the mechanism of a gunlock is             attached.          {Lock rail} (Arch.), in ordinary paneled doors, the rail             nearest the lock.          {Lock rand} (Masonry), a range of bond stone. --Knight.          {Mortise lock}, a door lock inserted in a mortise.          {Rim lock}, a lock fastened to the face of a door, thus             differing from a {mortise lock}.
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Lock \Lock\, v. i.       To become fast, as by means of a lock or by interlacing; as,       the door locks close.                   When it locked none might through it pass. --Spenser.          {To lock into}, to fit or slide into; as, they lock into each             other. --Boyle.
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Lock \Lock\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Locked}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Locking}.]       1. To fasten with a lock, or as with a lock; to make fast; to             prevent free movement of; as, to lock a door, a carriage             wheel, a river, etc.          2. To prevent ingress or access to, or exit from, by             fastening the lock or locks of; -- often with up; as, to             lock or lock up, a house, jail, room, trunk. etc.          3. To fasten in or out, or to make secure by means of, or as             with, locks; to confine, or to shut in or out -- often             with up; as, to lock one's self in a room; to lock up the             prisoners; to lock up one's silver; to lock intruders out             of the house; to lock money into a vault; to lock a child             in one's arms; to lock a secret in one's breast.          4. To link together; to clasp closely; as, to lock arms. [bd]             Lock hand in hand.[b8] --Shak.          5. (Canals) To furnish with locks; also, to raise or lower (a             boat) in a lock.          6. (Fencing) To seize, as the sword arm of an antagonist, by             turning the left arm around it, to disarm him.
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Lockjaw \Lock"jaw`\, n. (Med.)       A contraction of the muscles of the jaw by which its motion       is suspended; a variety of tetanus.
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Locky \Lock"y\, a.       Having locks or tufts. [R.] --Sherwood.
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Loco \Lo"co\, n. [Sp. loco insane.] (Bot.)       A plant ({Astragalus Hornii}) growing in the Southwestern       United States, which is said to poison horses and cattle,       first making them insane. The name is also given vaguely to       several other species of the same genus. Called also {loco       weed}.
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Loco \Lo"co\, n.       A locomotive. [Colloq.] --Kipling.
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Loco \Lo"co\, n. (Bot.)       Any one of various leguminous plants or weeds besides       {Astragalus}, whose herbage is poisonous to cattle, as       {Spiesia Lambertii}, syn. {Oxytropis Lambertii}.
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Loco \Lo"co\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Locoed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Locoing}.]       To poison with loco; to affect with the loco disease; hence       (Colloq.), to render insane or mad. [bd]The locoed       novelist.[b8] --W. D. Howells.
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Loess \Loess\, n. [G. l[94]ss.] (Geol.)       A quaternary deposit, usually consisting of a fine yellowish       earth, on the banks of the Rhine and other large rivers.
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Log \Log\, n. [Heb. l[omac]g.]       A Hebrew measure of liquids, containing 2.37 gills. --W. H.       Ward.
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Log \Log\, n. [Icel. l[be]g a felled tree, log; akin to E. lie.       See {Lie} to lie prostrate.]       1. A bulky piece of wood which has not been shaped by hewing             or sawing.          2. [Prob. the same word as in sense 1; cf. LG. log, lock,             Dan. log, Sw. logg.] (Naut.) An apparatus for measuring             the rate of a ship's motion through the water.          Note: The common log consists of the log-chip, or logship,                often exclusively called the log, and the log line, the                former being commonly a thin wooden quadrant of five or                six inches radius, loaded with lead on the arc to make                it float with the point up. It is attached to the log                line by cords from each corner. This line is divided                into equal spaces, called knots, each bearing the same                proportion to a mile that half a minute does to an                hour. The line is wound on a reel which is so held as                to let it run off freely. When the log is thrown, the                log-chip is kept by the water from being drawn forward,                and the speed of the ship is shown by the number of                knots run out in half a minute. There are improved                logs, consisting of a piece of mechanism which, being                towed astern, shows the distance actually gone through                by the ship, by means of the revolutions of a fly,                which are registered on a dial plate.          3. Hence: The record of the rate of ship's speed or of her             daily progress; also, the full nautical record of a ship's             cruise or voyage; a log slate; a log book.          4. A record and tabulated statement of the work done by an             engine, as of a steamship, of the coal consumed, and of             other items relating to the performance of machinery             during a given time.          5. (Mining) A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting             rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.          {Log board} (Naut.), a board consisting of two parts shutting             together like a book, with columns in which are entered             the direction of the wind, course of the ship, etc.,             during each hour of the day and night. These entries are             transferred to the log book. A folding slate is now used             instead.          {Log book}, [or] {Logbook} (Naut.), a book in which is             entered the daily progress of a ship at sea, as indicated             by the log, with notes on the weather and incidents of the             voyage; the contents of the log board.          {Log cabin}, {Log house}, a cabin or house made of logs.          {Log canoe}, a canoe made by shaping and hollowing out a             single log.
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Log \Log\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Logged}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Logging}.] (Naut.),       To enter in a ship's log book; as, to log the miles run. --J.       F. Cooper.
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Log \Log\, v. i.       1. To engage in the business of cutting or transporting logs             for timber; to get out logs. [U.S.]          2. To move to and fro; to rock. [Obs.]
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Loge \Loge\, n. [F. See {Lodge}.]       A lodge; a habitation. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Logge \Logge\, n. & v.       See {Lodge}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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-logy \-lo*gy\ [Gr. [?], fr. [?] word, discourse, fr. [?] to       speak. See {Logic}.]       A combining form denoting a discourse, treatise, doctrine,       theory, science; as, theology, geology, biology, mineralogy.
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Logy \Lo"gy\, a. [From D. log.]       Heavy or dull in respect to motion or thought; as, a logy       horse. [U.S.]                   Porcupines are . . . logy, sluggish creatures. --C. H.                                                                               Merriam.
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-logy \-lo*gy\ [Gr. [?], fr. [?] word, discourse, fr. [?] to       speak. See {Logic}.]       A combining form denoting a discourse, treatise, doctrine,       theory, science; as, theology, geology, biology, mineralogy.
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Logy \Lo"gy\, a. [From D. log.]       Heavy or dull in respect to motion or thought; as, a logy       horse. [U.S.]                   Porcupines are . . . logy, sluggish creatures. --C. H.                                                                               Merriam.
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Lohock \Lo"hock\, n. (Med.)       See {Loch}, a medicine.
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Lok \Lok\, Loki \Lo"ki\, n. [Icel. Loki, perh. akin to lokka,       locka to allure, entice.] (Scandinavian Myth.)       The evil deity, the author of all calamities and mischief,       answering to the African of the Persians.
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Loke \Loke\, n. [See {Lock} a fastening.]       A private path or road; also, the wicket or hatch of a door.       [Prov. Eng.]
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Lok \Lok\, Loki \Lo"ki\, n. [Icel. Loki, perh. akin to lokka,       locka to allure, entice.] (Scandinavian Myth.)       The evil deity, the author of all calamities and mischief,       answering to the African of the Persians.
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Looch \Looch\, n.       See 2d {Loch}.
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Look \Look\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Looked}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Looking}.] [OE. loken, AS. l[omac]cian; akin to G. lugen,       OHG. luog[emac]n.]       1. To direct the eyes for the purpose of seeing something; to             direct the eyes toward an object; to observe with the eyes             while keeping them directed; -- with various prepositions,             often in a special or figurative sense. See Phrases below.          2. To direct the attention (to something); to consider; to             examine; as, to look at an action.          3. To seem; to appear; to have a particular appearance; as,             the patient looks better; the clouds look rainy.                         It would look more like vanity than gratitude.                                                                               --Addison.                         Observe how such a practice looks in another person.                                                                               --I. Watts.          4. To have a particular direction or situation; to face; to             front.                         The inner gate that looketh to north. --Ezek. viii.                                                                               3.                         The east gate . . . which looketh eastward. --Ezek.                                                                               xi. 1.          5. In the imperative: see; behold; take notice; take care;             observe; -- used to call attention.                         Look, how much we thus expel of sin, so much we                      expel of virtue.                                 --Milton.          Note: Look, in the imperative, may be followed by a dependent                sentence, but see is oftener so used.
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Look \Look\, v. t.       1. To look at; to turn the eyes toward.          2. To seek; to search for. [Obs.]                         Looking my love, I go from place to place.                                                                               --Spenser.          3. To expect. [Obs.] --Shak.          4. To influence, overawe, or subdue by looks or presence as,             to look down opposition.                         A spirit fit to start into an empire, And look the                      world to law.                                    --Dryden.          5. To express or manifest by a look.                         Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again.                                                                               --Byron.          {To look daggers}. See under {Dagger}.          {To look in the face}, to face or meet with boldness or             confidence; hence, sometimes, to meet for combat.          {To look out}, to seek for; as, prudent persons look out             associates good reputation.
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Look \Look\, n.       1. The act of looking; a glance; a sight; a view; -- often in             certain phrases; as, to have, get, take, throw, or cast, a             look.                         Threw many a northward look to see his father Bring                      up his powers; but he did long in vain. --Shak.          2. Expression of the eyes and face; manner; as, a proud or             defiant look. [bd]Gentle looks.[b8] --Shak.                         Up ! up! my friends, and clear your looks.                                                                               --Wordsworth.          3. Hence; Appearance; aspect; as, the house has a gloomy             look; the affair has a bad look.                         Pain, disgrace, and poverty have frighted looks.                                                                               --Locke.                         There was something that reminded me of Dante's Hell                      in the look of this.                           --Carlyle.
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Loos \Loos\, n. [OE. los, fr. OF. los, laus.]       Praise; fame; reputation. [Obs.] --Spenser.                   Good conscience and good loos.               --Chaucer.
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Loose \Loose\, v. i.       To set sail. [Obs.] --Acts xiii. 13.
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Loose \Loose\, a. [Compar. {Looser}; superl. {Loosest}.] [OE.       loos, lous, laus, Icel. lauss; akin to OD. loos, D. los, AS.       le[a0]s false, deceitful, G. los, loose, Dan. & Sw. l[94]s,       Goth. laus, and E. lose. [?] See {Lose}, and cf. {Leasing}       falsehood.]       1. Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed,             or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book.                         Her hair, nor loose, nor tied in formal plat.                                                                               --Shak.          2. Free from constraint or obligation; not bound by duty,             habit, etc.; -- with from or of.                         Now I stand Loose of my vow; but who knows Cato's                      thoughts ?                                          --Addison.          3. Not tight or close; as, a loose garment.          4. Not dense, close, compact, or crowded; as, a cloth of             loose texture.                         With horse and chariots ranked in loose array.                                                                               --Milton.          5. Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate; as, a loose             style, or way of reasoning.                         The comparison employed . . . must be considered                      rather as a loose analogy than as an exact                      scientific explanation.                     --Whewel.          6. Not strict in matters of morality; not rigid according to             some standard of right.                         The loose morality which he had learned. --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.          7. Unconnected; rambling.                         Vario spends whole mornings in running over loose                      and unconnected pages.                        --I. Watts.          8. Lax; not costive; having lax bowels. --Locke.          9. Dissolute; unchaste; as, a loose man or woman.                         Loose ladies in delight.                     --Spenser.          10. Containing or consisting of obscene or unchaste language;             as, a loose epistle. -- Dryden.          {At loose ends}, not in order; in confusion; carelessly             managed.          {Fast and loose}. See under {Fast}.          {To break loose}. See under {Break}.          {Loose pulley}. (Mach.) See {Fast and loose pulleys}, under             {Fast}.          {To let loose}, to free from restraint or confinement; to set             at liberty.
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Loose \Loose\, n.       1. Freedom from restraint. [Obs.] --Prior.          2. A letting go; discharge. --B. Jonson.          {To give a loose}, to give freedom.                         Vent all its griefs, and give a loose to sorrow.                                                                               --Addison.
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Loose \Loose\, v. n. [imp. & p. p. {Loosed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Loosing}.] [From {Loose}, a.]       1. To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening; to remove             the shackles or fastenings of; to set free; to relieve.                         Canst thou . . . loose the bands of Orion ? --Job.                                                                               xxxviii. 31.                         Ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her;                      loose them, and bring them unto me.   --Matt. xxi.                                                                               2.          2. To release from anything obligatory or burdensome; to             disengage; hence, to absolve; to remit.                         Art thou loosed from a wife ? seek not a wife. --1                                                                               Cor. vii. 27.                         Whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed                      in heaven.                                          --Matt. xvi.                                                                               19.          3. To relax; to loosen; to make less strict.                         The joints of his loins were loosed.   --Dan. v. 6.          4. To solve; to interpret. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Los \Los\, n.       Praise. See {Loos}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Lose \Lose\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Losing}.] [OE. losien to       loose, be lost, lose, AS. losian to become loose; akin to OE.       leosen to lose, p. p. loren, lorn, AS. le[a2]san, p. p. loren       (in comp.), D. verliezen, G. verlieren, Dan. forlise, Sw.       f[94]rlisa, f[94]rlora, Goth. fraliusan, also to E. loose, a       & v., L. luere to loose, Gr. [?], Skr. l[?] to cut.       [root]127. Cf. {Analysis}, {Palsy}, {Solve}, {Forlorn},       {Leasing}, {Loose}, {Loss}.]       1. To part with unintentionally or unwillingly, as by             accident, misfortune, negligence, penalty, forfeit, etc.;             to be deprived of; as, to lose money from one's purse or             pocket, or in business or gaming; to lose an arm or a leg             by amputation; to lose men in battle.                         Fair Venus wept the sad disaster Of having lost her                      favorite dove.                                    --Prior.          2. To cease to have; to possess no longer; to suffer             diminution of; as, to lose one's relish for anything; to             lose one's health.                         If the salt hath lost his savor, wherewith shall it                      be salted ?                                       --Matt. v. 13.          3. Not to employ; to employ ineffectually; to throw away; to             waste; to squander; as, to lose a day; to lose the             benefits of instruction.                         The unhappy have but hours, and these they lose.                                                                               --Dryden.          4. To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to and; to             go astray from; as, to lose one's way.                         He hath lost his fellows.                  --Shak          5. To ruin; to destroy; as destroy; as, the ship was lost on             the ledge.                         The woman that deliberates is lost.   --Addison.          6. To be deprived of the view of; to cease to see or know the             whereabouts of; as, he lost his companion in the crowd.                         Like following life thro' creatures you dissect, You                      lose it in the moment you detect.      --Pope.          7. To fail to obtain or enjoy; to fail to gain or win; hence,             to fail to catch with the mind or senses; to miss; as, I             lost a part of what he said.                         He shall in no wise lose his reward.   --Matt. x. 42.                         I fought the battle bravely which I lost, And lost                      it but to Macedonians.                        --Dryden.          8. To cause to part with; to deprive of. [R.]                         How should you go about to lose him a wife he loves                      with so much passion ?                        --Sir W.                                                                               Temple.          9. To prevent from gaining or obtaining.                         O false heart ! thou hadst almost betrayed me to                      eternal flames, and lost me this glory. --Baxter.          {To lose ground}, to fall behind; to suffer gradual loss or             disadvantage.          {To lose heart}, to lose courage; to become timid. [bd]The             mutineers lost heart.[b8] --Macaulay.          {To lose one's head}, to be thrown off one's balance; to lose             the use of one's good sense or judgment.                         In the excitement of such a discovery, many scholars                      lost their heads.                              --Whitney.          {To lose one's self}.             (a) To forget or mistake the bearing of surrounding                   objects; as, to lose one's self in a great city.             (b) To have the perceptive and rational power temporarily                   suspended; as, we lose ourselves in sleep.          {To lose sight of}.             (a) To cease to see; as, to lose sight of the land.             (b) To overlook; to forget; to fail to perceive; as, he                   lost sight of the issue.
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Lose \Lose\, v. i.       To suffer loss, disadvantage, or defeat; to be worse off,       esp. as the result of any kind of contest.                   We 'll . . . hear poor rogues Talk of court news; and                we'll talk with them too, Who loses and who wins; who's                in, who's out.                                       --Shak.
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Loss \Loss\, n. [AS. los loss, losing, fr. le[a2]san to lose.       [?]. See {Lose}, v. t.]       1. The act of losing; failure; destruction; privation; as,             the loss of property; loss of money by gaming; loss of             health or reputation.                         Assured loss before the match be played. --Shak.          2. The state of losing or having lost; the privation, defect,             misfortune, harm, etc., which ensues from losing.                         Though thou repent, yet I have still the loss.                                                                               --Shak          3. That which is lost or from which one has parted; waste; --             opposed to {gain} or {increase}; as, the loss of liquor by             leakage was considerable.          4. The state of being lost or destroyed; especially, the             wreck or foundering of a ship or other vessel.          5. Failure to gain or win; as, loss of a race or battle.          6. Failure to use advantageously; as, loss of time.          7. (Mil.) Killed, wounded, and captured persons, or captured             property.          8. (Insurance) Destruction or diminution of value, if brought             about in a manner provided for in the insurance contract             (as destruction by fire or wreck, damage by water or             smoke), or the death or injury of an insured person; also,             the sum paid or payable therefor; as, the losses of the             company this year amount to a million of dollars.          {To bear a loss}, to make a loss good; also, to sustain a             loss without sinking under it.          {To be at a loss}, to be in a state of uncertainty.          Syn: Privation; detriment; injury; damage.
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Lough \Lough\, n. [See 1st {Loch}.]       A loch or lake; -- so spelt in Ireland.
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Lough \Lough\, obs. strong imp.       of {Laugh}. --Chaucer.
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Louk \Louk\, n.       An accomplice; a [bd]pal.[b8] [Obs.]                   There is no thief without a louk.            --Chaucer.
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Louse \Louse\ (lous), n.; pl. {Lice} (l[imac]s). [OE. lous, AS.       l[umac]s, pl. l[ymac]s; akin to D. luis, G. laus, OHG.       l[umac]s, Icel. l[umac]s, Sw. lus, Dan. luus; perh. so named       because it is destructive, and akin to E. lose, loose.]       (Zo[94]l.)       1. Any one of numerous species of small, wingless, suctorial,             parasitic insects belonging to a tribe ({Pediculina}), now             usually regarded as degraded Hemiptera. To this group             belong of the lice of man and other mammals; as, the head             louse of man ({Pediculus capitis}), the body louse ({P.             vestimenti}), and the crab louse ({Phthirius pubis}), and             many others. See {Crab louse}, {Dog louse}, {Cattle             louse}, etc., under {Crab}, {Dog}, etc.          2. Any one of numerous small mandibulate insects, mostly             parasitic on birds, and feeding on the feathers. They are             known as Mallophaga, or bird lice, though some occur on             the hair of mammals. They are usually regarded as degraded             Pseudoneuroptera. See {Mallophaga}.          3. Any one of the numerous species of aphids, or plant lice.             See {Aphid}.          4. Any small crustacean parasitic on fishes. See             {Branchiura}, and {Ichthvophthira}.          Note: The term is also applied to various other parasites;                as, the whale louse, beelouse, horse louse.          {Louse fly} (Zo[94]l.), a parasitic dipterous insect of the             group Pupipara. Some of them are wingless, as the bee             louse.          {Louse mite} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of mites             which infest mammals and birds, clinging to the hair and             feathers like lice. They belong to {Myobia},             {Dermaleichus}, {Mycoptes}, and several other genera.
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Louse \Louse\, v. t.       To clean from lice. [bd]You sat and loused him.[b8] --Swift.
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Lousy \Lous"y\, a.       1. Infested with lice.          2. Mean; contemptible; as, lousy knave. [Vulgar]
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Lowgh \Lowgh\, Lowh \Lowh\, obs.       strong imp. of {Laugh}. [Cf. 1st Low and 2d {Lough}.]
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Lowish \Low"ish\, a.       Somewhat low. [Colloq.] --Richardson.
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Lowk \Lowk\, n.       See {Louk}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Luce \Luce\, n. [OF. lus, L. lucius a kind of fish.] (Zo[94]l.)       A pike when full grown. --Halliwell.
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Luck \Luck\, n. [Akin to D. luk, geluk, G. gl[81]ck, Icel.       lukka, Sw. lycka, Dan. lykke, and perh. to G. locken to       entice. Cf. 3d {Gleck}.]       That which happens to a person; an event, good or ill,       affecting one's interests or happiness, and which is deemed       casual; a course or series of such events regarded as       occurring by chance; chance; hap; fate; fortune; often, one's       habitual or characteristic fortune; as, good, bad, ill, or       hard luck. Luck is often used for good luck; as, luck is       better than skill.                   If thou dost play with him at any game, Thou art sure                to lose; and of that natural luck, He beats thee                'gainst the odds.                                    --Shak.          {Luck penny}, a small sum given back for luck to one who pays             money. [Prov. Eng.]          {To be in luck}, to receive some good, or to meet with some             success, in an unexpected manner, or as the result of             circumstances beyond one's control; to be fortunate.
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Lucky \Luck"y\, a. [Compar. {Luckier}; superl. {Luckiest}.]       1. Favored by luck; fortunate; meeting with good success or             good fortune; -- said of persons; as, a lucky adventurer.             [bd] Lucky wight.[b8] --Spenser.          2. Producing, or resulting in, good by chance, or             unexpectedly; favorable; auspicious; fortunate; as, a             lucky mistake; a lucky cast; a lucky hour.                         We doubt not of a fair and lucky war. --Shak.          Syn: Successful; fortunate; prosperous; auspicious.
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d8Lues \[d8]Lu"es\, n. [L.] (Med.)       Disease, especially of a contagious kind.          {Lues venerea}, syphilis; -- called also simply {lues}.
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Lug \Lug\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lugged}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Lugging}.] [OE. luggen, Sw. lugga to pull by the hair, fr.       lugg the forelock.]       To pull with force; to haul; to drag along; to carry with       difficulty, as something heavy or cumbersome. --Dryden.                   They must divide the image among them, and so lug off                every one his share.                              --Collier.
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Lug \Lug\, n. [Sw. lugg the forelock.]       1. The ear, or its lobe. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]          2. That which projects like an ear, esp. that by which             anything is supported, carried, or grasped, or to which a             support is fastened; an ear; as, the lugs of a kettle; the             lugs of a founder's flask; the lug (handle) of a jug.          3. (Mach.) A projecting piece to which anything, as a rod, is             attached, or against which anything, as a wedge or key,             bears, or through which a bolt passes, etc.          4. (Harness) The leather loop or ear by which a shaft is held             up.          5. (Zo[94]l.) The lugworm.          {Lug bolt} (Mach.), a bolt terminating in a long, flat             extension which takes the place of a head; a strap bolt.
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Lug \Lug\, v. i.       To move slowly and heavily.
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Lug \Lug\, n.       1. The act of lugging; as, a hard lug; that which is lugged;             as, the pack is a heavy lug.[Colloq.]          2. Anything which moves slowly. [Obs.] --Ascham.
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Lug \Lug\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.]       1. A rod or pole. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright.          2. A measure of length, being 16[frac12] feet; a rod, pole,             or perch. [Obs.] [bd] Eight lugs of ground.[b8] --Spenser.          {Chimney lug}, [or] {Lug pole}, a pole on which a kettle is             hung over the fire, either in a chimney or in the open             air. [Local, U.S.] --Whittier.
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Luke \Luke\, a. [Prob. fr. lew, perh. influenced by AS. wl[91]c       warm, lukewarm, remiss. Cf. Lew.]       Moderately warm; not hot; tepid. -- {Luke"ness}, n. [Obs.]
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Lush \Lush\, a. [Prob. an abbrev. of lushious, fr. luscious.]       Full of juice or succulence. --Tennyson.                   How lush and lusty the grass looks! how green! --Shak.
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Lush \Lush\, n. [Etymol uncertain; said to be fr. Lushington,       name of a London brewer.]       Liquor, esp. intoxicating liquor; drink. [Slang]
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Lusk \Lusk\, a.       Lazy; slothful. [Obs.]
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Lusk \Lusk\, n.       A lazy fellow; a lubber. [Obs.] --T. Kendall.
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Lusk \Lusk\, v. i.       To be idle or unemployed. [Obs.]
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Luwack \Lu*wack"\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       See {Paradoxure}.
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Lux \Lux\, v. t. [Cf. F. luxer. See {Luxate}.]       To put out of joint; to luxate. [Obs.]
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Luxe \Luxe\, n. [L. luxus: cf. F. luxe.]       Luxury. [Obs.] --Shenstone.          {[d8][90]dition de luxe}. [F.] (Printing) A sumptuous edition             as regards paper, illustrations, binding, etc.
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Luz \Luz\, n.       A bone of the human body which was supposed by certain       Rabbinical writers to be indestructible. Its location was a       matter of dispute. --Brande & C.
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Lyceum \Ly*ce"um\, n.; pl. E. {Lyceums}, L. {Lycea}. [L. lyceum,       Gr. [?], so named after the neighboring temple of [?] [?]       Apollo the wolf slayer, prob. fr. [?] belonging to a wolf, fr       [?] wolf. See {Wolf}.]       1. A place of exercise with covered walks, in the suburbs of             Athens, where Aristotle taught philosophy.          2. A house or apartment appropriated to instruction by             lectures or disquisitions.          3. A higher school, in Europe, which prepares youths for the             university.          4. An association for debate and literary improvement.
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Lyche \Lyche\, a.       Like. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Litchi \Li"tchi`\, n. (Bot.)       The fruit of a tree native to China ({Nephelium Litchi}). It       is nutlike, having a rough but tender shell, containing an       aromatic pulp, and a single large seed. In the dried fruit       which is exported the pulp somewhat resembles a raisin in       color and form. [Written also {lichi}, and {lychee}.] --       {lite}. See -{lith}.
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Lychee \Ly"chee`\, n. (Bot.)       See {Litchi}.
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Litchi \Li"tchi`\, n. (Bot.)       The fruit of a tree native to China ({Nephelium Litchi}). It       is nutlike, having a rough but tender shell, containing an       aromatic pulp, and a single large seed. In the dried fruit       which is exported the pulp somewhat resembles a raisin in       color and form. [Written also {lichi}, and {lychee}.] --       {lite}. See -{lith}.
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Lychee \Ly"chee`\, n. (Bot.)       See {Litchi}.
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Luke, MD (town, FIPS 48775)       Location: 39.47556 N, 79.06037 W       Population (1990): 184 (97 housing units)       Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 21540
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Lusk, WY (town, FIPS 48530)       Location: 42.76066 N, 104.45357 W       Population (1990): 1504 (822 housing units)       Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 82225
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
lag n.   [MUD, IRC; very common] When used without qualification    this is synomous with {netlag}.   Curiously, people will often    complain "I'm really lagged" when in fact it is their server or    network connection that is lagging.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
lase /layz/ vt.   To print a given document via a laser printer.    "OK, let's lase that sucker and see if all those graphics-macro    calls did the right things."
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
leak n.   With qualifier, one of a class of resource-management    bugs that occur when resources are not freed properly after    operations on them are finished, so they effectively disappear (leak    out).   This leads to eventual exhaustion as new allocation requests    come in.   {memory leak} and {fd leak} have their own entries; one    might also refer, to, say, a `window handle leak' in a window system.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
leech n.   Among BBS types, crackers and {warez d00dz}, one who    consumes knowledge without generating new software, cracks, or    techniques.   BBS culture specifically defines a leech as someone who    downloads files with few or no uploads in return, and who does not    contribute to the message section.   Cracker culture extends this    definition to someone (a {lamer}, usually) who constantly presses    informed sources for information and/or assistance, but has nothing    to contribute.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
lose vi.   1. [very common] To fail.   A program loses when it    encounters an exceptional condition or fails to work in the expected    manner.   2. To be exceptionally unesthetic or crocky.   3. Of people,    to be obnoxious or unusually stupid (as opposed to ignorant).   See    also {deserves to lose}.   4. n.   Refers to something that is    {losing}, especially in the phrases "That's a lose!" and "What a    lose!"
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
loss n.   Something (not a person) that loses; a situation in    which something is losing.   Emphatic forms include `moby loss', and    `total loss', `complete loss'.   Common interjections are "What a    loss!"   and "What a moby loss!"   Note that `moby loss' is OK even    though **`moby loser' is not used; applied to an abstract noun, moby    is simply a magnifier, whereas when applied to a person it implies    substance and has positive connotations.   Compare {lossage}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Lace          Language for Assembling Classes in Eiffel.   Specifies how to       assemble an Eiffel system : in which directories to find the       clusters, which class to use as the root, permits class       renaming to avoid name clashes.   "Eiffel: The Language",       Bertrand Meyer, P-H 1992.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
lag          {netlag}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
LaQuey          [LaQuey, T. (with J. Ryer), "The Internet Companion: A       Beginner's Guide to Global Networking", Addison-Wesley,       Reading, MA, 1992.]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
lase          /layz/ To print a given document via a laser printer.   "OK,       let's lase that sucker and see if all those graphics-macro       calls did the right things."
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
LAX          LAnguage eXample.          A {toy language} used to illustrate {compiler} design.          ["Compiler Construction", W.M. Waite et al, Springer 1984].          (1994-12-07)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
lc          The {country code} for Saint Lucia.          (1999-01-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
LCC          Language for Conversational Computing.   Written at {CMU} in       the 1960's.   Similar to {JOSS}, with declarations, pointers       and block structure from {ALGOL 60}.   Implemented for {IBM       360}/{IBM 370} under {TSS}.          ["LCC Reference Manual", H.R. Van Zoeren, CMU 196]9.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
lcc          A hand-coded, {retargetable} compiler for       {ANSI C} written by Dave Hanson .   lcc's       {parser} is faster than {yacc} and the code it generates is       "as good as {GCC}".          Version 1.8 includes a {compiler}, test suite and       documentation.   lcc has been ported to {Vax}, commercial       backends for {MIPS}, {SPARC}, {68000} are cheap for       universities.   {Chop} is a {code generator} for use with lcc.          {Home (http://www.cs.princeton.edu/software/lcc/)}.          E-mail: .          ["A Retargetable C Compiler: Design and Implementation",       Addison-Wesley, 1995, ISBN 0-8053-1670-1].          (1998-03-20)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
LCC          Language for Conversational Computing.   Written at {CMU} in       the 1960's.   Similar to {JOSS}, with declarations, pointers       and block structure from {ALGOL 60}.   Implemented for {IBM       360}/{IBM 370} under {TSS}.          ["LCC Reference Manual", H.R. Van Zoeren, CMU 196]9.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
lcc          A hand-coded, {retargetable} compiler for       {ANSI C} written by Dave Hanson .   lcc's       {parser} is faster than {yacc} and the code it generates is       "as good as {GCC}".          Version 1.8 includes a {compiler}, test suite and       documentation.   lcc has been ported to {Vax}, commercial       backends for {MIPS}, {SPARC}, {68000} are cheap for       universities.   {Chop} is a {code generator} for use with lcc.          {Home (http://www.cs.princeton.edu/software/lcc/)}.          E-mail: .          ["A Retargetable C Compiler: Design and Implementation",       Addison-Wesley, 1995, ISBN 0-8053-1670-1].          (1998-03-20)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
LCS          {Language for Communicating Systems}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
leak          With a qualifier, one of a class of       resource-management bugs that occur when resources are not       freed properly after operations on them are finished, so they       effectively disappear (leak out).   This leads to eventual       exhaustion as new allocation requests come in.          One might refer to, say, a "window handle leak" in a {window       system}.          See {memory leak}, {fd leak}.          [{Jargon File}]          (1995-04-18)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
LEC          {Local Exchange Carrier}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Lex          1. A {lexical analyser} generator for {Unix} and its       input language.   There is a {GNU} version called {flex} and a       version written in, and outputting, {SML/NJ} called {ML-lex}.       A version, by David Poole at Montana has been retargeted to       {Turbo Pascal}, {(ftp://iecc.com/pub/file/lyprg.zip)}.          ["Lex - A Lexical Analyzer Generator", M.E. Lesk, CS TR 39,       Bell Labs, Oct 1975].          2. The lexical specification       language for {COPS}.          ["Metalanguages of the Compiler Production System COPS",       J. Borowiec, in GI Fachgesprach "Compiler-Compiler", ed       W. Henhapl, Tech Hochs Darmstadt 1978, pp.122-159].          (2000-11-15)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
LG          Simple language for analytic geometry, with graphic output.       "LG: A Language for Analytic Geometry", J. Reymond, CACM 12(8)       (Aug 1969).
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
lhs          The {filename extension} for {literate}       {Haskell} source files.          (1995-02-15)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
LIS          Langage Implementation Systeme.          A predecessor of {Ada} developed by Ichbiah in 1973.   It was       influenced by {Pascal}'s data structures and {Sue}'s control       structures.   A type declaration can have a low-level       implementation specification.          ["The System Implementation Language LIS", J.D. Ichbiah et al,       CII Honeywell-Bull, TR 4549 E/EN, Louveciennes France (Dec       1974)].          ["The Two-Level Approach to Data Independent Programming in       LIS", J.D. Ichbiah et al, in Machine Oriented Higher Level       Languages, W. van der Poel ed, N-H 1974, pp.161-169].          (1994-12-01)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
LISA          1. Local Integrated Software Architecture.          A {personal computer} introduced by {Apple Computer, Inc.} in       1983.   The LISA was a predecessor of the {Macintosh} and was       the first personal computer on the market with a {graphical       user interface}.          It was origionally named after {Steve Jobs}'s daughter.   The       acronym was applied later.          [Spec?]          2. A system for statistical data analysis, similar to       {S}.          {FTP MIT (ftp://dolphin.mit.edu/)}.          3. {Large Installation Systems Administration}.          (2001-10-16)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
lk          The {country code} for Sri Lanka.          (1999-01-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
LLC          {Logical Link Control}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
LOC          {lines of code}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
{log}          ["{log}: A Logic Programming Language with Finite Sets", A       Dovier et al, Proc 8th Intl Conf Logic Prog, June 1991,       pp.111-124].
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
LogC          A {C} extension incorporating {rule-oriented programming}, for       {AI} {application program}s.   {Production rule}s are       encapsulated into functional components called rulesets.   LogC       uses a {search network algorithm} similar to {RETE}.          Version 1.6.          ["LogC: A Language and Environment for Embedded Rule Based       Systems", F. Yulin et al, SIGPLAN Notices 27(11):27-32 (Nov       1992)].
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
LOGO          A {Lisp}-like language for teaching       programming, noted for its "turtle graphics" used to draw       geometric shapes.   LOGO was developed in 1966-1968 by a group       at Bolt, Beranek & Newman (now "{BBN Technolgoies}") headed by       Wally Fuerzeig (who still works there in       2003) and including Seymour Papert .          There are Logo {interpreters} for {Macintosh}, {Unix}, {IBM       PC}, {X Window System}, and many PCs.   Implmentations include       {Berkeley Logo}, {MswLogo}.          (2000-03-28)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
LOOK          A specification language.          ["A Look at Algebraic Specifications", S.N. Zilles et al, IBM       RR, 1982].          (1994-11-16)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
LOOKS          ["LOOKS: Knowledge-Representation System for Designing Expert       Systems in a Logical Programming Framework", F. Mizoguchi,       Proc Intl Conf 5th Gen Comp Sys, ICOT 1984].
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
lose          ({MIT}) 1. To fail.   A program loses when it       encounters an exceptional condition or fails to work in the       expected manner.          2. To be exceptionally unesthetic or crocky.          3. Of people, to be obnoxious or unusually stupid (as opposed       to ignorant).          4. Refers to something that is {losing}, especially in the       phrases "That's a lose!" and "What a lose!"          [{Jargon File}]          (1995-04-19)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
loss          Something (not a person) that loses; a situation in       which something is losing.   Emphatic forms include "moby       loss", and "total loss", "complete loss".   Common       interjections are "What a loss!"   and "What a moby loss!"       Note that "moby loss" is OK even though **"moby loser" is not       used; applied to an abstract noun, moby is simply a magnifier,       whereas when applied to a person it implies substance and has       positive connotations.          Compare {lossage}.          (1995-04-19)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
lossy          A term describing a data {compression} {algorithm}       which actually reduces the amount of information in the data,       rather than just the number of bits used to represent that       information.   The lost information is usually removed because       it is subjectively less important to the quality of the data       (usually an {image} or {sound}) or because it can be recovered       reasonably by {interpolation} from the remaining data.          {MPEG} and {JPEG} are examples of lossy compression       techniques.          Opposite: {lossless}.          (1995-03-29)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ls          1. The {Unix} command for listing a       {directory}.          {Unix manual page}: ls(1).          2. The {country code} for Lesotho.          (2000-03-18)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
LSA          {Link State Advertisement}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
LSE          {Language Sensitive Editor}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Lucy          A {distributed} {constraint programming} language,       which is an {actor} subset of {Janus}.          ["Actors as a Special Case of Concurrent Constraint       Programming", K.   Kahn et al, SIGPLAN       Notices 25(10):57-66 (OOPSLA/ ECOOP '90), Oct 1990].          (2001-03-04)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
LUG          {Linux User Group}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
lzh          The {filename extension} for a file       produced by the {LHA} program.          (1995-04-03)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Laish       a lion. (1.) A city of the Sidonians, in the extreme north of       Palestine (Judg. 18:7, 14); called also Leshem (Josh. 19:47) and       Dan (Judg. 18:7, 29; Jer. 8:16). It lay near the sources of the       Jordan, about 4 miles from Paneas. The restless and warlike       tribe of Dan (q.v.), looking out for larger possessions, invaded       this country and took Laish with its territory. It is identified       with the ruin Tell-el-Kady, "the mound of the judge," to the       north of the Waters of Merom (Josh. 11:5).                (2.) A place mentioned in Isa. 10:30. It has been supposed to       be the modern el-Isawiyeh, about a mile north-east of Jerusalem.                (3.) The father of Phalti (1 Sam. 25:44).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Lasaea       a city in the island of Crete (Acts 27:8). Its ruins are still       found near Cape Leonda, about 5 miles east of "Fair Havens."
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Lasha       fissure, a place apparently east of the Dead Sea (Gen. 10:19).       It was afterwards known as Callirhoe, a place famous for its hot       springs.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
League       a treaty or confederacy. The Jews were forbidden to enter into       an alliance of any kind (1) with the Canaanites (Ex. 23:32, 33;       34:12-16); (2) with the Amalekites (Ex. 17:8, 14; Deut.       25:17-19); (3) with the Moabites and Ammonites (Deut. 2:9, 19).       Treaties were permitted to be entered into with all other       nations. Thus David maintained friendly intercourse with the       kings of Tyre and Hamath, and Solomon with the kings of Tyre and       Egypt.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Leek       (Heb. hatsir; the Allium porrum), rendered "grass" in 1 Kings       18:5, 2 Kings 19:26, Job 40:15, etc.; "herb" in Job 8:12; "hay"       in Prov. 27:25, and Isa. 15:6; "leeks" only in Num. 11:5. This       Hebrew word seems to denote in this last passage simply herbs,       such as lettuce or savoury herbs cooked as kitchen vegetables,       and not necessarily what are now called leeks. The leek was a       favourite vegetable in Egypt, and is still largely cultivated       there and in Palestine.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Lees       (Heb. shemarim), from a word meaning to keep or preserve. It was       applied to "lees" from the custom of allowing wine to stand on       the lees that it might thereby be better preserved (Isa. 25:6).       "Men settled on their lees" (Zeph. 1:12) are men "hardened or       crusted." The image is derived from the crust formed at the       bottom of wines long left undisturbed (Jer. 48:11). The effect       of wealthy undisturbed ease on the ungodly is hardening. They       become stupidly secure (comp. Ps. 55:19; Amos 6:1). To drink the       lees (Ps. 75:8) denotes severe suffering.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Lice       (Heb. kinnim), the creatures employed in the third plague sent       upon Egypt (Ex. 8:16-18). They were miraculously produced from       the dust of the land. "The entomologists Kirby and Spence place       these minute but disgusting insects in the very front rank of       those which inflict injury upon man. A terrible list of examples       they have collected of the ravages of this and closely allied       parasitic pests." The plague of lice is referred to in Ps.       105:31.                Some have supposed that the word denotes not lice properly,       but gnats. Others, with greater probability, take it to mean the       "tick" which is much larger than lice.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Lock       The Hebrews usually secured their doors by bars of wood or iron       (Isa. 45:2; 1 Kings 4:3). These were the locks originally used,       and were opened and shut by large keys applied through an       opening in the outside (Judg. 3:24). (See {KEY}.)                Lock of hair (Judg. 16:13, 19; Ezek. 8:3; Num. 6:5, etc.).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Log       the smallest measure for liquids used by the Hebrews (Lev.       14:10, 12, 15, 21, 24), called in the Vulgate sextarius. It is       the Hebrew unit of measure of capacity, and is equal to the       contents of six ordinary hen's eggs=the twelfth part of a him,       or nearly a pint.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Lois       the maternal grandmother of Timothy. She is commended by Paul       for her faith (2 Tim. 1:5).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Luke       the evangelist, was a Gentile. The date and circumstances of his       conversion are unknown. According to his own statement (Luke       1:2), he was not an "eye-witness and minister of the word from       the beginning." It is probable that he was a physician in Troas,       and was there converted by Paul, to whom he attached himself. He       accompanied him to Philippi, but did not there share his       imprisonment, nor did he accompany him further after his release       in his missionary journey at this time (Acts 17:1). On Paul's       third visit to Philippi (20:5, 6) we again meet with Luke, who       probably had spent all the intervening time in that city, a       period of seven or eight years. From this time Luke was Paul's       constant companion during his journey to Jerusalem (20:6-21:18).       He again disappears from view during Paul's imprisonment at       Jerusalem and Caesarea, and only reappears when Paul sets out       for Rome (27:1), whither he accompanies him (28:2, 12-16), and       where he remains with him till the close of his first       imprisonment (Philemon 1:24; Col. 4:14). The last notice of the       "beloved physician" is in 2 Tim. 4:11.                There are many passages in Paul's epistles, as well as in the       writings of Luke, which show the extent and accuracy of his       medical knowledge.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Luz       a nut-bearing tree, the almond. (1.) The ancient name of a royal       Canaanitish city near the site of Bethel (Gen. 28:19; 35:6), on       the border of Benjamin (Josh. 18:13). Here Jacob halted, and had       a prophetic vision. (See {BETHEL}.)                (2.) A place in the land of the Hittites, founded (Judg. 1:26)       by "a man who came forth out of the city of Luz." It is       identified with Luweiziyeh, 4 miles north-west of Banias.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Lycia       a wolf, a province in the south-west of Asia Minor, opposite the       island of Rhodes. It forms part of the region now called Tekeh.       It was a province of the Roman empire when visited by Paul (Acts       21:1; 27:5). Two of its towns are mentioned, Patara (21:1, 2)       and Myra (27:5).
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Laish, a lion
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Lasea, thick; wise
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Lashah, to call; to anoint
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Lekah, walking; going
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Lois, better
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Luke, luminous; white
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Luz, separation; departure; an almond
From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]:
Laos       Laos:Geography       Location: Southeastern Asia, northeast of Thailand       Map references: Southeast Asia       Area:    total area: 236,800 sq km    land area: 230,800 sq km    comparative area: slightly larger than Utah       Land boundaries: total 5,083 km, Burma 235 km, Cambodia 541 km, China    423 km, Thailand 1,754 km, Vietnam 2,130 km       Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)       Maritime claims: none; landlocked       International disputes: boundary dispute with Thailand       Climate: tropical monsoon; rainy season (May to November); dry season    (December to April)       Terrain: mostly rugged mountains; some plains and plateaus       Natural resources: timber, hydropower, gypsum, tin, gold, gemstones       Land use:    arable land: 4%    permanent crops: 0%    meadows and pastures: 3%    forest and woodland: 58%    other: 35%       Irrigated land: 1,554 sq km (1992 est.)       Environment:    current issues: deforestation; soil erosion; a majority of the    population does not have access to potable water    natural hazards: floods, droughts, and blight    international agreements: party to - Climate Change, Environmental    Modification, Nuclear Test Ban; signed, but not ratified - Law of the    Sea       Note: landlocked       Laos:People       Population: 4,837,237 (July 1995 est.)       Age structure:    0-14 years: 45% (female 1,084,615; male 1,111,928)    15-64 years: 51% (female 1,280,142; male 1,199,149)    65 years and over: 4% (female 86,390; male 75,013) (July 1995 est.)       Population growth rate: 2.84% (1995 est.)       Birth rate: 42.64 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)       Death rate: 14.28 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)       Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)       Infant mortality rate: 99.2 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)       Life expectancy at birth:    total population: 52.2 years    male: 50.66 years    female: 53.81 years (1995 est.)       Total fertility rate: 5.98 children born/woman (1995 est.)       Nationality:    noun: Lao(s) or Laotian(s)    adjective: Lao or Laotian       Ethnic divisions: Lao Loum (lowland) 68%, Lao Theung (upland) 22%, Lao    Soung (highland) including the Hmong ("Meo") and the Yao (Mien) 9%,    ethnic Vietnamese/Chinese 1%       Religions: Buddhist 60%, animist and other 40%       Languages: Lao (official), French, English, and various ethnic    languages       Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1992)    total population: 50%    male: 65%    female: 35%       Labor force: 1 million-1.5 million    by occupation: agriculture 80% (1992 est.)       Laos:Government       Names:    conventional long form: Lao People's Democratic Republic    conventional short form: Laos    local long form: Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao    local short form: none       Digraph: LA       Type: Communist state       Capital: Vientiane       Administrative divisions: 16 provinces (khoueng, singular and plural)    and 1 municipality* (kampheng nakhon, singular and plural); Attapu,    Bokeo, Bolikhamxai, Champasak, Houaphan, Khammouan, Louangnamtha,    Louangphabang, Oudomxai, Phongsali, Salavan, Savannakhet, Viangchan*,    Viangchan, Xaignabouli, Xekong, Xiangkhoang       Independence: 19 July 1949 (from France)       National holiday: National Day, 2 December (1975) (proclamation of the    Lao People's Democratic Republic)       Constitution: promulgated 14 August 1991       Legal system: based on traditional customs, French legal norms and    procedures, and Socialist practice       Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal       Executive branch:    chief of state: President NOUHAK PHOUMSAVAN (since 25 November 1992)    head of government: Prime Minister Gen. KHAMTAI SIPHANDON (since 15    August 1991)    cabinet: Council of Ministers; appointed by the president, approved by    the Assembly       Legislative branch: unicameral    National Assembly: elections last held on 20 December 1992 (next to be    held NA); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (85 total)    number of seats by party NA       Judicial branch: Supreme People's Court       Political parties and leaders: Lao People's Revolutionary Party    (LPRP), KHAMTAI Siphandon, party president; other parties proscribed       Other political or pressure groups: non-Communist political groups    proscribed; most opposition leaders fled the country in 1975       Member of: ACCT, AsDB, ASEAN (observer), CP, ESCAP, FAO, G-77, IBRD,    ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, INTELSAT (nonsignatory    user), INTERPOL, IOC, ITU, NAM, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU,    WFTU, WHO, WMO, WTO       Diplomatic representation in US:    chief of mission: Ambassador HIEM PHOMMACHANH    chancery: 2222 S Street NW, Washington, DC 20008    telephone: [1] (202) 332-6416, 6417    FAX: [1] (202) 332-4923       US diplomatic representation:    chief of mission: Ambassador Victor L. TOMSETH    embassy: Rue Bartholonie, Vientiane    mailing address: B. P. 114, Vientiane; American Embassy, Box V, APO AP    96546    telephone: [856] (21) 212581, 212582, 212585    FAX: [856] (21) 212584       Flag: three horizontal bands of red (top), blue (double width), and    red with a large white disk centered in the blue band       Economy       Overview: The government of Laos - one of the few remaining official    Communist states - has been decentralizing control and encouraging    private enterprise since 1986. The results, starting from an extremely    low base, have been striking - growth has averaged 7.5% annually since    1988. Even so, Laos is a landlocked country with a primitive    infrastructure. It has no railroads, a rudimentary road system, and    limited external and internal telecommunications. Electricity is    available in only a few urban areas. Subsistence agriculture accounts    for half of GDP and provides 80% of total employment. The predominant    crop is rice. In non-drought years, Laos is self-sufficient overall in    food, but each year flood, pests, and localized drought cause    shortages in various parts of the country. For the foreseeable future    the economy will continue to depend on aid from the IMF and other    international sources; aid from the former USSR and Eastern Europe has    been cut sharply. As in many developing countries, deforestation and    soil erosion will hamper efforts to maintain the high rate of GDP    growth.       National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $4 billion (1994    est.)       National product real growth rate: 8.4% (1994 est.)       National product per capita: $850 (1994 est.)       Inflation rate (consumer prices): 6.5% (1994 est.)       Unemployment rate: 21% (1992 est.)       Budget:    revenues: $NA    expenditures: $NA       Exports: $277 million (f.o.b., 1994 est.)    commodities: electricity, wood products, coffee, tin, garments    partners: Thailand 57%, Germany 10%, France 10%, Japan 5% (1991)       Imports: $528 million (c.i.f., 1994 est.)    commodities: food, fuel oil, consumer goods, manufactures    partners: Thailand 55%, Japan 16%, China 8%, Italy 4% (1991)       External debt: $NA       Industrial production: growth rate 7.5% (1992 est.); accounts for 18%    of GDP (1992 est.)       Electricity:    capacity: 260,000 kW    production: 870 million kWh    consumption per capita: 44 kWh (1993)       Industries: tin and gypsum mining, timber, electric power,    agricultural processing, construction       Agriculture: principal crops - rice (80% of cultivated land), sweet    potatoes, vegetables, corn, coffee, sugarcane, cotton; livestock -    buffaloes, hogs, cattle, poultry       Illicit drugs: illicit producer of cannabis, opium poppy for the    international drug trade, fourth largest opium producer (85 metric    tons in 1994); heroin producer; increasingly used as transshipment    point for heroin produced in Burma       Economic aid:    recipient: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-79), $276 million;    Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments    (1970-89), $605 million; Communist countries (1970-89), $995 million;    international assistance in loans and grant aid (1993/94) $217.7    million       Currency: 1 new kip (NK) = 100 at       Exchange rates: new kips (NK) per US$1 - 717 (1994 est.), 720 (July    1993). 710 (May 1992), 710 (December 1991), 700 (September 1990), 576    (1989)       Fiscal year: 1 October - 30 September       Laos:Transportation       Railroads: 0 km       Highways:    total: 14,130 km    paved: 2,260 km    unpaved: 11,870 km (1992 est.)       Inland waterways: about 4,587 km, primarily Mekong and tributaries;    2,897 additional kilometers are sectionally navigable by craft drawing    less than 0.5 m       Pipelines: petroleum products 136 km       Ports: none       Merchant marine:    total: 1 cargo ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,370 GRT/3,000 DWT       Airports:    total: 52    with paved runways over 3,047 m: 1    with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 5    with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 3    with paved runways under 914 m: 25    with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 1    with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 17       Laos:Communications       Telephone system: 7,390 telephones (1986); service to general public    very poor; radio communications network provides generally erratic    service to government users    local: 16 telephone lines per 1,000 people    intercity: radio communications    international: 1 earth station       Radio:    broadcast stations: AM 10, FM 0, shortwave 0    radios: NA       Television:    broadcast stations: 2    televisions: NA       Laos:Defense Forces       Branches: Lao People's Army (LPA; includes riverine naval and militia    elements), Air Force, National Police Department       Manpower availability: males age 15-49 1,051,105; males fit for    military service 567,017; males reach military age (18) annually    51,437 (1995 est.)       Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $105 million, 8.1% of    GDP (FY92/93)