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   Lama peruana
         n 1: used in the Andes as a beast of burden and source of wool;
               considered a domesticated variety of the guanaco [syn:
               {domestic llama}, {Lama peruana}]

English Dictionary: lumper by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lamb roast
n
  1. a cut of lamb suitable for roasting [syn: lamb roast, roast lamb]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lambert
n
  1. a cgs unit of illumination equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface that emits or reflects one lumen per square centimeter
    Synonym(s): lambert, L
  2. English composer and conductor (1905-1951)
    Synonym(s): Lambert, Constant Lambert, Leonard Constant Lambert
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Lambert-Eaton syndrome
n
  1. a disease seen in patients with lung cancer and characterized by weakness and fatigue of hip and thigh muscles and an aching back; caused by antibodies directed against the neuromuscular junctions
    Synonym(s): Lambert-Eaton syndrome, Eaton-Lambert syndrome, myasthenic syndrome, carcinomatous myopathy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Lambertia
n
  1. small genus of Australian shrubs [syn: Lambertia, {genus Lambertia}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Lambertia formosa
n
  1. erect bushy shrub of eastern Australia having terminal clusters of red flowers yielding much nectar
    Synonym(s): honeyflower, honey-flower, mountain devil, Lambertia formosa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lambrequin
n
  1. a scarf that covers a knight's helmet
  2. short and decorative hanging for a shelf edge or top of a window casing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lamper eel
n
  1. primitive eellike freshwater or anadromous cyclostome having round sucking mouth with a rasping tongue
    Synonym(s): lamprey, lamprey eel, lamper eel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lamprey
n
  1. primitive eellike freshwater or anadromous cyclostome having round sucking mouth with a rasping tongue
    Synonym(s): lamprey, lamprey eel, lamper eel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lamprey eel
n
  1. primitive eellike freshwater or anadromous cyclostome having round sucking mouth with a rasping tongue
    Synonym(s): lamprey, lamprey eel, lamper eel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Lampridae
n
  1. opahs
    Synonym(s): Lampridae, family Lampridae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Lampris
n
  1. type genus of the Lampridae [syn: Lampris, {genus Lampris}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Lampris guttatus
n
  1. from Nova Scotia to West Indies and Gulf of Mexico [syn: New World opah, Lampris guttatus]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Lampris regius
n
  1. large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean
    Synonym(s): opah, moonfish, Lampris regius
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Lampropeltis
n
  1. king snakes and milk snakes [syn: Lampropeltis, {genus Lampropeltis}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Lampropeltis getulus
n
  1. widespread in United States except northern regions; black or brown with yellow bands
    Synonym(s): common kingsnake, Lampropeltis getulus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Lampropeltis triangulum
n
  1. nonvenomous tan and brown king snake with an arrow-shaped occipital spot; southeastern ones have red stripes like coral snakes
    Synonym(s): milk snake, house snake, milk adder, checkered adder, Lampropeltis triangulum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Lampyridae
n
  1. fireflies
    Synonym(s): Lampyridae, family Lampyridae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
law enforcement
n
  1. ensuring obedience to the laws
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
law enforcement agency
n
  1. an agency responsible for insuring obedience to the laws
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lawn furniture
n
  1. furniture intended for use on a lawn or in a garden
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lawn party
n
  1. a party of people assembled for social interaction out of doors
    Synonym(s): garden party, lawn party, fete champetre
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lempira
n
  1. the basic unit of money in Honduras; equal to 100 centavos
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Leonberg
n
  1. a large dog (usually with a golden coat) produced by crossing a St Bernard and a Newfoundland
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
limber
adj
  1. (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable; "a supple mind"; "a limber imagination"
    Synonym(s): limber, supple
  2. (used of artifacts) easily bent
  3. (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely
    Synonym(s): limber, supple
n
  1. a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson
v
  1. attach the limber; "limber a cannon" [syn: limber, limber up]
  2. cause to become limber; "The violist limbered her wrists before the concert"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
limber pine
n
  1. western North American pine with long needles and very flexible limbs and dark-grey furrowed bark
    Synonym(s): limber pine, Pinus flexilis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
limber up
v
  1. attach the limber; "limber a cannon" [syn: limber, limber up]
  2. make one's body limber or suppler by stretching, as if to prepare for strenuous physical activity
    Synonym(s): limber up, warm up, loosen up
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
limbers
n
  1. a channel or gutter on either side of a ship's keelson; carries bilge water into the pump well
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Limburger
n
  1. a soft white cheese with a very strong pungent odor and flavor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
limper
n
  1. someone who has a limp and walks with a hobbling gait [syn: hobbler, limper]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
line of fire
n
  1. the path of a missile discharged from a firearm
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
line of force
n
  1. an imaginary line in a field of force; direction of the line at any point is the direction of the force at that point
    Synonym(s): line of force, field line
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
line of heart
n
  1. a crease on the palm; palmists say it indicates your emotional nature
    Synonym(s): line of heart, heart line, love line, mensal line
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
line of products
n
  1. a particular kind of product or merchandise; "a nice line of shoes"
    Synonym(s): line, product line, line of products, line of merchandise, business line, line of business
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
line of reasoning
n
  1. a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning; "I can't follow your line of reasoning"
    Synonym(s): argumentation, logical argument, argument, line of reasoning, line
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
line of verse
n
  1. a single line of words in a poem [syn: line of poetry, line of verse]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
line of work
n
  1. the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business"
    Synonym(s): occupation, business, job, line of work, line
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
line personnel
n
  1. personnel having direct job performance responsibilities
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
line printer
n
  1. printer that serves as an output device on a computer; prints a whole line of characters at a time
    Synonym(s): line printer, line-at-a-time printer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Linnaea borealis
n
  1. creeping evergreen subshrub of the northern parts of Europe and Asia with delicate fragrant tubular bell-shaped usually pink flowers borne in pairs
    Synonym(s): twinflower, Linnaea borealis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Linnaea borealis americana
n
  1. similar to the twinflower of northern Europe and Asia [syn: American twinflower, Linnaea borealis americana]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
loan approval
n
  1. formal authorization to get a loan (usually from a bank)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
loan participation
n
  1. a loan that is shared by a group of banks that join to make a loan too big for any one of them alone
    Synonym(s): participation loan, loan participation, participation financing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Lombard
n
  1. a member of a Germanic people who invaded northern Italy in the 6th century
    Synonym(s): Lombard, Langobard
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Lombard Street
n
  1. a street in central London containing many of the major London banks
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Lombardia
n
  1. a region of north central Italy bordering Switzerland [syn: Lombardy, Lombardia]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Lombardy
n
  1. a region of north central Italy bordering Switzerland [syn: Lombardy, Lombardia]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Lombardy poplar
n
  1. distinguished by its columnar fastigiate shape and erect branches
    Synonym(s): Lombardy poplar, Populus nigra italica
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lumbar
adj
  1. of or relating to or near the part of the back between the ribs and the hipbones; "lumbar vertebrae"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lumbar artery
n
  1. one of four or five pairs of arteries that originate in the abdominal aorta and supply the lumbar vertebrae and the back muscles and abdominal wall
    Synonym(s): lumbar artery, arteria lumbalis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lumbar nerve
n
  1. any of five pairs of spinal nerves emerging from the lumbar section of the spinal cord
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lumbar pain
n
  1. backache affecting the lumbar region or lower back; can be caused by muscle strain or arthritis or vascular insufficiency or a ruptured intervertebral disc
    Synonym(s): lumbago, lumbar pain
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lumbar plexus
n
  1. a lymphatic plexus located along the lower portion of the aorta and iliac vessels
    Synonym(s): lumbar plexus, plexus lumbalis
  2. a plexus of nerves formed by the ventral branches of the first four lumbar nerves
    Synonym(s): lumbar plexus, plexus lumbalis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lumbar puncture
n
  1. removal by centesis of fluid from the subarachnoid space of the lumbar region of the spinal cord for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes
    Synonym(s): lumbar puncture, spinal puncture, spinal tap
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lumbar vein
n
  1. veins that drain the posterior body wall and the lumbar vertebral venous plexuses
    Synonym(s): lumbar vein, vena lumbalis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lumbar vertebra
n
  1. one of 5 vertebrae in the human vertebral column; lumbar vertebrae extend from the twelfth thoracic vertebra down to the sacral vertebrae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lumber
n
  1. the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
    Synonym(s): lumber, timber
  2. an implement used in baseball by the batter
    Synonym(s): baseball bat, lumber
v
  1. move heavily or clumsily; "The heavy man lumbered across the room"
    Synonym(s): lumber, pound
  2. cut lumber, as in woods and forests
    Synonym(s): log, lumber
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lumber jacket
n
  1. a short warm outer jacket [syn: lumberjack, {lumber jacket}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lumber room
n
  1. a storeroom in a house where odds and ends can be stored (especially furniture)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lumbering
adj
  1. slow and laborious because of weight; "the heavy tread of tired troops"; "moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot"; "ponderous prehistoric beasts"; "a ponderous yawn"
    Synonym(s): heavy, lumbering, ponderous
n
  1. the trade of cutting or preparing or selling timber
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lumberjack
n
  1. a person who fells trees [syn: lumberman, lumberjack, logger, feller, faller]
  2. a short warm outer jacket
    Synonym(s): lumberjack, lumber jacket
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lumberman
n
  1. a person who fells trees [syn: lumberman, lumberjack, logger, feller, faller]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lumberman's saw
n
  1. a saw with handles at both ends; intended for use by two people
    Synonym(s): two-handed saw, whipsaw, two-man saw, lumberman's saw
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lumbermill
n
  1. a mill for dressing logs and lumber [syn: lumbermill, sawmill]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lumberyard
n
  1. a workplace where lumber is stocked for sale
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lumper
n
  1. a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port [syn: stevedore, loader, longshoreman, docker, dockhand, dock worker, dockworker, dock-walloper, lumper]
  2. a taxonomist who classifies organisms into large groups on the basis of major characteristics
    Antonym(s): divider, splitter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lymphuria
n
  1. the presence of lymph in the urine
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lambert pine \Lam"bert pine`\ [So called from Lambert, an
      English botanist.] (Bot.)
      The gigantic sugar pine of California and Oregon ({Pinus
      Lambertiana}). It has the leaves in fives, and cones a foot
      long. The timber is soft, and like that of the white pine of
      the Eastern States.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lambrequin \Lam"bre*quin\, n. [F. Cf. {Lamboys}, {Label}.]
      1. A kind of pendent scarf or covering attached to the
            helmet, to protect it from wet or heat.
  
      2. A leather flap hanging from a cuirass. --Wilhelm.
  
      3. A piece of ornament drapery or short decorative hanging,
            pendent from a shelf or from the casing above a window,
            hiding the curtain fixtures, or the like.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mantling \Man"tling\, n. (Her.)
      The representation of a mantle, or the drapery behind and
      around a coat of arms: -- called also {lambrequin}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lambrequin \Lam"bre*quin\, n. [F. Cf. {Lamboys}, {Label}.]
      1. A kind of pendent scarf or covering attached to the
            helmet, to protect it from wet or heat.
  
      2. A leather flap hanging from a cuirass. --Wilhelm.
  
      3. A piece of ornament drapery or short decorative hanging,
            pendent from a shelf or from the casing above a window,
            hiding the curtain fixtures, or the like.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mantling \Man"tling\, n. (Her.)
      The representation of a mantle, or the drapery behind and
      around a coat of arms: -- called also {lambrequin}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      2. Figuratively, anything which enlightens intellectually or
            morally; anything regarded metaphorically a performing the
            uses of a lamp.
  
                     Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my
                     path.                                                --Ps. cxix.
                                                                              105.
  
                     Ages elapsed ere Homer's lamp appeared. --Cowper.
  
      3. (Elec.) A device or mechanism for producing light by
            electricity. See {Incandescent lamp}, under
            {Incandescent}.
  
      {[92]olipile lamp}, a hollow ball of copper containing
            alcohol which is converted into vapor by a lamp beneath,
            so as to make a powerful blowpipe flame when the vapor is
            ignited. --Weale.
  
      {Arc lamp} (Elec.), a form of lamp in which the voltaic arc
            is used as the source of light.
  
      {D[89]bereiner's lamp}, an apparatus for the instantaneous
            production of a flame by the spontaneous ignition of a jet
            of hydrogen on being led over platinum sponge; -- named
            after the German chemist D[94]bereiner, who invented it.
            Called also {philosopher's lamp}.
  
      {Flameless lamp}, an aphlogistic lamp.
  
      {Lamp burner}, the part of a lamp where the wick is exposed
            and ignited. --Knight.
  
      {Lamp fount}, a reservoir for oil, in a lamp.
  
      {Lamp jack}. See 2d {Jack}, n., 4
            (l) &
            (n) .
  
      {Lamp shade}, a screen, as of paper, glass, or tin, for
            softening or obstructing the light of a lamp.
  
      {Lamp shell} (Zo[94]l.), any brachiopod shell of the genus
            Terebratula and allied genera. The name refers to the
            shape, which is like that of an antique lamp. See
            {Terebratula}.
  
      {Safety lamp}, a miner's lamp in which the flame is
            surrounded by fine wire gauze, preventing the kindling of
            dangerous explosive gases; -- called also, from Sir
            Humphry Davy the inventor, {Davy lamp}.
  
      {To smell of the lamp}, to bear marks of great study and
            labor, as a literary composition.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lamper eel \Lam"per eel`\ (Zo[94]l.)
      See {Lamprey}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lamprey \Lam"prey\, n.; pl. {Lampreys}. [OE. lampreie, F.
      lamproie, LL. lampreda, lampetra, from L. lambere to lick +
      petra rock, stone. The lampreys are so called because they
      attach themselves with their circular mouths to rocks and
      stones, whence they are also called {rocksuckers}. See {Lap}
      to drink, {Petrify}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      An eel-like marsipobranch of the genus {Petromyzon}, and
      allied genera. The lampreys have a round, sucking mouth,
      without jaws, but set with numerous minute teeth, and one to
      three larger teeth on the palate (see Illust. of
      {Cyclostomi}). There are seven small branchial openings on
      each side. [Written also {lamper eel}, {lamprel}, and
      {lampron}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Eelpout \Eel"pout`\, n. [AS. [?]lepute.] (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) A European fish ({Zoarces viviparus}), remarkable for
            producing living young; -- called also {greenbone},
            {guffer}, {bard}, and {Maroona eel}. Also, an American
            species ({Z. anguillaris}), -- called also {mutton fish},
            and, erroneously, {congo eel}, {ling}, and {lamper eel}.
            Both are edible, but of little value.
      (b) A fresh-water fish, the burbot.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lamper eel \Lam"per eel`\ (Zo[94]l.)
      See {Lamprey}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lamprey \Lam"prey\, n.; pl. {Lampreys}. [OE. lampreie, F.
      lamproie, LL. lampreda, lampetra, from L. lambere to lick +
      petra rock, stone. The lampreys are so called because they
      attach themselves with their circular mouths to rocks and
      stones, whence they are also called {rocksuckers}. See {Lap}
      to drink, {Petrify}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      An eel-like marsipobranch of the genus {Petromyzon}, and
      allied genera. The lampreys have a round, sucking mouth,
      without jaws, but set with numerous minute teeth, and one to
      three larger teeth on the palate (see Illust. of
      {Cyclostomi}). There are seven small branchial openings on
      each side. [Written also {lamper eel}, {lamprel}, and
      {lampron}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Eelpout \Eel"pout`\, n. [AS. [?]lepute.] (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) A European fish ({Zoarces viviparus}), remarkable for
            producing living young; -- called also {greenbone},
            {guffer}, {bard}, and {Maroona eel}. Also, an American
            species ({Z. anguillaris}), -- called also {mutton fish},
            and, erroneously, {congo eel}, {ling}, and {lamper eel}.
            Both are edible, but of little value.
      (b) A fresh-water fish, the burbot.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lampern \Lam"pern\, n. [See {Lamprey}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The river lamprey ({Ammoc[d2]tes, [or] Lampetra,
      fluviatilis}).
  
      Note: The name is also applied to other river lampreys.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lampas \Lam"pas\, n. [F. lampas.]
      An inflammation and swelling of the soft parts of the roof of
      the mouth immediately behind the fore teeth in the horse; --
      called also {lampers}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lampers \Lam"pers\, n.
      See {Lampas}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lampas \Lam"pas\, n. [F. lampas.]
      An inflammation and swelling of the soft parts of the roof of
      the mouth immediately behind the fore teeth in the horse; --
      called also {lampers}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lampers \Lam"pers\, n.
      See {Lampas}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lamprel \Lam"prel\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      See {Lamprey}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lamprey \Lam"prey\, n.; pl. {Lampreys}. [OE. lampreie, F.
      lamproie, LL. lampreda, lampetra, from L. lambere to lick +
      petra rock, stone. The lampreys are so called because they
      attach themselves with their circular mouths to rocks and
      stones, whence they are also called {rocksuckers}. See {Lap}
      to drink, {Petrify}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      An eel-like marsipobranch of the genus {Petromyzon}, and
      allied genera. The lampreys have a round, sucking mouth,
      without jaws, but set with numerous minute teeth, and one to
      three larger teeth on the palate (see Illust. of
      {Cyclostomi}). There are seven small branchial openings on
      each side. [Written also {lamper eel}, {lamprel}, and
      {lampron}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lamprel \Lam"prel\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      See {Lamprey}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lamprey \Lam"prey\, n.; pl. {Lampreys}. [OE. lampreie, F.
      lamproie, LL. lampreda, lampetra, from L. lambere to lick +
      petra rock, stone. The lampreys are so called because they
      attach themselves with their circular mouths to rocks and
      stones, whence they are also called {rocksuckers}. See {Lap}
      to drink, {Petrify}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      An eel-like marsipobranch of the genus {Petromyzon}, and
      allied genera. The lampreys have a round, sucking mouth,
      without jaws, but set with numerous minute teeth, and one to
      three larger teeth on the palate (see Illust. of
      {Cyclostomi}). There are seven small branchial openings on
      each side. [Written also {lamper eel}, {lamprel}, and
      {lampron}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lamprey \Lam"prey\, n.; pl. {Lampreys}. [OE. lampreie, F.
      lamproie, LL. lampreda, lampetra, from L. lambere to lick +
      petra rock, stone. The lampreys are so called because they
      attach themselves with their circular mouths to rocks and
      stones, whence they are also called {rocksuckers}. See {Lap}
      to drink, {Petrify}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      An eel-like marsipobranch of the genus {Petromyzon}, and
      allied genera. The lampreys have a round, sucking mouth,
      without jaws, but set with numerous minute teeth, and one to
      three larger teeth on the palate (see Illust. of
      {Cyclostomi}). There are seven small branchial openings on
      each side. [Written also {lamper eel}, {lamprel}, and
      {lampron}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lamprey \Lam"prey\, n.; pl. {Lampreys}. [OE. lampreie, F.
      lamproie, LL. lampreda, lampetra, from L. lambere to lick +
      petra rock, stone. The lampreys are so called because they
      attach themselves with their circular mouths to rocks and
      stones, whence they are also called {rocksuckers}. See {Lap}
      to drink, {Petrify}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      An eel-like marsipobranch of the genus {Petromyzon}, and
      allied genera. The lampreys have a round, sucking mouth,
      without jaws, but set with numerous minute teeth, and one to
      three larger teeth on the palate (see Illust. of
      {Cyclostomi}). There are seven small branchial openings on
      each side. [Written also {lamper eel}, {lamprel}, and
      {lampron}.]

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   Opah \O"pah\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A large oceanic fish ({Lampris quttatus}), inhabiting the
      Atlantic Ocean. It is remarkable for its brilliant colors,
      which are red, green, and blue, with tints of purple and
      gold, covered with round silvery spots. Called also {king of
      the herrings}.

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   Lampron \Lam"pron\, n. [Cf. OE. lampreon. See {Lamprey}.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      See {Lamprey}.

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   Lamprey \Lam"prey\, n.; pl. {Lampreys}. [OE. lampreie, F.
      lamproie, LL. lampreda, lampetra, from L. lambere to lick +
      petra rock, stone. The lampreys are so called because they
      attach themselves with their circular mouths to rocks and
      stones, whence they are also called {rocksuckers}. See {Lap}
      to drink, {Petrify}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      An eel-like marsipobranch of the genus {Petromyzon}, and
      allied genera. The lampreys have a round, sucking mouth,
      without jaws, but set with numerous minute teeth, and one to
      three larger teeth on the palate (see Illust. of
      {Cyclostomi}). There are seven small branchial openings on
      each side. [Written also {lamper eel}, {lamprel}, and
      {lampron}.]

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   Lampron \Lam"pron\, n. [Cf. OE. lampreon. See {Lamprey}.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      See {Lamprey}.

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   Lamprey \Lam"prey\, n.; pl. {Lampreys}. [OE. lampreie, F.
      lamproie, LL. lampreda, lampetra, from L. lambere to lick +
      petra rock, stone. The lampreys are so called because they
      attach themselves with their circular mouths to rocks and
      stones, whence they are also called {rocksuckers}. See {Lap}
      to drink, {Petrify}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      An eel-like marsipobranch of the genus {Petromyzon}, and
      allied genera. The lampreys have a round, sucking mouth,
      without jaws, but set with numerous minute teeth, and one to
      three larger teeth on the palate (see Illust. of
      {Cyclostomi}). There are seven small branchial openings on
      each side. [Written also {lamper eel}, {lamprel}, and
      {lampron}.]

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   Lampyrine \Lam*py"rine\, n. [See {Lampyris}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      An insect of the genus Lampyris, or family {Lampyrid[91]}.
      See {Lampyris}.

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   Laniferous \La*nif"er*ous\, n. [L. lanifer; lana wool + ferre to
      bear: cf. F. lanif[8a]re.]
      Bearing or producing wool.

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   Limber \Lim"ber\ (l[icr]m"b[etil]r), n. [For limmer, Icel. limar
      branches, boughs, pl. of lim; akin to E. limb. See {Limb} a
      branch.]
      1. pl. The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage. [Prov.
            Eng.]
  
      2. (Mil.) The detachable fore part of a gun carriage,
            consisting of two wheels, an axle, and a shaft to which
            the horses are attached. On top is an ammunition box upon
            which the cannoneers sit.
  
      3. pl. (Naut.) Gutters or conduits on each side of the
            keelson to afford a passage for water to the pump well.
  
      {Limber boards} (Naut.), short pieces of plank forming part
            of the lining of a ship's floor immediately above the
            timbers, so as to prevent the limbers from becoming
            clogged.
  
      {Limber box [or] chest} (Mil.), a box on the limber for
            carrying ammunition.
  
      {Limber rope}, {Limber chain}, [or] {Limber clearer} (Naut.),
            a rope or chain passing through the limbers of a ship, by
            which they may be cleared of dirt that chokes them.
            --Totten.
  
      {Limber strake} (Shipbuilding), the first course of inside
            planking next the keelson.

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   Limber \Lim"ber\, v. t.
      To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant.
      --Richardson.

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   Limber \Lim"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Limbered} (-b[etil]rd);
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Limbering}.] (Mil.)
      To attach to the limber; as, to limber a gun.
  
      {To limber up}, to change a gun carriage into a four-wheeled
            vehicle by attaching the limber.

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   Limber \Lim"ber\, a. [Akin to limp, a. [root]125. See {Limp},
      a.]
      Easily bent; flexible; pliant; yielding. --Milton.
  
               The bargeman that doth row with long and limber oar.
                                                                              --Turbervile.

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   Limber \Lim"ber\ (l[icr]m"b[etil]r), n. [For limmer, Icel. limar
      branches, boughs, pl. of lim; akin to E. limb. See {Limb} a
      branch.]
      1. pl. The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage. [Prov.
            Eng.]
  
      2. (Mil.) The detachable fore part of a gun carriage,
            consisting of two wheels, an axle, and a shaft to which
            the horses are attached. On top is an ammunition box upon
            which the cannoneers sit.
  
      3. pl. (Naut.) Gutters or conduits on each side of the
            keelson to afford a passage for water to the pump well.
  
      {Limber boards} (Naut.), short pieces of plank forming part
            of the lining of a ship's floor immediately above the
            timbers, so as to prevent the limbers from becoming
            clogged.
  
      {Limber box [or] chest} (Mil.), a box on the limber for
            carrying ammunition.
  
      {Limber rope}, {Limber chain}, [or] {Limber clearer} (Naut.),
            a rope or chain passing through the limbers of a ship, by
            which they may be cleared of dirt that chokes them.
            --Totten.
  
      {Limber strake} (Shipbuilding), the first course of inside
            planking next the keelson.

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   Limber \Lim"ber\ (l[icr]m"b[etil]r), n. [For limmer, Icel. limar
      branches, boughs, pl. of lim; akin to E. limb. See {Limb} a
      branch.]
      1. pl. The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage. [Prov.
            Eng.]
  
      2. (Mil.) The detachable fore part of a gun carriage,
            consisting of two wheels, an axle, and a shaft to which
            the horses are attached. On top is an ammunition box upon
            which the cannoneers sit.
  
      3. pl. (Naut.) Gutters or conduits on each side of the
            keelson to afford a passage for water to the pump well.
  
      {Limber boards} (Naut.), short pieces of plank forming part
            of the lining of a ship's floor immediately above the
            timbers, so as to prevent the limbers from becoming
            clogged.
  
      {Limber box [or] chest} (Mil.), a box on the limber for
            carrying ammunition.
  
      {Limber rope}, {Limber chain}, [or] {Limber clearer} (Naut.),
            a rope or chain passing through the limbers of a ship, by
            which they may be cleared of dirt that chokes them.
            --Totten.
  
      {Limber strake} (Shipbuilding), the first course of inside
            planking next the keelson.

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   Limber \Lim"ber\ (l[icr]m"b[etil]r), n. [For limmer, Icel. limar
      branches, boughs, pl. of lim; akin to E. limb. See {Limb} a
      branch.]
      1. pl. The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage. [Prov.
            Eng.]
  
      2. (Mil.) The detachable fore part of a gun carriage,
            consisting of two wheels, an axle, and a shaft to which
            the horses are attached. On top is an ammunition box upon
            which the cannoneers sit.
  
      3. pl. (Naut.) Gutters or conduits on each side of the
            keelson to afford a passage for water to the pump well.
  
      {Limber boards} (Naut.), short pieces of plank forming part
            of the lining of a ship's floor immediately above the
            timbers, so as to prevent the limbers from becoming
            clogged.
  
      {Limber box [or] chest} (Mil.), a box on the limber for
            carrying ammunition.
  
      {Limber rope}, {Limber chain}, [or] {Limber clearer} (Naut.),
            a rope or chain passing through the limbers of a ship, by
            which they may be cleared of dirt that chokes them.
            --Totten.
  
      {Limber strake} (Shipbuilding), the first course of inside
            planking next the keelson.

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   Limber \Lim"ber\ (l[icr]m"b[etil]r), n. [For limmer, Icel. limar
      branches, boughs, pl. of lim; akin to E. limb. See {Limb} a
      branch.]
      1. pl. The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage. [Prov.
            Eng.]
  
      2. (Mil.) The detachable fore part of a gun carriage,
            consisting of two wheels, an axle, and a shaft to which
            the horses are attached. On top is an ammunition box upon
            which the cannoneers sit.
  
      3. pl. (Naut.) Gutters or conduits on each side of the
            keelson to afford a passage for water to the pump well.
  
      {Limber boards} (Naut.), short pieces of plank forming part
            of the lining of a ship's floor immediately above the
            timbers, so as to prevent the limbers from becoming
            clogged.
  
      {Limber box [or] chest} (Mil.), a box on the limber for
            carrying ammunition.
  
      {Limber rope}, {Limber chain}, [or] {Limber clearer} (Naut.),
            a rope or chain passing through the limbers of a ship, by
            which they may be cleared of dirt that chokes them.
            --Totten.
  
      {Limber strake} (Shipbuilding), the first course of inside
            planking next the keelson.

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   Limber \Lim"ber\ (l[icr]m"b[etil]r), n. [For limmer, Icel. limar
      branches, boughs, pl. of lim; akin to E. limb. See {Limb} a
      branch.]
      1. pl. The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage. [Prov.
            Eng.]
  
      2. (Mil.) The detachable fore part of a gun carriage,
            consisting of two wheels, an axle, and a shaft to which
            the horses are attached. On top is an ammunition box upon
            which the cannoneers sit.
  
      3. pl. (Naut.) Gutters or conduits on each side of the
            keelson to afford a passage for water to the pump well.
  
      {Limber boards} (Naut.), short pieces of plank forming part
            of the lining of a ship's floor immediately above the
            timbers, so as to prevent the limbers from becoming
            clogged.
  
      {Limber box [or] chest} (Mil.), a box on the limber for
            carrying ammunition.
  
      {Limber rope}, {Limber chain}, [or] {Limber clearer} (Naut.),
            a rope or chain passing through the limbers of a ship, by
            which they may be cleared of dirt that chokes them.
            --Totten.
  
      {Limber strake} (Shipbuilding), the first course of inside
            planking next the keelson.

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   Limber \Lim"ber\ (l[icr]m"b[etil]r), n. [For limmer, Icel. limar
      branches, boughs, pl. of lim; akin to E. limb. See {Limb} a
      branch.]
      1. pl. The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage. [Prov.
            Eng.]
  
      2. (Mil.) The detachable fore part of a gun carriage,
            consisting of two wheels, an axle, and a shaft to which
            the horses are attached. On top is an ammunition box upon
            which the cannoneers sit.
  
      3. pl. (Naut.) Gutters or conduits on each side of the
            keelson to afford a passage for water to the pump well.
  
      {Limber boards} (Naut.), short pieces of plank forming part
            of the lining of a ship's floor immediately above the
            timbers, so as to prevent the limbers from becoming
            clogged.
  
      {Limber box [or] chest} (Mil.), a box on the limber for
            carrying ammunition.
  
      {Limber rope}, {Limber chain}, [or] {Limber clearer} (Naut.),
            a rope or chain passing through the limbers of a ship, by
            which they may be cleared of dirt that chokes them.
            --Totten.
  
      {Limber strake} (Shipbuilding), the first course of inside
            planking next the keelson.

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   Limber \Lim"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Limbered} (-b[etil]rd);
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Limbering}.] (Mil.)
      To attach to the limber; as, to limber a gun.
  
      {To limber up}, to change a gun carriage into a four-wheeled
            vehicle by attaching the limber.

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   Limber \Lim"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Limbered} (-b[etil]rd);
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Limbering}.] (Mil.)
      To attach to the limber; as, to limber a gun.
  
      {To limber up}, to change a gun carriage into a four-wheeled
            vehicle by attaching the limber.

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   Limberness \Lim"ber*ness\, n.
      The quality or state of being limber; flexibleness. --Boyle.

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   Limburg cheese \Lim"burg cheese\, Limburger \Lim"burg*er\, n.,
   Limburger cheese \Lim"burg*er cheese\
      A soft cheese made in the Belgian province of Limburg
      (Limbourg), and usually not eaten until the curing has
      developed a peculiar and, to most people, unpleasant odor.

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   Limburg cheese \Lim"burg cheese\, Limburger \Lim"burg*er\, n.,
   Limburger cheese \Lim"burg*er cheese\
      A soft cheese made in the Belgian province of Limburg
      (Limbourg), and usually not eaten until the curing has
      developed a peculiar and, to most people, unpleasant odor.

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   Limburg cheese \Lim"burg cheese\, Limburger \Lim"burg*er\, n.,
   Limburger cheese \Lim"burg*er cheese\
      A soft cheese made in the Belgian province of Limburg
      (Limbourg), and usually not eaten until the curing has
      developed a peculiar and, to most people, unpleasant odor.

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      {Lime burner}, one who burns limestone, shells, etc., to make
            lime.
  
      {Lime light}. See {Calcium light}, under {Calcium}.

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   Limper \Limp"er\ (-[etil]r), n.
      One who limps.

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   Line \Line\, n. [OE. line, AS. l[c6]ne cable, hawser, prob. from
      L. linea a linen thread, string, line, fr. linum flax,
      thread, linen, cable; but the English word was influenced by
      F. ligne line, from the same L. word linea. See {Linen}.]
      1. A linen thread or string; a slender, strong cord; also, a
            cord of any thickness; a rope; a hawser; as, a fishing
            line; a line for snaring birds; a clothesline; a towline.
  
                     Who so layeth lines for to latch fowls. --Piers
                                                                              Plowman.
  
      2. A more or less threadlike mark of pen, pencil, or graver;
            any long mark; as, a chalk line.
  
      3. The course followed by anything in motion; hence, a road
            or route; as, the arrow descended in a curved line; the
            place is remote from lines of travel.
  
      4. Direction; as, the line of sight or vision.
  
      5. A row of letters, words, etc., written or printed; esp., a
            row of words extending across a page or column.
  
      6. A short letter; a note; as, a line from a friend.
  
      7. (Poet.) A verse, or the words which form a certain number
            of feet, according to the measure.
  
                     In the preceding line Ulysses speaks of Nausicaa.
                                                                              --Broome.
  
      8. Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method
            of argument; department of industry, trade, or
            intellectual activity.
  
                     He is uncommonly powerful in his own line, but it is
                     not the line of a first-rate man.      --Coleridge.
  
      9. (Math.) That which has length, but not breadth or
            thickness.
  
      10. The exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory;
            boundary; contour; outline.
  
                     Eden stretched her line From Auran eastward to the
                     royal towers Of great Seleucia.         --Milton.
  
      11. A threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence,
            characteristic mark.
  
                     Though on his brow were graven lines austere.
                                                                              --Byron.
  
                     He tipples palmistry, and dines On all her
                     fortune-telling lines.                     --Cleveland.
  
      12. Lineament; feature; figure. [bd]The lines of my boy's
            face.[b8] --Shak.
  
      13. A straight row; a continued series or rank; as, a line of
            houses, or of soldiers; a line of barriers.
  
                     Unite thy forces and attack their lines. --Dryden.
  
      14. A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a
            given person; a family or race; as, the ascending or
            descending line; the line of descent; the male line; a
            line of kings.
  
                     Of his lineage am I, and his offspring By very
                     line, as of the stock real.               --Chaucer.
  
      15. A connected series of public conveyances, and hence, an
            established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.;
            as, a line of stages; an express line.
  
      16. (Geog.)
            (a) A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented
                  on a map.
            (b) The equator; -- usually called {the line}, or
                  {equinoctial line}; as, to cross the line.
  
      17. A long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked
            with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a
            tapeline.
  
      18. (Script.)
            (a) A measuring line or cord.
  
                           He marketh it out with a line.   --Is. xliv.
                                                                              13.
            (b) That which was measured by a line, as a field or any
                  piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of
                  abode.
  
                           The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant
                           places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. --Ps.
                                                                              xvi. 6.
            (c) Instruction; doctrine.
  
                           Their line is gone out through all the earth.
                                                                              --Ps. xix. 4.
  
      19. (Mach.) The proper relative position or adjustment of
            parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference
            to smooth working; as, the engine is in line or out of
            line.
  
      20. The track and roadbed of a railway; railroad.
  
      21. (Mil.)
            (a) A row of men who are abreast of one another, whether
                  side by side or some distance apart; -- opposed to
                  {column}.
            (b) The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished
                  from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry,
                  artillery, etc.
  
      22. (Fort.)
            (a) A trench or rampart.
            (b) pl. Dispositions made to cover extended positions,
                  and presenting a front in but one direction to an
                  enemy.
  
      23. pl. (Shipbuilding) Form of a vessel as shown by the
            outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections.
  
      24. (Mus.) One of the straight horizontal and parallel
            prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are
            placed.
  
      25. (Stock Exchange) A number of shares taken by a jobber.
  
      26. (Trade) A series of various qualities and values of the
            same general class of articles; as, a full line of
            hosiery; a line of merinos, etc. --McElrath.
  
      27. The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another,
            or the whole of a system of telegraph wires under one
            management and name.
  
      28. pl. The reins with which a horse is guided by his driver.
            [U. S.]
  
      29. A measure of length; one twelfth of an inch.
  
      {Hard lines}, hard lot. --C. Kingsley. [See Def. 18.]
  
      {Line breeding} (Stockbreeding), breeding by a certain family
            line of descent, especially in the selection of the dam or
            mother.
  
      {Line conch} (Zo[94]l.), a spiral marine shell ({Fasciolaria
            distans}), of Florida and the West Indies. It is marked by
            narrow, dark, revolving lines.
  
      {Line engraving}.
            (a) Engraving in which the effects are produced by lines
                  of different width and closeness, cut with the burin
                  upon copper or similar material; also, a plate so
                  engraved.
            (b) A picture produced by printing from such an
                  engraving.
  
      {Line of battle}.
            (a) (Mil. Tactics) The position of troops drawn up in
                  their usual order without any determined maneuver.
            (b) (Naval) The line or arrangement formed by vessels of
                  war in an engagement.
  
      {Line of battle ship}. See {Ship of the line}, below.
  
      {Line of beauty} (Fine Arts),an abstract line supposed to be
            beautiful in itself and absolutely; -- differently
            represented by different authors, often as a kind of
            elongated S (like the one drawn by Hogarth).
  
      {Line of centers}. (Mach.)
            (a) A line joining two centers, or fulcra, as of wheels
                  or levers.
            (b) A line which determines a dead center. See {Dead
                  center}, under {Dead}.
  
      {Line of dip} (Geol.), a line in the plane of a stratum, or
            part of a stratum, perpendicular to its intersection with
            a horizontal plane; the line of greatest inclination of a
            stratum to the horizon.
  
      {Line of fire} (Mil.), the direction of fire.
  
      {Line of force} (Physics), any line in a space in which
            forces are acting, so drawn that at every point of the
            line its tangent is the direction of the resultant of all
            the forces. It cuts at right angles every equipotential
            surface which it meets. Specifically (Magnetism), a line
            in proximity to a magnet so drawn that any point in it is
            tangential with the direction of a short compass needle
            held at that point. --Faraday.
  
      {Line of life} (Palmistry), a line on the inside of the hand,
            curving about the base of the thumb, supposed to indicate,
            by its form or position, the length of a person's life.
  
      {Line of lines}. See {Gunter's line}.
  
      {Line of march}. (Mil.)
            (a) Arrangement of troops for marching.
            (b) Course or direction taken by an army or body of
                  troops in marching.
  
      {Line of operations}, that portion of a theater of war which
            an army passes over in attaining its object. --H. W.
            Halleck.
  
      {Line of sight} (Firearms), the line which passes through the
            front and rear sight, at any elevation, when they are
            sighted at an object.
  
      {Line tub} (Naut.), a tub in which the line carried by a
            whaleboat is coiled.
  
      {Mason and Dixon's line}

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   Line \Line\, n. [OE. line, AS. l[c6]ne cable, hawser, prob. from
      L. linea a linen thread, string, line, fr. linum flax,
      thread, linen, cable; but the English word was influenced by
      F. ligne line, from the same L. word linea. See {Linen}.]
      1. A linen thread or string; a slender, strong cord; also, a
            cord of any thickness; a rope; a hawser; as, a fishing
            line; a line for snaring birds; a clothesline; a towline.
  
                     Who so layeth lines for to latch fowls. --Piers
                                                                              Plowman.
  
      2. A more or less threadlike mark of pen, pencil, or graver;
            any long mark; as, a chalk line.
  
      3. The course followed by anything in motion; hence, a road
            or route; as, the arrow descended in a curved line; the
            place is remote from lines of travel.
  
      4. Direction; as, the line of sight or vision.
  
      5. A row of letters, words, etc., written or printed; esp., a
            row of words extending across a page or column.
  
      6. A short letter; a note; as, a line from a friend.
  
      7. (Poet.) A verse, or the words which form a certain number
            of feet, according to the measure.
  
                     In the preceding line Ulysses speaks of Nausicaa.
                                                                              --Broome.
  
      8. Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method
            of argument; department of industry, trade, or
            intellectual activity.
  
                     He is uncommonly powerful in his own line, but it is
                     not the line of a first-rate man.      --Coleridge.
  
      9. (Math.) That which has length, but not breadth or
            thickness.
  
      10. The exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory;
            boundary; contour; outline.
  
                     Eden stretched her line From Auran eastward to the
                     royal towers Of great Seleucia.         --Milton.
  
      11. A threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence,
            characteristic mark.
  
                     Though on his brow were graven lines austere.
                                                                              --Byron.
  
                     He tipples palmistry, and dines On all her
                     fortune-telling lines.                     --Cleveland.
  
      12. Lineament; feature; figure. [bd]The lines of my boy's
            face.[b8] --Shak.
  
      13. A straight row; a continued series or rank; as, a line of
            houses, or of soldiers; a line of barriers.
  
                     Unite thy forces and attack their lines. --Dryden.
  
      14. A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a
            given person; a family or race; as, the ascending or
            descending line; the line of descent; the male line; a
            line of kings.
  
                     Of his lineage am I, and his offspring By very
                     line, as of the stock real.               --Chaucer.
  
      15. A connected series of public conveyances, and hence, an
            established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.;
            as, a line of stages; an express line.
  
      16. (Geog.)
            (a) A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented
                  on a map.
            (b) The equator; -- usually called {the line}, or
                  {equinoctial line}; as, to cross the line.
  
      17. A long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked
            with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a
            tapeline.
  
      18. (Script.)
            (a) A measuring line or cord.
  
                           He marketh it out with a line.   --Is. xliv.
                                                                              13.
            (b) That which was measured by a line, as a field or any
                  piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of
                  abode.
  
                           The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant
                           places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. --Ps.
                                                                              xvi. 6.
            (c) Instruction; doctrine.
  
                           Their line is gone out through all the earth.
                                                                              --Ps. xix. 4.
  
      19. (Mach.) The proper relative position or adjustment of
            parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference
            to smooth working; as, the engine is in line or out of
            line.
  
      20. The track and roadbed of a railway; railroad.
  
      21. (Mil.)
            (a) A row of men who are abreast of one another, whether
                  side by side or some distance apart; -- opposed to
                  {column}.
            (b) The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished
                  from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry,
                  artillery, etc.
  
      22. (Fort.)
            (a) A trench or rampart.
            (b) pl. Dispositions made to cover extended positions,
                  and presenting a front in but one direction to an
                  enemy.
  
      23. pl. (Shipbuilding) Form of a vessel as shown by the
            outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections.
  
      24. (Mus.) One of the straight horizontal and parallel
            prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are
            placed.
  
      25. (Stock Exchange) A number of shares taken by a jobber.
  
      26. (Trade) A series of various qualities and values of the
            same general class of articles; as, a full line of
            hosiery; a line of merinos, etc. --McElrath.
  
      27. The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another,
            or the whole of a system of telegraph wires under one
            management and name.
  
      28. pl. The reins with which a horse is guided by his driver.
            [U. S.]
  
      29. A measure of length; one twelfth of an inch.
  
      {Hard lines}, hard lot. --C. Kingsley. [See Def. 18.]
  
      {Line breeding} (Stockbreeding), breeding by a certain family
            line of descent, especially in the selection of the dam or
            mother.
  
      {Line conch} (Zo[94]l.), a spiral marine shell ({Fasciolaria
            distans}), of Florida and the West Indies. It is marked by
            narrow, dark, revolving lines.
  
      {Line engraving}.
            (a) Engraving in which the effects are produced by lines
                  of different width and closeness, cut with the burin
                  upon copper or similar material; also, a plate so
                  engraved.
            (b) A picture produced by printing from such an
                  engraving.
  
      {Line of battle}.
            (a) (Mil. Tactics) The position of troops drawn up in
                  their usual order without any determined maneuver.
            (b) (Naval) The line or arrangement formed by vessels of
                  war in an engagement.
  
      {Line of battle ship}. See {Ship of the line}, below.
  
      {Line of beauty} (Fine Arts),an abstract line supposed to be
            beautiful in itself and absolutely; -- differently
            represented by different authors, often as a kind of
            elongated S (like the one drawn by Hogarth).
  
      {Line of centers}. (Mach.)
            (a) A line joining two centers, or fulcra, as of wheels
                  or levers.
            (b) A line which determines a dead center. See {Dead
                  center}, under {Dead}.
  
      {Line of dip} (Geol.), a line in the plane of a stratum, or
            part of a stratum, perpendicular to its intersection with
            a horizontal plane; the line of greatest inclination of a
            stratum to the horizon.
  
      {Line of fire} (Mil.), the direction of fire.
  
      {Line of force} (Physics), any line in a space in which
            forces are acting, so drawn that at every point of the
            line its tangent is the direction of the resultant of all
            the forces. It cuts at right angles every equipotential
            surface which it meets. Specifically (Magnetism), a line
            in proximity to a magnet so drawn that any point in it is
            tangential with the direction of a short compass needle
            held at that point. --Faraday.
  
      {Line of life} (Palmistry), a line on the inside of the hand,
            curving about the base of the thumb, supposed to indicate,
            by its form or position, the length of a person's life.
  
      {Line of lines}. See {Gunter's line}.
  
      {Line of march}. (Mil.)
            (a) Arrangement of troops for marching.
            (b) Course or direction taken by an army or body of
                  troops in marching.
  
      {Line of operations}, that portion of a theater of war which
            an army passes over in attaining its object. --H. W.
            Halleck.
  
      {Line of sight} (Firearms), the line which passes through the
            front and rear sight, at any elevation, when they are
            sighted at an object.
  
      {Line tub} (Naut.), a tub in which the line carried by a
            whaleboat is coiled.
  
      {Mason and Dixon's line}

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Line \Line\, n. [OE. line, AS. l[c6]ne cable, hawser, prob. from
      L. linea a linen thread, string, line, fr. linum flax,
      thread, linen, cable; but the English word was influenced by
      F. ligne line, from the same L. word linea. See {Linen}.]
      1. A linen thread or string; a slender, strong cord; also, a
            cord of any thickness; a rope; a hawser; as, a fishing
            line; a line for snaring birds; a clothesline; a towline.
  
                     Who so layeth lines for to latch fowls. --Piers
                                                                              Plowman.
  
      2. A more or less threadlike mark of pen, pencil, or graver;
            any long mark; as, a chalk line.
  
      3. The course followed by anything in motion; hence, a road
            or route; as, the arrow descended in a curved line; the
            place is remote from lines of travel.
  
      4. Direction; as, the line of sight or vision.
  
      5. A row of letters, words, etc., written or printed; esp., a
            row of words extending across a page or column.
  
      6. A short letter; a note; as, a line from a friend.
  
      7. (Poet.) A verse, or the words which form a certain number
            of feet, according to the measure.
  
                     In the preceding line Ulysses speaks of Nausicaa.
                                                                              --Broome.
  
      8. Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method
            of argument; department of industry, trade, or
            intellectual activity.
  
                     He is uncommonly powerful in his own line, but it is
                     not the line of a first-rate man.      --Coleridge.
  
      9. (Math.) That which has length, but not breadth or
            thickness.
  
      10. The exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory;
            boundary; contour; outline.
  
                     Eden stretched her line From Auran eastward to the
                     royal towers Of great Seleucia.         --Milton.
  
      11. A threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence,
            characteristic mark.
  
                     Though on his brow were graven lines austere.
                                                                              --Byron.
  
                     He tipples palmistry, and dines On all her
                     fortune-telling lines.                     --Cleveland.
  
      12. Lineament; feature; figure. [bd]The lines of my boy's
            face.[b8] --Shak.
  
      13. A straight row; a continued series or rank; as, a line of
            houses, or of soldiers; a line of barriers.
  
                     Unite thy forces and attack their lines. --Dryden.
  
      14. A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a
            given person; a family or race; as, the ascending or
            descending line; the line of descent; the male line; a
            line of kings.
  
                     Of his lineage am I, and his offspring By very
                     line, as of the stock real.               --Chaucer.
  
      15. A connected series of public conveyances, and hence, an
            established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.;
            as, a line of stages; an express line.
  
      16. (Geog.)
            (a) A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented
                  on a map.
            (b) The equator; -- usually called {the line}, or
                  {equinoctial line}; as, to cross the line.
  
      17. A long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked
            with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a
            tapeline.
  
      18. (Script.)
            (a) A measuring line or cord.
  
                           He marketh it out with a line.   --Is. xliv.
                                                                              13.
            (b) That which was measured by a line, as a field or any
                  piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of
                  abode.
  
                           The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant
                           places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. --Ps.
                                                                              xvi. 6.
            (c) Instruction; doctrine.
  
                           Their line is gone out through all the earth.
                                                                              --Ps. xix. 4.
  
      19. (Mach.) The proper relative position or adjustment of
            parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference
            to smooth working; as, the engine is in line or out of
            line.
  
      20. The track and roadbed of a railway; railroad.
  
      21. (Mil.)
            (a) A row of men who are abreast of one another, whether
                  side by side or some distance apart; -- opposed to
                  {column}.
            (b) The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished
                  from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry,
                  artillery, etc.
  
      22. (Fort.)
            (a) A trench or rampart.
            (b) pl. Dispositions made to cover extended positions,
                  and presenting a front in but one direction to an
                  enemy.
  
      23. pl. (Shipbuilding) Form of a vessel as shown by the
            outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections.
  
      24. (Mus.) One of the straight horizontal and parallel
            prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are
            placed.
  
      25. (Stock Exchange) A number of shares taken by a jobber.
  
      26. (Trade) A series of various qualities and values of the
            same general class of articles; as, a full line of
            hosiery; a line of merinos, etc. --McElrath.
  
      27. The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another,
            or the whole of a system of telegraph wires under one
            management and name.
  
      28. pl. The reins with which a horse is guided by his driver.
            [U. S.]
  
      29. A measure of length; one twelfth of an inch.
  
      {Hard lines}, hard lot. --C. Kingsley. [See Def. 18.]
  
      {Line breeding} (Stockbreeding), breeding by a certain family
            line of descent, especially in the selection of the dam or
            mother.
  
      {Line conch} (Zo[94]l.), a spiral marine shell ({Fasciolaria
            distans}), of Florida and the West Indies. It is marked by
            narrow, dark, revolving lines.
  
      {Line engraving}.
            (a) Engraving in which the effects are produced by lines
                  of different width and closeness, cut with the burin
                  upon copper or similar material; also, a plate so
                  engraved.
            (b) A picture produced by printing from such an
                  engraving.
  
      {Line of battle}.
            (a) (Mil. Tactics) The position of troops drawn up in
                  their usual order without any determined maneuver.
            (b) (Naval) The line or arrangement formed by vessels of
                  war in an engagement.
  
      {Line of battle ship}. See {Ship of the line}, below.
  
      {Line of beauty} (Fine Arts),an abstract line supposed to be
            beautiful in itself and absolutely; -- differently
            represented by different authors, often as a kind of
            elongated S (like the one drawn by Hogarth).
  
      {Line of centers}. (Mach.)
            (a) A line joining two centers, or fulcra, as of wheels
                  or levers.
            (b) A line which determines a dead center. See {Dead
                  center}, under {Dead}.
  
      {Line of dip} (Geol.), a line in the plane of a stratum, or
            part of a stratum, perpendicular to its intersection with
            a horizontal plane; the line of greatest inclination of a
            stratum to the horizon.
  
      {Line of fire} (Mil.), the direction of fire.
  
      {Line of force} (Physics), any line in a space in which
            forces are acting, so drawn that at every point of the
            line its tangent is the direction of the resultant of all
            the forces. It cuts at right angles every equipotential
            surface which it meets. Specifically (Magnetism), a line
            in proximity to a magnet so drawn that any point in it is
            tangential with the direction of a short compass needle
            held at that point. --Faraday.
  
      {Line of life} (Palmistry), a line on the inside of the hand,
            curving about the base of the thumb, supposed to indicate,
            by its form or position, the length of a person's life.
  
      {Line of lines}. See {Gunter's line}.
  
      {Line of march}. (Mil.)
            (a) Arrangement of troops for marching.
            (b) Course or direction taken by an army or body of
                  troops in marching.
  
      {Line of operations}, that portion of a theater of war which
            an army passes over in attaining its object. --H. W.
            Halleck.
  
      {Line of sight} (Firearms), the line which passes through the
            front and rear sight, at any elevation, when they are
            sighted at an object.
  
      {Line tub} (Naut.), a tub in which the line carried by a
            whaleboat is coiled.
  
      {Mason and Dixon's line}

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Twin \Twin\, a. [OE. twin double, AS. getwinne two and two, pl.,
      twins; akin to D. tweeling a twin, G. zwilling, OHG.
      zwiniling, Icel. tvennr, tvinnr, two and two, twin, and to
      AS. twi- two. See {Twice}, {Two}.]
      1. Being one of two born at a birth; as, a twin brother or
            sister.
  
      2. Being one of a pair much resembling one another; standing
            the relation of a twin to something else; -- often
            followed by to or with. --Shak.
  
      3. (Bot.) Double; consisting of two similar and corresponding
            parts.
  
      4. (Crystallog.) Composed of parts united according to some
            definite law of twinning. See {Twin}, n., 4.
  
      {Twin boat}, [or] {Twin ship} (Naut.), a vessel whose deck
            and upper works rest on two parallel hulls.
  
      {Twin crystal}. See {Twin}, n., 4.
  
      {Twin flower} (Bot.), a delicate evergreen plant ({Linn[91]a
            borealis}) of northern climates, which has pretty,
            fragrant, pendulous flowers borne in pairs on a slender
            stalk.
  
      {Twin-screw steamer}, a steam vessel propelled by two screws,
            one on either side of the plane of the keel.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lombard \Lom"bard\, a.
      Of or pertaining to Lombardy, or the inhabitants of Lombardy.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lombard \Lom"bard\, n. [F. lombard, fr. the Longobardi or
      Langobardi, i. e., Longbeards, a people of Northern Germany,
      west of the Elbe, and afterward in Northern Italy. See
      {Long}, and {Beard}, and cf. {Lumber}.]
      1. A native or inhabitant of Lombardy.
  
      2. A money lender or banker; -- so called because the
            business of banking was first carried on in London by
            Lombards.
  
      3. Same as {Lombard-house}.
  
                     A Lombard unto this day signifying a bank for usury
                     or pawns.                                          --Fuller.
  
      4. (Mil.) A form of cannon formerly in use. --Prescott.
  
      {Lombard Street}, the principal street in London for banks
            and the offices of note brokers; hence, the money market
            and interest of London.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lombard \Lom"bard\, n. [F. lombard, fr. the Longobardi or
      Langobardi, i. e., Longbeards, a people of Northern Germany,
      west of the Elbe, and afterward in Northern Italy. See
      {Long}, and {Beard}, and cf. {Lumber}.]
      1. A native or inhabitant of Lombardy.
  
      2. A money lender or banker; -- so called because the
            business of banking was first carried on in London by
            Lombards.
  
      3. Same as {Lombard-house}.
  
                     A Lombard unto this day signifying a bank for usury
                     or pawns.                                          --Fuller.
  
      4. (Mil.) A form of cannon formerly in use. --Prescott.
  
      {Lombard Street}, the principal street in London for banks
            and the offices of note brokers; hence, the money market
            and interest of London.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lombardeer \Lom`bard*eer"\ (?; 277), n.
      A pawnbroker. [Obs.] --Howell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lombard-house \Lom"bard-house\, Lombar-house \Lom"bar-house`\,
      [F. or D. lombard. See {Lombard}, n.]
      1. A bank or a pawnbroker's shop.
  
      2. A public institution for lending money to the poor at a
            moderate interest, upon articles deposited and pledged; --
            called also {mont de pi[82]t[82]}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lombardic \Lom*bar"dic\, a.
      Of or pertaining to Lombardy of the Lombards.
  
      {Lombardic alphabet}, the ancient alphabet derived from the
            Roman, and employed in the manuscript of Italy.
  
      {Lombardic architecture}, the debased Roman style of
            architecture as found in parts of Northern Italy. --F. G.
            Lee.
  
      {Lombardy poplar}. (Bot.) See {Poplar}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lombardic \Lom*bar"dic\, a.
      Of or pertaining to Lombardy of the Lombards.
  
      {Lombardic alphabet}, the ancient alphabet derived from the
            Roman, and employed in the manuscript of Italy.
  
      {Lombardic architecture}, the debased Roman style of
            architecture as found in parts of Northern Italy. --F. G.
            Lee.
  
      {Lombardy poplar}. (Bot.) See {Poplar}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lombardic \Lom*bar"dic\, a.
      Of or pertaining to Lombardy of the Lombards.
  
      {Lombardic alphabet}, the ancient alphabet derived from the
            Roman, and employed in the manuscript of Italy.
  
      {Lombardic architecture}, the debased Roman style of
            architecture as found in parts of Northern Italy. --F. G.
            Lee.
  
      {Lombardy poplar}. (Bot.) See {Poplar}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lombardic \Lom*bar"dic\, a.
      Of or pertaining to Lombardy of the Lombards.
  
      {Lombardic alphabet}, the ancient alphabet derived from the
            Roman, and employed in the manuscript of Italy.
  
      {Lombardic architecture}, the debased Roman style of
            architecture as found in parts of Northern Italy. --F. G.
            Lee.
  
      {Lombardy poplar}. (Bot.) See {Poplar}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lombard-house \Lom"bard-house\, Lombar-house \Lom"bar-house`\,
      [F. or D. lombard. See {Lombard}, n.]
      1. A bank or a pawnbroker's shop.
  
      2. A public institution for lending money to the poor at a
            moderate interest, upon articles deposited and pledged; --
            called also {mont de pi[82]t[82]}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lumbar \Lum"bar\, Lumbal \Lum"bal\, a. [L. lumbus loin. See
      {Loin}.] (Anat.)
      Of, pertaining to, or near, the loins; as, the lumbar
      arteries.
  
      {Lumbar region} (Anat.), the region of the loin;
            specifically, a region between the hypochondriac and ilias
            regions, and outside of the umbilical region.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lumbar \Lum"bar\, Lumbal \Lum"bal\, a. [L. lumbus loin. See
      {Loin}.] (Anat.)
      Of, pertaining to, or near, the loins; as, the lumbar
      arteries.
  
      {Lumbar region} (Anat.), the region of the loin;
            specifically, a region between the hypochondriac and ilias
            regions, and outside of the umbilical region.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lumber \Lum"ber\, b. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lumbered}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Lumbering}.]
      1. To heap together in disorder. [bd] Stuff lumbered
            together.[b8] --Rymer.
  
      2. To fill or encumber with lumber; as, to lumber up a room.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lumber \Lum"ber\, v. i.
      1. To move heavily, as if burdened.
  
      2. [Cf. dial. Sw. lomra to resound.] To make a sound as if
            moving heavily or clumsily; to rumble. --Cowper.
  
      3. To cut logs in the forest, or prepare timber for market.
            [U.S.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lumber \Lum"ber\, n. [Prob. fr. Lombard, the Lombards being the
      money lenders and pawnbrokers of the Middle Ages. A lumber
      room was, according to Trench, originally a Lombard room, or
      room where the Lombard pawnbroker stored his pledges. See
      {Lombard}.]
      1. A pawnbroker's shop, or room for storing articles put in
            pawn; hence, a pledge, or pawn. [Obs.]
  
                     They put all the little plate they had in the
                     lumber, which is pawning it, till the ships came.
                                                                              --Lady Murray.
  
      2. Old or refuse household stuff; things cumbrous, or bulky
            and useless, or of small value.
  
      3. Timber sawed or split into the form of beams, joists,
            boards, planks, staves, hoops, etc.; esp., that which is
            smaller than heavy timber. [U.S.]
  
      {Lumber kiln}, a room in which timber or lumber is dried by
            artificial heat. [U.S.]
  
      {Lumber room}, a room in which unused furniture or other
            lumber is kept. [U.S.]
  
      {Lumber wagon}, a heavy rough wagon, without springs, used
            for general farmwork, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lumber \Lum"ber\, n. [Prob. fr. Lombard, the Lombards being the
      money lenders and pawnbrokers of the Middle Ages. A lumber
      room was, according to Trench, originally a Lombard room, or
      room where the Lombard pawnbroker stored his pledges. See
      {Lombard}.]
      1. A pawnbroker's shop, or room for storing articles put in
            pawn; hence, a pledge, or pawn. [Obs.]
  
                     They put all the little plate they had in the
                     lumber, which is pawning it, till the ships came.
                                                                              --Lady Murray.
  
      2. Old or refuse household stuff; things cumbrous, or bulky
            and useless, or of small value.
  
      3. Timber sawed or split into the form of beams, joists,
            boards, planks, staves, hoops, etc.; esp., that which is
            smaller than heavy timber. [U.S.]
  
      {Lumber kiln}, a room in which timber or lumber is dried by
            artificial heat. [U.S.]
  
      {Lumber room}, a room in which unused furniture or other
            lumber is kept. [U.S.]
  
      {Lumber wagon}, a heavy rough wagon, without springs, used
            for general farmwork, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lumber \Lum"ber\, n. [Prob. fr. Lombard, the Lombards being the
      money lenders and pawnbrokers of the Middle Ages. A lumber
      room was, according to Trench, originally a Lombard room, or
      room where the Lombard pawnbroker stored his pledges. See
      {Lombard}.]
      1. A pawnbroker's shop, or room for storing articles put in
            pawn; hence, a pledge, or pawn. [Obs.]
  
                     They put all the little plate they had in the
                     lumber, which is pawning it, till the ships came.
                                                                              --Lady Murray.
  
      2. Old or refuse household stuff; things cumbrous, or bulky
            and useless, or of small value.
  
      3. Timber sawed or split into the form of beams, joists,
            boards, planks, staves, hoops, etc.; esp., that which is
            smaller than heavy timber. [U.S.]
  
      {Lumber kiln}, a room in which timber or lumber is dried by
            artificial heat. [U.S.]
  
      {Lumber room}, a room in which unused furniture or other
            lumber is kept. [U.S.]
  
      {Lumber wagon}, a heavy rough wagon, without springs, used
            for general farmwork, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lumber State \Lum"ber State\
      Maine; -- a nickname.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lumber \Lum"ber\, n. [Prob. fr. Lombard, the Lombards being the
      money lenders and pawnbrokers of the Middle Ages. A lumber
      room was, according to Trench, originally a Lombard room, or
      room where the Lombard pawnbroker stored his pledges. See
      {Lombard}.]
      1. A pawnbroker's shop, or room for storing articles put in
            pawn; hence, a pledge, or pawn. [Obs.]
  
                     They put all the little plate they had in the
                     lumber, which is pawning it, till the ships came.
                                                                              --Lady Murray.
  
      2. Old or refuse household stuff; things cumbrous, or bulky
            and useless, or of small value.
  
      3. Timber sawed or split into the form of beams, joists,
            boards, planks, staves, hoops, etc.; esp., that which is
            smaller than heavy timber. [U.S.]
  
      {Lumber kiln}, a room in which timber or lumber is dried by
            artificial heat. [U.S.]
  
      {Lumber room}, a room in which unused furniture or other
            lumber is kept. [U.S.]
  
      {Lumber wagon}, a heavy rough wagon, without springs, used
            for general farmwork, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lumber \Lum"ber\, b. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lumbered}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Lumbering}.]
      1. To heap together in disorder. [bd] Stuff lumbered
            together.[b8] --Rymer.
  
      2. To fill or encumber with lumber; as, to lumber up a room.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lumberer \Lum"ber*er\, n.
      One employed in lumbering, cutting, and getting logs from the
      forest for lumber; a lumberman. [U.S.]
  
               Lumberers have a notion that he (the woodpecker) is
               harmful to timber.                                 --Lowell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lumber \Lum"ber\, b. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lumbered}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Lumbering}.]
      1. To heap together in disorder. [bd] Stuff lumbered
            together.[b8] --Rymer.
  
      2. To fill or encumber with lumber; as, to lumber up a room.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lumbering \Lum"ber*ing\, n.
      The business of cutting or getting timber or logs from the
      forest for lumber. [U.S.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lumberman \Lum"ber*man\, n.; pl. {Lumbermen}.
      One who is engaged in lumbering as a business or employment.
      [U.S.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lumberman \Lum"ber*man\, n.; pl. {Lumbermen}.
      One who is engaged in lumbering as a business or employment.
      [U.S.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lumbric \Lum"bric\, n. [L. lumbricus.] (Zo[94]l.)
      An earthworm, or a worm resembling an earthworm.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lumbrical \Lum"bric*al\, a. [Cf. F. lombrical. See {Lumbric}.]
      (Anat.)
      Resembling a worm; as, the lumbrical muscles of the hands of
      the hands and feet. -- n. A lumbrical muscle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lumbriciform \Lum*bric"i*form\, a. [L. lumbricus worm + -form.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      Resembling an earthworm; vermiform.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lumbricoid \Lum"bri*coid\, a. [Lumbricus + -oid.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Like an earthworm; belonging to the genus Lumbricus, or
      family {Lumbricid[91]}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lumper \Lump"er\, n. [Cf. {Lamper eel}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The European eelpout; -- called also {lumpen}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lumper \Lump"er\, n.
      1. One who lumps.
  
      2. A laborer who is employed to load or unload vessels when
            in harbor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lumpy \Lump"y\, a. [Compar. {Lumpier}; superl. {Lumpiest}.]
      Full of lumps, or small compact masses.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Luniform \Lu"ni*form\, a. [L. luna moon + -form: cf. F.
      luniforme.]
      Resembling the moon in shape.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lymph \Lymph\, n. [L. lympha: cf. F. lymphe.]
      1. A spring of water; hence, water, or a pure, transparent
            liquid like water.
  
                     A fountain bubbled up, whose lymph serene Nothing of
                     earthly mixture might distain.            --Trench.
  
      2. (Anat.) An alkaline colorless fluid, contained in the
            lymphatic vessels, coagulable like blood, but free from
            red blood corpuscles. It is absorbed from the various
            tissues and organs of the body, and is finally discharged
            by the thoracic and right lymphatic ducts into the great
            veins near the heart.
  
      3. (Med.) A fibrinous material exuded from the blood vessels
            in inflammation. In the process of healing it is either
            absorbed, or is converted into connective tissue binding
            the inflamed surfaces together.
  
      {Lymph corpuscles} (Anat.), finely granular nucleated cells,
            identical with the colorless blood corpuscles, present in
            the lymph and chyle.
  
      {Lymph duct} (Anat.), a lymphatic.
  
      {Lymph heart}. See Note under {Heart}, n., 1.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Lambert, MO (village, FIPS 40448)
      Location: 37.09363 N, 89.55572 W
      Population (1990): 36 (11 housing units)
      Area: 0.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Lambert, MS (town, FIPS 39080)
      Location: 34.20201 N, 90.28300 W
      Population (1990): 1131 (446 housing units)
      Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 38643
   Lambert, MT
      Zip code(s): 59243
   Lambert, OK (town, FIPS 41300)
      Location: 36.68371 N, 98.42392 W
      Population (1990): 11 (7 housing units)
      Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Lamberton, MN (city, FIPS 35288)
      Location: 44.22973 N, 95.26413 W
      Population (1990): 972 (449 housing units)
      Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 56152
   Lamberton, PA
      Zip code(s): 15458

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Lambertville, MI (CDP, FIPS 45420)
      Location: 41.74730 N, 83.62291 W
      Population (1990): 7860 (2649 housing units)
      Area: 15.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 48144
   Lambertville, NJ (city, FIPS 38610)
      Location: 40.36802 N, 74.94332 W
      Population (1990): 3927 (1818 housing units)
      Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 08530

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Lambric, KY
      Zip code(s): 41340

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Lineboro, MD
      Zip code(s): 21088

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Linefork, KY
      Zip code(s): 41833

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Lombard, IL (village, FIPS 44407)
      Location: 41.87495 N, 88.01497 W
      Population (1990): 39408 (15848 housing units)
      Area: 24.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 60148

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Lumber Bridge, NC (town, FIPS 39680)
      Location: 34.88942 N, 79.07297 W
      Population (1990): 109 (50 housing units)
      Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 28357

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Lumber City, GA (city, FIPS 47952)
      Location: 31.93259 N, 82.68270 W
      Population (1990): 1429 (560 housing units)
      Area: 5.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 31549
   Lumber City, PA (borough, FIPS 45448)
      Location: 40.92887 N, 78.57211 W
      Population (1990): 83 (41 housing units)
      Area: 7.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Lumberport, WV (town, FIPS 49252)
      Location: 39.37300 N, 80.34854 W
      Population (1990): 1014 (402 housing units)
      Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 26386

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Lumberton, MS (city, FIPS 42640)
      Location: 31.00415 N, 89.45174 W
      Population (1990): 2121 (849 housing units)
      Area: 11.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 39455
   Lumberton, NC (city, FIPS 39700)
      Location: 34.63231 N, 79.01495 W
      Population (1990): 18601 (7606 housing units)
      Area: 31.1 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 28358
   Lumberton, NJ
      Zip code(s): 08048
   Lumberton, TX (city, FIPS 45120)
      Location: 30.26453 N, 94.20179 W
      Population (1990): 6640 (2438 housing units)
      Area: 23.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Lumberville, PA
      Zip code(s): 18933

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Luna Pier, MI (city, FIPS 49700)
      Location: 41.80505 N, 83.44245 W
      Population (1990): 1507 (606 housing units)
      Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 48157

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Lynbrook, NY (village, FIPS 43874)
      Location: 40.65867 N, 73.67440 W
      Population (1990): 19208 (7406 housing units)
      Area: 5.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 11563

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   Lumber Cartel n.   A mythical conspiracy accused by
   {spam}-spewers of funding anti-spam activism in order to force the
   direct-mail promotions industry back onto paper.   Hackers,
   predictably, responded by forming a "Lumber Cartel" spoofing this
   paranoid theory; the web page is `http://come.to/the.lumber.cartel'.
   Members often include the tag TINLC ("There Is No Lumber Cartel") in
   their postings; see {TINC}, {backbone cabal} and {NANA} for
   explanation.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   line printer
  
      A {printer} that prints one entire line at a time.
      Print quality is low compared with a {laser printer}.   Line
      printers typically use {sprocket feed} and wide fanfold paper.
  
      Line printer speed is usually measured in lines per minute
      (lpm).   1200 lpm is a good rate for a line printer like a 3205
      m5.   66 lines per page is typical, giving 18 pages per minute
      (ppm).   This assumes all upper case, if a mixed case print
      train is used, throughput is halved.   By comparison, a fast
      {laser printer} can output 100+ ppm
  
      (1999-01-13)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   line probing
  
      A feature of some {V.34} {modem}s that will allow them to
      identify the capacity and quality of the phone line and adjust
      themselves to allow, for each individual connection, for
      maximum throughput using the highest possible data
      transmission rate.
  
      (1994-06-09)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   LM-Prolog
  
      Lisp Machine Prolog.
  
      A {Prolog} {interpreter} in {Zetalisp} for the {Lisp Machine}
      developed by Ken Kahn and Mats Carlsson in 1983.
  
      {(ftp://sics.se/archive/lm-prolog.tar.Z)}.
  
      ["LM-Prolog User Manual", M. Carlsson et al, Uppsala Dec
      1983].
  
      (1994-12-14)
  
  
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