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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Lā'bor, n.p. 745Physical toil or bodily exertion, especially when fatiguing, irksome, or unavoidable, in distinction from sportive exercise; hard, muscular effort directed to some useful end, as agriculture…
  2. Lā'bor, v. i.p. 745To exert muscular strength; to act or move with painful effort, particularly in servile occupations; to work; to toil. Adam, well may we labor still to dress This garden. Milton. 2. To exert one's…
  3. Lā'bor, v. t.p. 745To work at; to till; hence, to attain by labor; to foster or cultivate by toil. The most excellent lands are lying fallow, or only labored by children. Tooke. Labor that first palm of noble minds, A…
  4. Lăb'o-rant, n.p. 745A chemist. [Obs.] Boyle.
  5. Lăb'o-ra-to-ry, n.p. 745A place where operations and experiments in chemistry, pharmacy, pyrotechny, &c., are performed; the work-room of a chemist. 2. A place where any thing is prepared for use; as, the stomach is called…
  6. Lā'bored, a.p. 745Bearing marks of constraint in execution; — opposed to easy or free; as, a labored style.
  7. Lāʹbor-er, n.p. 745One who labors in a toilsome occupation; a man who does work that requires little skill, as distinguished from an artisan; — sometimes called a laboring man. [Written also labourer.]
  8. La-bō'ri-oüs, a.p. 745Requiring or employing labor, perseverance, or sacrifices; toilsome; tiresome. Dost thou love watchings, abstinence, or toil, Laborious virtues all? Learn these from Cato. Addison. 2. Devoted to…
  9. La-bō'ri-oüs-ly, adv.p. 745With labor, toil, or difficulty.
  10. La-bō'ri-oŭs-ness, n.p. 745The quality of being laborious, or attended with toil; toilsomeness; difficulty. 2. Diligence; assiduity.
  11. Lā'bor-less, a.p. 745Not laborious; easily done.
  12. Lā'bor-sāv'ing, a.p. 745Saving labor; adapted to supersede or diminish the labor of men.
  13. Lā'bor-sôme, a.p. 745Made with great labor and diligence. [Obs.] “Laborsome petition.” Shak. 2. (Naut.) Likely or inclined to roll or pitch, as a ship in a heavy sea.
  14. Lā'brā, n.p. 745A lip. [Obs.] Shak.
  15. Lāb'ra-dōr-ite, n.p. 745(Min.) Labrador spar, a beautiful variety of opalescent feldspar, from Labrador.
  16. Lāb'ra-dōr Tēap. 745A plant of two species of the genus Ledum (L. palustre and L. latifolia), possessing narcotic properties, used for a drink, and to render beer heady.
  17. Lā'brar, n.p. 745(Ichth.) A genus of fishes allied to the perch; the bass. See BASS.
  18. La-brōse', a.p. 745Having thick lips.
  19. Lā'brum, n.p. 745A lip or edge, as of a basin or dish. 2. (Entom.) An organ in insects covering the upper part of the mouth, and corresponding to the upper lip. 3. (Conch.) The outer lip of a shell, or that one…
  20. Lā'brus, n.p. 745(Ichth.) A genus of fishes, several species of which are characterized by an elegant and regular oval form and beautiful colors; the wrasse.
  21. La-bûr'num, n.p. 745(Bot.) A tree of the genus Cytisus, a native of the Alps, and much cultivated as an ornamental tree.
  22. Lăb'y-rinth, n.p. 745An edifice or place full of intricacies, or formed with winding passages, which render it difficult to find the way from the interior to the entrance; as, the Egyptian and the Cretan labyrinths. 2.…
  23. Lāb'y-rinth'al, a.p. 746Pertaining to, or resembling, a labyrinth.
  24. Lāb'y-rĭnth'i-an, a.p. 746Winding; intricate; perplexed.
  25. Lāb'y-rinth'ic or Lāb'y-rinth'ic-al, a.p. 746Like a labyrinth.
  26. Lāb'y-rinth'i-fōrm, a.p. 746Having the form of a labyrinth; intricate.
  27. Lāb'y-rinth'ine, a.p. 746Pertaining to, or like, a labyrinth.
  28. Lāb'y-rĭnth'o-dŏn, n.p. 746(Palæon.) A genus of extinct reptiles of a large size, so named from the labyrinthine texture of its tooth. They unite the form, and many of the characteristics, of the batrachians or frogs, with the…
  29. Lāb'y-rinth'o-dōnt, n.p. 746One of the family of reptiles to which the labyrinthodon belongs.
  30. Lăc, n.p. 746A resinous substance produced mainly upon the banyan tree, by the Coccus lacca, a scale-shaped insect, the female of which fixes itself on the bark, and exudes from the margin of the body this…
  31. Lăc, n.p. 746One hundred thousand; as, a lac of rupees. [Written also lack.] [East Indies.]
  32. Lāc'cic, a.p. 746(Chem.) Pertaining to lac, or produced from it; as, laccic acid.
  33. Lāe'cine, n.p. 746(Chem.) A substance obtained from shell-lac. It is brittle, yellow, translucent, and soluble in caustic potash and in sulphuric acid.
  34. Lāçe, n.p. 746That which binds or holds, especially by being interwoven; a string or cord, often plaited or otherwise ornamented. 2. A snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords; a net. [Obs.] Fairfax.…
  35. Lāce, v. t.p. 746To fasten with a lace or string. “When Jenny’s stays are newly laced.” Prior. 2. To adorn or deck with lace; as, cloth laced with silver. Shak. 3. To interweave or embellish with variegations or…
  36. Lāçe, v. i.p. 746To have a lace; to be fastened or tied with a lace or string.
  37. Lāçe'-bärk, n.p. 746(Bot.) A shrub in the West Indies (the Lagetto lintearia);—so called from the lace-like texture of its inner bark.
  38. Lāçe'-bōot, n.p. 746A boot which laces up at the side or in front.
  39. Lāçed, p. a.p. 746Fastened or set off by a lace or laces; furnished with lace. Laced coffee, coffee with spirits in it. Addison.—Laced mutton (set off with laces), a prostitute. [Obs.] Shak.
  40. Lāçe'man, n.p. 746A man who deals in lace. Addison.
  41. Lăç'er-a-ble, a.p. 746Capable of being lacerated or torn.
  42. Lăç'er-āte, v. t.p. 746To tear; to rend; to separate by violence or tearing; as, to lacerate the flesh; hence, to wound; to injure or afflict; as, to lacerate the heart.
  43. Lăc'er-ate or Lăc'er-ā'ted, p. a.p. 746Rent; torn; mangled. 2. (Bot.) Having the edge variously cut into irregular segments; as, a lacerated leaf.
  44. Lāc′/er-ā′/tion, n.p. 746The act of tearing or rending. 2. The breach made by rending.
  45. Lăc'er-ā-tive, a.p. 746Tending to lacerate; as, lacerative humors.
  46. La-çẽr'tȧ, n.p. 746(Zoöl.) A genus of lizards. 2. (Astron.) A northern constellation; the Lizard. 3. A muscle. [Obs.] Chaucer. 4. A fathom. [Obs.] Doomsday Book.
  47. La-çẽr'ti-an, n.p. 746(Zoöl.) One of a group of air-breathing or scaly reptiles, having a round, elongated body, four strong feet with hooked claws, a long tail, a wide mouth, a prehensile, forked tongue, and eyes…
  48. La-çẽr'ti-an or Lā'çer-tĭl'i-an, a.p. 746Pertaining to, or resembling, a lacertian, or lizard.
  49. La-çẽr'ti-loid or La-çẽr'tĭne, a.p. 746Like the lizard.
  50. Lāce'-winged, a.p. 746Having wings like lace.
  51. Lā'ce'-wŏm'an, n.p. 746A woman who makes or sells lace.
  52. Lāche or Lāch'es, n.p. 746(Law.) Neglect; negligence; remissness; neglect to do a thing at the proper time.
  53. Lāch'es-ness, n.p. 746Carelessness; neglect.
  54. Lăch'ry-ma-ble, a.p. 746Lamentable. [Obs.] Morley.
  55. Lāch'ry-mal, n.p. 746See LACHRYMATORY.
  56. Lăc'ry-malp. 746
  57. Lăch'ry-mal, a.p. 746Generating or secreting tears; as, the lachrymal gland. 2. Pertaining to, or conveying, tears; as, the lachrymal duct.
  58. Lăch'ry-ma-ry, a.p. 746Containing tears. Addison.
  59. Lăch'ry-mā'tion, n.p. 746The act of shedding tears.
  60. Lăch'ry-ma-to-ry, n.p. 746(Antiq.) A vessel found in sepulchers of the ancients, in which it has been supposed the tears of a deceased person's friends were collected and preserved with the ashes and urn; — called also…