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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. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Lāc′/er-ā′/tion, n.p. 746The act of tearing or rending. 2. The breach made by rending.
  4. Lăc'er-ā-tive, a.p. 746Tending to lacerate; as, lacerative humors.
  5. 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.
  6. 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…
  7. La-çẽr'ti-an or Lā'çer-tĭl'i-an, a.p. 746Pertaining to, or resembling, a lacertian, or lizard.
  8. La-çẽr'ti-loid or La-çẽr'tĭne, a.p. 746Like the lizard.
  9. Lāce'-winged, a.p. 746Having wings like lace.
  10. Lā'ce'-wŏm'an, n.p. 746A woman who makes or sells lace.
  11. Lāche or Lāch'es, n.p. 746(Law.) Neglect; negligence; remissness; neglect to do a thing at the proper time.
  12. Lāch'es-ness, n.p. 746Carelessness; neglect.
  13. Lăch'ry-ma-ble, a.p. 746Lamentable. [Obs.] Morley.
  14. Lāch'ry-mal, n.p. 746See LACHRYMATORY.
  15. Lăc'ry-malp. 746
  16. Lăch'ry-mal, a.p. 746Generating or secreting tears; as, the lachrymal gland. 2. Pertaining to, or conveying, tears; as, the lachrymal duct.
  17. Lăch'ry-ma-ry, a.p. 746Containing tears. Addison.
  18. Lăch'ry-mā'tion, n.p. 746The act of shedding tears.
  19. 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…
  20. Lăch'ry-mōse', a.p. 746Generating or shedding tears.
  21. Lăch'ry-mōse'ly, adv.p. 746In a lachrymose manner.
  22. Lā'çing, n.p. 746A fastening with a string or cord through eyelet-holes. 2. A cord used in drawing tight or fastening.
  23. La-çĭn'i-ȧ, n.p. 746(Bot.) (a.) One of the narrow, jagged, irregular pieces or divisions which form a sort of fringe on the borders of the petals of some flowers; also, the edge or fringe formed by these divisions. (b.)…
  24. La-çĭn′i-ate or La-çĭn′i-ā′ted, a.p. 746Adorned with fringes. 2. (Bot.) Cut jaggedly into deep, narrow lobes; slashed. Gray.
  25. Lăck, v. t.p. 746To be destitute of; not to have or possess; to want. If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God. James i. 5. 2. To regard as wanting; to slight; to blame. [Obs. and rare.] Chaucer.
  26. Lăck, v. i.p. 746To be in want. The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger. Ps. xxxiv. 10. 2. To be wanting. Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous. Gen. xviii. 28.
  27. Lăck, n.p. 746Want; destitution; need; failure. Let his lack of years be no impediment. Shak.
  28. Lăck, n.p. 746See LAC.
  29. Lăck-a-dāy', interj.p. 746Alas;—an expression of sorrow or regret.
  30. Läck'a-dāi'si-cal or Läck'a-dāi'sy, a.p. 746Affectedly pensive; sentimental.
  31. Lăck'brāin, n.p. 746One who wants brains, or is deficient in understanding. Shak.
  32. Lāck'er, n.p. 746See LACQUER.
  33. Lăck'ey, n.p. 746An attending servant; a footman. “Like a Christian footboy, or a gentleman’s lackey.” Shak. 2. A kind of caterpillar having a party-colored covering.
  34. Lāck'ey, v. t.p. 746To attend as a lackey; to wait upon. A thousand liveried angels lackey her. Milton.
  35. Lăck'ey, v. i.p. 746To act as footboy; to pay servile attendance. Oft have I servants seen on horses ride, The free and noble lackey by their side. Sandys.
  36. Lāck'-līn'en, a.p. 746Wanting shirts.
  37. Lăck'-lūs'ter, n.p. 746A want of luster; that which wants brightness.
  38. Lăck'-lŭs'ter, a.p. 746Wanting luster or brightness. “Lack-luster eye.” W. Scott.
  39. Lăck'-lūs'tre, n. & a.p. 746The same as LACK-LUSTER.
  40. La-cŏn'ic, a.p. 746Pertaining to Lacedemonia, or to the Lacones, its inhabitants. 2. Expressing much in few words, after the manner of the Spartans; brief; concise. 3. Resembling the Lacones in sternness or severity…
  41. La-cōn'ie, n.p. 746A concise, sententious method of speaking; laconism. 2. A concise phrase or expression; something expressed in a brief, sententious manner.
  42. La-cōn'ie-al, a.p. 746The same as LACONIC.
  43. La-cŏn'ic-al-ly, adv.p. 746In a laconic manner; briefly; concisely; as, a sentiment laconically expressed.
  44. La-cōn'i-çism, n.p. 746See LACONISM. Pope.
  45. La-cōn'ies, n. sing.p. 746A book of Pausanias, which treats of Lacedemonia.
  46. Lăc'e-o-nĭsm, n.p. 746A concise manner of expression; laconic style. 2. An instance of laconic style or expression; a brief, sententious phrase; a laconicism.
  47. Lăc'o-nīze, v. i.p. 746To imitate the manner of the Lacedemonians; to speak in a concise, sententious manner.
  48. Lāe'quer, n.p. 746A yellowish varnish, consisting of a solution of shell-lac in alcohol, colored by gamboge, saffron, and the like. It is used chiefly for varnishing brass and some other metals, in order to give them…
  49. Lac'quer, v. t.p. 746To smear over with lacquer, for the purpose of improving color or preserving from tarnishing and decay; to varnish.
  50. Lāe'quer-ing, n.p. 746The act of putting on lacquer. 2. The covering of lacquer or varnish thus put on.
  51. Lāe'ri-mō'so, a.p. 746(Mus.) Plaintive;—a direction to the performer, implying that the movement to which it is prefixed is to be performed in a mournful, pathetic style. Moore.
  52. Lāi'tage, n.p. 746The produce of animals yielding milk; milk and that which is made from it.
  53. Lāc'tant, a.p. 746Suckling; giving suck. [Obs.]
  54. Lāc'ta-rēne, n.p. 746A preparation of curds from milk, used by calico-printers.
  55. Läc'ta-ry, a.p. 746Milky; full of white juice like milk. [Obs.] Browne.
  56. Lāc'ta-ry, n.p. 746A dairy-house.
  57. Lāe'tāte, n.p. 746(Chem.) A salt formed by the union of lactic acid, or acid of milk, with a base.
  58. Lac-tā'tion, n.p. 746The act of giving suck, or the time of suckling.
  59. Lāc'te-al, a.p. 746Pertaining to, or resembling, milk; milky. 2. (Anat.) Conveying chyle; as, a lacteal vessel.
  60. Lăc'te-al, n.p. 747(Anat.) An absorbent vessel of the mesentery, for conveying chyle from the intestines to the thoracic duct; a chyliferous vessel.