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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Lāck'er, n. p. 746See LACQUER.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.Lāck'ey, v. t. p. 746To attend as a lackey; to wait upon. A thousand liveried angels lackey her. Milton.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.Lāck'-līn'en, a. p. 746Wanting shirts.Lăck'-lūs'ter, n. p. 746A want of luster; that which wants brightness.Lăck'-lŭs'ter, a. p. 746Wanting luster or brightness. “Lack-luster eye.” W. Scott.Lăck'-lūs'tre, n. & a. p. 746The same as LACK-LUSTER.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…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.La-cōn'ie-al, a. p. 746The same as LACONIC.La-cŏn'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 746In a laconic manner; briefly; concisely; as, a sentiment laconically expressed.La-cōn'i-çism, n. p. 746See LACONISM. Pope.La-cōn'ies, n. sing. p. 746A book of Pausanias, which treats of Lacedemonia.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.Lăc'o-nīze, v. i. p. 746To imitate the manner of the Lacedemonians; to speak in a concise, sententious manner.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…Lac'quer, v. t. p. 746To smear over with lacquer, for the purpose of improving color or preserving from tarnishing and decay; to varnish.Lāe'quer-ing, n. p. 746The act of putting on lacquer. 2. The covering of lacquer or varnish thus put on.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.Lāi'tage, n. p. 746The produce of animals yielding milk; milk and that which is made from it.Lāc'tant, a. p. 746Suckling; giving suck. [Obs.]Lāc'ta-rēne, n. p. 746A preparation of curds from milk, used by calico-printers.Läc'ta-ry, a. p. 746Milky; full of white juice like milk. [Obs.] Browne.Lāc'ta-ry, n. p. 746A dairy-house.Lāe'tāte, n. p. 746(Chem.) A salt formed by the union of lactic acid, or acid of milk, with a base.Lac-tā'tion, n. p. 746The act of giving suck, or the time of suckling.Lāc'te-al, a. p. 746Pertaining to, or resembling, milk; milky. 2. (Anat.) Conveying chyle; as, a lacteal vessel.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.Lăc'te-al-ly, adv. p. 747Milkily; in the manner of milk.Lăc'te-an, a. p. 747Milky; resembling, or consisting of, milk. 2. Lacteal; conveying chyle.Lăc'te-oŭs, a. p. 747Milky; resembling milk. 2. Lacteal; conveying chyle; as, a lacteous vessel.Lâc'te-ōus-ly, adv. p. 747In a lacteous or milky manner.Lac-tĕs'cence, n. p. 747Tendency to milk; milkiness or milky color. 2. (Bot.) The liquor which flows abundantly from a plant, when wounded, commonly white, but sometimes yellow or red.Lac-tĕs'cent, a. p. 747Producing milk or white juice, like the milkweed. 2. Abounding with a thick, colored juice.Lăc'tic, a. p. 747(Chem.) Pertaining to milk, or procured from sour milk or whey; as, lactic acid.Lac-tif'er-oŭs, a. p. 747Bearing or conveying milk or white juice; as, a lactiferous duct. 2. Producing a thick, colored juice, as a plant.Lac-tif'ic or Lac-tif'ic-al, a. p. 747Breeding or producing milk.Lăc'ti-fūge, n. p. 747(Med.) A medicine to check the secretion of milk. Dunglison.Lăc'tine, n. p. 747A crystalline sugar formed by evaporating the whey of milk;—called also sugar of milk.Lac-tôm'e-ter, n. p. 747An instrument for ascertaining the proportion of cream in milk, being a glass tube, or a series of glass tubes, graduated and filled with milk; a galactometer. 2. A kind of hydrometer for…Lăc'to-scōpe, n. p. 747An instrument for judging of the amount of cream contained in milk by ascertaining its relative opacity.Lăc'to-ry, a. p. 747Lactiferous. [Obs.] “Lactory or milky plants.” Browne.Lac-tū'cēa, n. p. 747(Bot.) A genus of plants, including many species, several of which are cultivated for salad; lettuce.Lăc'tu-cā'rĭ-ŭm, n. p. 747The inspissated juice of the common lettuce, sometimes used as a substitute for opium.Lac-tū'cie, a. p. 747(Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the juice of the Lactuca virosa;—said of an acid having some resemblance to oxalic acid.La-cū'na, n. p. 747A small opening; a small pit or depression; a small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus. 2. (Anat.) A cavity or sack, usually of very small size, in a mucous membrane. 3. (Bot.) (a.) The small…La-cū'nal or La-cū'nar, a. p. 747Pertaining to, or having, lacunæ; characterized by open spaces at intervals; as, a lacunar circulation, where open spaces exist in the circulating system, or take the place of vessels. Carpenter.La-eû'nar, n. p. 747(Arch.) The ceiling or under surface of any part, especially when it consists of compartments, sunk or hollowed, without spaces or bands between the panels. Gwilt.Lâc'û-nôse' or La-eû'nôus, a. p. 747(Nat. Hist.) Furrowed or pitted; containing cavities or lacunæ; as, a lacunose leaf.La-cūs'tral or La-cūs'trine, a. p. 747Pertaining to lakes or swamps.Lād, n. p. 747A young man, or boy; a stripling.Lâd'a-nûm, n. p. 747A gum resin of a dark color and pungent odor. It is the inspissated juice which exudes from the Cistus ladaniferus, C. Creticus, and other species of the same plant found around the Mediterranean. It…Lăd'der, n. p. 747A frame of wood, metal, rope, &c., consisting of two side-pieces, connected by rounds inserted at suitable distances, and thus forming steps by which persons may ascend a building, &c. 2. That which…Lăd'die, n. p. 747A lad or young man. [Scot.]Lāde, v. t. p. 747To load; to put on or in, as a burden or freight;—generally followed by that which receives the load, as the direct object. And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence. Gen. xlii.…Lāde, v. i. p. 747To draw water. [Obs.] 2. (Naut.) To admit water by leakage, as a ship, &c. Wright.Lāde, n. p. 747The mouth of a river. Gibson. 2. A passage for water; water-course.Lā'died, a. p. 747Lady-like; not rough; gentle. [Obs.] “Stroked with a ladied hand.” Feltham.Lā'di-fy, v. t. p. 747To render a lady, or like a lady; to adorn as a lady. [Obs.] Massinger.