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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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Lām'el-lar-ly, adv. p. 748In thin plates or scales.Lām'el-late or Lām'el-lā'ted, a. p. 748Composed of, or covered with, thin plates or scales.Lăm'el-li-brăn'chi-ate, n. p. 748(Zool.) A mollusk of the tribe including the oyster and clam, characterized by having lamellar gills.Lām'el-li-brăn'chi-ate, a. p. 748Having lamellar gills, like the oyster, clam, and other bivalve mollusks.La-mĕl'li-cŏrn, n. p. 748(Entom.) A coleopterous insect, having antennæ terminating in lamellar joints.Lām’el-lif’er-oŭs, a. p. 748Having a structure composed of thin layers; having a foliated structure.La-mĕl'li-fōrm, a. p. 748Having the form of a plate or scale.Lām'el-li-rŏs'tral, a. p. 748(Ornith.) Having the margin of the beak furnished with lamels, or thin, dental plates, as the goose, duck, and swan.Lām'el-lōse, a. p. 748Composed of, or having the form of, plates.Lāme'ly, adv. p. 748In a lame, crippled, disabled, or imperfect manner; as, to walk lamely: a figure lamely drawn; a scene lamely described. 2. Weakly; unsteadily; feebly; as, an argument lamely conducted.Lāme'ness, n. p. 748The condition of being lame;—particularly applied to the limbs, and implying a total or partial inability to use them; as, the lameness of the leg or arm. 2. Imperfection; weakness; as, the lameness…La-mēnt', v. i. p. 748To express sorrow; to weep or wail; to mourn. “Jeremiah lamented for Josiah.” 2 Chron. xxxv. 25. 2. To feel deep regret or sorrow. Where joy most revels, grief doth most lament. Shak.La-mĕnt’, v. t. p. 748To mourn for; to bemoan; to deplore; to bewail. One laughed at follies, one lamented crimes. Dryden. Syn.—To deplore; mourn; bewail. See DEPLORE.La-mēnt', n. p. 748Grief or sorrow expressed in complaints or cries; lamentation; a weeping. Torment, and loud lament, and furious rage. Milton. 2. An elegy or mournful ballad.Lām'ent-a-ble, a. p. 748Mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief, “Lamentable eye.” Spenser. 2. Fitted to awaken lament; sorrowful; pitiable; as, a lamentable declension of morals. 3. Miserable; pitiful; low; poor;—in a…Lām'ent-a-bly, adv. p. 748In a manner to cause or express sorrow. 2. Pitifully; despicably.Lām'en-tā'tion, n. p. 748The act of bewailing; expression of sorrow. In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation and weeping. Matt. ii. 18. 2. (pl.) (Script.) A book of the Old Testament written by the prophet Jeremiah, and…La-mént'er, n. p. 748One who mourns or cries out with sorrow.La-mēn’tin, n. p. 748See LAMANTIN.La-mĕnt'ing-ly, adv. p. 748In a lamenting manner; with lamentation.Lā'mi-ā, n. p. 748A hag; a witch; a demon.Lăm'i-nā, n. p. 748A thin plate or scale; a layer or coat lying over another;—said of thin plates or plate-like substances, as of bone, minerals, and the like. 2. (Anat.) A bone, or part of a bone, resembling a thin…Lām'i-na-bĭl'i-ty, n. p. 748The capability of being formed or extended into thin plates.Lām'i-na-ble, a. p. 748Capable of being formed into laminæ or thin plates.Lām'i-nar, a. p. 748In, or consisting of, thin plates or layers.Lăm'i-nā'ri-an, a. p. 749Pertaining to sea-weeds of the genus Laminaria; belonging in depth to that zone of the sea characterized by the growth of these weeds, being from two to ten fathoms in depth. E. Forbes.Lăm'i-na-ry, a. p. 749Composed of plates or layers.Lăm'i-nate or Lăm'i-nā'ted, a. p. 749Plated; consisting of plates, scales, or layers, one over another.Lăm'i-nā'ting, a. p. 749Forming or separating into scales or thin layers.Lām'i-nā'tion, n. p. 749The state of being laminated.Lām′i-nif′er-ous, a. p. 749Having a structure consisting of laminæ, or layers.Lām'ish, a. p. 749Somewhat lame. A. Wood.Lămm, v. t. p. 749To beat. [Low.] “One whose dull body will require a lamming.” B. & Fl.Lăm'mas, n. p. 749The first day of August; — called also lammas-day, and lammas-tide.Läm'mer-geīr or Läm'mer-gey'er, n. p. 749[Ger. lämmergeier, from lamm, pl. lämmer, lamb, and geier, vulture. (Ornith.) A vulture (the Gypaëtos barbatus), remarkable for having the neck covered with feathers like the true eagles, and, like…Lăm'p, n. p. 749A light-producing vessel, instrument, or apparatus; a vessel used for the combustion of liquid inflammable bodies, for the purpose of producing artificial light. 2. Whatever resembles a light giving…Lämp, v. i. p. 749To shine like a lamp. [Obs.] “Lamping eyes.” Spenser.Lämp'ad, n. p. 749A lamp or candlestick. “Him who ’mid the golden lampads went.” Trench.Lämp'a-dist, n. p. 749(Gr. Antiq.) One who gained the prize in the lampadrome.Lämp'a-drōme, n. p. 749(Gr. Antiq.) A race run by young men with lamps in their hands. He who reached the goal first, with his lamp unextinguished, gained the prize.Lām'pass, n. p. 749A swelling of the fleshy lining of the roof of the mouth immediately behind the fore teeth in the horse;—called also lampers.Lām'pate, n. p. 749(Chem.) A compound salt, composed of lampic acid and a base.Lăm'p'-blăck, n. p. 749A fine soot formed by the condensation of the smoke of burning resinous substances.Lām'per-eel, n. p. 749The same as the LAMPREY.Lām'pern, n. p. 749(Ichth.) The river lamprey; Petromyzon fluviatilis. See LAMPREY. ☞ The name is also applied to the fringed-lipped lamprey (P. planeri).Lām'pers, n. pl. p. 749See LAMPASS.Lăm'p'ic, a. p. 749(Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained by, the combustion of ether by means of a lamp furnished with a coil of platinum wire;—said of a certain acid.Lămp'less, a. p. 749Without a lamp or light; hence, unshining; dull. Your ladies' eyes are lampless to that virtue. Beau. & Fl.Lăm'p'-light, n. p. 749Light from a lamp.Lam-pōon', n. p. 749A personal satire in writing; censure written to reproach and vex; abuse. Syn.—Satire; abuse.—LAMPOON, SATIRE. The appropriate object of satire is found in the vices and follies of the times. It is…Lam-pōon’, v. t. p. 749To abuse with personal censure; to reproach in written satire. Ribald poets had lampooned him. Macaulay. Syn. —To libel; defame; slander; calumniate; satirize; lash.Lam-pōōn'er, n. p. 749One who abuses with personal satire; the writer of a lampoon. The squibs are those who are called libelers, lampooners, and pamphleteers. Tatler.Lam-pōon'ry, n. p. 749The practice of lampooning.Läm'pret, n. p. 749See LAMPREY.Lăm'prey, n. p. 749(Ichth.) An eel-like fish of the genus Petromyzon, having a round, sucking mouth set with numerous minute teeth, and two large teeth on the palate. It was formerly esteemed a great delicacy, and is…Lăm'pron, n. p. 749See LAMPREY.Lăm'py-rīne, n. p. 749(Entom.) An insect of the genus Lampyris. See LAMPYRIS.Lăm'py-rĭs, n. p. 749(Entom.) A Linnæan genus of coleopterous insects, many species of which are luminous, including the glow-worms. Brandé.Lä'na-ry, n. p. 749A store-place for wool.Lā’nate or Lā’nā-ted, a. p. 749Woolly. 2. (Bot.) Covered with a substance like curled hairs; as, a lanated leaf or stem.