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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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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.Lām'cas-ter Gūn p. 749A cannon with a very long range, named after its inventor. Its bore is slightly oval, and the ball is conoidal in shape. Simmonds.Lănce, n. p. 749A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle, and metal point, now usually adorned with a small flag, and generally used by horsemen to transfix an enemy, but formerly used sometimes as a…Lānce, v. t. p. 749To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon. Seized the due victim, and with fury lanced Her back. Dryden. 2. To open with a lancet; to pierce; as, to lance a vein or an abscess. 3. To throw…Lănçe'-côr'po-ral, n. p. 749The same as LANCEPESADE.Lànçe'gāye, n. p. 749A kind of spear anciently used, but its peculiarity is not known. Its use was prohibited by a statute of Richard the Second. Nares.Lānçe'-hēad, n. p. 749The head of a lance.Lănçe'-knight, n. p. 749A common or foot-soldier; a lansquenet.Lănçe'let, n. p. 749(Ichth.) A small fish (Brachiostoma [or Amphioxus] lanceolatus), remarkable for the rudimentary condition of its organs.Lănçe'ly, a. p. 749Suitable to a lance. [Obs.]Lān'çe-o-lar, a. p. 749(Bot.) Tapering toward each end.Lān'çe-o-late or Lān'çe-o-lā'ted, a. p. 749(Bot.) Oblong and gradually tapering toward the outer extremity; as, a lanceolate leaf.Lănçe-pe-sāde’, n. p. 749An assistant to a corporal; a private performing the duties of a corporal;—called also lance-corporal.Lān'çer, n. p. 749One who lances; one who carries a lance. 2. A lancet. [Obs.]Lànçe'-rēst, n. p. 749A projection, like a bracket, on the right side of a breast-plate in armor, to aid in bearing a lance. Fairholt.Lān'çet, n. p. 749A surgical instrument, sharp-pointed and two-edged, used in venesection, and in opening tumors, abscesses, &c. 2. (Arch.) A high and narrow window pointed like a lancet, often called a lancet window.Lancet arch p. 749an arch made sharp-pointed at the top, so as to resemble a lancet in form.Lànçe'-woöd, n. p. 749(Bot.) A tree (the Guatteria virgata), found in the West Indies, which has a light, tough, elastic wood, often used for the shafts of gigs, archery bows, and the like.Lānch, v. t. p. 749To throw, as a lance; to dart; to let fly. See whose arm can lanch the surer bolt. Dryden. 2. To pierce with a lance, or as with a lance; to wound. [Written also launch.]Lânch, v. i. p. 749To cut or slash. [Obs.] He ... bloodily Lanched up her breast. J. FletcherLan-çif'er-oüs, a. p. 749Bearing a lance.Lān'çi-fōrm, a. p. 749Having the form of a lance.Lān'çi-nāte, v. t. p. 749To tear; to lacerate.Lān'çi-nā'tion, n. p. 749A tearing; laceration. “Lancinations of the spirit.” Bp. Taylor.Lānd, n. p. 749Earth, or the solid matter which constitutes the fixed part of the surface of the globe, in distinction from the waters, which constitute the fluid or movable part. They turn their heads to sea…Lănd, v. t. p. 750To set on shore; to disembark; to debark. I'll undertake to land them on our coast. Shak.Lănd, v. i. p. 750To go on shore from a ship or boat; to disembark.Lănd, n. p. 750Urine. See LANT.Lăn'dam-măn, n. p. 750A chief magistrate in some of the Swiss cantons. 2. The president of the diet of the Helvetic republic.Lăn'dau, n. p. 750A kind of coach or carriage whose top may be opened and thrown back; — so called from Landau, a town in Germany. [Written also landaw.]Lăn'dau-lět', n. p. 750A chariot opening at top, like a landau.Lăn'daw, n. p. 750See LANDAU.Lănd'-breeze, n. p. 750A current of air setting from the land toward the sea.Lănd'-căr'riage, n. p. 750Transportation by land.Lănd'-chāin, n. p. 750See GUNTER'S-CHAIN.Lănd'-crăb, n. p. 750A crab which lives much on the land, and resorts to the sea chiefly for the purpose of breeding.Lānd'damn, v. t. p. 750To banish from the land. [Obs. and very rare.]Lănd'ed, a. p. 750Having an estate in land; as, a landed gentleman. The House of Commons must consist, for the most part, of landed men. Addison. 2. Consisting in real estate or land; as, landed security; landed…Lănd'er, n. p. 750One who lands, or makes a landing. “The lander in a lowly isle.” Tennyson. 2. (Mining.) A person who waits at the mouth of the shaft to receive the bucket of ore.Lăn'der-er, n. p. 750See LAUNDERER.Lănd'făll, n. p. 750A sudden transference of property in land by the death of its owner. 2. (Naut.) The first land discovered after a voyage. A good landfall (Naut.), the discovery of the land at the time and place…Lănd'-fish, n. p. 750A fish on land; hence, any thing as much out of place as a fish on land; a person acting contrarily to his usual character. He's grown a very land-fish, languagesless, a monster. Shak.Lănd'-flōod, n. p. 750An overflowing of land by water, especially by inland waters, as rivers and the like; an inundation; a freshet.Lănd'-fōrçe, n. p. 750A military force, army, or body of troops serving on land, as distinguished from a naval force.Lănd'grāve, n. p. 750A German nobleman of a rank corresponding to that of an earl in England and of a count in France. ☞ The title was first adopted by some German counts in the twelfth century, to distinguish themselves…Lănd-grāv'i-ate, n. p. 750The territory held by a landgrave. 2. The office, jurisdiction, or authority of a land-grave.Lănd'gra-vīne, n. p. 750The wife of a landgrave.Lănd'-hĕrd, n. p. 750A herd which feeds on land. [Obs.] The fields In which Dame Cynthia her land-herds fed. Spenser.Lănd'-hōld'er, n. p. 750A holder, owner, or proprietor of land.Lănd'-īçe, n. p. 750A field of ice adhering to the coast, or between two headlands. Kane.