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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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Lăn’guish, v. i. p. 751To become languid or weak; to sink away; to lose strength or animation; to be or become dull, feeble, or spiritless; to pine; to be or to grow heavy. Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me…Lăn'guish, v. t. p. 751To cause to droop or pine. [Obs.] Shak. Dryden.Lăn'guish, n. p. 751The act or condition of languishing or pining away; languishment. What of death, too, that rids our dogs of languish? Shak. 2. A soft and tender look or appearance. And the blue languish of soft…Lăn'gŭish-er, n. p. 751One who languishes or pines.Lāŋ'guish-ing-ly, adv. p. 751Weakly; feebly; dully; slowly. 2. With tender softness.Lăn’guish-ment, n. p. 751The state of languishing. “Lingering languishment.” Shak. 2. Softness of look or mien, as with the head reclined.Lăn'guish-ness, n. p. 751The state of languishing, or being weak, feeble, or tender. [Obs.]Lăn'guor, n. p. 751The state of being languid; lassitude of body; that state of the body which is induced by exhaustion of strength, as by disease, by extraordinary exertion, by the relaxing effect of heat, or by…Lăn'guor, v. i. p. 751To feel or exhibit languor; to languish. [Obs.] Chaucer.Lăn'guor-oŭs, a. p. 751Tedious; melancholy. [Obs., or poetical.] “Whom late I left in languorous constraint.” Spenser. To wile the length from languorous hours, and draw The sting from pain. Tennyson.Lăn’gūre, v. t. p. 751To languish. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.Lān'iard, n. p. 751See LANYARD.Lā'nī-ār'i-fōrm, a. p. 751Resembling a laniary in form; shaped like a canine tooth. R. Owen.Lā'nī-a-ry, n. p. 751Shambles; a place of slaughter. 2. One of the canine teeth; a canine or grappling tooth.Lā'nī-a-ry, a. p. 751Lacerating or tearing; as, the laniary teeth, that is, the canine teeth.Lā'nī-āte, v. t. p. 751To tear in pieces. [Obs.]Lā′ni-ā′tion, n. p. 751A tearing in pieces. [Obs.]Lān'ier, n. p. 751A thong or strap of leather; the lash of a whip. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. 2. A strap used to fasten together parts of armor, to hold the shield by, and the like. Fairholt.La-nĭf'er-ōŭs, a. p. 751Bearing or producing wool.La-nif'ie-al, a. p. 751Working in wool.Lān'i-fīçe, n. p. 751A manufacture of wool; something made of wool. [Obs.] Bacon.La-nĭg'er-ous, a. p. 751Bearing or producing wool.La-nī'i-de, n. pl. p. 751(Ornith.) A family of passerine, dendrostral birds, including the shrikes and butcher-birds.Lănk, a. p. 751Loose or lax, and easily yielding to pressure; not distended; not stiff or firm by distention; not plump; as, a lank bladder or purse. The clergy’s bags Are lank and lean with thy extortions. Shak.…Lănk, v. i. p. 751To become lank. [Obs.] Shak.Lănk'ly, adv. p. 751In a lank manner; weakly; thinly.Lănk'ness, n. p. 751The condition of being lank; flabbiness; leanness; slenderness.Lănk'y, a. p. 751Somewhat lank; slender; slim.Lăn'ner or Lăn'ner-ĕt, n. f. p. 751Lăn'ner-ĕt, n. m. [Fr. & Pr. lanier, It. laniere, from Lat. laniarius. See LANIARY, a.] (Ornith.) A long-tailed species of hawk; the Falco laniarius. It is found in Europe.Lăn'quet, n. p. 751(Mus.) A piece of metal which separates the body of an organ-pipe from its foot.Läns'que-nĕt, n. p. 751A German foot-soldier; originally, one of the serfs who followed the camp in the service of the common soldiers; afterward, one of the independent troops who hired themselves to those willing to pay…Lānt, v. t. p. 751To wet or mingle with urine. [Prov. Eng.] “Lanted ale.” Nares.Lānt, n. p. 751A game at cards;—called also lanterloo. [Obs.] Halliwell.Lan-tā′ni-ŭm or Lā′n-ta-nŭm, n. p. 751See LANTHANIUM and LANTHANUM.Lān'ter-lōō, n. p. 751See LANGTERALOO.Lān'tern, n. p. 751Something inclosing a light, and protecting it from wind, rain, &c.;—sometimes portable, as a closed vessel or case of horn, perforated tin, glass, oiled paper, or other material, having a lamp or…Dark lantern or Magic lantern p. 751a lantern with a single opening, which may be closed so as to conceal the light. [See Illust. of Bull's-eye.] — Magic lantern, an optical instrument consisting of a case inclosing a lamp, the light…Lān’tern, v. t. p. 751To furnish with a lantern; as, to lantern a light-house. 2. To put to death at or on the lamp-post.Lăn’tern-flȳ, n. p. 751(Entom.) An hemipterous insect of South America (Fulgora lanternaria), which emits a strong light in the dark.Lăn’tern-jawed, a. p. 751Having a thin visage.Lăn'-tern-jạws, n. pl. p. 751Long, thin jaws; hence, a thin visage.Lăn’tern-pĭn’ion or Lăn’tern-wheel, n. p. 751(Mach.) A kind of pinion or wheel having cylindrical bars or spindles, instead of teeth, inserted at their ends in two parallel disks or plates;—so called as resembling a lantern in shape;—called…Lan-thā'ni-ŭm or Län'tha-nŭm, n. p. 751(Min.) A metal occurring with cerium, and so called because its properties were concealed by those of the latter metal. [Written also lantanium and lantanum.]Lăn’thorn, n. p. 751See LANTERN.Lănt'i-fȳ, v. t. p. 751To moisten with lant or urine; hence, to moisten or mix. [Obs.] Nares.La-nū'gi-nōse' or La-nū'gi-noŭs, a. p. 751Covered with down, or fine, soft hair; downy.Lăn’yard, n. p. 751(Naut.) A short piece of rope or line for fastening something in ships; as, the lanyards of the gun-ports, of the buoy, and the like; but especially used to extend the shrouds and stays of the masts…La-ŏc'o-ōn, n. p. 751(Fabulous Hist.) The priest of Neptune or Apollo, during the Trojan war. 2. (Sculp.) A group representing the priest Laocoön, with his sons, infolded in the coils of two serpents, as described by…La-ŏd-i-cĕ'an, a. p. 751Like the Christians of Laodicea; lukewarm in religion.La-ōd-i-cē'an-ism, n. p. 751Lukewarmness in religion.Lāp, n. p. 751The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; an apron. 2. The part of the clothing that lies on the knees when a person sits down; that part of the body thus covered. Men…Lăp, v. t. p. 751To fold; to bend and lay over or on; as, to lap a piece of cloth. 2. To wrap or twist round. I lapped a slender thread about the paper. Newton. 3. To infold; to involve. He lappeth all things in…Lāp, v. i. p. 751To be spread or laid on or over; to lie and rest upon; to be turned over or upon. The upper wings are opacous; at their hinder ends, where they lap over, transparent, like the wing of a fly. Green.Lăp, v. i. p. 751[A-S. lapian, lappian, L. Ger. lappen, O. D. lappen, lapen, labben, Icel. lepia, Dan. labe, O. H. Ger. laffan, allied to Gr. λάπτειν, Lat. lambere, W. llepian; whence Fr. laper, Pr. lepar, Catalan…Lăp, v. t. p. 752To take into the mouth with the tongue; to lick up. They'll take suggestion as a cat laps milk. Shak.Lăp’a-ro-çēle, n. p. 752(Med.) A rupture or hernia in the lumbar regions.Lăp'-dŏg, n. p. 752A small dog fondled in the lap; a pet dog.La-pĕl', n. p. 752That part of a coat which laps over the facing.La-pĕlled', a. p. 752Furnished with lapels.Lăp'ful, n. p. 752As much as the lap can contain.