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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. La-nif'ie-al, a.p. 751Working in wool.
  2. Lān'i-fīçe, n.p. 751A manufacture of wool; something made of wool. [Obs.] Bacon.
  3. La-nĭg'er-ous, a.p. 751Bearing or producing wool.
  4. La-nī'i-de, n. pl.p. 751(Ornith.) A family of passerine, dendrostral birds, including the shrikes and butcher-birds.
  5. 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.…
  6. Lănk, v. i.p. 751To become lank. [Obs.] Shak.
  7. Lănk'ly, adv.p. 751In a lank manner; weakly; thinly.
  8. Lănk'ness, n.p. 751The condition of being lank; flabbiness; leanness; slenderness.
  9. Lănk'y, a.p. 751Somewhat lank; slender; slim.
  10. 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.
  11. Lăn'quet, n.p. 751(Mus.) A piece of metal which separates the body of an organ-pipe from its foot.
  12. 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…
  13. Lānt, v. t.p. 751To wet or mingle with urine. [Prov. Eng.] “Lanted ale.” Nares.
  14. Lānt, n.p. 751A game at cards;—called also lanterloo. [Obs.] Halliwell.
  15. Lan-tā′ni-ŭm or Lā′n-ta-nŭm, n.p. 751See LANTHANIUM and LANTHANUM.
  16. Lān'ter-lōō, n.p. 751See LANGTERALOO.
  17. 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…
  18. Dark lantern or Magic lanternp. 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…
  19. 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.
  20. Lăn’tern-flȳ, n.p. 751(Entom.) An hemipterous insect of South America (Fulgora lanternaria), which emits a strong light in the dark.
  21. Lăn’tern-jawed, a.p. 751Having a thin visage.
  22. Lăn'-tern-jạws, n. pl.p. 751Long, thin jaws; hence, a thin visage.
  23. 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…
  24. 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.]
  25. Lăn’thorn, n.p. 751See LANTERN.
  26. Lănt'i-fȳ, v. t.p. 751To moisten with lant or urine; hence, to moisten or mix. [Obs.] Nares.
  27. La-nū'gi-nōse' or La-nū'gi-noŭs, a.p. 751Covered with down, or fine, soft hair; downy.
  28. 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…
  29. 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…
  30. La-ŏd-i-cĕ'an, a.p. 751Like the Christians of Laodicea; lukewarm in religion.
  31. La-ōd-i-cē'an-ism, n.p. 751Lukewarmness in religion.
  32. 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…
  33. 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…
  34. 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.
  35. 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…
  36. 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.
  37. Lăp’a-ro-çēle, n.p. 752(Med.) A rupture or hernia in the lumbar regions.
  38. Lăp'-dŏg, n.p. 752A small dog fondled in the lap; a pet dog.
  39. La-pĕl', n.p. 752That part of a coat which laps over the facing.
  40. La-pĕlled', a.p. 752Furnished with lapels.
  41. Lăp'ful, n.p. 752As much as the lap can contain.
  42. Lăp'i-cide, n.p. 752A stone-cutter. [Obs.]
  43. Lăp'i-dā'ri-an, a.p. 752Inscribed on stone; as, a lapidarian record.
  44. Lăp'i-dā'ri-oŭs, a.p. 752Consisting of stones.
  45. Lăp'i-da-ry, n.p. 752An artificer who cuts, polishes, and engraves precious stones. 2. A dealer in precious stones. 3. A virtuoso skilled in gems or precious stones; a connoisseur of lapidary work.
  46. Lăp'i-da-ry, a.p. 752Pertaining to the art of cutting stones. Lapidary style, that style which is proper for monumental and other inscriptions.
  47. Lăp’i-dāte, v. t.p. 752To stone. [Obs.]
  48. Lăp'i-dā'tion, n.p. 752The act of stoning a person to death. [Obs.] Hall.
  49. La-pīd'e-oŭs, a.p. 752Of the nature of stone; stony; as, lapideous matter. [Obs.] Ray.
  50. Lăp'i-dĕs'çençe, n.p. 752The process of becoming stone; a hardening into a stony substance. 2. A stony concretion. Browne.
  51. Lāp'/i-dĕs'/cent, a.p. 752Growing or turning to stone; having the quality of petrifying bodies.
  52. Lăp'i-dĕs'çent, n.p. 752Any substance which has the quality of petrifying a body, or of being converted to stone.
  53. Lăp'i-dīf'ie or Lăp'i-dīf'ie-al, a.p. 752Forming or converting into stone.
  54. La-pīd'i-fi-cā'tion, n.p. 752The operation of forming or converting into a stony substance, by means of a liquid charged with earthy particles in solution, which crystallize in the interstices.
  55. La-pĭd'i-fy, v. t.p. 752To form into stone.
  56. La-pĭd'ĭ-fy, v. i.p. 752To turn into stone; to become stone or stony.
  57. Lăp'i-dist, n.p. 752One who cuts, polishes, or otherwise ornaments and finishes precious stones; a lapidary. 2. A dealer in precious stones. See LAPIDARY.
  58. Lăp′il-lā′tion, n.p. 752The state of being, or the act of making, stony.
  59. La-pĭl'lī, n. pl.p. 752Volcanic ashes, consisting of small, angular, stony fragments or particles. Dana.
  60. Lā'pis, n.p. 752A stone. Lapis calaminaris (Min.), a kind of mineral, principally consisting of oxide of zinc; calamine.—Lapis infernalis, fused nitrate of silver, lunar caustic.—Lapis lazuli, an aluminous mineral…