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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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Lāt'ter, a. p. 755More late or recent; coming or happening after something else; — opposed to former; as, the former and latter rain; former or latter harvest. 2. Mentioned the last of two. The difference between…Lăt'ter-ly, adv. p. 755In time not long past; lately; of late.Lāt'ter-māth, n. p. 755The latter mowing; that which is mowed after a previous mowing; the aftermath.Lāt'tīçe, n. p. 755Any work of wood or iron, made by crossing laths, rods, or bars, and forming a network; as, the lattice of a window; — called also lattice work. The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried…Lāt'tĭce, v. t. p. 755To form into open-work. 2. To furnish with a lattice.Lāt'tīçe-gīrd'er, n. p. 755A girder of which the web consists of diagonal pieces crossing each other in the manner of lattice work.Lăt'tĭçe-plānt, n. p. 755(Bot.) An aquatic plant of Madagascar (Ouvirandra fenestralis), whose leaves have interstices between their ribs and cross-beams, so as to resemble lattice work.Lāt'tus Rēk'tum p. 755(Conic Sections.) The parameter of the principal axis. See PARAMETER.Laud, n. p. 755An extolling in words; eulogy; honorable mention; praise; commendation. [Obs.] “Laud be to God.” Shak. 2. That part of divine worship which consists in praise. ☞ In the Roman Catholic church, the…Laud, v. t. p. 755To praise in words alone, or with words and singing; to celebrate; to extol.Laud'a-bīl'i-ty, n. p. 755The quality of being laudable; laudableness.Laud'a-ble, a. p. 755Worthy of being lauded; praiseworthy; commendable; as, laudable motives; laudable actions. I'm in this world, Where to do harm is often laudable. Shak. By this laudable ambition the taste of the…Laud'a-ble-ness, n. p. 755The quality of being laudable, or of deserving praise; praiseworthiness; as, the laudableness of motives or actions.Laud'a-bly, adv. p. 755In a manner deserving praise. Nothing can be more laudably got than that which is lawfully saved. South.Lau'da-nŭm, n. p. 755A preparation of opium, especially in spirit or wine; tincture of opium.Lau-dā'tion, n. p. 755Praise; commendation.Laud'a-tive, n. p. 756A panegyric; a eulogy. [Obs.] Bacon.Laud'a-to-ry, a. p. 756Containing praise; tending to praise; expressing or exercised to express praise; as, the laudatory powers of Dryden. Sir J. Stephens.Laud'a-to-ry, n. p. 756That which contains praise.Laud'er, n. p. 756One who praises.Läugh, v. i. p. 756To have the countenance light up, or change, so as to express merriment; usually in connection with a chuckling sound of the voice, attended by an expulsion of air from the lungs and a shaking of the…Läugh, v. t. p. 756To express by laughing. The large Achilles on his pressed-bed lolling, From his deep chest laughs out a loud applause. Shak. 2. To ridicule or deride;—with out or down; as, to laugh one out of a…Läugh, n. p. 756An expression of mirth peculiar to the human species; laughter. But feigns a laugh to see me search around. And by that laugh the willing fair is found. Pope. That man is a bad man who has not within…Läugh'a-ble, a. p. 756Fitted to excite laughter; as, a laughable story; a laughable scene. Syn.—Droll; ludicrous; mirthful; comical. See DROLL and LUDICROUS.Läugh'a-ble-ness, n. p. 756The quality of being laughable.Läugh'a-bly, adv. p. 756In a manner to excite laughter.Läugh'er, n. p. 756One who laughs, or is fond of merriment. The laughers are a majority. Pope.Läugh'ing-ly, adv. p. 756In a merry way; with laughter.Läugh'ing-gās, n. p. 756(Chem.) Nitrous oxide, or protoxide of nitrogen;— so called from the exhilaration and laughter which it ordinarily produces when inhaled.Läugh'ing-stöck, n. p. 756An object of ridicule; a butt of sport. When he talked, he talked nonsense, and made himself the laughing-stock of his hearers. Macaulay.Läugh'sôme, a. p. 756Merry; gleeful; as, the laughsome glee of a child.Läugh'ter, n. p. 756An involuntary movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the lips, or a peculiar expression of the eyes, indicating merriment or satisfaction, and usually attended by a sonorous and…Läugh'ter-less, a. p. 756Without laughing.Lăugh'wor-thy, a. p. 756Deserving to be laughed at. [Obs.] B. Jonson.Lau'mo-nite, n. p. 756(Min.) A mineral, usually transparent or translucent, of a white color and vitreous luster, and consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of alumina. Exposed to the air, it becomes opaque, and…Läunçe, v. t. p. 756See LANCE.Läunçe, n. p. 756A lance. [Obs.]Läunçe, n. p. 756A balance. [Obs.] Fortune all in equal launce doth sway. Spenser.Läunçe, n. p. 756(Ichth.) A species of sand-eel; the Ammodytes lancea. See SAND-EEL.Läunch, v. t. p. 756To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; as, to launch a ship. 2. To send forth or dispatch; to cut off from dependence; as, to launch one on the world. 3. To throw, as a spear or…Läunch, v. i. p. 756To go forth, as a ship into the water; as, to launch into the wide world. 2. To expatiate in language; as, to launch into a wide field of discussion.Läunch, n. p. 756The sliding or movement of a ship from the land into the water, on ways prepared for the purpose. 2. (Naut.) The largest size of boat belonging to a ship, being double-banked, and used for heavy…Laund, n. p. 756A lawn. [Obs.] Shak.Läun'der, n. p. 756A washerwoman. 2. (Mining.) A trough used by miners to receive the powdered ore from the box where it is beaten.Läun'der, v. t. p. 756To wash; to wet. [Obs.] Shak.Läun'der-er, n. p. 756A man who follows the business of washing clothes.Läun'dress, n. p. 756A female whose employment is to wash clothes; a washerwoman.Läun'dress, v. i. p. 756To practice washing. [Obs.] Blount.Läun'dry, n. p. 756A washing. 2. The place or room where clothes are washed.Lau'rȧ, n. p. 756A collection of several hermitages, the inhabitants of which lodged in cells removed at a certain distance from each other, but under the same superior.Lau're-ate, a. p. 756Decked or invested with laurel; as, laureate hearse. “To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies.” Milton. Soft on her lap her laureate son reclines. Pope. Poet laureate. (a.) One who received an…Lau're-āte, v. t. p. 756To honor with a wreath of laurel, as formerly was done in bestowing a degree at the English universities.Lau're-ate-shĭp, n. p. 756Office of a laureate.Lau're-ā'tion, n. p. 756The act of crowning with laurel, as in bestowing a degree.Lau'rel, n. p. 756(Bot.) An evergreen shrub, of the genus Laurus (L. nobilis), having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish-white flowers in their axils;—called also sweet-bay. The…Lau'reled, p. a. p. 756Crowned with laurel, or with a laurel wreath; laureate. [Written also laurelled.]Lau-rĕn'tian, a. p. 756(Geol.) The portion of the azoic rocks of Canada anterior to the Huronian. Dana.Lau'rer, n. p. 756The same as LAUREL. [Obs.] Chaucer.Lau'res-tĭne, n. p. 756(Bot.) The Viburnum tinus, an evergreen shrub or tree of the south of Europe, which flowers during the winter months.Lau-rĭf'er-oŭs, a. p. 756Producing, or bringing, laurel.