L
L, the twelfth letter of the English alphabet, is usually denominated a semi-vowel, or a liquid. It represents an imperfect articulation, formed by placing the tip of the tongue...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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LA
LA, exclamation [perhaps corrupted from look, but this is doubtful.] Look; see; behold.LA, in music, the syllable by which Guido denotes the last sound of each hexachord.
LAB
LAB, noun a great talker; a blabber. obsolete
LABADIST
LAB'ADIST, noun the Labadists were followers of Jean de Labadie, who lived in the 17th century. They held that God can and does deceive men, that the observance of the sabbath i...
LABDANUM
LABDANUM. [See Ladanum.]
LABEFACTION
LABEFAC'TION, noun [Latin labefactio, from labefacio, labo, to totter, and facio, to make.]A weakening or loosening; a failing; decay; downfall; ruin.
LABEFY
LAB'EFY, verb transitive To weaken or impair. [Not used.]
LABEL
LA'BEL, noun1. A narrow slip of silk, paper or parchment, containing a name or title, and affixed to any thing, denoting its contents. Such are the labels affixed to the vessels...
LABELED
LA'BELED, participle passive Furnished with a label.
LABELING
LA'BELING, participle present tense Distinguishing by a label.
LABENT
LA'BENT, adjective [Latin labens.] Sliding; gliding.
LABIAL
LA'BIAL, adjective [Latin labium, a lip. See Lip.]Pertaining to the lips; formed by the lips; as a labial articulation. Thus b, p, and m are labial articulations.LA'BIAL, noun A...
LABIATE
LA'BIATE,LA'BIATED, adjective [from Latin labium, lip.] In botany, a labiate corol is irregular, monopetalous, with two lips, or monopetalous, consisting of a narrow tube with a...
LABIATED
LA'BIATED, a. [from L. labium, lip.] In botany, a labiate corol is irregular, monopetalous, with two lips, or monopetalous, consisting of a narrow tube with a wide mouth, divide...
LABILE
LA'BILE, adjective [Low Latin labilis.] Liable to err, fall or apostatize. [Not used.]
LABIODENTAL
LABIODENT'AL, adjective [labium, a lip, and dens, a tooth.]Formed or pronounced by the cooperation of the lips and teeth; as f and v.
LABOR
LA'BOR, noun [Latin labor from labo, to fail.]1. Exertion of muscular strength, or bodily exertion which occasions weariness; particularly, the exertion of the limbs in occupati...
LABORANT
LA'BORANT, noun A chimist. [Not used.]
LABORATORY
LAB'ORATORY, noun1. A house or place where operations and experiments in chimistry, pharmacy, pyrotechny, etc., are performed.2. A place where arms are manufactured or repaired,...
LABORED
LA'BORED, participle passive Tilled; cultivated; formed with labor.
LABORER
LA'BORER, noun One who labors in a toilsome occupation; a man who does work that requires little skill, as distinguished from an artisan.
LABORING
LA'BORING, participle present tense1. Exerting muscular strength or intellectual power; toiling; moving with pain or with difficulty; cultivating.2. A laboring man, or laborer, ...
LABORIOUS
LABO'RIOUS, adjective [Latin laboriosus.]1. Using exertion; employing labor; diligent in work or service; assiduous; used of persons; as a laborious husbandman or mechanic; a la...
LABORIOUSLY
LABO'RIOUSLY, adverb With labor, toil or difficulty.
LABORIOUSNESS
LABO'RIOUSNESS, noun1. The quality of being laborious, or attended with toil; toilsomeness; difficulty.2. Diligence; assiduity.
LABORLESS
LA'BORLESS, adjective Not laborious.
LABORSOME
LA'BORSOME, adjective Made with great labor and diligence. [Not in use.]