LABURNUM
LABURN'UM, noun A tree of the genus Cytisus.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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LABYRINTH
LAB'YRINTH, noun [Latin labyrinthus; Gr.]1. Among the ancients, an edifice or place full of intricacies, or formed with winding passages, which rendered it difficult to find the...
LABYRINTHIAN
LABYRINTH'IAN, adjective Winding; intricate; perplexed.
LAC
LAC, nounGum-lac, so called, but improperly, not being a gum, but a resin. It is deposited on different species of trees in the East Indies, by an insect called Chermes lacca. S...
LACCIC
LAC'CIC, adjective Pertaining to lac, or produced from it; as laccic acid.
LACE
LACE, noun [Latin laqueus.]1. A work composed of threads interwoven into a net, and worked on a pillow with spindles or pins. Fine laces are manufactured in France, Italy and En...
LACE-BARK
LA'CE-BARK, noun A shrub in the West Indies, the Daphue lagetto, so called from the texture of its inner bark.
LACED
LA'CED, participle passive Fastened with lace or a string; also, tricked off with lace.Laced coffee, coffee with spirits in it.
LACEMAN
LA'CEMAN, noun A man who deals in lace.
LACERABLE
LAC'ERABLE, adjective [See Lacerate.] That may be torn.
LACERATE
LAC'ERATE, verb transitive [Latin lacero, to tear.] To tear; to rend; to separate a substance by violence or tearing; as, to lacerate the flesh. It is applied chiefly to the fle...
LACERATED
LAC'ERATED, participle passive or adjective1. Rent; torn.2. In botany, having the edge variously cut into irregular segments; as a lacerated leaf.
LACERATION
LACERA'TION, noun The act of tearing or rending; the breach made by rending.
LACERATIVE
LAC'ERATIVE, adjective Tearing; having the power to tear; as lacerative humors.
LACERTINE
LAC'ERTINE, adjective [Latin lacertus.] Like a lizard.
LACERTUS
LACER'TUS, noun The girroc, a fish of the gar-fish kind; also, the lizard-fish.
LACEWOMAN
LA'CEWOMAN, noun A woman who makes or sells lace.
LACHE
LACHE,LACH'ES, noun [Latin laxus, lax, slow.] In law, neglect; negligence.
LACHRYMABLE
LACH'RYMABLE, adjective Lamentable.
LACHRYMAL
LACH'RYMAL, adjective [Latin lachryma, a tear.]1. Generating or secreting tears; as the lachrymal gland.2. Pertaining to tears; conveying tears.
LACHRYMARY
LACH'RYMARY, adjective Containing tears.
LACHRYMATION
LACHRYMA'TION, noun The act of shedding tears.
LACHRYMATORY
LACH'RYMATORY, noun A vessel found in sepulchers of the ancients, in which it has been supposed the tears of a deceased person's friends were collected and preserved with the as...
LACING
LAC'ING, participle present tense Fastening with a string; adorned or trimmed with lace.
LACINIATE
LACIN'IATE,LACIN'IATED, adjective [Latin lacinia, a hem.]1. Adorned with fringes.2. In botany, jagged.
LACK
LACK, verb transitive [Latin deliquium, which seems to be connected with linquo, to leave, to faint, and with liquo, to melt, liquid, etc.]1. To want; to be destitute of; not to...
LACK-A-DAY
LACK-A-DAY, exclamation of sorrow or regret; alas.