Webster's Dictionary 1828

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LAIN

LAIN, participle passive of lie. Lien would be a more regular orthography, but lain is generally used.

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LAIR

LAIR, noun [Latin locus.]1. A place of rest; the bed or couch of a boar or wild beast.2. Pasture; the ground.

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LAIRD

LAIRD, nounIn the Scots dialect, a lord; the proprietor of a manor.

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LAITY

LA'ITY, noun [Gr. people. See Laic.]1. The people, as distinguished from the clergy; the body of the people not in orders.2. The state of a layman, or of not being in orders. [N...

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LAKE

LAKE, verb intransitiveTo play; to sport. North of England. This is play, without a prefix.LAKE, noun [Latin lacus. A lake is a stand of water, from the root of lay. Hence Latin...

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LAKY

LA'KY, adjective Pertaining to a lake or lakes.

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LAMA

LAMA, noun1. The sovereign pontiff, or rather the god of the Asiatic Tartars.2. A small species of camel, the Camelus lama of South America.

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LAMANTIN

LAM'ANTIN,LAMB, noun lam.1. The young of the sheep kind.2. The Lamb of God, in Scripture, the Savior Jesus Christ, who was typified by the paschal lamb.Behold the lamb of God, w...

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LAMB

LAMB, n. lam.1. The young of the sheep kind.2. The Lamb of God, in Scripture, the Savior Jesus Christ, who was typified by the paschal lamb.Behold the lamb of God, who taketh aw...

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LAMBATIVE

LAM'BATIVE, adjective [Latin lambo, to lick.]Taken by licking. [Little used.]LAM'BATIVE, noun A medicine taken by licking with the tongue.

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LAMBENT

LAM'BENT, adjective [Latin lambens, lambo, to lick.] Playing about; touching lightly; gliding over; as a lambent flame.

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LAMBKIN

LAMBKIN, noun lam'kin. A small lamb.

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LAMBLIKE

LAMBLIKE, adjective lam'like. Like a lamb; gentle; humble; meek; as a lamblike temper.

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LAMDOIDAL

LAMDOID'AL, adjective [Gr. the name of the letter A, form.]In the form of the Greek A, the English L; as the lamdoidal suture.

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LAME

LAME, adjective1. Crippled or disabled in a limb, or otherwise injured so as to be unsound and impaired in strength; as a lame arm or leg, or a person lame in one leg.2. Imperfe...

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LAMEL

LAM'EL, noun [Latin lamella. See Lamin.] A thin plate or scale of any thing.

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LAMELLAR

LAM'ELLAR, adjective [from lamel.] Disposed in thin plates or scales.

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LAMELLARLY

LAM'ELLARLY, adverb In thin plates or scales.

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LAMELLATE

LAM'ELLATE,LAM'ELLATED, adjective Formed in thin plates or scales, or covered with them.

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LAMELLATED

LAM'ELLATED, a. Formed in thin plates or scales, or covered with them.

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LAMELLIFEROUS

LAMELLIF'EROUS, adjective [Latin lamella and fero, to produce.Producing plates; an epithet of polypiers presenting lamellar stars, or waved furrows a garnished with plates.

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LAMELLIFORM

LAM'ELLIFORM, adjective [Latin lamella, a plate, and form.] Having the form of a plate.

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LAMELY

LA'MELY, adverb [See Lame.]1. Like a cripple; with impaired strength; in a halting manner; as, to walk lamely2. Imperfectly; without a complete exhibition of parts; as a figure ...

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LAMENESS

LA'MENESS, noun1. An impaired state of the body or limbs; loss of natural soundness and strength by a wound or by disease; particularly applied to the limbs, and implying a tota...

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LAMENT

LAMENT', verb intransitive [Latin lamentor.]1. To mourn; to grieve; to weep or wail; to express sorrow.Jeremiah lamented for Josiah. 2 Chronicles 35:25.2. To regret deeply; to f...

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LAMENTABLE

LAM'ENTABLE, adjective [Latin lamentabilis.]1. To be lamented; deserving sorrow; as a lamentable declension of morals.2. Mournful; adapted to awaken grief; as a lamentable tune....

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LAMENTABLY

LAM'ENTABLY, adverb1. Mournfully; with expressions or tokens of sorrow.2. So as to cause sorrow.3. Pitifully; despicably.